S.S.R.

I wonder how many players come out of Keane's post-match team talk alive?

I hope Ashley gets to see the video clip of Carr casually ambling onto the pitch with a jokey grin on his face when we're 3-0 down. Pay him the rest of his contract and tell him to f*ck off, please.

We'd be a totally different prospect with a decent midfield.

Smith concedes a pointless free-kick and receives his usual yellow.

Have a good laugh Carr, prick.

How did Babel walk into the box unopposed?

Given gets a chance to get back, but thinks, nah, I'll stick around for a bit.

Does it? Is there some kind of loophole that makes England qualify because of that goal?

Love how Lawrenson was so quick to praise Carson for the save he knew nothing about.

1249: Looks as if Joey Barton will be starting on the right of a five-man midfield for Newcastle, who make a decent start with a good spell of possession. Michael Chopra lets Toon keeper Shay Given know he is around by clattering into him early doors. Derby delight - jubbly. Courtesy of BBC.co.uk

Still won't top the mackem guy who got imprisoned for fraud, or the Journal punters panel mackems who watched the game on the telly.

Did Cacapa actually do anything wrong other than being slower than the younger players he was up against? It was the organisation of the whole defence that was to blame. Glory-boy Taylor seems to be more interested in bombing upfield than doing his job.

Did Smith actually put in a performance today?

This was a freak result. I don't think it is a representation on the way we generally play. Draw a line under it and move on.

Good luck to them - they've found their level. Well, by the end of the season they will have.

What, like Master Blaster?

I love Jol's post-match interviews, when he gives a little shrug and a daft grin whenever he talks about where the team went wrong, as if someone else is getting paid to do something about it.

Dawson motm for me. Had a hand in all three goals. Superb.

The dodgy smoggie accent spoils it.

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Sept 4th 1991 - Plymouth at home. Gallowgate end. Stood behind the old Barclays Bank hoarding in the corner.

I haggled for a price long before the Setanta deal came out.

How dont you pay? Setanta's free on Virgin.

Just to recap, MIchael OWEn said the fans should have been grateful he came back for us so early. He got £8,000 per minute that day. Some of us are lucky to get that in under six months.

Only 1 of the 4 games is on sky Two - Arsenal and Derby and they're both at home. The only away game rescheduled is on Setanta, which I don't pay anything for, and has come up trumps for me yet again.