Shays Given Tim Flowers

He probably would be the first manager to bring on Obertan to change a game though.

City shouldn't really be a big game, you get the same amount of points for beating villa as you do city.

A high tempo team has to work hard by definition. Pardew's side frequently slows the pace of a game down.

He should not be on the pitch for us at all. Lunacy.

There was an overlap on the first so Janmaat held his position. That said as soon as Silva made his run he should have picked him up because he was a far more tangible threat than whoever was out wide for City. He just switched off. Looks alright all in all.

Yeah, he'd actually be a good player off the bench. Perez Ben Arfa and Gouffran would probably be a good 70 minute mark front 3.

Supporting runners from midfield has hardly been a recurring theme of the past few seasons.

Will become something of a pariah in due course. Holding the ball up for no one.

Norwich fans must be gutted.

Ba looked sluggish when he first arrived but he had a decent goal scoring record and looked very competent at West Ham.

We looked pretty brute strength and ignorance today. A lot of running around which people seem to mistake for a good performance. Doesn't help with Sky saying how well we did of course. City were very poor for City today and the result was pretty comfortable for them. Typical 'big game' performance from a small team. Not where I think the club is but seemingly the pervading attitude of the coaching staff. If today's industry dries up we will soon look like a thoroughly ordinary team.

Free centre of goal 6 yards out. Either timed his jump badly or just didnt do much to direct it but Hart was gone so anything on target was in Looked like a terrible miss at the time.

He's completely the wrong man to be in charge of this group of players.

Was it Dummet who should have scored a header?

Fucks sake. Criticisms of Colo are perfectly justified without shoe horning them into everything. Some of the blanket approaches to players are just as tiresome as 'fret' and 'the king'.

Love how the players are seemingly forbidden from taking a quick set piece. Suppose it makes sense to let teams get organised. Honestly, this fucking man is terrible at his job.

Well you did want cheese in your sandwich. Yes, though funnily enough brie is not a cheese that I would eat on its own – it just goes well with turkey and cranberry. If I’m eating cheese on its own with a cracker it has to be really strong. I can handle a strong cheese. Stilton, things like that. If you’re buying mature cheese, than Canadian is probably the strongest one. Canadian extra mature, or Stilton, or anything that really stinks. That’s only really happened in the last five years. Before that I preferred a milder cheese. I respect his cheese game tbh.

What’s your favourite sandwich filling? Um, turkey, brie and cranberry. Wow, unusual choice. Yeah, well it was an unusual question. Who would win a fight between a lion and a tiger? A lion. Why? Well, it’s the king of the jungle.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE. Should just give Neil a thread in the football section.

I think he knows he may get lynched this season up here. It's an easy option to go there probably more money too.

So please please please, let me, let me, let me, get what I want, this time.

Dave wants everybody's name, social security number and address.

The only reason not to say is because it's you.

Wullie is a false flag. Santoon knew too much. Bimpy didn't type his deletion request.

Can we have a 'blacklist' in the OP. The Newcastle-Online Un-Newcastle Committee should also be established.