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Allardyce has set up a team, two weeks in a row, that has failed to register a shot on target. And we're the ones killing games, aye?

Happy new year everyone even you @Anorthernsoul

Not like an Aussie to celebrate any and all tiny victories.

Fucking OJ Simpson didn't get away with the murder as much as hippo heed does. Large parts of the media, especially the ex-pro pundits refuse to look at his team setups/stats but will haul others over the coal including our own manager of course.

Aye, playing against us last year in front of 52,000 spectators with Rafa Benitez in the dug out was pretty much standard I'd imagine for most championship clubs or playing Villa for the first time in years no big deal at really. However, the chance to run out at a more than half empty Stadium of light, crisp packets swirling about, pink seats aplenty, the ex-manager of Preston in charge, (incredibly, not taking the piss, his name escapes me already) would've been a real highlight of the decade for these small clubs of the championship like Leeds Utd, Sheffield Wednesday, Villa and Wolves etc. I can see the mackems logic to be fair.

Another good away performance where our first goal should have really been our third. What Clark was even attempting for his miss, I've no idea but, other than the last 10 minutes, I thought we were in full control. Stoke, to me, looked like us during the dying embers of Pardew/Carver; rudderless, leaderless with a severe lack of graft. Why Allen and Adam were giving Shelvey 5-10 yards space to pick a pass out every time is a total mystery but that's the kind of shit that the likes of Wigan and Rotherham knew better to do last season ffs. They were always going to come at us in the last 10 minutes with the score being tight but if we had put Merino on instead of Hayden, I think he either scores or picks the right pass during one of those two counter attacks at the end. Still, a good performance and well deserved. Also, what else do we need to get a penalty? Zouma practically curb stomped Gayle and nothing was given. And I should hope that the ref checks his arrogance next time when he's standing telling our lads "No chance. No way" when he sees the replay back and realises he's made a right fucking pig's arse of it. He won't though. He'll be well protected by the FA and he'll continue to make embarrassing decisions like the rest of his pals who, to a man, are as blind as a goat's arse. That's before mentioning Joe Allen making two bookable offences in the space of about 90 seconds but still playing the full 90. Refereeing decisions against us are basically systematic racism; nobody is really intending to do it, it's just been in place for years and will probably never change.

It’s not like a Mackem to flip flop… oh, hang on.

Never mind, got banned. All I said was that Short needs to auction off his ftm badges for transfer funds

Should have sold about an hour after his tweet then bought it back tomorrow

Baffling starting lineup today results in a good performance. We know fuck all. You only have to look at Stoke, one of the worst sides in the League, and realise they've got a better side than Newcastle to see what Rafa is up against.

7 points from 4 games and one was vs Man City. Not sure what all the pant shitting was about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time Exciting stuff.

Are you saying darrenowens1985 might not be 48 today?

True he's no kid rock.