Parky

Exactly, he's in a strong position. Just needs to bide his time. Holds all the cards atm imo.

IMO he's done enough to get a significant payrise.

Like a timetraveller he just manifests in the box just where the ball is going. He is messing with reality. He laughs at universal law. He is renegade.

Barton is really coming on now. Seems much calmer and actually 'thinking; when he gets the ball. Can't beat people for pace on the right, but has enough close skills to keep a hold of the ball and get a cross in. Getting back to where he used to be a few years back.

He really is immense and calm and I also notice he likes the odd forward sortie which might result in 2/3 goals a season once he settles.

Stick with the 2 up and keep feeding Tiote the steaks.

Tiote has given us the scope to play two up without too much fear. Carroll was immense today and Shola looks like he is enjoying himself.

Didn't work last year against inferior opposition. The difference is Tiote.

Cause he's fully revovered from his buffet of injuries?

Fergie will be giggling into his Scotch tonight.

Has everything to be a good PL keeper. We won't see the absolute best of him for another 4/5 years.

Yes, he gets a lot of work around Christmas time. (Sorry.)

......... it is the kind of think ma would do isn't it (((shudder)))

The timing is clearly pre-meditated. I'm not totally convinced by Hughton, but can't see he has done that much wrong, most managers make a few mistakes at the start of the season as they are feeling out the squad and formations. Needs a fair crack of the whip and review it at Christmas, no reason at all for the club to contemplate his postion now. As you say the timing is strange.

According to Durham Jockeys should wear wing mirrors, F1 drivers should use ejector seats and someone will one day run the 100m in under a second. And still some people don't catch on that he's winding them up. tbf i like the ejector seat idea Ejector seat across the finish line if you can't overtake.

If there is something going on and I say IF, it is probably that someone had got MA's ear again.

Find ex-footballer punditry on the whole a complete waste of time. It's also really irritating when they sensationalise things because they haven't the intellignce to make it interesting any other way.

Just saying I sense a tremor in the force.

Yup. Which is why I'm worried. They have a track record of doing completly the wrong thing (bar hiring CH).

The only thing I'll say is that the clowns have been too quiet for too long. Probably readying a brand new bungle as we speak.

I wouldn't be so sure there is any kind of plan tbh. They've been lucky with CH..Just quietly gets on with it. Which means they are storing up some massive clanger to balance out the good work they have accidentally done.

wasnt it before the match? genuine question. Think it was released after, but I think they'd have done it anyway considering the s**** Sky came out with before the game. what were they saying? just spinning what the papers had said? Yep. 'Not sure why this has even come up...surely he's not under pressure?' etc etc. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT THEN YOU CUNTS. They've given it legs basically. Total cock up. Should have just kept quiet and the press junket would have moved on to another party.

This.