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Thwarted by Belgium's third-choice keeper again

playing excellently today, looks like Hughton has finally figured out a system to suit our players.

OMFG almost

For the last god damn time, his first name is not "Ben" and his last name is not "Arfa"

nailed on pen that. Ref is obviously too much of a sissy to give one in a Derby match.

Hardly "struggling," all I've seen so far is Elmo getting raped twice.

Someone has got to notice that Jose Enrique is one of the best left backs in the league sooner or later.

yup, definitely trying way too hard.

same old Shola, always offside.

got made an example of, but still, that tackle was completely un-necessary. Seems to be trying a bit too hard today.

Even the Korean commentators mentioning how Hughton is under pressure. Just shows how one idiot in the media can completely make something up and have it spread all over the world these days.

at it already

The fact that Lee Cattermole is their captain tells you everything you need to know about that odious group of shitheads.

who is that kid?

like north and south korea. only pyongyang is nicer than sunderland. Imagine Mackems with nukes.

Korean commentators trying to explain why people from Newcastle don't like people from Sunderland is kind of hilarious

Remember Joe Kinnear? I've got a feeling that his time here would be exactly what Diego would be like. Only more high profile.

We've actually had some decent No.2s recently, no? Nigel Pearson has moved on to do fairly well as a manger, Calderwood was pretty good by all indications, and then of course there's Hughton.

"knee-jerking nonce" is such a "British" internet insult, by the way

I think slightly below average prem player, scores the odd goal from midfield, club captain and team leader is enough to get you into this Newcastle squad.

I'm resigned to the fact that he'll continue to be an important part of the team, that at the end of the season he'll have scored about 10 goals, and that whenever he's not scoring he'll be pull-your-hair-out frustrating.

Samaras is such a terrible player I feel like he should be wearing a Newcastle shirt.

Haven't got anything against Liverpool, but I hope they sink like a rock just to take up one of the relegations spots + to ensure that the media stops caring about us.

Cha Du-Ri has looked pretty good at fullback when I've seen him for Celtic. Is he a natural winger? Started out as a striker, moved out to the wing after breaking into the national team, turned into a Fullback in Germany. (Mis-spoke by saying "British Managers," more like "European Managers") He's the one case where it's worked I think. His prime weakness (not knowing how to play football) is mitigated in that position.

Can't understand why British managers seem to insist on converting all Korean players to be more workman-like and defensive. Fergie drills all the flair out of Park, Cha Du-Ri gets turned into a full-back, Mowbray wastes Kim Do-Heon by playing him as a DM, Park Chu-Young gets shunted out onto the wing at Monaco, and Ki Sung-Yong has been getting shoe-horned into the holding role at Celtic since his arrival last year. (Again by Mowbray, ironically.) In some cases it's worked, but most of the time I just feel like they're wasting a lot of players because of their pre-conception about what Korean footballers are like.