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I feel a stuffing coming. They're a good team. We're not. Think it'll end up like Villa Away last year, when Owen scored the opener but Villa then put four past us.

One could argue that he's horribly misguided, trying to play that kind of football with the resources at his disposal. It worked for him last year, its working for hull this year....either way the point still stands, its difficult to get a team playing the way he had them playing, i saw alot of dynamic movement from them. Movement which has been missing from our team for a long time. Its refreshing to see a team without resources like WBA trying to play football. If I was a WBA fan I would rather play like that than put 11 men behind the ball and hoof it up the pitch like the Bolton's of this world, even if it meant relegation No you wouldn't. If you were a WBA fan you would take any kind of football you could get as long as it meant staying up. It's only because we're neutrals we have the luxury of "applauding" them for their effort to play an open game even when it may lose them a lot of points.

He slipped, if he had kept his footing Miller wouldn't have scored. Lot of slipping and scruffing of shots from both sides today, now that I think of it. Problem with pitch conditions?

All other attributes aside, his tackling is simply unbelievable. I've never seen such pinpoint tackling from a Toon player. Just slides in fearlessly and comes out with the ball. Made several challenges today which were almost as good as that wrongly penalized one against Robinho. Obviously, he has confidence in his ability since he's never afraid to tackle even in the box.

Think this thread deserves to be bumped so we can all gush over Jonas' performance today. It deserves some major loving amidst all the negativity about the 2nd half. In Jonas we trust

One could argue that he's horribly misguided, trying to play that kind of football with the resources at his disposal.

Somewhere along the line somebody told him to stop being a pansy and start using his physical attributes to push defenders around. To his credit, the lad's taken the advice seriously and has managed to elevate himself from "completely useless" to just "mediocre." At this point he's pretty much integral to Kinnear's system and undroppable. While I don't particularly like said system, as long as Kinnear insists on playing that way Ameobi will be moderately effective and should stay in the side.

I'm actually 90% sure that Kinnear will drop Martins for Owen (or move Martins into midfield and drop Duff) instead of dropping Ameobi. His long-ball tactics simply won't function without Shola in the side. The crazy thing is, I'm not sure I disagree with him.

Kinnear may be a good motivator, but tactics wise he's just like Big Sam without all the fancy Prozone s***.

Probably going to get hammered by Villa, but the next two all very winnable.

Lucky to win after that shitstorm of a second half, but it's three points and I'll take it. Kinnear showing a lack of imagination playing way too defensive after going two ahead. Can't just sit back against a passing side like West Brom.

I feel like we should just voluntarily give Mallorca a few mil in compensation. Whatever we paid for Jonas, it wasn't enough.

Seriously don't think there are a lot of wingers in this league better than Jonas. He's just so good... it feels... odd. I'm not used to our players having so much class.

The signing of Guttierez alone makes Mike Ashley the best chairman in Newcastle history. FACT.

OBA! :celb: Poor West Brom. Excellent passing, good at keeping position, just haven't got the quality at either end. Lets just hope we don't take our foot off the gas.

Ameobi jumping up for the bicycle kick

Jesus Christ, Shola looking like Santa Cruz today. Boggles the mind

Lads finally playing like they should

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.