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What a nutter, he's obviously missing play for us

Paul Mersons Predictions Ford Super Sunday: Newcastle v QPR 1pm, Sun, Sky Sports HD1 QPR are on a bit of a slide at the moment, but I never like to see anybody lose their job. If they were to get relegated, I'd look at it and think: who would I want at the club to get them back up? And it would be Neil Warnock. I'm a great believer that if you get promoted from the Championship then you should not be allowed to be sacked for 18 months. We keep seeing managers pulling up trees to get a club promoted to the Promised Land and then getting sacked six months later. So I'm not happy about Warnock going, but it's good to see Mark Hughes, Eddie Niedzwiecki, Mark Bowen and Kevin Hitchcock back in a job. There's no doubt that Hughes is a very good manager and he has had good experiences in the Premier League with Fulham and Blackburn. But I'm not sure if he'll keep QPR up because this team has been on a slippery slope. Also, they play the top six teams in their last 10 games of the season, so they need to get points on the board now - and I can't see anywhere tougher to go right now than Newcastle, who beat Man United comfortably in their last league game. I'm sure Hughes wishes he could start with a home game! Yes, Newcastle have lost big players to the Africa Cup of Nations, in particular Demba Ba, but Shola Ameobi and Leon Best are a handful on their day. And they're playing against what is effectively a Championship defence. At the moment, QPR need to score two or three goals per game to get a result and they need to be much tighter than that. They've been linked with players like Alex and someone like that would improve their back four 100 per cent, but I fear that this is a game too early for Mark Hughes. With Joey Barton suspended I can't see them getting anything here. PAUL PREDICTS: 3-1

I must watch Leicester v Forest, that ones going to be a classic.

Just glad it's live and that it's on ESPN other then ITV.

Just came across this. http://www.toongle.co.uk/

A Man Utd supporter i know said that he's being linked with Barca, don't know if its true or not.

Very optimistic that.

Lets hope Senegal are the surprise shock and get knocked out in the group stages.

What would happen if manager refused to pay a fine because they slated a ref/linesmen?

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/7423238/Rivals-eye-Simpson-raid Don't see it happening.

Rhodes has scored 27 goals in half a season, with records like that I think Erdinc would be the biggest risk.

Says on the official site that it felt more like an impact injury rather then anything serious.

Sounds like he's been doing well. I wouldn't worry too much about not scoring. Must be nervous as hell like. This

Cos Ba is going. Dosnt matter man, we will still have shola We will always have this beast

Didn't Branson own a Formula 1 team a couple of years ago?, if so he does'nt mind buying a sports club, and this might be more possible then we think.

Wigan somehow manage to escape each year. I want them to go down but i don't see it happening.

When logged back on the last post in thread title was " Branson to launch" scared me to s***.

Ashley must know that the chance of use getting into Europe this season is high, and he will make quite a bit of money if we do.

Lower Wales I live in Cornwall.

I thought I lived quite close to Wrexham turns out it quicker to get there from Newcastle then were I live.

Think I would rather Wrexham, because it will most likely be live, they will be up for it and it will be entertaining, and we should batter them

If there are 5 games on TV like this round I'll be surprised if we aren't one of them. Just a matter of if we get shafted with the Monday night slot or not. Oh i hope not.

Any idea when the live fixtures will be announced?

Surprise that, fucking cunt.