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it takes the piss just how good he is in the Championship

Just got back from the game - loved the xmas atmosphere! comfortable win, capped off by a brilliant 2nd half. man of the match could have went to enrique, coloccini, guthrie or jonas - the whole team was great!!

all i remember was that it followed Claridge and Ian Ridley. documentary style.

Weymouth I think....there was a TV series on it.

in an era where managers aren't given enough time, isn't it strange that the arab billionaires kept faith with hughes for far too long? you can look at their season in two ways: they've only lost twice, but they've drawn against burnley, hull and bolton. i personally don't like hughes, or see him as top 4 standard, but nevertheless the way he was sacked today was disgraceful. and is mancini actually that good? calciopoli made winning Serie A much, much easier. somehow i don't see mancini-citeh working out...

for my birthday yesterday, the 'rents spent god knows how much on the 4 of us doing the whole "hospitality suite" thing tomorrow. please GOD don't call this off....

So if a match is postponed, you don't get money back?? If so, thats pretty unfair!

Mark Hughes set to be sacked this weekend, regardless of the City - Sunderland match, apparantly: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2778284/Hughes-faces-City-chop.html

A sort of Spanish version of us then. that is the impression I got alright though athletico madrid have occasionally reminded me of us too definitely, i kinda have a soft spot for them because of that. the similarities are shocking!

Prepare for madras's assault. haha, what did i do?

Strange one tonight: Inter Milan to beat Livorno Lyon to beat Boulogne Chelsea vs Portmouth to have more than 2.5 goals Liverpool to score in both halves

Great news and the way it should always have been tbh. I know some thought they'd never pick both of us, but if London can have 3 stadia, 2 in the North East is fine. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

How long until Barton's back?

i know adidas don't want to be associated with our turmoil, but who'd say "oh i'd love those adidas trainers, but they make Newcastle's kit so maybe I shouldn't"? I know it sounds silly, but our problems aren't associated with adidas in any way. So unless Ashley is demanding more money, they'd be silly to turn down money - our replica kits sell by the boat load. What's a "hug deal" btw?

Wilshere would be an incredible loan signing for us. So thats why it won't happen. He'd be a lovely fit for West Brom, and it'd be just our luck for him to go to a rival.

Those Black and White striped Magpies are such a joke....

keeps QPR a bit further from us though

Anyone but Capello would have caved in by now, so thats encouraging. But I still wonder if, when push comes to shove, he thinks Owen might be useful. It also depends how much momentum the media gives him come April/May.....would Capello bow to people power?? I'd like to think not. Owen =

Agree 1000% - but whatever happened to Hitzfeld by the way ? In charge of Switzerland

I'm still a bit worried about this game, but a 20 point gap opens up if we beat them. They're good away though and we'll have to work very hard for the win......even if they don't have Johnson or St Ledger.

if they lose to us next week, theyre in deep trouble. once again, they've been shocking! there'd be 20 points between us!!

This is the same highly-rated coach that Wise/Jimenez were after. It's a shame its happened now as theres no way we're changing manager soon. Wonder if he'll still be unemployed by the summer...

From Sky Sports: I thought he was a cracking player before going to Fulham. Even though CM isn't a priority right now, is he worth a punt, perhaps?

If we go up, we'd need a new owner, a new manager and a lot of players. but if all three happen, there'll be too much upheaval. catch 22?? although i agree that with the right manager, this squad wouldnt need much change, but it'd only happen if ashley sold up. no matter what, it's gonna be another interesting summer though.

they got any striped kits out?? to get a flavour of whats to come