ChrisMcQuillan

Team I pray for:

                      Harper

R Taylor  Coloccini  Bassong Enrique

Lua Lua    Geremi      Smith    Jonas

            Martins

                            Viduka

What I fear they'll play:

                      Harper

S Taylor  Coloccini  Bassong  Enrique

                    Cacapa

R Taylor    Geremi  Smith      Jonas

                    Ameobi

What I wish we were able to play:

                      Harper

Beye      Coloccini  Bassong  Enrique

      Barton      Nolan    Jonas

                      Owen 

            Martins      Carroll/Duke

What are the odds on Newcastle getting relegated?

We're getting relegated.

Martins, Owen, Lovenkrands, Duff, Nolan, Barton, Beye, Bassong, Coloccini, Jonas and Enrique will all leave to play the football they can in teams that can play it.

I don't understand how Jonas can perform so well for Argies yet as soon as he pulls on a barcode turn to s***?

Because Argentina play with real footballers.

We play with overpaid, arthritic tits.

Maybe 0-10 against manu would open someones eyes..

 

Well we lost 5-1 at HOME to Liverpool and it didnt make a bit of difference

Not true!

Given left for tuppence.

Can't really grumble too much with Hughton.

 

He's out of his depth, he's not a manager.

But he IS our fucking manager right now, which is why we have to get it sorted!

Swedish commentator says Butt has a knee injury... hope it lasts.

You can tell that commentator's medically qualified.  

Nicky Butt winced and grabbed his knee 20 minutes ago before being subbed.

Now the guy's deduced he must have a... wait for it... knee injury.

What a f***ing joke. Martins is coming off for Viduka.

Well, that's it decided for me.

I will not support this club under the current management.  When I got to the games I'm going to watch and admire the football of the teams playing against us and voice my opposition against the complete nonsense of Hughton, Kinnear and Ashley.

The commentators point about Butt orchestrating, and commanding was borderline verbal abuse.

I've rang Ofcom.

What happened?

Shola for Carroll

Butt for Geremi

Hughton for any member of this forum who can see more clearly.

GET AMEOBI OFF THE PITCH FFS

The fact that he is still on there proves, beyond all shadow of a doubt, that the management simply don't have a clue.

Not a clue.

i expect Bassong to be sold in the summer for £5m  and after that Lambias to say that we made a huge profit on this deal and that the money will be spend wisely but of course they will end up in Ashley's pocket,like it happened in January.

 

Dear me..   

 

Oh and drop Coloccini for Taylor Gallowgate?  Why because Taylor's distribution is so great?   Coloccini and Bassong are our two best central defenders, Coloccini has been out of form recently but he's still been solid, which is more then I can say for Taylor at centre back (he's been quite good at right back though IMO).

Taylor would be a solid RB on one condition:  he stopped playing up front.  I brought my mate (Spurs fan) to the game today, and his comment was "Your right back doesn't seem to understand the 'back' part of his job description."

I'm all for the RB making runs up front, but unlike Beye, he's too reluctant to go back.   Too busy trying to be that Geordie hero.  He needs to mature and realise it's a team game and he is not Kaka 2.0.

Have not seen full match yet, but a really shocking tackle from Nolan - deserves to be suspended for 6 matches, never mind 3...

Completely indefensible, went in deliberately from the side with both feet, almost jumping on the player's leg.

 

This is probably the reason Nolan was available - he has a tendency to lose it in tackles, and Bolton knew all about that...

In the circumstances, a draw is a creditable result because every point is vital, but Nolan's recklessness will cost the club because his physical presence is useful in midfield - IF it is kept under control...

Not surprised at the high ratings given to Enrique - he's a good player, now starting to prove it more regularly.

I really don't think it was deliberate.  It was what, his second career sending off?  Doesn't sound ilke someone who regularly loses it.

I think it's one of those horrible events where chance and poor luck creates a horrible looking tackle.

I feel terrible for the Everton guy, and it was a definite red card.  Yeah, he probably deserves a 3-game suspension because you can't let tackles like that slide.  But it wasn't deliberate or malicious.

Fair play to Nicky today, he played his heart out.

It wasn't very good, but he gave his best.  He did what he had to do with Nolan gone, and made some nice passes and crucial interceptions.  Even robbed a player or two.

It doesn't make him good enough, and I still don't think he should be anywhere near our starting line up.

But he deserves a pat on the back for today.

 

Our midfield when fit is more than good enough.  Unfortunately, they're always injured, suspended or in prison.

 

Any midfield that might consist of any of Butt, Duff and Smith isn't good enough.  Our midfield, even when fit, are one dimensional snails.

Barton, Guthrie, Nolan, Jonas.

That's fine by me.  And Duff can a strong player, he's just not showing it.  I blame management and tactics for that - I think the talent's still there.

Smith's not a midfielder, and never was.  Should be a striker at another club - we have too many.

And Butt's just past it.

But I think we have four quality midfielders in the first four, with average backup.  Just like our defence - four quality defenders with an average backup in S Taylor.

I thought he was excellent again today and he's shown a lot of bottle to take the s*** that's been thrown at him by his manager and prove him wrong.

 

Our back four when fit are more than good enough, we just need to sort out the midfield in front of those and we'll be OK.

Our midfield when fit is more than good enough.  Unfortunately, they're always injured, suspended or in prison.

He's been top quality in the last two games I've been two - Sunderland and Everton - especially Sunderland.

Growing in confidence and I've really noticed I think he's picking up tips from Bassong.  They way he's just timing his pushes to outmuscle others and win the ball is really something he started to do when Bassong arrived, and something I'm sure he's learned from him.

Good times.  Man of the match today, for me.

Harper 7

S Taylor 6

Bassong 8

Coloccini 7

Enrique 8

R Taylor 5

Nolan 4

Butt 6

Duff 5

Ameobi 2

Lovenkrands 4

Jonas 6

Martins 6

Smith 4

i think i might go to watch the reserve's when there next at home as i haven't seen some of these kids in the flesh

 

something to cling on is the fact we might have some players that can break through into the first team eventually

I have a Season Ticket.  Does this get me in free?  Is it at SJP?

I've never got to a reserve game, so I need help lol

How about a player manager?

 

Michael Owen? Nicky Butt? Steve Harper? Geremi? Cacapa? Barton? Nolan? Steven Taylor? Beye?

 

None really qualified for a manager job though

Steven Taylor as Player Manager?

Jesus Christ.

I gotta say, okay, we're not signing Owens anymore, but we're spending wisely.

Bassong, Gutierrez, Taylor, Lovenkrands?

We actually made a profit out of them off N'Zogbia alone.

This is good transfer activity. 

We're getting good players in for cheap.  Them not grinding out results is not a reflection of their quality, but the management on the day.  Look at who Robson had standing at the Nou Camp.  These players are better than that.

And to think we won without:  Jonas, Owen, Martins, Beye, Barton and Guthrie?

Good shout out to the team, minus Butt and Shola, but especially to the others since they had to make up for them.

xisco comin on!?

Well I never.

14 mins left, heart attack time

 

 

dont tell joe.

How bad are our coaching staff if they cannot see that Viduka > Ameobi right now?