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Forest 1-0

Lets go for the most undeserved WIN EVER!!!

OMG we scored

Could be a repeat of the Derby game at this rate

Good to see Hughton has done fuck all again at half time

Agreed, our midfield prevent any decent attacks from building up

At least Van Anal is trying

ffs Guthrie giving away the ball for no reason

I really don't want to even imagine this team playing in the premiership against the likes of Chelsea or Arsenal *shudder*

Colo is so fucking dumb sometimes, why fly in when the player is facing the other way in the corner of the pitch

Maybe our players could try something revolutionary like a one-two or passing and moving, or maybe our coaches don't think they are ready for something that advanced.

It's like playing with a team full of Pro Evo players with the dreaded red arrow pointing down.

As soon as one of our players gets the ball, they just don't get any support, the movement is dreadful. Do they even do the basics in training??

I'm sure any talent Routledge has will slowly be sucked out of him by playing alongside such crap

The majority of our players have absolutely zero technique or composure on the ball

At least Swansea are trying to keep it on the ground. We just boot it up in hope of something.

Nolan looks like he is continuing his great recent form

Good pressure from Swansea early on, some pretty sloppy stuff from us though.

I've got a good feeling about this, going for 2-0

HOWAY!!!!! THE LADS!!!!!

2-0 win for us me thinks Great to see McLovin start, and no sign of Butt. Strange to see Williamson on the bench though

Wasn't quite sure where to put this, or if it's been posted elsewhere. Why Newcastle transfer window signings suggest the club will never again be a major player http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-mcnally/Why-Newcastle-transfer-window-signings-like-Danny-Simpson-Mike-Williamson-and-Wayne-Routledge-suggest-the-club-will-never-again-be-a-major-player-The-Brian-McNaly-Column-article321167.html Remember the days when Newcastle United regularly stunned the football world by signing stars of the quality of Alan Shearer , David Ginola, Michael Owen, and Tino Asprilla? Contrast that dazzling array of talent with the barely-recognisable names who arrived in January - Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Wayne Routledge and Leon Best. The latest transfer window made for a chilling reminder of exactly how far the fortunes of Newcastle United have plummeted under the stewardship of owner Mike Ashley. The Freddy Shepherd era at St. James' Park may have been a contentious, controversial period in the Magpies history, but it was always colourful and exciting. Click here to find out more! But under the Ashley regime expectations have sunk to their lowest point for more than 20 years. The scale of the Magpies fall from grace hits home when the clock is turned back just seven years to those wonderful days under the late Sir Bobby Robson. Then in the January 2003 transfer window Newcastle could afford to pay Leeds United £9million for centre back Jonathan Woodgate and after a Jermaine Jenas winner against Bolton they actually led the Premier League. It was a season when a memorable last-gasp goal from Craig Bellamy in Rotterdam sent Newcastle into the second phase of the Champions League and the Toon were only eliminated from the last 16 by the might of Barcelona and Inter Milan. It was a campaign that saw Alan Shearer rattle in 25 goals with Bellamy and Nobby Solano both regularly backing him up in the scoring stakes, while Jenas, Given, Kieron Dyer, Gary Speed and Laurent Robert were always worth watching. Newcastle finally finished an excellent third in 2003 ahead of both Chelsea and Liverpool. It seemed that the club were on the verge of something very special. Alas, seven years on, the Toon Army can only dream of that time and wonder, over and over again, where it all went wrong. The Magpies were knocked off the Championship pinnacle by a 3-0 drubbing at Derby this week and I fear that the players being brought into the club offer little hope for a serious assault on the Premier League. Newcastle may well win promotion from a division that is embarrassingly poor this season. But Ashley has so undermined the club's infrastructure with his relentless cost-cutting that I simply can't see United surviving in the Premiership without a regime-change and a massive injection of funds. Since January 2009, Premier League standard players of the quality of Shay Given, Habib Beye, Sebastien Bassong, Damien Duff, Charles N'Zogbia, Michael Owen and Mark Viduka have all departed. They have been replaced largely by loan players, free transfers, Premier League reserves and Championship-standard journeymen. Only Kevin Nolan and Ryan Taylor recruited from Bolton and Wigan respectively were top-flight regulars before they joined Newcastle. My fear is that Ashley is running down Newcastle to the point where they will never again be a major player in the Premier League. The bargain-basement buys and loan captures that manager Chris Hughton was allowed to make in the January transfer window may be able to sustain Newcastle's bid to go straight back up. But in terms of ambition and building a squad fit for the top-flight I see no evidence that Ashley is looking beyond this summer and yet another attempt to sell the club. Simpson, Williamson, Routledge and Best undoubtedly add depth to a shallow squad, but to my mind they do not represent a long-term strategy. Newcastle have managed to supplement their paper-thin squad with a generous sprinkling of loan players this term, but they won't get away with similar sort of numbers if they go up. Realistically, I think Newcastle have no more than half-a-dozen Premiership-class players and even then it would not surprise me if Jose Enrique, Jonas Gutierrez and Fabricio Coloccini left this summer. I believe the Magpies will go up this season but an instant relegation is very much on the cards unless Ashley finds a buyer or a new investment partner. Unless there is a Geordie Abramovich out there I am afraid the long-term future for Newcastle looks bleak.

Well Played Arse, nice handball by Fabregas

Come on Arsenal, really don't want to see a last minute Liverpool goal

Gerrard diving again, no surprise Gray defending him