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Simpson's having real problems with Hoilett. Giving him acres of space. Looks a dangerous outlet for Blackburn.

I have to say that almost anyone else would have scored from that position. Lovenkrands finishing is a joke. Jose is having a fantastic game so far. He has been superb.

Fucking LOvenkrands HAD TO SCORE and didn't - a FUCKING INCREDIBLE 70 YARD BALL from Enrique put him clear. Shit.

Confirmation that this is going to be a largely scrappy affair. Must say Tiote has been less than Tiote-esque so far. Poorly-timed challenge and poor pass already.

Chaos in the area after a long punt into the box - Blackburn should have scored twice. Samba hits the post, Santa Cruz fluffs one. Big let off.

Brilliant brilliant stuff from Jose

Is there a link? I want the tiote goal for my sms alert. http://www.realradionortheast.co.uk/player/listen-again/kdfklf39/listen-9175/

That Lockwood commentary... Never heard anything like it. Was clearly on the verge of tears and so was I.

Can't believe this. Had to step out with my wife at the half and I was fuming. Never in a million years did I think we had that in us. Full credit to everyone involved and I'll happily put my foot in my mouth and admit I was wrong. Season-saving result.

You're trying too hard with this one. The other attempts were better.

Best in offside shocker.

The Best hat trick was the worst thing that could have happened to this club.

Leon Best. What the fuck are you doing? I've never seen a professional at this level be offside so blatantly so much for no good reason. It's really kind of amazing.

No one gets out of this without blame. Trying to pinpoint one player in this shit sandwich is pointless. The team once believed, now they don't. Simple as.

Williamson is fucking shit. Colo's been bad today, too, of course, but Williamson is nowhere near good enough.

Nope. Lambsarse is, though.

Solid. Willicini bossing it. Fuck me.

In all seriousness, the goal now is to not get anyone sent off and to keep the scoreline halfway respectable for the sake of our goal difference (and whatever is left of morale in the squad).

All we need is for our strikeforce of Leon Best, Nile Ranger, Peter Lovenkrands, and Kevin Nolan to score four against a team that's only conceded one this calendar year. Looks good, guys!

I'm actually a bit more irritated by the apology than the comments themselves. I suppose it's a bit much to expect the club captain to have a certain level of empathy for the rank and file supporters. You would think a simple "I'm sorry for deciding to give an interview to Liverpool's media outlet" would suffice, but he can't even do that properly. He is utterly divorced from the reality of what it means for the fans. Great. I am still waiting for this to emerge: Suspect I'll be waiting a while.

Good post Obi. Link play was sadly missing. As others have pointed out, Tiote is a nice partner for Nolan because he so effectively does so much of the work in midfield, covering acres of space, closing down opponents, breaking up play, leaving Nolan free to faff about and slide into better attacking positions. Guthrie is an exceedingly poor man's Tiote in that regard, leaving us with a toothless, immobile midfield centre. I would have loved to have seen what Ireland could have done in place of Best, changing to a 4-5-1 type look. Think it would have done wonders for the flow of play in the final third, and certainly would have given us more ideas with which to work.

Teams that get relegated are teams that don't score goals. On a related note, our strikers are Leon Best, Nile Ranger, and Peter Lovenkrands. If you're not at least a little worried now, you're lying to yourself.

This is dire stuff. Can only hope the return of MEGATIOTE will inspire something. We were so so shit today I'm not even mad, just dumbfounded.

Kakuta looks class. We look ass.

Nile Ranger Peter Lovenkrands Leon Best Phil Airey Wow. Are we Notts County in disguise?