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Man City 0-1 Sunderland The die has been cast, the pattern set. It's eight or nine Sunderland men behind the ball in a chokehold against the Manchester City pressure. Both full-backs and quite often a centre-back are really far forward for Manchester City - one loose pass and they are leaving themselves open to a second goal on the break. Gus Poyet's masterplan may be unfolding to perfection.

hmm... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/02/sol-campbell-football-association-england-captain I can see his point about Michael Owen getting the gig before him, but that was more to do with Erikson's "fan boy" selection ethos iyam...why else would Beckham be made capatain?..

Am fairly ambivalent about them somehow winning today but I live in Dorset not Chester Le Street which makes a huge difference Would anyone swap their season for ours before kickoff.... doing the double over them, getting to a cup final + perilous league position v beating manu at OT, selling our best player and getting twatted twice by them?.....

Having said that, if Pardew was a supporter caught doing that he'd b on a 3 year banning order from every ground in Britain....

Worse than Terry calling Rio's brother a fuckin nigger or Suarez chomping the Chelsea lad's arm?....not for me like but there you go Club acted quickly, basically rubber stamping the puppet's continued tenure as football's worst yes man. £100k. That's apparently 20% of his yearly salary. Another cash grab by Ashley, the greedy cunt.

So someone who hasnt paid to see Newcastle United in decades is telling us we should just suck it up because theres worse out there?....go fuck yourself you mealy mouthed passionless old cunt (no safety wink)

Not much sympathy for manu supporters tbh but this stinks....if true...

Classic mid eighties European mullet resting on Mr Ed's left shoulder too if am not mistaken

Cheers chaps Sadly, Mrs PL reckons she'll be "tired" Not that that's going to stop me

Anyone seen Romesh Ranganathan?.....hes playing no more than 5 mins away from us on Thursday night.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCQQN0l-PI

Was he? That's who he said they all looked like....I just presumed he was president of their country, not some other fuckers....

Happy birthday Cath, Mrs PL wants to know if you got a new handbang/Cath Kidston?? She wants a Kipling? so I got her a used copy of the Jungle Book off Amazon for 7p

A lad I worked with a few years back had worked down the mines in Uganda...he said Ugandan women looked very much like Ugandan men, and most bore more than a passing resemblance to former president Kenneth Kuanda /iPad won't paste Kennys image /

A thrilling yet predictable crushing of the Midland men, sadly some utter cunt started banging on about cooking in the match thread....honestly, some people...

If Dan dare is the solution, wtf is the problem?....

Vlaar should be off....

Sounds nice Davey , what time do you want us round ? You know NUFC will never win anything?....I think scoring a goal is going the same way

Sylla looks like shes been overdoing the old sunbeds since her "surprise surprise " days....

Do you favour a n exotic ,spicy stuffing with your clucker or are you mostly a sage and onion man?....

The missus is doing a lasagne and baking a lovely apple cake for later

Completly agree. Hes been shoved out wide right again though by the tactical "think tank" on the bench...

Poor fuckin Cisse hes played ok tbf, but hes got to be finsihing that

32 teams qualify I think, leaving only 20 odd that dont.....top 2 go through, 3rd placed teams play off... results v Georgia and Poland will decide it by the looks of it..

Newcastle fans losing patience with Ashley's mediocrity Alan Pardew seen as "yes" man23 February ~ It's a strange feeling to be mired in mediocrity and yet still within three places of Manchester United, but that's just the position in which Newcastle United find themselves going into today's game with Aston Villa. Despite a promising start that raised hopes of a return to European competition, 2014 so far has seen just one win against an injury-hit West Ham, an insipid 0-0 draw at strugglers Norwich and six (mostly heavy) defeats, including a third-round FA Cup exit at the hands of Cardiff and an embarrassing 3-0 loss in the Tyne-Wear derby. The reaction has been to blame manager Alan Pardew. Despite the loss of Yohan Cabaye to Paris Saint-Germain in January, a move that didn't cause the decline but makes it harder to arrest, Pardew still has a tremendously talented squad at his disposal; or, at least, a squad that once appeared that way but has regressed under his management. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, a man who had captained Montpellier to a French title by the age of 23, is benched in favour of the hapless Steven Taylor. Davide Santon, once dubbed "the new Maldini, Zanetti or Facchetti" by José Mourinho, currently resembles the old Alessandro Pistone. Vurnon Anita and Papiss Cissé have been criminally misused, both victims of Pardew's direct style; Sylvain Marveaux has been forced to train with the Under-18s, though Gabriel Obertan still makes matchday squads; and despite having managed Hatem Ben Arfa for three years, Pardew still struggles to get the best out of Cabaye's natural successor. The question is, if not Pardew, then who? Mediocrity is a byproduct of Mike Ashley's ownership. Content to run the club as a business, investing the bare minimum and recouping money through player sales and (reportedly free) Sports Direct advertising, it follows that Ashley has no trouble with mid-table finishes. Though fans might feel that Newcastle could do no worse than to appoint a new manager, the problem originates "upstairs", in the boardroom. It just so happens that in Pardew, Ashley has found a "yes" man. He doesn't seem to care for cup competitions and just as well, for they have no place in Ashley's plans. It's the same with the Europa League, longed for by fans but dismissed out of hand in almost every press conference. Increasingly, however, this won't do, especially for those faced with Sunderland-supporting workmates not shy in gloating about their upcoming Wembley visit. Fans are organising, supporters' groups striving to turn apathy at another aimless season into something more concrete. And though the club are clamping down on dissent from fans and local media, such moves meet with limited success. Win or lose against Villa, the underlying problems aren't going away—and nor will the fans' disquiet. Kieran Dodds Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on google_plusone_share Share on reddit Share on email More Sharing Services On the subject... Newcastle Utd Mike Ashley Alan Pardew Discuss this article You must be logged in to comment. Please register if you don't have an account yet. © When Saturday Comes Limited 2014 | Contact | Privacy & cookies | Sitemap | Managed hosting by Latitude

Wonder how many chances Sissoko has created since New Year?....60 in all, surpirsed and impressed by that, although it doesnt stipulate what counts as a "chance"... http://eplindex.com/49928/newcastle-aston-villa-preview-team-news-stats-key-men.html Remy, Tiote and Colo back. SHOULD be enough for 3 points against these...ha...