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• 1 Best9 // Feb 8, 2012 at 1:54 PM

  awww man

• 2 Best9 // Feb 8, 2012 at 1:55 PM

  heyyy what dya kno, 1st…how juvenile

• 3 thepict // Feb 8, 2012 at 1:56 PM

  Why have the Premier League not looked at Warnick’s two tackles?
  Double standards if you ask me.

• 4 GarageFlower // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:05 PM

  I was out for three and a half months when I did my medial ligament,funny thing was two lads I knew who also played and had injured theirs said to me straight away it would be 3 or 4 months.Although Best’s knee maybe didn’t get hit quite as hard as mine.

• 5 VanToonMan // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:06 PM

  Guys as much as I think the FA are inconsistent…esp with Peter Crouch getting away with his off the ball incident…Warnock’s tackles are irrelevant to Cabaye’s incident. You can say that if Rodwell got sent off like he did a while back for his challenge then Warnock should have done so for his one on Ryan Taylor but they were both challenges in play trying to get the ball. Yohan’s was a lash out back at El-Abd and the ball was nowhere near him. Cabaye’s comes into the category of Djibril Cisse’s and peter crouchs both of which are different scenarios to Warnocks

• 6 Best9 // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM

  Warnocks tackles need to be investigated, not only was he Leon Best’s tackler, but Ryan Taylor’s also…both needing to come off injured. Double Standards!!!! Yo Cab is practically innocent in comparison

• 7 toonincheek // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM

  If Best had not been injured, and Cisse had only come on after 60mins (we many expected), would we have seen the Cisse classic goal and celebration?
  Unlikely.

  Written in the stars, maybe?

  And while so many are talking about some good fortune that we have enjoyed, let’s remember we’ve had our share of bad to go with it.

• 8 bassongs_of_praise // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 PM

  Were some of you guys actually watching the game? The tackle on Best was a perfectly good block tackle, unfortunately Best has come off worst. Admittedly the tackle on Taylor was more wild and a bit dangerous but at the end of the day Cabaye kicked someone in the face and got what he deserved.

  Its annoying that the FA pick and choose who to retrospectively punish ill admit that but there is no comparison between the Warnock and Cabaye incidents.

• 9 Eastander // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:20 PM

  Rather surprised at people saying their surprises Warnock’s tackles havent been looked at…

  The first one was a slide to block the ball, he didnt even tackle best as such Best happened to kick the ball against him which jarred his knee… were you watching the game?

• 10 mindshaft // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:23 PM

  Cabaye incident was completely different, however studs up lunge on Taylor was a straight red in my opinion, however the FA have refused to investigate saying it was an ‘on the ball’ incident, despite Warnock getting nowhere near it
  The F.A are recognised worldwide as a joke who are completely out of touch with reality

• 11 poolytoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:31 PM

  The f.a. are powerless to act as the referee will have undoubtably mentioned the incident with warnock in his report

• 12 VanToonMan // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:38 PM

  Back onto main topic….i think we need about 25 points to be around 4th/5th. So we are looking at 8 wins out of 14 games….which sounds difficult but when you consider that 5 home games are definitely ‘winnable’ as are a few other away games. It sure is possible…providing no other injuries happen and we have tiote and cabaye back up to speed from the wolves game onwards. Your thoughts guys?

• 13 martoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:39 PM

  bassongs_of_praise @ 8. I agree Warnock was making genuine attempts to block albeit a little rash and was certainly not intendning to injure anybody whereas Cabaye tried to kick him in the head!
  GarageFlower @ 4 you were probably treated by NHS, Best will have intensive treatment, physio, water exercise etc. which will make a big difference.

• 14 Level 7 Hero // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:40 PM

  Just because a player gets injured doesn’t mean the tackle merits a yellow/red card, diciplinary action or investigation.

• 15 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:47 PM

  personally, i think the below games are winnable

  wolves
  norwich
  west brom
  bolton
  stoke
  wigan

  games i dont expect any points from are

  spurs
  arsenal
  liverpool
  chelsea
  man city

  and as for

  the mackems
  swansea
  everton

  those games could go either way.

  the mackems are a new animal under MON and i reckon it’ll be a tough match, hope we can edge it but MON has the scum playing well,

  swansea will be tough, great footballing team.

  and the only reason i’m unsure about everton is because we consistently let ourselves down in the final game of the season!

• 16 Wor Shearer // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:48 PM

  @poolytoon

  The reason they won’t look at it is that they considered it to be an ‘on the ball’ incident (Warnock was after the ball, apparently) rather than ‘off the ball’ incident (Cabaye was after El-Abd’s face).

• 17 geoff777 // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:49 PM

  Warnock’s tackles were fair and done in the heat of battle.

  Cabaye’s was a retaliation after a tackle.

  I don’t like trial by replay.
  If the referee misses it then he misses it.

  If we are going to reviews lets do it like rugby or cricket with a limited number of reviews per team, per half..
  It’s quick and justice is done 99% of the time.

  Did it cross the line, was it a corner or goal kick?
  Did he go down like a Mackem tart on a Saturday night?

  All or nothing for me.
  It is clearly unfair at the moment.

• 18 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM

  oh, before anyone “has a go” the fact i dont “expect” any points from those 5 games, its not to say we cant get any, all those teams bar man city arent playing well and are all over the place so it kinda depends on which teams turn up, i would be surprised we pick up some points from them and maybe nick the odd win, but i’d rather hope for the best and prepare for the worst y’know

• 19 Robin // Feb 8, 2012 at 2:54 PM

  i didnt know why u guys keep saying Waranock’s tackle is a bad tackle, yea he had injured 2 of our players, but they are not bad tackles.

  the first one is just leon tried to shoot even warnock is sliding, the second one…what can you do when you are warnock? stand still?

• 20 Les Grossman // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:02 PM

  Robin
  Agreed re BEST, but surely even with your jam jar bottom glasses, you seen that Warnocks Tackle on Raylor was a 2 footed lunge OVER the ball……

  ‘ What canyou do when you are warnock?’ You can try not snapping the opponenants leg and getting in a decent tackle thats what you can do!!!!

• 21 fungus44 // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:04 PM

  every other team gets away with bad tackles but not us ever since we asked the fa to ban de-jong for breaking HBA,s leg they have had it in for us

• 22 Les Grossman // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:07 PM

  I think we CAN get at least a draw out of Tootenhomo at the weekend!! Why NOT?

  Their defence isnt great, and if we hark back to ‘we gonna score one more than you’ of which we are very capable, we can get something down there!!

  Liverfool up here? They arent great ……… we arent a bad team at home !!!

