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Craig Hope ‏@CraigHope_DM 31m31 minutes ago Rafa Benitez has cleared NUFC training ground of all Under-21 players in bid to keep club in PL. Wants to focus squad & create togetherness.

Utter bollocks, he's been s**** but there's a lot worse performers than Sissoko. This season? Who out of our attacking players has been less effective than him? All bar Wijnaldum probably. He's created our most chances by a long way I may be wrong, but i think all our attacking players have more goals and assists than him. My main issue with him as well is that he has seemingly been undroppable ever since he got here.

Yep, ever since he came back, the palace fans on saying he lines up in a 4-4-2 with Adebayor, he then takes Adebayor off and then they start putting crosses in.

Shelvey has already said he is staying if we go down.

Utter bollocks, he's been s**** but there's a lot worse performers than Sissoko. This season? Who out of our attacking players has been less effective than him?

Palace fans are saying he keeps playing Bolasie centrally where he is hope less, its funnier because Pardew kept going on about how much they missed him when he was injured, but since he has come back hasn't played him in his right position.

Surprised at most people wanting Sissoko in their teams, or is that because there is not much else? For me other than Colback, he is consistently our worst performer who doesn't even bother with effort and looks as if he couldn't care less. He has been terrible all season and should have been dropped months ago. I would go as far as saying he is one of my least favourite Newcastle players ever.

Where was the Berahino money coming from, if we had already emptied the money?

Gives us 2 weeks to work on a game plan for Norwich so may be a positive.

Anyone know how many players we have going away on international duty? If the bulk are staying we have two weeks to work on a game plan for Norwich. Despite our terrible away form all season, for the remainder at least, I can see us being better away from home.

Thought Cisse helped when he came on, his movement dragged defenders away from Mitro. Think he needs a partner up there with him for the rest of the season.

Despite a woeful performance for most of the game, I still think the goal and everything that was connected with it could be the catalyst. Also despite our awful away form, I do think under Rafa we will be more suited to playing away from home for the remainder of the season.

Amen brother. Just so frustrating so far. We don't have the spirit of quality to,come back in a game of this magnitude, we are frightlengly poor today.

We are awful, crippled by fear and woeful players.

Never felt nerves like this in years, we aren't meant to have nice things so this will end badly. Good luck everyone, see you on the other side.

Just can't see us breaking them down, plus a major concern is there set pieces, there new signings have made them a major threat and we can't defend crosses at all.

The bit about the wall of sound and tide of black and white gives you goosebumps just reading it.

Supposedly he has met with Armstrong at the training ground. Assuming that he hasn't been recalled, can we look into this as Benitez possibly staying on regardless of whether or not we stay up? Seems a little pointless in meeting Armstrong at this point otherwise.

Rafa Benitez, Rafa Benitez Chancel Mbemba, Gini Wijnaldum, Shelvey and Perez Rafa Benitez, Rafa Benitez. To what tune? https://twitter.com/FBAwayDays/status/709470519628795906

Rafa Benitez, Rafa Benitez Chancel Mbemba, Gini Wijnaldum, Shelvey and Perez Rafa Benitez, Rafa Benitez.

For me I'm more nervous about us staying up just because we have him in now and he will be gone should we go down. I wouldn't mind going down as much if we knew he was going to stay, as I think he could still rebuild us from the championship.

Big Sam will play for a draw, and we just don't have the players to break them down. 0-0 at best but can see them nicking one late on to win.

It all rests on the Sunderland game on Sunday. If we can get a win, I'm convinced we can get out of it, if we play like that in the game against Norwich then I think we will get something. Be interesting to see how he sets us up at home though, because if we attack like tight we will struggle.

The mackems are going to have a field day defending against us tbh, our movement is atrocious, Sissoko and Mitrovic need dropping ASAP.

The lack of any real attacking quality is an even bigger concern going in against Sunderland. We are woeful going forward.