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That happened before iirc - last time out one of them "gestured" at Given on the pitch after the goal - nowt said and of course it's gotten worse this time around. "inherent morality"

I agree to an extent but it's the old argument of whether a striker who holds the ball up and makes life difficult for their defence but is absolutely shit at scoring is worthwhile - on balance I don't think he is.

I'm not saying they won't end up above us but I have to say if they do finish within touching distance of the top then the next person who says its the best league in the world should be fucking shot on the spot.

It's the missed chances to get the second that's cost us - paying for having shit strikers.

Pisser but on the bright side you'd think they'd won the league.

Going against the tide but I thought Smith did well before he went off.

If I was Barton I'd change my name by deed poll - stop cowards who are obviously under orders to treat him differently to all other players. An hopefully to jinx the cunt can I just repeat again that Shola Ameobi is absolutely fucking shit.

We did a big system upgrade last October which involved late nights and weekends with hotels/take-aways all on expenses and the best scran we had was from a Syrian Kebab shop at the bottom of Shoreditch High St. It broke the myth that Kebabs are only edible with copious alcohol on board.

I always loved when our "indiscretions" of recent years were repeated by them but suddenly became different - The drive by BB shootings and the porn vid being the best examples although Titus' latest run in with the law was the most recent. They love their history so it would be simple to answer this underlying morality jibe with a question - have NUFC ever been found guilty of illegal payments?

To save me from watching the film, can anyone tell me why/how the Earth is ran by Apes when Mark Whalberg gets "home" at the end of Planet of the Apes - just watched the last 2 minutes and its bugging me. (Can't imagine anyone being bothered about being spoiled).

I get the point of the thread but I still would.

As I mentioned at the time the LD campaign where I live was entirely based on "Labour can't win so the only way to stop a Tory is to vote for me" - doubly pathetic given the coalition.

I just think the current system is unfair. Labour's votes per seat ratio compared to the Tory's and especially the Lib-Dems just isn't democratic to my mind. Obviously you have to be careful about the details of any system which replaces the current one but I would really prefer one vote to equal exactly that across the country as a whole in a general election. It seems ridiculous to me that someone living in a marginal has a more valuable vote and a far greater say in the outcome of the election than someone in a safe seat. They sell the idea of an MP representin an area which imo is a barrier to true PR. Again I'm in two minds as I know a couple of lads who lost their jobs at Inetrconnect in SS a few years ago who received excellent help from Milliband - whetehre that help would be allocated to some regional level of representative is the big question for me.

My natural instinct is thet PR sounds right but even if ranking is voluntary the I'd struggle - if your second vote isn't one of the other two main parties then it's just s wasted as now. If I'd voted liberal as second choice last year then it may have swapped one Liberal for a Tory - the question is would that have made any difference?

Ali had his wedding (re-)blessed at the mosque in Sooth Shields I think. And aye, Jimmy Carter was around then as he was still president when he came. Waved to a mate of mine from his open top bus on the way.

This is an oft quoted and somewhat shocking allegation. Can someone get the BBC to investigate or something? All of the money supposedly spent On Newcastle/Gateshead is peanuts compared to how much Nissan have had. (I realise its not just Mackems who work there)

They really hate it when the older ones mention the 73 DVD and the "Geordie" chants.

The thing that annoys me most about the SMB is the bit where they claim to be "County Durham's team" - it takes the piss out of people in the south of the county as well as places like Stanley and Consett and much more offensively South Tyneside and Gateshead. For this reason alone I'd love to see a tactictal nuclear weapon used on the cunts.

Read that but seems strange with them signing Bentley.

True. Never had a proper drink in Liverpool itself.

They'd chopped down half the Roker end by 85 - it has to be said the full Monty was one hell of an end. They choppped it down in 1981 so that was the early 80s so technically it hadn't changed from then. I remember after that game feeling like there was gonne be a Hillsborough, everyone went for the exit, and they locked us in and everyone was pushing against the door, I was right near the front down the stairs and couldn't move for 5 minutes, proper scary experience. The worst one for that in that era was actually Hillsborough itself - we played them first game in 1980 I think and there were about 10k there and SYMM did the classic of locking the gates after the match. There was a huge crush which went back to the stairs. There was a bit of bother seperate to that but a lot of people and coppers got hurt in the crush and the police injuries were reported as if it was a riot.

They'd chopped down half the Roker end by 85 - it has to be said the full Monty was one hell of an end.

I don't think I've ever seen the dynamics of Newcastle and Sunderland's support base, ethic, and catchment particulars explained better than that in terms of the football clubs and cities. Your're right Stevie - I know we've sparred about people from ST but I know SAFC fans from Shields who fit that description to a tee and everyone I know who supports NUFC is proud/comfortable of the association with the city.

Theres always hope..... Had a quick flash there of the end of the Tom Cruise War of the Worlds and the missile getting through his shield then seeing his blubber-ridden hand emerge from the wreckage.

Finished with .com after the Hughton debacle. I may go back with my tail between my legs in the close season. Have barely read it of late but what was their take on the Hughton carry on? Similar to mine - nice bloke but not important in the context of Ashley running the club.