  Man city also………..i think we can do areet on the run in me, I think anywhere in the top six is up for grabs (1 & 2 apart).

• 23 poolytoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:17 PM

  @ wor shearer
  lol see what you did there. still annoying though with the challenge being as reckless as it was the law needs to be changed for me though

• 24 Sgt. Heagerty // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:19 PM

  Tough one for Besty he was playing well I think. At least as well as possible with so many players missing and being forced to the left wing so much. Get well soon Besty

• 25 Les Grossman // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:24 PM

  There are NO heros in level 7…
  just a bunch of blokes with good eyesight or fookin binoculars

• 26 roshan MAGPIE // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:34 PM

  watching aston villa game on ESPN now

• 27 ParisToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:48 PM

  Harry Redknap not guilty! Gutted, just hope there is a bad reaction by his players on Saturday!

• 28 t00ntime // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:49 PM

  if the FA dont do anything to skertel or suarez warnock aint getting sh1t done to him… skertel cud of destroyed someones carreer with that challange and suarez was just dirty… after the whistle kicked him in the chest…

  they both got yellow so the FA cant do anything… F**K off man… suarez needs 3 match ban and skertel needs 5/6 match ban… but no some poor guy from stoke gets sent off against sunderland when he only deserved a yellow… yet the FA dont take away his punishment…

  the FA need to look at themselves and think about things… they need to be able to step in and say hang on a sec he needed a red (or a yellow) and then change it.

  Also they should use a 3 strike system… if a ref makes a mistake with giving/not giving a red card/penalty (and if after seeing replay’s he wrongly tells the FA to look/not look at the incident ) he shud get a strike, 3 times and he is suspended for the season (every season everything gets reset) that way the refs will either think about it more or after the match atleast make the FA look at it.

  so ref’s wont use the excuse… it was a big game (webb world cup final, de jongs challenge) it was massive for the premier league (webb rooney’s elbow man utd v wigan) etc

• 29 boater // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:50 PM

  Eastend toon – I think you have the number of wins right, but I imagine we will drop points in a couple of the ‘winnable’ games, and pick up a couple of surprise wins in the toughies, if this season is anything to go by. West Brom away will be tough and Liverpool at home too close too call, for e.g.

• 30 NUFCarter // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:57 PM

  Milan mandovic and Harry redknapp are found NOT GUILTY

• 31 Offkey // Feb 8, 2012 at 3:58 PM

  Robin – I said this the other day……Watch the tackle in slow motion. The fact is that Warnock dived at a ball that was not near him, seemingly intending to take both man and ball.

  His studs are up and his foot is above the ball and at Taylor’s knee level. It looks like a ninja kick and he goes through Raylor. Are you making an exception because its in the box?

  What if the ball was chest height and the fella does a ninja kick at his chest studs up…….that okay as well? what can you do? stand still? His tackle was a leg breaker.

  Blatant red card in my opinion.

• 32 Offkey // Feb 8, 2012 at 4:05 PM

  I am confident about the run in with the players we have and those coming back. Like Boater I accept there will be a few surprises in store……..

  But with NUFC you can never be sure. Although, I doubt I would be too disappointed with the season if with did have a prolonged dip in form.

  Looking forward to Tottenham nervously…….Have a feeling Pardew might throw in a selection or tactical surprise…..but I wouldn’t be concerned i it was 4-4-2

• 33 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM

  agreed boater, how we’ve played against BB and villa and came away with the points probably shocked all of us, at times in both matches we looked terrible, only through steel-like determination and workmanship, and our fair share of luck to be fair, were we able to grab all 3 points in each of those games… now i wouldnt be surprised to see the team that turn up against spurs play like barca (or at least there abouts! ) and put in an amazing performance… its a given we generally play better against better opposition.

  i’m hoping for 60points by the time the final whistle goes against wigan on the 28th april… anything more than that and europa dare i say is guaranteed

• 34 magpie6699 // Feb 8, 2012 at 4:21 PM

  I cannot believe people describing both Warnock’s tackles as fair. I accept that the one on Leon Best was perfectly legal and it’s bad luck he got injured – but the one on Raylor was horrible horrible HORRIBLE!
  Have the “fair tackle” lot actually seen it replayed and especially in slow-motion? Warnocks studs were showing and his leading foot was knee-high: if Ryan hadn’t managed to jump a bit and luckily get away with an impact injury to bone without an actual break, his knee would have been pointing in all directions and the ligaments would have been all like snapped rubber bands! We could easily be wondering if he’d ever play again. I’m not comparing it to Cabaye etc. – retaliation is never justified, however understandable. I will however compare it to the much less dangerous challenge by Huth on the Mackem which was upheld as a red- card challenge but was never likely to cause the same damage.

• 35 Level 7 Hero // Feb 8, 2012 at 4:21 PM

  @eastend toon

  Final whistle against Wigan hope we will have 60 points?

  We still have Man City at home and Everton away after man. The season finishes on the 13th May.

• 36 Level 7 Hero // Feb 8, 2012 at 4:22 PM

  @eastend toon

  Areet just got what you meant. Ayyyye Man City and Everton would be bonus points like.

• 37 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 4:42 PM

  thats the one level 7 ;o)

• 38 SurefootedShola // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:04 PM

  Mali vs Ivory Coast at 19:00. Hoping to have Tiote on the first flight back to Tyneside, after the match….

• 39 ToonDownSouth // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:16 PM

  The decision to uphold Huths ban is absolute madness. The only contact was the player kicking Huth in the knee!

  Crazy crazy crazy decision. The referee thought he saw something, which did not actually happen.

• 40 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:28 PM

  JackButler // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:54 AM – Peter Beardsley was on TalkSport this morning talking about how Ashley is fully committed to the club and taking us forward, he said that the future for NUFC is very exciting. With the squad that we are building and the fact we seem to be able to find quality players for relatively small transfer fee’s plus the fact we have some class youngster coming through, hopefully the days of us struggling in the league are behind us.

  I wonder if solano, MacToon and Jail for Ashley are going to call Beardsley a weird, ar$e licking, deluded, senile, moron for saying that Ashley is fully committed to taking the club forward?

  Or … I wonder … are solano, MacToon and Jail for Ashley weird, deluded and senile for thinking he isn’t?

  Answers on a postcard to The Toon, 5 Premier League, Newcastle 42 PTS.

• 41 MaltaMagpie // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:39 PM

  Feel sorry for Best. The lad might not score as much as we’d like but I’ve been impressed with his work rate and he’s been a great decoy for Demba 1

• 42 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:41 PM

  @ Billson

  That’s it go for the jugular !

