TheGuv

F***ing hell 'Ranger is about as useful as a wank mag to a man with no hands'

The 4th official already plays a big part in the game nowadays, especially now that they're all microphoned up. I know referee's are swayed indirectly by managers on the touchline. So why can't the 4th official play a bigger role with a tv screen :/ Only a matter of time hopefully.

I wouldn't say 'shocking'. Its par for the course that if Nolan doesnt score he gets labelled as "shocking" or "appalling". Daft. i thought he had a good game, got into some good positions and created the goal. Again Tiote did all his running for him. Yes great leader, can get the odd goal here and there. IMO start him let him get knackered then take him off after 65-70 minutes because at the moment he's not really contributing. I cannot wait to see Obi's statistics of Nolan in the last 3 games

Fuck off wacko.

The club have asked me to go on it. What are the dates because i'm unsure if i can do it if it's druing school hours. If not we'll be on the course together

He wouldn't if he was with us. He will now though

True

Good po... can't even finish it

The happy birthday King Kenny thing was so gay by the way

Urggh, he just doesn't suit that jersey. I just keep getting flashbacks to goals he scored for us when i see him Ashame he left and he is a good player, but he didn't have to leave the club after signing his deal. So f*** you Carroll man. Hope Stoke or someone break your leg.

I f***ing hate Liverpool man :/

Got it very wrong today unfortunately.

Really disappointed with the display this afternoon. Pardew has tot ake the blmae for his team set up today. Nolan and Loven were annonymous today. I'm not a Jonas lover but he played well. for Ferguson. Not much to be pleased about really. I'll give my thoughts in depth later :/

I've debated putting this thread on the forum for the last few weeks, but i feel that the standard of refereeing in the EPL and in the country has definitely gotten worse over the last couple of seasons, and i know i'm not the only one. Today was very frustrating. Aside from the 'goal' which i am still to see a replay of. I found the general standard of officiating poor. This isn't just a problem in the top tier of football it snakes down all the way to grass roots football. As a previous referee myself i know the attempts of the FA to quickly try and move you through your Refereeing levels. A prime example of this is the 25 year old referee (Michael Oliver) from Northumberland who has officiated in a few Premier League games this season. In the pub afterwards a bloke was complaining about Webb's refereeing saying how 'poor' he was, and how he seems to have a vendetta against us. He promptly brought up the Fulham defeat in the 08/09 season which helped us on our way to relegation (Viduka's disallowed goal). Is it true that for some reasons that referees seem to have some sort of hate against Newcastle and other teams in the league for some game or incident that occurred decades ago. I don't know! This isn't just a thread for black and white tinted spectacles it is for general officiating 'controversial' decisions. What's N-O's opinion?

Need to get more to join that group lads It's grew a canny few mind already! You'd be amazed how quickly things like this grow especially on Facebook

You keep saying that, but you do realise that Keegan played his part in both those things happening, right? I forgot that leaving after 3 games in the season helps you get relegated like. Not the other 35 games in which we picked up a meagre 31 points

It's shocking really. Will he get punished? Will he balls

Ben?

Cheers ash. And congratulations too

Yep. Good. Hopefully he starts

I take it Ireland is fit?

I don't remember many - any - complaints about how we finished the 2007-08 season with this "dinosaur" in charge, or our initial performances in 2008-09. But never mind. Talking about players coming through the ranks, which of our managers during that general era did that? I remember Keegan turning an utterly crap centre-forward into an international centre-back once. I also remember him giving regular football to homegrown players. Do you? As for the idea of being "petulant" and "dummy-spitting", I repeat: an independent tribunal decided he had been anything but. He was a man of principal. He was a man of morals and ethics. Do you think Sir Bobby would have put up with it... No either do i. I suppose you'd rather have a manger with no morals, who will happily pick up millions of pounds a year for achieving nothing and a manger who has no intention of resigning so they get a big pay out. Souness springs to mind. Like magorific is saying, cast your mind back to when we drew to Man Utd on the opening day on the 08-09 season. I bet you weren't complaining then.