Mick

You could be your mate, they don't know your name and they don't care.

How would they know your name?

The final projected points total and league positions are totally unrealistic. We're -13 and the most underperforming team in the league, all because of a few injuries and having to play mainly reserves in Europe.

I hate defending Souness but he had every right to do what most people would do in his position. Gullit was almost a one off, I can't remember too many people in his position doing what he did.

It doesn't seem to be a problem. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1305728/Loic-Remy-cleared-play-despite-heart-defect-ending-Premier-League-hopes.html

He didn't have to justify anything, we were daft enough to give him a contract which we had to pay up.

So we might be bringing in 1 player and seeing 2 leave? That makes sense when we're complaining about having so many injuries and so many games. Only at Newcastle, also, doesn't Remy have a suspect heart condition?

That would be one of the only things I would ever agree with Souness about.

I've just read about the Christmas party, some of his comments. “Trust me, there have been horrible things said about our group and our staff, but we’re together. And we’re fighting and trying to put it right. The fans have to realise this isn’t just a game to us – it’s our livelihoods and our profession. It pays our bills." “Not only that, we have to have a certain pressure of entertaining our fans who pay good money to come and watch.”

It looks like Obertan is another one of those players who becomes a better when he doesn't play.

He should have defended better? I love Ba to bits, it's just obvious to me that he's more suited to the wide role and Cisse is more suited to central. It's completely clear cut IMO. Obviously the alternative is just to drop Cisse completely. Ba was often criticised for his performances out wide last season so it's funny that this season he has suddenly become the natural choice there. Cisse's performances out there haven't been much different on the rare occasion he has played out there. Not sure why Ba is the obvious choice to play there when no-one really rated him out there before, why not play our most in form forward through the middle and the other out wide as it's neither of their natural position? That's not true, I praised BA last season when he played wide and I would be surprised if others hadn't.

You're missing something, the shitty long ball doesn't suit Ba or any of our players. We're not playing long ball football because of Ba, I agree with the rest of your post apart from his exploding knee though.

Ba, Cabaye or both?

I doubt players like Ben Arfa and Cabaye share your views. Ba probably would as long as he was getting the goals, I doubt the others enjoy it too much.

It would appear not.

You didn't give much information about what he'd said so I asked someone else who had seen it.

Did Cabaye mention anything about the way we play?

Do you also want Cabaye to go if he's said something? Should Ben Arfa have gone when he complained about the long ball game we were playing?

He might say the same thing in training every day and feel frustrated, I have no idea why he's on French TV or any context for what he's said, if he's said it.

But if it's kept within the team it will have the same affect on morale. At least it it's out in the open it will put pressure on people to sort it out, if the quotes on here are true. I have never understood why people seem to think ignorance is bliss.

Why?

It does a bit.

The long balls don't suit him, if they are based around him it's hardly his fault.

He's right, on both accounts.