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No, not yet. Everyone has been playing down his injury so far, but I guess chances are he'll miss out.

It's just random at times... Sunderland could have had a penalty as well.

I go to this game every year, and it's always terrible. It's a tough fixture to be sure, just hoping we can nick it in the same manner as today. Also hoping to see HBA play from the start and entertain us a bit.

I strangely enjoy wins like these, especially when we're lacking Tiote/Ba/Cabaye. Nice to grind out a result at times, three points from this is very nice.

Let's face it, 6th position at this point is dreamland stuff, and Pardew deserves massive credit. All the rest is detail.

So pleased this lad is finally coming good... potentially an amazing singing.

Encouraging words from Pards in the interview I thought, good to see he is being praised and recognised for what he does. I would like to see him start every game, but at least Pardew is recognising him and thinks he is progressing.

Still don't know who to replace Ba with, I'm tempted to gamble on Carroll.

Was a dirty player who would always dish it out but wouldn't take it. Full of sneaky tricks and play acting, cheated his way to free kicks and to get opponents cautioned or sent off. Shame because he was a very good player. A despicable person who shouldn't be trusted as far as you could throw Kevin Nolan. Always quite liked the "R"s but hope he will fall flat on his face. Aye, couldn't stand the man as a player and now can't as a manager.

A promising and likeable young player getting a serious injury is bad for us IMO.

Totally agree that the loan system is a farce. No player should be allowed to go on loan in the same division, it's a joke.

Aye, obviously you can never be 100% sure about any player staying, but it's annoying as owt when people assume players are leaving and shit themselves over every press rumour.

Disagree. Decent fella and speaks a lot of sense. Was a bit opinionated at the height of his rentaquote days but he's maturing. Think it's just in vogue, on forums etc, not to like him tbh. I don't know much about him, just commenting on the smug nature of that photo.

I definitely wouldn't sell Simpson for that money, it's not much and would unsettle our back four. I guess the contract situation complicates things though.

What a punchable mug.

Two Germans next to me in a cafe talking about the Olympic venues. I can't understand much of what they're saying, but they definitely said "St James' Park". A minor victory!

This has got to be one of the worst examples of a totally fabricated transfer rumour ever. Absolute joke that any media outlet is reporting it, but I'm not surprised.

Ah man, gutted for Sammy. Let's all send him tweets of encouragement.

Good. The ITV coverage was shocking! Everyone glossed over it TBF... even the radio hardly mentioned it. I suppose it was natural to focus on the late winner, but still, it was the kind of goal you don't see very often.

Made my morning this (the news about Demba, not the photo of Harry).

Heart says no, head says no as well.

Good news if we're really willing to spend £7m on a striker, no idea if Erding is good enough mind.

Totally agree. Would appear a few goal line clearances have affected the thinking of some. Not at all, would appear a few dodgy games this season have made some people forget how much he had improved.

They must be planning an epic spending spree next summer then.