Gene_Clark

I see what you're saying about Saturday being a "free" game, as the pressure has been lessened by the recent 6 points. However, surely we travel in better spirits than before Villa, which I see has now been subject to a Stalinist rewrite of being a "lucky" win. I'd like to make the point that goalkeeping of the standard Krul produced that night is as far from luck as you can get. However, much as I hold Fritzl Tree in utter & abject contempt, I think he has, like the broken clock, managed to get it right once in a while. Saturday could define our season; a bad result & scores elsewhere going against us mean we are only 3 points above danger. At that point, I'd imagine the Europa League is immediately downgraded to the level of the FA Cup & we start from scratch to gain league points. An unlikely win, good fortune elsewhere resulting in a 9 point gap & we start to look forward to the rest of the season. A draw, which my instinct is going for (Without any deep reasoning) & Pardew has to make some tough decisions.

MBV on order.....

I'm sure that the company of Bryan Robson, Paul McGrath & Norman Whiteside would have kept him clean & sober....

Why would I want to PM you? I suppose I could explain how apostrophes should be used for both omission ("Let's" not "Lets") and possession ("death's" not "deaths"), but other than that I'm at a loss what you want me to send you a message about.

but you weren't very successful; agreed?

second homophobic comment from you in a few days; gays bring out your aggressive side do they? better than knocking women about though; agreed?

"Garrincha; the triumph & tragedy of Brazil's forgotten footballing hero" by Ruy Castro

and he tried to chat up this woman who used to be on Skunkers, who's now married to the People football writer Dave Kidd

quite probably - you seem the quality of talent available round Dunston? as regards sexuality, i always thought Gascoigne was actually an unacknowledged gay man - presumably because he had no male role model in his life, he sought companionship & protection from strong male figures & made terrible decisions regarding women. seriously, with all his money (gone i know), why did he only ever have 1 serious relationship (destructive as it was) with a woman?

Ferguson - if we play him as part of a three with Gouffarn & Gouffren to get balls in the box & drop Debuchy who is shit

I've just read a biography of Garrincha & his tale is very similar to Gascoigne's (though at least Garrincha achieved what he was capable of in the game); dysfunctional family, no education, precocious talent, early fame, inability to manage money, bad friends & worse advisers, terrible problems with personal life (violence, self-pity & tears). Garrincha died of the drink aged 46 or so

cheers; clearly i'm no longer on ignore.

Tragic; he's like J69 in so many ways

Viv Albertine at Morden Tower, March 8th

i watched it on Wednesday!! we won then (well, Tuesday)

You putting it out there Fritzl?

Seems like I made a bad decision giving the bairn the ticket today; mind Percy Main won 3-0 so that was good as well.

Better than Shane Ferguson

"The Way Boys Are" by Best Coast is one of my favourite songs.

RIP Francisco Jimenez Tejada, the finest Newcastle United player since Paul Moran and third best of all time behind Pat Heard.

12th june 1980; The Clash played the Mayfair on the same night Rush played the City Hall. The punks kicked seven shades out of the hippies all over town that night, which was the day before my Maths O level. I saw The Clash, had 3 pints of Export & got a C in sums the next day.

i saw them in nov 11 after release of début album & they were a lovely C86 wave of nostalgia; would go along this time but i work late on wednesdays

major jealousy

Uni was "Do You Like Rock Music?" tour in 08. Last tour was at Tyne Theatre in Feb 11. Church was Oct 06

assault & battery