Colos Short and Curlies

West Ham v Villa shootout on the last day hopefully. To misquote a film, whoever loses we all win. Could be the only thing of interest on the last day

Bournemouth, Watford, Norwich. City's last 3 games. They need 16 goals to beat their own goals scored record. Wouldn't put a lot of money against them doing it

11 defeats in a row at the Etihad isn't it?

The game? Remember having to copy down all the codes from the manual for the Spectrum game. Also, does anyone else remember the radio station that played spectrum and c64 games overnight so people could record them? A double deck tape player was also a vital bit of kit for copying spectrum games

They were better last season but ruthless/lucky this. He will take them to 3rd next season and probably quarter finals in the Champions League, take a sabbatical then Barcelona or in a shock move take the German job after the Euros

Newcastle 5 - 0 man utd I think Colo means after they've been crowned Champions. Might be wrong. That's how i interpreted it. If not then you'd probably be right, closely followed by 7 days later when they lost 6-3 at Southampton. Any time of the season was what I meant, forgot that Man U retained in 96/97 so had discounted the 5-0

Wonder what the biggest loss suffered by league champions is in the season they won the league. Sure its bigger than this but it won't be far off

People need to stop trying to justify piracy. I'd wager everyone on this forum has at least tried to stream a 3pm game, have downloaded a torrent or (one for the oldies) copied a CD. We all know its wrong but we've all done it. No justification and no judgment

There's your fucking guard of honour....

What should I do about the other games that Sky don't show, which are the vast majority? Should I just not watch them even though I know how to and they're available for free at the press of a button on my phone? Or should I take the stance of "Well I've paid SOMETHING, so I deserve to pirate these ones?" This is where the argument falls apart - just because you've paid for what is legally available doesn't mean to deserve to illegally obtain what isn't legally available. There is a fault in the system no doubt and without exception everyone on this forum has attempted to view a 3pm game at some point. The point is though we have no right to these games based on law and distribution of somebody else's property. Don't try to justify it, I won't judge anyone for doing it. It is what it is but we are seeing the impact of piracy right before our eyes.

He's not at fault, and Pav is my favourite NUFC player but thats the type of shot that peak Given or Dubs makes a worldy to keep out

Except that the victims of this piracy are now us fans as the takeover is stalled!

That was my immediate thought but then wondered if sticking Dubs or Given in for the likes of the 4-3 Liverpool game might make more sense? Something a bit more open, they can affect it more by holding them to a couple less goals, rather than the fine margin of the Man U game? I was 6 at the time though so I could be completely wrong. Can you use all three gems in one match? If we win the Man U game its a 6 point swing, beating Liverpool is only 3. I also think Given or Dubs 100% save Cantona's shot and they had nothing else all game

But how many managers who stay with a club after relegation bring them back up? It can't be many. Rafa an obvious one but he came in late and relegation wasn't on him. Despite the fact that Howe may deserve a crack at coming back up there is as strong an argument to say hes earned the right to leave with a relegation but his head held high. 10th in the Championship next season is going to erode so much of his legacy

The answer is surely to pick up any one of 96/97 Shearer, 01-03 Given or current Dubs and put them in vs Man U in 96? We win that game we go on to win the league and history is changed forever

West Ham still have Watford, and Villa to play, the only game you would be confident of them winning is Norwich. Lucky for them that Villa and Bournemouth have run ins just as bad. With Watford also playing Norwich you would think they stand a chance of getting 3 form there and then 1 from West Ham keeps them up. Of course both the W teams still have Brucie's world beaters to contend with

Gosling's goal could well be Kluivert vs England (for Scotland) for one of Villa or West Ham (more Villa) or even Watford. One for the greater good, despite denying Dubs a clean sheet (and would it have been Krafth's first 0?)

Not if Shortstaff plays

Liverpool win the league City win the CL, FA Cup and League Cup Who has had the better season if that comes off? They'll have both won the one they wanted but disappointed in the other major competition

Oh for the days when the first you'd hear is from a Ronnie Gill seller stretching his lungs

No doubt about it. It's more of a problem than many people realize. Would you say its centred in particular demographics or completely widespread? I've been fortunate that from the age of 11 I was brought up in a rural area (village just outside Hexham) and apart from 6 years in Liverpool have spent my adult years in rural parts of Wales / a small town. Yes there are the occasional ignorant idiots but in general I haven't encountered any real racism. Of course I know its out there, but have I just been lucky/blind to it or is it concentrated in cities (for example)?

We get a slickly produced announcement video which ends with MbS and an unidentified shadow wearing a Newcastle shirt, turns to the camera and just winks while unveiling Rafa (or romantically King Kev) as the unidentified shadow

Put aside Villa's antics when we went down (and I think 90% of the clubs in the premier league would have done the same tbf) and it has to be West Ham to go down? Second only to Liverpool in the media's love in and a ownership as rotten as ours. Their stadium in the Championship would be amazing and you can see them doing a QPR in trying to get back up - throwing money at sub-par players only to see it implode. Could easily see a L1 fixture between them and the Mackems in 21/22

So he gets his season in charge finishes in a respectable position, takeover is confirmed and he is graciously let go. Bruce gets to come out ahead and gets another PL job, we get a decent manager. Win win all round there

The thought of Qatari involvement in the US bid would be fun just to see Keys head explode