Varadi

Can go up to 12th if we win this...

Aye - much the better team over the 90.

Think Stoke might win this now

Stoke's run in looks a bit naughty, if they don't get anything today they could be right in it - their match against the mackems could be huge. The mackems fixtures look really tricky too, especially with Southampton and Villa hitting some form - I reckon if we beat them next week we're fine. No pressure lads!

Stoke look absolutely turgid - Villa should win this easily if they can avoid their trademark defensive cockups

You got McManaman? Really needs to learn to clear his throat before attempting names like Rodriguez and Ramirez.

You want your keeper stopping that mind - should've cleaned the whole lot out.

But they won't have Catt. Genius

Yet he was a top 5 manager just last season?

If Tiote and Debuchy don't make it think I would go with: Anita - Taylor - MYM - Santon Cabaye - Jonas Marv - Sissoko - Gouffran Cisse

A pretty good starting point would be the list of those select few that have won the Manager of the Year award, starting with the most recent...

Haidara out but Tiote and Debuchy possibly back according to this: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/match-preview/284793/gouffran-back-for-magpies? Will feel much more confident if those 2 make it.

More like it from Moussa last night - signs of a better understanding emerging between him and Cisse, they linked up much better than I've seen before.

Would like to see that team, but think Jonas will be in there somewhere - maybe at LB?

Fuck off

Can see a draw here to be honest, making the pressure on the derby almost unbearable...

Could just be they were a very good team that legitimately pushed us back at times? No complaints from me tonight, thought he set us up well, started both halves strongly, which has been a weakness but was undone by the kind of mistakes you can't really legislate for, and the Perch injury came at a really bad time.

Aye. Every defender makes mistakes, just unfortunate this one was so costly.

Aye, went to pieces for a bit after his mistake too, which suggests his confidence is pretty well down.

Ah man, that's so frustrating - a few centimetres either way on Cisse's shots and take away 2 brain farts from our defence and it could easily have been 3-1 the other way. Think we can definitely beat them at SJP, just not sure we can stop them scoring...

Fancy Cisse to score tonight - just hope we get stuck into them from the start.

Last night, well 3am this morning, a clip on SSN from his press conference, he said Tiote's out and so is "Santi". I'm sure that's the name he used. He calls Haidara "Sadio" - could that have been it? Yeah it was mate, just watched it again... Probably deliberately made it sound ambiguous just to ruin your night's sleep. Fucking Pardew.

Last night, well 3am this morning, a clip on SSN from his press conference, he said Tiote's out and so is "Santi". I'm sure that's the name he used. He calls Haidara "Sadio" - could that have been it?

I think he's a good Premier League striker, and being a local lad we can get the extra 10% out of him to make him a very good one. Would happily pay 10 million to get him back, not sure he's worth much more than that.

Good to see that he wants to join the squad even when he can't play. Can't see anything strange with that. Fair enough, seems a bit weird though considering Pardew complains about injuries and all these games yet takes an inegible player for pretty much no reason what so ever. Giving him the chance to train with the rest of the squad is a pretty good reason tbf. Bit of sun will be nice too!