Mick

It was when he came to watch Newcastle after dropping Keegan and it was claimed at the time that people or a person in the West Stand had been spitting at him.

It did happen. Edit. Bobby did claim that it had happened.

If I had the choice of beating them 9-1 this season and them winning the league or for us to lose 9-1 and win the league, I'd take the defeat and the trophy every time. I wouldn't take a 9-1 defeat and finishing 2nd though.

At least the 4-1 would be a personal experience, regardless of what has happened since.

It depends on his age, them beating us 4-1 at home would be better than something which happened when my dead grandfather was at school.

It seems to mainly be that tit, I felt great when we beat them 5-1, I have no feelings at all about them beating us 9-1.

I'd settle for another 5-1 against them, seeing the SOS empty before half time would be class.

I'm not sure that the football we play is better than most teams in the division going off what we've played like so far and who we have or haven't played better than. So far out best game hasn't even been in the league, it was against Bordeaux and that's the only game we've been comfortable in. The players are clearly playing the way they've been told to play, if they weren't then Pardew as manager would do something about it, wouldn't he? He’s either managing the players or he’s not, either way it’s a problem going off current results and performances.

Tiote did a canny impression of somebody who could play an incisive pass against Reading when he set Ba up for the first, so maybe Pardew only has to say "do it again."

Looking back it was the best possible result for us.

What's wrong with what he's said there? Nothing, apart from us having players who can do both when allowed to.

Pretty much confirms the belief that many of us have: He doesn't trust Williamson/Simpson to pass the ball, i.e instructing them to hoof it long. I can't for one second imagine he'd say these things and not mean a single word of it, even if our game at this moment points to the complete opposite development in terms of style. I hope that I'm reading the quote wrong.

You're right, he'll not need anybody telling him to lift his game, if anything he'll need somebody doing the opposite.

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If Ranger is forced to pay £750 for pushing a police officer then the Hillsborough families are going to be rolling in cash.

I'm just being realistic about him as a footballer. I stuck up for him when everybody said he was shit, because he wasn't. Now it's gone the other way, I'm finding myself talking him down because he's not shit or good. He's an average footballer who can at most raise his game a hand full of times a season. On a scale of 0 to 10 I'd have to say he was a 5 type of player who has been very lucky to have had such a long career getting paid for not really delivering on a regular basis. He comes across as being an absolute top person which while being good, is not what he’s paid for.

He shouldn't start against the mackems, coming off the bench is another thing if needed.

The mackems are building up towards another fall.

That's not going to look stupid in the slightest if he scores then. i wish some fans wouldn't do this s***, who the f*** carries an a4 bit of paper round on a night out in hope that they see a player christ It's not only A4 paper, it's printed A4 paper.

The good news is that he'll not be around forever.

It would be better in English.

Like everybody else I'm gutted for him as he's a very good prospect if he can get a run of games.