gbandit

Good, if only to see Messi's best clips as a pro and some nice clips from his as a youngster. Pointless in hearing a bunch of non-committal pundits saying 'he's one of the best ever, you have to put him next to Maradona and Pele, they're in the same group, but the best? We'll have to see' He's quite obviously the best in terms of talent and consistency

I liked your post Wacko, it was exactly what most on the outside wanted to hear from Liverpool and haven't heard enough. Can I ask whether you think Dalglish can deliver CL football for you? not necessarily this season but next? Also, what do you think the balance is between him and Comolli on signing players? I think many will forget about the Suarez and Liverpool mistakes this season at least by the beginning of the next season but it was still a sham and will have caused long-term damage below the surface

This is beautiful

There's just no need. So few Newcastle supporters come out with these post-match write ups where they go on about how the battle was won and the victory was ours. Wish they'd just forget about it instead of going on and on, especially with lines like that. I know they have a lot of confidence about the future with O'neill in but I can't wait to compare summer transfer windows

Ban is really harsh, standing up for the club more than anything else. Won't go down well with supporters but will work as a deterrent

Happy Birthday Hatem, get stuck in on Monday

That post from another board (pine barrens') is eloquent but biased. There is a good point in it though, I do think there is a level of hatred stemming from the mackems which is absurdly over-the-top and they fuel the aggressive side more than we do simply because they hate us whereas we dislike/are bemused by them. You do worry that one day some young chav will do something stupid but I think it could happen on either side, kids can be idiots and do things just to show off. Wish there wasn't a thuggish element to the rivalry at all but it would take both sets of fans to back off and stop baiting each other at all which will never happen. See you next season Sunderland where I hope we win and I hope just as much that both sets of fans don't lose their heads.

Was my favorite player in the league for a while.his touch and dribbling is dead.he used to have the most accurate shot in the league,now he can't hit the ball goalwards,is a real shame for him and the league but fuck chelsea

Dislike weak commentators like most on lots and Jim beglin now on itv who instead of saying 'that's a foul' say things like 'is that a foul there?look,his hands are all over him,is that a foul,for me there's something in that'.Just say it's a foul if it's a foul,say it's not if not and say it's impossible to say if it's impossible

That's the measure of the man, he's a colossus and makes me incredibly proud to be an NUFC fan

Lil weezy?

Only gone into women's toilets a few times in my life but they were filthy the times I went in, worse than the men's

He's such a clown man, I hate his over-the-top serious face

the calm before the storm. Every topic will be locked come an hour and there'll hundreds, nay thousands of bans..... The N-O apocalypse

Can you give me the french article link for this? If it's audio, please send me that as well thanks in advance The France Football website only has a teaser for the print interview at the moment, not sure if it will go online later. ahh, cheers man. you know you're going to get a far better interview out of hatem than most because he's a nutcase. can't wait for him to nail the last few games of the season. Just makes me genuinely sad to think he's had to wait so long

Can you give me the french article link for this? If it's audio, please send me that as well thanks in advance

Don't bother. He's got nowt to contribute to the forum other than to say everyone is a computer game playing child/arsehole. Not a clue why he still comes on. No worries man, I don't mind debating with people who have a completely different opinion but it gets pointless when they stop talking about football

I've never played champ man,football manager or any of those games even once in my life.don't know what it was I said that made you think that but you're wrong.I guess you think we're maximizing our players at the moment and playing to their strengths?not trying to come across like a dick but we're obviously coming fon two totally different places

We really do man, you've just been convinced we can't by Pardew's style of football. If you don't think that Santon, Jonas, Cisse, Cabaye, Tiote, Ben Arfa or Ba are capable of keeping the ball down and moving around defences then you're wrong. Cisse has pace, Ba has great movement and can turn a man exceptionally well. Ben Arfa can walk through people and create space for himself no problems at all and Santon can get in behind teams no problem. If we didn't break so incredibly slowly and were willing to commit more men forward at times instead of slowly creating a very ordered line of attack, then passing it back along the half way line from one touchline to the next, then pushing on, we'd be able to get behind defences instead of letting them get organised. We are far too defensively disciplined when on the break

There's something in this, position does make you greedy and objectively it would look ridiculous to almost all fans of other teams to see people in here saying they're not happy but that's what being a fan of your own club is about: Inspecting and analysing everything minutely and I think the scrutiny is worthy and has been for a while. You're right about us being greedy for good football but this team can play so much better than it has, confidence will help us but so will positive tactics and Pardew telling his players to go out there and really go hard at the opposition rather than waiting for counters, moving the ball slowly up the field and hoping that we can ping in an ok cross. We have the speed, skill and ball-players to move it around, get in behind people and really hurt defences.

Gianni and flavio are a couple of pathetic creatures.what an embarrassment for football this is,that people this awful make the big decisions.

One thing I will say about right now though is I like the stability we have,we are not a joke for once and things have gone well for a while.success is almost always allied with long termism and I am terrified of the prospect of Mike Ashley ever making another managerial appointment

HTT is talking a lot of sense.don't know what your wpm is HTT but it must be pretty high.pardew has gone from a very convincing start for me to an unconvincing last three months.the signs were there even when we did amazingly well at the start of the season but now the results are matching performances.let's see him change his ways in the last 11 games and we can evaluate at the end of te season but if nothing changes I will not expect much next season

Nice,Colo is just the man

Really difficult to say as there's nothing to back it up but I really think he deserves more minutes.he's great with the ball at his feet,is fast,surprisingly strong but I can't say much About his position play yet.I would like him to be getting thirty mins a game,ahead of everyone from the bench but guthrie