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But look at the timing of the injuries. It's just incidental. The norm is injuries will affect club more than coutry, but there are always anomolies and owen is one. He gets an injury in january that was always expected to have him out for just less than 5 months. England played in just over 5 months. He then gets injured for nearly a year, so he's back just before england's summer games.

We are in the media a hell of a lot for what is essentially a midtable club, at least atm

I really do think the statistics are purely incidental. I do think England is more of a passion for him than Newcastle, but i don't doubt his commitment at newcastle (he may prefer somewhere better, but while he's here i think he gives his all)

How much do you think Bent and Smith are worth in todays market? i think smith would go for the same.... bent... omg... impossible... freebie? hehe Bent probably scored more goals last year/the year before than Smith has in 3-4 seasons. Bent imo is worth 8 to 10 million. Smith.. much more close to what we payed for.. still pretty crap though. Smith was not an improvement on Dyer. He did cost less than dyer

No. Players can't play against their parent clubs If it says so in the contract..... Lua Lua played and scored against us. I think it's changed I'm still not over that. How idiotic was it to allow our own forward play against us. Possibly denied us CL

I can for Edinburgh though, though i suppose the teams aren't good enough I'm sure they have to put up with worse in many other countries

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And he said it was rubbish and he should have scored

Sam's lost his marbles... His goals and assists per minute played has been pretty good so far this season,plus he adds much more to the team in terms of movement and being a thread on the counter. I can't believe Oba is helt in such low esteem by Allardyce.. That's not low esteem, it's realistic. He should score more, he misses chances. Sam's not saying he's crap, he's trying to drive him

http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/mary-queen-of-scots_image1.gif Bloody stuck in the 16th century, no help at all! haha I'm actually currently meant to be writing an essay on stewarts

I think viduka is pure class. That little back heel he did on mancity would have resulted in a goal if butt'd gone for it. Genius

That was so brilliant. I thought it was a goal. A mackem or too ran on the pitch too to wind us up

I've liked smith here. No he's not creative, but he does want he's meant to do, and with a creative player i think it'd be good. He was one of our best players against both west ham and man city

I dont know about smith out. I think he's been doing more than butt.

There was a guy got cuffed in the bottom tier at the final whistle. 2 newcastle fans fighting.

Does anybody know what Smith's shrug of the shoulders thing was about while he was clapping us at the end. I expected to lose today, but was extra frustrated, because at 2-1 i thought they were there for the taking. If we'd pressured more. Big sam haters shut up. Honestly, what were yous like the first 2 years of bobby? It's why people think we're a joke

From the 5 live commentary it doesnt sound like martins miss was a howler. Senderos just got back

Bear in mind they're not all appearances as a striker. But i'm happy

Who?

I was actually impressed by Smith today. Very involved in little passing moves

I thought today looked like a game with 2 good teams. Happy, though i wanted 4

I was thinking he may well do so. He was here for years, so if he's not in france, he'd probably be here. I've only seen him in public once (in Newcastle) and that was while he played for Southampton - so he's definitely stayed involved here. May have a geordie girlfriend or something

I think the way SA played him upfront in his debut suggests he does just see him as a versatile squad player. With the current injuries, he sees him as the best player to fill the midfield gap atm.

Some of it became tiresome but i'd still watch it last season and found some very funny bits. Find the new guy very irritating though - always have

He had a bit of a geordie twang and was saying how his favourite goal was his little dink v chelsea.