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Sweet. I was kind of hoping they'd win, as it would have be good for Newcastle.....but then I remembered the utter jubilation on RTG when we lost the City of Culture bid to Liverpool. More karma. I had forgotten about that!

It shows the difference in squads that these won’t be starting £81m worth of strikers – Iheanacho £25m, Slimani £30m, Musa £16m and Ulloa £10m!

Skybet enhanced looks superb – Spurs, Wolves, Vila – 4/1!

Ha ha ha!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5156749/Sunderland-fans-react-angrily-Christmas-Bonus-scheme.html

Left the restaurant with a carry-out too! What a woman!

They’ll be sewpa fewwwmin with that!

Video refs being used for Brighton vs Palace on the Monday night?!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no :o https://twitter.com/bykerwall/status/938710985656893440

I know his injury record isn't the best but I'd love a fired-up Sturridge aiming to make the WC squad on loan!

WTF?! Far better than Pardew anyway!

f*** me :lol: :lol: Incredible! How bitter and obsessed is that Reiver?! Its absolutely incredible levels of bitterness from a 64yr old man. I think he came home from the social club one night to find his wife being gang f***ed by a group of men wearing black and white shirts to be like he is He is 64 years old and goes on like that? :kasper: :kasper:

Fuck me :lol: :lol: Incredible! How bitter and obsessed is that Reiver?!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/05/truth-time-grow-deal/

Six days before the match?!

Top of the board and 21 pages so far! https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/how-long-can-rafa-last.1405980/

Spurs away will get moved to midweek if either team gets to the quarter finals.........well, if Spurs do!

UK broadcast details for our @FIFAWorldCup group games have been confirmed: Tunisia Monday 18 June @BBCSport Panama Sunday 24 June @BBCSport Belgium Thursday 28 June @ITV

Ha ha get in Silva! Silva said: 'When he made this comparison it does not make sense. It is the same thing if I compare his work with a national team coach like Gareth Southgate. 'It's like me comparing the goals Richarlison scores in the Premier League to Peter Crouch. Crouch is 37, Richarlison is 20, Crouch has played so many games and Richarlison far less. 'If you want easy work for you, go to see what he was doing when he was 40 years old or see his first seven seasons as a coach what he was doing. Then look at what I am doing. Or you can wait until I am 63 years old and we can compare what I have done. That is the best solution.'

Clattenburg 'allowed Tottenham to self-destruct' at Chelsea in 2016 http://dailym.ai/2km31hR

Our recent form Last 10 FAC Third Round ties: 2016/17 Birmingham City (a) drew 1-1 2015/16 Watford (a) lost 0-1 2014/15 Leicester City (a) lost 0-1 2013/14 Cardiff City (h) lost 1-2 2012/13 Brighton and Hove Albion (a) lost 0-2 2011/12 Blackburn Rovers (h) won 2-1 2010/11 Stevenage (a) lost 1-3 2009/10 Plymouth Argyle (a) drew 0-0 2008/09 Hull City (a) drew 0-0 2007/08 Stoke City (a) drew 0-0

.com advent calendar; http://www.nufc.com/advent2017/advent2017.html#1

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rafa-benitez-feels-the-strain-of-newcastles-deficiencies-29thmg9gl?shareToken=2de55f2390dd8e9ae26c3ed585351bd9 Rafa Benítez feels the strain of Newcastle’s deficiencies George Caulkin, Northern Sports Correspondent December 4 2017, 12:01am, The Times Benítez has repeatedly switched personnel and tactics as he struggles to find a formula that works Rafa Benítez was not in an expansive mood, but defeat is the enemy of chit-chat. Newcastle United have lost five of their past six matches and won only once since mid-September. A team that was revelling in overachievement two months ago is now hunkering down into a familiar sense of restlessness. Would January be a big month for Newcastle, Benítez was asked after his team’s loss at Stamford Bridge. “I have no idea,” the Spaniard said. Really? He did not know? “I have no idea,” he said. Because of the drawn-out uncertainty over the club’s prospective takeover? “I have no idea,” Benítez said. Conversation, meet brick wall. Newcastle are about where they should be in the Premier League, but their route to 14th place has been deflating. Momentum, whether good or ill, can be fierce on Tyneside, and the encouragement of those consecutive early-season victories over West Ham United, Swansea City and Stoke City, bolstered when Mike Ashley declared his intent to sell the club, has dissipated. The agitation that Benítez felt during a long summer of missed opportunities in the transfer market had only been buried, not banished; he always suspected results would turn. “We knew from day one that we will be in the bottom half of the league,” the manager said. “It’s not a surprise to anyone.” Newcastle left themselves short, particularly up front, where Benítez scrabbled to bring in Joselu from Stoke for £5 million. It was never enough, not when there is no luxury of a go-to player; if any component of the team dips below its maximum, they will lose. They can carry not a scrap of excess flesh. That was how it was at Chelsea. Newcastle grasped the lead through Dwight Gayle, but their energy was undermined by three defensive mistakes. They are not good enough to be anything other than 100 per cent. “Yes,” Benítez said. “That is very clear.” Newcastle are again in limbo. If Amanda Staveley (or any other bidder), fails to buy the club, there will be more austerity next month. If she succeeds — and Ashley’s muddled ownership, the division and incompetence, has long since run its course — Benítez will have a chance to regroup. Longer term, he is more likely to stay. That tension is bubbling back, but in the meantime Newcastle need points from successive home games against Leicester City and Everton. “We can’t keep saying we are still OK in the table,” Ayoze Pérez said. “This is the moment to turn things around.” Benítez constantly switches his personnel and tactics — there were five at the back at Chelsea — groping for a formula. Is he learning about his players during this difficult run? “Yeah, we know a lot about our team,” Benítez said. “But at the same time we know about the other teams and still we can’t stop them.” In its own way, that was pretty brutal.