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Make me sad looking at that effort by Barry when I remember that the best ANY of our central midfielders can do is to stand around and try not to be a hindrance.

I sense a spectacular dressing room falling-out

Classy timed run, classy one-touch finish, absolutely brilliant goal. Great player Carew, like a Viduka who can run.

Carew If I close my eyes I can almost imagine that he's in a Toon shirt.

Nasty whipping curve on that freekick... That took it straight to the keeper

aye, he can actually shoot as well unlike our players He's like Martins IMO. Brilliant when he's bothered. Clearly not.

Things are shaping up quite nicely already

There you go Jimmy, put their captain out for three matches please.

Good stuff from Villa. I'd begun to forget what a functioning football team looks like.

Nah, given our uncanny ability to sign players just when their careers are about to crater, he would've been nailed on to do a Cacapa.

That's the first time since we bought him that I've ever voluntarily put Alan Smith's name on a preferred team sheet. He's still a bag of utterly useless shit but on the last three matches I'd have him over Butt.

Harper Beye Coloccini Bassong Duff Guthrie Smith Lovenkrands Owen Jonas Viduka typing out that teamsheet and knowing that it's probably the best we can scrounge together is enough to make me suicidal.

What keeps me going these days is the fact that the unlikely event of staying up on the last day at the expense of Sunderland will probably be the greatest joy I've ever experienced as an NUFC supporter.

what a travesty for English football it is that two of us, Sunderland, Boro, and Hull get to stay up. All four teams deserve relegation a thousand times more than any of the non-Derby teams involved in the scrap last year. Absolutely f***ing pathetic sides with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. EDIT: and I'm not even mentioning the fact that Blackburn and Stoke are already safe

prayer is all I have to offer. Even if Hull walk away from this with nothing they've got Stoke at home next week. Can't see them going the rest of the season winless. It's probably Sunderland that we'll end up having to catch.

15 million on Barton, Rozhenal, Smith, as well as large contracts for Geremi, Cacapa, and Viduka. Rivals Souness as our worst ever transfer dealer.

I'm afraid I disagree, his ball retention was f***ing awful. Weaker than water, just got nudged off the ball time and again. Correctly removed at the interval. Agree with Pilko. He's very, very poor technically and was incredibly average again - first game in a while though I suppose. Just not convinced he's got the stuff required, but then again who has? Also agree with the Barton stuff. I do think the red was harsh, personally, but I'm angry with Barton for even giving that c*** of a referee the chance to send him off. You could see he was nursing a semi as he reached for his red to send off Big Bad Joey. f***ing arsehole. You could see the fucking arse of the referee absolutely glowing in unadulterated joy as he reached for his pocket. Probably thinking to himself that he was going to be the hero that ended Joey Barton's career. Doesn't take away from Barton's stupidity though. You know he's going to be out to get you. Why make the reckless challenge when you're not even in a dangerous area?

Similar, but I'd say I'm probably about a 7 or an 8. Think we've got more than a 10% chance of sticking around. We're one freak win for Sunderland or Hull away from being dead and buried. I think 10% is being pretty generous.

I'm pretty sure the atmosphere will be horrible. They got the crowd all pumped up for Pompey and then the players let them down horribly. Crowd will be very subdued and will start jumping on the players' backs the minute the first mistake happens.

Alves... Scoring? Does not compute

One of the Rosenborg ressies told me a few days back that Skjelbred had said that if we came in for him in the summer, he'd come regardless of our division status as he wants to play under Shearer. It would be just like this club to fail to sign one of Europe's up and coming talents when he's practically begging to come here even if we're in the Championship.

I foresee an epic 0-0 draw condemning both clubs to relegation.

It's a bit of a travesty that two of us, Sunderland, Hull, and Boro get to stay in the Premiership. Four absolutely hopeless, irredeemable piece of shit sides.

On a parallel world somewhere, he would have overcome his mental problems, avoided injury, and become a cracking player and England international. Instead, the next time he plays football it will probably be in the Championship either with us (hopefully not,) or some other desperate club.

aye, he has to be sacked now Motherfucker should be given his marching orders in the morning. Idiot.