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Eh? He's giving a few 50/50's in your favour. So talk me through why Cattermole didn't get a yellow. Or Colback for that matter.

Apparently they let the grass grow and didn't water the pitch. Bobbly bobbly.

Chris fucking Foy is an utter, utter cunt. That is all.

Probably get done for pace like, suspect he's a bit s*** these days. http://shop.sportsworldcards.com/ekmps/shops/sportsworld/images/west-ham-united-danny-williamson-1996-1997-subbuteo-squads-fa-premier-league-soccer-trading-card-42090-p.jpg That's exactly what I thought. Old people of the world unite.

Nope. I'd imagine it is the same in every country when their teams are involved. Wouldn't bother me if Newcastle were playing. Imagine Bellamy scoring against Feyenoord an John Champion just going "Oh... And Bellamy has scored there. This has been a fairly dramatic night of football but Newcastle are through. Hard luck Feyenoord and better luck next year. We now hand you over to the Groundforce team, goodnight." It does bug me too tbf, but it bugs me far more when it's, say, Man U v Blackburn the other day and the pundit is quite clearly favoring United. I think the main issue is when the color commentator is aligned with one side over the other. If memory serves it was Pleat co-commentating the Spurs Swansea game at the weekend, and I could imagine neutrals getting annoyed. Over and above the fact it was Pleat, of course.

Oh fucking pass it you silly cunt.

Pity we can't get extra-time, but a Chelsea red card now would be nice.

Jesus, is Torres actually cursed?

Ashley Cole, why oh why did you never learn to kick it with your right foot?

Holy shit. Was watching the game, thinking, eh? Must have accidentally paused it earlier, and I was about 10-15 mins behind.

I think you want them progress so their league form possibly lags as a result, but don't want them to win the whole thing if they don't finish top 4. Yeah I know, want you to stuff them, but it's hard to want them to go through here.

You know what, fuck it, I'd like Chelsea to get rogered here.

Fancy being in that Benfica corner, like.

Not sure what I want tonight. On the one hand, Chelsea winning the CL would be a total fucking nightmare (unless we get third I suppose, at which point it would become hilarious). On the other, I want them to have loads of games and injuries so they're knackered. Hopefully they can get through tonight with red cards and injuries, then get absolutely humiliated by Barca, two days after losing to us by playing their reserves.

Don't know much about Pieters but that looks f***ing terrific on paper. Have Newcastle ever played a team with just one Englishman in it? Just curious, not trying to make a point or anything. Don't think we have tbh. Not on a consistent basis anyway. Makes sense though - worst pool of English players in my lifetime. Yeah, we might not have been far off if it wasn't for Walker and Parker being pretty much ever-present. Clearly not a coincidence that we probably each have our strongest team in a while and there are few Englishmen involved.

Unless we sell a first teamer, I don't see us spending much more than about £10m. The scouts and Pardew will have their work cut out as normal. That would have been my guess too. I would have said the same for us, but we saved a fair bit in January. With the proper start of FFP it is going to be a fascinating close season.

Don't know much about Pieters but that looks f***ing terrific on paper. Have Newcastle ever played a team with just one Englishman in it? Just curious, not trying to make a point or anything.

How much money do you think will be available? Is there room for you to increase your wage bill, or will you be using the money from ditching Smith, Lovenkrands et al to pay the new guys?

Has Tiote played there before? If he has then fair enough, but coming from outside that just sounds like a recipe for disaster.

This x1000. Should be named and shamed every time - or how about a temporary ban if they're wrong?

Yeah. I read that as "Guillem Balagué blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah."

Took my a while to realise, but I know exactly where that happened. 0:47 is the first punch, I actually have some sympathy with Goodwillie as that's the one that started it. But then you read the story and see that he came from the Raploch in Stirling, and his history is really sketchy. I used to work in Stirling, and went to the night club where he twatted that rugby player. The Raploch was a dodgy-as-fuck estate, though apparently they've done some work there. The two biggest football names to come from the Raploch? Billy Bremner and Duncan Ferguson. Hmmmm.

Do you guys think you will take the Europa seriously? I suspect he will at the beginning (with a couple of kids thrown in) but as injuries begin to take their toll Pardew will be tempted to do what we did this year and just play the reserves. Of course, if you get into the Champions League then all bets are off.

I'm not going, in case we lose. The thought of the vindictive pube-headed prick doing cartwheels if they score makes me want to vomit. I have a good friend who usually sits behind/beside the dugout but is quite ill. I'm not sure if it is a good idea for him to go or not. Honestly, I think you'll be OK if you get something from that match. If you lose (after the next three tough matches), well, shit.

I agree with you about the reserves, but disagree about reading things into last week's game. You still have two or three of those sides to play, so the way the game panned out at least gives you an idea of how the remaining games will pan out. Luckily you only really have one game against a side fighting against relegation, but I saw a team that played some nice football at times and kept the ball well, yet you always felt the oppo were bigger, stronger and more incisive. I suspect that you can say the same of most of the teams you will play for the rest of the season. The game against Sunderland will be the key, I feel. Imagine the atmosphere if you win.