Happy Face

ALL Contracts are offered to protect investment in a player, otherwise Bosmans would be the norm. Two of our best players signing new contracts is only a positive, we've secured their places in our team, and if offers do come in they'll have to be better than before contracts were signed. The fact we're being told all the Carroll money has now been spent on these contracts is clearly bollocks though. Krul's still on less than Smith, and Colo's salary doesn't seem to have changed markedly (if the reported amounts are right).

Leazes doesn't allow events to take him "off message". You have to respect that single minded devotion to wrong headed beligerence and faith (or the opposite of faith, what's that? cynicism?) in the owner. On a long enough timeline he'll always be right.

Hart is on £90k. I reckon De Gea will be on similar. £60k a week is cheap for a keeper of Kruls quality.

£58k pw for Krul seems a bit on the high side. We won't be paying it long

I can only see the front few rows of away fans. Were there many Sports direct bags cos I saw a couple. I was embarrassed for the ginger scroans holding them too.

Not sure what's so funny about that post? Seems pretty close to the truth and why, so far, he can't tie down a starting place. You'd prefer Larsson?

So Colo on £77k a week and Krul on £58k. Doesn't seem to fit into our alleged "wage structure"

Thoughts on your view of the game and on the article itself.... I thought Ba's pelanty was more poor than Mignolet's save was quality. I don't think we were particularly lucky to still be in the game after the first half, we were poor, but apart from the pen I think Krul made one save from long range and that was it. Later on he made a magnificent double save too, but then we'd had the good chances you do include. If you do believe Sunderland had the better opportunities to have a wider lead, I would have included details of those chances, rather than ours, as the facts described don't reflect the opinion. This is a similar to (though not as extreme as) the ALS report who give Mignolet man of the match while also saying they were robbed. The way it's worded suggests to me as a reader that the melee involving Simpson was related to the Cattermole foul too, which I don't think was intended, think that paragraph could do with being reconstructed.

Back on topic, has anyone got any video of the brilliant bit of jiggery pokery where Ben Arfa left em for dead just inside the box? I may have built it up in my head, but I'm pretty sure he went into the matrix, activated bullet time and kicked the ball with both feet at the same time

Champion, the dirty bastard.

Shola won the pen from a cross from the right. Shola scored his goal from a cross from the left. Cisse's goal against wolves came from a cross from the right. Gutierez scored against Wolves himself cutting in from the left. Guthrie crossed from the left for Ba's against Villa. Guti crossed for Cisse's thunderbolt against Villa, It seems to me that everything that does come off is from the wings.

From the above match report..... Lee Cattermole got himself sent off after the final whistle for swearing at the ref and will now miss our next five games. Don't get that

There was one arrest for entering the playing area like

If he was excellent he would be whipping great balls in for the Dembas to attack. He doesnt. He does the same every game. He receives the ball and then either delivers a weak as piss cut out cross or holds it out on the wing until a few defenders arrive and relieve him of possession. He may be a decent "outlet" in one or two games when we are under the cosh but 90% of the time his job should be to creat chances for the attackers. He simply cant do this with any consistency. His display was same old same old. Passing accuracy best of anyone who played the 90. 92% Ben Arfa 89% Guti 88% Shola 87% Colo 86% Cabaye More touches than any attacking player other than Cabaye... 101 Tiote 91 RTaylor 82 Cabaye 61 Guti 56 Williamson More crosses than anyone other than the corner taker 24 RTaylor (19 corners) 10 Guti 5 Tiote 5 Cabaye 2 Ben Arfa He was dispossessed 3 times in the game. http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/506794/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2011-2012-Newcastle-Sunderland It's always been a problem that his crosses into the box aren't the best, that's not changed in 4 years. Not one of those 10 crosses are what the OPTA folk deem "accurate". But he's put a hell of a shift in yesterday, so still criticising him for that weak side of his game irrespective of overall performance is harsh.

A love Supreme... "Shola Ameobi scored an undeserved last minute equaliser to salvage a point for the Mags at the Sports Direct Arena on Sunday afternoon." ALS Man of the Match: Simon Mignolet http://www.themag.co...ans-had-to-say/ Undeserved? When your keeper was man of the match? Thick as pigshit.

Not sure what that's for, have I been unfair on him before? Yes, though only slightly. And your intentions were probably fair. Bullying is not acceptable and terrible for the victims, and it was nice of you to boldly stick up for the wobbly-headed shit footballer that is Obertan, in the midst of widespread vitriol spewed in his direction. I'd do the same for and disabled individual getting abused . I only stood up for Obertan because it's a disgrace that any Newcastle player gets stick off Newcastle fans inside the stadium. Ben Arfa has never had that problem.

Not sure what that's for, have I been unfair on him before?

I was well impressed with him today. Never thought a derby was for him, but he did brilliant.

A muted pre-match scene setter from CT this week, short in detail of breakfast, drinking establishments, the wifes opinion and Shane cheerleading. Says it all about the derby. It goes beyond sausage and black pudding, even for CT. Let's twat the annoying little fuckers.

Arsenal up 15% too

Done an NUFC officials one too..... https://twitter.com/#!/MikeAshleyLies/nufc

Sorry to those that were following this. I seem to have screwed it up at some point. New one created here.... https://twitter.com/#!/MikeAshleyLies/toontastic

Would you get Sports Direct tattooed on your forehead for a £100,000? The two are unrelated either way, SD don't pay for any of this.

Everything about the stadium is incidental to the main draw, which is Sports Direct branding. Next there'll be a little logo put on Sir Bobby's bust.