ChrisMcQuillan

I'm with Ronaldo on this. The guy is carrying excess weight, and he does tire too easily. I do think it's also partly because of the amount of games he's played without a break. There's a clear difference between him at the start of the season and now, and I think its burnout. However, he's simply too chubby around the midriff.

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Suddenly he should be playing for England again. FFS.

Not even booked.

Ditto.

It's OK, you don't have to attend, nor post in the thread. Doesn't the website say 60 minutes for each 11-man squad?

Everything he said. I'm dropping the smokes and starting a fitness regime this week!

Harper Simpson Will Colo Aanholt Guthrie Smith Nolan Jonas Carroll Best Is what he'll probably go with... maybe Guthrie/Smith behind Carroll/Nolan with R Taylor on the right.

Massively psyched.

Standouts for me: Adjei, Newton, Dummett and I was also impressed with Tavernier. The whole team works quite well as a group, and I think Newton makes the thing tick. He sits in the Smith position and has great application, and he also gets into great positions driving forward. Adjei looks tidy, it'll be interesting to see if he can step up in the long run. Dummett was outstanding in the air, and very tidy again. Ameobi looked devoid of fitness, and I think he's just back from injury so perhaps that explains it. He's quite like Shola. Lanky, and has a few deft touches but his movement and final ball are poor. Really enjoyed the match, and will definitely attend the semi.

2-0. I think Adjei again.

I'm going!

I'm absolutely definitely game for this!

Did you read the last paragraph of the Enrique article? Talk about hiding bad news.. well its another body If we raid the mortuary we could add more useful bodies to the squad than his tho.

Best strikes me as a Heskey type player in our current set-up.

GETIIIIIINNNNN!!!!! YYYEESSS±!

BRISTOOOOOOOL!

PNEFC: Andy Lonegran, Youl Mawene, Chris Sedgwick, Sean St.Ledger ©, Paul Coutts, Danny Welbeck, Billy Jones, Tom Williams, Matt James, Ross Wallace, Jon Parkin Subs: Michael Hart, Darren Carter, Liam Chilvers, Keith Treacy, Wayne Henderson, Stephen Elliott, Neil Mellor

NUFC: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson(?), Fabricio Coloccini, Patrick van Aanholt, Danny Guthrie, Alan Smith ©, Kevin Nolan, Jonas Gutierrez, Peter Lovenkrands, Andy Carroll Subs: Tim Krul, Fitz Hall, Tamas Kadar, Nile Ranger, Leon Best, Ryan Taylor, Fabrice Pancrate Routledge out with a calf injury.

If he's dropped him for anything but injury, Hughton deserves shot. 9 scored, 2 conceded in last two games at home with the Guthrie/Nolan set up. What'll we do? Oh I know, we'll change it!

Ask yourself when the last time a Saturday 3pm game was on the telly. I really should stop trying to be funny. Either people get offended or just don't understand the joke/find it remotely humorous. I got it.

I took it to mean the end of the season. I don't understand how Barton could possibly be out for the whole season with whatever injury it was he had.

Curious that Nolan/Guthrie dominated Cardiff, yet throw Smith in behind them and it falls to shit.

Someone dangled a pasty in the away stand.