Anderson

i'm still not claer on the terms of this agreement. is it a) he HAS to play 25 games for us to have the option to buy him. or b) if he plays 25 games we HAVE to buy him for an agreed price? any progress on finding out where we can send get well soon cards too, i think we should organise a mass Newcastle Online card sending bonanza The latter. If he plays 25 games we have to make a permanent offer. I think the player could still turn this down, say if we got relegated, but we'd automatically agree terms with the club.

IIRC he was back in Spain for the birth of his kid. He has a kid!

Apparently all the city players applauded him off the pitch, bar one. Dunno if this has already been mentioned or not.

That tackles just horrible, gets worse every time you see it.

Basically it's a question, FA Cup or playing fairly. FA Cup anyday, too many teams have players more than willing to take a tumble so wouldn't bother me one bit if it won us this. Wouldn't like it to happen in most other less important games though.

Imagine if he injures Bent in training and puts him out of the derby

Shame, the atmosphere always seems better at night for some reason.

What I don't get is people saying they won't go to the match cos you need to be a season ticket holder or a member to get to L7. Why not just buy a membership, which saves £5 on tickets if you go to 5 games, and buy tickets in L7?

It's only going to get worse next season when the 3 year deals run out unless we have a promising season.

Wish I could class £750 pissed away to the bookies as a 'bad day at the office'. Haha

Is that after £500 lost on the Wolves bet? Oui, got to chase the losses somehow. Ouch.

Can we change the thread title please. Definitely useless.

Hughton's letting himself down with his loyalty to Nolan.

Reet, 3 subs made. Time for Tiote to take someone out.

I haven't seen Nolan all game bar the pen. At least Ben Arfa has the capability to produce something unexpected.

Poor, but expected on a Sunday afternoon when it's on Sky.

It's annoyed me for 2 weeks now. Also Nicky Butt is possibly the worst pundit I've ever seen.

Barton!

Thank fuck for that. Game should open up now. Was his celebration a tribute to his local KFC?

I don't like this, feels too much like the Blackpool game. We've been on top but never threatened. Just waiting for Smith to run off the bench and hack someone down in the box on the stroke of half time.

Barfa's free-kicks aren't the best. Too weak even if he was to hit the target.

Atmosphere been like this at every game so far to start with. The penalty miss was a kick up the arse which kick started the crowd and the team seemed to thrive on it against Villa.

Nah, that had to be hit by a left footer.

Good tekkers from Williamson.

That big fuck off SportsDirect.com@St James Park on the electronic sponsor board.