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It's times like this I'm genuinely embarassed by some sections of our support. Shame I'm banned from RTG for the time being.

Ah yes, and he is f***ing terrible Beginning to look a decent player. Had a canny game tonight from what I watched.

I highly doubt that he'll be on that much. He wouldn't be our highest paid player. Currently Sess on 45k I think

I was there. Can't do much more about anybody else.

I didn't say it worked but someone mentioned O'Neil doesn't know how to play any other way than 4-4-2 when we've played that formation once that I can recall all season - Boro in the cup

That'll be two up top, Pardew like thinking from MON, tbf to MON he does have proper wingers. But 4-4-2 like that isn't going to get you that high up in this league. MON simply doesn't know how else to play. We've played 4-2-3-1 all season and big parts of last night Sess was on the right or left in a 4-3-3? Like f*** you have. Johnson, Sessegnon and McClean behind Fletcher the majority of the time.

That'll be two up top, Pardew like thinking from MON, tbf to MON he does have proper wingers. But 4-4-2 like that isn't going to get you that high up in this league. MON simply doesn't know how else to play. We've played 4-2-3-1 all season and big parts of last night Sess was on the right or left in a 4-3-3?

Decent enough summary to be honest. The booing of Graham and our own team after a point against a good side was pathetic tonight.

I don't think many turned on Chopra, as someone has said Clark didn't exactly help himself and I think Bruce was more down to the fact that he was incompetent, results at the time were shocking and he couldn't bring himself to take any of the stick he got for it.

Don Hutchison did alright... Don't recall him saying anything outwardly derogatory about you though. Oh and rumours are its Grant Holt instead Grant Holt

Don Hutchison did alright...

I'll agree that the last week or so on RTG it has been more like a Newcastle forum

That's a way of looking at it that I hadn't considered

I agree that thread is an abomination. After N'Diaye who are the other three? Yes I did fall into the 'Poirot' trap. Perhaps I should have said French-based. But you knew what I meant and resorted to nit-picking.Surely you are not condoning the arrant racism of that thread because I got the numbers wrong. Akin to shouting racist abuse at a players mother, OK because it was only one players mother. Shame, you were shaping up as quite sensible and now you have to go back and start all over At what point did I condone racism? I said that the thread was an abomination and have never uttered a racial slur in my life. I was just confused as to which French players you were referring. I do apologise if I've offended you in some way. As for Bent's mother, if you want to tar all our fans with the same brush then go ahead. I don't find racism acceptable and said as much in my first few posts on here. Well I played a blinder there with that reply. I was referring to the thread on RTG and not to you. Reading it back it does not make that clear. So my apologies to you as it was not my intention to infer that you were making racist remakes. No bother. I quite like it here and wouldn't like to have to start from scratch again )

Absolutely this. No idea what he's on about tbh. What on earth did the racist abuse of a players mother have to do with me asking how many French players we had in our squad?

I agree that thread is an abomination. After N'Diaye who are the other three? Yes I did fall into the 'Poirot' trap. Perhaps I should have said French-based. But you knew what I meant and resorted to nit-picking.Surely you are not condoning the arrant racism of that thread because I got the numbers wrong. Akin to shouting racist abuse at a players mother, OK because it was only one players mother. Shame, you were shaping up as quite sensible and now you have to go back and start all over At what point did I condone racism? I said that the thread was an abomination and have never uttered a racial slur in my life. I was just confused as to which French players you were referring. I do apologise if I've offended you in some way. As for Bent's mother, if you want to tar all our fans with the same brush then go ahead. I don't find racism acceptable and said as much in my first few posts on here.

I agree that thread is an abomination. After N'Diaye who are the other three?

There were loads of positives today until the manager decided to change it. This is your problem. He has to go and he has to go now.

You'll stay up At the minute you're very bad. I've seen it a few times. The inability of a manager to defend a result. The utter lack of ambition on the pitch. The unwillingness of players to move for one another. That said there's too much shite in this division. QPR have too far to go. Southampton will go now after sacking Adkins imo. Which leaves yourselves, Reading, Wigan and Villa. I think you have more than those three... Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Cisse, Coloccini, Krul etc I know its a cliché but they're too good to go down...

I can see why he prefers Weimann and Benteke, but people go on about that freezing out, whilst forgetting Lambert actually made him captain at one point, and that he's been out with a couple of injuries, too. Bent not playing isn't our problem. Our major problem is a dreadfully lightweight midfield, which allows pressure to be put on the defence, which is also lightweight and inexperienced. If in this window we sign at least a tough central midfielder, a left back and maybe a CB too, we'll stay up. If we don't, we are done for. Any idea if the rumour you owe us more money if Bent plays another league game is true? It's nonsense. Honestly can't see why he isn't starting every game then. Goals win you games and he'll get about 20 a season if he plays regularly. Brummie has explained many times why he isn't starting and why he believes it's correct. Found a post earlier in this thread suggesting that Weimann and Benteke work better as a partnership and that Bent has been out injured a bit... fair enough. I'd wager if Bent was up top on his own he'd score more than those two as a partnership. Just something doesn't seem right to me.

I can see why he prefers Weimann and Benteke, but people go on about that freezing out, whilst forgetting Lambert actually made him captain at one point, and that he's been out with a couple of injuries, too. Bent not playing isn't our problem. Our major problem is a dreadfully lightweight midfield, which allows pressure to be put on the defence, which is also lightweight and inexperienced. If in this window we sign at least a tough central midfielder, a left back and maybe a CB too, we'll stay up. If we don't, we are done for. Any idea if the rumour you owe us more money if Bent plays another league game is true? It's nonsense. Honestly can't see why he isn't starting every game then. Goals win you games and he'll get about 20 a season if he plays regularly.

I can see why he prefers Weimann and Benteke, but people go on about that freezing out, whilst forgetting Lambert actually made him captain at one point, and that he's been out with a couple of injuries, too. Bent not playing isn't our problem. Our major problem is a dreadfully lightweight midfield, which allows pressure to be put on the defence, which is also lightweight and inexperienced. If in this window we sign at least a tough central midfielder, a left back and maybe a CB too, we'll stay up. If we don't, we are done for. Any idea if the rumour you owe us more money if Bent plays another league game is true?

Cat and Alfie? I like it

Seems to be a replacement for Bramble or Kilgallon. As for N'Diaye I've never heard of him but we've been crying out for a presence in midfield all season. Hopefully he is it.