Nobody

Nope, far from it.

Just hasn't met the right man yet. There are no straight men, just men who haven't met Chuck Norris

I blame the midfield for the goal, tbh. Colo did his job, I reckon.

That would mean having to play Shola though. At the moment, I'd rather play Smith CM to allow for Löven up front with Oba.

Spot on

Really? Why wouldn't you play Löven further up the pitch than Geremi? Same goes for Jonas and R.Taylor? And why wouldn't you just line them up in a conventional 4-4-2 and have them playing in their natural positions (debatable for Smith and Geremi, but they are as close to CMs we can get now)? Harper S.Taylor Colo Bassong Enrique R.Taylor Geremi Smith Jonas Martins Lövenkrands

Yep. Let's all forget the lovely cross for Oba and winning a free kick in a very dangerous position, because he is shite. One half-decent cross excuses 90 minutes of dross now does it? On the free kick a good player would have stayed up. What a load of shit

Still 11 games left mate. Aye, but people are jerking their knees off here and saying that we are definitely relegated.

We only started playing to his strengths when he went off. He would have buried that chance that Viduka set up for Ameobi.

We are not in the relegation zone.

If he cares about Newcastle, he should feign an injury for the rest of his life if that's what it takes to stop him playing.

Yep. Let's all forget the lovely cross for Oba and winning a free kick in a very dangerous position, because he is shite.

What a fucking twatfaced wankstain of a player he is. Disgraceful, absolutely fucking awful.

Why on earth did he take off Martins and not Ameobi? Fucking joke and it could well have cost us the game.

Only one who looked like he could threaten the Bolton defence today.

Need to get him on the ball much more often. Did very well for the header on the corner, should have done better from Jonas' cross though.

Fucking hell what a terrible game. Good for us that Bolton are just as bad.

Good gesture

Harper Beye Bassong Coloccini Enrique Barton Guthrie Jonas Owen Viduka Martins Ridiculously gung-ho (and far too much so for the likes of Kinnear and Hughton) but I'd absolutely love to see it. Obviously pretty similar to the end of last season which worked of course. I'd have Barton on the right hand side of the three with Guthrie just sitting as he hasn't really got the legs to go up and down. But I think as he's quite good technically and has as good footballing brain he'd be good sitting there, sweeping up and making play tick over.

Good news. What would peoples starting 11 be with everyone fit and available?

Bad news on Barton, we need him back desperately.

Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. Really shouldn't have sold him at that price IMO, should have put him on the bench or in the reserves.

Be interesting to see the reactions to this compared to the Kinnear stuff from yesterday. Most believed that he was telling the truth there, but I've got a feeling there will be a lot of "bullshit!" in this thread.

I always thought they had to blow for full time/half time when the ball was in a neutral position, or in a position where theres no chance either side could score immediately. Was surprised the full time whistle was blown last night just after Ronaldo's last free kick had been saved, I would have guessed they would have played on until it had been cleared. I don't know if it's been changed in recent seasons but the rule used to be that the ball had to be in play for the game to end and as a goal kick or free kick is taken to restart the game then technically the ref can't blow the final whistle until after the kick has been taken. The opposite occurs in rugby where the game can't only end with the ball in play. No, the rules haven't been like that. Only penalties have to be taken before the referee can blow the final whistle. Free kicks, throw ins and goal kicks does not have to be taken.

Just seen replays of the tackle for the first time, absolutely horrible. What was he thinking? No excuse for that. Saying that though, I still think he'll be a good player for us, and I don't think he's the kind of player that would deliberately hurt another player, he's no Cattermole.