Gene_Clark

much love x

the truth is out there

it's more the case that i can't make Saturday home games, so this one, Everton, Burnley & Stoke have been the only ones I've been able to get to; was on holiday for Man City & will be away for West Ham, so my last of the season

change the ground name back to the Sports Direct Arena

looking forward to this one; only my 4th NUFC game of the season

disappointed to miss out on Sat daytime tickets as wanted to see Pop Group, but looking forward to BSP & Wire tonight

you're an ignorant fool, aren't you?

Peter Bellamy Anne Briggs Shirley Collins The Copper Family Seamus Ennis Joe Heaney

didn't bother with Mascis the other week & away when B&S play City Hall got Wave Pictures tomorrow at the Cumberland, then JAMC in Leeds Tues 16th & Fairport at Sage night after (when JAMC play Academy) going to R6 Sunday for BSP & Wire only; possibly Saturday day for Pop Group then nowt until Lee "Scratch" Perry April 10 & Andy Irvine week after

or a trip to the African Cup of Nations.... why don't you engage with facts instead of just hysterical tittle tattle?

evidence?

Geordie Mafia OUT

i think we are where we will finish

we aren't struggling; we're mid-table

if we'd won today, yes to the end of the season is a probability

if that was Carver's audition, he failed it..... the pre match waffle about Sir Bobby watching over us was toe-curlingly embarrassing & the kind of guff Pardew would have been (rightly) savaged for. i've no complaints about the starting XI & lay the blame for the opener squarely on Alnwick, who is so nervous he couldn't take charge of an easy defensive situation by staying on his line & calling for a head back from Dummett, who gets to look stupid because of Alnwick's hesitancy. mind alnwick's attempt for the third was simply atrocious. Riviere was unlucky three times; the early header, the scuffed sidefoot & the last play of the half that was reminiscent of Ayoze's role in the 3rd; taking him off for Armstrong was a nonsense, as Armstrong's only touch of the ball seemed to be the inadvertent way he set up Sissoko (only realised this later as was in Milburn Paddock at Leazes). this was a dismal, wasted substitution. Again Pardew would have been slated for it. The correct change was Gouffran off for Cabella or, at a pinch, Armstrong. Most of the second half was played terribly on the backfoot with the midfield 3 (Gouffran was utterly anonymous & so I won't mention him) who were so impressive on sunday & in the first half, going all to hell. Cissoko saw nothing of the ball, Colback was harried whenever in possession & Tiote was an utter liability. As Armstrong could do nothing about holding the ball up, it kept coming back. Taylor's injury was unfortunate, but if Carver doesn't rate williamson, who not bring Dummett inside & Haidara on at left back? bringing Haidara on for Gouffran was another nonsensical change. A satisfactory first half, when we ought to have been 2 ahead at least & a deplorable second when we were at least 3 goals worse means that a point is a fair result against a spirited, limited, well-drilled side, but losing the lead 3 times against Burnley is unacceptable. Colo was poor for the 2nd goal - why was he at right back & not in the centre; he overplayed a couple of times as well..... so, the only positive i can take is Carver won't get the job full time, which i think he would have done until the end of the season if we'd hung on.

saw them in aug 91 (missed the Flowered Up support the year before) & they came on to a backing tape of Ginsberg's "Howl" - very atmospheric & all that.... shame they sounded like The Lurkers.......

he can't start with the same eleven as Cisse is suspended; simply bring in Riviere instead

if we want to go continental we can start calling him Juan Cava, or Gianni Prosecco

on Shopping now - it's Au Pairs meets Delta 5 - exactly my original era loves; it could be Rough Trade 79..... also enjoyed Wave Pictures & Fallen Leaves, who i presume you're keen on

potential banana skin with that moron Carver in charge i'll be in the Milburn Paddock at the Leazes; 2nd home game in a row & 2nd of the season

Howe definitely will; he left bournemouth once to go to Burnley, but came back again for "family reasons" after 15 months or so

and Karanka speaks better English than Pards!

ask their fans & they'll say this season has been a quantum leap - partly through his use of the loan market & partly through his tactics. fluid, flexible patterns of play, with options on bench to change style

is that Whelan's?