Nate

http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/67/590x/Rafa-Benitez-652058.jpg "You've got to chill out, yeah, trust me. This is what I do. All right?" Rafa will have been plotting this one. 1-0.

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/003/359/176/hi-res-178915217_crop_north.jpg?w=630&h=420&q=75

Made the mistake of tuning into Talksport. The presenter: 'Poor Sam Allardyce has got nothing to work with here. There's got to be better players in the UK than these foreign mercenaries that have come to the Stadium of Light'

If he's determined to stay in England and commit to a 'project' then one year in the Championship may not necessarily be terminal. We remain one of the biggest clubs in the country. No chance he'd turn down taking Spain to a World Cup, mind.

Went from shouting the house down to feeling physically sick. Have to laugh. An incredible display of collective idiocy for 94 minutes. Only Mitrovic can take any credit from that.

Love the bloke. Let's have them.

Janmaat should be torn to shreds for conceding that. Schoolboy stuff.

Well done, Tiote. Incredibly, incredibly dim.

Fucking hell. Well done, Darlow.

Taylor being Taylor. Horror show.

Should have been booked. Why is he so thick, man?

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02209/cisse_2209562b.jpg Howay Papiss!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35918259

I agree with this, would go further and say less than 6 points from the next 2 and we are down A win today, a draw against Norwich and we're down? I'd bite your arm off for those results. Yes, because you can't look at those games in isolation. The other teams play each other which will screw us. We need 6 points. Howay. We'd be one point behind Norwich with a game in hand and seven to play. That's not 'down'. Quietly confident about today. If Cissé is involved it will be a massive boost.

I agree with this, would go further and say less than 6 points from the next 2 and we are down A win today, a draw against Norwich and we're down? I'd bite your arm off for those results.

Think Man Utd will be picked apart on the counter tonight. Might take Sturridge anytime with the free bet; 2.75

So happy. Difficult to comprehend how important the next ten games now are.

'You cannot slip in situations like that.' Cheers Michael.

Reasons to be cheerful; Sunderland (H), Swansea (H), Palace (H), Norwich (A), Villa (A). Surely we can't be down already with those games to play.

:lol: Funniest thread opening since Nile Ranger. Bodes well.

Unbelievable. Assume everyone thought the same as they were completely ignored.

Poor cunt nearly has his eye gouged out; unprecedented levels of abuse. He's been really unlucky here, don't understand the animosity.

We can't credibly complain about paying over the odds for a player, given the amount of criticism Charnley & Ashley have received for lacking ambition and being obsessed by spreadsheets. A small step but a positive one. He'll improve us.

Yes! Vurn absolutely worked his bollocks off for 90 minutes there, credit to the shirt. Mitro & Perez are so exciting; Sissoko needs to spend the week working on his delivery.

Stuck £15 on that after seeing your post. Ta.