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He may well be a decent footballer. But not at centre half.

With Taylor or Colo in we'd have won this.

Shola's looking superb in midfield. He's like a black Zidane!

What a fucking retard.

Remember "the match" or whatever it was called. Legends vs Celebs? Obertan reminds me of Darren Cambell. Quick but totally fucking clueless.

He looks seriously confident for 20 years old, is he twenty? Mind he's not short of experience is he?

Didn't Santons career in Italy stall due to being bummed in one particular game? If that's the case i'd rather not throw him straight in at centre half against Holt and Morrison.

His first touch was awful at times on Saturday. There was a point in the first half somebody pinged the ball out wide and he managed to control it out of play for a throw in, about 8 yards away. If he'd have stood still and let the ball hit him in the face he'd have controlled it better. But that would have took a fair amount of bravery, so that wasn't happening either.

At his best he's a lanky Routledge, the rest of the time he's a waste of a shirt. He was absolute dogshit today.

So he leaves NUFC to join Liverpool to ultimately get called up to the Spain squad, but ends up being given the idea to play for England instead. There's a meme in there somewhere He's only saying that, or somebody close to him is saying it, to try to force his way into the spain squad.

If Barton had stayed how would he be lieing to the fans? How would he be taking the p out of us? He's halfway intelligent i'll give you that, he's definately articulate. He's also a self obsessed fruitcake.

Bit of a bizarre conclusion to come to, he seems to be headstrong, stubborn and a man of his principles, whatever he believes is right he'll stick to, right or wrong and I think that's why he left (as he says). All he did was answer questions put to him by a QPR fanzine, which have then been brought into the public domain by journalists and debated by people who don't care about him and think he's boring, who needs to move on again? That implies that the current squad are somehow taking the p (sorry i can't post that as i'm at work) out of the fans. Sorry, but there hasn't been a newcastle side in recent memory who have "taken the p" less!

i think the hymn is also a good chance to stand and reflect though... Well yeah, and the words to Bread Of Heaven are almost unbearably poignant in the circumstances. They are a plea for strength and support through the troubles and anxieties of life. There will be some tears shed. I'll be on the drink on the train before 9am, so that'll be me blubbing like a lass come kick off then

Oh yeah, but i think its only for full time staff who had been employed there a couple of years at least to qualify. Jesus, that's a hell of a bonus. If we had bonuses like that maybe i wouldn't be such a workshy fop.

Slight tangent like, but is that correct about sports direct bonuses?

Ok cool, that changes the whole thing.

I support the idea of a hymm, and i'll be doing my best to sing it. But i'm dubious about not not knowing how it goes. Fair enough we'll have the words but it'll be unfamiliar to the vast majority.

Applause doesn't seem personal enough.

I think NUFC have got it right for once, the premier league however have got it wrong with the minutes applause. I just watched the minutes applause at celtic and it looks crap. I can understand it if there's a risk of a section of the ground spoiiling a silence but there isn't. A minutes silence, would have been a much better choice. The noise after it and probably scarves would have been immense.

Ahhh, cheers Messi.

Yous are too sharp for your own good. I can't google it on this computer either.

Google it In the football sense.

What's DP? I respect his honesty, if nowt else.

Similar feelings here. I can't quite decribe it, i never knew the guy so i shouldn't be as upset as i am. Watching Bryn Law last night tipped me over the edge. If the wife hadn't been in the room i'd have been balling.

I'll be at the game on Saturday, i definately think a minutes silence is the way to go. The scarf thing would be good too, 11th minute.