Howmanheyman

I was in two minds to go in but had expected the main roads to be gritted so was a bit miffed when I realised they weren't and I was already in the car. There was a notice at work the other day about adverse weather and tips like 'leave earlier', 'de-ice your car' and other such amazing pearls of wisdom. My place are safety fanatics when it suits them but they never say stuff like, 'if it looks unsafe, stay at home'. Fuck that shit. It's like the their sick pay arrangements/criteria. Due to the nature of the job you have to stay away if you've been sick/had the shits for at least 48 hours afterwards. Go in and they find out you're in danger of the sack. Stay off as you're supposed to and if it happens three times in a rolling twelve month period and it's a slap on the wrist and you're off the sick pay scheme for six months. A load of workplaces will be all caring touchy/feely untill you actually don't go in.

Some real pygmies in politics today and somehow top posts are almost fucking mandatory for them it seems.

6 o'clock this morning and not a fucking road gritted anywhere including the coast road although I did see gritters heading in the opposite direction. (Mustn't fancy paying them nightshift allowance). 15mph all the way in our automatic with some daft cunt up my arse for about a mile near Heaton. Wasn't you, was it?

Monkey face? Now you say it, he does look a bit like a cartoon character from the 'mysterious cabal of Tyneside businessman', sorry, 'the mysterious cities of gold'.

Had relatives lived out in the countryside at Lisburn. One was in a car overturned by a roadside bomb.

Paul Ferris, once our physio, before that a kid trying to get into our 1st team has a book out ATM. It's been a fantastic read so far, very moving, insightful and a real window into the 'troubles' as Paul was a young Catholic boy living in Lisburn. Thoroughly recommended. It's called 'The boy on the shed'. Get on it.

This is like being at a virtual jamming session with Hank Marvin and George Formby. Carry on lads....

Agree to a point. Still should've scored but Atsu made it harder than it should've been. He's been a bit iffy this last couple of months IMO.

The chronicle love repeating what pundits say, like. Merson, Lawrenson, Carragher, Neville and Lampard today as well as Charlie Nicholas. Who needs iplayers and a TV license when Lee and the boys have our backs keeping us posted on football's think tank experts? I for one am grateful.

I like how he refused to score for Nigel Pearson and Sam Allardyce in 2007.

There's a thread on there where someone says West Brom are fucked, another joins in saying they were fucked when they got Pardew all lol's etc, Pulis would've kept them up. A couple of posts later someone remembers Pardew got us to 5th and says we were unlucky to lose to Benfica in the 1/4 finals, (he wouldn't have said that at the time), we soon went to shit under Carver and McClaren after he left and Rafa would never be as good as Pards. From zero to hero with the all new improved 'FTM' effect. Available from all good stores in sunny Wearside.

It's definitely do-able and they've got to have a mini run sometime. But they're in the shit, no doubt. Barnsley and Hull play each other as their games in hand so one of them will surely pull away or both get a point. Not looking good for them but I'll just hold off full scale gloating till they're down/we're ok.

I honestly don't know why you continually entertain him, CT.

What are you trying to say, Gem?

Trouble is we could be back in the bottom three after our next game. Unbelievable after seventy odd minutes today. And it certainly isn't the first time this year, either.

I thought the 'beast from the east' was CT's latest kodi build by some kid from Istanbul.

Is that Spanish for 'yo!'?

Anfield. Twenty odd years since we've won there. Nowt to worry about, then.

A point is a lot better for us than them in the grand scheme of things but it doesn't really feel like that right now.

We should be a bare minimum of 6 points better off just on the last ten or so games alone.

Too many jigsaw players going to pieces in the box. Really poor finishing is costing us. I'm getting fucking sick of turning three points into one tbh.

Criminal the points we've tossed off when we should've won comfortably.

Fucking typical. Only got ourselves to blame. Couldn't finish our breakfasts.

Unbelievable missed opportunity missed.