Pilko

No-one would boo Derek Wright though, he'd only have to glare at you and you'd shut the fuck up and sit down instantly.

Thing is though, I think this squad is too good for Hughton to not get promoted with. If we get through January not losing anyone (except Butt, Geremi or any of the naffer youngsters) and manage to retain Simpson, that's one foot in the Premier League for me.

Simpson? Makes sense otherwise tbf. I think Simpson will be staying past January, although the other two I don't think that. Having said that, if my theory was true then Harewood probably would have started.

3-1 to us o.g for them Taylor, Martins and Lovenkrands for us

To be honest, it's getting close to Christmas fixture pile-up time. Maybe he's getting the last few minutes he can out of the loanees as he knows he has to keep Kadar, Lovenkrands, Ameobi fresh for this little run.

Seems to me almost like Hughton was treating this like a cup game, or even a friendly game. Baffling stuff.

Friedel had very little to do there. A very subdued performance from Man United.

Shola has an excellent record against Boro, he has to play.

Crouch, Defoe, Heskey, Rooney for me. He won't take 5.

Rodallega's penalty today. :lol:

Live on BBC? Excellent. I reckon 3-1 to us.

Nothing today, nada.

Been out today. Where was Guthrie, injured or what?

There isn't much value this weekend at all.

Surely he'll have to rest Butt? He can't be playing Wednesday/Saturday.

Man Utd Chelsea Spurs Norwich Huddersfield £3 = £31 Burnley Bury Port Vale £2 = £42 Sunderland Man City Wigan £1 = £11

GG.

Other teams can go on similar runs so we have to aim to for 90 points because that'll get us automatically promoted, for sure. The only team in the league apart from us capable of that are WBA...Boro perhaps. I don't think Boro will tbh. They're better than their recent form, but they won't hit 90 points.

Me too. I remember when we first signed him, he'd get the ball out wide, walk up to the opposition right back, shuffle his feet a few times, then pass it back to Babayaro on the halfway line. Nothing really ever changed, under Kinnear he was getting 90 mins every game and producing the sum total of fuck all every week. I can only remember two assists last year and they both came from deflected crosses [stoke (a), Man City (h)].

Crippled or not, he'd probably still piss this league.

To be fair, a few have said he was alright at Coventry. As long as he's not playing every week (because his best games come after he's had a rest) then he's alright for this season. Need to get rid this summer though.

Quite a pity really. I remember he scored a class overhead kick at Old Trafford.

"abdominal problem" translation: "he had lots of minor niggles and piled the beef on, he now earns a living as a phil mitchell lookalike"

Christ, who left the gate at the Springfield Retirement Castle unlocked?

That's my new desktop, cheers GeordieDazzler.