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Just love the way we keep saying we should get something from these lesser teams FUCK!!!!!! we are one of the lesser teams for fucks sake .lets get real and admit we are in deep shite.And if we do get the dreaded drop dont expect us to jump straight back up as at the moment there are quite a few teams in the championship that are better than us.

Worse than the likes of Amadady Faye, Boumsong or Luque? I'm everything but a fan of Smith because of his volatile style, but saying he is the worst signing of recent years is way over the top iyam. my opinion of course but i'd put smith on par with all of the above. he came with a big price tag, and as a striker not to have scored one goal all season, he'll be one of the main reasons why we go down (if we do). you won't stay up if your strikers don't score goals. Smith is a decent player playing crap in a crap team. He was just not what we needed when we signed him. I have no doubt he would perform better with the players around him doing better as well. The not scoring argument is a bit too simplistic for me. I wouldn't be bothered about his scoring record if his all around game benefited his striking partners, which actually was the case in some of the game he played up front. Anyway how many games did he play up front in total and against which teams?

Worse than the likes of Amadady Faye, Boumsong or Luque? I'm everything but a fan of Smith because of his volatile style, but saying he is the worst signing of recent years is way over the top iyam.

I still think nine points from the home games against Fulham, Reading and Sunderland should be enough. Problem is only that another poor result against Birmingham could put the state of confidence beyond repair. well; there's that and the fact that it'll probably put us in the bottom three. we need to keep this in our own hands. i wouldn't want to rely on other clubs dropping points to stay up It still wouldn't be about other team "dropping" points, but rather them not winning them. It's not like those teams potentially ahead of us having those points already more or less in the bag. Actually looking at Bolton's remaining games I can't see them winning too many points. So even if we drop into the bottom three after the Birmingham game it would still be very much in our own hands.

I still think nine points from the home games against Fulham, Reading and Sunderland should be enough. Problem is only that another poor result against Birmingham could put the state of confidence beyond repair.

He's played enough games up front and still not even got close to scoring, man. But even though I've never liked him as a player, I have to say Jonny is right when he says that Viduka deserves more criticism. Viduka put in some useful performances when he could be arsed though. I actually rather have moody or inconsistent players who at least occasionally give you value for money than players who get praise for "trying" or "caring".

Hardly, the sack of shite should have been dropped in 2005. Bit harsh on Gemmill tbh.

"Don't mention the war."

I think he should zip it...

Hey guys, what's going on in this thread? [/baron von Fat]

Ah, the mirror's oldrumours-o-mat is still switched to Allardyce-mode...

I think it's your bedtime mate. All these GREAT threads look like it's gardening time for me...

They could have scored 10 at home under the mighty Allardyce , the one who served up shit home performances and 1 pooint against the likes of Derby, Man City and Pompey. They even more ripped us to pieces than today. So who has the better crystal ball...

Exactly, with the comfortable fixture list we had at the start of the season we should have been well beyond the 30 points mark at Christmas time. The fact that we now have a shit scared team totally lacking any kind of confidence and self-belief is very much down to the shit we served up against the likes of Derby, Wigan et al.

The home game against Liverpool under Allardyce was much worse than today's performance...

Big Sam: "I am a numpty!"

Too many families there in my opinion. I mean IMO there is nothing wrong with swearing at the match its part and parcel of going, and god forbid singing too many families for terracing? not at all. I'd have two section, one behind each goal. Tickets would be less, but wouldn't be on sale on a match to match basis, it'd have to be a season ticket. Contracts drawn up absolving the club of responsibility (beyond a reasonable accountability). These terrace places would be offered to all current season ticket holders first, any families or infirm with seats in that area could be moved into the seats given up by those wanting terrace places. A little reshuffling and we could bring back a great atmosphere and satisfy the demands of the fans. Germany has terracing doesn't it? I think most continental leagues have. Back to topic: So the majority of us agree that all Keegan should get, would be a sack of money. I wonder if this is what Dan wanted to hear...

Aye, sorry about that. We used to organize teams and that and he'd just randomly turn up (tip off?), full referee uniform and that. See, Dan just turns up, runs around like a rabbit on speed and shakes Papa L's hand a dozen times.

Based on his penalty skills he is an England player in the making...

It clashes with the Milan-Arsenal game. They are not allowed to play two CL games in the same city in the same week.

I'm good at penalties.

Cool, cheers Meenzer. Take it Osborne Road is a decent area in terms of having to rush from the train station then back to St' James? The Metro station is on top of Osborne Road IIRC (or very close). To walk to SJP it's about 20-30 mins (again IIRC).

There are several cheap ones in Jesmond, all in kind of walkable distance. I once stayed at the Bewick Hotel in Gateshead, very cheap, but ok. 5 mins to the Metro.

After only 2 games in charge Keegans Newcastle started a run of scoring in 3 games on the trot. It was the first time in 2 months. Keegans Newcastle kept a clean sheet on his first game in charge. A feat achieved only once in 18 games prior. Michael Owen has scored as many goals in Keegans 6 games as he managed in all 22 games prior. Keegan hasn't lost a game to a team outside the top 7. Manager of the month tbh. Fop will be over the moon with this... ... and probably being the first one after reading this post as well.