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Open your eyes man! If only Ashley had backed KK, we wouldn't be in this mess. I'm all for giving Ashley a 2nd chance, but so far he's done nothing to show me he's going to "drive the club forward" like he promised. I hope he proves me wrong. If not, he deserves all the stick he gets. Granted, protests don't do any good, but people get understandably frustrated. Those frustrations are going to come out at some point. He can't sell the club, so we're stuck with him, but he can't expect us to have any respect for him until he stops the club we love from self destructing.

I'm gonna go aswell. Nowt else happening on Sunday afternoon.

The bloke does his best, but he's clearly not up to it. He's just happy to be someones employee. Even if we stay up this season, i fear nothing but struggle ahead if he stays.

Sad as it sounds, i'm just hoping there's 3 worse teams than us this season. Having said that, while we're not exactly flying, some other teams are dropping like a stone. Hull and Portsmouth for example. The smoggies have took about 4 points from their last 27. Hope we're safe well before the end of the season. My ticker couldn't take the stress of battling it out 'til the death. Or maybe not battling in the Toons case.

Liverpool may have hammered us on Sunday, but we beat them in "Goal". Revenge is sweet.

You simply cannot justify a steward "clobbering" or "getting physical" with a fan, other than in self defence, surely?

And caused the rotten atmosphere which contributed to the defeat by Hull. They've got a lot to answer for if we go down by a point or two. If we go down, i'll blame what happened between the board/manager that week, and not that someone took a nasty banner to the Hull game. Personally i don't agree with the banner, but nothing's said when hundreds take part in a loud chorus of "We hate Cockneys, and we hate Cockneys" in games against London clubs. I bet some of the people condeming the banner have sang it themselves.

Aye, real hard man eh? Just a Geordie hating thug, who'll never play for a club any bigger than Boro or Wigan.

I would like to think Ashley would appreciate a 2nd chance, and learn from his mistakes. Only time will tell, but i think he's under a bit of pressure to do the right things. He can start by backing his manager financially, or choosing a new one.

Nice to have some joy late in the game, instead of the usual despair the Toon thrust upon us. Happy days! UP THE DUFF!

Can the mackems do anything original? They've already changed the words to "Geordie boot boys", "Fulwell end is always full" and...shamefully, Blaydon races. God i hate them.

I thought he stood out from the others last night. He's quick, he can pick the ball up and pull away from defenders easily. He looks much stronger than when i saw him last. I think he could do a job for the 1st team.

As far as not winning anything for "many years to come", I'm sure we can wait a bit longer after all the barron years gone by.

Would be a tragic waste of a good striker if he got so sick of being subbed that he wanted to be away.

A lot of people lost it when they equalised and a few people with kids objected to the language. If anybody thinks they can take kids to a football match and avoid hearing it then I think they are certifiable. If they're such good parents, maybe they shouldn't have dragged them out to sit in the freezing cold. Out of curiosity, how old were you when your parent/parents took you to your 1st game? True, kids are bound to hear bad language because of emotions running high etc. It just goes a bit OTT sometimes. If kids don't go now, who will be the fans of the future?

perhaps we should get rid the currrent owner first.... While Kinnear isn't the man for the job, people shouldn't forget that he's only here 'cause no-one else wanted it. No decent manager will work under Ashley/Wise and chums. For me, they are the ones to blame. Unless Shearer will come in, i think we have to perservere with JK, hopefully survive,( probably by the skin of our teeth), sell the club and start afresh in the Summer. We really are a shambles.

I'd much rather KK was still around, but 10 of those points have come out of the last 21 possible. That doesn't seem as bad. Should've been more though.

Re-read the very first sentence again mate. Why worry about Ashley taking a hit? If he runs the club into the ground, it's his loss. Someone will buy it eventually and run it properly. He's suing the corporate entity that is NUFC, not the individual Mike Ashley. Whatever settlement is reached will come from club funds, or do you really think Ashley will reach for his personal checkbook to pick up the tab? Wasn't favorable towards Keegan before and I certainly have no love for him now. I'd like to see people still argue that he "loves the club" when he seems willing to take a few million quid from our coffers when we're desperate for cash in January. I still believe he loves the club, the City and it's fans. I think he wishes this situation had never arisen. However, rumour has it he had money trouble, and if he's desperate for the money, and he's been mistreated by an employer, he's as much right as you or i to claim unfair dismissal.

When you think about it, all you need to stay up is average a point per game. While it's not gauranteed, and it would be brown trouser time at the end of the season, 38 points would be about enough.

They'd probably be bottom of the league without Delaps' throw-ins. Didn't he get hurt on Saturday? Broke both his arms hopefully. Wishful thinking that he'll be out injured.

Any luck Crumpy?

KK wasn't a great manager last season? We may well have went down if he hadn't have taken over from SA. We may go down this season, and no doubt some will try and blame that on Keegan for leaving. The true reason for his departure will come out one day, but i know who i think was in the right, and that's KK. I'll hold my hands up and admit it if i'm proved otherwise too.

Jesus wept!!! you talk s****. we`ve sold out every away game bar one this season (except numbers) you got this right. so what makes you think the noise levels or songs are lower\worse than other clubs? Didn't look like you sold out at Blackburn. Was that the one you meant? You are a bit overly obsessed with Newcastle, and your songs reflect that. Yourselves and Boro say we're s**t, yet it seems that your idea of a good season is when you beat/finish above us. We took our allocation and more,between 6 and 7 k down there, in your minds only!! you should try reading your own boards and see how many references there are about us. most fans cringe at the anti Mag songs TBH,ok at the derby but other than that theres no need for them. and by the way if you think because im on a Mags board this implys obsession,count how many Mags visit the SMB on a daily basis I believe Im the only Mackem that gets on here regular,but then I surf most of the football boards. Really? It's just that there was a shot of the Darwen End on match of the day, which seemed to make the top tier look filled only down one half of it. Not getting at you here, because it's been mentioned by many in this thread, but what has sitting/standing got to do with having a good away following? Both Newcastle/Sunderland have great numbers at most away games, but i don't get the relevance of sitting/standing.

Jesus wept!!! you talk s****. we`ve sold out every away game bar one this season (except numbers) you got this right. so what makes you think the noise levels or songs are lower\worse than other clubs? Didn't look like you sold out at Blackburn. Was that the one you meant? You are a bit overly obsessed with Newcastle, and your songs reflect that. Yourselves and Boro say we're s**t, yet it seems that your idea of a good season is when you beat/finish above us.

Went to Reading the other season, when we played there. When we were sat outside that bar at Reading station, all you seen was a stream of glory-hunters heading for the train into London to watch Chelsea. No wonder there were plenty of them there for Reading v Chelsea.