ChrisJbarnes

gone froma 5 ot a 7. realistically though, were definately not a 9 or a 10 yet regarrdless of what anyone says

we'd inevitably be on tv quite a lot as a championship team anyway

I was already on at all rates from 8's down. Gutted they won yesterday but, as you say, it's not over yet. yeah could still easily go down, have not got a good manager and ill win £120 if they do!

Smolarek for bolton

Whether or not Man city have hugely more potential than us is debatable but Shay obviously thinks they do. as someone else said, he was one of the few players that we had over the period who gave 100% in every game, and he saved our bacon more than a couple of times. How is Shay getting this much stick when the Nzogbia situation has been forgotten about by most fans? He was a loyal servant who decided (in my opinion quite fairly) that he wanted to go to a club where he can win something after newcastle have massive failed to live up to expectations

its rubbish, your not missing anything! not as shit as WHL though

What if the pub that you had worked in for ten years wasn't really short staffed though, and you were the best barman there. And all of a sudden a bar which was just about the same as the bar you were working in attracted your attention as they had been taken over by a rich businessman. So you go and work there instead, after making noises in public that you would really like to work there etc and that you couldn't cope working in the pub you were currently at. So off you toddle to the new pub, and they are still kinda "meh", and you see your old place of work slowly going down the pan. You knew that had you stayed at the pub then there could have been the chance that the pub wouldn't go under, after all you were the best barman there, and had loads of influence and kept up the morale of other workers etc. Would you go into the pub that was going under and say to all the regulars (who loved the pub and couldn't imagine drinking anywhere else) "I am now at this other pub, but I hope to God you don't go under." and not expect some of the regulars to say "f*** off you t***, you walked away from us when we needed you." and if the pub you left was rapidly heading down the tubes faster than you can say "Weatherspoons" ? And all the staff who you left behind, and the customers, knew it ? and if you could have had the chance to keep the pub going for a while longer just by staying for a few more months? Would you still walk into that pub and say "Sorry like lads." ill keep my mouth shut in future. even then though i cant hold much grudge to Shay, especially not for saying "I hope NUFC stay up". Just because he left its because he felt a move to man city would be a step up in his career. he obviously still gives a shit. Its like if a youth player from hereford supported hereford united all his life, he would have to leave to play at the highest level and may have to fight the management to be able to get his way. im not going to begrudge shay that although i wish he had gone in the usmmer.

agree with NE5. bit of a wierd analogy but if the pub i work became short staffed and then someone decided to offer me a better job, i wouldnt feel any loyalty to them especially as theyre taxing me at 20% when i only work 1 day a week the bastards

so next time MCFC come to SJP, will people be booing Shay or applauding him?

surely we could get someone big to just stand in front of where he is going to make the throw and block it?

wouldnt object to it in the championship

do you know what, i may actually go for sunderland hull and brom for the drop now. can see sland and hull drawing at the weekend, which would be great. dont seem to have much spirit between them

can anyone explain the logic behind odds of 10-1 ona blackburn win before the game, and now they are losing its 17-2?

lol guess thats fat sams gameplan out the window then

right, so thats 451 with a centreback up front. they even have a load of defenders in midfield god i hate allardyce. cant see this one being a goalfest you know what, if i was in a room with allardyce and osama bin laden and had a gun with 2 bullets, id beat allardyce to death with the gun and then shoot the air twice in celebration

wow so only on 12 occasions this season have a team in the premiership won having been losing at half time. really is unlikely then. what a nerdy website by the way

yeah but theres "the shearer effect" to take into account. i dunno, i might have to consider it, or even better wait until the spurs game and make the same bet on that fixture

stoke city v newcastle stoke lead half time, newcastle win full time. odds of 25 to 1!!! now is it just me or is that just stupidly good

anyone else think these are absolutely brilliant odds? stoke to be ahead at half time, newcastle to win it in the second half. 25 to 1 at ladbrokes. same goes for us being ahead and losing it

ITV commentry when porto equalise: "and the man united fans look as if theyve got to go through this all the time. theyve got used to it recently" poor bastards.

looking at the live league tble thats them up to 7th!!! how on earth did they creep up that high when theyve been pretty shite for most of the season?

the odds of us winning?

id take a 2-0 victory

my bet on sunderland for the drop at 5 to 1 yesterday looks a bit more likely with us getting in shearer im thinking!