Dr Gloom

jesus wept.

admitting you like james blunt should result in an automatic ban tbh

honest article that paints fat fred in a pretty poor light. fair play to him. who would have turned down the money shepherd was foolish enough to offer? shame he didn't have the desire to do anything for us. hope he flops at ajax too

blatant wum except without any humour

newcastle 1 - west ham 2 big sam's honeymoon period officially over and at least one former mag on the score sheet.

you're having a bubble, surely?

how many appearance up front then? tbf though, that's not the best return even from midfield which is where it seems he's going to playing for us.

i wasn't convinced when we signed him and i'm still not. i'm worried that because sam splashed £6m on him, he's going to play every game, regardless of whethe he contributes ANYTHING to the side. he even seems to fancy him as vice captain which is worrying. he's started every game in midfield so far and hasn't contributed anything as far as i can tell. he's slow, reckless in the sliding tackle, sloppy in possesion, posseses no skill and is liable to pick up a yellow card every other game. i think he's a decent reserve centre forward with a below average strike rate but we already had one of them in shola who cost us nowt. i actually think he's worth a go up front occasionally but there were at least 3 better centre forwards at the club before he signed. he's poor in centre midfield and worse wide on the right. harsh or fair asessment?

shola was pretty awful last night but he wasn't as bad as smith, who contributed nothing. at least shola had one of our two shots all game.

i thought it was the worst personally. loved thee waterloo scene but fell off track a little after that. nothing much really happened in the end. i loved the first two so maybe built it up a little too much...

watched the weather man the other night. i thought it was a really funny and had a realy arthouse feeling about it for a hollywood picture. i'd definitely recommend it

you're absolutely right that the tube is by far the worst thing about london. when you first live in london it seems a rerequisite to live near a tube line but once you've been here a few years you learn to avoid it at all costs. i live in zone 2, commute to the City every day to work and only use the tube a couple of times.

spoken by someone who clearly doesn't live in london

he's not a bad reserve striker but he's been consistently poor for us in midfield and shouldn't play there again unless the squad is stretched. i'm more than a little concerend that sam seems to think he's a right winger. He shouldnt be played in the midfield, he should be played up front or on the bench. agree with that like. but it seems he's our vice captain now. i was scratching my head a bit last night when sam took off geremi instead of smith and then gave smith the armband...!

not exactly a game changing super sub was he? apart from martins, how bench last night was shockingly bad. pattison ffs?

he's not a bad reserve striker but he's been consistently poor for us in midfield and shouldn't play there again unless the squad is stretched. i'm more than a little concerend that sam seems to think he's a right winger.

i know he had little time to impress but i thought his first performance for us was reminiscent of his namesake amady. slow clumsy and a shocking first touch. does anyone know if he's been signed primarily as a defender or a midfielder?

aye. hee looked slow and clumsy last night. but that said, so did geremi, faye and smith.

dyer was never as shite as smith was on the right wing last night. smith's was one of the worst performances i've seen in a long time. just what did he contribute other than two late sliding tackles?

anyone concerned by our lack of a right winger? our only genuine right winger (milner), lacks pace and is 1st choice on the left under big sam. smith is NOT a right winger in a million years; geremi was but is also probably too slow to play there now. i think sam's biggest mistake was to sell both dyer and solano. our options wide right now are loomking pretty gash.

alan smith was the woprst player on the pitch. fuck knows why he wasn't taken off or why he was given the armband. surely martins has got to offer more of a threat down the right?

i'd drop him after last night's performance tbh. i know big sam likes a strapping six footer but he's blatantly not a right back.

....ps. how many long balls? pathetic

disgraceful performance. i had a feeling we might lose this but i didn't think it would be that embarrasing. no semblance of a performance whatsoever taylor is not a full back. we've got a new specialist right back on the bench in beye so why not play him? smith is not a midfielder, let alone a right winger and was absolutely awful again. geremi, butt and milner are all good players but that midfield 4 was one of the most workman-like and least creative i've seen us put out in years. two holdng midfielders and no pace on either of the flanks made for a total lack of attacking threat. owen and shola both toiled and both looked poor at times but they were feeding off scraps all night. i can't understand why given isn't starting either. early days i know but on first impressions, feye looked a bit of a donkey. he was slow, imobile and contributed little goingg forward. another signing i can't really udnerstand.