Pilko

The celebration. was the same as when Gutierrez scored vs Wolves. At least it wasn't just cos of a fucking assist this time.

I was off my seat plenty today. Mainly berating Shola, Lovenkrands, the referee and the East Stand linesman.

I normally agree with how you mark players but I don't understand how you get your marks for Simpson or Jonas. Jonas was frustrating as ever today. Maybe I was .5 harsh on him. Simpson, however. What an absolutely pitiful player he is defensively. Beausejour had the measure of him from about the third minute. He doesn't even attempt to block the cross most of the time.

4-0

Never been angrier after a win that second half was a fucking embarrassment. We looked so disinterested, nobody wanted to shoot and the final balls were largely rotten.

Krul 5 Simpson 5 Taylor 7 Coloccini 6 Enrique 6 Barton 6 Nolan 5 Tiote 7 Gutierrez 5.5 Lovenkrands 3 Ameobi 3 Ranger 5

He was poor.

Think I'll pop into Will Hill en-route to the match. Bolton -1 @ 11/8 and some sort of Newcastle goalscorer/scorecast/result bet.

I really like the look of Jelavic. He's big, quick, strong and very skilful.

Bit of a daft argument from everyone, really. If I give £10 to a cancer charity, does that make me a cunt for not giving a further £10 to one for cot deaths, one for heart problems, one for those who require full time care, etc? Of course it doesn't. If you gave to every single charity in the country you'd be completely skint. People can give to whatever charity they like, depending on whether they feel it merits their contribution. Having a go at people for justifying which charities they feel are worth it/not worth it (even though I disagree with the Africa stuff that's been said) is silly.

"I thought the generals were due!"

Will probably lump on Bolton tomorrow.

I'd hate to see them go bust, even if it is Peter Reid at the helm. They were first-rate when we clinched the title and despite their own demotion allowed us to celebrate.

Quoting, just in case. He was only trusted with the last15 minutes last night with a 5 goal lead. He's a million miles away from the most important cub final in the world and rightly so. East Boston Cub Scouts Troop 3 - 1 Exeter Cub Scouts Troop Danny, Tommy, Pete Matthew Subs n/u: Bradley (gk), Alan, Mitch, Michael Owen

It looks a bit like a Blackpool kit but then again I think that's mint. Just needs black on it somewhere imo.

Krul; Simpson, Coloccini, S.Taylor, Enrique; Barton, Nolan, Tiote, Gutierrez; Ameobi, Lovenkrands Subs: Harper, Ranger, Perch, Ferguson, Kuqi, Richardson, R.Taylor ideally.

My early season prediction of us not winning a home game 1-0 all season looks like coming off. Doubt this one will be that. I'd say 2-1 to us, Lovenkrands and Shola.

Some of the mentions for shit gingers in this thread raises an interesting point. Have we ever had a good ginger player? Ramage, Butt and Pattison were all really shit.

Another one of those irritating deflected goals against a top team. So unfortunate. Barton's set pieces and the referee were both absolutely dire. The penalty was an utter joke.

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Poll reset.

By Steven Taylor, apparently.

That's areet. Nolan would have replaced him anyway.

Reminds me of the time he played against Robert Huth and Matthew Bates. nice.

Harper only has one more season in him as a 'regular' top flight goalkeeper. We should absolutely keep him for next season.