SteV

Except Rafa....

So our ko times against Brighton since they moved stadium have been: Sat 5:15pm Sat 12:30pm Tues 7:45pm Sun 4:00pm Sat 5:30pm Good job it's not far...

Every time the official account tweets about the ref for an upcoming game, you immediately see a load of responses along the lines of "that's us playing against 12", "pen for them and red card for us", "another sh*te ref". Completely regardless of who the ref actually is.

Fulham play Friday as well. Anything could happen with West Ham, so that's an 'interesting' one as well.

Nee way he's passed his DBS mind...

Just when they work and it effects the game i.e this one won a penalty.

Must agree, they are horrendous to rely on mind, them and Leicester I think that most people would have the same opinion, me included, yet I suspect the facts probably don't back that up. After all, they have a poor record against the other 'big' teams, so they must be beating someone...

I think the headline was sort of intended to mean"give him a break", as in 'lay off the criticism of him', but it hasn't really come across like that.

Losing the play-off final at Wembo on pens after a 1-1 draw.

Sterry is at Crewe on loan now mate. And, in all honesty, that's about his level.

Mint. Diving head tackles and everything.

Yet not to the extent Man City’s was....

To be fair it would be good business. It would just be maintaining status quo. Meaning we'd be in exactly the same position come the end of next season.

Yes, so we can't loan anyone from Chelsea (unless we sacked Kenedy off).

He must be going to sign another year's extension to his current contract with them, like he did before this season. Crazy way to be on.

Salomon Robson ffs Another loan extension? Let down if so. He's only got 1 year left on his contract after this season, so presumably he'd have to sign an extension (again) if that were the case?

Hopefully a positive sign regarding Rafa, if he's persuaded them to do this.

Possibly when we beat Liverpool at home under McClaren? If memory serves we'd lost 1-5 at Palace the game before and they'd absolutely battered Southampton(?) in the cup midweek. A quick look back at the pre-match thread suggests expectations weren't very high :lol: https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=97375.0

I reckon Fulham will stay up At the expense of? (And assuming Huddersfield and Cardiff are the bottom two)

Would another manager in our history have got this set of players to beat the set of players Man City had out tonight?

Because it's a (very effective) tool to get people to renew...

Yes.

I remember there being conflicting stories - brothers, cousins, uncle-nephew. What was the truth? BTW Siem De Jong scored again for the mighty Sydney FC on the weekend. When he's fit, he dominates (unsurprisingly). Actually got injured in the process of so though...

Thought you weren't allowed to loan more than one player from the same team? Or does that just apply to the PL? Suppose we've had two kids on loan at League One/Two teams before haven't we?

Aren't they struggling with FFP? In terms of creating resources to bring new players in? Haven't heard that, if that's the case then surely they'd be wanting to sell? Yeah, maybe. Although £4m is a canny loan fee, for half a season, if he's not in the team at present and they're after some quick cash, without actually getting rid of him.