Parky

The key to a solid defence is consistency but our defence has been chopped and changed so much by Sam that the players haven?t had a chance to develop any kind of understanding, and if it continues they never will. We have played with 10 different defensive line-ups this season. On the whole, the changes haven?t been forced upon Sam by injury or suspension. They have often been made to accommodate midfielders in the side; which sort of rubbishes the idea that his priority is stability at the back. I agree that a solid defence should be the first priority. Sam may say it is his but he is making absolutely no progress towards it and seems to have no clue of how to achieve it. We will continue to leak goals as he continues to swap the defence around and that doesn?t show any signs of stopping. it's not the defence,it's the defending throughout the team. i am absolutly fucking sick of having to point that out. Have you nicked Ne5's act?

The "revolt" was meant to be with regards to travelling down south over Xmas and staying there for 4/5 days nothing to do with training methods, tactics or anything else. They're too busy with horseracing and suchlike.

Basically some of the players are beginning to realise their cushty number is up.

Basically they've suddenly realised SA will take them on and it looks bad for the club as well.

Panic stations?

Agree. There are some right malingerers in there.

We must have the biggest group of moaners in the PL.

Get them all in a small room and then suddenly without warning shoot one in the head at point blank range (ideally Carr) so the blood spatter hits the others. Then discuss the christmas team schedule after.

It'll be Gibbon and Owen as the ringleaders I imagine. Both with comfort zones bigger than Europe. Owen's main concern will be missing the festive horse racing schedule.

Everything points to a home win. Rest easy my dears.

Newcastle 3 Arsenal 2

Papers are really pushing this and I doubt they have our best interests at heart.

You're right he was way too far over. What is the point of having midgets like Butt in the wall?

Mate that's almost a semi-Allardyce you're suggesting there...

And your opinion is? Do you agree that Given was very slow off the mark - he only took a small side step. Taylor chased a ball bending away from him and made the ground. Same with the Gerrard goal. Jussi made a save last week from (can't remember) hit in the same place at similar pace. Given never takes the first sideways step quick enough and like Robinson has developed the bad habit of just jumping sideways instead of up. He never looks tall enough to me.

Ultimately it's a transitional phase, it's a rickety squad and SA has only just got here. I would suggest we take another look at it in the summer and weigh up the season as a whole.

I'm glad you haven't dissed 'world class' (the man who misses 5 chances a game) Berbatov.

Boocastle.

The only problem with this is that our players bar 2 are all relatively cheap and average.

Miracles are expensive.

Balls, ive seen him play some of his best football for Ireland while he was here. And? How many int games do crocks play a year? England have a few. Maybe Terry and Cole should have played for England the other day?

Crock sold to desperate northern club. End of story.

Money won't buy you love sweetie.

He's going to look very wierd in stripes.