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The only redeeming feature about Savage is that he actually speaks his mind unlike most pundits who just spew out rubbish and football cliches. Unfortunately the mind that he speaks is utter bullshit and he's a wanker, but at least he's an honest one. Sort of like Bellamy in that regard.

Doesn't sound half foolish now, does he? He misses a chance against Man U and he's finished...then he only goes and gets a hat-trick.

Unbelievable. I've just watched it and still can't believe it. Have it you Brummie scum. Who's your next messiah?

GET IN! Where'd that come from?

Heeeeeeeeey!! But seriously, that was an unnecessary 'tackle' by Harper. Rush of blood to the head...hoping that's all it was.

"I think Hughton's expectations will be very different from the many fanatical fans who always expect Newcastle to do exceedingly well." Aye, fuck off with that, will you?

Same starting lineup as the Man U game. Lovenkrands on the bench.

Christ, not another one. Please keep your idiotic bickering to the tens of threads you have already derailed. This one is actually about a player we might get so I can't ignore it.

I know the Daily Mail is a load of rubbish, but it's a long way from "Newcastle might bid for this guy" to "Newcastle have had a bid accepted and he's had a medical." Hughton definitely didn't deny the link in an earlier interview. Quietly optimistic on this one.

Any reason we could not have used the money that we now supposedly have for this bloke to buy/put in a better loan offer for Ben Arfa? EDIT: Already been listed as our player on Wikipedia. They don't half work quick over there.

Don't think he fancied your man-management skills.

I thought Routledge was good against Man U. Sure, he didn't offer a lot in the attack but then none of our players did, and he was working double-time covering for Perch. So I'd have him playing against Villa. Got a good feeling about this one actually. Villa haven't really improved squad-wise from the side we beat at home in our last PL season.

Would hardly be the first time a club has said "oh we aren't interested in signing him" and then turned round and bought him.

Of course, there's always the chance that it's only the papers that have noticed we lack in those departments and Hughton's got nothing to do with it. I've doubted for a while now that he has anything to do with player recruitment.

Can't find a timestamp on it, but sites have only started to report it today, so I'm guessing it's from today. Says that Klaus Allofs told Sat.1, which is a German tv station (I think) the quote I gave.

And Werder's sporting director has ruled out a move for Ben Arfa: "We do not need a replacement for Mesut. While we always look for players to improve ourselves, Ben Arfa is not one of them." Fingers crossed.

I could see that happening, unfortunately. Let's hope it's just made up at this point.

Let's hope for a few more. I know Danny is probably lurking and wanking himself silly as our anti-Spurs bias is finally proven, but I don't care. I fucking hate Spurs and I hope they crash and burn.

I thought you'd taken the huff and flounced off? Would you kindly?

I'll settle for 3-0. Bunch of patronising wankers on the telly here but there's one thing they're right about and that's that we should expect nothing from this fixture anyway. Carroll as a lone striker is simply not going to work unless players get up and support him. Sounds like a job for Ben Arfa, right...?

Perch/Jonas have been bloody awful and Coloccini has reverted to type. Positives include Routledge looking good and...er, Enrique's been good? Another 2 for them and we'll call it a night, I think.

This is one to watch from behind the couch, I think. I'll be conservative and say 4-0.

Unfortunately he appeared to be doing a similar job for someone else when he was here. Which I think just makes him shit. Titus Bramble: Smoggie Secret Agent?

Charlton U-17's could probably beat Wigan as things are right now. They look utterly lost, like they've never seen each other before and don't understand why they're standing on this big green rectangle and all wearing the same shirts. I'm sure their fans would be booing them if they weren't all at the rugby.

Have had it since release day and I am terrible at it. Oh sure, beat the campaign easily enough, but when I play anything but zerg I get trounced. Doesn't help that my two-year-old machine isn't really quite good enough to handle it anymore but I get rolled every time I play terran/toss. How did you guys not know it's 1 game in three parts?