• 43 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:48 PM

  Wud like to keep up the same level of form and average 1.75pts per game from the last 14 – same as up to now – which would give us another 24pts.and a total of 66. W Our run in is quite tough though so 18 is more realistic. Anything over 60 pts will do.

• 44 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:55 PM

  Has the HBA debate gone away?

  Seriously what is Pardew thinking leaving HBA out of the side? If he doesn’t start him in the next game I would definitely say that Ashley has to consider sacking him, he makes me sick!

  

• 45 GeordieGesus // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:57 PM

  Ruddy Marveaux-lous, from what I’ve read. It had gone away. HAD.

• 46 geoff777 // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:59 PM

  @bills-son

  You have your opinion they have theirs.
  Give it a rest it’s really boring, your positions are so entrenched, you’re all banging your heads against a wall.

  Unfortunately the rest of us have to read it.

• 47 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:03 PM

  Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 8, 2012 at 5:55 PM – Has the HBA debate gone away?

  Not sure …

  But it sure looks like the ‘Ashley is an unambitious FGB who is taking us into oblivion’ debate from solano, MacToon and Jail for Ashley has gone away.

  Or has it …

  Answers on a postcard to The Toon, 5 Premier League, Newcastle 42 PTS.

• 48 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:06 PM

  geoff777 – yeh, I’ve got my opinion and I’ve every right to express it – just as you have.

  If you find my posts boring just skip any you see by me – simple as that.

  I had the deluded, ar$e licking, moron rammed sdown my throat by those three for a year .. I didn’t hear you telling them to give it a rest because it was boring did I ?

• 49 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:08 PM

  geoff777 – and by the way – its not an opinion any more its a fact – look at the Prem table and our squad.

• 50 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:09 PM

  I’m kidding btw in case anyone thinks I’m being serious

• 51 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM

  alright alright, point made bills-son, geoff, lets not fan the flames anymore eh. move on, live in peace, support the black and white

• 52 geoff777 // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM

  @bills-son

  The people you are baiting have not posted in this article and are probably off-line.

  You are entitled to post your opinion.
  Just pointing out that we kind of guessed your position a year ago … I don’t agree with aying you are deluded and a moron …

• 53 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:11 PM

  oh no worries ruddy, somone will be finishing their homework soon and i’m sure when they log on, they’ll take the bait

• 54 geoff777 // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:13 PM

  @eastend toon

  Quite right I’m off anyway.
  Just fed up of reading bollox on here instead of comments about the team.

• 55 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:27 PM

  geoff777 // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM

  @bills-son – The people you are baiting have not posted in this article and are probably off-line. You are entitled to post your opinion. Just pointing out that we kind of guessed your position a year ago … I don’t agree with aying you are deluded and a moron …

  Fair do’s Geoff – I’m just taking the pi$$ out of the 3 Neggino’s – but I’ll give it a rest.

  My opinion on the next 12 months …

  I can’t see any top player being sold unless stupid money is offered … at least twice what a player is worth … and even then I don’t think it is a given Ashley will sell. I honestly believe he is hell bent on making us a top club and winning at least a trophy, if not the Prem, during his ownership.

  I believe we will sign another 3/4 high calibre first team players in the summer together with the same number of high calibre 18-20yr olds. Players like Lover, Smith, Xisco + the younger players already mentioned will go.

  No matter how well we do this season … I believe we will be even better and stronger next season. Ba, Cisse, Cabaye, Santon, HBA, Obertan, Abheid, Vuckic will all be the better for having got Prem experience and will be totally integrated with the other players. The whole team will be even more confident in their ability and the squad – aided by further quality signings in the summer – will be stronger all round and especially in defense at CB and FB.

  I reckon we could have a reall go at a Champs League place next season (if not this) and who knows even the title. We really could be that good. We really could.

  The future is bright … the future is Black n White.

  HWTL.

• 56 Jail for Ashley // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:44 PM

  Bill son
  Are you going to order a new arsehole for your giant latex Ashley doll,you surely must have worn the current one out.

• 57 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:48 PM

  Intelligent riposte.

• 58 check the toastie // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:03 PM

  Must say i agree with everything Bills son has said, however Jail for Ashley has blew him out the water with that last comment, witty and abusive in equal measure, congrats Jail that showed him.

• 59 check the toastie // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:05 PM

  Love Benny’s talent but he’ll never be a shola in my eyes, legend.

• 60 Ibizatoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM

  The love in this blog is overwhelming…just too much.

  Predictions for this weeekend then guys? Wouldn’t be too shocked with a loss, but going for a 1-1, maybe a cheeky 2-1 nufc (Ba and Cisse of course)

• 61 Offkey // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:15 PM

  Bill-son – Its hard to know who the ‘neggers’ are now in all honesty. I was one, certainly not any more although I am not completely won over by Ashley. The people you mention know what a good season we have had while Jail, I believe, hates MA slightly less since Cisse and our great season. You all just have a slightly different opinion of MA.

  The ones that worry me are the ones that dont recognise how good we have been this season.

• 62 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:16 PM

  See Bill-son – the wind up worked just right for you !
  Allowed you to butter a few chunky slaggin off comments against the opposition and then some slices of self justification to make a crackin sandwich. The perfect BLT….

• 63 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:18 PM

  ivory coast hit the post…. twice in opening 15… looks like it could be a walk over

• 64 Spuggy // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:20 PM

  Do the crowd still sing abuse at MA? Just wondering?

• 65 Jail for Ashley // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:21 PM

  I think an unwarranted dig at me from the ever charming bills son,I have been in a state of truce with our cuddly owner since 18:25 January the tenth,although I was slightly mystified on transfer deadline day as to why we never bought a CB,even on loan.

• 66 sahil // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:28 PM

  Capello’s resigned lads!!!!!

• 67 davybtoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:29 PM

  I capellos gone thank god hope they go for redknapp

• 68 Wor Shearer // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:35 PM

  England manager is an awful job. Always in the spotlight, never get to see your team and when you do there’s always one or two pr*cks beating up women or being racist, making selection a nightmare due to public pressure…nah mate, let Arry deal with the problems.

  I bet Capello was chomping at the bit to get out of his contract.

• 69 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:35 PM

  and get him before our match!

  never gonna happen though… well, that puts a nail in englands chances, as if there werent a enough already!

• 70 Spuggy // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM

  Spuds are gonna be on fire when he returns.

• 71 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM

  does the ACON play for third place??

• 72 Wor Shearer // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:38 PM

  …..plus, only time non-football fans get on a managers back it’s the England manager….shite job, but for the money.

