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Also, welcome to the end of the "this group of lads" era, I guess.

I guess this was coming some day. Might as well get it over with. What scares me the most is that I'm actually not that bothered.

Redknapp at Manchester City would be like a sex addict with a truckfull of Viagra

South Korea's Koo Ja-Chul, the Asian Cup's leading scorer (5 goals 3 assists in 6 matches), moves to Wolfsburg. Just to add to the random Korean news, Jisung Park has announced his international retirement at age 29.

I can kind of understand where the Chilean dudes were coming from. I'm nominally a US citizen and I've spent about half my life in the States for various reasons but if Korea was playing the US at Giants Stadium on the 4th of July, I know exactly who I'd be rooting for.

Llorente as a backup plan to Andy Carroll. I know wor Andy is fantastic and all but something about that idea just seems ridiculous

We need bodies in midfield. He is body in midfield. Good signing as long as he's not at Alan Smith levels of uselessness. Surely he's not that bad. I'm just concerned that he's coming injured and that he might get a bunch of those "complications" that all of our players tend to pick up.

Nagatomo was class in the World Cup. He's been impressive in Serie A this season for Cesena. Very good fullback, one of Japan's best players. Aye so I've read. Be interesting to see if one of the big boys takes a punt on him in the summer. Probably be relatively cheap and he is still farily young. Been watching Nagatomo for ages, very impressive player with a ridiculous work rate. Watching him man-mark Jisung Park last year was probably the most manic, hyperactive football I've ever seen.

It's a moment of great historical significance for the Zainichi (ethnic Koreans in Japan), to have one of their own not only called up to the Japanese national team but actually scoring the winning goal for them at the Asian Cup. I hope this somehow becomes a catalyst for more equitable treatment and social acceptance for them. I don't particularly hate him for being a Judas-cunt blood traitor either () since he tried on several occasions to get into our national setup and failed before getting called up for Japan despite being a third-generation Korean and never having lived here.

I guess I would if not for the fact that he's probably the last player "this group of lads" want to see back.

It would be interesting to see the reception he gets at St James and his reaction to that.

No were selling Enrique and are going to perceiver with Perch until the end of the season when we will sign his replacement, Jlloyd-Samuel on a free. Aka J-Dog. Is it actually spelled like that in British or have I just witnessed one of the most hilarious vocabulary gaffes I've ever seen?

Seriously, this has got to stop. We got relegated once when all of us thought that we were "too good to go down" and it was a shock. I get it. But this post-relegation stress disorder is reaching ridiculous proportions. We're now trying to overcompensate to the point where we just assume that the next crisis is right around the corner and it's illegal to have ambitions beyond bare survival. We are eight points off the zone (with game in hand), but more importantly, we are eight teams away from the zone. That means all of those eight teams have to out-preform us by a significant margin for us to go down. It is mathematically possible, yes, but it is in no way shape or form likely. Heck, how about this. Go over to the BBC results predictor thing and start punching in some numbers. Come back to me when you realize how difficult it is to force through a realistic permutation of results that gets us relegated. Go on, have a try. It's like being that guy who's been through a terrible wreck of a relationship and gets dumped by his girlfriend who then afraid to ever commit to a relationship again because he thinks he'll get hurt again.

If you're willing to take 17th place in a season where we're 9th after 23 games, you might as well "take 17th place" for next season as well. And the one after that. And the one after that. In fact, go on and "take 17th place" for the rest of your life.

Man, I remember that. My first truly painful moment as a Newcastle fan. Anyway, having had a night to process my pain... "The Agony Scale" Stevenage - 1 Losing 5-1 to Birmingham in the Cup - 2 Nigel De Jong on Hatem Ben Arfa - 3 Away leg at AZ Alkmaar or however you're supposed to spell their name - 4 Shearer's last FA Cup match against Chelsea - 5 Keegan walking - 6 Losing to Uruguay at the World Cup - 7 Joe Kinnear - 8 Hughton sacking - 9 Newcastle getting relegated - 10 Having the f***ing blind linesman convinced the f***ing retarded referee that a non-foul from outside of the box constituted a penalty and then getting my hopes up with a late equalizer only to see three of our lads consecutively bottle it John Terry style in the shootout. In the semi finals of the Asian Cup. Against Japan. Have I mentioned that I don't like them yet? - FIVE MILLION Stevenage was far, far worse than losing to Birmingham 5-1 in the cup. By miles and miles. It's relative, obviously. Stevenage was really, really, shit when it happened, but within a few hours I wasn't really bothered.

Was it not obvious enough that I just included things that have happened while I've been watching you [insert appropriate insult here]?

Man, I remember that. My first truly painful moment as a Newcastle fan. Anyway, having had a night to process my pain... "The Agony Scale" Stevenage - 1 Losing 5-1 to Birmingham in the Cup - 2 Nigel De Jong on Hatem Ben Arfa - 3 Away leg at AZ Alkmaar or however you're supposed to spell their name - 4 Shearer's last FA Cup match against Chelsea - 5 Keegan walking - 6 Losing to Uruguay at the World Cup - 7 Joe Kinnear - 8 Hughton sacking - 9 Newcastle getting relegated - 10 Having the f***ing blind linesman convinced the f***ing retarded referee that a non-foul from outside of the box constituted a penalty and then getting my hopes up with a late equalizer only to see three of our lads consecutively bottle it John Terry style in the shootout. In the semi finals of the Asian Cup. Against Japan. Have I mentioned that I don't like them yet? - FIVE MILLION

Selling Shola would be like pawning off your old, senile grandmother. Don't do it man.

Why do third place deciding matches even exist? Why do you have to play them? Why can't you just abandon the fucking things and go home?

What's your worst ever footballing experience? As in, have you ever watched a match or witness something happen to your club/national team that makes you think that you want to give up football and never come back again and go take a nap on railroad tracks or something. And how did you get over it? No particular reason. Just asking.

Okay, I've had time to gather my thoughts. And I don't want to talk about it.

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Get he fuck off the pitch you fucking piece of shit. For fucks sake, what a disgrace

Prior warning to mods: I am probably not going to get to the end of today without getting a 3 day ban.

I am going to fucking fuck a fuck if we lose because the ref awarded a penalty for a non-foul from outside the box