geordieshandy

I've just given you it. It's fairly obvious to me. "Yes, with 7 points between us and the relegation zone, you would have to say we're being sucked into a relegation battle and we need to pull ourselves clear before things get any worse." He's fooling nobody (except you, it seems ) by saying that we aren't. We're currently 11th so that mean HALF THE LEAGUE IS IN A RELEGATION BATTLE!!!!!! Yes lose a few more and we may genuinely BE in a relegation battle (which would be a good reason to BOOST morale not DESTROY it I'd have thought - maddness I know ) Are you really saying "half the league is in a relegation battle"? What is so funny about half the league actually being in a relegation battle? Is that really how you would describe the league at the moment? Potentially it's "true" if the entire lower half of the league loses all its matches (which is of course impossible as when they play each other as some will then some must at least draw). But in reality it is not the case at all, only for the most pants on the head hysteria ravings. The fact that one team has to win a game and the other by definition has to lose it doesn't mean that both teams aren't in the battle, does it? Seriously, are you stupid? Look at the table, it is possible we could be relegated yes, it is possible (it's probably possible Blackburn could be, not sure how many points are potentially left). It would require us to basically not pick any points up and whilst everyone else below us is though. If we were in Fulham's position now, it would be a valid issue, but we're not currently. And again I don't think any manager would say anything other than what Roeder has said, it's shooting yourself (and your team) in the foot at this moment. And again with your usual personal attacks I see (I take it that is fine here where as "" is not then? ) We need at least 3 points to avoid relegation I reckon. With the way we're playing, the way other teams are playing, and looking at the fixtures, it's possible we won't get another point. If we lose the Easter weekend games, we are right in the shit. Do you seriously think our team have the bottle for a relegation battle? Does Roeder's past record not concern you? I think that's about right. Three points should see us safe. The fixtures on the last day will help with Liverpool and Man Utd taking Charlton and West Ham. If Watford are already down by that point then it shouldn't be an issue.

Watched Little Miss Sunshine on Friday night. That is one funny film.

If we don't beat Sheffield then I can really see us having to go to Watford to get a result.

More likely Dan but I can't see him dropping Carr and Parker. He's afraid of one and loves the other.

Good ideas on getting rid of the pop drinks and the table service but I'd include live music as opposed to a DJ. Wouldn't the removal of the alcopops make it a less female friendly place? Replace them with rohypnol. And to be honest most of the lasses I know gave up alcopops when they were 18.

If half the teams in the league are only two games from safety then yes half the league is a relegation battle.

Good ideas on getting rid of the pop drinks and the table service but I'd include live music as opposed to a DJ.

Rover have at least one model on the passenger side. Unless they've moved without me finding out about it they're not far east, are they? Could be one of the Rover's designed by Honda? Either that or my theory is fucked. Both wor lass's Rav 4 and my Fiesta are passenger side fillers.

Speaking of pedantic grammar, I was at a Battle of the Bands in Bedlington's Red Lion last night. The blackboard advertising the event was a joy. Not only did they forget to put the 's' on Band (so it seemed to be a singular band's battle, but then when they had corrected it (with a tiny 's' stuck on the end) they had added an apostrophe.

Probably because he won't have a budget to work with.

Just finished Ged Clarke's Fifty Years Of Hurt. Put's a different perspective on things without being overly controversial. He does make one outrageous statement though, praising the journalism of Alan Oliver.

Passenger side.

Gosforth High Street holds some great drinking memories for me, good times. Really? Not that there aren't a couple of canny pubs there, but the company must have been bloody good for it to make you that nostalgic... Spent my third year of university proper living on Salter's Road. Every night of the week we'd empty the quiz machine in the Jockey (after we'd filled it) then headed across to the Hotel to ogle the barstaff, then head to the kebab shop at the end. All changed now though, well two out of those three have anyway.

Gosforth High Street holds some great drinking memories for me, good times.

Nope. Will do try and sort it today, if we've got enough.

Sunday morning - at JJB soccerdome.

Think BIG trousers.

Thanks Tom, that's my day shot to shit.

And Shay will try and shout answers to a small deaf child at the other end of the shed, sorry bar, to little to no effect.

Some canny ones there Berb like.

You paint your garden? Is the Lord's pallet not wonderous enough?

Just finished Christopher Brookmyre's A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Blacked Pencil. Excellent, but that was hardly a shock, for me he is one of the best writers around at the moment, top in that genre certainly.

Got a spare half a mill like? Actually where we are is National Trust, or Duke of Northumberland land so a lot of houses are leased. And we do have a certain R. Cushing living up my road.

Between Scots Gap and Rothbury at the moment. Back living at me Mam and Dad's.

Today - three feet. If I'm in the office it's about 25-30 miles, depending on time of day can take anything from twenty minutes to three quarters of an hour.