Elliottman

Jonas has been for the past two seasons.

i dont drink pints of hindsight, i drink pints of guinness

anyone who think CH wont be here on the first day of next season if we get promoted needs their head looked at.

Has to be Colo, Jose or Jonas, Without those 3 we'd be fucked.

viana? hmmmm not so sure.

the thread title in capital letters just to make sure everyone is aware. For realzies i thought 'prem football' would be totally the same.

hope to fucj they get beat tonight.

my hero

well up for this today!!! Beat these, swansea take something off Forest, come on!!! ....... hopefully.

Good,well thought out post.All credit to CH,kept his cool when all around him turned to s***. We're top and we'll be promoted because of him. Didn't realise he was our top goalscorer this season. so by your logic we are top because of Nolan/Carroll?

Why does Steve Bruce talk like that?

this would be our best home strip in years imo

I was just thinking about these guys yesterday. is this still happening???

Have to say mind, if we hadnt of signed the new lads, like many thought we wouldnt, we would be in a hell of a lot of trouble. With them on board, i think we will be fine. There will be another shaky spell before the end of the season, maybe a couple of games without a win, but we will be fine i think. Of course it wont be straight forward, it never is.

agree to disagree.

didnt really play in the centre of midfield though. And he had more ability than Nolan could ever dream of. Invalid example in my opinion. Ok what about gazza? I imagine you will be thinking Nolan has no where near the ability and you would be right, but he is plaing in the ccc does he need the same amount off ability ? gazza wasnt fat until the back end of career. Went he went to Boro he piled on the beef. And, just because Nolan is playing in the Championship doesnt mean he is allowed to be fat and unfit. He's playing for arguably one of the biggest clubs in the Country, he is representing our team. He is being paid an amazing amount of money to be an athlete. There are no excuses.

co.uk saying CH is hoping to have Jonas fit. Fingers crossed.

didnt really play in the centre of midfield though. And he had more ability than Nolan could ever dream of. Invalid example in my opinion.

think this will be fairly straight forward to be honest. Comfy 2-0 win.

And? Do you suggest he slates them? Or just stay quiet when asked a question? Honestly, anything other than praise will get picked up by the press. I see your point but I think if a player is genuinely interested in playing then knowing you have the managers support is a huge motivation. In terms of Nolan, the last thing I want to do is defend him, but from what iread he seems to be a decent bloke who genuinely wants to play and do well - he is just slow and fat. He knows he had a bad game and He knows that everyone is saying he crap he was. In such circumstances if the boss comes out and says he supports you it surely has to give him further motivation to try harder. If not, then he is a thankless b@stard and should be dropped to the youth team. I guess we will the answer in a few hours time. Howay the lads sorry, but if he wanted to do well, and really wanted to help this club and is such a nice guy, then he wouldnt be slow and fat. he a professional footballer ffs.

thank you.

dont have to worry? you saw the game on saturday right? we were very very lucky to come away with a point. One of the main reasons, not the sole reason, but one of the main reasons was because of Nolan. The amount of times he got dallying on the ball was incredible. Some of his passes were incredibly erratic. If these draws that we are sneaking start turning into defeats away from home, then we do need to start worrying.

if that praise was coming from someone like Wenger or Ferguson i would see your point. But from CH, not so much. Cant help but feel - based purley on nothing more than a hunch, that the players feel like they can do what they want, when they want under him. So i cant imagine Nolan putting an extra 105 due to those comments.

HRIS Hughton has rebuffed talk of handing top scorer Kevin Nolan a break from the punishing Championship promotion race – insisting he has not even thought about dropping the midfielder. Nolan has been a key member of Hughton’s table-topping side but both Hughton and the player himself admitted he was somewhat out of sorts as Newcastle snatched a largely undeserved point at Swansea. The 27-year-old (pictured right) has played more times than any other member of Hughton’s squad this season and some put his diminished influence down to the inevitable wear of tear that follows a second tier schedule that regularly throws up two games in the space of a week. Pointing to Opta statistics that show Nolan covered just as much ground as he had done earlier in the season, Hughton rejected that talk and put Saturday’s performance down to a “bad day at the office”. The former Bolton man looks set to be named in the team to face Coventry tomorrow night – and the Newcastle boss reckons he could prove a match winner again. “It wasn’t one of his better games, but the stats show he did as much running as he normally does,” he said. “His physical contribution was no different but as with every player, there are ups and downs in form. “Kevin Nolan is very capable of turning his next game into one of his better ones. “ He’s been a big, big player for us. “Apart from his actual contribution to the team has scored a lot of goals. “I have other options and you have to have that. But have I thought about resting Kevin? The answer is no because he’s a big player and valuable player We do have competition for places, he’s the same as everybody. Nicky Butt will be back soon, Joey Barton will be a bit longer and falls into that category of players I can pick from so we do have options – but resting Kevin (pictured above) hasn’t been a thought. “He is very much part of the squad and falls into the same selections process as everyone.” After a pair of unconvincing away displays Newcastle will be looking to make a statement against the Sky Blues tomorrow night. Although Jose Enrique is missing they will have Jonas Gutierrez back to add dynamism on the wing – and Hughton acknowledges that will be a big boost for a side that struggled to create much on the left flank on Saturday. “He will be back and he is a big player for us. For the majority of the season he has been part of things and the left flank, with him and Jose, has been exciting to watch,” Hughton said. With Shola Ameobi and Enrique both out for another fortnight, Gutierrez is the only player on his way back. Steven Taylor remains on track for a return at the end of March while Barton is still a long way off first-team action. Hughton said: “Joey’s involvement in training has been a bit part. He will join in part of the sessions but not all of them then we will develop it from there. “We would like to think he can play a part in these lads group of games – but he has to get to fitness first.” With Enrique’s absence set to run into March, Newcastle may look to extend Patrick van Aanholt’s loan from Chelsea. That, in turn, is complicated by Ashley Cole’s fractured ankle. “Patrick’s situation is one we will have to assess,” Hughton said. “We have not spoken to Chelsea. I speak regularly with Frank Arnesen at Chelsea to tell him about Patrick’s displays but we have not spoken about extending it. ” Meanwhile, Newcastle have re-arranged their game with Reading for April 13 after the Royals’ draw with West Brom in the FA Cup fifth round at the weekend.