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It explains a lot about Wullie's posts if he is Ryder

Dover look a decent price tonight, a decent wedge on them.

That's exactly what I got when I first did it on 20th March, I took a picture of it to see how close it is to the end table.

Elano a one-season wonder like Michu.

People are forgetting that Norwich's run in is horrendous, after their next two it is highly likely that they'll get no more points. Best thing for us is two draws as it'll keep Palace in with a very outside chance of being dragged into it and give us the chance to gain points on both the mackems and Norwich.

That is the worst thing I think I have ever seen.

Absolutely this, said it all along.

Poor choice to hire a manager who allegedly turned a blind eye to the match fixing in Italy

Well the stars really are aligning for us aren't they The referee on Saturday? Robert Madley. If the name confuses you, I'll provide a few hints. http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article6701283.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Sunderland-vs-Newcastle.jpg He has had control of three NUFC games and has been absolutely diabolical in all of them. In fact, I'd go as far as saying he has been awful in every game he has referred in this division. Absolutely shocker of a ref, how on Earth he is still allowed to be in charge of these games is unreal. Below are three most recent news articles about him, I could go on and on and on as he makes mistakes in every single game he manages.

Not seen the renewal pack come out yet. They said sometime in Feb it was due out 'next week'. Are they waiting for our next win? Waiting for us to stay up?...

That would be very typical NUFC fashion.

I personally think he would stay, he's settled with his little one in Newcastle - there are no upcoming International tournaments that he desperately needs to play in. He's guaranteed a comfortable wage and is one of a few players who the fans actually like.

It'll be a fucking nightmare if we go down, so many games on TV - a disaster trying to plan travel to matches home and away, especially because I already have a 360 mile round trip to every home game. Just praying that something happens and we miraculously stay up.

People really dislike this lad for absolutely no reason, it's incredible. He's scored 3 goals in his last 1 and a half games and singlehandedly tried to keep us in this league, he has shown more effort and passion to a club he's been at for less than a year than some players who were born and bred at the club. He's 21 and coming into a much more competitive league than he has ever played in, he had a poor start and some bad misses but he's also tried to get into the positions despite being played up front on his own for most of the season with dogshit support and balls lumped up to him with two centre backs right on him. He is by far the worst player for anyone to have a pop at this season and apart from Elliot probably one of the very few who could come out with some credit. To compare him to Shola is absolutely laughable and shows a distinct lack of football knowledge.

Nope. After 31 games, Leicester were 3 points behind Hull with a game in hand. No idea what table I saw then, maybe it was a few weeks before.

Norwich's next two games will decide our fate, it's completely out of our hands. Two draws would be the best scenario for us, especially if we beat Swansea and get anything against Southampton. Norwich's games after these next two are: Arsenal (a), Man Utd (h), Watford (h), Everton (a) It's not inconceivable that they'll lose all of those four.

Made some mistakes on Saturday, but he made the substitutes to rectify them and nearly salvaged something. Entirely the fault of the players that the 3rd goal went in. I love him and hope that he stays, still think we've got a great chance. This time last season, Hull were 9 points ahead of Leicester - Leicester survived and Hull went down.

We looked by far most dangerous when he and Mitro played together, they looked like they could link up quite well too. They simply both must start next week, we have to start going for it rather than waiting until half time to do anything.

I didn't think he was that bad on Saturday, good assist for the goal and he at least tried to make something happen. Yes his quality wasn't great, but he still managed to pull us back into the game from nowhere. There were many more worse performances than his, at least he shows for the ball, tries to do something and doesn't hide for 90 minutes.

I don't think it'll be a thrashing, it'll be another cruel 1 goal defeat where we gain so much false hope that we may get something. A win here (I know, I know...) COULD be the catalyst for a turn-around, especially with Swansea at home next and the mackems and Norwich playing each other. Effectively, we could () go into the home game against Man City less than 3 points away from the two above us. In a season where Marc Albrighton gets a Premier League winners medal, strange things can happen and we could get a win here.

Completely this.

Tempted to grab a couple of tickets and go as a last minute decision. Any idea how many we've got left?

Darlow - Should have came for the free kick and caught it/clattered their player. Dived under the second and could have saved it. His kicking was absolutely awful all game. Made a few good saves but didn't know much about them as they were straight at him. Janmaat - Linked up well with Towsend in the second half, one absolutely shocker of an offside. Much better player going forward than he is defensively. Mbemba - His worst game in a Newcastle shirt, looked a bag of nerves next to Taylor. Taylor - Seemed to back off everything and everyone in typical fashion, never looked like blocking or tackling anyone. Anita - Absolutely terrible, but is a midfielder playing left back. Tiote - Absolutely terrible. Shelvey - Another poor performance but occasionally linked up well with other players. Should be playing higher up the pitch as his defensive work is no good. Wijnaldum - Another invisible display from a player who quite clearly does not give a s***. Sissoko - Clumsy and awkward in everything that he does, as he has been all season. But worryingly, still offers more than most of the others. Townsend - Much better in the second half than he was in the first. Great cross for Mitro's first, thought he was more effective than anyone else although lacked quality at times. Cisse - Poor, didn't offer anything as a lone striker. Looked lost. No idea how he contrived to miss the chance when he was 4 yards out with a tap in. Perez - Excellent when he came on, looks like he gives a s*** and plays nice football. Should have started ahead of Sissoko, Wijnaldum or Tiote. Mitrovic - Fantastic, played like a man desperate to save the club. Threw absolutely everything at Norwich and simply should have started. Absolutely no idea why he didn't start, there was confusion in the away end that he wasn't on the bench and was injured until he was spotted warming up? I think Rafa got it wrong yesterday to be honest. Lascelles should have played ahead of Taylor, he'd have been excellent in the air and not allowed their big lad up front to win every header and take the p*ss all game. Perez and Mitro both should have started, ahead of anyone else that played in our midfield/attack. We looked much more effective with Mitro and Cisse up front, should go with that for the rest of the season. However, we now have a class manager that can realise his mistakes and rectify them. The only thing I thought he should have done was take off Taylor for Lascelles as he was bullied all game. His substitutes all worked again, something we've not seen in a long time. Decisions will go for us and against us all season, it was handball for their goal but not a single one of our players claimed for it. In real time it is difficult to see, only when it is slowed down is it more evident. The only saving grace from yesterday is the fact that the mackems didnt win. The mackems and Norwich have to play each other and Norwich also play Palace, we simply have to win 4 or 5 of our last games to stay up. Games that were 'any points would be a bonus' (Southampton, Liverpool) are now turning into must wins. We have to win our game in hand imo to have any chance. 6 points is a long way off, 3 points isn't. We have the quality, we made the managerial replacement too late and Rafa experimenting to find his best 11 (which of course, he needs to) is not going to help us with so little time. The key weekend will be a week on Saturday, when we have Swansea at home and the mackems play Norwich, a draw between them two and a win for us claws us back into it, with our game in hand straight after. Norwich beating the mackems will probably see both of us down unless Palace don't win another game until the end of the season. We look dead, but shitter teams with shitter managers have been in this position before and stayed up. Going down could be a disastor, especially if the mackems follow us because the Championship would be littered with big clubs, promotion would be far from a certainty. I have hope that we can do it, albeit slight hope but we can't give up until it's mathmatically over. Apologies if there are any spelling errors in this, it's been written on my phone whilst laying in bed as I am away sulking.

Can we start winning games now?

Feel absolutely drained, cannot believe we didn't hold on to what would have been a vital point. Not felt this shit since we went down, will take a miracle to keep us up.