durhamunigeordie

Cheers mate - the spoons,in town?

On a local train to Liverpool lime street from manc - stops everywhere! Can anyone reccomend the best way to gey up to the ground and any decent pubs? Sun is shining and I feel good, could be a great day. Just seen some qpr suppprting mates in Manchester, took me back to our last dsy three years ago. How times have changed.

Indeed played the last 7 minutes. Pancrate scored for Nantes tonight - has had a fairly productive season. Sylvain Wiltord still playing for them as well having turned 38 yesterday!

Just been informed that the big Tesco in Durham is now stocking Demba's syrup.

The bloke has played a handful of games in the last year and a half and none since November. Doubt he is ready to start a premier league game.

Not sure about that, don't think he featured regularly until the second half of the season?

Was just going in to Giggs myself! And to be fair, I posed the original question, so was entitled to answer MW personally!

Didn't he score the goal of the round or something.

I like Ba as a footballer and a person though (as far as I can for not actually knowing him personally). Williamson, I have no real problem with. I dislike Simpson as a footballer and a person. In that sense I am biased - quite happy to admit that. So you like Ba but don't know him personally but don't like Simpson whilst, again, not knowing him personally. Sound logic. Yea I am quite happy to admit my opinions are not based on personal experience. Ba comes across well in the interviews he has given. Simpson has had a go at the fans on twitter, tried to argue that he shouldn't be banned from driving because he does not earn the same amount of cash as Rooney and has, according to the papers, turned down a new contract. We are football fans - since when did our opinions have to be logical?! I expect there are footballers you like and ones you dislike. I also imagine that this won't be based on knowing them personally.

I like Ba as a footballer and a person though (as far as I can for not actually knowing him personally). Williamson, I have no real problem with. I dislike Simpson as a footballer and a person. In that sense I am biased - quite happy to admit that. EDIT - also if we had beaten the Mackems we'd be level with Arsenal. If we'd got the point at Arsenal we'd be a point ahead of them.

I take your point totally and we clearly hold different points of view - it would be boring if we didn't. Playing devils advocate though - put it in another context though; by making those goal line clearances Simpson was doing the job he is paid (very highly - and that is a completely different debate) to do properly. Whereas, in the last second of the Arsenal game Simpson failed to fulfil his duties properly. If a surgeon is negligent and a patient dies whilst he is operating, he cannot point to the fact that he had completed a number of previous operations successfully in order to exonerate himself from blame. Same way as when I work part time in a restaurant; if I am busy and forget to take an order from a table, I expect a bollocking from my employer - I can't say well every other time I've taken orders and done it very well.

Haven't read through the thread so apologies if it has already been mentioned, but do people think Hatem will be down at Wembley today, or will he have trained and be with the team tonight?

One of Simpson's finest moments. If we miss out to Arsenal I will hold Simpson totally responsible. That may be an overreaction/irrational etc. but the fact is the job was done, we had won a point there. Then Danny decided to take an appalling throw in then hit the deck. If we'd won any of the games we've lost we'd be ahead of Arsenal. Its a rubbish attitude to have, if you want to pick a scapegoat on that basis there's plenty to choose from and all would be stupid. Yes, but they were whole games. Wolves at home for example was a poor result, but it was because we didn't perform over a long period of time. The Simpson throw was deep into injury time and was a one off incident that shouldn't have happened. Like I said it is irrational, and it isn't helped by the fact I am a Simpson hater anyway, but if we finish a point or two behind Arsenal he will be the one I blame. There will be a direct causal link between the two.

One of Simpson's finest moments. If we miss out to Arsenal I will hold Simpson totally responsible. That may be an overreaction/irrational etc. but the fact is the job was done, we had won a point there. Then Danny decided to take an appalling throw in then hit the deck.

I heard it.

The second part is true, if Cech was stood on his far post he probably would have saved it.

Perch can consider himself very unlucky if he gets dropped on Sunday, particularly after the way Simpson performed at Wigan on Saturday. Simpson should really have played his last game for the club now - bit of a shame for him that he has potentially signed off on such a bad note. Would be surprised if he is still here come August. I am not a fan of his at all, but it is obvious that he has, for the majority of the time, performed as you would expect from an average PL right back. If he leaves I will say thank-you and good luck - his reputation will probably earn him a decent contract at a middle/lower-middle PL club so I won't feel too sorry for him.

Strange isn't it, because his passing was woeful at Wigan. It very much seems to be the case that he puts in big performances against the bigger sides.

Rather have him than Simpson at RB. On that basis he is first team.

Wow

Nice to have him back as an option.

Try the microwave then. Banter.

Very nervous for this now. Hate watching games on the TV as well.

Good to see the front 6 unchanged. Also pleasing to see Perch coming in for Simpson.

Point still stands. Ryan Taylor would just be a passenger as usual.