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Shola is in the squad, class.

3-0 us, we still haven't scored 4 this season - mental considering how well we've done.

Thought we knew this anyway? Pardew hinted he could be back or something?

juxebox, what's the chances Ricketts will start? Very likely?

Athletic are liable to be in the Waffa final, massively affects the fixture. Be make or break v Atletico/Barca, expect them to batter the others. Bielsa proper bezzies with Guardiola though. You'd fancy he'd be well up for winning that game. In terms of one of games you could see Bilbao beating anyone, just can't sustain for a whole season.

Messi's still topscorer now as well. Sewelly - that date for el classico confirmed? Or is it just sometime that weekend?

PSG top of the table? Joint top and played 1 more I think

Other than Champions League I don't think anything attracts the top, top players (except money), we managed to get the likes of Ben Arfa and Cabaye without Europa League.

Dive or bad tackle?

Thought he was LB? Jonas off Shola was the league game Oh wait, you're talking about the league game Was Ferguson left back in the cup game then? Struggling to remember now.

I think even Jonas, Perch and Gosling/RTaylor would get us through this game tbh

Saw them hit the post and miss a one on one while flicking between channels.

Yeah, always good to know he's almost certainly going to start the next game.

Diame would be the one for me, simply because we don't have a like for like Tiote replacement when he's not playing. Although we'd miss them both when the ACN comes around which might be a stumbling block. People can f*** off before they keep on telling me Abeid is a defensive midfielder as well. http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-boss-alan-pardew-challenges-mehdi-abeid-to-challenge-for-first-team-place-1-4028956 Pardew says he's a holding midfielder, be a different style to Tiote to Pardew doesn't seem to consider him to be an attacking midfielder that's for sure. To me a defensive midfielder is your Makelele's or your Redondo's, they sit and break up play. Abeid certainly doesn't do that. He plays deep in the way Carrick does, but doesn't perform the duties of somebody that I would class as a true defensive midfielder. Playing the way we are now, Pardew seems to hint he'd come in for Tiote or Guthrie (I know he's not a defensive midfielder as well)/Jonas rather than Cabaye. I know what you mean though, I said different style to Tiote but Pardew obviously wants him sat in front of the back four.

Diame would be the one for me, simply because we don't have a like for like Tiote replacement when he's not playing. Although we'd miss them both when the ACN comes around which might be a stumbling block. People can f*** off before they keep on telling me Abeid is a defensive midfielder as well. http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-boss-alan-pardew-challenges-mehdi-abeid-to-challenge-for-first-team-place-1-4028956 Pardew says he's a holding midfielder, be a different style to Tiote but Pardew doesn't seem to consider him to be an attacking midfielder that's for sure.

Predicts 2-0 to us

If Ferguson was to start it would have to be in place of either HBA or Ba, don't see the need to drop either me.

Not PL (but not of the question: Cavani. Don;t want him to go there like but the still need an out and out goalscorer IMO

Kind of job Jose likes. Not a massive challenge (no chance of finishing outside top 2) and money to burn.

Don't mind Wigan anymore, wouldn't mind seeing Blackburn go down, although I do think Steve Kean is quite funny.

Haha, nice of you I guess.

To avoid getting his 10th yellow card apparently. Really don't want QPR to go down but it will be funny seeing him getting relegated. Why don't you want them down? Hughes is a knob.

Spot on. Silva has been off the boil for months now and Nasri has flattered to deceive all season. Balotelli has actually been one of their better performers over the course of the whole season, dickhead or not. There's players in that squad with more experience and of supposedly better character than Balotelli (21 years old) who have completely gone into their shells. Silva disappeared months ago, Nasri has underperformed all season long, Dzeko has been utter trash for months on end, Adam Johnson has been rubbish. I said it when they were f***ing up in the Champions League but people like Lescott, Barry, Milner simply aren't up to it. They were all fine when the team was doing well but as soon as Touré went away and Silva stopped performing their skill-levels weren't good enough and they don't have the character that the Man United squad players do. Once again, I agree with all of it. Balotelli's goals to minutes is one of the best in the league as well iirc. How many pens? Still got to score them but I bet they've helped that stat. For how highly Balotelli is rated and the way some go on you'd expect him to actually dominate so games, boosting his goal tally while 4-0 up against Norwich etc. is all well and good but not the sort of things that win titles. Obviously at 21 he's got years to improve but you hear pundits (and fans) calling him world class and it just isn't true As for the stat as well, last season I think Kalou held his record at Chelsea for most the season, can be miselading.

If he is not I will be very very p*ssed off. Should be three matches. Yup. Anyone see Jelavic yesterday as well? Perch got so much stick for supposedly faking injury...coverage of Jelavic? Next to none... It happened in match no one cares about, involved players no one cares about, and occured against a team no one cares about. (in terms on media and the national/worldwide interest) Why would you expect coverage of this? Umm...because its blatant cheating, its got nothing to do with the teams involved ffs I'm not disagreeing with you, all actions should carry the same weight regardless of who they take place against. I am telling you why this incident will receive no coverage when placed against something that occured in a globally televised match with one of the league's most famous teams. I'm not on about it being broadcast in Africa and Asia, I'm on about the fact that it was shown on TV and ignored by so called unbiased pundits. Newcastle v Blackburn isn't a massive game for the neutrals but we never heard the end of Barton punching Pedersen.