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Oh, by the way, the two of them probably earn more every week than the entirety of the Stoke first team.

This is kind of disturbing but I think I love you.

Martins is worse. That boy is a f***ing donkey. We have a choice between two strikers who don't score, except one of them jumps and runs about and sprays around horrible passes while he's at it, while the other is just invisible.

If we start next season in the Championship with Joe Kinnear in the dugout... I'm sorry, I'm just done with football.

The 4-3-3 was devised as an emergency formation to get the best out of a horribly unbalanced squad. It has several weaknesses, paramount among which is the fact that it flat out does not work without Mark Viduka. Unfortunately, Mark Viduka at this point in his career cannot play 90 minutes. And like today, if we put Carroll in his place the whole formation just implodes. Our best bet is probably to play 4-3-3 for 60-odd minutes, pray to God that we score, and then put Carroll and Jonas on, switch to a 4-4-2, and lump forward some long balls. The only flaw to this plan of course is that we won't score goals because Michael Owen and Obafemi Martins are f***ing allergic to them.

Hull are bricking it? 4 games left, 3 points adrift, Liverpool up next. I think Hull are getting relegated. Problem is, we're going down with them.

Normally I would say people who think this need to have their head examined, but hey, if we're going down might as well be positive about it.

We're done. We may still be in it mathematically but our spirit has now well and truly broke. This was the easiest game we had left, and not only did we fail to get three points, we failed to even deliver a performance. With a moral-obliterating loss coming up at Anfield next week, even those few players who still gave a s*** will have given up completely by then. Moreover, we'll never be able to get the crowd to get behind the team like they did for the first 45 minutes today again. The people leaving early and the boos at the end tells the story, St. James Park will be a cauldron of hostility and apathy for the remainder of the season. If anything, we'll have a home "disadvantage," not an advantage. And who can blame them? They're paying their good money and showing up in the rain to see a bunch of players who well and truly couldn't give a toss. I can forgive being s***, but I can't forgive not trying. Quite frankly, the vast majority of our squad right now absolutely disgusts me. And to think that these very same bottlers will be off at other clubs in the top division with their lucrative new contracts next season while we wallow in the Championship makes me want to throw up.

Time for Carroll to be a hero here.

Martins does best Viduka impression. Fails miserably. Let me settle the Owen v. Martins debate here. Owen: invisible Martins: visibly poor And there's another sitter missed by our frontline.

This feels like Keegan's first match against Bolton. The other side knows we desperately need 3 points and they'll gladly settle for one. We don't have the quality to break them down. Gonna need a miracle here.

this is going to be the worst 45 minutes ever until we score.

If we don't take our chances we will live to regret it.

Smith and Duff

What the fuck is wrong with this club's luck.I cannot fucking believe it.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NO

jesus christ I've never seen an atmosphere this good at a football match before. And I'm only watching it on the telly.

Alan Smith to score the winner just to make me feel bad for two years of wishing that someone would shoot him several times in the head.

Alright people, time to pray to whatever Gods you believe in.

It honestly shocks me that it only took 45 minutes of non-terrible football to make everyone forget exactly what kind of "player" Alan Smith is. I'd bet my life that we'll all be screaming our heads off at him within ten minutes after kickoff. Its 45 minutes more than Nolan has shown. Thats not a compliment, but I'd have started him if Barton and Guthrie aren't fully up to speed. This logic flabbergasts me. Smith has shown about 10 hours more of absolute shit across the entirety of last season.

It honestly shocks me that it only took 45 minutes of non-terrible football to make everyone forget exactly what kind of "player" Alan Smith is. I'd bet my life that we'll all be screaming our heads off at him within ten minutes after kickoff.

If we win a game with Butt, Duff, and Smith in midfield, it will be the biggest fucking miracle in Premiership history. Absolutely bricking this. Where the fuck is Guthrie.

You should try listening to the Icelandic ones. It's just like commentary for the blind, a 100% accurate commentary of what is happening at any given time. "Martins passes down to Owen, Owen gets the ball, Owen turns and crosses over to Gutierrez, Gutierrez runs with the ball and shoots way over." *camera turns to fans* "There we have some Newcastle fans singing" *camera turns to the goalkeeper* "Here comes Van Der Saar, the Man U goalkeeper, and he kicks the ball upfield" etc. you never have any analysis of any kind. Listening to Sky commentators is like listening to Gods compared to the Icelandic ones. I actually know a family of die hard Man U fans that always watches the footy muted and honestly I can't blame them. Some of my favorite words of wisdom this season: "No no no, if you are going to shoot from that range you'll have to go much closer" Yorke is preparing to come on as a sub and the commentator, having nothing useful to say, goes "Dwight Yorke is coming on, he sure knows his way around the ladies" Then everyone of them is biased as f***. The other day we had a Liverpool fan commentating a Liverpool game so in the warm-up he goes "Oh, I hope we get to hear You Never Walk Alone, that magnificent song" then of course a minute later they play it "Ok people, turn up the volume on your televisions because here it comes" , then for the whole time they were playing it he didn't utter a word, probably leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed hugging a Liverpool scarf. The Icelandic MOTD is even worse. Like everyone in the studio agreed that the penalty given in the Man U - Tottenham game was probably the right decision The Norwegian MOTD for both the Norwegian league, and the Premier League, are actually quite enjoyable. With the exception of two-three biased people from time to time. Some of the pundits actually know football as well. One of South Korea's most frequently heard casters is a Sunderland fan for some God forsaken reason. The giddiness in his voice is audible whenever we get a bad result.

Surprised that Fulham are now considered a step up from Monaco. from what I've seenof him he's pretty decent. Quick and will run all day. Not a tremendous goal threat but still good. Also I'm sure his name has always been Park Chu Young. Is yours the proper translation. . It's the phonetically correct one, but people generally just use whatever they're comfortable with. I think you're right and he's registered himself as Chu-Young Way off-topic here, but exactly how popular is Starcraft in Korea? In comparison to other sports? Was watching this mini-documentary the other day and seeing all those live events with thousands of people watching the games live and probably a million more watching it on TV it made me wonder. Those pro gamers are pretty crazy, like these clans lock themselves up in this little rooms with just tables and computers and practice 14 hours a day (and when they practice there is no time for msn/facebook etc. you actually play for 14 hours straight), 6 days of the week, it's a bloody 10 year old rts game ffs! Taken from wiki "Boxer), is one of the most successful players of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft to date. Dubbed The Emperor by his legions of admirers, he is the most popular Starcraft player with a fan club of more than 600,000 members and a DVD compilation of his greatest games released in South Korea." Seeing how dedicated Koreans get can when it comes to computer games ya have to wonder why they don't have more world class athletes. It's got a very devoted and large group of fans (I'd say it's the third most popular "professional sport" in Korea after Baseball and Football,) but it's a bit different from other sports in that its cultural relevance outside that group is basically nil. For example, Koreans who've never watched a match in their life will still know who Park Ji-sung is, I don't think anyone over the age of 35 would notice Boxer if he passed by them on the street.

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