The Prophet

First part: true. Second part: pretty meaningless statement. In what respect?

While it's true we struggle to break teams down people seem to have overlooked that our defeat today was down to two glaring defensive errors. Defend like we did at Arsenal and we've got another three points in the bag.

Stupidity from Barton. You just know tomorrow's rags are going to be all over it like a cheap suit.

Jonas marked out of the game pretty much - midfield flooded to Nolan proved ineffective. Nothing down our right hand side as Barton kept on drifting in to try and make a difference. We played right into Fat Sam's hands tonight. We had plenty of possession just no creativity. Thought Jonas was one of our more threatning players if anything Carroll looked completely isolated due to Nolan being marked out of the game and Shola/Ranger being largely ineffective. Its also worth bearing in mind we did actually score but were let down by two poor pieces of defensive play. How many crosses went into the box today and how many saves did Robinson have to make? Answer - not many at all! Hughton should have tried something different a lot earlier than he did - unfortunately it would appear there is no Plan B.

Thought he was alright on the whole, didn't cover himself in glory for the goal but neither did Colo.

Didn't realise Fulham haven't won away from home this season.

Jonas marked out of the game pretty much - midfield flooded to Nolan proved ineffective. Nothing down our right hand side as Barton kept on drifting in to try and make a difference. We played right into Fat Sam's hands tonight. We had plenty of possession just no creativity. Thought Jonas was one of our more threatning players if anything Carroll looked completely isolated due to Nolan being marked out of the game and Shola/Ranger being largely ineffective. Its also worth bearing in mind we did actually score but were let down by two poor pieces of defensive play.

Really don't understand how Hughton 'lost the tactical battle.'

Thought his tactics were alright to begin with. An unchanged in from side, if it ain't broken and all that. It's not like he can prevent the basic defensive errors that cost us goals tonight. Add the fact his most creative player is on the treatment table and I don't think he did a lot wrong. I'd of perhaps brought Rouledge on instead of Ranger but you can see why he made the change he did.

Ranger? Explosive?! More than Ameobi. His only other option is Lovenkrands. Ignore the Prophet. He brings false heralds, and I think Ranger must have wronged him at some time. Possibly splashed him with a puddle as he drove by in his big Ranger Rover. Ranger is a young, raw, ineffective player who needs to be loaned to lower league to learn his trade. Offers no threat in front of goal what so ever.

Ranger? Explosive?! More than Ameobi. His only other option is Lovenkrands. He faced a difficult choice give the lack of options, can't really criticise him too much. I'd of brought Routledge on personally and stuck Barton in the middle to give us an extra body. There again I'm not a Premier League manager so who am I to judge.

Ranger? Explosive?!

Looked injured to me.

Krul 6 - Looked assured again, couldnt really do much for either goal. Simpson 6 - Alright, didn't put a foot wrong but didn't offer a lot going forward. Williamson 5 - Alright on the whole but a weak effort for the second. Colo 5 - See Williamson, got completely caught for that second goal. Enrique 6 - Same as Simpson with slightly more threat going forward. Barton 5 - Hit and miss but still one of our more creative players, probably shouldn't of been on the park after that dig on Pederson. Nolan 5 - Alright going forward, clumsy coming back. Looked like he might be carrying an injury Tiote 5 - Probably his worst game in a Newcastle shirt. His passing was spot on but he got caught in posession which led to the first and gave a couple of daft fouls away around the box. Daft against any side. Jonas 6 - Probably our most creative player. Ran at the blackburn defence and put a couple of half decent balls in. Carroll 7 - Great header for the goal. Always a threat in the air, helped out well defensively too. Shola 3 Absolutely woeful. Obviously carrying an injury, but his control and blance were absolutely shocking. Ranger 4 - Not much of an improvement on Shola. Offered little in the way of a threat. The one time he got in behind he fluffed his lines.

Basic defensive errors cost us tonight. and a crappy team effort for the second.

We really don't know how to play sides who play like Stoke and Blackburn.

More of the same. Daft from Barton, retrospective punishment would be a disgrace from the FA though.

Also Shola has been truly awful.

Such a frustrating game. Blackburn are horrible bastards and the ref is blowing every time there is contact. We've dominated without looking threatening, need more urgency second half.

Ref is such a cunt like.

Our fans are f***ing s*** sometimes like. Ben Arfa is made for a game likethis.

Fucking hell ref let it go.

Wake the fuck up man.

Didn't know where else to put this. This season Relegation season Man United 0-3 1-1 Villla 6-0 2-0 Wolves/Boro 1-1 0-0 Blackpool/Hull 0-2 1-2 Everton 1-0 2-2 Stoke 1-2 2-2 Wigan 2-2 2-2 City 1-2 1-2 West Ham 2-1 1-3 Sunderland 5-1 1-1 Arsenal 1-0 0-3 Points total: 17 9 Goal difference: +6 -5 Decent improvement (if I've counted correctly).

Defo a free kick. The lad stood on his heel. Aye his sock rolled down a bit. Fully required the lunge to the ground.