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They were only just opening it section by section as it wasn't open about dinner time when I looked. I'm up in L7 in the corner bit where the away fans normally are. The club should've opened it a bit sooner but I think they've been waiting for a lot of the odd scattered single seats to go first which is penny pinching and putting groups of people off. Anyway, probably nit picking by me.

I've noticed a quite a few pisstakes and digs at Liverpool on here by quite a few which is fair enough as they have many irritating players/manager etc. They also have a disproportionate amount of ex-players sticking up for them in the media and have many Glory hunters who tagged along when they dominated football. What's that got to do with thread? Well it seems to me that apart from the aforementioned reasons, Newcastle United and our support have nothing at all to do with Liverpool so I wonder at the posters that bring them up fairly regularly but then have digs at a supposed Newcastle United supporter for having many (too many!) pops at Sunderland. Last time I looked Sunderland were the traditional rivals of NUFC and many of the supporters of both clubs (who aren't OOTers) come into contact with each other and would wind each other up. It seems more normal to me that if a supporter was going to be hung up about another club he'd choose that club to be his clubs rivals? I'll personally NEVER get wound up about any other game as I would the derby unless there was something important riding on it, i.e. a cup final/semi final etc. Maybe Essembee is a mackem plant. Or maybe he just loathes them and perhaps lives/works in enemy territory? Just saying.

The Mackems have just taken the lead 'against the run of play' at QPR.

You jammy bastard! Enjoy your break, I hope everything goes ok with the baby but before you learn how to surf you could maybe do with learning to say 'holiday' rather than 'vacation'. Please, no need for thanks.

I've said it before, It's Brian Blessed's Grandson. That's an audition pic for his college. He's in for the role of Zeus in their amateur production musical version of 'Jason and the Argonauts'. Good luck, Shaun!

Was it Bob Moncur or Joe Harvey who once said 'we're daft enough to win the bloody thing' when nobody fancied us? Think it was our Captain personally. I'd fucking LOVE to ram it down the necks of those describing us as England's third team in the Europa cup. (That's up one place since media darlings Liverpool failed to read the script). Good post by Stevie, by the way.

No wonder someone likes him if he's a bit of a fanny.

Well that's twice I've seen this kid and he doesn't seem out of his depth at all. I hope he keeps at it as I'm impressed so far.

Well done that man!

Marveaux reminds me of Christian Bassedas in as much as he has a decent touch but the game always passes him by.

You need to start wiping by sitting then finish off by standing. What's wrong with you freaks?

It's a fine line between playing with no striker, limiting them to very few chances and coming away with a good draw, (very good draw had it been a score draw), or going with no outlet up front, conceding then having to chase the game at home and being vulnerable to them on the counter with them looking for the priceless away goal. I'll give Pardew the benefit of the doubt with the service of the pitch and certain players joints maybe not being up to it but hold my hand up to thinking that team had no chance. We've a chance now in this tie as I'm hoping we'll have a more balanced line up next week at home. Also, we wont get away with playing Marveaux and Obertan in the same side again so this needs addressed for the next time. We all know Obertan and what he brings, his decision making is very poor and I question the man who thought he was worth £3M based on his Man U days. As far Marveaux, CT wants us to call a spade a spade, (II always say shovel as it happens), here we go, Marveaux has had enough minutes on the pitch for me to scratch my head at CT's admiration for him. The kid is LIGHTWEIGHT. Just doesn't get involved in a game enough and is a luxury, (if the very few passes he's made that have created goals can be called a luxury) that we can do without. One thing is sure, Simpson, Obertan and Marveaux playing in the side is something we'll struggle to get a result with against good opposition.

Little'un was on the PC yesterday and shouted out she was on google maps. I thought it must've been some app on a game where you could put a picture of yourself on or something but I had a look on street view and there she was kicking a ball on our drive!

Awful to hear about. I just wish these cowardly mongs had a minutes recognition of what they were about to do before they kill and get help. My heart goes out to her and her family.

Best chance of the game fell our way too, if only. Not forgetting the through ball Obertan didn't pull off when one of our players was through on goal.

Fucking Obertan, man.

Sorry, I'm expecting them to get at least one tonight. Didn't explain it well but I'm sure you must have realised that. Well done though.

If I never see Obertan again it'll be too soon. Not just on tonights evidence, obviously.

Away goals are so important. Anyone remember us scoring let alone winning whenever we've played without a striker? No away goal + one for them at SJP = us needing three. I just hope someone wellies it in from thirty yards or we're fucked imho.

Marveaux and Obertan are so lightweight.

Can we just talk about spurs like the rest of itv team?

I don't think we're going down now with the new recruits barring a catastrophe so let's take the league game at home to Stoke more seriously as it's what I dreamed of as a boy, beating Stoke to go to 13th in the table.......does it get any better?

It's only the top of my head that isn't hairy, Mon ami. (and my clean shaven face!)

Perch at centre half? M'biwa is going to have a smooth transition in the side then, eh? Obertan and Marveaux? Ben Arfa starting the game? Up front? Simpson in the side as well unfortunately. I'm really not looking forward to this, I think we're fucked here, like, unless I'm about to be pleasantly surprised.

Put SSN on at 3 o'clock to check up their top story for shits and giggles. Three games tonight involving British clubs in Europe and no other domestic games so naturally their top story is..........Rio not getting charged by UEFA! Next they talk about........Wayne Rooney not playing and whether he might get sold which they discuss with Shteve McClaren in the studio........they then have all the stats about Shreks goals per season and show him scoring some goals.............next they have some pics of the likes of Ince, Beckham, Stam and Van Nistlerooy and how Fergie sold them, (don't forget, this is just off the back of Rooney not starting the other day, in other words, there's no news to talk about other than three English clubs preparing for a European tie).........Next.........A sky reporter stands outside Old Trafford asking Man U fans whether they should keep Rooney? (has he been transferred?).........Next.........A reporter is in Hull chatting with Steve Bruce about how long Fergie will be at 'United' for? Finally after the Bruce chat they have a caption advertising Hull v Burnley on Sky on monday night. (I'm sure the Hull fans were desperate for the preview of their game to be 100% about Fergie and Man U!). Just before the break they had a quick show of John Terry walking through Prague and some Chelsea fans outside a bar. They then showed Colo falling down and said he'd be out for a few weeks just before the break came on.