Frazzle

It's about 1 in 2.5 games. Total apps: 70 (11) Total goals: 30 Sub appearances in brackets.

HT 1-4 FT

Could say that for the teams below us to be fair, all teams at the bottom are crap so they'll all lose games.

Capdevilla, who's getting on a bit. Don't think Spain have been blessed with a lot of depth in the LB position so he may have a decent chance. The fact that he plays for Newcastle might hurt him a bit though Just needs a good game against Liverpool to be honest.

Barring any training ground injuries (I know, I know...) we'll only have two first senior players out for Hull (Beye and Barton) and one of them (Barton) isn't even guaranteed a first team place. Things are looking up ever so slightly.

Will be knocking on the door for the Spain squad soon, who's their LB atm?

Is Xisco back for this one? Might score another against Hull off the bench. Gonzalez is back as well isn't he? Another International being added to the ranks has to be a good thing, although I haven't actually seen him play.

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest. He's also a want away who couldn't care less about what happens to this club as he'll be happily off in the summer. Started to be a complete passenger for a while before his injury. Obviously no longer gives a s***. I wouldn't drop Lovenkrands or Martins for him. Owen guarantees goals man. It's a shame there isn't a feasable way to incorperate the four of Jonas/Lovenkrands/Owen/Martins... we'd have a lot of pace to work with then. he certainly guarentees 1 goal in 8, if his record before injury is owt to go by And yet he's still our top scorer and has been for ages. hardly difficult when: a)he's our penalty taker b) we have one other premiership striker in the squad, who's been out for 3 months Like i said the other night ,If owen was fit we would have taken Bolton apart That's ridiculous by the way. Owen is good, but no striker would have done well vs. Bolton. We didn't have one moment of coherent attacking play throughout the entire match. We would have barely seen Owen if he played vs. Bolton. Owen wouldn't have torn them apart but he would've finished Martins' chances. You honestly don't think Owen would've finished Martins' header? Which was basically a sitter. Owen is probably the best header-er of the ball we have (see how many headed goals he scores) and the reason he hardly scored before his injury is because we hardly created any chances, when he gets chances more often than not he scores, hence his better goal scoring record. I'd ******* hate it if some of the people on here picked the team.

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest. He's also a want away who couldn't care less about what happens to this club as he'll be happily off in the summer. Started to be a complete passenger for a while before his injury. Obviously no longer gives a s***. I wouldn't drop Lovenkrands or Martins for him. Owen guarantees goals man. It's a shame there isn't a feasable way to incorperate the four of Jonas/Lovenkrands/Owen/Martins... we'd have a lot of pace to work with then. he certainly guarentees 1 goal in 8, if his record before injury is owt to go by And yet he's still our top scorer and has been for ages. hardly difficult when: a)he's our penalty taker b) we have one other premiership striker in the squad, who's been out for 3 months Like i said the other night ,If owen was fit we would have taken Bolton apart That's ridiculous by the way. Owen is good, but no striker would have done well vs. Bolton. We didn't have one moment of coherent attacking play throughout the entire match. We would have barely seen Owen if he played vs. Bolton. exactly, what the f*** do people think Owen is? a world beater? a great, dynamic player? f*** off, the lot of you Nah he's no Oba Martins is he?

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest. He's also a want away who couldn't care less about what happens to this club as he'll be happily off in the summer. Started to be a complete passenger for a while before his injury. Obviously no longer gives a s***. I wouldn't drop Lovenkrands or Martins for him. Owen guarantees goals man. It's a shame there isn't a feasable way to incorperate the four of Jonas/Lovenkrands/Owen/Martins... we'd have a lot of pace to work with then. he certainly guarentees 1 goal in 8, if his record before injury is owt to go by And yet he's still our top scorer and has been for ages. hardly difficult when: a)he's our penalty taker b) we have one other premiership striker in the squad, who's been out for 3 months Like i said the other night ,If owen was fit we would have taken Bolton apart That's ridiculous by the way. Owen is good, but no striker would have done well vs. Bolton. We didn't have one moment of coherent attacking play throughout the entire match. We would have barely seen Owen if he played vs. Bolton. Owen wouldn't have torn them apart but he would've finished Martins' chances.

Taylor backing off as usual, getting the vital touch, c*** Should have held onto the Zog tbh.

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest. He's also a want away who couldn't care less about what happens to this club as he'll be happily off in the summer. Started to be a complete passenger for a while before his injury. Obviously no longer gives a s***. I wouldn't drop Lovenkrands or Martins for him. Owen guarantees goals man. It's a shame there isn't a feasable way to incorperate the four of Jonas/Lovenkrands/Owen/Martins... we'd have a lot of pace to work with then. he certainly guarentees 1 goal in 8, if his record before injury is owt to go by And yet he's still our top scorer and has been for ages.

If Owen is fit, he will be a major help to us. Can score goals, and that's something we could always use. I hate him. If we are relying on Owen to keep us up then we will definitely be relegated. He's our top scorer at the moment and before tonight had scored about 1/3 of our league goals. I for one will be glad when he's back to be honest.

2057: Lucas Neill receives only a caution after a horror lunge on Lee Cattermole, who has treatment before returning unscathed. HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAH.

Martins touch is ****.

Watching the build up on South African TV and apparently we are trying to get out the relegation zone.

Just watched the 5-0 game on Youtube. :colo: Andy Gray realising he was completely wrong on the first goal is priceless. Shearer's cross for Ferdinand's goal and then is celebration is priceless. And Albert's chip... The players celebrated every goal like it was a cup final winner. Amazing.

Should be a good test for some of our players if nothing else. We'll see if Bassong really is CL quality against Rooney. Jonas + Enrique should be able to handle Ronaldo as well IMO. Still don't think we'll win, but could do OK if these individual battles work our way.

I know Raylor is versatile but come on.... He played cm for the last game. You've got him at RB and CM. I agree he can play CM.

I know Raylor is versatile but come on....

To be fair, even though we've been **** since Bobby left St James' is still a tough place to come, not quite a fortress, but tough. When the crowd gets behind the team it certainly spurs them on. Remember Roeder's full season in charge? None of the top four won at St James'.

No, but its same for Martins. Everyone just hates Owen and loves Martins though.

Well maybe like just lately when Oba said he loves the fans here is one of the reasons why we love him,dont think I have ever heard Owen say anything like that That easy then? Owen says he loves the fans and he automatically loves the club? Like Keegan said, he doesn't need to pump his fist or kiss his badge, the fans know he loves the club by what he has done for it.

Was **** and got sent off didn't he? Or did he play in the home game as well? Still, can't have played that well, that was 1-5.