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That has never been the case. I'm sure I read "being a Mackem" as the reason given for someone being banned once. My mistake.

Getting into the Europa League will make NUFC more attractive to players and will help NUFC keep the players we want to keep. It would also stretch our squad. I think one of the reasons we've done so well this season is that we haven't had long cup runs in the Carling and FA cups. I imagine the squad players and youngsters would get more game time which will help with their development. We would need a bigger squad to cope with the number of fixtures. I think the pluses outweigh the minuses. Has being in Europe hurt or helped Stoke? They seem to be more or less where they usually are in the table.

I preferred it when being a Mackem was enough reason to get someone banned from this forum. "Paxton" gets a disproportionate number of replies to all his posts purely because he is a Mackem. It's like flies on shit. I don't want to know the Mackem perspective on all things NUFC. It's turned the Tiote thread into pages of Cattermole talk.

Good to hear. Now go to bed Demba, we need you well rested for Monday.

I've been following NUFC long enough to know we often fail when it's least expected. Bolton are fighting for their Premiership lives. We are in good form but seem to pick up an injury every game. The SJP crowd aren't usually very vocal when it's a game we 'should' win. The atmosphere against Chelsea, Man U, Sunderland and Liverpool was great. Against Norwich and the like it can be quite flat. We need the team to get us going. I would imagine our team will be quite tired having only had around 25% of the possession against Swansea. That's a lot of closing down and running we did. Hopefully Bolton have a tough game on Saturday. As for resting players, tell the players to give it one big push knowing they've got a few weeks rest coming after this game. Ba would have scored against Norwich if it wasn't for a couple of great saves by their keeper. We didn't have the ball much against Swansea so he didn't get many chances. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Unless injuries force our hand, keep the same team (Colo to come back if fit).

I'd be really surprised if NUFC paid €11m for a right back.

I'm sure keeping the squad together and adding a couple of new players is the plan. Having said that, every player has a price even if they aren't officially for sale. Man U sold Ronaldo for example. I'm sure if Barcelona received a truely insane offer for Messi they'd sell him. At least with Mike Ashley telling Pardew he is a "difficult seller" we know if we do sell a team member we'll be getting over the odds for him.

TBF we beat United 3-0 with Webb as ref, just get Tiote to have a word again Realised my mistake and edited will never happen again

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Sure it wasn't two of ours? Couple of toon fans had been doing the same thing the past couple of games. Definitely Liverpool fans as they were wearing Liverpool shirts. It was during the bit before they started showing actual match footage.

I noticed on the MOTD footage that two Liverpool fans were wearing Ant and Dec masks. Is that supposed to upset us or something?

I got one of the half season tickets so it's a renewal based on that ticket. I guess it's different if you are on the 10 year scheme.

The season ticket renewale letter says: - "The deadline for signing up for the direct debit payment over 11 months is 27 March 2012. The final deadline for signing up for direct debit payments is 20 April 2012." As we are past the 27th of March, how many months would the direct debit be over now then?

For anyone who usually gets the Metro, there are no Metro trains between South Gosforth and Haymarket tomorrow. "31st March - No trains South Gosforth to Haymarket From 7am until 7pm Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April to allow for modernisation work. A bus replacement service 900 will be calling at or close to all stations Regent Centre to Haymarket. Your journey will take longer so please allow extra time. The train timetable for both days has had to be temporarily changed as a result of the work, please view the alterations in the timetable change section. We're sorry for any inconvenience." http://www.nexus.org.uk/metro

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2012/03/31/steve-harper-preparing-for-a-future-in-coaching-61634-30663383/ Looks like he'll be at NUFC to the end of his contract (which runs until June 2013 according to NUFC.com) then retire from playing.

No, having already qualified their place would go to 6th in the league.

Well done Everton! Unfortunately, as much as it pains us, we now want you to lose the semi final against Liverpool as it will benefit our chances of Europe.

POP! Is that a bubble I heard bursting?

Why was Krul so slow to come out to claim the ball? Why didn't Krul shout for Williamson to clear the ball if he wasn't confident in getting it? Why didn't Krul shout to claim the ball?

He blocked quite a few goal bound shots with his body today. Krul was equally to blame for West Brom's goal.

I really don't understand why he didn't come off straight away. Santon was ready to come on, the commentators said Coloccini asked the bench how long until half time and when told 5 minutes he indicated he couldn't last that long.

Liverpool better be shite when we play them.

I'd have prefered Sunderland and Everton not to win. Them winning doesn't help us.

I have little confidence in Liverpool being able to beat the winner between Sunderland and Everton so we'll probably have to get 5th if we want to qualify for the Europa cup.

After 63 minutes: - Newcastle United Reserves 1 (Donaldson 27) Chelsea Reserves 4 (Lukaku pen 17, 57, Chalobah 38, B.Clifford 56)