Interpolic

That looks like a fucking penalty. Fuck, am I supporting Wigan now? Can't help supporting a plucky underdog at times.

True but that's Wembley for you. Went to see England there a couple of times and it's such a sterile experience. Really should have put more thought into the acoustics or whatever because something isn't right there at all. Looks quite nice though.

Been happening all season. ITV are idiots. I think I could do a better job filming it on my phone.

Silva's done so well to eke out a chance for Tevez there.

Think Wigan have an intention to win the game rather than keep the score down. Can't wait for this season to end, I don't think I've ever been so grumpy about NUFC. But yeah, Wigan have been canny so far like, good to see despite what I was saying earlier. Above all else I want to see a decent contest.

Kone having a really good game so far.

Think the thing with that this time round is that it's Wigan and after the Haidara incident, they've gone right down in people's estimations (and rightly so) - hence why people want them to lose horribly. Horrible club. I'm not that fussed about it being Wigan, I was pissed off when Birmingham won one, and Portsmouth, and Middlesbrough, etc. I totally see Dave's points and actually think them more logical than mine, there's just something symbolic about when one of these clubs win a cup and we've been hanging around for 44 years for a cup and 58 years for a domestic one. At least when one of the "big" clubs win it I can put it down to being all about money, etc.

Didn't see it but it sounds pretty funny. That's what he said. :lol:

Didn't see it but it sounds pretty funny.

Tbh I'm not that fussed but would probably prefer Man City winning. Just totally fucks me off when these nothing clubs win cups while we treat them as an inconvenience. That's our disgrace, not theirs. Oh I agree, but every time a tiny club wins a cup it makes me more pissed off at that situation. The more times it happens the more angry I get at each lame cup exit.

Tbh I'm not that fussed but would probably prefer Man City winning. Just totally fucks me off when these nothing clubs win cups while we treat them as an inconvenience.

Loved that post, man.

Keane: I wasn't as shocked as everyone else has been. You never are, are you Roy? Daft cunt.

McManaman strutting around like an amalgamation of Liam Gallagher / Danny Dyer. Hart starts, bit harsh on that lanky freak.

Hawar the lads?

Roy Keane's face man.

Fucking knackers.

Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea Stoke City 0-2 Tottenham Everton 3-0 West Ham Fulham 0-2 Liverpool Norwich 1-1 West Brom QPR 1-1 Newcastle Sunderland 1-1 Southampton Man Utd 4-1 Swansea Arsenal 3-1 Wigan Reading 0-3 Man City

We improved league position. Finished 11th twice. Apart from his 3 top 5 finishes. We've only been higher than 11th twice. In what time frame? We've finished in the Premier League top half 9 times I think.

Came out with the same patter about Villa last summer.

Didn't Moyes sue Rooney over the content of his book? or vice-versa? Yep, Rooney said he couldn't wait to get away from Moyes' management, said he'd even have joined NUFC.

Gonna see if I can lure Barnes into calling me a cunt so he gets banned.

I think that's a bit harsh tbh, we're all double-guessing the owner and my personal view is that he'll not accept this awful season for the sake of not looking stupid because of the long contract the manager's on. The 8 year contract seems just as flaky a justification as an instinct that the owner will be ruthless in this situation. As for no indication for him being sacked, there very often isn't much indication that a manager will be sacked before it happens.

http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,93957.0.html

Jol or Martinez would be the very definition of a sideways step. Jol wouldn't be a sideways step from Pardew like, no chance. He would. Plays dour, long ball football, his teams are prone to collapse and loves a midfield clogger. Gosling would get game time like, so every cloud. I disagree, I think his Spurs team played good stuff and Fulham aren't bad to watch either. Did a terrific job at Spurs after they'd been a midtable side as long as I could remember. He's streets ahead of Pardew in terms of playing style and achievements, it would be far from a sideways step to bring him in. Fulham play the second highest number of long balls in the league (guess who's first?). I've watched them a few times this season and they're dire, no more exciting than ourselves or Stoke in spite of the combined genius of Berbatov and Ruiz. They could still go down too. I don't know which Fulham you've watched. Pardew's shit, but if we're going to sack him let's set our sights a little higher than Jol. I can't say I watch a lot of Fulham if I'm honest, I've seen them a few times this season and been vaguely entertained but perhaps that's partly down to their flair players as you imply. There's no way they're as bad as us or Stoke to watch though, I'm not having that. Plus their personnel is nowhere near as good or technical or suited to a passing game as ours, so perhaps he's making the best of his limited resources. I do remember quite well the job he did at Spurs though when he had some good players (a luxury his predecessors had done nothing to utilise, save for the odd cup run) and they played some great stuff and placed highly in the league. Thought it was incredibly harsh when he was sacked and so it proved when Spurs' unravelled when they appointed Ramos. He was doing a good job with the players available to him. And I doubt he was playing hoofball at Hamburg or Ajax. Give Jol our squad to work with and a few additions so he can stamp his mark and I think he'd do an excellent job.