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Get in you beauty. Now foul the shit out of them in the second half and 1-0, Bob's your uncle.

Hull appear to be battering Stoke. Come on you red and white bastards...

I'll hold my hands up and admit I thought soccermom was a dude (more specifically, a troll) when she first started posting here. You might say that theory has gone 'tits up.' I'll get me coat p.s. should've taken yourself holding a card with 'alreet toontastic' or something up to preclude the inevitable claim that you just got that pic off the internets.

Martin Jol. But the above is a good shout. She'd get the fans excited, no doubt.

I'd say if we do have to pay, sell him, and if we don't, keep him. But he'll be sold either way, so it doesn't make any difference.

Would've loved to see Ballack sent off for that obvious display of disrespect to the official. Really doesn't get more flagrant than that. I expect Drogba will be getting another call from UEFA again, what a surprise.

The Fish is probably right but was it ever good to see the crying, whining faces of Ballack/Drogba/Terry/all the rest of these filthy Chelsea cheaters. How do they like a taste of their own medicine I wonder? Too bad Iniesta wasn't offside as well, that would've been perfect

Not too late to register Shearer is it? No doubt he could've finished better than his charges did against Portsmouth. That said, I still think we'll win. Boro are so awful and they're going to have to come and attack. Just like Chelsea will have to do today, and Barca's superior attacking talent will see them through. Not many teams we can claim to have 'superior attacking talent' over, but Boro are one of them.

I don't think Hull will get another point. (All right, that's veering a little into 'I hope...' ) It's down to us really.

Won't be long until he kicks the shit out of her too and we can read about it in both the front and back pages. As for Barton, he's an animal and I can't wait to see the back of him. How many 'chances'? I'm sure some promoted team will pay something for him when we go down, so it won't be a total loss...

Let the bastards come, might give the players (those who care) a boost to see their red and white rags in the away end, and might give the fans extra motivation.

Agree with sammy. Viduka was classy and did better in the air than usual. And yes, I saw that run from the center circle to the edge of the box, passing a defender on the way. Very uncharacteristic. Probably fishing for a suitor as the season draws to a close. Martins has been awful for the entire second half of the season. And I also felt Duff's defending was solid. Lovenkrands seemed to just keep running into blind alleys and having it taken off him. I hope we revert to a proper 4-3-3 against boro, none of this Martins on the wing shit, and with Owen included behind Martins/Viduka.

Hull will get at least a point against Stoke. As I said in another thread, Hull v. Stoke is one of the most important games to NUFC that have occurred in the last 19 yers. Hull are in absolute freefall; Stoke need the points to confirm survival. I have faith in Tony Pulis's bruisers and if Faye can sink a header against those orange and black bastards I'll consider him forgiven for scoring twice against us.

We remain on course for escape, which is good. Hull might well not get another point this entire season but it won't make any difference if we can't beat Boro.

Blame the men who were chosen, not the one who chose them? The buck stops with Ashley.

I have faith in Stoke to beat Hull. I'm much more concerned with our odds of beating Boro.

In fairness if you'd offered 3-0 before kickoff I think I would've taken it.

Here's the 'quality' from Barton: 'Toxic atmosphere' jibes in December 2007. McDonald's assault. Six months jail time. Six-game ban with another six now likely to follow. Quarrel with Agbonlahor. Bollocking Enrique at Blackburn for no discernible reason. Another injury and now a season-ending red after injuring Alonso. 33 appearances, 3 assists, 2 goals, 5.8 million. I'm sure I don't have to mention that he has made fewer appearances and contributed considerably less than Viduka who is regularly bemoaned as a fat lazy Aussie. Thanks Fat Sam for burdening us with this animal.

Straight red you dullard. Jesus Christ would've been sent off for that, never mind Joey Barton. EDIT: Unless you were being ironic.

Anyone still want to defend this thug? Anyone still think he's worth it? He's played his last game in black and white now and gone out in a manner befitting him.

This fucking idiot.

Another amazingly obvious one ignored. I'd like to see us take a shot at some point this half.

Probably the most quiet match thread I've ever seen, there's just nothing to say.

Should've stuck with Roeder tbh.

Lovenkrands off, Jonas on. Damage control lads.