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Only fair that we share Messi. One season each on a rotation basis sounds fair. We'll start in Jan - make sure he's fit for the Spurs game

Drink Messi's piss?

Suck on those balls Torres

Can't decide if I prefer the Argentine Pirate look or the Greek Pirate Look. Of course Geordie Gypsie beats them both

Lets be honest, we'd take it.

That was NE5 if memory serves

There must be a Qatar family looking to promote their country and football prior to the world cup....

your talking out of your arse as you obviously haven't heard Quinn talk passionately about his love of nufc and us as fans Listen to what Quinn actually says - its simply what the stereotypical NUFC fan comes out with on SSN, which then obviously becomes gospel. He doesn't even for his own opinions or extend what others have said - its the same lines again and again. Listen to what he says about Liverpool, his real footballing passion and there is a big difference (although he still a gobshite - great player, but gobshite all the same). In this case most people agree that the sacking does not make sense based on what is in the press etc and the manner/timing seems to stink (but would anyone have preferred a sacking at the end of Jan?). So of course trotting out the common line this time is going to make you look in touch with the club

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So he got on a ferry instead of getting on one of the 20 or something planes to and from Amsterdam we have every day? The man's old skool.

Quinn's a gobshite, just peddling the popular view.

I would have thought sacking CH indicates he isn't selling up anytime soon.

I'd say Jonas's card was a tactical foul, WB were away if he hadn't brought him down.

I would have thought that Jan would be loan deals only, especially in the flair player area. I'd take Keane and one of SWP or Johnson on loan. Keane on a perm would be stupid - I would have thought the long term plan is Ben Arfa off Carroll, Keane's too expensive to sit on our bench.

Do we have to wear the blue strip again this season?

Reckon 7th injuries permitting and maybe a signing in Jan. I'd rather 10-12th with a good cup run though (unless Arsenal win the Carling and one of the top 5 win the FA Cup meaning 7th get Europa action)

Anyone mentioned the REAL reason we lost the bid yet? Its pretty obvious really - FIFA couldn't have the world watching their showcase taking place in Sunderland

We need to rest him for a game between now and Boxing day - the revenge game v Citeh. I make it 4 games to go, with 4 more yellows before another ban.

Hislop, Beresford, Batty, Howey, Lee, Shearer, Barnes, Pearce, Gillespie, Watson, Pistone Albert (Beresford), Ketsbaia (Barnes), Given (not used), Rush (not used), Tommasson (not used)

We'll either get Arsenal at home or a non-league side away, then Arsenal in the 4th round

2 more performances like that form Sol and Saylor...... Which if either of Colwilli come back in? Would like to see Colo and Saylor at some point, but its all about a consitency of the back 4 and imo they all played as well as could be expected today

Prophet of Doom, pray could you tell me the last time a match, to be played in the middle of the day (12-4pm KO) was called off? That's maybe because we're speaking from experience. Last season we had almost all games postponed one weekend. See http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1927520,00.html. *cough*Bullshit*cough* there's no Newcastle home fixture there, stop being such a girl. You asked for a match, if you meant a newcastle match then be more specific. Why do you think we would be more able to cope with the snow than the rest of the premier league? And I'm not bothered by the snow, just don't trust the council/health and safety twats to let us play. I'm sorry, I'm speaking in the Newcastle math thread about the likelihood of a Newcastle game being called off, I should have specified that I was discussing Newcastle home games. Sorry. More importantly, the fact that the game is on SKY only increases the chances of it going ahead - JonnyHall is spot on. Council and club will be up at 7am clearing paths and roads, only a freak blizzard at 12pm would put the game seriously at risk. People have mentioned the Charlton game being called off at the last minute, pitch was playable but the freezing weather at night was posing the H&S risk around SJP. It's to our advantage that the game is KO 1.30pm. Wasn't the Charlton game called off because there was ahuge snowfall at around 6pm and the gritters couldn't get out to clear the roads as they were already jammed? It was then thought that the roads would be death machines by 10pm? I can't see why the game would be called off at 1:30, the roads will be clear first thing and pavements from the station gritted to stp people not shopping in town this close to Christmas. add in the Sky influence and it would take an apocolypic fall of snow to get it called off. Just hope we get an orange ball

I really don't think he was superb. Best performance this season from him without a doubt, but had this been las season most people would say he had a quietish match. Did absolutely nowt wrong and some moments that were brilliant, but overall a 7/10 performance with glimpses of what lies beneath Did he look like scoring? I can't remember him getting any chances really, Berbatov's 5th started as an attempted cross to Rooney who would have scored (6 yards out, open goal), but most of his play was outside the 18 yard box. He was controlling and passing the ball to teammates anyway - so 100% better than at the world cup