Ketsbaia

Don't know whether this is good or bad news. Who else can we attract in the Championship?

I need to stop thinking we'll win this It's worth risking De Jong, Cisse from the start though, definitely.

Looking at the table and fixtures gives slight hope but everything else, including gut feeling, points to relegation. We're a club in disarray and even though Sunderland could very easily lose all 4 games, its hard to trust Everton.

Hopefully his decision has pissed off Ashley and we'll look elsewhere. It'd certainly be hard for McClaren to win over fans after this decision. What a (sensible) twat.

Aye it'd have to be De Jong. A leader, well-respected by Krul & Janmaat and the only player likely to keep us up.

Bandemonium

Carver will be licking his lips at a compensation package.

Similarly to when they laughably claimed that Wonga had changed the stadium back to SJP, maybe Ashley brings McClaren in now to save us and therefore be a hero, a saviour etc. Blatantly manipulated, positive PR.

My brother has been doing this on the 4 live PL games and is £60 up. Guaranteed money.... it doesnt feel legal but he's getting away with it.

Hull (v Burnley) and Leicester (v Sunderland and QPR) look safe, so it's back to us or Sunderland. Looking at results, it could go either way but it just feels like we're destined to drop. Leicester could easily beat the mackems, that's my only hope.

Real Newcastle

I did the old jinx bet yesterday for Sunderland. Making money isn't always fun

Not wanting to be in the Premier League is akin to the board not wanting to try in cups. It's all about ambition. If there was any reason to believe that relegation would force Ashley to sell, fine. But it doesn't.

It's all about Sunderland v Leicester and, considering Leicester's form and the mackems' awful form against poor teams, it's not a nailed-on 3 points. They still need another shock, which tbf could definitely happen. Everton are no great shakes.

McClaren is shit but he feels like Jesus if he comes in for Carver. What a fucking grim dilemma. But we have to stay up.

Nope, we're done. I was one of the more optimistic ones too but no, that's it

I believe so strongly in my betting jinx, that I've put money on Sunderland to beat Southampton Betting money for the sole purpose of changing fate's direction.

No Schneiderlin or Tadic for Southampton

Pearson vaguely spoke of criticism his players have had to endure and the journo asked him to specify which comments.

He's such a condescending twat Also, saying the journo is "either very very silly or absolutely stupid" makes Pearson himself look stupid because they're essentially the same thing. Can't wait for the YouTube mix of the rant to hit iTunes stores: #1 Mark Ronson ft Nigel Pearson Are You an Ostrich? (My Suspicion Would be No)

Having read the last few pages, I've come up with a totally unique viewpoint - if we can't win another game, we quite frankly deserve to go down.

Get a draw on Saturday

We're gonna win the league.

He can drive in England anytime, although I don't know why Liverpool's roads are so special to him.