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Championship player at best, for me. Good physical attributes and not a great deal more.

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Wheres this retire stuff come from, other than a probable typo by Luke Edwards?

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Think I'm still in denial to some extent. Unfathomable that a team with the quality of players we have is in the position it is.

Arsenal 3-1 West Ham

Ryder still running with the Butland thing .

Assuming Laudrup to be totally unrealistic, Di Matteo for me. Don't particularly like him as a person, or think he is the right main to help us achieve our long term ambitions, but I do think he is at least partially realistic and would keep us up. Ideally we would identify an exciting managerial prospect from the continent (France?) but for whatever reason I can't see it.

It really is. Lumping a big amount on us going down if Pardew isn't gone after Villa.

Also think this means Colo is off. Hope I'm wrong.

Pardew said: ‘When we come to Reading, this is a battling side we’re playing. They’re great at set plays — but the striker Pogrebnyak, he falls over. ‘He’s one of the worst players I’ve seen for falling over and buying free-kicks, so we have got to be clever.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2264739/Pavel-Pogrebnyak-worst-divers--Alan-Pardew.html#ixzz2INHYMQFG http://answers.bettor.com/images/Articles/thumbs/extralarge/Newcastle-to-bid-for-Gervinho,-Lazio-eye-Jonas-Gutierrez,-Tottenham-interested-in-Christian-Maggio-57717.jpg

If any of the things I've read about Remy's off pitch behaviour is correct, I'd be inclined to think the club overlooked a few things in pursuing him because hes one of the few (only?) available strikers in this window with a decent pedigree, especially considering his poor form as of late too. Makes me more worried about the possibility of a plan B existing.

Are we? I haven't checked, I must admit. Whatever the stats say, there's been a marked improvement in our football recently, and a massive decrease in the amount of hoofs from all over the pitch aimed at noone in particular. This does not take Mike Williamson into account, and he obviously got a rocket up his arse about them at half time against Norwich. Do the stats on long balls differentiate between clearances, set pieces and aimed diagonal or cross field balls? I wonder this too. I've definitely seen a big improvement in our attempts to keep the ball on the deck, yet every game is followed bys us being slagged off on here for hoofing it too much. Which we clearly don't do as much as we have. It's like everyone is waiting to pounce on every long ball, and ignores the rest of the play. It was like the Anita nonsense after the Norwich match - most of his supposed 'hoofs' were 30 yard balls that he was trying to clip in behind the defence for Cisse. Symptomatic of the same fundamental problem with attacking fluidity, movement and build up play.

As others have said, would be pretty pleased with this providing a CB and striker also came in.

There you go then, move him to the able to entice category then. See Sven and Strachan just got new gigs too, so there's two more. I forgot Shearer on that list, but hardly likely after his last attempt. Does anyone have a realistic and good replacement in mind ? Di Matteo. Not a fan, but reckon he would keep us up at least. Whether he is realistic or not with Ashley in charge is highly debatable..

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Would take Odemwingie at this point.

Pretty disgusting that. Honestly, the thought of Hatem leaving in the summer has put me in a worse mood than the Remy thing tonight.

Notts county/Portsmouth postponed

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Won't go away, this

Don't rate him at all. A good athlete and little more.

Celebrated his sending off like an excellent consolation goal.