• 73 check the toastie // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:38 PM

  If Ashley was such a great chairman he would have had our captain tied down by now, i know they like a bargain, and enjoy playing hardball but just get him signed up, he should finish his career here, if we lose him to the bindippers because of wages, theres the ceiling to Big Mikes ambition. Although if Collo did leave for an extra 20k a week, he will be the new Judas and would warrant abuse if he returned.

• 74 Wor Shearer // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:39 PM

  @eastend toon

  Yes, day before final.

• 75 mattyNUFC // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:41 PM

  capello quits!

  or is this old news by now?

• 76 Wor Shearer // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:42 PM

  @check the toastie

  I’m not sure Ash will pay up for Colo’s contract….might be more than he’s willing to pay. Colo will want a massive wage, understandably, as he’s clearly a fantastic defender and team leader but it’s also his last professional contract….probably.

  Hope i’m wrong of course

• 77 SurefootedShola // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:42 PM

  Woah, Fabio Capello has resigned!

• 78 mattyNUFC // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:42 PM

  anybody think Pardew may be on a shortlist??

• 79 check the toastie // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM

  Please capellos gone, has no interest whatsoever, pardew said in a conversation on goals on sunday that capello thought steven taylor played midfield, does his research obviously, getting paid a fortune for fuc all.
  Wonder if the next England manager bothers to actually travel to the northeast of england as capello has never bothered fact.

• 80 eastend toon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:47 PM

  1-0 to the ivories

• 81 check the toastie // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:48 PM

  Matty – think redknapp is on a shortlist of one, if not floppy chops, i think Martin o Neill would do a good job, that would be funny.

• 82 mattyNUFC // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM

  i vote Pardew!

  let us get in Brendan Rodgers or some one with a good footballing philosophy

• 83 Jonny // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:51 PM

  Pardrew fourth favourite! Redknapp on a part time basis till end of season i think?

• 84 Jonny // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:54 PM

  Any news on David Ginola serious injury i am hearing about?

• 85 tomtoon7 // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:55 PM

  good riddance2the overpaid out of touch wop.Thinkin that stevie taylor is a midfielder says it all,his ignorance 2 the northeast is a travisty!!

• 86 Ibizatoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:56 PM

  Behave Matty…Leave Pardew right where he is….first bit of stability we’ve had in ages and it seems to be going pretty well

• 87 dazza // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:57 PM

  Capello backed himself into a corner over the Terry row (maybe purposefully, he didn’t have the belly for it)

  Booked into see Steadman next Thursday, maybe I’ll run into Best

• 88 fgb224lbs // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:58 PM

  @83
  supposed to be in a coma. a skiing injury it seems. hit a tree. its awful

• 89 dazza // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:59 PM

  Looks like Ginola is recovering well http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4117154/David-Ginola-news-former-football-star-Ginola-hurt-in-ski-accident.html

• 90 fgb224lbs // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:02 PM

  @88 glad to hear that

• 91 tomtoon7 // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:02 PM

  thankfully i hear ex wing wizard is not at deaths door,SERIOUS INJURIES THO,broken ribs but not life threatenig we hope!Get well soon Davide!!

• 92 Jonny // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:04 PM

  Good to hear David is ok. Lineker tweeted thoughts with his family or something and i feared the worst!!

• 93 Spuggy // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:05 PM

  Pards at the cup game, just seen him on camera with his nerd glasses on.

  Funny how he wears contacts in the dug out.

• 94 mattnufc // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:18 PM

  Capello resigned as England manager. Quite pleased tbh.

• 95 NUFC STEVE // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:19 PM

  Imagine rednapp left spurs and Hiddink took over???Improvement or not??

• 96 toonarmydownsouth // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:20 PM

  Wow capello hetting slated on SSN! Cant same im suprised bloke was a tw@t and had no intrest in being the manager how can u go to the euros knowing he had resigned as of there last game in the comp anyway? Another little blip for the f.a them boys really know how to make themselfs look fu cking stupid!

• 97 toonarmydownsouth // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:35 PM

  Some muppet in ssn whos head of “the england supporters club” saying he thinks the only manager for the job is pep guardiola! Dream on fella

• 98 nufc mad man // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:35 PM

  what on earth is it with this fa i have never known so much chaos. i put most of the blame to them and JT and do not want to see JT in an england shirt again

• 99 dazza // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:38 PM

  just watched Tino’s debut for us
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svgtS9i_dUc&feature=related

  Hoping the Cisse has a better overall impact…

• 100 Ibizatoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:41 PM

  Great facebook comment from a chelsea fan..”I agree Terry should either tell them to do one or apply for a player-manager job?!”

  Errr….good one… FA don’t want him as captain…but player/manager! Genius!

• 101 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:49 PM

  Jail for Ashley // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:44 PM
  Bill son – Are you going to order a new arsehole for your giant latex Ashley doll,you surely must have worn the current one out.

  Yes Jail, I do need to order a new ar$ehole ..

  This time I’m going to order the biggest one available … YOU.

• 102 Tooooon // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:51 PM

  Can anyone please link me to a Tottenham forum… I want to laugh my head off at them panicking about Redknapp hahahahha… you’ll see they’ll collapse after he’s gone.

• 103 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:51 PM

  Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:48 PM – Intelligent riposte.

  Now that just shows how little intelligence you have Ruddy.

  You really should think (if thats possible) before you engage your posting fingers.

• 104 Shot Bru // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:53 PM

  Capello=67% win rate with a bunch of average players and the FA force him out?

• 105 cyprus // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:58 PM

  Get well soon David Ginola. Thanks for the memories here at NUFC.

• 106 toonarmydownsouth // Feb 8, 2012 at 8:59 PM

  Boro equalised against the scum

• 107 Benry // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:00 PM

  Clash of the heavyweights tonight!

  Jail for Ashley vs Billson

  Go on Jail take the old git down lol!

• 108 toonarmydownsouth // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:02 PM

  Redknapp found not guilty the same day as capello does one? Wonder how much the f.a paid the jury

• 109 Benry // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:04 PM

  Seriously how on Earth is Jamie Redknapp related to Harry?

• 110 Harry Yidknapp // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:14 PM

  toonarmydoonsooth:

  …don’t you mean jewry?

• 111 danishmag // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:27 PM

  benry…
  i think Jamie is Harrys son!

• 112 kevymartins // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:28 PM

  jamie redknapp is not related to harry …BUT believe it or not harry redknapp is the uncle of frank lampard or something….frank lampard also bought a house very close to wear i live>>newcastle in ireland

• 113 danishmag // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:29 PM

  he is Harry´s son!
  Harry is also the uncle of Frank Lampard!

