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Oba's 24th birthday today! Hope he scores.

Please win. Please.

can't really complain about the selection, at least.

Credit them for not succumbing to Big Sam's charms.

Those two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

South Korea v. Switzerland at the 2006 WC. Sebastian Frey you fucking bastard. Keegan leaving. Couldn't even look at a football for almost a month.

Then again, JK isn't necessarily the most reliable source for information + I have the irrational yet undeniable feeling that Ashley might screw up negotiations.

<2005-2006> Given Carr Boumsong Bramble Babayaro Solano Bowyer Parker N'Zogbia Shearer Owen <2006-2007> Given Solano Bramble Oneywu Babayaro Milner Butt Parker Duff Martins Sibierski <2007-2008> Given Beye Taylor Coloccini Enrique Jonas Butt Guthrie Duff Martins Owen Really, really hard to argue that we were better off under Souness or Roeder. When you look at it side by side, the improvement in some areas of the pitch, particularly the back line, is staggering.

Mackem manager or not, teams like Hull City give you hope that there's still some fun to be had in English football. Anyone remember what Reading's points total was at this point in their promotion season?

the fact that he's a 34 year old that's played full time with a slight injury just three days ago should be enough to have him dropped for Tuesday in any sensible world.

Before I say anything else: Anyway, it seems pretty clear that we're mired in a relegation dogfight. While I don't think our squad is relegation standard, they simply won't be preforming up to standard until the club is sold, ending the uncertainty and giving us a proper manager. Unfortunately, I don't think that'll happen anytime soon. With Kinnear (no offense meant to the bloke) at the helm and confidence where it is right now, we're definitely a team that is shooting for 15th-17th at best. Having said that, who should be looking upon as potential rivals in the forthcoming relegation battle? West Brom just seems deeply unimpressive in every way. They have no outstanding performers and seem to roll over quite easily to any sort of challenging opposition. They seem like a textbook relegation-standard team. Stoke has got some fight in them and deserve credit for discovering the 40-yard long throw as the key to making Bolton-lite football seem somewhat compelling, but in the end I feel that they're just not good enough either. On a side note, WTF did we sell them Faye Nobody seems to be talking about West Ham but after a bright start to the season they've been fading fast and have lost three on the trot. They have an inexperienced manager, a deeply average squad, and absolutely no money to spend in January. Crisis waiting to happen imo. Middlesbrough just look like a shockingly weak squad, and while they've always been like that and still manage to stay up, they'll hopefully end up in the mix come end of season. Bolton just seems hopeless, almost as bad as we are. They're surely a side we should aim to finish above. Fulham is obliged by law to flirt with relegation every season. And of course, we'd all like to think that Tottenham could go down, but with a decent manager in just in time, I think they'll finish comfortably somewhere around 10th-15th. My projection: Bolton-West Brom-Stoke are the ones we should look to send down. Hopefully we'll survive this somehow.

I like him but that seems a bit over the top. Should get around to playing regular first team football and contributing first before we start talking about captain.

Considering that we're currently 19th on the table, I think it's fair to say we've been in one for a while now.

I'm not even against Kinnear himself, but we need someone permanent who knows he has a long term future here. Perhaps it's time for Ashley to just admit that he'll probably have to be here for a bit longer and find a permanent manager.

Damn. Can't see Spurs getting relegated then. Redknapp will pull them out. It's not just a shame because we'd like to see Spurs go down, but also because it now puts more pressure on us to stay up. Was hoping they'd stick with Ramos for another month or so.

With Owen out, Shola is our biggest goal threat.

This side is a million times better better than anything we were forced to play during the late-Souness, Roeder, and Allardyce/Keegan eras. People have short memories. The strength of the side itself isn't the issue here.

Cisse - beats his wife Chopra - Beats his wife Diouf - Beats his wife and spits on fans Barton is scum yes, but your squad isn't exactly full of little angels is it? mackems.gif Compared to Diouf, Barton IS a little angel.

They're shit, it's at home, Jonas is back. We can win.

This type of thread just comes off as petty. We'd be laughing our asses off if it was the other way around and some Mackem had posted this on their board.

Damnit, where's Spurs when you need them.

Cisse's always been a threat he's just as inconsistent as.. well... as Martins.

Good motivator, uninspiring tactics, horrible, horrible subs. He's what we needed to stabilize the ship for the imminent takeover. Now that the takeover doesn't seem so "imminent" anymore, we may have a problem.

Two goals in two games ........................

Idiotic little cheeky boot on the back of Diouf's ankle. Obviously thought he'd get away with his "smart" little play. Just fuck off.