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I hope so because as much as anything else it'll instill some confidence into our lot that we've climbed back out of the bottom and puts our fate back in our own hands. I would imagine it being slightly crushing to play so well and start getting points on the board and still find yourself unable to tread the water.

If they keep playing the way they are and I see no way of them getting out of this malaise with their current set up I sincerely think it's one less relegation position to worry about. Tonight's game will tell us all we need to know, are they up for the fight now they find themselves down there or will they roll over and leave us safe for another week?

Exactly, never would have sold him for less than £25m back then, he was a beast with a lot of promise.

They've lost Ben Davies, Vorm, Bony and a bald bloke they saw as surplus to requirements. Nobody in the replacement chain to fill those gaps. They had a decent side with a decent manager all in good flow and it's slowly but surely been plucked to pieces. Unless they buy some real quality in the next week or so they're relegation fodder.

Long term conceding one and then (fairly comfotably) seeing out 40 mins might do the whole team confidence more good then cantering to a 3/4 goal victory I'm not sure I get your point here? Maybe I wasn't clear in my post. But I was actually pointing out that it's good that we are now creating chances and scoring goals. Something we've struggled with all season. Not that we should have beat West Ham 4-0 and I'm annoyed we didn't. A win is a win ATM. So long as we keep creating chances and scoring enough to win, I'm not overly arsed. But we haven't really done this on the road, hence the grand total of 5 away goals all season. 23 shots against West Ham, compare that against 7 vs West Bromwich, 10 against Everton and 8 against Villa. The Arsenal and Man u games yielded 15 shots each, so the chances are growing, we just need to make better use of them now.

Dropped to about a 5 now, we're starting to show the shoots of recovery, too early to make a prediction on how long we can keep this form up. Swansea look fucked, selling a player like Shelvey to us, even if he is a 1 in 5 or whatever they called him, is terrible business. A player that can be a game changer sold on to fellow relegation candidates it's not good business which ever way you put it.

Coloccini has taken a lot of stick in the past few seasons and not undeserved either, it hasn't helped that he's had no one of any note in front of him but during the latter part of the Pardew years he was abysmal. We've kept patience with him as a club and he's started to repay some of that patience now. He deserves the credit he's getting for recent performances but it's the least he owes us after a nightmare couple of years. I like this new Colo and let it continue until the end of the season please, ultimately though, this needs to be his last season, he's not got many years left in him and we need to be bedding his long term replacement.

He played central at the start of the season iirc? Anita and Colback deeper? He didn't play well at the first attempt but then he had no supply line with the aforementioned shite behind him.

Amazing how much different a team can look with an actual "engine" in midfield. And on the back of recent performances and public speaking Wijnaldum needs to be made Captain IMHO.

Well either he's a relatively unknown and kudos for bringing him here or he was well known and kudos for getting him to come here for a decent fee. It can't be both ways?

Yep well done Graham: established international with around 20 caps, young yet respected captain, his team won the title, Dutch player of the year. Unearthed a hidden gem there and for just under £15m--we bow to your perceptiveness. For his ability and at such a young age, he is an absolute steal for under £15m and we got him to come HERE. I think credit where it's due or does that not fit into your agenda?

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-aim-tie-up-striker-10746808

Too much to even reply to that, couldn't see the keys from all the vomit.

What the fuck is wrong with our supporters?? From the comment section of the Chronic.

Best player we've had since HBA and exciting in a different way also. Could really become a cult hero here, he has an immense amount of ability. So glad he's not being "coached" by Pardew, as much as I'm not convinced by old island heed at least he knows how to utilise a player and let them do what they're best at, Pardew would have him at LB by now.

Too early to make a judgement yet, two good performances and finally a result with better football on the back of making a couple of decent signings. Credit where it's due though, we are playing better football now and we are creating chances. I just can't get past Colback and Anita being picked for every game, the late substitutes after the game has gone flat. I'm willing to #Wait now he has his own players and some options and as long as the results keep coming he deserves more time to mould this team. Yesterday was promising, I'm just not setting myself up for a false dawn and my usual bipolar support.

http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=157757 Looks like the penny is starting to drop with some fans

We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune.

He's 51?! The years haven't been kind. He's 51 but his skin is 91

I'm genuinely raging at that article, never have I read such barefaced lies, I was ready for a long rant but I'll leave it at this: CUNT!

Hope every bed he stays in is too far away from a plug socket to charge his phone while he's on it.

I just watched that on SSN he looks super delighted to be here doesn't he? The guys the personification of monotone.

I hope every time he orders a coke someone brings him a Pepsi.

I don't think Townsend is the answer like, but I'd take a loan for him to prove me wrong. Worth a shout if we're really dead set on dumping Thauvin.

Hope he gets a John Wayne Bobbit haircut and they have to graft it to his forehead to save it so everyone knows what he is.