• 114 danishmag // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:30 PM

  From wikipedia:
  Henry James “Harry” Redknapp (born 2 March 1947) is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur.

  He had previously managed Bournemouth, West Ham United, Portsmouth (twice) and Southampton. While in his second spell at Portsmouth, he managed the side that won the 2008 FA Cup.[3] At the conclusion of the 2009–10 season he guided Tottenham into the UEFA Champions League for the very first time.[4] Redknapp subsequently oversaw Spurs progress to the last 16 of that tournament when defeating German side Werder Bremen at home.[5] They were the only new club to have qualified for the next stage of the competition[6] and went on to top their group ahead of holders Inter Milan.[7] Redknapp then helped his team beat AC Milan over two legs to reach the quarter-finals.[8]

  His son, Jamie Redknapp, played under him at Bournemouth and Southampton. He is also uncle to Chelsea player Frank Lampard, who played under him at West Ham United.

• 115 kevymartins // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:31 PM

  ok i eat my words jamie is the son of harry and the cuz of frank lampards ”small world”

• 116 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:31 PM

  Benry // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:00 PM – Clash of the heavyweights tonight! Jail for Ashley vs Billson, Go on Jail take the old git down lol!

  You’ll be here til Jails ar$ehole smells like sweet roses if you wait for him to take me down.

  All he has nowt in his armoury that scares me.

  I’kk outgun the arrogant pygmy on every score.

• 117 kevymartins // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:33 PM

  Harry is just a piece of sh it although i like jamie tbf he always gives nufc credit on sky

• 118 Benry // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:37 PM

  There is no way in hell Harry Redknapp could have bore Jamie, or be related to Frank Lampard. Not trying to be funny, im not gay or anything. But Harry must have adopted him, unless he is an acid burns victim…

• 119 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:40 PM

  Apologies to Jail …

  I forgot to give hime his full name …

  Ihe arrogant filthy foul mouthed pygmy who clearly has a fetish about latex dolls given the number of times he talked about them.

  He’s probably fiddling around with one now.

• 120 danishmag // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:42 PM

  benry..
  Harry was a good looking lad, when he was younger ;o)

• 121 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:44 PM

  B-S, you really are not learning, I’ve said many a time post your opinion’s and have done with it but no you continue to slag off and bait. I really have very little time for you tbh but I’m added to your list of “neggers” or whatever you believe me to be.

  Geoff777 has it right, post and have done with it.

  I invited you to the NUFCFansUTD meet on Monday gone but as you so lack any balls you declined.
  Please stop refering to me in such ways, you do not know me, you are quite obviously unaware of a great percentage of my views and to be continually called a moron or similar is against the basic rules Ed puts in place on this blog.

  Now please fgs grow up and move on

• 122 Ben_W // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:50 PM

  Come on now lads, Bills-son, leave it out lad, it’s alright having a bit of banter and debate and all but hurling insults doesn’t solve anything! Just have a break and chill mate!

• 123 Brutooon // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM

  Fabio Capello resigns. Maybe harry redknapp will want the england job and lose his focus for the match with us!

• 124 toonpanda18 // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:59 PM

  No offense but capello wasn’t that great and so I’m happy that he has gone so we can get someone like pardew but not him and not red knapp or Hodgson just a up and coming successful English manager

• 125 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:00 PM

  MacToon – to be continually called a moron or similar is against the basic rules Ed puts in place on this blog.

  Really? Have a read of this …

  Jail for Ashley // Feb 8, 2012 at 6:44 PM
  Bill son – Are you going to order a new arsehole for your giant latex Ashley doll,you surely must have worn the current one out.

  Do you want me to trawl through this forum and find umpteen examples of filth like the above and a boat load of posts from the likes of solano where I have been called a moron, imbecilic and far worse?

  If Ed applied any type of moderation on here a few of my abusers would have been banned long ago.

  The hypocrisy and patronisation in your post is staggering. If anyone is not learning its you.

• 126 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:06 PM

  B-S, why do you rope me into what other’s has said?

  That is a problem you seem to have, if one person say’s something everyone who disagree;s with you is tarred by the same brush.

  I’ve been on this blog a long, long time and have read through 90% of threads and posts since it began and to be quite honest, I have never seen a contributor quite like you.

  Pick a post of mine, copy/paste it and we can discuss it……OK?

  Don’t make stuff up about me or what I’ve said. If you have a problem with J4A deal with it, it has nothing ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with me.

  Now go copy/paste something I’ve said, if not just post and as others say, chill and behave

• 127 tomtoon7 // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:08 PM

  blow up dollspygmys,GIVE IT A REST,supposed 2b debatin toon crack on ere.Cmon idiots get a life.HWTL

• 128 davybtoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:14 PM

  Well defo not worried about facing the Mackems there crap

• 129 Toon Tang // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:16 PM

  the England fiasco is a complete, pure, unadulterated joke and has been for a while now. the amount of shit flying around on the senior players of the squad is crazy. they should overhaul the whole sorry affair and cut the lot of them. most of the olders are well passed best now anyways.

  do what Spain did 4 years ago and let the youngsters through . they will do a better job than the bunch of old jokers they’ve got now. there’s quality young English players all over the league they just need to be given the chance.

  they should have used one of them recent friendlies the had to just field a complete new team (not just a mixture) to see how it pans out. and to tell you the truth i don’t give two shits about postman pat resigning coz his teams never looked certain of anything.

• 130 seantoon // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:24 PM

  Not bothered who gets the job mourinho, redknapp etc aslong as they don’t play Gareth Barry! And also they better take note of Danny Guthrie’s fantastic form

• 131 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:24 PM

  MacToon – Now go copy/paste something I’ve said, if not just post and as others say, chill and behave

  I’ll take your word for it. If I’ve wrongly tarred you with the same brush as solano and JFA my apologies.

  I’ve never had a problem with fans disagreeing with my views on Ashley – I’ve taken stick for 18 months for that. What I do have a problem with is the vile abuse from certain posters on here. If they can’t take mild pi$$ taking in return they shouldn’t give the abuse in the first place. Simple as that.

  As for you saying you’ve never come across another poster like me. That’s the nicest thing anybody has ever said about me on here !

• 132 kilcline // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:25 PM

  McLeish been sacked lads?

• 133 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:41 PM

  “What I do have a problem with is the vile abuse from certain posters on here. If they can’t take mild pi$$ taking in return they shouldn’t give the abuse in the first place. Simple as that.”

  Abuse shouldn’t be present but it is, maybe some are reacting to being abused in the first place. Every contributor has a right to voice their opinion without giving or more importantly receiving abuse for it.

