Dr Venkman

can you make another one so i can vote twice for shepherd?

At one game earlier in the season Martins had a shot from about 15 yards out that the keeper saved and the bloke behind me was screaming "Why didn't you fucking pass it to him man!" pointing towards Geremi out wide, later in the second half a similar situation occurred but this time he did pass it to Geremi who wasted it only for the same bloke to shout "What are you passing to him for for fucks sake, shoot man" It's easy to point something out afterwards and say they should have done this or that, you won't find many strikers who would pass when they've got a chance to shoot though, especially in the position he was in when he could have passed to Barton. just because the bloke behind you is fickle/stupid doesn't mean that oba doesnt need to try and improve his vision, he does. put quite simply he SHOULD have passed the ball to barton, any player in that position should as barton was in such a superior position to score, there was also quite a few occassions against pompey when his decisions were odd, and thats being kind.

boro fan 2-0 to us

exactly

Sunderland 1 Newcastle 4 17 April 2006, the day before my 21st birthday and the first time i'd been to see us play them away, Shearer's last ever game and goal for the toon, even luque fucking scored! The way we turned it around in the second half was just magic, my favourite footballing memory ever, its gonna take some beating.

ridiculous isnt it, people just need to remove the bug from their arses, he's a class act, end of

man united, i hate them just as much as the mackems, i absolutely, fucking, hate man united. i can watch them play with almost as much interest as watching us because i take such delight in seeing them lose, shame it doesnt happen much, i'm praying for ferguson to go and for them to have a dodgy couple of years at least

Is it acceptable to boo any substitutions? Debateable but I thought booing that one was particularly ridiculous, given the circumstances, it being obvious what the manager's thinking was and what happened against Blackburn previously. I don't really approve of booing the manager / the players full stop. I thought the 'You don't know what you're doing' aimed at Allardyce was bad craic even, given it's never anything other than unhelpful and divisive. I'm not sure why people booed that substitution tbh, although I agree with Skirge's point about keeping your quick players on if you're looking to sit on a lead rather than someone like Viduka, I think Keegan took him off because of his reaction to being substituted against Birmingham anyway as if to say that his tantrum won't any affect on how he does things, I think the fan reaction might have shocked him though. As for Allardyce. the 'You don't know what you're doing' is bad craic but it's hard not to get frustrated when you're chasing a game and he replaced Milner with N'Zogbia, the worst for me this season was the stick Barton got during the Blackburn game, the over the top groans when he gave the ball away compared to everyone else was pretty bad, as was the booing after the 0-0 against Villa. I totally agree there, especially re: Barton in that match. The poor fucker must have been scared to touch the ball. The thing is I think Keegan would have brought him off if it wasn't for the fear of the fans reaction towards him (Barton) which is worse than him getting stick for taking Oba off. The crowd is our own worst enemy at times. indeed, nice to see that there was no booing bartons name before the match against reading, that's the first time since his christmas behaviour, just goes to show people will forgive you if you put in a few good performances. anyway back on topic, i've never been a big fan of oba, obviously i can see he's got talent but he's frustrated me more then excited me which i dont take as a good sign. however, since kk came in he's been getting better and better and i'm starting to think that oba might actually get a lot more consistent with kk guiding him, lets hope so because on his day he's un-stoppable, and there's not many players in the world you can say that about.

i'd be happy with this

same outlook as the spurs game for me, i'd be happy with a draw and not too disapointed with a loss providing our performance levels dont drop too much

i'd say what he's learned is that they can beat the teams they SHOULD be beating and turn in a very good performance away from home against an un-motivated team. the only thing ground breaking about our performances since blackburn has been the way he's put the confidence back into the team, oh and now butt and barton can pass, which i certainly didnt see coming.

quite a few knee jerk wallys in here, should be ashamed of yourselves to be honest

If only people knew, I'm sure they'd gladly sit in Newcastle traffic for an hour or wait three quarters of an hour for a metro they could squeeze on, as long as it maintained your fantasy. so it's only me that enjoys a full 90 minutes of football? i'm sure there's someone else out there! i stay to the final whistle mate, i cant help it, i still have that feeling you get when you first start going to the match and you dont wanna miss ANYTHING, but then i dont have to travel far to get home

Like someone says, no worse than something you'd see on South Park or in a satirical magazine. the difference being that in south park its done with intelligence and wit, as part of a story in which you hear both sides of the argument, not, as stated above, a pointless photoshop thats just trying to be offensive for no reason ,because whoever did it is under the mistaken impression that its creative or funny.

oh i thought it was the 'dont sign anyone from a club with a better team than ours' rule. i think this needs clarification just so we're all sure.

haway lads man get rid of that

in other news, a man has invented a wheel bollocks isnt it, thats the nature of the beast, pointless moaning about it. recently i've seen lots of people saying 'ok, i was too quick to judge keegan/owen and i hold my hands up'. thats totally admirable imo and to be applauded, and much better than a stubborn denial to change your mind given evidence, thats how you end up like allardyce.

in other news, a man has invented a wheel

chances of him being in charge of bolton in the championship next season?

atmosphere was exactly what it needed to be imo, encouraging and supportive

Not sure if Owen was too chuffed with this that'll be the headline tomorrow 'crisis in toon as owen wants out - "no-one picks me up", says england star' he had a big grin on his face when beye put him down, then proceeded to give him a big cuddle, i dont think he gave a fuck

would be nice to hear him get his name sung at home, maybe next season once everyone's forgotten they wrote him off and they can blame it on each other

i'm sorry? an oba PEN!?

i thought viana was gonna be class for us i thought souness would do a good job of getting the so solid crew north east chapter in line