ChrisMcQuillan

Can see him walking.

1-3

Absolutely, utterly woeful tonight.

5/10. We won't go up via the play-offs, squad does not have the mentality. We could replay the play off final for a million years, and we'd lose each time. We have to go up automatically. At the minute, I'd say we have a 50% chance of doing that. We're one break of Shelvey's leg away from that not happening.

Potentially leaked this story to put pressure on Palace?

"YAHHH" (interrupting other person's sentence) "DEY'VE BEEN POOHR" x 90 minutes I'm not from the toon so only listen occasionally but isn't he the one from Belfast? If so its not really his fault like he's probably considered a chipper optimist in Northern Ireland. Dublin. But yeah, I'm from N. Ireland. He'd be the life and soul of the party over here.

Sels - 6 - typical Sels performance. No horrible blunders, but wasn't under much pressure. Yedlin - 8 - Bossed the right flank from end to end. Findley - 7 - Seemed very nervous initially, backed off a lot, a bit Saylor-esque. But grew into the game, didn't try anything too risky, played the ball from side to side, and made a good block or two. Hanley - 9 - Thought he was tremendous in the air, very committed. Looks faster than the last time I saw him as well. Lazaar - 7 - Really good defensively, didn't show much going forward. Shelvey - 10 - 'Nuff said. Tiote - 7 - Solid. Did one outrageous trick that got the crowd going. Customary booking for GBH, but gave a good showing on probably his last outing. Ritchie - 8 - Best he's played in a while. Barlaser - 7 - I didn't think he seemed nervous at all. Someone sat near me piped up about how composed he seemed. Thought he played well, though was anonymous for parts of the second half. One excellent driving run. El-Mhanni - 5 - Didn't really do or offer anything, but some good tracking back (</Pardew>). Seemed slightly over-awed by the occasion. Gouffran - 8 - His best performance in a while, ran the channels well, put in a good shift. Knackered by the end.

Norwich drawing!

Aye that's total s**** surely. http://uk.soccerway.com/players/neymar-da-silva-santos-junior/102697/ 71 in domestic leagues, 9 in domestic cups, 19 in continental tournaments, 20 in internationals. 119 according to that.

Shame.

Mate at work says he should be great in the Championship. Just said what others have said - defensive positioning isn't great, great going forward and taking the ball up the pitch.

Genuinely, what's your issue? It's this sort of rubbish gives NUFC fans a bad rep. It is possible for an Irish or Scottish player to be good. If we were signing George Best in his prime you'd probably start grumbling about it. Also, wake up call. We are lower league.

Grim? Our highly paid band of European mercenaries didn't exactly fill the heart with pride.

Double leg break in April.

Sels Janmaat Mbemba Lascelles Gamez Hayden Diame Shelvey Ritchie Aarons Gayle

Definitely. Deliveries coming in from Jonas/Enrique on one side, and Routledge/Simpson on the other side, but we could also play with Nolan through the middle. This team has nothing like that, bar Ritchie, and play exactly as you'd expect in that situation. Tapping the ball side to side, with only Shelvey occasionally trying something different. We need Shelvey playing further forward in a more free role, with Hayden propping it up behind. We need another Ritchie on the other side, but most importantly we need someone up front with presence, with Gayle/Perez/Armstrong playing off them. Mitrovic will give us that, but him coming back is not going to magically rebalance the entire team. The midfield needs set-up differently. We're getting outplayed and outnumbered despite playing three in the middle against teams with two. They have more balance, more movement, and until we find that we're not going to succeed. Shelvey/Hayden or Diame/Hayden should dominate most any midfield in this league. The players, yes, have to shoulder some of the blame as their mentality and attitude is piss poor, however they need to have options in front of them. The last two games they've had none.

Agree with this. I think he'll bring back some belief as well with us having a proper focal point to the top third. Agreed. However, we're still playing as if he's on the pitch, though. If he breaks a leg, or gets suspended for 3 more games this season, I can't see us going up. We need another striker of his mould - a targetman - to cover ASAP.

Sky News ‏@SkyNews 48-year-old man who died after being tasered by police in Telford named as former Aston Villa player Dalian Atkinson

Not dressed like an absolute bellend. What's going on!?

Fantastic read, that.

Very tempted to wander up for this. Haven't been to a game in 3 years.

Ben Arfa a few weeks ago.

Both keepers done in on international duty.

Fuck sake.