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Cockernees"!

Photo of Johnson trying to look inconspicuous at the SOL recently.............................

Newcastle is thataway 'arry .........................

Five

Six

And a hat-trick for the ref! You could not make this up.

Nic

Oh dear, oh dear, Nic. I really feel sorry for you now....and I'm a QPR fan!

What's the answer, nic?

You must feel rotten, I felt bad enough when the 'pool could only draw with Wigan couple of weeks ago!

A recently converted Man Utd fan earlier....................................

nic

...The only thing that could surprise me now, would be our first away win at Old Trafford since 1972!

Nic

.....I guess you'll have to wait for another suprise then marra! (chortle, snigger, giggle, etc etc) You'll get your chance to gloat tomorrow!!

'ARRY clearly relieved at not changing jobs, decides to take up Flamenco dancing lessons instead..........................................

nic,
keep your chin up son, i know just how you feel mate - after our horrendous season last year when we went down 6-0 to reading !!
BUT WE GOT SWEET REVENGE THIS SEASON !! OH YEAH!
what goes around comes around as they say.
who are you playing after the cup replay?
best of luck, scotty.

Scotty,

Cheers. Next game is home to Bolton. They have probably got enough time to re-employ Big Sam to manage against us for the match!

Call me paranoid, but did Manure really need all the extra help from the ref?

1) Perfectly good goal wrongly given offside against Owen.
2) Ronaldo not being booked for persistent diving
3) The "free" kick prior to the first goal given to Ronaldo for falling over when no Newcastle player was within a yard of him.
4) Ferdinand goal given despite being offside.
5) Goal given without the ball actually crossing the line.
6) Smith being given a straight red for politely asking the ref how much he had trousered from the game.

All of that was in addition to us gifting them two goals from defensive blunders. Ronaldo is a brilliant footballer, but he remains a cheat.

Bitter and twisted moi?

Nic

nic,
thats just how your luck seems to go when your down in the dumps - just like life itself.
im sure things will improve soon. keep the faith.
scotty

p.s. i agree the refs these days are complete shite - we had mike riley yesterday who continually blew up for the most stupid things and tried his best to ruin a free flowing game.

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i agree the refs these days are complete shite

One of the main reasons I don't watch football any more, since becoming "professional" they think they are "stars" too.Footballers get paid and cheat why shouldn't they. I use cheat in terms that they are not doing their jobs properly and cheating the fans and players of a fair and even game.
From what I have seen and heard the reffing is no better and if anything worse since their elevation.

i tend to agree bigh.

After a tronking at the Mighty Sunderland 'Arry wishes he had gone from the Frying pan into the fire................................................................. (Just tell me when to stop Nic, I can go on like this for decades, now where is my Bus thread)

Thought Sunderland played really well today - a very good result too. My tips to go down are Bolton, Fulham and Derby BTW.

Sad to see what's happened at Newcastle, but I don't think Harry would be the right man - not sure about Mark Hughes, he has done wonders at Blackburn. I think managing Newcastle is hard because the expectation is to play open attacking football and to win - it's great when it works; however most managers will think of shutting up shop before they look at strengthening the attacking options. George Burley would play open attacking football - whether he'd win games is another matter. One thing I didn't understand is why didn't Alan Smith just get off the field as soon as he could - why waste time arguing with the ref, getting sent off and having to miss a match. I guess it shows he cares.

ATB Rotf

it seems that souness fancies the toon job -
AGAIN !!

Scotty

Sounness wouldn't stand a chance (back me up here Nic)- and I don't think they would touch Shearer even tho he's a legend, he has no experience as a manager - Ashley is a businessman not a gambler - I reckon Hughes (if he'll move)

Bloomin' heck a couple of wins and were mid table - funny old game.

Diccus