Mattoon

Must win game if we have any aspirations for a top 6 finish, we should be putting team like this to bed away from home. I've said it a lot recently but think we need to be playing HBA from the start, we have players that are feeling the pinch from the extra games. That said, I think it will be a nervy 1 goal win for us.

And why can't we be pissed up at 13:30? What is the world coming to???

Arsenal will pack the midfield, if we don't go 5 in midfield they'll pull us apart. Classic Pardew, soak and counter, just hope he pulls it off again tomorrow.

I think this one has draw written all over it, but then Pardew doesn't do draws! It shows how much we've progressed this year that I would actually be disappointed if we lost and feel rather confident about this.

Someone beat me to it, if Pardew is looking to rest a jaded Remy I'd imagine him to start with the Big Sho up top and HBA playing off him. Not ideal but I think Shola will play a part in this unfortunately.

Am I the only one who appreciates the irony of the post about us being obsessed and always being on their forum, however the poster particularly points out us and TT and happens to know we have one thread and how big that thread is?

Full strength, full tilt, we should be getting a cricket score at home to these, hope we break our duck and then they can fuck off into obscurity!

That's taking it to the extreme, he's no Bale but he's certainly our most talented player, along side Remy. To think otherwise is tantamount to going full retard.

In no universe should Hatem Ben Arfa be warming any bench in the Prem, he's an absolute talent and it's just highlighting Pardew's shortcomings as a manager that he can't integrate a player of his standard into the team. I'm sick of this brain washing the idea that he doesn't work hard enough in defence, did Sir Bobby worry about that with Robert or KK with Ginola? Yes there is an element of defending and tracking back, all flair players need to learn a modicum of defensive duties in the Premiership but it shouldn't be their main purpose. HBA has come a long way since he first came here as a raw talent, he has worked on his game, that much is obvious. We became too reliant on his moments of magic and the team has benefited from his absence in the short term but he needs to come back into the fold. He's the one genuine player that can carve into teams and cut defences open. We need him to open teams up like Palace.

Either we return to type and after a demoralising display at Southampton start haemorrhaging points again or put these to the sword and get our mojo back.

What's with all the HBA bashing today, he wasn't that bad!?!?

Wouldn't want him, not a chance we would sign a player in his twilight, next...

It was the performance and missed chances that was more meh than the result. A point against Southampton ATM isn't a bad result. It just feels more like we lost 2 points than gained 1. Remember a large proportion of us were voting for a draw/loss before the match started. Pick ourselves up and dust off, it's a should win game next and we always struggle with them, about time we took it to one of the crap teams. I'd like to see Pardew go with an attacking presence, drop Shola and bring in HBA from the start.

Fuck off!!!!!

Just in time for the goal, get in Gouf!!!!!!

AVB finally got Soldado running onto balls and facing the goal, more importantly in the 6 yard box and some width to the game and surprise, they actually look a little dangerous!

Absolutely this, been too long in waiting for even a win, feels like forever, time for Pardew to break his hoodoo and ignore his perpensity for winning by a maximum of 2 goals. There for the taking, couldn't come soon enough. An early bday present for me please.

Sorely missed and rightfully idolised for what he did here, can never fault the guy for the passion he always had for us. Though he is to blame for my infatuation with NUFC and for that lifetime of pain he needs to be held accountable! It's a sad indictment that we'll probably never see anything of his kind in the foreseeable future.

I don't care that "United" lost the game or that the highlights were all 8 of their shots and 1 or 2 of our 9. Like was said earlier, we're flying under the radar, quietly picking up points and pulling away from the chasing pack. We all know how our players and in particular Pardew handle pressure. I honestly think everyone saw the Manc game as a bye with earlier unexpected results and we played under no real pressure and were able to play our game (not taking anything away from the performance or the tactics) and it brought out the best in us. What a great team performance from all 11 and long may it continue and as long as the pressure is off I am more confidant of that.

The only problem with a Mou appointment would be the likelihood of it being short term, he can't settle down.

Actually feeling a modicum of positivity in this one, if we play like we have recently I fancy us to get this one, not much in it, clearly a good side but we've seen plenty of small sides start strongly in the prem and fizzle out, got a feeling Southampton have been riding high and are due the midtable slip now.

Revelling in the pain from the glory hunters. Usually my Facebook feed is rife after match day but very quiet recently. The only ones are anti-Moyes, which for me is too soon and even one posting a picture of his ST in the bin, proper toys out the pram petulance. Spoilt little bastards learning what it's like to be an actual football supporter and not a winning supporter and it's fucking priceless. It'll be interesting to see how many are "supporters" at the end of the season. It was never going to be instant success and Moyes was a long term appointment. Trouble is the prawn sandwich brigade demand success yesterday, poisoned chalice indeed, Moyes never thought this through.

I couldn't give two shits about them, hope they have a major meltdown and fuck off into obscurity but I'll be mighty pissed off if we don't put them to the sword at home when it will be our last chance to exact some revenge for some time. You know even as they're getting flushed down the leagues they'd still be banging on about NETD.

Always maintained we had a squad full of quality, badly mismanaged, not solely by Pardew but also his coaching staff.

I don't know how anyone who supports Newcastle can be classed as a glory supporter I have no direct connection to the club, hell I'm less than 40 miles from Manchester and at a time when all my friends were starting to follow Man U and Liverpool I fell in love with the toon and never looked back. It has been hell at times, but my loyalty and support has never wavered. The same cannot be said about a lot of Man U supporters, guaranteed they'll lose a lot in the coming year as red turns to blue or the old Arsenal/Liverpool tops get an airing from the back of the cupboards. Scoff at me or scorn me for not being a "real" supporter or true blood, but cut me and I guaranty it'll be black and white that bleeds out!