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Perfection. say it again. Every little helps

Rafa... I can only apologise GTFI!!!

Give me a better option? Not watching, so don't know. It is just demoralising to think that in a must win game, when we're not finishing chances and now not creating chances, we bring Joselu on. Hope it works, but not filled with confidence.

Joselu, is appatently the solution...

Time to earn the big bucks Rafa. Plan B. Now.

Wish I had put my money where my mouth was preseason. They are so going down. After all the sneering over us playing the likes of Burton, League One... . f*** me. Enjoy making new football friends.

I’m feeling desperate and morose about this today. For people of a certain age that means it is time for The Smiths. Hope it gives someone somewhere some comfort.

3 points today and according to my my preseason ‘Crystal ball’ predictions, we’re on track for 38 points. Which is usually enough. Unspectacular, but all things considered I’d take that total now.

Really wanted to be there today, but can’t make it. Hoping for an atmosphere fizzing with encouragement. In the last couple of away matches I’ve been to, our support has been outstanding. At home though even if everyone is up for it/realises the importance from the off, they are going to need something exciting happening on the pitch to sustain the positivity. Howay lads, put in a performance on and off the pitch.

Thought he was a Newcastle fan?

Aye, can't see how we could win 3-0 tomorrow. Only thing I would say in our favour is I can't see Swansea sitting back which will suit us. If we play as well as we did against Stoke it’s likely, imo. I do think that unfortunately Swansea will be much better organised/harder to break down.

Proved me wrong too. I wanted Ritchie as captain, but this guy has really risen to the challenge: leader of men.

That isn't his its some Northumberland tourist chopper. That's some s*** tourism if it's gone to Pelton Fell More likely anthropologists

Beardsley is having another meeting today. That's probably it then. Trying to obviousthly errrr, get a picture of, obviousthly errrrr, Pedro, obviousthly errrr. Well now you’ve supplied most of his likely quote, they’ll just need an image.

Just what we need, style wise, in a no.10. Swap for Shelvey?? Hernandez? A number 10? Do you not think he is suited to that role?

Just what we need, style wise, in a no.10. Swap for Shelvey??

Even worst case scenario, I think Rafa is a man of principles and he’ll be here for the season at the very least. My only concern is that his ego might not be able to take the prospect of a relegation fully on his watch (I know he’s been hamstrung/is fighting with one arm tied behind his back). I think he’s bigger than that though.

Do these things not tend to drag on for yonks?

Fenton was a Mackam. Bit of a myth he was a Geordie. What make you think that? He’s from North Tyneside and on the fateful day he had a group of Newcastle supporting mates down staying at his place. Bet that made for an interesting post-match pint.

‘Lively’ bunch. With all that jigging around you’d think they’d be slimmer.

Well, I’m making a point that isn’t compatible with your conclusion, so it probably doesn’t have any worth to you. And saying that consistently being selected above a very good pool of English strikers at the time is just to do with one manager’s bias and isn’t ‘a measure’ of a player’s value (to the team) seems ‘daft’ to me. Venables and others picked him because regardless of current form they knew his potential value. Also, the season Cole was sold Shearer scored 34 league goals for the Champions. Cole scored 21 (12 for Manure). They had scored 31 and 34 league goals, respectively, the season before. Cole’s first full season at Old Trafford 95-96 produced 11 league goals for the champions (cunts); Shearer scored over 30 again for Blackburn who had fallen off the pace to a 7th place finish. If I turn your worthless comment into something more sensible, then I have some sympathy for your view; in that any particular ‘stat’ doesn’t prove or disprove a point. Thing is though around ‘the time Cole was sold’ Shearer was having the best period of his career; absolutely in his pomp. Whether it is international caps, goals scored, all round contribution, there is not much support, imo, for your conclusion about their relative value. Cole was just never as good a player, imo. Not trying to persuade you; you’ll believe what you believe, doesn’t mean others who disagree are either biased or daft.

Man City will pick up their third title this year. I know which I would prefer. Support City then?? Or Celtic ? If the alternative was Leicester then I’d snap your hand off.

Man City will pick up their third title this year. I know which I would prefer.

Around whatever Jaime Vardy is values at I guess. Nearer Kane than Vardy. Cole was a more well-rounded player with a much better goal scoring record. Cole was also 23 at the time, whereas Vardy's 30. Feel like Shearer = Kane, so Cole would be someone worth half a Shearer/Kane. No way, Cole was the hottest property in the league when we sold him. Just as valuable as Shearer. Not sure about that like. It's not as if he kept Shearer out of the England line-up; not even next in line. He was like, Shearer was still recovering from a major injury and don't use his lack of England senior appearances as an indicator of his worth at the time as back then younger players tended to gain their stripes in the under 21s before getting into the senior side. Nah. Cole had one England B appearance and relatively few senior appearances. For a direct comparison with a contemporary from the same nation, why not use (amongst other things) whether this 'equally valuable' player kept their equally valuable counterpart out of the Striker berth. I was a big fan of Cole (right until the 'fat Geordie bastard' singing about Keegan) but Shearer was twice the player (almost literally if by value you're only talking transfer fees).

Mbemba! forgot all about him (as a sellable asset).