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Why wouldn't you? You support frigging Barcelona! Alright.

Remy's not good enough for a team above us imo, neither was Ba. If they want to sit on the bench and get more money then yeah, but if they want to play week in and week out there's no where but maybe Everton or Spurs to go in terms of pushing near the top. The very top teams don't bother with players like that when there are clearly much better strikers that they can start or have in rotation. Remy and Ba are not and never were good enough. Remy is another level of footballer to Ba, imo. Ba reminds me more of Yakubu and Darren Bent than anyone else. His general play is poor. Remy is a much better all around footballer.

This is absolutely right. Burnley finished 2nd in an awful league and haven't added PL quality. Agreed. Burnley don't even have the athleticism and ability in defence to properly park the bus. One thing I've noticed about the Chelsea team is that I'm not sure where they will fit Fabregas against the bigger teams. Even in this match, there have been a few times where he has shirked defensively responsibility. Maybe drop Oscar and add one of the Black defensive midfielders. City have gotten the most impressive result among the title contenders thus far.

No one will win by more than ten points. There are three strong sides worthy of the title, imo.

Burnley have been very poor.

Having a player like Fabregas to break down the smaller teams could be what wins Chelsea the title this season. They already have the best back 6 in England with depth everywhere except centreback. I think it will be them first than Arsenal second.

Chelsea have two of the top three keepers in the Premiership, IMO.

In fairness, two of the goals ASM conceded were the result of horrific officiating. Yes rubbish for the fourth. OM have looked rubbish under Bielsa thus far as we'll.

Frankly, I think he would have been at a bigger club than Newcastle last season if not for his trouble with the rape allegation. I'm sure he enjoyed his stay here, but probably does not see NUFC as a final destination

Without doing so you don't score goals and that's what wins games. Many of the best (missed) goal scoring chances are shots off target. Obviously, a shot on target is required to win with the exception of a own goal, but the statistic does not really tell you about the amount of threat a team carried in a match.

If he creates as many chances for us as Oba did in his first two seasons, it will be a great acquisition for a decent price. Forward players who can cause havoc with pace, power, skill, and aggressiveness are so useful. The key is to have other players who can make up for whatever deficiencies they may have.

I don't understand the fascination with "on target". A good bit of play meant Sissoko should have scored, and Ayoze's shot looked headed towards the corner if not for heroics from Fernando. Would you rather they lobbed a few at Hart from 30 yards just to improve statistics? Generally, they competed well physically and tested City in the second period.

No mention of him whatsoever in Pardew's post match interview when he was listing through players. Apart from when he mentioned Caballa's threat around the box and that we had not seen the like of it since Cabaye left. Thought that was another sly dig at Ben Arfa. Ben Arfa has started 3-4 matches since Cabaye was sold.

He is just not a good football player, but was reliable enough today. No glaring errors, which is big against a side like Man City where he will obviously be tested quite a bit.

As a team today, NUFC seemed to have quite a bit of endeavour, athleticism, and willingness without too much intelligence is movement or passing or anything in the final third. Moussa exemplified this. Still, I thought he was quite useful today and along with Colback contributed well in midfield.

He is getting caught up field without contributing anything going forward.

I like Joel Ward. We should sign Joel Ward.

Sanogo's game is reminiscent of my own. He just seems so clumsy and laboured despite his physical gifts. Having said this, he is already a hassle for defenders to deal with and shows flashes of obvious ability. Really, he needs to be on loan, because I think he will be good, but is nowhere near ready.

What is the point of prison if you want people to be unemployable after they are released? I don't think Evans or Ranger are threats to society as a whole, Evans especially served his time after a very contentious trial. They should be allowed to continue using their talents. Ranger, however, has proven to be a fairly terrible employee who consistently defies authority and fails to show up for engagements. I'm stunned he is getting a chance at that high a level after his antics last season.

Abi you never join FF game? Abeg, make you do this ting quick quick bifor you vex me o!

I have said this before, but the FIFA rankings (not random the new one was released today), especially in Africa though it is a world problem, are a monstrosity and need to be addressed by someone if they will be used to determine seedings, pots, etc. I understand the simple calculation, but they need to be more representative of what has happened over the past four years.

His 10 Premiership goals in fifty starts and innumerable substitute appearances over the past two seasons speak to this. 1 in 5 strikers with no other attributes do not generally last very long.

Senegal have a tough group with Tunisia, Egypt, and a Botswana team that has looked decent at times. There is no guarantee he goes. I like Cisse, but his form over the last two seasons has just been too poor for me to conceive a dream where he is back to "his best". Several of the players under Pardew have regressed and play with no confidence, but Cisse is at the same point as Shola and Gutierrez where he just looks completely finished as a player at this level.

I doubt it, I think Pellegrino will stick with his favoured 2 strikers. Instead of Fernandinho I think he means. Like the Argentine lot don't think he's hardly trained. I know there is no way around it, but players definitely do not get enough to rest and recover when there are big international tournaments in the summer. I feel bad for the Europeans having to do it every other year. How much rest time would someone like Xavi have had during the 2008-2014 period. Maybe it is not surprising his time at the top level ended so abruptly.

http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,60160 There is precedent for this. For the smoke to have risen twice, you wonder if there is a fire raging somewhere deep inside of the place.