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Are they going to get any better if he regards that as 'superb'? They're more likely to get better if he tells them the truth, and tells them that it wasn't good enough.

Eh?

Infact, i think Roeder's spinless, toothless, idiotic, blinkered comments have made me more angry than when the match was on.

He really hasn't got a fucking clue.

What's the betting Luque won't start? Besides - is Ameobi definitely out? Is it just the hip thing, because i thought he would be OK? Doesn't really matter anyway, i'd rather save our half-fit players for the winnable game at the weekend. Palermo are the best team in Italy at the moment (they won 2-0 in the San Siro the other day) and they'll past us anyway.

I'd absolutely love it if we got Houllier as manager, infact - i actually wanted him slightly more than i wanted Hitzfeld. Houllier's a proven, top class manager in this division, and won lots of trophies with Liverpool, and had them in the Champions League every season. And they weren't a particularly brilliant team, especially the season they just pipped us for fourth. He'd done well with Lyon since he left aswell. It would be a superb appointment, but it's not going to happen now. I think it maybe could have done, but not now, no chance. Even if Shepherd appointed him, i wouldn't like him. I didn't like him when Bobby was in charge...

And this is the exact attitude that will take us down. Satisfied with a performance that couldn't beat the worst team in the Premiership at home. Get the fuck out of here.

The truth is, had we have won today, we would have merely papered over cracks. Now that we haven't won, the cracks are still wide open.

Worrying thing is though, these results are actually worse than that under Souness.

How did Butt get the sponsor's MOTM btw?

Oooo so close... Hometown club won, though! Wahey!

How anyone can be satisfied is absolutely beyond me. 0-0 at home to the club at the bottom of the table, probably the worst team in the league at the moment barring ourselves, is a complete and utter embarassment. Dismal result. Disgraceful. And to think i only managed to get my fucking stream working at 62mins. :roll: Jesus Wept.

Score?

In all honesty, it wouldn't have made a diference even if he took the subsitution 30 minutes early. Errrrrmmm yeah... yeah it would. :?

If Glenn Roeder is manager all the way through the season, we will be relegated. Absolutely no gameplan whatsoever. No subs.

Total embarassment.

Haven't scored a pen since August 05. :shock: Come on Chelsea. I hate seeing Man Utd win the title.

I really, really, really hope we hammer them. You know, something like 4-0. That would give the whole club a massive lift - especially if Martins scored, he's absolutely desperate for a goal now. That's if he plays of course. Still sticking with my original prediction, though. 1-0 to the Toon. Duff looked good against Boro i thought, and the team clicked when he was on the field against Pompey, he actually beat his man once or twice :shock: , so i'm expecting a decent performance from him today. About time his fortunes turned. COME ON NEWCASTLE

I really liked Acuna.

It depends who he plays with to be honest. Parker-Emre just doesn't work.

Harper Carr --- Taylor --- Ramage --- Babayaro Solano --- Parker --- N'Zogbia --- Duff Rossi --- Martins Roeder's got some 'nice' problems to solve before this weekend's game. I'd bring Carr back into the team because i think he has been performing well just recently, and i would continue with Babayaro, as he is the best left-back at the club. Plus, Taylor and Ramage showed a lot of promise when they played together against an offensive and dangerous Fenerbahce side. That was our best defensive performance of the season, and i don't care how well Bramble played on Thursday night - he doesn't merit a place in the side. Onto the midfield, with Nobby Solano, you are guaranteed a ball into the box, and as we saw the other day, his intelligence and accuracy of passing seems to have returned. That is a vitally important thing; Nobby was one of our best players at the back end of last season due to his creativity and his goalscoring. There was no one better in our team last season than splitting the defense with a pass. I've dropped Emre again, despite the fact that he's having a decent season in my eyes. Just his long balls, which are wayward or too long, are infuriating, and if we're going to play with Martins and Rossi - we need someone in there who is going to take opponents on and play the ball on the floor. Zoggy's the best in the squad at doing that, and it's time to see what he's really like in his favoured position, after a promising game there against Pompey. That leaves the left-wing to pick itself. We clicked when Duff came on the other night. Rossi's on form and i think he can form a partnership with Martins.

So if we win you back Shepherd all the way? :wink:

Newcastle United 1-0 Charlton Athletic Rossi

Shepherd's not as daft as the old Blackburn chairman. Shearer was offered the manager's job there at 26.