NJS

Never wear one though I don't mind those who do. Celtic fans have a fair point but I still think its wrong to state it so blatantly - among all the genuine sacrifice the fact that the British army are the biggest cunts in history is undeniable imo.

Bigotry upgrade waiver.

Just looking at the next few games I'd take a booking on Wednesday to miss Fulham - probably the game he'll be least missed. I'd hate for him to miss Chelsea or Liverpool.

Fully deserved because we played very well and defended/battled brilliantly whenever needed and took our chance when it came, to Wenger its not deserved because they had more chances and hit the bar twice, though he did say we played well and was more hinting they deserved a draw. But football's about taking the chance when it comes and we did! I must admit to biting at Wenger's "they only had one shot on target" quote - so did you, you ill-jacketed cunt.

I love the way the rest of them have cottoned on to the fact that he's always available and never loses it. The last player we had who I was as confident of taking a ball even if marked was Rob Lee.

It seems topical to talk about class so I can't help commenting how classless Fabregas was today - nasty, whinging and diving all day. Did anyone notice his off the ball "collision" with Barton just before the swing at Carroll that as mentioned should have seen the twat walk?

I just fucking love how much the cunts on sky have to give us credit through the most gritted teeth in the universe. Fuck off you cockney, dirty, cheat loving cunts.

Compare Bruce's attitude with Reid's who when asked about the Monkey's heed thing said he "fucking loved it".

I called the T-Mobile call centre a little earlier which is in Mackem land. I spoke to a woman who sounded like she was in her 50s but there was still a little voice in the back of my head saying "Start screaming 5-1 at her" - just managed to resist.

He was always on a hiding to nothing going there though. Even if his "Geordieness" is tarnished by Manchester he has always played on it ("I'm coming home" etc) and even tried the "I followed Newcastle when I was a kid" routine in the run up to the match. He must know that even putting derbies aside, his "identity" will be the first thing mentioned at any kind of slip up. The derby just magnifies it. I'm not old enough to remember Stokoe's first spell at SAFC but I assume it was never mentioned he was Newcastle through and through. It's hard to think of an equivalent possible appointment for NUFC - even Allardyce's SAFC association was never used against him.

I read it but rarely post - I find the bile (and occasional wit) amusing.

Didn't he get a lot of stick for signing a long list of shit players? It's topical to give him credit for Bale but I'd like to see the rest.

Like GW Bush? (Put the initials in as an afterthought because "like bush?" was a bit OT)

Wonderfully sick - sickest for a while.

Before Sunday, my "objection" to Nolan was that I thought (and still think to some extent) that he isn't a very good footballer - "all" he does is score goals so my view was that if you take away those goals he wasn't contributing much. I know this is an argument about players like Lineker and maybe Cole which sounds daft but is valid to some degree (moreso for midfielders). However I think on Sunday he did impress me more as a footballer which I'm happy to see. I also think the view that Tiote has made him better is spot on.

Watched the MOTD2 highlights a bit earlier. They did the classic where they showed all of their half chances to try and show "balance" which completely distorted the truth. Also glossed over how dirty the bastards were.

I'm in the "Barnes wasn't bad" camp - Rush on the other hand was absolutely shite.

Scott Sellars instead of Milner for me.

The first game (2-2) in the new ground was a great atmosphere - none since have come anywhere near imo.

There was some shit at the time of all the speculation last summer that he was front for other people's money.

Thing is Bruce didn't play 5 in midfield as part of some master tactical plan - as I understand it that's how they've played all season hence Gyan being a permanent sub. It's especially heartening the way they think that adding "quality" along with a supposed good manager would inevitibly lead to this mythical progress they all expect.

The Mackem's face after the first couple is fucking brilliant.

I haven't posted anything this week on the game as I was kidding myself that I wasn't that bothered - it took the early chance for them when I nearly shit myself to make me realise there's no delusion bigger than self-delusion. Credit due to the team and it's heart warming to see a team which probably isn't as good as ones in the past who've lost to them really seem to care. I know this will make me sound a bit soft but I actually felt sorry for Titus - I'd have been perfectly okay with a yellow. I also love the fact that despite the money spent and the supposed good squad they are still basically shit with one decent footballer to their name (Malbranque).

I ordered an HTC Desire Z (combo of touch screen + slide out keyboard) from Amazon a couple of weeks ago - they were due for release on November the 1st but I've just had an email saying it won't be delivered until about the tenth - tried a few other places and its the same everywhere. I went for a £15 30 day rolling contract with T-Mobile which includes 1GB internet.

I'd also like to state that I don't like the suggestions of messing about with UK time - I'm no patriot but I think where on the meridian as of right and we shouldn't abandon it.