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He did :S I saw it? How did you see it? i presume you wasn't watching it on Sky sports then. Defo did. T'was only brief but he certainly did - and yes, I was watching Sky Sports.

Ian Wright better than Shearer? Good grief.

This'll be the first year in as many I can remember that I won't be watching the cup final. Couldn't give a shiny shite about. Stoke or Shitty, fucking anti-football merchants!

Fucking thug that De Mong, hope he gets his leg snapped in two.

Hope it's uncomfortable as fuck for them. Wankers.

Deserved fuck all today tbh. Couldn't string more than two passes together and no-one was showing for it up front. Piss poor. Fucking hate some of those villa players an' all. Young. Cunt. Uglybonlahor. Cunt. Oh well. Onwards and upwards.

There really is nothing like this place on a match day. I find it far far better and more efficient than any other service on the internet, bar streams - both in terms of updating the score and seeing how we're generally doing on a match day. I also find Sky Sports intolerable at times. Phil fucking Thompson man. What a twunt.

Think we'll see him in a few cameos from the bench rather than starting IMO. Reckon Pardew will not want to risk him.

Oh FFS! Was looking forward to a win today as well.

Cannot understand some of the negativity. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow - but it doesn't mean I have to spend today thinking about it. Credit where it's due, a great move and statement of intent.

Was completely anti-Pardew when first heard he was appointed. But as far as I'm concerned we've looked a better team under him.

Ewerthon and Kuqi are different types of strikers. I'm hoping, therefore, that the initial intention was to try and sign both and that we'll be trying again for Ewerthon.

This. No need for this signing whatsoever, even if we are short on bodies. The bloke will offer absolutely fuck all if he plays.

What are the chances of Pardew trying to bring both Ewethon and Kuqi in then?

Does anyone think we might go back for him or is this one dead?

Any ideas why?

Turned down an offer from us according to SSN.

Which game is after this one? I am looking ahead to see where we might realistically pick up our next points. Blackburn (a) I think?

Class. I feel sorry for the guy really. Sure he's a terribly limited footballer, but he's also had some dreadful luck over the years. When his fortunes seem to be turning he ends up on the treatment table for months on end. I remember him getting crocked soon after his hat-trick against Reading last year when he looked like the Pele of the Championship. Poor bugger.

Good. After watching him fail to get anything out of a strong Newcastle squad I have high hopes he will take Liverpool backwards and the money they have spent will become a debt they can't service. That would be just grand. I wonder how the media would react to the 'scouse messiah' falling flat on his face? Would absolutely love it to go tits up for them but with their money I can just see them spending their way to Europe.

If this is going to be the only option I'd rather more effort went into bringing through some of the kids.

Has anyone noticed what a smug cunt Dalgiesh appears lately? Can't stand the bloke. According to John Henry we'll be seeing more of him after this season too.

Why we were not linked with striker even from the 1st Jan when it was evident that with Carroll's injury we'd struggle is truly baffling. Complete an utter short-sightedness on behalf of Pardew who, on the basis of one game against a shite Wham, thought Best was good enough. I think Pardew genuinely believed he'd be able to bring in 2 players and, to be fair, if Birmingham hadn't pulled the plug on Larsson he might have successful in bringing those 2 men in. I can see no other reason for deciding to let Routledge go. At the end of the day though, who knows. Yet another monumental cock-up from those in charge who have done nothing more than foster resentment, negativity and uncertainty among fans. Bastards.

This. He's deliberately tried/been advised to stir the shit so as to come up smelling of roses.

Sadly I don't think anyone will take Smith tbh. We're stuck with him. The very best we can hope for is that he decides that he can't play any more at the top level and hangs up his boots in the summer.