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Another demoralising home defeat. They'll send out a half squad and still comfortably beat us. I'm sure we'll rest key players for the Man U game anyway, not as though we're going to beat them either.

Someone once posted a NUFC checklist here. I don't remember all of it, but it went something like: About to face Newcastle United? Looking for a win? Tick any box that applies and apply for the free points! [ ] Manager under pressure? [ ] Manager just sacked? [ ] Manager just appointed? [ ] Don't have a manager? [ ] Won last 5? [ ] Lost last 5? [ ] In-form striker? [ ] Striker who couldn't score in a brothel? [ ] Haven't beaten us in 40 years? [ ] Always beat us? Etc.

Also thought Tiote was a real leader and back to his old self. Ref couldn't wait to blow the whistle any time he touched a mackem player though. Disgraceful showing. Cisse can get to fuck and so can this total bullshit no-striker system. Ben Arfa is not the man to lead our line. We haven't looked a decent team since we had Ba to be honest and it's no fucking coincidence that we've not had a decent frontman since he went. Remy blatantly couldn't give a shit - another game, another cheque. He can fuck off as well. Someone called us a "ghost ship" earlier in this thread. Couldn't agree more. A clueless captain at the helm who's been undermined by his fat first mate (who's been into the rum), bottle-less mercenaries, faux hardmen, and complete donkeys manning the oars, and a course for utter and comprehensive mediocrity.

I'd be happy with Taylor never playing another game for us again. Williamson is an honest pro who is a limited player but doesn't try to be something he's not. Taylor is a disaster waiting to happen. You never know what you're going to get with him and derbies are simply not games to play "maverick" (read: fucking insane) players like him, especially in the centre of defence.

Santon, Dummett, Williamson, Debuchy. Colo to replace Dummett if fit.

There isn't even a debate on Ben Arfa. The reason he was shite against Liverpool was because he was playing as a lone striker, a role that he can't play. May as well hoy Colo on the right wing and then question why he's struggling. I understand Pardew's attempt to fit someone else into Cisse's role because Cisse has been out of form for eighteen months (if there even is such a thing) but it can't be HBA. I'd prefer to see Remy up front with Gouffran and HBA either side of him. Or swap Gouffran for Remy if we're really attached to the idea of Remy playing on the left, but Gouffran did a great job there last season as well and Remy is far more a natural striker than Gouffran is. Remy also did little on Saturday because of the lack of support and supply to him, but I don't see anyone slagging him off for it. I wonder if the (unfounded) criticism of HBA might possibly, conceivably, be slightly directed by an agenda that a poster on this board has, namely to go against the popular opinion.... Ben Arfa is one of our best players and we'll get nowhere leaving our best players on the bench in favour of inferior players. An out of form or subpar Ben Arfa can still pull a rabbit out of his hat, as we saw against Fulham this season and many other times. Not only that, but he loves the Toon and will have a real desire to bury the mackems on Sunday, and he's just the type of player that can put their average, clogging defenders to the sword. Said more than I meant to now, but the point is that all three of our best attackers should play against Sunderland - Remy, HBA, and Gouffran.

Aye, what a load of fucking wankers. I've rarely seen such bias, even for Man U. Marriner can get to fuck too, that was a disgraceful showing.

Get in lad!

Suarez really does go down for anything, doesn't he?

Barely touched him. Suarez looked to be on his way down already. That was nothing for me. May as well switch this one off now though as it's sure to be a complete trouncing from this point forward.

How long will we manage to play at this high level of intensity?

Pick that out! Fuck me, what a hit.

Doesn't sound far off. I think we'll roll over for them as usual. Renewed calls for Pardew's head followed by a narrow win against the Mackems which will alleviate the pressure again and continue the cycle.

Yeah, on reflection old Monkey's Heed's got Bellers beat for the ringer of an orangutan.

The front pages of notably racist, anti-immigrant and right-pandering rags such as the Mail, no doubt. How quickly they can clamber back up onto their high horses. I've never seen a human being who looked more like a monkey than Craig Bellamy, by the way. His simian face and too-long arms make him look like a chimp.

He had no physical presence. A coat hanger could've bullied Pompey's strikers more effectively that day. At least when it fell over it might've got in their way. It was a dogshit performance from the entire side, mind, and most of all from the fat, useless wally in the stands. The funny thing is the worst manager we've had in the entire period of Fat Mike's ownership (bar Kinnear) was the one given the most backing. What Keegan could've done with the money that Allardyce blew on Smith, Rozenhal, Geremi....

Any kid with a laptop is better than Kinnear. This Tan clown is really taking the piss. Even worse than our situation imo.

I see only one post that even brings up the question of being Scottish, which is Noelie's. Then a discussion of Scottish nationalism/separatism followed, some of which may have offended you, but guess what - that's the internet. The "bile and abuse" are for your arrogance in stating that you have a "rightful place" in the SPL. You have nothing. Your former club has ceased to exist. Why that happened is a convoluted and disgraceful affair but it boils down to epic mismanagement of your club, which we as Newcastle fans can surely relate to. That said, you claim to have "won" the case which is inaccurate, you claim "unfair victimisation" (do us a favour), and you claim a status that you are simply no longer entitled to. Take your victim complex someplace else. I know I have sympathy for the fans of a mismanaged club, but not for fans who cannot face reality - through no fault of your fanbase, Rangers violated many laws and have been brought to account for that. Time to man up and deal with it.

Here we go again. The patented NUFC collapse is on.

Papiss who more like. Cisse looks like a complete donkey comparatively.

Or not.

Doubt it. We've scored so we'll think the game's won at halftime and come out unprepared for a Cardiff onslaught in the second half.

I agree. We can't give the impression, whether to opponents or to our own players, that we're a one-man team. If our only plan is get it to HBA and see what he can do, we're in deep trouble. We also don't want to send the message that you can play poorly in a previous match (and v. Hull as well) and always keep your place. Of course I think Ben Arfa is our best and most creative player and I'd love him to play every minute of every game, but we've a squad of players, not a star and 10 supporting characters. I hope he takes being dropped as a challenge rather than as an insult and rises to it.

How do I put this... Go and boil your heads, you scummy sectarian sacks of shite.

Would've left Anita on but otherwise Pardew's changes were good. We obviously have the players - they just seem to come out so rarely. Most of the time they look like anonymous ghosts who have never played together instead of full internationals. Too bad it takes being 3-0 down with one of the worst performances in recent years to get the team playing any sort of football.