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Knowing our luck, Krul's nailed on to become Holland's #1 in 5 years time. Forster will probably have a career ending injury on his senior debut.

If they have brains they'll stay away from this one. So yeah, I expect both of them to be in the director's box at Villa Park.

Blatantly bottled it. Obviously just doesn't want to be on the pitch when we're relegated so he can distance himself from the disaster and preserve his market value.

why can't we just start Lovenkrands?

Same boat mate, I'd literally kill for one.

I promise not to throw projectiles at the Man U kids when they play in Seoul this summer if they beat Hull.

A black and white shot of Mike Ashley with "this relegation is sponsored by sportsdirect.com" on one side A black and white shot of Shearer with "HOPE" in big letters on the other.

It's the same damn mess. Ashley made it worse yeah, but we all know who kicked it off.

Wouldn't disagree too much with that assessment. Just remember to hand a few % to good 'ol Fred.

If I'm in the stadium, Newcastle do not win. Ever. Actually, now that I think about it they don't just not win, they lose.

It's quite simple, there are two options: Convince yourself that we've got no chance and spend the whole week miserable Or delude yourself for a week and keep the faith I find the latter preferable.

It's just bound to happen isn't it. Poetic justice as in Butt breaking his leg with a slide tackle for handing in a transfer request?

Agree with the first three.People seem to forget we would be no where without Keegan.Heading for the old third divison when he took over,2 seasons later 3rd in the premiership.Owens a w***** but there is 10 other players on the pitch I've never denied that Keegan gave all of this to us, but he's played an instrumental part it taking it all away too. Granted, this is probably an argument that will never be resolved. As for Owen, when there's a palpable lack of leadership in the changing room driving everyone's morale to the ground, it's quite obviously the money-grabbing useless want-away captain's fault.

It was never going to work out for him up here once we sacked Big Sam unfortunately. Just wish we didn't peddle him to a team that would end up being one of our relegation rivals.

If I had to choose a top 5: Freddy Shepherd, Graeme Souness, Mike Ashley, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen

Where at? I might be headed over into the I-drive area around Disney - usually lots of British people in the pubs around those parts, there's bound to be a few Newcastle fans to suffer through it with. Boston

Damnit, some tout website has away end tickets up for 250 quid a piece. And I'm seriously considering it.

Is there anyone in the US East Coast who might be interested in suffering through this together?

I'm not worried about Milner, it's the likes of Carew and Young we won't be able to handle physically. Milner has been far more effective than Ashley Young for several months now, he's doing really well. Hopefully we won't see the utter f***ing madness of him being played at RB again (that'll be Gardener if Luke Young isn't fit). Know what I'd do if i were one of your ilk without a ticket this weekend? Turn the radio and telly off. Go for a walk or something. Smoke furiously. If you don't smoke, start. Just do something else for 90 minutes, come back in, turn on the telly and get it over and done with. im seriously toying with that idea. That is exactly what I'm going to do, can stand that level of stress. I'm seriously pondering a vacation in Las Vegas with some mates if a ticket to the match doesn't magically drop into my lap within the next few days. Blowing my annual Toon Travel fund on Blackjack should be enough to take my mind off the match. would they let you in to the USA? I'm already there?

I just think the "Premiership Era" distinction is significant because clubs that were "too big to be relegated" simply didn't exist before it. I see what you mean, but disagree. You're right in that nowadays, the financial aspect has cushioned big clubs against relegation far more than they ever were before, but even back then the "too big to go down" thing still existed. In my life time I remember Man United in the second division. When we went down to the third, it was unthinkable. My great grandad used to tell me that when we first went down to the second, it was unthinkable. You'd know better than I do I suppose.

I'm not worried about Milner, it's the likes of Carew and Young we won't be able to handle physically. Milner has been far more effective than Ashley Young for several months now, he's doing really well. Hopefully we won't see the utter f***ing madness of him being played at RB again (that'll be Gardener if Luke Young isn't fit). Know what I'd do if i were one of your ilk without a ticket this weekend? Turn the radio and telly off. Go for a walk or something. Smoke furiously. If you don't smoke, start. Just do something else for 90 minutes, come back in, turn on the telly and get it over and done with. im seriously toying with that idea. That is exactly what I'm going to do, can stand that level of stress. I'm seriously pondering a vacation in Las Vegas with some mates if a ticket to the match doesn't magically drop into my lap within the next few days. Blowing my annual Toon Travel fund on Blackjack should be enough to take my mind off the match.

I just think the "Premiership Era" distinction is significant because clubs that were "too big to be relegated" simply didn't exist before it.

Just in terms of name recognition/size of fanbase/cultural significance though, there has never been a club anywhere near the size of Newcastle United that has been relegated in the Premiership era. I'd actually find this situation kind of interesting if it wasn't affecting me directly.

If only I could get a god damn ticket for this match

Hiddink saving us from relegation and sending Sunderland last day. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that there would be a way to make me love the man even more