Ronaldo

To be fair, where was he for the last 3 goals? Standing watching like the rest of the defenders. I'm not defending him, he was abhorrant but so were others. I'd say replace him but they're equally as bad if not worse. He's awful every game, though. The fact he literally can't do anything with the ball at his feet constantly means it's going to other players in tight situations. Other managers know it too and target him. The other defenders don't blame others for their own failings, either. Stop defending him.

Looks like our best midfielder based on the last 2 games.

Before that we looked toothless in attack but ok defensively. Need a balance between the 2. Which you can't achieve when at least half of the defence consists of Championship rubbish.

Those last 10 minutes are a f***ing massive shame, man. Aye. We'd only conceded 4 poor goals before that.

Who else could he put on? The bench tonight was the worst in our PL history. Don't change it then. The players were dead on their feet compared to their lot.

Like him but he should be fined for that performance tonight.

Who else could he put on? The bench tonight was the worst in our PL history.

That's why he persisted with 2 banks of 4 for so long.

I hate the finger pointing he does all the time. Blaming whoever passes the ball that he can't control. The cunt should be made to walk home up a railway line.

Useless and gutless. Tiote to Man U indeed.

Obertan should've come on for Ba, imo. Not that I thought Bigi had a great game but we completely surrendered the midfield when he went off.

Stoke game, Christ.

I was more p*ssed off after that game than the Villa game. There was actually a bit of magic in the air after that full time whistle, to be honest. The odd dickhead letting us down but we were generally all feeling the same pain and handling it with passion and dignity.

Urrgh, just seen NUST playing the 'Shearer turned you down' card in relation to this. It's exactly that kind of bullshit that cultivates the notion of our inflated self-perception in the first place. Over 16 years ago a great player signed for us - which didn't even result in an on-field improvement btw - like that's all we're about ffs. p*ss off you embarrassing set of small-time c***s.

Just a bully who can't take the slightest hint of criticism. No wonder his son turned out to be wife beating scum. Hope he rots in hell as soon as possible.

Ranger on Pardew's side? Hell has frozen over. Why wouldn't he be? Pardew's been too good to him imo.

I'll never stop loving Newcastle United, but the closest I've come to hating that fact was at full time against Fulham. Vividly remember throwing away a shirt and a scarf on the way to the exit. The worst day of a horrible 11 month period.

Cabaye's set pieces are nothing to shout about.

I'd leave Tiote out at home against the vast majority of sides.

aye mate, i'm sure if your employer treated you like s*** you'd think "oh well, i guess thats okay, seeing as they pay me" dosn't matter what agenda you've got against Shola, hes still a human being and an employee of the club, no need for a manager to do that in any organisation, which i doubt Pardew did. Shola's been treated like royalty here by just about everyone bar Allardyce and Keegan who knew exactly what his value to the club was.

To be fair, we looked a far worse outfit under Shearer than anyone else that season. The attacking players in particular looked like they didn't know each other during that awful 2 month period.

Fair point, but I think it's a bit of a misrepresentation to suggest Mourinho won the battle between the 2 of them, even if he did get 2 league trophies and a FA Cup in direct competition.

Plenty players have worked harder. The guy's virtually a fucking lottery winner.

We don't owe Shola owt, man. He gets paid around £150,000 a month to be useful twice a year.

Ba had to come off, to be fair. He's absolutely beyond useless in circumstances where you need to see out a game.