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haha yeah i saw them, didnt look like they were 'staring' anyone out to be honest, just getting into it, did you hear them calling people cunts?

i have to say after reading all of the post match reaction i'm astounded that no-one's mentioned the penalty. i know that sam doesnt specify a penalty taker and he leaves it up to the players but for fucks sake can martins please never be allowed to take a penalty EVER again? haway, we all know finishing is the weakest part of his game and yet he was allowed to take a MASSIVE pen, imagine the atmosphere if he missed that, he tried his fucking best to, what on earth was that run up about!? positives, smith putting in another solid performance, starting to look like mr reliable, beye good AGAIN, milner worked hard and looked like he was always getting the best of his man, zoggy solid and potent going forward, barton looking more dangerous, if a bit erratic, good battling performance in our 3rd game of the week negatives, rozenhal getting worse by the game, quite a bit of fan unrest at mis-placed passes, even when we retained possesion, fair play to the players for plugging away i was in the newcastle arms before and after the game, afterwards everyone hushed for sams sky interview, everyone jeered when he mentioned the lads being tired after the 2 games previous, nice one lads, support

regarding that incident, it was glaringly obvious that someone should have been there, we take every single throw in that way, trying to achieve exactly that, and the one time it happens, against ARSENAL! no-one was there!

you're just gonna have to accept that sam prefers left footers on the right and vice versa, isnt it obvious now? i dont imagine he'll ever change his mind, even when we've got two fit players for every position in a 4-3-3 i reckon it'll still be set up like that.

this is a joke, right?

delighted. for sam, for the lads, but mostly for us, we got a very good performance tonight from our team. to be fair arsenal didnt really turn up, but if arsene wenger is gonna say that we stopped them from playing then i'm in no position to argue with him, i reckon he knows more about football than me. smith was class, i was always confident he'd do something with the ball tonight, beye looked solid, barton's getting better by the game, although did play a couple of stray passes but i'm sure this will go away once he gets back to full fitness. excellent to see that sam has gotten the lads to turn around the performances after liverpool, he's shown he can get them motivated at the LEAST, seeing him do his nut on the touchline was brilliant, passion. well done everyone, lets keep up the support, even if things AREN'T going our way, we owe it to ourselves to make it happen.

nailed on he'll play someone 'out of position', i want mourinho in after 28 games

totally agree coach, top post, get that printed up in numbers and i'll happily hand it out outside the ground tomorrow night

born in north shields, live in tynemouth, so yes and no

thats a good shout like

We were in the game and put a decent performance in sat, V Liverpool we were never in it from the 1st kick. that, and the away support is always better than home support, for any team

i'm with you benwell lad, lets try and get behind the team and show those cockney fuckers (arsenal AND the press) we cant be dictated to, this is our club

Which one was it? I've been a Newcastle fan all of my life and i've never been as embarrassed as I was after the Liverpool match. It wasn't the performance, but the fans who acted so childshly. We've been spoilt by the relative success of the Keegan and Robson era's which has vastly inflated expectations. We need to understand that our performances over the past few seasons haven't been down to bad luck, but bad players and bad management. We're not a top six or even a top eight club and haven't been for a while now. The blame doesn't lie at the feet of Allardyce, Mort or Ashley but the likes of Souness, Shepherd and Douglas Hall. Give Big Sam time and he'll get it right. nice one mate, totally agree with you

seconded

nice username

Carr is injured, rest easy. he's not that injured, saw him walking at a very brisk pace through town today, but he didnt have a coat on so hope remains that he caught a cold

What sort of u-turns are you expecting? maybe i should clarify, i'm not definitely expecting them, but if sam is given a bit of time, chances are at some point we'll go on a run of form and start to pick up some points, at which point i expect a lot of 'he's finally seen the light, champions league here we come' type of comments showing up. its just human nature i suppose but i just wish people would learn to give the benefit of the doubt when things go bad if they're willing to revel in the success, i'm not out for a fight but as nufc.com said buying the ticket is only part of the deal at the end of the day people just need to remember that we're a mid table club and any finish above last years placing will be progress, sam's got a good record in this leaugue and realistically we couldnt wish to be in much better hands at THIS moment in time I think teasy is right , it's Sam who has made a U-turn and given our players some licence to get forward with intent, even away from home. Blackburn wasn't the right result but at least we gave the opposition something to think about, not just worry what they might do to us. Anyway, to sack him now would be madness. For one, there are no outstanding candidates available to replace him right now. Plus we'd always be wondering whether he might have turned things round given some time and patience. Let's see how ther next few games pan out, as I think we'll not approach them in such a negative frame as we have so far this season. At least I hope not. i think its more of a long term approach to setting up a team mate, its really not as simple as either play to win or play to lose

Maybe not but we should not be having this debate. We have squad capable of getting in Europe and we should not be struggling like we are and putting in such poor performances. No we don't. seconded, wake, the fuck up people, we've been shit for 3 years

What sort of u-turns are you expecting? maybe i should clarify, i'm not definitely expecting them, but if sam is given a bit of time, chances are at some point we'll go on a run of form and start to pick up some points, at which point i expect a lot of 'he's finally seen the light, champions league here we come' type of comments showing up. its just human nature i suppose but i just wish people would learn to give the benefit of the doubt when things go bad if they're willing to revel in the success, i'm not out for a fight but as nufc.com said buying the ticket is only part of the deal at the end of the day people just need to remember that we're a mid table club and any finish above last years placing will be progress, sam's got a good record in this leaugue and realistically we couldnt wish to be in much better hands at THIS moment in time

i'm dreading the u-turns like, its gonna make me sick Funnily enough I think most of the people will be hoping the team form improves, I hardly think they will be worried about there previous posts on here if we win 5 on the bounce. agreed, though i cant really see how that affects what i said in any way, it was an opinion, and you cant persuade me not to find being extremely fickle a sickening quality

i'm dreading the u-turns like, its gonna make me sick

whys that? because anyone that expresses opinions that appear to be ridiculous is obviously being sarcastic or a wind up? you can usually tell from tone, isnt it just a tiny possibility that he's genuinely hoping we lose against arsenal so that sam is sacked, and does infact deserve to be told to fuck off, would you care to explain whats pathetic about that?

and not before time, come on Arsenal f*** you prick!!! is that abuse mods? Is that trying to get somebody banned? I hope not because that brings about the same fate as you were looking for. not at all, I'm just asking if thats allowed, seems it is yeah, its allowed, now run along and fuck off

yeah i think you might be right, terry mac's been in charge of training/tactics and selection this week