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Without Niall Quinn we'd probably be somewhere near league one. Your equivalent would be Newcastle sinking without a trace and Shearer managing to buy the club from Ashley and taking you back up. Appreciate you'll know more about it and be closer to it than I am, but isn't that comparison somewhat distorted and seen through rose tinted specs ? I know he was credited with brokering ownership deals, but didn't he also recruit and extend the contracts of Bruce and sanction some very dubious spending which may well have been the root cause of the s*** you're now in. Ellis Short certainly wanted rid of him. The Shearer comparison will probably find some sympathy around here but personally I wouldn't want him anywhere near us. Best centre forward in the world at the time but not much good at anything since. A real "legend" though. I agree he made some poor decisions while here you've cited one of them in extending Bruce's contract. However he always had the best interests of the club at heart. He appointed Keane, backed him, got us back and probably gave us one of the best seasons in my time as a ST holder. He gave us Drumaville and then found someone with a lot more cash when he could take us no further. He's also done a lot of good work in the community. The hospital wing paid for with the proceeds of his testimonial being a good example. I'll concede that he is a shit commentator like.

Without Niall Quinn we'd probably be somewhere near league one. Your equivalent would be Newcastle sinking without a trace and Shearer managing to buy the club from Ashley and taking you back up.

Ours is for Altidore

Aye because he would have absolutely no chance of seeing that overturned as it's a red card in the rule book. He thought it was more harsh as the Hull player got away with a tackle of similar nature late on and got off with it. The game is turning quite s*** when these are red cards and you can only see more and more being given. It was a silly tackle and he dived in needlessly, yellow would have sufficed for me. Had one our players done it, I’d be feeling hard done by too. The Dossena tackle on the other hand was horrid yet they both get the same length of ban. Aye that

Was debatable to be honest. Elmo made the most of it. Late like. Dossena's was fucking atrocious

Was debatable to be honest. Elmo made the most of it. Late like. Dossena's was fucking atrocious

I wouldn't dream of it. I tend to play in a few of these types of games every year and only just saw this. Any team needs a utility man (I'll literally play anywhere) then I'm available

Now top of the three leagues I have money on. Been a productive week. Just made two changes. Team is.. Lloris Shaw Coleman Ivanovic Ramsey Ozil Townsend Oscar Lukaku Rooney Sturridge May have to find a way to fit Suarez in

To be fair we won and even I can't stand this. 'Cabaye was in Colbacks pocket' Was he mate? Tell that to the 15 shots or so he had from distance and the fact he had an age to pick out Ben Arfa for the goal.

Can I play?

The majority of our fans I speak to don't want to see him play again. Aside from the fact he's s**** and probably our fourth best right back at present you can't laugh at the club who pays you a wage well above your ability when they lose. Especially when the reason you're in the stands in the first place is because you turned up to training still p*ssed. Got to say I'm with the majority on this. Can't argue with that. Do you think he'll get battered tomorrow off your fans? I hope he doesn't. People should know better than to boo our own players. However I know that a lot will make their feelings known if he plays. I can't see him being in the squad though. Nowhere near match fit and both Celustka and Gardner can play at right back in his absence.

The majority of our fans I speak to don't want to see him play again. Aside from the fact he's shite and probably our fourth best right back at present you can't laugh at the club who pays you a wage well above your ability when they lose. Especially when the reason you're in the stands in the first place is because you turned up to training still pissed. Got to say I'm with the majority on this.

At present it would be your side with Fletcher if he's fit.

Played against Ryan Noble once, ex Sunderland, now at Burnley. He killed us. My dad's told me a couple of stories of ex pro's he's played with. He had the same group of friends as Brian Marwood who only made it as a professional as he was a massive kiss-arse apparently and who used to take his ball home in a huff if he got beat at 'gatesy' He also tells a story of when John Oster ex Sunderland, Everton etc. turned up with one of his mates to make up the numbers of a weekly 7-a-side game. He reckons the same John Oster who looks about eight stone wet through and whom many of the lads playing would call worse than shite when he played for Sunderland was incredibly strong, very difficult to knock off the ball, very fast and scored about 8 of his teams goals that night.

Brendan Rodgers

Out of that lot I wouldn't mind if we only kept Celustka, Ki and Colback. Possibly Larsson and Dossena if he proves his worth.

Ordinarily people live and learn, but you, you just live. I'm not saying you're stupid, but I am thinking it. Some drink from the fountain of knowledge but it looks like you just gargled. (If he shows his face again after these put-downs he's a better man than me.) Still here. Realise it's a big ask though. Just waiting for someone to post the Mackem boom/bust cycle thing now.

He has a lot of work to do. True

Didn't think it would work when I first saw it however like you say it does free up Suarez and Sturridge to work in tandem and Coutinho in for Moses when fit is a cracking front three. Good selection of centre backs to make it work as you say as well. I also think it gives Gerrard a bit of freedom to dictate play. Not good enough for the title yet though. As mentioned previously Chelsea will get the necessary results under Mourinho

Gus Poyet will keep us up

I must say I'm looking forward to seeing if our lot can actually keep the ball on the deck. Should be amusing if nowt else. Particularly O'Shea

Aye. I'm sure it had nothing to do with our piss head players whingeing to the chief executive or owt.

I think while I was at Uni Sam Jacks showed one of our games but only because Newcastle were playing the days after

Won a re-arranged game v Fulham if I remember correctly

Actually attempted to build bridges with Di Canio apparently. Hence him being made captain the other week. Have been told by various quarters he is a massive p*ss artist like. Although I wouldn't care if he performed to his capacity every week. Do you rate him Hithere? Given the chance to rewind, would you buy him again? I do. The talent is there. He just needs to be in a side where he's not the only attacking outlet. An overlapping full back would improve his performance ten fold.