Dr Venkman

official site has tiote on 9 yellows, but one was in the cup. anyone know if thats still a ban if he gets one today? if so, and he misses sunderland, i'm on my way to stevenage after the game to hang pardew up by his bollocks

is or isnt tiote one yellow away from a ban?

i'd rather he experimented in the cup to be fair. get barton off now imo

just hope pardew doesnt shit himself and risk tiote, he'll be booked for crossing the side line

smith's not arsed anymore, literally there just to get paid

....then routledge does his thing

what a fucking ball THAT was

dunno but it was moving faster than nolan At 2,288mph I'm not surprised. shut it dave!!

we're horrendously un-balanced, i'd get ferguson on

dunno but it was moving faster than nolan

good save

i can barely watch this

barton could well be on the left until ben arfa's fit like, if we bring in a RW

not the point mate, as it stands barton nolan and colo would almost definitely play in that match (barring a freak training ground injury) playing today puts that in doubt. i guess it comes down to what you value more, perosnally i think we'd have enough to win it without those 3, put them on the bench and bring them on at half time if needed imo. i'd just rather be 3 points closer to safety and beat the mackems than be in the 4th round of the cup, i dont think they're mutually exclusive, but ya na.

barton nolan and colo shouldnt be playing, i dont want to lose and i'm not arsed about giving kids experience in this instance, but we've got a more important game next week. that said if he brings em off once we're winning, fair enough. i think its risky though.

no. that's what a squad's for.

nothing, and the players aren't suddenly going to get any better. depends on the money he gets in jan i guess

They should give the job to this guy...... http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41954000/jpg/_41954514_accringtoncarlrice203.jpg

perfectly set up for daglish to come in and take em down

another RW link. looking increasingly likely that bartons gonna be replaced at that position, not that it'd be a bad thing in the long term imo. still dubious about barton in the middle though.

by no means should colo, simpson, enrique, tiote or barton be playing this one, they HAVE to be fit for the mackems

I'm not happy with the wingers at all. Routledge is hit and miss, Ben Arfa's injured and Jonas is dog s****. could barton work on the left as well as the right? could be an option if bentley comes in

you only have to look at how much shitter we've been without barton this season to see we need backup. having said that, if he's being brought in on the condition he's starting every week i'd be dubious, simply because barton (with the help of tiote) is making our team tick at RM

Not one of them moves would be considered an "in the know" scoop. All of them have been widely mooted in the media. It would be like me saying; "I have it on good authority that Dzeko will be joing Man City in the next couple of days." The guy's made an effort to tell us what he knows. this, dont like to see people getting shot down just for the sake of it. this place would be boring without rumours