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Should have done out the Tuxedo Princess and done training there. The woman is a fucking idiot, it's a fucking training ground.

Christ Almighty.

Is this post a joke? Assuming I've not missed anything by not reading the last page - no. The post's a joke, alright. And I've had an areet week Ronaldo, get away.

Is this post a joke?

You're right that there's no meaningful comparison to be had at the moment, but for all the wrong reasons. Barton didn't start coming to the fore at City until he was 23-24. Guthrie's at that age now and spent most of last season as a key player in the first 11 (in a lower league, which can't be helped) and has not been fit this season. Can't believe you're comparing him with Lovenkrands. I agreed with you about Lovenkrands as he's past his best and also past the point of improvement, but I'm genuinely surprised if you're applying that same logic to Guthrie.

Times 2, fucking hell. I was at the match and he was fucking awful. Only had the balls to try to beat his man once in the entire game and he skinned him. Most frustrating player in our squad - he's clearly got a confidence block about playing at this level and I hope he gets over it.

Don't see what he's shown in his one Premier League appearance this year to convince you that he's not up to it. Therefore you've made your mind up on him last year in a different league (where he did very well) and was 22 and in an important stage of his development. He did OK in his first year with us in the top league (when he was 21). He was a focal point last year. I think he's progressing quite well. The only reason I bring up Barton is because you're clearly such a massive fan of his - well what was Barton doing at 21 that was better than what Guthrie did with us in our relegation season? Nowt. What are Guthrie's big weakness that he needs to address btw? Because Barton needs to address a good few, including getting caught in possession constantly, being slow as fuck and running his mouth off in the press when he doesn't even have the right.

Can't be arsed to get into an argument with you about this because I'll get the pigheaded usual stuff. Suffice to say I think that Guthrie deserves the benefit of a few games after injury before people lay into him. He's done more for us in his time here than Barton has, in less time and for millions and millions of pounds less.

I know Perch has his critics here but a derby match is the last place someone like Guthrie should be getting a starting role. He's the laziest, most un-motivated player I've seen at Newcastle for a long time. Say what you like about Nolan and Smith but no one could accuse them of not caring. Absolute rubbish about Guthrie, that. He was one of our key players last season and has been injured for the majority of this season. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that he's unmotivated. He was putting in a shift every week for us last year on a fraction of the wages Barton was on while he was on the sidelines yet again, and I've faith in him if he gets called upon this year.

The logic is actually quite sound, it just relies on Darren Bent being a very impressionable mong.

Yep. I'm still crossing my fingers and toes that he gets 40 but 8 will do. You'll be devastated if he gets 39. I won't like, I'd still be pretty pleased.

Yep. I'm still crossing my fingers and toes that he gets 40 but 8 will do.

If he's on 5 for the season by the end of October then Messi will be shitting/pissing himself. Is the deal that he's filming it and putting it on YouTube? I'm not happy just taking his word for it, personally.

Ace.

Class. I can't believe anyone would do a pre-meditated celebration in the pub, what a divvy.

Class.

For some reason the bit that fucks me off the most is: During which time? You've given us plenty of detail about the place (which is incidentally where you already live) so which era? I have a sneaky suspicion that's there for (half) rhyming purposes alone, which in songwriting terms is an unmitigated disgrace.

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Would be cool if he started going out with Cheryl Cole as well. We could pretend Ashley Cole never existed.

is that real? if it is it's brill! Erm, are you for real?

Where? You mean Parkhead? Either way, these 2 are spending far too much time together.

He sounds just like yourself actually mate, it's quite eerie. Stop wumming, you've never heard my voice. Seriously though, my uncle's worked away for 20 years and his accent's softened slightly, but nowt like that.

Ah, for fuck's sake. Just heard Carrick getting interviewed there and he's definitely got the 'geordie footballer, moved away' voice now. How does it happen to all of them? It's the strangest accent I've ever heard but they all sound exactly the same.