Chicken Dancer

Excited for this one. We don't look anywhere near the finished article but probably have individuals good enough so we can win games without actually playing too well, if that makes sense. Brighton are notoriously hard to beat but with their defensive injuries more or less mirroring our striking problems, it should be a very close game. Score draw is my prediction, but would absolutely love a win so we have confidence going into the international break. 3 defeats in 5 would be pretty uninspiring stuff, especially with the run of games in September. Expect us to go; Sels; Anita, Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett; Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie, Diame, Gouffran; Ayoze.

He's ok. Probably worth £3m in your eyes tbf.

Joe Kinnear? I'm sure he made his debut about 3 years prior to that waste landing in Newcastle.

Interesting that he played more of the box-to-box type tonight. Played really well, as did Shelvey in my opinion.

I wish you would bore off like.

Fuck that. As good as it would be to win that game, just fuck that.

Premiership Winners: Man Utd Runners Up: Man City 3rd-6th: Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham Relegation: Burnley, Sunderland, Hull Overachievers: Everton (if they can be classed as that) Underperformers: Southampton Top Goal Scorer: Kane Break Out Year: Holding or Marcus Edwards Season to Forget: Mahrez PFA Player of the Year: Kane PFA Young Player of the Year: Alli Manager of the Year: Mourinho First manager to quite/be sacked/'mutual consent': Pulis Championship Winners: Newcastle Runners Up: Norwich 3rd-6th: Brighton, Sheff Wed, Derby, Villa Relegation: Barnsley, Burton, Preston Newcastle United Where will we finish?: 1st Top Goalscorer?: Gayle How will we do in the cup competitions?: shit Domestic League One Promotion: Sheff Utd, Scunthorpe, Milwall League One Relegation: no idea League Two Promotion: Doncaster, Portstmouth, no idea League Two Relegation: no idea FA Cup: Man City League Cup: Man City EFL Trophy: ? Europe La Liga winner: Barcelona Serie A winner: Juventus by a mile Bundesliga winner: Dortmund. Front 4 look tasty Champions League winner: Juventus Europa League winner: Sevilla no doubt World Player of the Year: Ronaldo this year, unfortunately. Other: How will Middlesbrough do in their first season back in the Premier League: flirt with relegation until about Feb, then be comfortable Will Alan Pardew get sacked as manager of Crystal Palace, if so, when: won’t be Why will Mitrovic get sent of this season: pissing on the goalpost

Would be interesting to see if Lascelles/Mbemba got number 6.

Wonder when we release the squad numbers and announce captain? Usually would be done by now. Sorry if Giggs.

Or maybe if he wants to go we should sell the cunt for £3m so we can get some replacements in who want to be here?

To those who were there, what shirt number was Hanley wearing?

Because you added a bit pace into the team - if Colback and Shelvey are going to be the midfield pairing then I would have major concerns. Kind of get what you're saying but from February onwards in 09/10 we used Guthrie and Nolan as a two (I think...). Certain games will require certain players, but even them two should piss it. Still can't stand the little freak though.

He's in charge of a players committee according to Downie. Be surprised if he isn't captain.

Come on. Inaki Williams will have have 100x better offers, including staying put.

Anyone be arsed to translate his tweet?

Not sure if Giggs but Chronicle reporting medical has been passed

He'll be fine. Will play at least 25 games next year, whether that's a start or from the bench. Will do him the world of good, and he's only 21. Hull fans seem gutted they arnt getting him permanently, and they're a Premier League club. Good signing.

Anything less than £35m for the pair and we've been fleeced, and I want them both gone fwiw. I still think at least one of them will be here come September.

Is this serious? LOL what an awful post. It's from my perspective as a Newcastle fan, obviously being a Palace fan yourself you may view differently. You can only understand things from your own perspective? He's a mercenary c*** because he's joined a fairly established PL club? Out of all our signings in recent years few seem to genuinely work as hard and understand what this club is about then Townsend. I believe he joined us in the first place as he felt we should be able to stay up, he could get back into the England squad and we would be a fantastic club for him going forward. We've been relegated. He's in the prime of his career. He did his best to keep us here. He deserves to play in the PL this season. Comments like yours feed into this notion that football fans but especially Newcastle fans are fickle. If a good player leaves to play at a higher level or for a bigger club = mercenary c***. Grow up mate. He's a feckless little s*** who repaid our adulation and support by pissing off at the first opportunity. That too after we gave him a chance to rebuild his dead in the water England career. No wonder Pochettino turfed him out of Spurs the snidey little c***.

Seeing the coaches arrive and all hug on them training photos gets me giddy. Mental what a professional coaching staff can do for confidence.

Where's the training photographs from?

Should always be Local Hero to be fair. That's a movie. Take it you mean Going Home? Always found it a bit trite. Time for a new start. I am aware of that fact, but everyone calls it Going Home like don't they. Nah we got rid of it under Allardyce and it was shit. Part of tradition, keep it.

Falcao mk2 Thats exactly how he'll end up. He's massively overrated. ????

Thought he really bought into it up here. Then I remembered all footballers are greedy self centred arseholes.

Thanks for 2009-2012. The rest of the years have been a mixture of highs and lows, mainly lows. Will never forget his performance at the SoL in the 1-1 draw, but will also never forget how much of a shit captain he was. Right time to go.