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Plenty of positives to take, first time we have come from behind for AGES. Nice to see we were pegging them back in the second half and keeping the pressure on. The Martins sub is easy to have a go at but I can see what KK was thinking after our last-minute defeat to Blackburn. Keep the shape, don't commi too much forward at the end. I was suicidal after the Brum goal, but after the whole game I feel a bit better about us staying up. Question is, can the heart take another few weeks of this?

Definitely the Owen one. Where I fall down is being too optimistic and refusing to see the reality - for example in hindsight it's obvious that Smith is fucking awful and Duff was past his best... but at the time I so wanted to believe they were great signings!

We have created quite a few chances recently, esp against Blackburn, so let's hope Owen finally starts sticking them away. I'm just going to be positive from now until the end of the match, howay the lads! :clap:

Thing is, even though I'm feeling physically sick about the prospect of losing this one, it is very winnable and if we do it will give everyone a big lift. Just hoping the lads can pull something off to get any kind of points on the board.

Yeah, but how many Bellamys, Roberts and Dyers have we got either? Talented players who couldn't give a stuff about the club. I would give a lot for a couple of those right now, and potentially Zog is one of them.

Mate, there isn't any other logical explanation! I can't think of a reason either, but I can't believe there can be a clause like that!

This is pretty much what I reckon, fans tend to rate commitment/loyalty far too highly and don't realise that talent is really the biggest factor in success. Also, we have the problem that our most loyal players are also generally our worst!

I'd say our problems are more down to the shattered confidence than any lack of commitment and/or loyalty. Yes, our players aren't dyed-in-the-wool Geordies and most probably don't 'love' the club, but I bet with a few wins behind them and a few new additions they would be performing 10 times better. We wouldn't be raising this issue if we were doing well.

I really don't know what to do with myself tonight, not sure I can even listen to this one! :-[

Emre and Martins playing key parts in goals!

It's a bit obscene as well to be honest, Drogba throwing his money about like that when ordinary fans are scraping the money to buy a shirt for their kids.

Currently I'm terrified, I'm nearly always optimistic when it comes to football but now dealing with the very real possibility that we will be playing in the championship next season. I do see improvements in the performances though, and I think we can do it if we take points of the other strugglers we are facing next. To be honest, I'm trying not to think about it...

I reckon if we stay up it's a fresh start for everyone, including KK. And if we go down, well that speaks for itself, if KK can't get us to finish about one out of Reading, Bolton, Mackems, Wigan and Birmingham then I'm not sure I'll be able to stay behind him for long

Is this friend an expert on the Senegal national squad, or just a cock?

Yep, I didn't mean milk specifically, or even Tesco! What I was saying was that the club is the business and we are the customers... no ownership is implied.

How can you respect a cunt like that? He stands for everything I hate about the game right now! Can't wait until he fucks off, then see the rats desert the sinking ship. I don't lilke him much as a person either, but you can't argue with what he's acheived. And if Man Utd do decline when he retires, that will only prove how pivotal he was to their success.

Saying the supporters own the club is a bit like saying people who buy milk own Tesco, I'm afraid

I used to despise Fergie too, but I've grown to respect him. If anything, Wenger gets on my nerves more! Not that I've been thinking about them much recently, much more concerned with Megson, Coppell and Bruce...

I agree in a way, same is true of rugby union (more so in fact) - 10 years ago the players looked like normal people, now they look more like body builders. Just hope it doesn't eventually breed out the skill and we don't see any more Beardsleys and Waddles.

This is class, nice to have a bit of a mood-lightener KK should definitely ditch the tracksuit on matchdays!

He's a knob, but I don't think you can blame him for web site errors!

Not as exciting as some, but not necessarily worse either.

A few? I could name 2 teams full of flops he's signed quite easily. I think Arsene Wenger is the best manager in the world in the last 30 years quite comfortably. There have been many great managers, Capello, Fergie, Rinus Michels, Sacchi, but can any of them say they've been succesful playing beautiful expansive football alligned with actually being in the black on transfer dealing over a decade??!?!? Can any of them say they've went a whole season unbeaten as well as building not one, two, but three succesful teams, as well as utterly changing the culture of training and dieting not just at one club, but one which has been adopted across the board. If there's ever been a better manager than Wenger I'm yet to see or know of him. Ferguson of course is a great manager, he did it with Aberdeen as well, but Wenger for me has the edge. I wasn't aguing who was better, just saying that Fergie does obviously know how to replace players and rebuild a successful team.

Tell us what you really think!

Fergie struggles to replace? Yes, he's had a few transfer misses but he's built at least 2 or 3 distinct world-class teams.