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No, but we went 32 years between World Cups and then made two in a row. We had our own "Golden Generation" (who accomplished nought but Asian Cup runners-up!), but now they've all fallen off the perch we've got nothing behind them, and that's really fucking disheartening!!! Losing to Oman! That's like England losing to San Marino at Wembley. Okay, more like losing to Georgia than San Marino, but still a kick in the pants!

And it's a pretty fucking damning indictement of how utterly shite we are, and how far we have fallen. And at this rate we'll be lucky to get to Brazil. And the inches forward football has made in the past decade will be swept away if that happens...

Australia currently losing 1-0 at half time at home to Oman. O-fucking-man. At home. Losing

Have Sunderland ever finished above Everton whilst Moyes has been with the Toffees? Seems a ludicrous notion - was it written by that mad mackem Louise whatshername?

Not this s*** again As a possibility it makes sense , hes not here forever and we need to make the most of him we can and if Pardew doesnt want to play him CB i'd be more than happy with him at DM. Can you name a single occasion when Colo has played as a defensive midfielder (in the Prem) and not looked terrible? More importantly, has he ever shown enough that he could justifiably keep Tiote (or Anita) out of the team as a DM?

Is he eligible for that Webster Ruling thingy?

Doesn't the "Liverpool Way" go back to Shankly when they were actually good, and is now being held up in order to claim a continuity with that success, a tradition of excellence which has actually been severed before some posters on this board were born...?

Nailed it Bowtie-wearin' muthafucka

Didn't Pardew say at the start of last season that we had eight Muslims in the squad? It was pre-season/Ramadan and he was talking about our slow build-up to full fitness. Ring any bells for anyone? Cisse, Ba, Tiote, Marveaux, Bigirimana, Abeid, Ben Arfa... someone else I'm forgetting...? EDIT: Not Bigirimana then

That Lee Dong-Gook from Boro could still be starting up front for you. It's ok we have a 33 year old Tim Cahill, a 34 year old Archie Thompson and a 30 year old Alex Brosque. Sad state of affairs. Positives are Tommy Oar is a top attacking mid/winger in the Dutch league, Rogic iS getting some games at Celtic and Robbie Kruse is Dusseldorfs best player in the Bundesliga. other than those 3 we are fucking dire. Archie is fucking shit - damning indictement that he got any caps, let alone as many as he did. Dire is an understatement and in 2014 we'll be humiliated (if we even make it). But Steve Taylor: Like a boss

Loving this

Shame. Cunt.

Hadn't heard that! Not that I have a problem with it, just surprised the club has made the parting so... final

This And it appears many people missed this post: This post has also been totally ignored: I can dig that it's a forum and differing opinions are what keeps it going but, fuck me, there are some people demonstrating unprecedented levels of wankerism in the past dozen pages. The medical staff cleared Ben Arfa to play. The nature of the pitch simply had to have been a part of those deliberations. The player has a history of wanting to play all the time, of having to be held back. Pardew took these two factors into account, looked at his available players, looked at the opposition and decided to start Ben Arfa up front. To lay this at Pardew's feet stinks of agenda-driven, lynch-mob hysteria.

Perch seems to be next in line should Taylor or Yanga-Mbiwa get injured. http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j430/sddm76/perchinho_zps6f421368.jpg

About 10 years ago, I was playing for a club in regional Victoria, Australia. Our seconds team were playing the league leaders, our poor lads only had nine players, and were routed 42-0. The opposition were picking the ball out of the net and running it back to the halfway line for the kick off... It's possible

Doesn't drink, observes Ramadan... gambles?

fuck off mackem kernt

Can someone who uses this twitter thingy post Rooney's missus' complaint about him being on the bench? Just for amusement's sake

I had a soft spot for him tbh. He ripped tore Aust's WC ambitions to shreds one time, in Montevideo (i think he scored a double in that 2nd leg). Good player who never put together back-to-back seasons, and didn't get going in Europe. He was a master diver. However he was cool looking cat while doing it - he wasn't cursed with Suarez love-to-hate mug. The dude had some style. From sleek looking skinhead, to longer ringlet peroxide locks, to peroxide buzz-cut. Aging pretty well too, and comes across as a very earthy & down-to-earth guy. Looking fighting fit. http://www.sickchirpse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dario_silva_leg-thumb11.jpg Yep, one of the very few times I've wept genuine tears over a football match. He thoroughly schooled us that day in 2001, and I was devestated...

They must have been reading our debate in the Rafa thread

Surely there comes a point, though, when all the good and decent managers say "No" to Roman despite the wads of cash on offfer? At which point the choice between, for instance, John Barnes and John Terry makes the latter a reasonable choice? * BTW I should clarify my "decent shout" comment as meaning "there's a reasonable chance of that happening", as opposed to "I think that would be the correct decision for Chelsea to make"

That's gotta be a decent shout if Rafa gets the boot before the end of the season. Hasn't Terry and Abramovic been picking the team over a drink on a Friday night for years anyway?

Kovacevic was actually quite good. I remember he came over (to Sheffield Wednesday?) with Dejan Stefanovic, who was rubbish...