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It's absolutely critical that we leapfrog ahead of Hull since they're also in freefall. Would be ironic if despite all the hoopla early in the season, Hull, Stoke, and West Brom go straight back down. Not looking entirely unlikely right now either.

Hadn't thought of it that way. Watching it now

blatantly off the pace today, wasn't disappointed to see him get off the pitch because imo he was just as bad as Shola. For our sake I pray that he gets back to form quickly.

That's my patience with him done. How can a "local lad" so blatantly not give a shit when our Prem survival hangs in the ballance?

Enough with stand-ins, just make the permanent appointment for God's sake. How hard can it be?

Either they just don't care anymore or they're the most shockingly inept football management team in the history of the Premiership. I don't know which possibility frightens me more.

Can we at least have the common decency to concede to someone other than fucking Ronaldo?

flattered to deceive today. His runs are certainly an asset but he's wasting as much chances as Ameobi out there. Of course, it would help if he had an actual central midfield to back him up like..

I remember full well what happened the last two times I watched a Man U game against my better judgment. We're fucked.

We need a f***ing goddamn manager. Why is this so hard to understand.

Possibly the most uninspiring 90 minutes I've ever been subject to. Four points from the last two matches and the reality that we've got some s*** players, s*** tactics, and no f***ing manager felt distant for just a moment there. Hello there again relegation fears! I've missed you

Ah, we're shit. And isn't that the most blatant handball in the history of football

We've been purposeful but wasteful, and I think not taking our chances may come back to haunt us. Think Carroll should come on... The thought of him getting delivery from Raylor is intriguing indeed. The defensive unit is looking pretty shaky and Bolton have caught us with our pants down more than once, but we've carried more attacking initiative and hopefully we'll continue to do so in the second half. We seem to a bit reliant on our wingers going forward because we've got absolutely nothing worth mentioning in the center of the park, but I'm used to that at this point so I guess I'm not really bothered. PS. Alright, I'm convinced now. Despite spending over half his life playing professional football, Shola Ameobi still doesn't understand the offside rule.

"What the fuck?" is really the only appropriate response to a story like this. Wonder if the same lads that made up the Riquleme story are responsible for this one.

We should be giving him a go. Not sure if we want another mega-wage striker with personality issues on the club's books.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ppromma/red.jpg Knew that reminded me of something.

Have to say, the interaction between this and the British "special status" is interesting to say the least. The thought of Welsh, Scottish and N. Irish players suddenly becoming "foreign" I suppose that might actually breathe some life back into their "domestic" leagues

I think I'm a bit beyond that point. My biggest fear right now is "if Joe Kinnear is their idea of a great long-term manager, just how ridiculous would be their choice for the man to replace him?"

The cycle's starting all over again

had a dream last night that we were 2-0 down at Bolton and Beardsley came out of the stands in the 80th minute to score a hattrick. Random.

Can't decide whether to watch Inter v. Man U or watch Barcelona destroy Lyon. It's been a long time since I've been this interested int he Champions League. These octofinals matchups are great.

He really is a lot like Jonas. (I'll leave it at that this time without going into my usual Park-wanking )

What appointment we make/do not make at the end of the season will be the final straw for a lot of people. The fact that this kind of noise is being made already is certainly worrying. All I know is that Joe Kinnear is still our manager next season, I'm joining NUSC

The problem with a lot of our fans (and football fans in general) is that there are only two kinds of players in their minds: the wasters and the world-beaters. You're either amazing and setting the world alight, or you're f***ing s*** and not worth the wages you're on. It has be accepted that there is a middle ground. You can be a useful squad player or cost-effective backup even if you're not weaving wonders every week. Man United, the best team in the country, employ the likes of O'Shea, Fletcher, and Brown, players who a lot of people would think aren't good enough for our squad never mind theirs. You can have your star players but you also need your mediocre ones to make up the numbers. Shola is a moderately effective role-player who's cheap and would like to stay here. He's absolutely perfect as a fourth or fifth choice striker, which is exactly what he'll be when our good ones are fit.

But Spurs losing is infinitely more enjoyable...