  Maybe it is the adult amongst us who turns a blind eye

  B-S all I ask is for you to post, not randomly pick an arguement with someone who probably isn’t even online to reply about something that was said 18 months ago. Situations change and people move on.

  Remember you and solano buried the hatchet during the summer, that truce didn’t last long and I’m aware of how the situation originally began in the first place, solano does not randomly give people abuse, he’s too intelligent for that.

  and finally, yes you are one unique nufcblog.com poster.
  
  I’d prefer to think of you as unique and not just a “randomer”.

• 134 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:46 PM

  Bill-son you are deliberately winding folk up in order to get a response. No point pretending to be a nice guy with an honest opinion. The psychology is so obvious I’m surprised you try on the sanctimonious wounded stuff as a follow up.

• 135 daffy // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:48 PM

  Pardew writing – oh shit weve got to play these soon .
  Haway the Lads – On to Wembley

• 136 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:49 PM

  MacToon

  Brutoon also takes a fairly major pop at anyone who defends Shola. same mindset I’m afraid.

  Then there are the “HBA can do no wrong sack the manager for not playing him every game” crowd like Matty

• 137 bills-son // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:57 PM

  MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:46 PM – Bill-son you are deliberately winding folk up in order to get a response. No point pretending to be a nice guy with an honest opinion. The psychology is so obvious I’m surprised you try on the sanctimonious wounded stuff as a follow up.

  Some people just can’t help themselves can they? And you are another one. Back handed abuse dressed up in physco-babble.

  I post what I think about NUFC. If somebody gives me abuse for my views I give a bit back but rarely stoop to the level of the abuser. If I drop a bollock I’ll admit I’m wrong as I’ve done a few times on here.

  Quit the physco babble – its as simple as that.

• 138 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:59 PM

  dafty, as someone’s already… we seen nowt tonight to worry us

• 139 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:59 PM

  *said

• 140 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 10:59 PM

  daffy – On that showing weve got nothing to be scared of yous dont offer much upfront Campbell wont trouble Colo much Sess or Mclean are your biggest threats other than that yous have nothing… Ba and Cisse will destroy yous at the back(a dont mean score loads) yous have never been able to keep Jonas quiet and also weve got Cabaye and Tiote back for the middle which well are much better than any of your CM partnerships… all the same its going to be a very good game which am looking forward too but a think we’ll edge it by the odd goal

• 141 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:00 PM

  B-S, turn a blind eye, you’d probably earn alot more respect on here if you did.

• 142 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:05 PM

  B-S

  Its Psychobabble not ‘physco-babble’

  And you really are very abusive….

• 143 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:06 PM

  MagpiesFlyHigh, lol yeah alot of people here with a lot of views and alot of different styles of contributors but it’s one of the things that makes this blog so bleeding good.
  Fights are fine when there are people on battling together but when someone’s attacked randomly and they haven’t even been present posting at the time, well I just think it’s a “cheap shot”.

• 144 daffy // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:09 PM

  Mac – Sess , Campbell , McClean , Larsson , Bentdner , Gardner can all score , no prob – we wernt good tnght but march on .

• 145 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:10 PM

  I think if floppy chops takes on the England job he’s losing a chance to really make the grade as a club manager. He has done a great job with spuds and another two or three seasons and he’ll take them to the top of the London teams. Why throw that up for a second rate national team with delusions of grandeur and a vicious press who’ll turn on him first opportunity.

• 146 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:12 PM

  daffy – Which Bendtner you on about? he’s scored what 1 maybe 2 goals? Gardner the lad who doesnt wana play for yous will be destroyed from Tiote.. Larssons been sh*te since Mclean came on the scene.. Colo will mark Campbell out the game yous dont.. Agree with Sess though a like him good little player whos impossible to mark but weve got more than enough players who yous will not be able to deal with without taking them down and giving us dangerous free kicks

• 147 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:12 PM

  Magpies – Apparently its part time if he takes on the England job

• 148 deyansabourian // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:13 PM

  http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/7554129/papiss-demba-cisse-adds-another-dimension-newcastle-attack-james-horncastle

• 149 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:13 PM

  Can’t praise your team dafty cause it’s in my gene’s not too

  but reluctantly would say you’ve got a much better manager now, he’s a hard one to keep happy though.

• 150 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:17 PM

  GT89

  Is that till the end of the season, or Europeans or would he be allowed to keep the spuds going till the world cup (excuse lack of caps)

• 151 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:17 PM

  Bendtner – 3 goals in 16 games
  Campbell – 2 goals in 3 games
  Sess – 7 goals in 26 games
  Larsson – 6 goals in 23 games

  Total = 18 Goals scored from 4 players

  Ba – 16 goals in 22 games
  Cissee – 1 goal in less than 1 game

  Total – 17 goals from 2 players in less games

• 152 daffy // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:18 PM

  Geordietoon – Sess is pure class but weve got enough all over the pitch to cause problems – you will be favourites for the derby but dont expect a similar result .

• 153 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:19 PM

  Magpies – Not too sure on that mate, would love to see him leave spurs though ha soon as he leaves.. so will Bale and Modric

• 154 daffy // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:20 PM

  Geordietoon – aey weve still got a better goal diff.

• 155 Dannyo // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:21 PM

  @bill-son
  U’re going about this all the wrong ways, u just pick fights, digging up old graves, saying u’ve been abused for 18 months. When it’s u who come on here, starting abusing others.
  U call other people “neggers” when infact, by behaving the way u do, are one yourself.
  It’s quite possible to be with or against MA and still be a negger…

• 156 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:21 PM

  daffy – A dont mate a think it’l be a very tough game O’Neill has been immense for yous but some of your fans are crazy to think yous will turn us over, seriously underestimating the strength and spirit amongst our ranks who literally dont give up until that final whistle has been blown.. honest think it will be a 2-1 win…Sess for yous and Ba/Cisse for us

• 157 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:23 PM

  GT89
  Yeh good to see the opposition clubs fall by the wayside. Just hope we finish ahead of bindippers – make the point to a certain LB that we don’t lack ambition….

• 158 Dannyo // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:23 PM

  @daffy
  Very true, won’t be expecting the same as the 1-0 result, highly likely that i’ll be more like 5-1 this time around…

• 159 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:23 PM

  So dodgy ‘Arry’s been offered the job? Part-time? lol, well aslong as Pardew stays here for the near future I don’t care, lost alot of respect for the England set up last world cup finals.

