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I'd rather Palace won to be honest. Watford at home to the mackems last day of the season the week before a cup final, they would rest all their players

Yeah I live on the Wirral now and whilst I would not go as far as to say I want them to do well, I would say they are better than their online persona suggests. As are we all

I just logged in to comment. Effing hell he looks like an ex pro in a charity match. He is a bloody balloon

I like him he put a header in towards the end that went further than I could kick it. Real commitment

His self whoring knows no bounds

Downhill second half that's bound to benefit Tiote who plays like he's on ski's

That central midfield effing hell that is grim

There is something I the fact that the whole team look terrified. It's been said before but it takes a special mentality to survive at Newcastle, one city club etc.

We would have to be 4-0 up going into the final minute of extra time against a team who have had 3 players sent off for me to be confident of hanging on for a draw

How anyone can see anything other than a defeat is beyond me. We are awful in every department on and off the pitch. An easy 3-0 win for Southampton

Embarrassing so far all over the pitch

The last thing we need is someone who shouts and screams. We need calm and authority, there is enough hysteria around the club we don't need it from the manager.

Not sure but the fact that he seems to have shown little remorse and his family and friends have been formally warned about publishing the name of the girl can't stand in his favour I imagine

Plus his name sounds like he should be from the North East

In fairness to Sissoko he can't be accused of not trying since Rafa became manager, Janmaat maybe especially as he's come out with these quotes now. He is trying but just has the control of an ex sunderland player in a crèche He has been utter turd lately

He's had his England caps removed as well. Quite right

This from Ready t Groom 'Any other footballers who have been grooming kids will have shit them selves now, certainly made an example of. What world do they live in

Be better if the judge had said 'I sentence you to 6 years LOL'

Their players were 'smarter' than ours in the respect that they won fouls often accompanied in Borini's case with a full throated scream. Every time they were touched they threw themselves to the floor.

Colback, easily. Sissoko EASILY!!!!

Exactly, when it comes from a manager and leader it has a different feel than from the bloke in charge of shouting 'Retreat!!'

Leicester are great up front and good in midfield but they are just OK at the back. Unfortunately we are not equipped to do anything about it

That should be surprising but isn't, the quality of ex-pro commentary is appalling. The criteria seems to be: a) Did you play for Liverpool? b) Can you ramble incessantly often in a contradictory way, justify every dodgy Liverpool decision and see them even now as one of the games 'greats' Carragher, Hanson, Souness, Redknapp, Murphy, Kennedy, Thompson and manay more besides. All completely useless and innately thick

There are about 15 threads on the front page about Newcastle and the ones where it isn't in the title it's in the text. The atmosphere over there is febrile, are any of them actually sane?

Credit to all of you looking forward to this. Personally, despite the fact I am normally an optimist, just feel as though it's gonna be the same old story which is either abject defeat or unwarranted defeat. Either way I can't see us getting anything.