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Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but without Barton's delivery, perhaps we need the dreaded Ryan Taylor to start. But it has to be either him or Routledge though, there'd be no point shunting Guthrie wide. Also, start with Ranger to frighten their defence. Can definitely see a non-win for us, here.

West Ham v Blackpool (Both to Score) Newcastle v Fulham (Both to Score) Athletic Bilbao PSV v Excelsior (2.5+ goals) Bournemouth £1 returns roughly £9

I do rate him a lot, but thats pretty good money. Having said that, he's not just a good player, he's half of a good partnership. So who knows?!?!

If Spurs went up to £6/7m, i'd be tempted like. Not that they will.

Krul Simpson - Campbell - Coloccini - Enrique Barton - Nolan - Smith - Gutierrez Ameobi - Carroll ....although naturally I don't want Smith anywhere near the team. 1-1

Somebody mentioned needing a Plan B. Well, this is our Plan B. We just need to keep things ticking until he returns.

i've been away all match, but it was sadly predictable they'd do this. 5 times in a row, man!!! not too disheartened though, although its clear that blackburn and stoke styles dont sit well with us. the big problem is being without tiote on saturday. what did barton do, by the way? is he likely to miss saturday? i'd take a point now, like.

If Capello and his assistant are really doing their job, Williamson and Barton should be in contention too. But its probably a million miles away, especially Big Mike.

I'd give a 2 year extension, with a nice wage bump. Lets not get too rash....

that savage video is awesome

Thats pretty good English for a Brazilian kid.

94% pass completion is at Xavi-level. He is quite simply an exceptional player and its a privilege to have him represent our club. Absolutely adore him and his lightbulb shaped head. Next time I have a night out I'm gonna try the Tiote Turn on the dancefloor.

a line was crossed

He's our most important player now. If he gets suspended soon, it'll completely change how we play. And we'd probably lose.

That forum cannot be real. Its full of contradictions, obsession and paranoia. Surely people aren't like that....

Allardyce is savvy enough to see how Stoke and Wigan played against us. We can't dominate them physically either, so it'll be interesting. 1-1

Finally its a no from me. We're fricking brilliant, actually.

This past week eclipses the week we won at Highbury and Elland Road, i reckon. Pure perfection. We outtackled them, we outfought them and at times we completely outpassed them....absolutely stunning performance. Krul - 10 Simpson - 10 Williamson - 10 Coloccini - 10 Enrique - 10 Barton - 10 Tiote - 10 Nolan - 10 Jonas - 10 Carroll - 10 Ameobi - 10

Oh my god, how mint are we? Did that really just happen? Can't remember being as proud to be a Newcastle fan as the last couple of weeks. Things just keep getting better and better and better. Each player was phenomenal (again) and we completely deserved the win. It was scary how little Arsenal threatened actually. The Tiote Turn

Meh. Nowt wrong with sex and they didnt take drugs.....so where exactly is the story here?

As a footballer, maybe I'd take him. But symbolically its a very bad idea. I'd stay away.

Getting a bit sick of their reactions now, like. This Stoke match today will be massive for them. But you just know Kenwyne will score... Even if they beat us in January (which I think they will) it won't be anything like 5-1. And to be fair, if we hadn't sold out out home games, I'd let kids fill it up too....get the next generation involved with the club.

Thats silly of Kevin. His housemate Edge is on Smackdown!

FYP

i just liked how his name sounded like the beginning of 'circle of life'