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I remember Glenn Roeder saying how appalled he was at the level of fitness the lads had when he took over from Souness....

They do like their family down there mind. They do, a bit hardcore but they do.

I'm sorry, I cant bring myself to read any more of that bullshit that cunt of a woman comes out with. Utter, bile. Such a waste of my time and energy....

I don't care who they are, where they're from, and how long they've been supporting us for, as long as they support Newcastle United I dont care. Right know we need all the SUPPORTERS we can get. But if I was asked whether i thought NUFC were the most hated team in the country I'd say if weren't #1, then we'd be pretty damn close The two main reasons people want to see us go down so bad is: 1. So we can finally realise that 'we're not a big club' and 2. Because we're 'all deluded'. Every single last one of us. Pedro's right- people really, really do hate us. Its like everyones a mackem now; they'd rather see us do bad than their team succeed.

Despite their numbers, Pompey fans sounded pretty good (from the Tele)

A new record. 3 games. Even for our standards thats pretty ridiculous!

On the basis of what? The Israeli title? I do agree with you on this one, Nixon. The squad that Grant had to work with at Chelsea it'd be a crime not to do well with them. But on the flip side, I think he would've done a damn right better job than Kinnear- thats not hard though is it?

1. Definitely true 2. Hmmm. I think its a bit harsh. He hasn't had the chance to bring in any of his own players and just has to work with what he has. Although I struggle to think why Guthrie isn't played more, I must say. At least Nolan and R.Taylor were dropped today- thats a step in the right direction from Al...

Looking at it, the number of foreign managers in the PL has plummeted. Man Utd- Scottish Arsenal- French Chelsea- Dutch Liverpool- Spanish Everton- Scottish Villa- N.Irish Fulham- English Man City- Welsh Spurs- English Wigan- English West Ham- Italian Hull- English Newcastle- English West Brom- Scottish Sunderland- Scottish Boro- English Portsmouth- English Stoke- English Bolton- English Blackburn- English So really, only 4 overseas managers in the PL. Good in a way but does it explain why those teams are doing well? Admittedly, 3 of the 4 are in the monopoly but still, worth a think. Or does it explain why so many teams like Stoke, Blackburn, Bolton, Boro play such boring unattractive football?

Me too! Lets be friends.

From what I saw on the tele I was fairly appalled at the amount of people I saw walk out. Utterly embarrassing.

He did OK tonight. Was by no means great but did alright in fairness to him.

Just. Having Shearer/or a decent fucker that has a clue what hes f***ing doing will help a bit, as well. well we've failed to take more than a point from Stoke, Spurs and Portsmouth. Forgive me if i'm not hugely impressed Never said I was

So I saw. Taking after Luque, I see. He probably couldn't wait to jump into a nice hot bath. Seriously though, whats the fucking rush!

I'm not talking about 8 games. I'm talking about a proper appointment, starting almost from scratch. Not a temp...

Just. Having Shearer/or a decent fucker that has a clue what hes fucking doing will help a bit, as well.

Aye, I know that....hence why I said that Ashley needs to go for anyone decent/proven to come in. And yes, Shearer's done a grand job....all thats missing is a win/goal.

Does anyone think its about time we go with a foreigner? Now, this is not a knee-jerk reaction from this game, its something I've been thinking about for a while now. Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the only two foreign managers we've ever had have been Guillit and Ardiles- and neither turned out to be spectacular. Since, we've had a mixture of British managers, and bar two of them, they've all been painfully mediocre. But people seem to have a tendency to sway towards a homegrown manager because they 'understand what the club means to the fans' etc. But is it time we drop that attitude and maybe take a gamble on a foreigner? New ideas, new methods etc etc. You never know, our injury situation might improve- we've seen it before with smart new managers from abroad bringing in dazzling conditioning and treatment methods. I'd much prefer a manager that emphasises more on the technical side of the game rather than your old-school charlies like Allardyce and Kinnear who fancy players like Nolan, Butt and Kevin Davies etc. You know, the ones that have little or no skill but can clog the shite out of you. We've seen Zola rapidly improve West Ham and Martinez has got Swansea playing some really good stuff as well, and 3 of the 'top 4' managers are foreign. Still, there are the likes of Roy Hodgson, Moyes, O'Neill, Bruce etc. who've done very well and I'd welcome with open arms. But the big question would be, who the heck would we bring in? At this moment in time although we are not mathematically relegated, we are staring relegation from the Premiership straight in the face, and what top class, respectable....decent manager would want to break his bollox to come over to England to work with a mad-house club like us? No one. So obviously survival and getting rid of our current owner would have to happen first to stop us ending up with the new Christian Gross. A young, hungry manager who's proven he could have, or does have what it takes to manager at the highest/second highest level. Sadly enough, I don't think Ashley has too many mates abroad... I'm more than content with Shearer at the moment. As I said, this isn't a knee-jerk reaction from tonight's result. If we go down then I'd be more than happy with Shearer at the helm. I think the bloke's got a lot to learn and a while to go yet until he proves himself as a capable manager, but from what I've seen I've been happy with. We don't give up near as easily anymore, he's installed a bit of self-belief and confidence in the lads- they pass the ball on the deck, no hoofing- and most importantly, has brought a lot of much needed professionalism to the club, thank god. Anyway, opinions...

Completely different. totally agree. red AND WHITE is faaaaar worse. thats sunderlands colours FFS!!!!! Oh yeah!!! I thought we were just saying that red doesn't suit Derek as a tie colour. Good point....The....Libertine. *Makes a note*

Owen also got in Andy Carrol's way for a header. I thought that was the other way around tbh. Owen was the one coming in from a better angle. Can't blame Carroll though. No point in blaming either of them for that. Carroll didn't score and Owen probably wouldn't have as well.

Reminded me of bolton actually. I feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel gooooooooooooooooooooooooood Bad, I'll grant you - but that fat bloke's far worse. No he is fuucking not! edit- and dont you have that fat c*** waddling up and down the touchline with a flag as well?!! C'mon, man....get real Aye and he'll be waddling up and down the line in the PL next season too. Which is more than can be said for the Top Chanter. Maybe so, but I'd be much more embarrassed by your antics than ours. Much more. It'd be alright if you could fill your stadium but...

Look at the celebration of the lad from Reggina's first goal- thats passion for you. He looked happy aye! Better than tossers like C.Ronaldo and Berbatov etc. looking like its a punishment almost when they score. Cant stand that sort of thing. Aye that was a proper italia 90 (megadrive) celebration.

IF, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, IF, if, if, if, if, if, if, if.......

Go on, go for it- put us on a 9.