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We're sorely missing Enrique btw. Zog still goes forward far too much (can't blame him) and leaves open acres of space. Gary O'Neil almost ripped us in half twice today.

Barton in for Butt, Faye in for Cacapa. I know Barton isn't strictly a holding player, but Butt isn't really much of a football in the last few months, i think he's lost it. Geremi, maybe KK can get something out of him? Geremi would be just as bad as Butt playing in the central midfield IMO. I wouldn't mind playing Faye in the midfield and Baye as a central defender since Carr seems to be doing passably as of late. Of course, things turned out so fantasticly the last time we played everyone out of position , so that might not be the best of ideas.

That's a very high mark for N'Zogbia IMO. I think he was pretty poor. Are people honestly saying we couldn't have brought in a better player than Nicky Butt in January??? We could've brought in someone better than Butt. The point is we didn't want to buy someone we'd just have to replace again in the summer. This season was written off from the start. Things are going as planned as long as we're not relegated. Reminds me of our last "keeping our powder dry" incident, although this time the result could be a lot worse than not consolidating a place in the top 4. I'm not necessarily saying that it's a good idea, but it seems to be Keegan/Mort/Ashley's plan.

The dilemma: does Faye replace Cacapa in defence or Butt in midfield? Which piece of shit do we excise from our team first?

Cacapa 3? have a word 2 then. Cacapa had good moments, but the only reason he was called upon to make wonder saves was because his horrible positioning put us into trouble in the first place. Faye can't come back soon enough

That's a very high mark for N'Zogbia IMO. I think he was pretty poor. Are people honestly saying we couldn't have brought in a better player than Nicky Butt in January??? We could've brought in someone better than Butt. The point is we didn't want to buy someone we'd just have to replace again in the summer. This season was written off from the start. Things are going as planned as long as we're not relegated.

We'll lose three and maybe draw with Blackburn, but I think we're still safe. The typical Newcastle scenario would be for us to secure saftey, putting our hopes into Keegan to rebuild us over the summer. He fails miserably and we're somewhere between 12~17 again next year. Pretty soon after that we're going to start getting mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Boro, Wigan, Fulham etc.

Creditable draw against a far superior side. I'm not even joking. On the bright side, every point brings us a bit further from relegation. Thank god we had that nice patch early-season or we'd be down for sure.

FUCK YEAH! I don't mind being proved wrong

oh well. 0-0 or 0-1 and booed off the pitch I suppose. Jesus we're so bad. Makes me cry.

Suddenly not so confident. Boro already had a better midfield and arguably a better defense than us. Now they have better strikers too. I hope Alves is really, really shit. The fans look just about ready to turn on KK if we don't get a result here.

might as well reserve space on this thread for the ensuing shitfest after Alves/Downing score a wondergoal/crazy freekick against us on Sunday.

Not coincidental our plummet seemed to coincide with him leaving We weren't exactly flying high when he was here, were we? Neither were we in the mess we are in now, though eh ? I think you've forgotten that our mess last season was significantly worse than the "mess" we have now. By several degrees of magnitude.

Jesus. Desperation. At least we get to clean out ManU and Chelsea's trash. Would be tempted to suicide when we're reduced to picking off rejects from Spurs for ridiculous fees.

Not coincidental our plummet seemed to coincide with him leaving We weren't exactly flying high when he was here, were we?

I wish. We're in for one heck of a painful, boring second half of a season, that's what we're in for.

I heard that Beckford thing this morning, actually. You never know. Surely not good enough for the Premiership?

Would be a decent idea to pop a small bid for Lee now that Spurs have Gilberto... Could get an experienced left back for next to nowt.

Please don't jinx it. The last time I heard a statement to this effect was when somebody said during halftime at old trafford "looks like it could end a scoreless draw if we're lucky"

http://pds1.egloos.com/pds/1/200605/12/91/a0010291_23282770.jpg Seoul World Cup Stadium during any international. (Preferably when Korea aren't playing like shit.) 68476 people all in Red, screaming at the top of their lungs. Absolutely unbeatable atmosphere.

all right then, move along, nothing to see here.

Neil Lennon! For Wycombe! Seriously. Don't even try.

Wish we could just lock reality itself. It's much more painful than this thread.

Perhaps Wise and co. decided to let Roz go on loan over KK's head. Perhaps this is the beginning of a massive fallout between KK andt he new management types. Perhaps the ensuing bustup will result in KK having a nervous breakdown and leaving us at the end of the season. Perhaps by that point absolutely no one will want to come anywhere near us and we'll be forced to make Wise our manager. Then again, perhaps we'll get relegated by then and this will all be a moot point. :frantic: :frantic: :frantic: [/skyisfalling] f*** me you could make a career at The Sun with writing like that! Sorry, already nailed on as Oliver's successor.

Perhaps Wise and co. decided to let Roz go on loan over KK's head. Perhaps this is the beginning of a massive fallout between KK andt he new management types. Perhaps the ensuing bustup will result in KK having a nervous breakdown and leaving us at the end of the season. Perhaps by that point absolutely no one will want to come anywhere near us and we'll be forced to make Wise our manager. Then again, perhaps we'll get relegated by then and this will all be a moot point. :frantic: :frantic: :frantic: [/skyisfalling]