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Who should communicate that then? Rambling Mad Man Kinnear or Mute Ashley?

He looks a bit like Ashley with a stubble.

#Nufc subs: Alnwick, Santon, S Taylor, Bigirimana, Tiote, Shola Ameobi, Campbell.

#Nufc team v Anzhi: Elliot, Simpson, Anita, Yanga-Mbiwa, Perch, Haidara, Cabaye ©, Sissoko, Ben Arfa, Marveaux, Obertan. #europaleague From Miles Starforth

The protective cast is probably only for the plane ride. To reduce even more swelling due to flying. By keeping the foot in a medical air boot from directly after the game until tomorrow all swelling will be gone. Hopefully this will make him fit for sunday.

from @BeardedGenius on Twitter

I really like Pontus Jansson. He coaches a youth team in his hometown club in his spare time and used to hold a season ticket and now stands among the Malmö fans when he's injured or suspended. Not good enough atm, though. Maybe in a few years time. He used to be a forward and has good technique for being a CB but but he makes a lot of silly mistakes. Never good enough in a million years. This is turning into the Swedish forum. We're not doing ourselves any favours buying Swedes, especially not from Allsvenskan. Daryl Smylie is a starter, that's how bad it is. Smylie has never been a consistent starter in Allsvenskan. He has played the last two seasons in Superettan (Jönköping) FWIW.

It would be nice of Colo to come out and do an interview wouldn't it? To set things straight. After all he's the Captain...

In MA's eyes, some "promising" young manager from the football league that is currently getting paid peanuts in comparison to what we could offer. If we're having a sweep I'm picking Steve Davis from Crewe. Who was that lower league person we were linked with a while back when either Hughton got the heave-ho or before he was officially appointed, someone really random? was it Eddie Howe or someone? Knowing our luck we'd end up with that heedcase Westley. Was some talk about Tisdale as well if I'm not mistaken.

I feel sorry for the silver fox, I really do. He looks and sounds like a broken man in the interviews. He was an integral reason why we had such a fine season last year, and has earned the chance to turn this into something good. Granted, he's been let down by those above. But right now he's got every right to feel let down by his players as well. We simply aren't turning up for the battle, and haven't the whole season, aside from when we went to Sunderland. Something is very wrong in the dressing room, and try as we like no one of us can fathom what. I can't for the life of me believe that this is how Pardew wants us to play. We're stuck in a bad rut at the moment, and we need something, anything to get us out of it. Be it a flukey win at Stoke on wednesday or a managerial casualty. However, the players are IMO as much to blame for this situation as Pardew. For the sake of stability let's hope he can get us out of this mess. I'm having trouble trusting the man to turn this around right now, but at the same time I'd like to think that he's got that special something to get us out of this mess that he, the players and the men above have got us in to. As for tactics, I couldn't give a flying fuck what formation he'll use on wednesday, I couldn't give a flying fuck how we play. We badly need a win, not to kick start the season, but perhaps saving it from being a total disaster. Hopefully most of us can get behind Pardew and the team and rise once again. If the bad results and our bad play continues a couple of more weeks however, I'm all for a change. Even when calmed down.

http://yfrog.com/scaled/landing/737/8mtgh.jpg Fuckin hell. Simpson and dad...

Best three minutes of the season so far. Easily pleased me.

I still think our team (or starting 11 at least) is good enough to have a good crack at 5th. But I'd say that anything from 7th and up would be good.

The first I've seen of him today but for a few minutes in the earlier friendlies. Looks really composed and as a lot of people have said; His movement is strikingly similar to Tiote's. Looks like a really good prospect IMO.

Today's more like turning up at 1.45 to watch the warm-up but furiously having to rip off a blindfold to be able to watch it. I'm still blindfolded btw.

http://www.extra-gtfc.co.uk/acatalog/Home%20Shirt%20lassood%20%20-%20%20re-sized.png Not really.

Elliot; Tavernier, Perch, Williamson, Taylor; Obertan, Gosling, Abeid, Amalfitano; Vuckic, Sammy Ameobi Substitutes: Harper, Simpson, Santon, Bigirimana, Jonas, Shola, Ba

I don't think Carr said anything about the Euro's tbh. Normally (when there's no EC our WC during the summer) they don't watch any targets in their respective leagues after April due to tiredness was the way I interpreted it.

Very much a Giggs, that was a few years ago and Nke bought them. Nike are trying to offload them.

Just saw the posts regarding managers' win %. Take away our European games under Souness and he's left with a win percentage of 35,8%. Seems to be more in line with the reality of his tenure IMO.

From tomorrow's match programme:

With the same conversion rate as he has at Newcastle applied to the number of shots Messi has had in the Primera and CL Cissé would have scored 102 goals this season.

Cissé has 13 goals in 34 shots. 38,2% conversion rate. Decent.

Looks like it.