Ronaldo

To be fair, the lad was getting a dog's abuse as far as 3-5 games into our Championship season. I remember when Zurab was signed someone wanted him in the team instead. And then Malcolm MacDrunkard 'wrote' an article during December '09 stating that we 'had' to sign Matthew f***ing Kilgallon to replace him in the upcoming window.

Well, maybe you've seen more of him than me.

Just because I love him and have for years doesn't mean I can't be objective or criticise. I love Newcastle United first and foremost. In his first season he was OK; great games, decent games and poor games.

It's never as simple as that. You wouldn't play Perch or Williamson if we could get Alex on loan.

Don't see why, but never mind.

If you have to live away from home Milan's a bit nicer than Manchester. Surely homesick is homesick, I doubt he will have had the least luxurious life in Manchester either He'll save about 3 or 4 hours on his flight home won't he? He's just finding his way home, lucrative contract after lucrative contract. A wealthy form of hitchhiking or some such. Eh? How?

In place of who? Perch in the Carling Cup games, certainly.

Vintage Drogba tonight, sadly.

And the own goal.

Must say, I don't remember ever hearing such an audible collective groan when Colo's number was held up, like. Even the traditionalists who were sceptical about him at first know he's our most important player.

Raylor has 2, Best has 3, Jonas has 1, Shola has 1, Cabaye has 1, Gosling has 1.

I remember Coloccini and Perch doing quite well against Deportivo in August '10.

Anyone spot the second mistake?

Very little chance of WBA going down, sadly.

He made one big mistake. Don't see why he should be demoted to refereeing a Championship game.

That was at home. JH's talking about the 3-2 at White Hart Lane.

Not that it's appropriate to get into such a discussion in this thread, but I didn't do either. But cheers for hurling the accusation - nice to get mentioned Speculation, not an accusation.

Jose can't shoot and Ryan Taylor can. Doesn't even begin to make a case for him being a good LB.

I got a 100% warning.

That happened to you too? Probably JH or Andy.

Ryan Taylor gets plenty of help from Jonas and still manages to look useless. Can't blame Lovenkrands for not being able to protect him, he was simply picked for a position he's ludicrously unsuited to - at any level of football, let alone the EPL.

He's always knackered in the final 30 minutes or so.

Eh? What? He was. No he wasn't. He did OK by his standards.

Great avatar.

Aye that's right, put a young, untested, defensively naive kid into the CM when we're relying on it to protect the woeful defence.