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That was really weak defending, though.

Tiote, Barton, and Smith aren't exactly Essien, Obi, and Lampard. It's nice to be physical, but that midfield would provide no support to the attacking players at all.

Therefore I'm expecting: ----------------------Howard--------------------------- Hibbert--------Jags------------Distin---------Baines Osman------Mikel------------Heitinga---------Pienaar ------------------------Fellaini-------------------------- ------------------------Yak------------------------------ Is Aiyegbeni playing for you now? What was the point of not using him all preseason if they were just going to keep him and not replace him? Isn't the Russian better than Osman? You're mad if you think we are starting Nile in a Premier League match. I don't see why we should drop Colo and bring in an unfit Sol.

Aye. He'll do well to come back from this, tbh. Crazy to think that the three keepers England has had in net for recent blunder now play for West Brom (yoyo club), the bottom team in the Premiership, and Bristol City.

In 1993, maybe.

West Ham really are a pretty talented team. They'll be dangerous if they ever get their house in order.

Green apparently struggles with balls kicked directly at him. We should keep this is mind when we play them.

Yeah? Surprised I didn't hear about it him if he was one of the top players in this division. It's just that I assumed he was a younger, but he's 27. The buildup to these throw-ins makes me physically sick.

They were saying he fell out with the manager who isn't at the match.

Who is Jon Walters, and why have I not heard of him until now?

Well then. Frrankly, I am just glad that someone who doesn't believe in the freedom to practice religion isn't in any sort of power.

Cheeky reference to my one of my father's favourites: http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Music/bd/ac/bc/mzi.vqenochb.170x170-75.jpg VI, whatever happened to that young Israeli, Assulin I think his name was. Is he still floating in the wilderness? Football can be cruel like this sometimes, I suppose.

Chamakh isn't great, man. At a club like Arsenal he really can't be the best fit striker at the club if they plan to win the Premiership or Champions League. This doesn't seem to be their plan, though.

It's hard to think that Sevilla were knocked out the CL by the same Braga team Arsenal played last night. PSG have looked rather serious this season. It could be the year they finally do something of note.

Mandanda is mentally deficient. Lucho misses from a foot and Gignac denied a wonder goal by the post. I think I should go to the gym and hits things. Worse than Blackpool. I am very angry.

I hate football.

When did McGeady move to Spartak Moscow?

Tal Ben Haim missing it aswell, great news for Wham. Probably paid leave too. People involved in professional football live on a different planet to us. Why not? It's one of the most important days in the Jewish year. It's like a Christian taking off for Easter or Christmas.

Less limited than anyone in our central midfield.

It would be nice if Gibson went to a club where he would actually play regularly (Newcastle), I really like him as a player.

I hate how they build of these "Battles of Britain". Rangers are a ridiculously limited team that has a tiny amount of talent. The likes of Bursaspor and Copenhagen are far superior. I look forward to the shock when they finish last in their group.

I don't need some johnny foreigner telling me a local boy playing for his local club living his dream is going to fuk off at the first opportunity to anyone flying higher than us, its pure and utter bollocks. Spurs could be out of the CL by the time anyone can move and will probably never see CL football again reducing them to a Euro cup club and where we could easily be in 2-3 years. I'm seeing this from a Geordie point of view and when it's about a situation like this it does fuking matter, sorry if the foreign contingent find that hard to swallow, but if you don't understand that then you don't understand why he'd want to stay, because scoring a goal in a No9 B&W shirt is worth a 1,000 goals for a team like Manu and 1,000,000 goals for a team of the moment club like Spurs. The Johnny Foreigner nonsense is just uncalled for. You a Geordie from Newcastle and you have the right to your opinion. I am a Yoruba from Ondo State and I have the right to my opinion. Don't dismiss what I am saying because you were born and raised a bit closer to SJP. You see I think most footballers act mostly act rationally and not out of blind love for clubs and entities. Tottenham are in a much better position right now. This career lasts 10-15 years at most. Most players want to get paid as much as possible and win as much as possible. It would be special to achieve this with your boyhood team, but if they aren't up to it, you leave. Right, I don't usually get nasty on this forum, but you can go f*** yourself, really. I don't know why have turned a small paragraph response about Andy Carroll into a personal attack on me, but I would appreciate it you stopped. My "internet persona" thinks you are being a bit ridiculous. Doctor Zaius, I would leave if I thought I could accomplish things at the new club that I could not accomplish at the old one. Your boyhood club is always going to be that, but business is business.

Newcastle is brilliant, I'm sure, but you are really, really going to have to do better than that in explaining to me why someone would be unwilling to leave a place that they love to improve their careers. I'd also like to know why this phenomenon is restricted to Newcastle, when countless players leave the "club that love" every bloody transfer window. I'm sure the local fans feel the same way you do, but it doesn't seem to make a damn of difference. Honestly, the only was you can know what it's like to be Andy Carroll is to actually be Andy Carroll. You are not inside the man's head.

in all my years playing competitive sport i never went after a ref the way man utd players did and its strange how the accept the refs decision in other sports. Maybe we are watching different sports, but I don't see anything worse in football than any of the other sports I watch and/or play. I don't football much any more as its not my best game, but when I play my other sports there are often fights and arguments. Referees are often question. It is not reprehensible. It is a result of the high pressure environment. You mustn't watch rugby or cricket then. I don't. They were not exactly big sports when I was growing up. Rugby is nonexistant and cricket is only really played in school and by old people who remember when we were a colony.

I don't see why not. Tottenham are just a better club than Newcastle at this point in time. Better financial position, better on pitch results, better players, better manager, European exposure, and more prestigious. It's an uprward move for a football. I don't think the boys up top will be interested in letting things proceed that far, though. He's a Geordie playing for the club he loves, 1st name on the team sheet and fast becoming a hero to the only fans that will ever matter to him at club level as well as being given the legendary No9 shirt. Not to mention all his friends and family are here as well as his kid. I think you lack basic understanding what it means to him being here and playing for Newcastle and I doubt you will ever fully grasp it either. Man, nonsense. Please take that condescending rubbish elsewhere. Footballers leave their boyhood clubs for greener pastures all of the time. What makes Carroll different from all of these other players? Shearer was here during a different era for the club as well. He came in his mid twenties and the team immediately challenged for the title. When he was nearing the end of his prime (early 30's), the team were in the Champions League. By the time our decline had really set in, the man was nearing retirement. We are not a competitive club right now. If the club's progression doesn't follow the upward trajectory of Carroll's career, he will leave. All of them will. You see it again and again with clubs and their young local players. What exactly makes Newcastle different?