John P

He'd be the best defender in the championship by an absolute mile

More Mitrovic hate going on in here as well then. He scored 9, yes he missed some good chances and could have scored more but it was his first season as a 21 year old in a new country, he was playing for a shit team, he scored in some big games towards the end of the season (Norwich away, Sunderland at home) and showed more heart and character than the majority of the squad. He got sent off twice - he's young and you've got to hope he'll learn. Fucking ridiculous the stick he is getting to be honest, he's the least of our problems.

Saw him in Hana Hana about 7 years ago stirring his drink with his chopsticks. Hated him ever since. Bye.

Watching that reminded me what a brilliant commentator Barry Davies was. Pretty much every clip they showed last night contained a great, eloquent little line from him, or a great reaction to what had just happened on the pitch. Motson always was and still is absolute garbage in comparison (and is getting worse and worse).

I think what he was going for was 'ulitmately paid the price.' Still a load of bollocks, just slightly less insane than the meaning of the original post.

Incredible to think that we only had Stone, Carver and Woodman before. Absolute fucking insanity.

In seasons gone by this would have dragged on until the season started after being linked with a couple of proper football men, then we would announce that we would be continuing with what we already had for the rest of the season.

Going to miss those mental celebrations of his. The one against Sunderland was brilliant - he'd been here 2 minutes and was celebrating as if he'd grown up in Wallsend.

Why should England actually have real options to influence games, to try and win the tournament? Surely it's better to placate the pundits and media in order to avoid criticism for leaving out the household names. I honestly had hope for Hodgson. Hope he does well but with that selection he's looking at an early exit imo. Possibly even in the group stage. Not sure I agree with this. The first 11 isn't affected by not taking Townsend and Drinkwater and we should have more than enough in the first choice team to be getting through the group without having to resort to Townsend coming on and saving the day.

So he had an exit clause in his contract exclusively for clubs from Qatar and China? The money-grabbing fucker.

He was terrific for most of the 5th placed season, but hit a sharp decline shortly after. As others have said, a horrendous decision to hand him a new contract, it's been pretty clear that his heart wasn't in it for whatever reason for the last couple of seasons. Now get him off the wage bill and get Lascelles established as first choice, he looks like he actually wants to be here and play for the club and fight for the cause.

Any news on whether Cathro is expected to stay? Still got hopes that he could eventually become our manager one day after all the glowing reports of him from last summer. With his Valencia connections and reputation hopefully he'll be kept on.

First time I've seen a couple of those goals. What a player. Still can't believe we had him, he didn't want to leave and we just gave him away because of Alan fucking Pardew. What an absolute tragedy.

Home shirt is decent. Away shirt is very South American looking. 3rd kit reminds me of an Anderlecht shirt from a few seasons back. Quite like all of them to be honest

Sorry if Giggs, but this is a good read: http://www.thedugoutfootball.com/rafa-relegation-newcastle-united/ Sent from my ONE A2001 using Tapatalk

Scored after 2 mins against Cyprus.

Love that - decent number of stripes, no stupid colours anywhere (ignoring the Wonga). It really is that simple to make a good shirt for us.

If it's going to be 1-0, please let it be in injury time. Nah, that just gives the press the opportunity to praise a spirited and dogged performance by The King's Men. A scrumptious 5-0 is required.

God I hate that hairy tosser.

:lol: Just a European Cup with 2 different teams. But what else???!? Oh yeah, a domestic cup as well. But what else eh?? No league titles that Everton fans expect eh??!!?

How many Championship games do beIN show? Is it just like Sky Sports, a couple of games per weekend and some midweek ones or do they have more?

If Ashley was there yesterday and saw the match and how the fans were, surely even he would be willing to give Rafa what he wants to make him stay? Even if he's only thinking about money, he must realise that hiring Rafa would virtually guarantee promotion next season and would minimise the money the club will lose next season. Or am I giving the fat oaf too much credit?

So this cunt decided to turn up today. His little laugh after basically being asked if he's staying says everything. Sent from my ONE A2001 using Tapatalk

Fuck's sake

Imagine them being relegated by us scoring a winner via a deflection off a beachball. Big slices of karma right there, would be beautiful. Was Rafa the Liverpool manager when that happened ? I might be wrong but from memory it wa James who was in goal when that happened, Dudek was there when Benitez arrived. Pretty sure it was Reina in goal for that.