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They've decided to replace the frenchie with a proper manager, obviously.

Aussies v. Uzbeks should be a fantastic game. If only to confuse the hell out of people by having 22 white dudes running around in the semis of the Asian Cup

The cold, hard reality is that Leon Best is our second-choice striker by a fairly large margin.

If that save was a goal it would be a bicycle kick from the edge of the box

Man this reminds me too much of the last time we played these

Just a random thought, but actual good wingers outside of the top teams are pretty damn rare these days, aren't they?

Really don't see why we'd put any faith in him. At this point he's just a vastly inferior version of Barton.

A fortnight. That's two weeks right?

I don't remember him ever playing well in the midfield.

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2011/01/22/ryan-taylor-hoping-to-be-united-wide-boy-61634-28033838/ Oh I see, that's why we loaned out Routledge

Just watch em both. Toon on the computer, ROK on the box. I have two monitors Can't really focus on more than one at a time though.

Newcastle v. Tottenham coincides with Korea v. Iran for about half an hour. First time I've ever had this conflict.

Likewise. I wont ever forget the role he played at this club. He is a hero in his own right. For just one glorious year I finally felt what it was like to have a manager at the club that I didn't despise.

Japan lucky bastards. It wouldn't be a proper Asian Cup without us going up against them though. Just hope we manage to sneak past Iran.

Getting the feeling that we'll pull the trigger on SWP, for better or worse.

Man, the ethnic stereotypes are so tempting Norwegian hatred of Spurs? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock

Man, the ethnic stereotypes are so tempting

I saw your game and couldn't believe you didn't win about 10-0. India were clueless. There must have been about 15 clear cut chances. Too many of your players seemed to pass responsibility. Too often space opened up for a strike on goal only 8 yards out but someone would try just one more pass. All you need is half a yard to score a goal but it seemed they wanted to walk it into an open net. A clinical more selfish striker would have bagged 5 or 6 in this game. Is Park Chu Young out for the tournament? You need someone up front who will put those chances away. Yes, Park is out for the tournament. He's the last person on Earth I'd call a "clinical more selfish striker" though He'd probably be right there making pointless lay-offs in the box with the rest. Our players were blatantly taking the piss with all the cute passes yesterday but ultimately a lot of it was down to bad luck. Hit the post and got stuff cleared off the line way too often. There was this crazy moment where our striker picked up the ball, rounded the keeper, got his first shot blocked by a defender, picked up the rebound and shot again, blocked again, picked it up again and took one final shot that was cleared off the line.

Just to recap how ridiculous yesterday was, we had 38 shots and 24 shots on goal. Only scored 4. Our reward is the bracket from hell.

Turns out we have Iran in the quarters for the fifth straight time in this tournament. After that it's the winner of Japan v. Qatar, or basically, just Japan. In the mean time, you Aussies get the Jordanians, the Uzbeks, and one of the Iraqis or the Commie bastards in your side Could potentially have to go through Iran, Japan, AND Australia to get our hands on the cup. What the fucking hell

Really coming to prominence in this tournament. four goals and two assists in the prelims alone. I always thought he was a bit ordinary but his football IQ is really starting to shine. Could probably do a job in a second tier European league right now. Him and Ki Sung-Yong have our central midfield sorted for the next decade.

Literally could have won 10-1 there, I think we got goals cleared off the line, super saved, and hit the bar about 5 times each. Iran in the quarters does not sound like a pleasant prospect at all.

Phil Subrata, the Indian keeper, has 14 saves

Jesus Christ it's ridiculous how many nailed-on goals we've had saved/cleared off the line in the 2nd half

I think it's more of a reaction to us getting Gosling back and Ben Arfa back very soon.