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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

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.

surely Southgate is sacked now?

Harper Beye Taylor Bassong Enrique Duff Nolan Guthrie Guttierez Own Any one of our many s*** tall strikers Never did I think I'd voluntary suggest Steven Taylor at CB again. But oh well.

He played Malouda onside The amount of times he screws up the defensive lime is staggering for a defender of his supposed "intelligence"

Wish Shearer could beat the shit out of some of these players in the changing room.

Coloccini this is getting beyond a joke now. At least Harper seems to be back up to match fitness

He's either lost interest in our club and can't be bothered anymore, or he's suffering from a deadly case of "not-the-same-player-he-used-to-be-itis" that seems to go around these parts. Either way, he's lost form at the absolute worst fucking time possible.

And he's the only striker we have with any actual pace. He's actually not even that fast anymore.