Ashley17

The season prior to his sacking (when we came 5th) was a shadow of the previous 2, long ball football, looking for Shearer to flick it on, Bellamy was out injured for a lot of the season IIRC and we became quite efficient at beating poor sides at home but we kept throwing away late points away (Pompey, Blackburn, Birmingham spring to mind, probably others) and we had the occassional poor home result. Suppose you could blame our European run to the semis as it gave us a bit of a fixture pile up but the quality of football had generally decreased

Well we still had every chance of winning the league when we played at home to Man Utd and lost 6-2, had we won that and then at Goodison instead of 2 defeats then we would have been in with every chance.

Finished 5-1, Ameobi and NSG's other favourite Godsmark added 2nd half goals. In hindsight I should stop taking the piss out of NSG for his love of reserve players and credit him as a good spotter of player potential

It's 500k a place or soemthing ridiclous like that. On the last day a few years ago we lost £1.5 million due to goal difference.

In all seriousness, it's getting harder to ignore the lad with all these goals he's scoring and I hope he's given a chance to start before the end of the season.

3-1 Carroll hat-trick NSG has been arrested for Jizzing in public

When we played Lillestrom at home we had numbers 7 and 11 up front, which was Milner and Luque. Go figure.

If he says "Tomorrow is a good day, I'm with my family" then the de ja vu is complete and we can start counting the days.

Yes. I'm not doubting what you said, just people will soon think you're in love with the lad.

NSG bums Carroll on local radio second week in a row. Must be love

Oh.

Werder 1 - 0 AZ Bet those tossers at ITV don't want a season ticket there now

Kanoute!

Ledley's return clears up the marking from corners I see.

Man Utd win + Chelsea win = 8th is Intertoto spot - Reading not entering - Pompey probably not entering = happy days

Morientes

Was talking to a Pompey fan before and apparently Harry Rednapp said today he's never heard of the Intertoto, so it doesn't look like they're going to be in it.

You're closer to Europe than relegation

So if Pompey and Reading haven't applied....we're in the Intertoto spot as it stands?

Yakubu takes all of Boro's pens, not Viduka

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1869/prempredictor8thaprilmk0.jpg And the last game is Sheff Utd vs. Wigan

Ah well at least we're safe

Haha NSG's just text in to Radio Newcastle saying play Zog at LW and Duff LB, and of course dropped in that he watches the reserves and that Carroll is "in the Shearer mould"

I'd like Pompey to lose tonight just to give us a glimmer of Europe, it would be nice.

Just because he's better than you