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Woo hoo. First bit of good news in a long time.

Here's a cheeky idea Given Beye Coloccini Taylor Bassong Butt Guthrie Barton Jonas Duff Martins

Carroll was terrible when he came on. One of the worst cameo's i've ever seen. However, in his defence i still believe he has some, "beefing up" to do. Despite being a very tall lad, he's very slim. If he does some weights and learns to hold up the ball, then he may have a chance.

Jonas has 50% chance of playing = he will be playing Given Beye Taylor Coloccini Bassong Butt Guthrie Jonas Duff Martins Ameobi 0-3 Ameobi hat-trick

Great entertainment, great atmosphere, shocking refereeing. Given 8 Made a couple of world class saves Beye-7 Did nothing wrong the time he was on the pitch Taylor- 7 Worked very hard and put himself between the ball evertime Coloccini- 9 Colo-seus Bassong- 6 Not bad, dealt with the threat with SWP mainly Geremi- 7 Put in a shift for the cause, got his legs up and down the pitch Butt- 7 Great energy and showed leadership, some shocking passes as usual Guthrie- 7 Rarely gave the ball away Duff- 7 His best game in a toon shirt by along way, keep it up Martins- 8 Threatened throughout, Citeh were shit scared of him Ameobi- 8 I have never seen him play like that and got his goal. Still not convinced mind.

For me the lad should be first choice now. He's showing little signs of inexperiance so far and has great attributes on the deck and in the air. Although, i feel for Enrique.

He really looked like the guy who "enjoys defending". Won everything in the air against Jo and won everything on the ground when it went in behind. My MOM.

If Jonas is fit then it's a no brainer. Without i expect to see; Given Beye Coloccini Taylor Enrique Butt Guthrie Geremi N'Zogbia Duff Martins Which i won't be ashamed with.

The last two times we have played this fixture, we have been very fortunate. I'm expecting to get a lesson on cohesion, communication, teamwork and confidence. 2-0

Absolutely. Get into them early. Fancy a good atmosphere for this one and the players to be up for it.

If we had Jonas against Everton i believe we would have won the game. Citeh have more threat than Everton but i don't think they are good as people think. We can beat them.

Forgive me lord for i have sinned, just got one today. That Ashley may have ruined our club but he sure does strike up a bargain

If Yobo is out of favour at Everton, bring him in, i believe he and Colo would be good foil for one another. However, what is much more important is bringing quality in to protect the back four. Personally, i think signing someone like Palacios would be the key, just to sit in fornt of Colo and Co.

One thing i must say is, i cannot wait for Gutierrez to return.

There are far worse centre halves playing in far better defences. What i mean is, we need to be concentrating on picking a consistant defence and allowing them to gel. As well as this, we should be looking to give them more protection where appropriate. I believe if we do those things we will get better individual performances. Not forgetting a so-called "solid" everton defence conceded two against a side that had only scored five.

Same. Just to reiterate, it's a bit unfair to judge any player too much at the moment. In my opinion. Agreed. Of all the players in the side Coloccini would be last on the list to critisise along with Owen.

Completely disagree with HTT. Whenever i've seen him play, he's won the majority of his aerial battles and consistantly tracked back and broke down opposition attacks. He's also very confident on the ball. However, there have been "moments" not titus esq but in the last two games he has been at fault for two goals. When the team is playing as bad as it has been recently it's not suprising to see these incidents, when the side is in full flow and performing to it's potential you will see marked improvements from individuals. As i say every year. We need consistancy in our defence and throughout for that matter.

2-0 down. We should have lost it. Yes but we could have won it.

We could have won this.

He's gone through them doors! Fingers crossed.

That wasn't a pen.

When we are losing Gray hates Coloccini, when we are drawing he's good. Comical commentary.

How close was that

Guthrie = excellent

Ameobi comes on and the camera pans to a distressed newcastle fan.