Dr Venkman

I think we're actually better than them. Take away their numerous spawny victories and they are very average. Also, we've been dealt a few harsh blows this season including: 1. Consistently terrible (biased? corrupt?) refereeing against us (Everton, Man City, Arsenal, and many more). 2. Dropping points in the last minute! 3. Injuries/suspensions to our key players (Carroll, Tiote, Willicini, Barfa etc) If lady luck moved from wearyside to Tyneside, I'm pretty sure we'd be out of sight of the unwashed. ok graeme

The word is that Sky aren't interested in who leaked the clips, which says something. how many times am i going to have to post news of the world court case in this thread?

they're ahead of us by a few points which would suggest they're better than us and i wouldnt argue too much with that, they dropped their arse twice when playing us though.

No I flagged your Homophobic,Racist,Sexist attitude that everyone who reads this thread can now see,i brought Dave into it cos he got involved or are you too stupid to realise Good to see that you are still rising above it Keep it up Decided im enjoying this now tbh im not in the wrong with my reply to his original statement so bring it on i think you missed the point

John Barnes!? Are you fucking kidding me? Barnes is the worst person in front of a camera EVER!

same here mate, bores the shit out of me

news of the world, court case Not to mention the bid to take full control over Sky. Hmmmm... ...you might be on to something here. seems as plain as day to me, especially considering the leaked footage. gray's stupid though, for saying those things in the first place and for thinking he could take on the notw and it wouldnt have re-percussions

news of the world, court case

bring back trevor francis

Why? Because he's a very talented football who can play in a position in which we are desperately lacking. No that i'm surprised, folk were turning their noses up at Berbatov in the summer. there's rampant short-termism going on with people evaluating players ability, all over the place. ireland's still a great player.

how much are 'we' expecting?

Fuck knows. He's no more innocent than Gray...imho. The only thing I can think of, is, Keys got caught the once and punished. Gray got caught twice. Dunno really *shrugs shoulders* he didnt start legal proceedings against NOTW?

he did say he left marseille because he felt too much pressure to perform, perhaps hughton just told him to go out and play, probably one reason why i'd be more keen to play him up front that on the wing where he'd have defensive duties.

aye sporting away. i was due a night out after that and had to just go to bed, i couldnt speak to anyone

i hope he goes into management, he wont though

it was only a few months ago carroll was interviewed saying he wants to be here for the rest if career and achieve what shearer did. strangely i haven't heard this mentioned ONCE in the press with all the OMFG HOW IS HE NOT GOING TO SPURS carry on

I doubt we'd buy enough. We'd need at least 4/5 quality incomings and no outgoings to compete on all fronts. Why not though? Who's said we aren't going to buy those 4/5 quality players? mike ashley? We got Ben Arfa, Tiote and Gosling this summer. Do you really find it unthinkable that we'd be able to get one more than last year if we got into Europe? depends on their contract situations i guess

I doubt we'd buy enough. We'd need at least 4/5 quality incomings and no outgoings to compete on all fronts. Why not though? Who's said we aren't going to buy those 4/5 quality players? mike ashley?

fucking serious analytical insight there good result though

been all over twitter that the ireland deal is done like, surprised at the lack of talk on here edit - why on EARTH are they paying him that much?

have you had a look to see if anyone is ? aye

not the chelsea game argument again please. the fact that people have to keep resorting to ONE game where he stopped a full back from attacking (and even thats debatable) tells you all you need to know about routledge this season.

I'd stop short of shitting the bed, but my socks would well and truly be remaining on my feet, that's for sure. i'd wake up with an extra pair of socks on

depends on your reasons to appoint said spiv. in this case i suspect those reasons were something like the opposite of parting with cash.

not aimed at you in particular mate but since you mentioned it. why is it that all of a sudden its deemed a good idea to sell your players when they're out of form? are we so ridiculously impatient these days that we cant wait for a player to get back in form again? i agree that 24m is a bit over the top, but i keep reading people saying stuff like this, dont get it. Spot on. Sunderland just lost their top scorer, record signing and probably best player. They didn't want him to leave. Yep, that's great for them that. Exactly. Not a great deal for them at all. Just like selling Carroll wouldn't be a good deal for us. my point was more about this 'out of form' nonsense to be fair. i've seen people say it about rooney and torres recently too.