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Which also confirms his position as permanent manager of Hull.

Good news if he is indeed back in February/March. A few games here and there to get him back up to speed and then he should be ready for pre-season.

Just seen them. Nice

Absolutely. Just leave Smith and please Pardew let him leave! Mutual agreement ftw.

Hopefully it's nothing too serious and that he can start against QPR.

So frustrating and shite today. CROSS THE BALL MAN! Should be dropped to the bench and come on as an impact player really. I imagine his confidence is absolutely shot now too and starting more games would do more bad than good really especially when pretty much everyone is on his back. Mind you though, the cheering when his number was held up on the board was embarrassing.

Such a fantastic goal from the lad. Here's my description : His goal was fwap-worthy really - he got the ball on the right and basically waltzed through the Blackburn defence to get into the box, he kept the ball effectively away from three/four Blackburn players and then scored. Great solo effort. He was so much more influential from the wing than he was in the number 10 role today. Hopefully Pardew will reassess his options now - Ben Arfa has just proven that he CAN play on the wing.

Just got in myself. All in all, a deserved result for us considering how much better our attacking play was compared to Blackburn's. Kean's tactics were plain awful really (most noticeably, he got their keeper to aim his kicks to their left hand side which ultimately came to nothing). We started well in the first half, played some good football but lacked that cutting edge really. When Blackburn scored, they did start to get into the game more tbh such as a couple of shots here and there but that was it really. Obertan was frustrating and s****, he had so many occasions to cross the ball in first time but for some reason, he felt it was more appropriate to beat the man more than once. This ultimately led us to lose possession. CROSS THE BALL MAN! The game changed when we brought Shola on for Obertan and moved Ben Arfa to the right wing. Hatem was more influential from the wing than in the number 10 role he played in in the first half (though Ben Arfa did have a decent enough first half too imo). His goal was fwap-worthy really - he got the ball on the right and basically waltzed through the Blackburn defence to get into the box, he kept the ball effectively away from three/four Blackburn players and then scored. Great solo effort. Shola coming on changed us too. Some good touches here and there from the big man (though an absolutely terrible shot when he got the ball from Cabaye). Best, some decent hold up play here and there and improved a bit when Shola came on. A special mention to Abeid who I thought had a good game/debut, some good strength/hold up play in the middle and some decent, simple passing. Promising. Jonas looked like his old self in the second half too. Nice. 4th Round here we come!

Played well today I thought. Passed the ball decent enough, good strength/hold up play in the middle. Promising (and on his home debut too). He did have one moment where he should have passed instead of shoot - though that's down to inexperience more than anything. Think he should start against QPR if Guthrie doesn't make it.

Think they are missing Fletcher tbh. I think that he's certainly been one of Man U's more important players these past few seasons. Such an underrated player imo.

Ah but you see, it would be logical: So predictable.

Here's the thread btw: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,65690.0.html

;D Wouldn't look out of place in the actual Daily Mail really

Would like to see it happen tbh. To see a 38 year old Giggs and a 37 year old Scholes as first choice CMs....

The guy on SSN used it yesterday too

Erdinç

Daily Fail at it again I see.

Yeah Pardew admitted it on Talksport this afternoon Did he say how much? Fkn gutted over this, I hope to god he loves it here enough to sign a new deal without the clause in it. That was a pisstake Skirge. (whoosh?)

:lol:

Aye, I'd do the same. Rooney's career at Man U seems to have somewhat stalled (especially now, what with Rooney playing in midfield!). A move abroad would do him a lot of good methinks.

Absolutely disgusting behaviour. Fucking hell.

Oh well. Meh.

My feelings exactly. I'm still holding out hope that he'll turn good but in the meantime, should be on the bench.