Fatwax

There's a communications link on .cock and if you click on it, you go to a live webcam of Llambias & Wise making paper aeroplanes and Ashley playing with a ball in a cup.

Wasn't Fulham our last win under Allardyce with a 90th minute penalty from Barton? This'll be far from easy.. Kinnear has put his faith in players like Duff, Ameobi, Butt and to an extent Martins, who are all capable of putting in a good shift for the side but are also prone to becoming very anonymous. If he can get these players believing then the 3 points should be ours, if they fall back to their old ways then Fulham will snatch it.

What's this mean out of interest? I'm probably reading it wrong.. just curious.

I'm still confused at to where his pace has gone. I know he's had a few injuries here and there but I can't recall him having one like Owen or Shearer. To my knowledge he sat on Chelseas bench after an ace season at Blackburn and has lacked speed ever since. He's not quite Geremi-esque, but when I watch him play I don't see him as that much of a speedy player. Nice to see him put the effort in though, I always appreciate people who'll put in the hours.

he was penalised for 3 last night for just standing his ground. i've said repeatedly on here that i've never known a player like him to get penalised for doing nowt and then not get anything when blatantly fouled. crouch is similar tbf. I was thinking this last night during the game.

Hippy.

My problem with that spine is that it's all very new. Given is the only part of it that I'd trust to be there on a regular basis for the time being.. Owen is almost definately gone, so he can't be relied on. He's also as fragile as an ice sculpture. Martins is hit and miss.. he'll either dazzle or infuriate. He'd be a brilliant foil for a consistent Viduka player though in my opinion.. Ameobi? Who knows. Barton has been a revelation coming back in some ways and has been responsible for creating chances and for the team pushing forward.. but I full expect him to trigger that dormant FA 6 game ban from a stupid action on the pitch or similar, whether it be just or unjust. As far as Coloccini goes, I'm a big fan of him. He rarely makes mistakes and is a confident player, someone that we've been crying out for.. but he's not even played 20 games for us yet. The top teams have defenders that have been there and been consistent season in and season out. I'm going to wait until the end of the season, as I remember going on about Woodgate being our futur until he was sold to Real Madrid. It's a decent spine, but it's the spine of a child.. just needs a while to fuse together into an adult one.

Funny how some people are so vocal about a tired old debate yet rarely if ever postbin actual match threads Maybe because they're actually at the match.

Stick that on a f***ing mug. And then they can stick that up their arse.

I like Shola and he tends to play better after an extended run of games, such as with Roeder, but I doubt he's got it in him to stay free from injury or in-form. If he's still performing coming the end of January who would be against renewing his contract? I'm still very much undecided.. I'm just waiting for him to fall back to the awful form of recent years. I feel the same about the likes of Duff.

Was it Barton with the first assist? 2 assists in 2 games if true.

Look out Given, Gutcrusher has just come on.

Barton & Gutierrez have made a world of difference.

Always liked Boothroyd.

All the teams we wanted to lose this weekend have won, it's written in the stars that we're going to lose. Because we're Newcastle, that's what we do. I'm not feeling confident about this at all, I continue to be underwhelmed by Kinnear's running gob and lack of tactical eptitude. Don't even get started on the substitutions! If we win this game, it'll be by luck, with the odd flash of brilliance. It'll be a horrible match to watch no matter what the outcome, really nervy. Oh and what Wullie said. Nicky Butt could be hobbled in a Stephen King novel and he'd still game at this club, it's a fucking enigma.

Martins will be the one giving way though Drop Oba for Owen, he would'nt would he? surely its Shola to make way. Doubt it, Ameobi is performing for JK and I reckon he'll want Owen to play with a large targetman type striker.

This is spot on, I'm a referee and that's how I go on. I've got no problem with banter as long as it doesn't turn sour.

How?? who cares who finsihes 20th and who finishes 19th. The fact is, we need the teams closer to the relegation zone to lose so both of us would at least be in with a chance of staying up. I was talking in terms of Newcastle to be honest, if you'd have drawn there'd be a nice 3 point buffer between us, now there's one point apart and I have less and less faith in this club to pull it together. The fact that a team below us has gained points is worse to me than a team above us hasn't got a point from a draw. Nothing personal, like. I know it's nothing personal mate, but i dont understand your logic. It's irrelevant which 1 out of us finishes 19th and which one finishes 20th. We'd both still be playing championship football next year. At least now, we've dragged another team into the mix. There's no logic involved at this point in time, haha. I've just looked at the table for the first time in about 2 weeks and changed my opinion, in the greater scheme it is more in our favour. Thought Wigan were doing better to be honest.

How?? who cares who finsihes 20th and who finishes 19th. The fact is, we need the teams closer to the relegation zone to lose so both of us would at least be in with a chance of staying up. I was talking in terms of Newcastle to be honest, if you'd have drawn there'd be a nice 3 point buffer between us, now there's one point apart and I have less and less faith in this club to pull it together. The fact that a team below us has gained points is worse to me than a team above us hasn't got a point from a draw. Nothing personal, like.

A draw for Spurs Bolton would have been the best result. Joke of a weekend.

EDIT - Duff11 beat me to it heh. Wife beaters are just as bad. Roy Keane should have been banned for life for ending another professionals' career.

He's much more skinny than I thought he'd be.

Brilliant referee. Last I saw of him he got injured in that charity football match, he looked in agony.

This, haha.

I met him a few years back when I was at the Sheffield Wednesday v Man City FA cup match. He was injured and before the game he went into the Wednesday fans area to buy some food. It's so bizarre, like others have said. I shared a few words with him and he comes across as a level headed and inteligent person.. then the next day he'll do something utterly thuggish. I've yet to see an interview tha portrays him as the person that beat up a youth outside McDonalds etc.