Andy

We fucked their squad up in the Carling Cup. I was talking to a Sunderland fan I know the other day, and he was absolutely adamant that Chelsea's down-fall was caused by them. Apparently they took away all of their confidence when they tore them apart at Stamford Bridge. The pride with which he said this was almost quite endearing.

Taylor is too rash and the defence doesn't hold its position because he's erratic. He doesn't even do the basics like looking along the line so see where the others are and the off-side which was working well seems to now be history. People mentioned that our defence played a high line earlier in the season but it was effective because we regularly stepped out to play the off-side. Taylor seems to be in la-la land as far as his fellow defenders go. we only played a high line at man city and because it was commented on by the commentators people think we done it all the time....we didn't. man city and west ham till they scored were the only times we've done it (west ham until they scored was also the worst we've defended all season). thinking back on it the opposite is probably more true with people citing that we sat far too far back in many games. (blackpool,stoke,fulham) It's been mentioned a load of times this season that we've played with a high line. It's all Chris Waddle has talked about whenever I've heard him commentating on our matches.

Taylor is physically better and should be a better defender... However, in terms of awareness, positioning and general defensive judgement, Williamson is streets ahead.

In only three matches he's managed to remove almost every positive element that Hughton had going on - he's moved Barton back inside despite his best performances being on the wing, gone back to one up front instead of trying Ranger, split up our best-performing defence partnership, and turned us into a long-ball side. Great stuff.

Any one of us could have picked a more sensible XI today.

Embarassing (sic) for who?

Well, no. Funnily enough I just got on with everyday life. A concept clearly lost on a sad, alcoholic bore such as yourself. Well, there's another week in the hole...

Aye, he did reasonably well to get on the end of it at all tbh.

Nolan's chance was hardly easy, he was stretching and under the pressure of a challenge. Seen far, far easier chances missed by better players.

Yep, when Nolan dropped back into midfield he actually started to look dangerous.

Wasn't Taylor's fault for the goal, but nonetheless, he's a fucking really poor defender.

Twice this season we've done these cunts and somehow lost. Infuriating. Lack of concentration in the first five minutes is unforgivable though.

There's not exactly much choice mate, we're 2-0 down.

Match thread now folks. http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,73439.0.html

Happy enough with the starting XI, the only worry is the quality of service. Hopefully Barton will still be able to get some angled crosses despite being more central.

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Why do I get the feeling that Moratti isn't the most truthful of people?

Merry christmas to all of you.

That just makes his bet more stupid and meaningful when he made it. Shows how (wrongly) confident he was. If anything there should be additional punishments if Nolan scores again. Did he actually say he would give up his membership if Nolan scored 8 goals and he didn't drink his own piss? How about we ban all the people who said they would eat their hat if we won and we did?, I don't remember any evidence of hat eating being shown on here. I'm not saying that, I'm disputing that it's harsh because it was a one way bet. He created the conditions. Not really, all he said was he would drink his own piss, I don't seem to remember him saying he could be punished if he didn't, though if someone wishes to prove me wrong then fair play to the mods for taking his word. You'd think he'd been arrested and thrown in jail for failing to drink his own piss. No, I just don't see where he ever agreed to being banned if he didn't do it? :lol:

It was not a bet, it is was a gentleman's agreement.

How long is a permanent piece of string?

Thirty minutes...

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101129063436/dexter/images/thumb/f/ff/Eugene.jpg/250px-Eugene.jpg "Tick, tick, tick - that's the sound of your life running out."

Please do not encourage the use of fake evidence. Messi, you have exactly five hours to piss in a glass and visibly drink it. Just close your eyes and pretend it is orange juice.