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That's the side I'd have gone for

I agree with a lot of that HTT, good post. I also put the flag movement down to Rafa's presence, who has inspired us to feel like we have something to get behind again; and the displays are a great reflection of that on match days, even if recent results have been disappointing.

Kiko Casilla I'm a little more cautious about personally. I wouldn't be blinded by the fact he's at Real Madrid. On a free however, he would probably be worth a shot, at least he fulfils Rafa's experienced keeper criteria.

Gameiro is exactly what we need imo. Probably about as close to a safe bet as we will be able to get. Comfortably better than what we have upfront at present.

I see, that's a shame - it was a wonderful through ball.

He got a great assist against Liverpool, whether he started the game or not is kind of irrelevant tbh.

I was actually more saddened to see fans had treat Diame the way they did than to see us lose tonight tbh. I really can't understand those willing to treat one of our own players with such disrespect, a player still part of the squad they're supposed to be supporting. I too don't want Diame to play for Newcastle, but to make it vocal in such a way is embarrassing to say the least for those involved and lacks any sort form of common decency. A shame.

Feel a bit sorry for him tbh. He was booked initially on reputation alone. The thing is, if he doesn't make those tackles, particularly the last one, he is moaned at by fans for not putting effort in and being unwilling to get stuck in. But when he makes the challenge, referees are so much more likely to punish him even if, as seen tonight, the tackle is unworthy of the punishment. Kind of a weird limbo for him. Sadly for Shelvey another suspension only strengthens that perception in referees and it's likely to play a part again in the future. Regardless, one of the first names on the team sheet for me. One of few players currently with real, genuine quality in our squad. Sure, he's been sent off again, but trying to win the ball back to hopefully give us one last chance to win the game? I can certainly forgive him for that.

Creases me up every time the bloke in the blue baby grower joins in on these videos.

Imagine it man. STAAAVELEY - STAVELEY -STAAAAAAAVELEY we can't face this league alone, STAAAVELEY - STAVELEY...

dunno why but it was that bit that got me.

Love the Chancellor Seems a proper canny guy.

Saw him at the Monument an hour earlier. Thought he said takeaway, that's why I pointed him in the direction of the Haymarket. Massively downhill from that point onwards, unfortunately. He went asking for spicy food and ended up with a bag of spice, those language barriers, man. Killer.

Shocking that like. Really disappointing.

Rafa's been on the p*ss all day by the looks of him. He has aye, saw him spiced out at Haymarket this morning mumbling something about a takeover. Weirdo.

Bender and a half, that.

Looks more like Susan Boyle to me like.

I'm going for 6-2 to Newcastle after Duncan Ferguson puts the visitors in front.

He has what would eventually be known as goal-line technology bang on there like, fair play to Mr Greenwood.

Perfect

Drink your own p*ss? Drink everyone's p*ss from the forum? And stream it on Twitch. No pun intended. If there's no announcement at 3pm tomorrow your username should be decided by poll. I'm going for "3pm Press Conference".

Have yourself a shot of bleach :lol:

Saying what? She said, and I quote: "Everything was going so well until I returned from the loo to find Mr Ashley - cheeks bloated - had ate the rest of my Peshwari Naan. I know it was only a £9 meal, but it's the principle, and I therefore do not wish to do any business with this man." A real shame.

Dunno about IQ but it suggests the person's opinion is entirely based in form and physical evidence. IE. a player is playing bad and therefore must be bad. Which is obviously not the case when you take into account non-physical evidence like confidence & team mentality. It's smarter to not have your opinion change 'with the wind' and instead use a broader scope to base your perspective in. Pretty disingenuous really. It is very often the case that certain players can not make the transition from other leagues to the PL. I agree calling total garbage or whatever is OTT but there is legitimate concerns with him imo It's also very often the case that people are too quick to make the call on whether someone can make the transition or not. To do so after 10 games definitely is one of those cases, regardless of how bad you have perceived the player to be. There'll be hundreds, even thousands of cases where top players have looked poor for spells of ten games or more. I'm not saying people shouldn't have their opinions on how someone is playing at present, but to use that evidence to form any form of conclusive judgement is nearly always going to result in changing their mind further down the line. Imo, lots of people do this for the small victory of "see I knew it!". That doesn't seem like the greatest way to support a team or a player, we should be rooting for our lot until the evidence is overwhelming in favour of not good enough, Jack Colback for instance. Nah I get what you're saying, we just have to strike a balance. Personally I think he's been awful recently and there's a chance that his attributes will not make him a success in the PL. Hope I'm wrong Same here, I've seen a mixture of quality & clumsiness from him so far. I'm still positive that the latter will leave his game once he's settled to use the cliche phrase, and the quality - that is definitely there - will come to the forefront.

West Ham and Palace both have fewer points than us. Point being, they can both raise their game and I'm not sure we can. What evidence are you basing that on, out of curiosity?