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Even worse, why is Xisco on the bench instead when he won't play even if every other player on the team is killed in a bus accident?

Mike Ashley is your father.

No wingers and 3 strikers on the bench. So obvious that's going to f*** us over

fyp

I'm debating whether to go have breakfast or not considering that I'll be throwing it all up in two hours or so.

http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/202.gif Please let Oba be okay... Please let Oba be okay... Please let Oba be okay... Edit: SHIT

As much as I hate the man, he's still our manager and I certainly don't wish any physical ill on him. Get well soon Joe, surely you'd rather be using your newly found money on a vacation in Aruba rather than facing the stresses of a relegation battle?

a fit viduka leads to a better team performance than a fit micheal owen if he's playing alongside martins. Unfortunately a "fit Viduka" is a bit like the Loch Ness Monster. It doesn't exist.

St James' Park Anfield Craven Cottage Upton Park Seoul World Cup Stadium Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Quintana_Roo , yeah, slightly random) Hopefully catching a match at the Santiago Bernabeu this spring!

Not even in the top ten. And as for us, I think he is a joke - don't get me wrong - but there is just not the same amount of personal distaste there was for Souness and the Dyceman. Maybe it's just me but I never hated those two as much as I hate Kinnear. Then again, I don't think I've ever hated any public personality as much as I hate Kinnear.

Owen was such a likable player right up until he came to us

"Goalposts were moved" Has a manager ever been so universally loathed by his own fans? I mean, not just "we think we need to sack him to move forward" or "he's out of his depth,' just honestly loathing him as a human being.

Agree. He'll get a few games if only for lack of viable alternatives.

http://www.wsoccer.com/players/s/solano_nolberto/solano_nolberto2.jpg NUFC: Nobby, mostly because I never really got to see Shearer in his prime. Shearer is more of an idea to me than an actual player. Solano was one of those players that just makes you grin from ear to ear. Good feeling personified. Non-NUFC http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38101000/jpg/_38101044_hong200x300.jpg Hong Myung-Bo Korean Legend and one of the best players from anywhere to never play in Europe.

I'd really like to know what we did to deserve an owner with a brain the size of a walnut and a manager with a brain the size of a peanut.

Sounds like he is for the first team at least. To be honest I haven't got a clue what's going on in the background. Seems like the loss of Jimenez was part of Ashley abandoning his previous system. Mike Ashley really is unbelievable. How did a bloke this thick ever succeed in business. So in response to the Keegan fiasco, he apparently decided that he would have to scrap the system, which was probably the only successful thing he did here, and give 100% control to the manager. The manager being in control isn't a bad idea in itself, but he fails to consider that "the manager" is Joe f***ing Kinnear.

Anything else think it's becoming pretty clear that Kinnear is now the one running transfers? Seems like a pretty logical explanation for our selection of targets becoming decidedly unimaginitive and also downright shit.

How many would we be getting if Man United played in Sunderland and Liverpool and Everton played in Middlesborough?

It's a low attendance but I don't see why we have to be offended about it. That's just what they are as a club and it's largely due to factors beyond their control. I suppose it all just sounds a bit daft to someone coming from a country where the most popular club averages in the mid-twenty thousands.

How many does your local team get per head of population? Oh God, please don't ask that question. What's 15 million divided by 25000?

sigh. Never mind.

You are kidding right? 10,000? There are divison 4 (sorry league 2) teams with higher attendances. I just find the practice of looking down on other clubs based on attendance figures to be entirely pointless. Attendance is based on a whole bunch of factors the club has no influence over like geography/population. They're a club in a city of barely 100,000 people located right next to a giant glory-hunter magnet in Man United. 20,000 average and lows of around 10,000 is normal. Bollocks, had we got 20,000 for a cup game it would be all over the back of the Sun. 10,000 is s**** for a team that won the premiership. Yes, because Newcastle is the only club in a city of 300,000, and is also the biggest club in its region. I really don't get why you find this so hard to understand.

Apologies for my ignorance but which position is that? Right wing or CM, take your pick.

You are kidding right? 10,000? There are divison 4 (sorry league 2) teams with higher attendances. I just find the practice of looking down on other clubs based on attendance figures to be entirely pointless. Attendance is based on a whole bunch of factors the club has no influence over like geography/population. They're a club in a city of barely 100,000 people located right next to a giant glory-hunter magnet in Man United. 20,000 average and lows of around 10,000 is normal. Heck, they're probably punching above their weight.

What do we care who anyone else's attendance is. Blackburn's a small town and they have to compete for fans with a bunch of other Premiership clubs. Hardly their fault they're located where they are.