Tiotes Witch Doctor

Shelvey needs to finish the season very strongly to be in the top 3 for me. Would say as of now for me personally its: 1. Gayle 2. Clark 3. Ritchie 4. Shelvey 5. Darlow

Think we'll slip up tonight and get a draw, we just don't seem to win back to back home games. Think Brighton will stay where they are but we'll finish comfortably in second.

Not the finished article but you get the impression there's more to come from him, and for supposedly being a more defensive minded player hes definitely got some handy attacking qualities (certainly not his shooting mind) hope hes back ASAP ahead of you know who.

Really hope we offload him in the summer. Waste of a shirt bar a few good games.

1-0 win, we'll go ahead within first 20 minutes then sit back and allow them to make us look awful but just about hang on for the win. Boring and negative probably but 3 points I feel.

Its mental this "luckily we only paid 6 million for him" business. Fucking thick as mince some people, clubs could make a fortune on installment deals if they bought players for high fees then sold them for a bit less 6 months later Missing a trick on that one.

I'm putting it on for sure, every season in the relegation run in the mackems always seem to have a game in hand or two that benefits them.

Hes shite.

Game in hand over Swansea, they'll stay up.

We won't beat these and Burton like, we'll drop at least 2 points.

Hayden back?

Jesus christ just been sent the link for the Adam Johnson appeal thread over on RTG, half of them sympathizing with him saying they miss him etc.... Couldn't make it up, that place is rotten.

A shaky 7. More of a 6.5, mainly because we have 2 home games in a row coming up against shit teams, we love to lose those.

As soon as Diame went to number 10 and Perez went off I knew we wouldn't score, every decent bit of play was going through Perez and Diame is just an abomination in no10, seemed to do alright deeper though. Wrong decisions, and not for the first time.

Rafa's got it wrong plenty too. He has, but that was what I meant by the first line.

Is that the benchmark now?

Well if the journalists were saying it....

Nobody a bit disappointed that we have Rafa Benitez as our manager and have spent a fair chunk on players and we're playing so badly and have lost so many games? We're still top and still on for promotion but I can't help but feel we should be more comfortable, some of the players have a lot to answer for mind.

We're making hard work of this, we won't finish on much past 90 points, just hope that's enough. Definitely think we'll end 2nd if we do get automatic.

Never want to see Diame play another game for this club, abysmal.

Playing horrendous football isn't as fun without the wins.

IF we do scrape promotion I can't see it being in 1st, form is far too patchy.

Don't think the team can handle the pressure of the run in tbh. Questionable tactics and weak mentality are what have cost us most this season IMHO.

Sounds like Shelvey has just been trying hollywood balls since hes come on.

God this is grim.