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It finished 4 days ago, 6-0 mate.

They're hilarious! Several on that thread alone desperate for Hull to beat us! Yeah I just saw that and the mixed starting 11s that had hardly any of our players in, Januzaj better than Perez, Watmore better than Richie??? Shelvey? Nah Catts for me like!

Mackems reckon they'll spank us and "put us back in our place" you know because the Prem is the place to be and we're in a tin pot league this season. I hope we beat them on two fronts now, love seeing them down the road butt hurt.

I think Rafa will have them fairly grounded and rotating out a few of the good performers on the night, Mitro being the main one will keep them on their toes.

That'll go down well with the peado's. Seething marra

Catch 22 really, sack Moyes and go for a quick fix survival, patching up the grand canyon with a few elastoplasts or stick with Moyes, let it play out to probable relegation and build for a better future.

As always, on the money

Truth be known the only thing we would have known about the man at the time was media fed and we all know how reliable that can be, reference the Pardew thread. We're all guilty of it, you only have to listen to the Liverpool supporters to know what kind of guy he's always been. As far as Ashley goes, he's landed on his feet here with Rafa and he'll know it, I can't see him fucking this up, we all know he's capable of it but I think Rafa will have told him exactly what he needs to know and what he wants to hear. We've had the ability to be self sufficient for a while now, we've just not had the right man to lead us, now we have everything we need why change a winning formula? There's always that niggling fear in the back of my head because Ashley has pulled the rug out so many times before, this time does feel very different though.

Never wanted Moyes, glad we never got him, however compared to McClaren, Carver and Pardew if he'd have come I wouldn't have flipped my lid. Did a good job at a cash strapped Everton but hasn't lived up to that standard since. He's finished in football now. I'm still SEETHING like.

Man u at home I reckon

Unless it's royal Arsenal that is

This, if he wanted away there would have been plenty of offers when we got relegated, he knows he's on to something here and he knows he's at a team that will idolise him. He's here for the same reason he stayed at Liverpool so long, he just gets it, it's not about the money, it's about everything else.

I was just going to write something similar, we need to rip up the book labeled "typical NUFC things to do" Rafa's written a new one now. As much as we'd all like to see Gayle and Mitro up front together, JP is right, this is Rafa's system, everyone knows their exact roles and he's drilling that into them now so that we are fully prepared if/when we get promoted and we're not tearing up one system and starting on another. I also agree that probably every player we have is able to rotate into this system and we'd still look solid, some are better than others but he has the rotation perfect and it's the first time I've ever not been bothered by what lineup we're going to have before a match.

It's nights like this that make you remember why you've stuck by this club through the last 10 years. Rafa will never know what he means to our fans for what he has done for us and long may it continue.

Can't blame the lad for so desperately wanting to take the penalty, he's been left out a lot this season and he's desperate to prove himself, he's full of passion and clearly has a lot of love for us. He's just not had the skill to live up to that passion but now seems to be turning a corner, I think he'll come good. Fantastic centre forward display today, harassed, bullied and terrorised their back 4 all game, I had to rub my eyes when I saw him running at defenders. Whatever Rafa is doing with him is working, starting to repay some of the faith our supporters have had in him and I hope for everyone's sake it continues. Got a lot of time for Mitro, how can you not love the guy?

Or he can continue his role as backup, playing in games like this, scoring 2 goals and assisting 1, on our way to a 4-0 win. how you can moan about a performance like this I don't know.

If this was Pardew we'd have 7 kids and 4 left backs on the pitch, halcyon days! I'm going for a tight 1-0 win tonight, won't even hazard a guess at the line up but think he'll start with Mitro and Perez.

Fucking hate that website, so shit

Do you think Swansea, Hull and Boro will get that far ahead of them? It only needs one of them to get that far ahead and they're in the shit, it's already looking like a return of 1.4 ppg to reach the magical 40 mark by the end of the season that's nearly 54pts over a full season and an 8-10th finishing position. Good luck with that!

Johnson's been good for them for a while now, been chipping in with a few decent goals too. Beckford should be back in time to face us too. They're in good form right now but so are we, it will be a tough test but trust Rafa to get it right.

What I like most about the original picture is clearly the intense hatred of the man has caused the channel to be muted before taking the picture

Do you actually have 2 sheds? Just one with a f***ed lock Change your name then. Billy 1fuckedlock. Hate liars me, like. Messing, mate, I'll build you a second shed, no prob. Don't believe him, he'll charge you for it and the tarmac for your driveway!

I loved his interview last night "how were you feeling when they scored?" "Yeah good....they? Not good!"

What is it now 23 shots on target all season, 3 of which have fallen in the last 2 games combined? Really going at it to get some points on the board aren't they?

They have to get the ball to him for that to happen, he can't do it from kick off