• 160 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:23 PM

  daffy – Yeah mate yous have been good defensively because yous dont play your strikers haha

• 161 Dannyo // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:28 PM

  @MacToon
  FA better keep their butterfingers off Pardew, he’s going nowhere. We’re finally a bit stabilized with a manager that has a proper vision for how he wants to play, and it’s currently working quite well.
  Just take old candleface, and ruin it for Tottenham instead.

• 162 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:35 PM

  Dannyo, aye, it seems we have a manager who’s happy enough to work under the conditions here and he’s doing really well, or as I would say overachieving. He’s getting a great team together bit by bit and someone mentioned it earlier, they/he’s getting players in with good attitudes, an attitude that fits well with the club ethos as well as them being talented.

  After saying that though they’ve still made mistakes along the way, keep learning and improving is all I’d ask really.

• 163 GeordieToon89 // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:37 PM

  In the same interview, it was noted how, instead of going out in Freiburg on the weekends, Cisse would stay home and play “FIFA 2012″ on his PlayStation. The skill rating of his own character in the game was pointed out as 81, inferior to other Bundesliga stars like Shinji Kagawa (82), Jefferson Farfan (84) and Renato Augusto (83), even though he’d scored more goals than all three of them put together. “You’re right. Maybe I should write a letter,” he joked.

  Thats a good point actually how he’s on a 81 considering he was 2nd top scorer last season

• 164 chris_g // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:40 PM

  Benry // Feb 8, 2012 at 9:37 PM

  There is no way in hell Harry Redknapp could have bore Jamie, or be related to Frank Lampard. Not trying to be funny, im not gay or anything. But Harry must have adopted him, unless he is an acid burns victim…

  …… car crash victim, actually

  “A dreadful car accident during the 1990 World Cup in Italy left Redknapp so badly injured that a doctor covered his face with a blanket”
  source: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/book-review-hunch-pack-of-west-ham-1189588.html

• 165 mattyNUFC // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:42 PM

  oooh, just thought i’d have a troll and saw i had a shoutout from magpiesflyhigh

  so i’m part of the HBA can do no wrong crowd?

  I’d beg to differ. Anytime it’s been brought up i’m in defense of ben arfa strictly because he is an example unto me (and usually the talking point of the day) of one of the many things i believe hints at pardew’s stubbornness as a manager, a stubbornness i feel hinders the side more often than not

  i’m not an HBA fanatic. my sole affiliation or inclination to the team is no way shape or form tethered to him. as i’ve mentioned to many but apparently been listened to by few, entertainment value means most to me. If we’re entertaining in my mind, the results CAN follow. We’ve a squad technically superior to most in the league because of their various upbringings and footballing educations, yet we (pardew, imo) hinders their natural abilities and instincts.

  so, MagpiesFlyHigh, i guess i’m part of the ‘i expect more even being extremely grateful and frankly surprised to be where we are but knowing the football we’ve played along the way since august has been a distant second to the style mooted by pardew as far back as january 2011′ crew

  i got all worked up yesterday when the village douchebag ruddy had yet another go at my “dissenting” viewpoint, but then i jsut realized there are of course many different people in this world but when it comes to success, distinctly two types. there are the ones who settle for less, and the ones who don’t. I guess my exploits in life have been catalyzed by said attitude, while many remain happy in the drudgery of it all. to each their own, but why settle when the potential for even more is there?

• 166 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:44 PM

  mactoon

  Yeh I like the attitude Pards is working on with the players too.

• 167 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:50 PM

  matty

  I’ve yet to see a post from you supporting Pardew at all. Now maybe I’ve missed something somewhere but it all seems to me to be slagging Pardew off any chance you get. Yet we are doing okay – and at least two or three places better than most of us thought. And you always want to start HBA. If I’ve missed the occasional grudging acknowledgement of APs abilities (and I didn’t rate him when he came here either) then you have my sincere apologies for misrepresenting you.

• 168 MacToon // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:55 PM

  MagpiesFlyHigh, I’ll see an interview by Ba or Cisse and can’t help but smile. My first impressions are they live to play football and love doing it also lucky enough to be given the chance to play at high levels. I love this attitude and hope I’m right about them.

  I’d love every player at SJP, NUFC to have the attitude of doing their level best for the club and the fans, again I don’t think it’s much to ask especially considering what they get paid nowaday.

• 169 MagpiesFlyHigh // Feb 8, 2012 at 11:59 PM

  Mactoon

  Same here – it restores your faith in football when you read these interviews and comments the players make. I really hope Pards has got the team spirit so high no-one wants to leave this summer……except Xisco etc.,

  And on that positive note about the Toon – goodnight lads

• 170 mattyNUFC // Feb 9, 2012 at 12:03 AM

  magpies

  if you want to look not to far back I was a rabid supporter of pardew (we’re talking probably as recent as November). you wouldn’t be able to find a single post where I said anything to the contrary of at the least pardew being a good fit.

  I judge based on what is there, how i interpret situations. if you must know (i’ll attempt to do this quickly), i thought the dodgy performances were just a sign of a team that had yet to full gel, good players whose form had not yet peaked or gotten accustomed to the league yet. bad performance after a decent performance and back to a bad one. i was sure the turnaround was coming….but it never really did. the perfect record dropped and it was expected but then just baffling decisions in my mind were being made left and right, and they’ve only continued since then

  so, for the record though i’m sure i’ll have to say this again, i haven’t been one of these eternal pessimists….and i’m not, but if a decision made pisses me off, guess what? I’m gonna talk about it on here because, well, that’s what we do

• 171 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 9, 2012 at 12:57 AM

  mattyNUFC // Feb 7, 2012 at 4:09 PM

  indian magpie

  cause he’s a sh!t manager with no contingency. i rate him less and less as the days go by…..sure it’s a grudge to do with HBA, but how is that, a single, solitary fan any more of a hinderence or immature than our own manager having an obvious grudge against our best player? who cares. I’m off the blog. pardew makes me sick

  “….so, for the record though i’m sure i’ll have to say this again, i haven’t been one of these eternal pessimists….and i’m not, but if a decision made pisses me off, guess what? I’m gonna talk about it on here because, well, that’s what we do”

  You’re not one of these eternal pessimists? He made baffling decisions?It is baffling you’re right…it is baffling that he has coped with all the issues that have been thrown at him since taking over this club i.e Andy Carroll leaving, Kevin Nolan/Joey B/ Jose Enrique all jumping ship and it is even more baffling how he got his new players to gel into the team so quickly and get us to 5th in the league and a point behind Chelsea in 4th. What is even more baffling is that “fans” like you would love nothing more than the “win big lose big” scenario we had going on with that prat KK the great ‘Entertainers’ era is over man get over it. Finally what is even more baffling to me is that you promised yesterday you were gone because “Pardew makes mes sick” and you’re still bloody here!! And I’m the village douchebag??? Go do one you cretin

