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Based on current form, every team in the Premiership has a better squad than us. We have to go with the mentality that we're looking to cause an upset. None of this "if we just play to our ability we'll roll over shit like Stoke" mentality.

Why not judge on his past performances, even pre-Newcastle? It's obvious he wasn't caring anymore, nobody was caring anymore in our side before Shearer. We were destined for the drop the way Hughton and Calderwood were running things, and if I was Owen I'd be looking at my options very closely come the end of the season. Though now, with Shearer. Things are different. Regardless of his half-hearted performances as of late, I'd have a celebratory w*** if Owen signed an extension. People are unfairly judging him on his gigantic wage, but it's not his fault Freddy Shepherd found it necessary to throw money the club did not really have at Owen. But under all his injury troubles, there's one of the world's greatest strikers. And we have him in our team, and Shearer will get the best out of him, I am sure of that. Pre-Newcastle (or to be more precise, pre-Germany 2006) Owen is basically a completely different individual from Owen now. And his good stint last season was mostly as a support striker coming in from deep. We have yet to see Michael Owen have a long, productive run as a goalscorer in a Newcastle shirt since 2006-2007

It's his distribution and lack of urgency that's letting him down once again. It's interesting how Harper and Given both get criticized for having poor distribution. Could it possibly be because they both had nothing to kick at because our midfield is essentially a giant black hole?

Had some great saves today. Didn't do much wrong in my eyes. He slowly needs to build towards not only full match fitness but also adjusting to the mentality of being a number one and playing week-in week-out, something he's almost never had to do for most of his career. I think he's getting progressively better with every match and I still trust him as our number one.

I'm willing to chalk off his absolutely woeful and pathetic performances under Houghton as just having decided that he was going to leave and not being bothered. I will reserve judgement about just what kind of player Michael Owen is until I see how he performs in the next few matches under Shearer.

[kneejerk] I'm starting to think he could actually be coming down to the Championship with us. I mean, when it comes down to it, how much better is he than the likes of say.. Ricardo Fuller or Marlon King? [/kneejerk]

I have a feeling anyone with brains would also think that. wasn't too long ago no one was allowed to pick s.taylor for the first 11. a couple of weeks injured may do colocinni some good. too early to get rid unless someone comes in with a very good price. Figures that the only player we have who can't get injured is the one who could use a couple weeks off.

I'm starting to get this horrible, horrible feeling that Fergie's boys are going to do Liverpool and the Mackems a favor by having a shitter at the Stadium of Light next week.

Shearer's going to stick by Owen, and Owen-Carroll will probably work better than Owen-Martins.

I haven't given up hope on Nolan yet. He's come form spending his entire career as "Mr. Bolton" and it has to be a huge adjustment for him. I'm not saying that he's a top 6 player, but surely he'll be an asset or us in our mid-table trawl for the foreseeable future. As for Ryan Taylor, if taking free kicks is anything like what I imagine it must be (being a big, talentless center half I've honestly never been asked to take one in my life ), it should be all down to confidence. If you're going to be threatening you've got to have the "fuck them, I can score form here" mentality. The fall against Man U seems to have shot Taylor's confidence and he may well take some time to recover. Like Nolan, I'm willing to give him some more time.

In the same way Bin Laden shows his love for the USA ? And how the pope just signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Durex.

Alan Shearer attracts me more than most hot women.

No smiley adequately expresses my lol at that.

What's the point in sacking him now? They're down already. Gibson said he'd still be there next season even if they went down too, but we'll have to see whether he sticks to that claim. Because he's obviously lost the dressing room and there's no point in keeping him other than building up even more ill will with the fans. Get an up and coming Championship manager in, pray for a miracle, if you don't get it you've got a ready made replacement who can start preparing for the second tier now rather than fucking around for a month or two in the summer looking for a replacement.

I'm not really that bothered. It's like KK at Bolton last year, Shearer was never going to get the result that he wanted in his first match. It's all about Stoke and Spurs at the moment. Hope we can scrape 3 or 4 points from those.

Selective memory at its best?

Having a go at the old board does not equal exonerating the new board. Having a go at Keegan does not equal exonerating Ashley. Having a go at Martins does not equal exonerating Owen. Why this fails to compute for some people on here so often I'll never know. I don't think that's his point mate. I think what Ronaldo is trying to say, is that for all people are berating Martins for not scoring, Owen is far worse yet still in the team. I understood him perfectly. He's saying "why aren't you berating Owen when he's doing just as bad? (or as Ronaldo seems to think, much worse)" I think both our strikers need to shoulder a lot of blame for our antics. I'm just picking out Martins today because Owen gets enough flak without me having to contribute to the lynching. Just because I'm criticizing Martins doesn't mean I think Owen is brill.

Yes he does. Next topic please.

Having a go at the old board does not equal exonerating the new board. Having a go at Keegan does not equal exonerating Ashley. Having a go at Martins does not equal exonerating Owen. Why this fails to compute for some people on here so often I'll never know.

it's us or Sunderland imo. The other teams are safe.

You have no brain matter whatsoever. is all I have to say to that insult. I don't know what you've got against me mate, but this is the last time I'll be responding to you.

I've honestly forgotten what winning a match feels like. I suppose it would be nice.

what fucks me up is how we lost the three "top 4" home games the exact same way. Stage 1: "Oooh, playing well" Stage 2: "shit, bad mistake" Stage 3: "fuck, Colo."

He's the exact opposite of a "luxury" player. He's a player who'll probably get you around the same amount of goals regardless of the kind of service he's getting because he's capable of making himself chances out of nothing, but not capable of putting it away when he's given stuff on a plate. The lad is utterly and completely random. Randomness is not something you need in a relegation scrap. Biggest myth going, most of his goals are normal goals that have been set up for him, he's actually a decent finisher but doesn't help himself by never being in the positions. And the complete lack of service renders him ineffective in the final 3rd 95% of the game, same with Owen, neither are willing to scrap and that is what we need. I don't agree with any of the statements in that post.

f*** me that looks bad Does it? Beat Stoke next week, Sunderland lose to Man U and we're closer to survival. fuck me that looks bad