Dr Gloom

i've always felt shola gets more stick than he deserves. he's never going to be a top class player now but he's half-decent squad backup. you're going to struggle to find someone happy to sit on the bench and fill in when required that's much better than him.

it's amazing from the inside but i found the concourses at the nou camp a little dated. could do with a facelift. and they've got nee answer to shearers bar

he looks like someone has just shoved a cucumber up his arse

i thought we did well personally. we bossed the first half, playing some nice stuff at times. we were always going to be nervy after they scored but we got the 3 points - that's the main thing at this stage. this season is all about survival and suddenly the next few games don't look to difficult with a win under our belt (except chelsea). two or three wins out of the next five games and we'll be on the road to recovery. howay jfk

i've got lots of good mackem freinds and i don't look upon them as any different to geordies. with regard to the football, i really enjoy the atmosphere at a derby and the banter that comes with it. i alway want us to beat sunderland and finish above them, but i'd rather they were in the top flight with us than not, especially as it's difficult to class the smog game as a derby. i don't take particular pleasure when they're struggling like many others. in fact, i think it's good for the area to have all three teams from the north east in the top flight. as for the town of sunderland itself (and i think this is where most geordies and mackems agree), it's an absolute shithole. a horrible backwater. i feel really sorry for the people who live there and often wonder how such a vibrant city like newcastle can have such a poor relation only just a few miles down the road. i was in sunderland a couple of months back and if anything it's even worse than i remember it being when i was a kid. really sad place

all of those, bar chelsea, are winnable. but confidence of the squad will have a massive part to play - that's why it's crucial that we win tonight. in fact, if we don't beat at least west, brom, fulham and wigan out of that lot then i think we're in deep deep shit as we'll do well to get anything against villa.

this one is must win. a hard fought draw isn't good enough this time

Why not? We were fucking cheated, are you telling me we wouldn't have beaten Belgium in the Semi Final, and a Kraut side we'd humped 3-0 before the tournament. We were the better side against Argentina, and were getting stronger when Barnes came on, if Lineker had've scored that open goal we'd have won it. if we'd got to the final, the germans would probably have beaten us on penalties

i doubt we would have won it in 86 or 98. 90 was our best chance. bloody germans

if barton had been any good for us to date, it would be easier to forget about the fact that he's a total knobber off the field

old mother riley. good grief - we are in trouble

do you post so much crap on here because you can't quite work out why spurs are even shitter than us?

just remind them that they're from sunderland. that should shut them up for a bit

young local lad etc but he's looked pretty shit everytime i've seen him play for us. chances are though that we'll sell him and he'll go on to become a class player elsewhere

styles has never been a premiership ref tbf

super, super joe. super joe kinnear

shocking use of the comma there stevie

yes please

....shit. doesn't look like martins has made the squad

at the end of the day, it's eleven men against eleven men

i've got a feeling joe's going to be around for a lot longer than most of us thought at first

is martins fit enough to start? that'll be a massive relief if so with owen being out. Givenr, Beye, N'Zogbia, Taylor, Coloccini, Butt, Guthrie, Geremi, Duff, Jonas, Martins ....isn't a bad team.

aye. i thought crazy clarence was a canny player

should never have been sacked the problem is, he would never have left. should have been given more time to turn the bad start to the season round, (which he probably would have). totally. i could never understand why so many wanted him out. look how shite we've been since we sacked him. worst decision ever