PaddockLad

So with Cisse ill, how would you have set us up then, Johan Cruyff? No credit given to how we were set up then?...how difficult would it have been next week if we'd have shipped 3 goals last night? We've given oursleves a half decent chance, which with the squad avalable for the trip is all we couldve expected, here in the real world anyway. You've given no allowance for where the game was, the temperature, the surface or the limited squad. Your assesment consists of "if we'd played a striker from the start we'd have scored". Which one?

Yanga's so good he made Perch look competent at the back Agreed, that's pretty much as good as we could've hoped for. Well done lads, well done Pardew.

Hes playing the furthest forward....I don't know tbh, but I do know its pretty far from how Barca or Spain play

Isnt it one up front i.e. Ben Arfa?....is it a false 9 because we haven't picked a centre forward?...

I told you it wasn't!

Am 3 miles from home sat in an A4 Quattro b6 and I bet we're not

Either you or Pardew are taking the the piss....CT as usual is definetly taking the piss :lol:Will they not play squidward in Cisses posistion?

Brock wtf is a "false 9"?

If we'd beaten Swansea we'd have seen a different team am sure....two proven match winners but a supporting cast of quite a few fuckin clowns...

Ben Arfa starts after 3 months out with hamstring trouble on a plastic pitch?.. that's asking for it iyam

Wouldnt touch Martinez...think people are taken in by him and his lovely accent....you've got to look at what he's acheived on a bog standard premier league budget...next to fuck all. You need to look for the over acheivers tbh. See also Brenda at Liverpool.

Not at 70k a fuckin week we won't

Wonder what the English teams' league table looks like? i.e. which English clubs have played the most games in Europe?....this is our 131st according to .com.. United will break new ground on Thursday when they play the 131st competitive European fixture in their history and their first in Russia. That will be the 25th different country they've visited in 66 away games as follows: 7 visits: France, Netherlands 6 visits: Spain 5 visits: Belgium, Italy, Portugal 3 visits: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ukraine 2 visits: Norway, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland 1 visit: Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden.

So he's broke his back but can spend 10 hours in a plane to Buenos Aires?...righty oh Maybe the deal was wait till Mbiwa gets settled then fuck off?....

Hiddink throws us what Bob Paisley used to call " a bit of toffee" via sky sports: “We are going to have another very interesting and very tough contest against a team who reinforced themselves in the past weeks dramatically in a positive way.” “It’s a strong team.” “We have seen them in their contests in Europe, but also we have seen them in the games they have recently played in the Premier League.” “When you see the last game against Swansea, they were dominating, dominating, dominating and they got a very unlucky goal in the last part of the game against them. But you could see it’s a modern team, so it’s a big challenge for our players.” “In my opinion, Newcastle are a stronger team, first of all because they play in the English Premier League, which looks to be a stronger competition than the Bundesliga.” “Also, they have recently had a good improvement in their results and they have made a good upturn in the table, and also they have high-quality national team players in their line-up.” “But we will be looking to play our own game. We also have some high-quality players in our team.” “Regarding ourselves, we are very happy, of course, that we have reached our aim that we set at the beginning of the season, to survive the winter-time in Europe,” he added. “Then we got a good result against Hannover in the two games and then you are in the last 16 in Europe, which is a very good success.” “But having got there, we are so eager to see what we can do to make the next step, and it’s also good to see how our team is in comparison with teams who have the experience already of playing for many years in a tough league, plus sometimes Europe.”

Its strange, am I right in saying a lot of this sort of stuff comes from Football Manager?.... Tiote and Sissoko are as different as Gazza and Davey Mac were, but the distinction wasn't made back then; they were both "midfielders".You'd say Davey Mac "sits in" to describe his position. A lot of this modern lingo leaves me a bit bemused tbh. And why don't we have players like Rob Lee or Gary Speed any more, who could do everything needed of a midfield player? attack, defend, score goals, tackle, win headers etc etc..? Am I sounding like an old fart yet?....

itv4 am lead to believe......

I'll bow to your superior knowlegde...is there an acronym for his posistion?

Isnt that just Pardew playing him in his natural posistion? 17 votes to get rid of Cisse. Fuck me theres some short memories round here

When was that?...around Christmas 1990?...anyone calling for his head after that is a touch on the misguided side..

From the beeb Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane on ITV: "I think the referee has actually made the right call. Everyone's upset about it and it's slightly unlucky, but it's dangerous play. Whether he meant it or not is irrelevant. It's dangerous play - it's a red card. You have to be aware of other players on the pitch. Does he think he's going to have 20 yards to himself? Whether it's [a brave decision] or not, it's the right decision. Whether he meant it or not doesn't matter. Nani's a quick boy to go down anyway. He's not the bravest player on the planet." Paddy Crerand, who played for Manchester United from 1963-1971, told BBC Radio Ulster: "Roy Keane was in a minority of one. Not one person said it was a red card except Roy. Does Roy want to be noticed? "Why are we talking about Roy Keane? Why do we not talk about the 99.9% of people who said it wasn't a sending off. Why are we talking about Roy Keane - because he played for Manchester United. Well, let me tell you something. I played with Manchester United, I played in a European Cup final, Roy didn't. The referee was wrong."

You actually can't see the great wall of China from the moon, it's an urban myth.

Reported

Keegan had John Beresford at left back

Hmmm...Livepool side which lost one nil v Anzhi...any first choice players?...looking at this (adnmittedly flimsy) evidence we should get a result out there if the top team is picked...will HBA be on the bench?... 01 Jones 16 Coates 23 Carragher 38 Flanagan Booked 47 Wisdom 10 Cole (Assaidi - 77' ) 14 Henderson 19 Downing 33 Shelvey Booked 35 Coady (Suso - 61' ) 50 Morgan (Pacheco - 61' )