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True, I probably was being a little harsh. Though I was personally disgusted with his efforts or lack thereof in the last match.

Butt is shite and does nothing except slow down the movement of the ball infinitely, make shit passes, and make even worse tackles. Even worse than that he can't be arsed to run and defend as evidenced last week. He's a disgarce and I hope I never see him play again. That said I'm sure he'll yet again be in the starting 11 again for Monday's match.

Looks crap on Owen and Nolan, looks great on Jonas. I love the front (except for the adidas stripes on the shoulders) the back however looks odd without the numbers, but should look decent with a name and number on there.

Barton coming back is good, but you have to question what his fitness will be.

He was way too casual tracking back. Just let Bent jog passed him to tap in the goal. He might have been running flat out, difficult to say Sad but true.

I really hope that Shearer had something to say to Nicky Butt as a result of their first goal.

Viduka blowing out of his arse is better than Shola who is just plain arse, and dare I say Carroll who at this stage of the season should work well as an impact player. If it was my choice I would run with this: Harper Beye Bassong Taylor Enrique Jonas Guthrie Duff Owen Viduka Martins Subs: Forster, Smith, Carroll, Edgar, R. Taylor, Geremi, Nolan

Welcome to the forums. Come for a gloat, stay for an age... the admin will roll out the red carpet for you.

Sure are. Owen is a smart player, he's not suited to taking shots from distance and has always been one to place a ball rather than belt it. The problem with him as we all know is that he doesn't create chances for himself, he needs someone to send him through, or put the cross in for him. We don't have the players to do that.

It also tells you that Owen rarely shoots from any sort of distance. So when he is taking a shot it's usually close in so therefore more like;y to be on target and to yield a goal as the result.

Quite obviously the admins want him on here because he stirs emotions and keeps the posts ticking over. It's a bit of a shambles though when actual Newcastle supporters are being talked about with disdain by the admin because they're rightfully upset about a wanker with no reason to post here other than to wind people up effectively being given the keys to the city in order to do so.

15 games and 3 assists for Geremi. 27 games and 1 assist for Butt. 20 games 2 goals and 2 assists for Guthrie. 24 games 3 goals 1 assist for Duff. 25 games 3 assists for Jonas. ...Quite frankly they're all shit, however on that alone it's impossible to see how or why Nicky Butt is one of the first names on our team sheet. He offers nothing in defense as evidenced yesterday when he blatantly did nothing when Darren bent trotted past him into open space to score their goal. He disgusts me. Geremi can get some pace and movement on the ball. Even if he has virtually no running in him (though I do remember him majestically running by someone on the wing earlier in the season - tbh the other guy must have lost a leg).

Hopefully Enrique is back for Portsmouth. Then there is no reason for not playing a back four. Butt should be shot yet I'd put money down that he will start the next match.

Owen playing for us at the moment is like employing a tyre fitter to work on trains.

THIS. We've won 6 matches from 33. Somehow we're supposed to believe that we're now going to go on to win three out of 5?

If I was the manager I would have taken Nicky Butt straight off when he didn't follow Bent's run. 20 minutes in... obviously doesn't give a fuck. Send the past it waste of space to the showers. He's the common ingredient in our woeful central midfield and has been for far too long. How we let someone who we loaned out to Birmingham because he was quite frankly crap become one of the first names on our team sheet is beyond me. Guthrie on for Butt. Ryan Taylor to left back, Steven Taylor to right back (at least they'll both then be somewhat familiar with their positions). As for the set pieces, don't let Duff or Ryan Taylor near them. If they do at least send fucking Carroll careening towards their first defender, because that's no doubt where the ball will be heading.

?Has this Simon Bird fella been reading my posts Could you be any more stupid? If you didn't undertand the article it would be best for you if you didn't post. Honestly you would think that for all your closet love you should actually know something about the club that makes up a large sum of your identity (sad isn't it).

It's quite fucking amazing really. Were you to actually try to sabotage the club I doubt you could do a better job. The way I see it there is only 5 teams that could possibly go down. Us, Boro, Hull, West Brom and Blackburn. West Brom are effectively gone so it's 4 teams for 2 spots. If we lose to Spurs we're in the box seat for the second spot. If we win we're in with a decent chance of staying up. If we draw we'll still have some straws to clutch to. Game against Boro is mission fucking critical. NUFC are personally responsible for the fact that Hull aren't certs for relegation. Losing to them at St James' - fucking embarrassing (even given the circumstances surrounding the match). Thankfully for us Villa's Champions League aspirations are well and truly over, so there should be a lot less for them to play for on the final day.

Pace of Lennon and Defoe will be hard for our back four especially with Enrique missing.

Barton used to be able to score. He's gone close to scoring in general play for us a few times. I think it's unlile;y that we'll get goals from Butt, and Nolan has gone off the boil, so barton and guthrie are our two central midfielders who are most likely to chip in with a goal IMO.

Not exactly loads of options and I think it's harsh to say Guthrie's shit. I'm not saying Guthrie is shit. I'm saying Guthrie + Nolan + Butt is shit (the collective - hence the is and not an are).

They would have been in with a chance if Tottenham didn't roll over and die against them last week.

Not much point in having an eye for detail when you miss the bigger picture: Amoebi is shit. Guthrie + Nolan + Butt is shit.

Your posts are redundant. You're saying what everyone already knows, then acting like you're some form of nostradamus. Post something worthwhile, or don't post anything at all.

Harper: 5 - Came out for balls that he didn't get. R. Taylor: 4 - Poor set pieces, poor defending. Bassong: 6 - One of our better players, still average. Edgar: 6 - Did ok coming in to a new defensive unit. Beye: 7 - Some good defensive stops, also worked hard to overlap in attack. Guthrie: 4 - Anonymous Butt: 4 - Useless. Got the ball deep in their box twice; both times made a meal of it. Nolan: 4 - Useless. Duff: 6 - Kept possession better than most others. Put in enough crosses to eventually get the assist. Owen: 5 - Monstered by various Stoke players. Ameobi: 2 - Woeful. Subs: Jonas: 7 - Covered plenty of space and offered a passing option and width that was previously lacking. Carroll: 9 - Got the goal with a wonderful header. Made multiple defensive clearances. To leave Guthrie, Butt and Nolan with a shred of dignity - there was a lot of long balls played over them (for the first 75 minutes). Having said that though, they scarcely offered up a passing option by running into space. 3 similar players all trying to do the same job. Poor team selection IMO. You don't go to Stoke and pick a team to try to play the way that they do. If you want to win you go there and try to play the team that takes best advantage of your own players.