AyeDubbleYoo

You'll probably get to Newcastle from Norway quicker and cheaper than I can from Oxford.

I like Derbyshire, think he needs 1st team football to make the next step up though... not sure we could give him that. Think the key is to get someone else who is mobile, Bent might be worth a go.

I hate Sunderland generally, but I'd rather they win the league if it means we stay up.

For me, the shock/surprise is that we aren't relegated already, that's why I'm optimistic now.

I hope we continue the general approach of going for younger, hungrier, cheaper players. If we sprinkle a couple of bigger signings in there then fine, but spunking huge sums never got us anywhere in the past really, expect into the mess we're in now.

Give him a chance I say, we should have just shown Shola the door instead.

as far as i know, he have only scored one goal for fulham, in all competitions? Aye, just looked it up, you're right! Was imagining that then :/

Has Hangeland not scored a number of goals from corners this season?

I really rate him, thought it was strange when Chelsea let him go so quickly.

I wouldn't make any effort to sign Tuncay either, I'm not entirely convinced he's real quality. He did some shocking things the other night.

We won't get all the players we ideally need, but success in football is just as much about getting more out of the average players, and making the team more than the sum of its parts. That's what we never seem able to do... for whatever reason.

Gangly

I got Barnsley and I knew there was another team exactly like them, but I just couldn't think of Bradford! Got Swindon and Oldham, can remember them from my old sticker album at school!

I think it's pretty much impossible to create an atmosphere unless there is something to cheer for on the pitch. These last couple of games are do or die so everyone is prepared to stop whinging for 90 minutes. I'm struggling to think how that could happen every week... our fans (like everyone's) are very prone to turning on the players when things aren't going well.

I thought Rozenhal was alright TBH... might have come good given the chance.

We need a lot of new players, but it's madness to think any club can sign 8-10 players in one summer, just won't happen.

I like Rugby... there, I've said it. (You're right about it being gay though, luckily spectators don't have to get involved in that)

Balding

Lion

Looks a bit like the old Gateshead strip, not right for Newcastle either way - we've got to be stripes.

What Butt did is commonplace, we need players who can do those things in the team... we shouldn't be ashamed of it.

Think it must be everywhere, there's a poster up in JD Sports in Oxford about it.

I don't think it's mental, Owen has always had plenty of self-belief. He is shot to pieces, but physically rather than mentally. You're probably right, he just looked really down to me. Maybe he is finding it hard that his body can't do what he wants it to anymore.

Yeah, I didn't notice him at all, which generally means he was decent. (Although I didn't notice much except the nerve-shredding tension TBH)

Shola hasn't been anywhere near the team since the Stoke game. Shearer obviously doesn't rate him (assuming he's not injured as usual) so I'm sure he'll be trying to sell him in the summer. I hope so. Beyond just Shola though, there are a few players on long contracts that would make Duke less than enthusiastic about not being on one himself.