Gallowgate Toon

sams tactics are a joke, but we still got a point, so who cares.

Poor delivery really.

Faye unlucky there.

When you think that most amateurs can get it past the first man, even i can get past the first man pretty much every time, its a wonder how a professional can't get height on it every single time.

Lawrenson says Sunderland today - twat

see above Sorry was doing an edit, I think Radio Newcastle are on drugs, lets hope they are anyway.. What the fk is Sam doing!! -------------------Harper -----Taylor-------Faye-------Roze Milner--Smith--Barton--Emre--Zoggy --------Owen-------------Viduka that team is quite good imo, when you look at it like that.

Going with Winbacks to try and get round his incredibly narrow midfield, quite similar to what portmouth did to us last week, use the full backs for width, and dictate the middle of the park with extra men.

i am quite confident actually that we will win, theres somethin about viduka when hes is in the team i feel alot more confident. 2-1 to us.

i seriously doubt we will be trounced tbh, infact i doubt we will lose, just over reaction. we will get at least one point.

Without pace we are absolutely shite really. Every team needs at least 2 pacey outlets. It forces defenders to think faster this causes more mistakes to be made, Pace is a necessity really and is massively beneficial when used effectvely, one of the most important aspects of the current game.

Cacapa has to be dropped, for this week at least, keep Faye on though with Roz they looked competent in the Pompey game together. Taylor nah, he will try too hard in the game, with it being a derby game and try to be the hero, could result in a mistake. Emre and Geremi for me in the middle, Butt is too much of a headless chicken, leaves massive gaps. Zog and Milner should have a field day with their poor backs. Viduka has to start really, not bothered between Martins edges it for me. Beye and Enrique should also start. Harper Beye Roz Faye Enrique Milner Geremi Emre Zoggy Vid Martins We should win really but who knows? I wouldnt mind seeing us use the same tactic as Pompey actually, using that 3 men in the middle to dictate the middle of the park, could work.

Martins - just a good overall buy Cacapa - apart from yesterday, he has been class, and with his experience and champions league know how, a very shrewd buy. Solano - Wasn't as good as his first stint but brought back some good technical influence to Newcastle, was a delight to watch at times. Rozy looks a brill buy oo though.

Today wasn't inordinary, every season every team has an extremely poor and freakish result at home. Last season for us it was Birmingham last season for Arsenal it was West Ham etc, but weird things happen in football, like freaky results today, you can't stop them. today though, effectively the real result was 1-1, because those crazy 5 minutes were an absolute fluke and a total shambles. Cacapa, arguably our most experienced and best player had a shocker. I hope it doesn't have the same effect on him as it did on Boumsong after Man Utd. But he isn't totally to blame. The first goal was an absolute screamer but who the hell was closing paramot down? pathetic really. Cacapa is solely to blame for the second but for the third i blame the whole defence, what was Faye doing and why did Harper have to come out so early and make the goal a much easier target, those who celebrated Harper coming back, are i hope giving themselves a good slap, as he was also really at fault the fourth goal too. I can see why SA brought Taylor back to deal with the aerial threat but Beye must be back for next week imo. Enrique i thought had a good game and was our best player. Faye was just as bad as Cacapa just his blunders weren't so critical. Rozy showed us why he is a class act today really good when he got on. For me Barton not match fit, but showed some real class in glimpses some good balls etc. Butt for me never MOTM was poor. The wingers should never start like that, maybe switch round a little bit, but Milner was rubbish Zoggy was a little bit better. Emre was pretty lively when he came on and i would like him and Barton to start at home. Oba should never have been dropped in the first place you just simply don't drop the top scorer. Owen looked alright today just slow and weak. Smith was ineffective. Harper - 4 Cacapa - 2 Faye - 3 Taylor - 4 Enrique - 6 Milner - 4 Zog - 5 Barton - 5 Butt - 5 Owen - 5 Smith - 4 Subs Martins - 6 Emre - 6 Roz - 6.5

Don't think it's fair that our top scorer for the season is dropped tbh, he's done nothing wrong, been better than Owen imo. Beye being dropped isn't fair either, last few games he has been pretty decent exactly the same as Enrique. Emre set up the goal last week, mind you it was an awful delivery. Still he's put in some good shifts since he's come back and at home i'd much rather see Emre and Barton than slinging Butt in there. Geremi, well he hasn't been dropped so far and you can only really see what a player like Geremi gives team when he's not in it because his work is off the ball mainly, we will see if he is missed today. Still we will win today with the team Sam is putting out, but i think the selection is a bit unfair. i think we'll see a 3-0 today though..

Exactly. It's not like Given's one mistake asctually cost us the match.

Wow, can't believe people are saying good to this, its quite ridiculous, but then again as soon as Harper makes a mistake (History shows he drops some clangers) then we will see what some people say. There is clearly no comparison between the 2 keepers, i doubt that Harper would ever have got into the PL's team of the season, if he had started as many as Shay. Who says football fans aren't fickle.

Torres, we havn't seen much of him this season, but from what we have seen he has been very effective.

I think between Gallas and Toure. i went for Toure in the end, as he is still so young (26) but still so good, very consistant, and very good defender. For me John Terry is way too over-rated.

I'm stuck between the 3 of them.

I can't believe some people are talking about Allardyce leaving tbh, its pointless.

We really know nothing about Ashley, or how he goes about his business. From the little i have read though, Ashley is quite patient and easy going, in some financial columns he has been slated for being far too laid back about his businesses, this suggests that he will not panic and probably give SA some time to sort it out.

Pace is an absolute necessity away from home, you need it as your under the cosh at away games, and you have to counter, ok Martins is fast as anything, but he can't do it all game, so Zoggy should have started too. Just the basics of football. Typical Butt really have a good game one week, be positively crap the next. Sam needs to find his best team away from home, and quickly.

He just can't pick his best team, his starting midfield was piss poor really four CM's filling out a midfield, if you play that narrow you never win games, especially away games.

We play winning football thats all that matters tbh.

We play sexy football.