Gejon

We are doing pretty well getting overrun every game but still picking up the points. It's like you have some sort of agenda or something (that's not to say we have been perfected or haven't been dominated in some games but it's nothing like you seem desperate to suggest it is).

Pinball machine?

He was clueless however we won 2-0, the first coming shortly a change PARDEW made. Makes sense, again it was all down to good luck and was in spite of Pardew, not because of him. In regards to Enrique, he will keep many a winger in his back pocket as he did with us. As much as Obertan hasn't been brilliant for us there will be no shame in being contained by one of the best left backs in the league.

No we werent, we were always too good for the championship, even when half the squad fucked off. And that Bolton-win had a draw/loss written all over it until HBA came on. Pardew is stubborn and lucky both, anyone claiming with a straight face that we played well the first 11 games when we were "CL`ing" it up with the big boys and pretending to be billy big bucks needs to take their glasses off and have another pint. We have had 2-3 decent and perhaps 1-2 genuinely good games before the losing streak, rest of the points gathered were blatantly lucky. You make your own luck at the end of the day and without exception you get far luckier if you bust your balls for 90 minutes + every game. Nobody has ever claimed we were chalking up sweeping victories on a par with the CL/'billy big bucks' of the division (this is just a lie that gets perpetuated to suit certain agendas), we were playing to the best of our abilities and the added effort and determination was making the difference. The downturn when injuries hit was forecast by nearly everyone as it's a consensus on here that our squad is too thin. Peoples appraisals on here this season of personnel and performance could scarcely be more rational. It is true to say the expectation was relegation when we came up. You're re-writing history now because all of a sudden 7th isnt good enough only a year on. Grow up, it's Newcastle United-we never win owt so don't mess yourself just because a team with relegation expectations doesn't make the CL this year. Personality is irrelevant, one of the absolute strengths this season has been the manager so to call him 'lucky' is a joke. He's had a positive impact on the whole so it's neither here nor there if his every team selection hasn't had you touching yourself 24/7. Spot on.

He was lost for a good few seconds when questioned, bullshitted, went to his 'mate' for help then looked embarrassed. Made a massive tit of myself and he knew as soon as he said it.

That's exactly what I said, you got me!

No I agree. Men just aren't men these days (I do actually mean that as stupid as it sounds)

Yeah you tend to get lucky for that long

But even then our owner is much bigger than Randy Lerner so another strike against them Actually I'm probably giving Lerner more credit than he deserves. I think Villa's strategy is basically the same as ours now - to give up all hope of ever qualifying for the Champions League (or competing with the "top" 6 for that matter) and to spend as little money as possible to stay in the division. We can look forward to competing in an annual battle of the also rans with clubs like Villa and Stoke to try and finish 7th We started competing in that battle before Ashl... nah we'll leave that one alone

But even then our owner is much bigger than Randy Lerner so another strike against them

A snes with two controllers and super mario kart then send it to me

Yeah he has shown the odd glimpse, it has been few and fair between but it seems like for some people a decision on a player has to be made within 3 games and after that everything they do is shit or brilliant. Think I am the only fan who thought he did alright in the last game, still showed his typically frustrating moments but also played a part in practically every chance we had. Have said since he signed, he is fine as back up/competition for Barton but if he does leave (which he did obviously) then we need to replace Barton. That hasn't changed so far, it's not Obertan's fault he has been thrown in the deep end with no obvious choices to play on the right wing as you pointed out in your post above.

Still a young lad with not that many games in this league (must be around 30 isn't it and those are spaced out over a few years?). Booing I have never understood, how in the hell is that going to help? "Oi you shit wanker who is lacking in confidence, yeah you, you're fucking shit you are! Now start playing better you useless prick!". Yeah that'll help

Despite weighing about 5 and a half stone I personally don't believe Ferguson has ever looked weak. Not for a winger anyway, he has loved a good scrap and often come out on top. That said, I agree with everything else in that post.

Haven't seen him for a while so was sitting on the fence a bit

Muntari is dog shit. Flamini could be a decent option though, especially as he can do a job at right back. Also think Berbatov would be a class signing but probably out of of league/wage range.

There was a big space before the start of your sentence. Your post just now was fine apart from messing up the quote (human error).

CT MUST be on the WUM again.

Yeah definitely a bit old for it to pass as just kids being kids

How old was he?

I think the space bar is broken.

Merry xmas Ken

Really tried hard not to come across as drunk in that post too 'like poor a man's Australian' even put the apostrophe in there! Apologies Ken, Australians are a bit brash though aren't they?

I knew 'Namby Pamby' would make an appearance in this thread