• 172 toonroyal // Feb 9, 2012 at 1:05 AM

  hey lads i dont post much but i have a taught which you might find interesting. some people on this site give out about ben arfa not starting each game, ok if you were to start arfa where would you play him? i watched the first half of the bburn game and well all he did was take on a player…get by him, take on another either lose the ball, get by him or run it out of play. although i do think he is a good talent he needs to learn to pass the ball when the opportunity arises. he has shown moments of brilliance…goal against everton, goal against blackburn aswell…but you cant rely on just moments to get through a full game. and was he part of the team that went 11 unbeaten? i dont think so. i think the competition between himself and obertan is huge. i hope to god he can learn how to handle the league and steps out of obers shadow (because ive really enjoyed his last few performances) and becomes a quality player.
  one more thing when people here give out stink because so and so hasnt been put into the first team when the line outs are named…..dont forget where we are in the league, dont forget who got us here… we are in our second season after relegation and were in fifth 2 thirds of the way through the season. im ecstatic with our players, mangers and fans this season so i will trust in pardew, his selections and the players he puts out there….rant over

• 173 LewSpi // Feb 9, 2012 at 1:13 AM

  I see Ravel Morrison is causing trouble at West Ham already, making ‘anti-gay’ comments on twitter. Nice dodge, Pards.

  Sorry if this has been posted about already, cba reading 171 posts to check.

• 174 cupiddstunt // Feb 9, 2012 at 3:13 AM

  mattyNUFC @ # 165

  I read and understand what you are getting at but can’t agree with you.

  For one you say “ as i’ve mentioned to many but apparently been listened to by few, entertainment value means most to me. If we’re entertaining in my mind, the results CAN follow

  Blackpool came into the prem played wide open attacking football were a joy to watch and flew up the table, then the reality hit, teams got to grips with their play and they bombed. They continued to play attractive attacking football and were relegated.

  Pardew with NUFC has a limited time to show he can do well for the club and concentrating on attractive football will not do it only result will. I we were playing attractive football you may very well be singing Pardews’ praises but the negative element at NUFC and on here would be screaming for his head. (we are sitting 5thand there are saying he is useless, what would they be saying if we were 18th?)

  If we were playing attractive football and in the bottom third of the table MA would have another manager lined up and AP would be at the dole p45 in hand.

  Lets build the squad play the best we can but most of all get the right results, improve the league standing and become more attractive to new signings. Then we can look to improve the visuals of the way we play.

  I for one want to be entertained when I am watching the team but not at the cost of results, I believe the style will improve as the squad improves and that hinges on the club being attractive to perspective signings, so league position and success breeds better play.

• 175 mattyNUFC // Feb 9, 2012 at 3:29 AM

  cupidstunt

  i get what you’re saying but with me, therein lies the problem when you speak of play improving. I am just really unsure as to whether pardew know what ‘beautiful’ football is, for lack of a better phrase. he wasn’t the best of players, he didn’t play in the best of teams. on top of that, he hasn’t coached teams that have been known to play attractive football. in essence, i’m not sure he would know how to reciprocate a philosophy unto his players without actually knowing anything about said philosophy. of course i could be wrong and hope i am….

  anyway, i’m too tired to think about it anymore.

  oh, and ruddy…..ease up, fella, you seem angry tonight…..and you’re still a douchebag

• 176 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 9, 2012 at 4:09 AM

  Won’t debase myself to your level.

  Oh and “reciprocate a philosophy unto his players…etc” that’s just bad English.

• 177 joppadoni // Feb 9, 2012 at 6:18 AM

  @geoff warnocks tackle on raylor was a foot and a half off the ground with studs showing and a likely leg breaker. the one on best was a great challenge. he should be band for 3 matches for the second one though

• 178 joppadoni // Feb 9, 2012 at 6:42 AM

  postman pats out… so what next for england?

  hopefully not pardew

• 179 joppadoni // Feb 9, 2012 at 6:43 AM

  also glad to here ‘arry has been proven innocent… lol

• 180 Whistler // Feb 9, 2012 at 7:46 AM

  Casting my eye over the latest posts….

  Ruddy Marveaux-lous @ 171

  I’ve read a few of your comments over time; some I agree with…some I don’t but for a supposed Newcastle fan to refer to KK as a ‘prat’ beggars belief!!! Are you old enough to remember a time before KK? Do you understand where we were in footballing terms prior to his arrival? Do you realise what he did for us? The KK factor saved this club from ceasing to exist…you would do well to remember that! Whatever his deficiencies as a coach may be, he lifted our club out of the mire….I think it’s very apparent who the prat is

• 181 roshan MAGPIE // Feb 9, 2012 at 8:17 AM

  http://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2012/02/09/taxi-for-shola/

• 182 Geordiedoonsooth // Feb 9, 2012 at 8:45 AM

  Ruddy Marveaux-lous #171 You obviously no nothing about football as Whistler # 180 says it is obvious who the prat is. I think you must be an SMB.

• 183 Lynxie // Feb 9, 2012 at 9:51 AM

  kevymartins@112:
  EPIC FAIL HA HA HA HA HA HA

  Do you ever put your brain into gear before posting? I would have thought the surname Rednkapp was a bit of a clue you balloon……………LOL LOL

• 184 Lynxie // Feb 9, 2012 at 9:55 AM

  Bills son @125

  Humorous comments (which this one was, I almost choked on my coffee) are banter, not personally aimed abuse. Grow a pair and get with the system man. I am sure JFA is quite capable of personal abuse if needed, and that was not it.

• 185 Lynxie // Feb 9, 2012 at 10:12 AM

  In line with our team ethic of ‘one for all, all for one’, how about Raylor /Perchino and Guthrie pics on the banner please Ed? They have all earned the right recently…………

• 186 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Feb 9, 2012 at 12:34 PM

  Sir John Hall cash dragged us out of the mire, not KK

• 187 Whistler // Feb 9, 2012 at 7:45 PM

  Ruddy Marveaux-lous….you’re just showing how limited your knowledge is with that statement, what huge outlay of Sir John Hall’s millions did we see during the season we almost fell into obscurity? SJH splashed the cash AFTER the season in question….our most prized acquisition by KK to save our skins…..Brian Kilcline for around 300k if memory serves….it was KK who galvanised an ailing squad and kept us up…..you’re either too young to remember, ill informed or just stupid….no matter which; you portray yourself as a prat to use your terminology