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Every time we get the ball we seem to be looking for the long ball or just kicking it anywhere. Thats one of the qualities of tiote, he always keeps it on the ground. Without enrique/tiote/carrol and nolan, we're missing our best 4 players and its showing. We're looking like a league 1 team. Does feel like he's not out there....

Tiote on the bench would make a big difference, but don't think he'll leave the match without picking up a yellow. Maybe move Barton into the middle for Smith and bring Ferguson on down the left. ...and Kadar on for Perch

Don't know what Besty got that card for?

Get Alan Smith off, he's too stupid to not get involved in muck and it will be a minor miracle if he last the game. 70+ minutes on a yellow, no thanks.

Don't know if it's been said, but Tiote on the bench means that he's not injured*. * - Or the team doctor couldn't understand what he was saying.

Good first time shot from Barton.

Nice, a good signing. Big combative midfielder who has pace, vision and attacking nous. Very raw still though.

Love that N'CASTLE 2 - 1 LIV'POOL is forever emblazoned on this classic bit of footage.

Oh, and the obviously critically important Qatar were just beaten 2-0 in the AFC Asian Cup..... by Football powerhouses Uzbekistan. The most annoying part? Relative to Qatar they actually are powerhouses.

Tell me about it. FIFA are a joke, Blatter is a fucking corrupt cunt. This makes me feel a little better though.

"Pretty good. Pret-ty pret-ty pret-ty good... "

As one of the token Aussies on this forum I should weigh in with my thoughts. I really don't like many of the Australian cricketers, most of all Ponting. So I enjoy seeing him squirm, and can gleefully imagine him cracking the shits at being surrepticiously dropped under the guise of his injury. All said and done it was an embarrassing series for the Australian team highlighting the big gulf between the two teams, and pointing to the need for a big restructuring of the Australian team. This will have been uncannily good for the popularity of Cricket in England no doubt. In Australia the prevailing trend would be one of losing interest. That's more down to the period of dominance Australia had a few years back with an equally unlikeable team (IMO) that it is to their inadequacies now. I'm much more interested in the Cricket when Australia are underdogs.

Curb... Breaking Bad, Dexter, Seinfeld, IT Crowd, Office (both), Community, True Blood, Survivor. ... I clearly don't get this thread AND watch too much telly.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Bollocks, I was fine until the 24th. Yeah but you're a champion.

Alcohol with red bull is a bad idea, but this article is a load of shit. Carroll shouldn't be doing anything that could foreseeably result in injury though having a few drinks with friends should be fine. With his record you could understand if the club put some measures and restrictions in place to limit the frequency of these sort of nights.

Maybe teams above us don't fancy giving us players after that win? Or maybe do we really want players from shit clubs who we've just flogged?

Does this mean that Birmingham are going to buy Bentley?

"The lads put Spanish Ace Xisco's favourite training drill to use." OR "Never before had Xisco had such a desire to play for Newcastle." Take your pick.

I think they're saying that's the two ways they could possibly win, ie. playing their won game and trying to win doing that, or alternately getting behind the ball and trying to win with a counter attack goal against the run of play. Don't think they would be thinking they've got a good chance to win.

Actually ran at full pace for us the other week. Means he's got nothing left in the tank, get rid.

Ahem what? I think he's wrong too. When your reserves can do the job at no risk to your key players, why risk them. It literally makes no rational sense. Maybe you can explain it to me? Explain the virtue of risking key players when we've got the derby approaching, then Tottenham and Arsenal visiting in the next 3 games? Surely this is a misallocation of valuable resources? I get where you're coming from, and I've been of the same opinion myself previously when there is a quicker turn around of games. We don't have a big squad granted, but there's some merit in keeping some consistency in our side. Noone with an inkling of an injury, or in yellow card trouble should be played, but they're professional footballers not flowers, they shouldn't be afraid to play. I don't mind if we give the young guys a chance as well, but I think we should try to keep a core of experience.

Ahem What are you on about?

Or © send a combination of reservists and hardened crack troops to ensure the natives don't get the better of your lesser experienced men by drawing them into their own warfare techniques in their own territory...

Would be nice, I'd have him over Bentley, but tbh no chance.