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[sohois]

How sincere are you fears of relegation really? For you to be relegated, the coming manager would have to fuck everything up to the extent that I don't think even Sherwood can do.

Given the competition for the drop there already is, Newcastle could probably get away with just 3 wins and a handful of draws in the second half of the season to stay in the premier league.

Your correct that it just doesn't matter who they get with the likes of Leicester and Burnley almost guaranteed to go, which pretty much leaves one spot for Palace, Hull, WBA, Sunderland, Villa and Newcastle to fight over.

They could even bring back Kinnear and he would probably be enough

 

[Wes]

Probably old but I enjoyed this Vine.

 

[CCS]

If we go by the usual 40 points is enough to stay up, Newcastle only need 14 points from 19 games. Any manager could do that with the team they have.

 

[Linius]

https://vine.co/v/OwhZO0XVAm0

An interesting bit of Dutch commentary during Pools game yesterday

EDIT

Oh come on Wes, get relegated

 

[Mastadon]

If West Brom appoint Sherwood over Pulis, they'll deserve relegation like no other club has in the past.

I really want Sherwood at Newcastle.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

u have aids lolololol

I did enjoy that PA kill and using the phrase 'shove it up your arse' with sincerity for the first time in my life

 

[Scum]

Howard out for six weeks. Calf injury.

Laporta would be awesome. Just look at that photo and tell me this man should not be running the club.

Can't you get him any earlier? The current establishment are going to make things worse before they get better.

 

[LTWheels]

I noticed yesterday that Moreno is starting to drill crosses rather than float them in. Good to see that change finally happen.

 

[Wilbur]

Good article by Ronay on Pards/Newcastle.

 

[Ingeniero]

Wenger should have bought Fabregas, he would have been very useful while Ozil is injured.
But what's done it's done, now let's just hope the boss buys a decent DM and a CB in January.

 

[CCS]

Wenger should have bought Fabregas, he would have been very useful while Ozil is injured.
But what's done it's done, now let's just hope the boss buys a decent DM and a CB in January.

Chances of that happening are pretty slim, Wenger is Wenger after all.

 

[Scum]

TRANSFER GOSSIP
West Ham striker Mauro Zarate, 27, takes a parting shot at Hammers boss Sam Allardyce after agreeing a loan deal with QPR until the end of the season, accusing him of refusing to play him because he was signed by chairman David Sullivan. (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo, 21, will be allowed to join French top-flight club Bordeaux on loan for the rest of the season. (Daily Star)
Arsenal target Edinson Cavani could be getting closer to a move to Emirates Stadium after the striker, 27, was omitted from Paris St-Germain's warm-weather training plans. (Daily Express)
Liverpool are set to beat Tottenham in the chase for West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino, 21. (Daily Mail)
Burnley striker Danny Ings, 22, wants to stay at Turf Moor and lead his side's fight for survival. (Sun - subscription required)
Newcastle's French international midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 25, is ready to turn down a move to Arsenal and stay at St James' Park. (Sun - subscription required)
Manchester United have made an official move for Norwegian teenager Martin Odegaard, 16, who visited Old Trafford where he met manager Louis van Gaal but the Stromgodset midfielder is also due to visit Manchester City this week. (Daily Express)

OTHER GOSSIP
Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini, 32, is in the frame for the manager's job at St James' Park if Alan Pardew leaves. (The Independent)
Pardew will double his salary at Crystal Palace if his move from Newcastle to Selhurst Park is finalised. (Daily Mirror)
Newcastle have, though, targeted former Stoke and Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis to replace Pardew. (Sun - subscription required)
But Hull manager Steve Bruce and St Etienne manager Christophe Galtier are also both among the contenders to take over at Newcastle. (Daily Telegraph)
Referee Anthony Taylor apologised to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for booking Cesc Fabregas rather than awarding him a penalty in Chelsea's 1-1 draw at Southampton . (Daily Mail)
Real Madrid want world record signing Gareth Bale to spend the rest of his career with the European champions. (Sun - subscription required)
Midfielder Samir Nasri insists Manchester City have the bottle to defend their Premier League title. (Daily Star)
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe wants to sign Wigan winger Callum McManaman as his side target a Premier League place. (Daily Mail)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is counting down the days until he returns from injury after being impressed with his team's 4-1 win over Swansea. He tweeted : "Just finished watching the game. I can't wait to be back playing in that team and scoring goals!! Top class performance from them."

AND FINALLY...
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on target again but his latest shot was not universally popular as he reportedly killed a moose during a hunting trip back home in Sweden. (Guardian)
American broadcaster NBC blundered over their subtitles during Manchester United's 0-0 draw with Tottenham, referring to United midfielder Juan Mata as 'Marijuana Mata'. (Metro)

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[Scum]

Good article by Ronay on Pards/Newcastle.

You at work this week?

Wenger should have bought Fabregas, he would have been very useful while Ozil is injured.
But what's done it's done, now let's just hope the boss buys a decent DM and a CB in January.

He should have picked up Schneiderlin and Benatia in the summer.

 

[Wilbur]

You at work this week?



He should have picked up Schneiderlin and Benatia in the summer.

Yeah, working today to Sunday, death.

 

[Arnie]

The best managers make it work.

Is right.

 

[Ingeniero]

He should have picked up Schneiderlin and Benatia in the summer.

Well he tried didn't he? Morgan even had that meltdown on Twitter because Saints did't allowed him to move.
He should try again, or Willy C.

Those Cavani rumors make me very, very anxious...... or maybe it's because I´ve been drunk 60% of the time for the last week or so.

 

[LTWheels]

Also, when Sturridge is back, how do we fit him in as well as Coutinho, Sterling and Lallana?

Go back to 4-2-3-?. But we have seen the problems with that formation. We don't have the right kind of CMs for a midfield two in that formation.

 

[Scum]

Watch Newcastle stay up and Pardew send C. Palace down.

Yeah, working today to Sunday, death.

Eugh.

Is right.

Arnie, pls. Come back to London. All this happened when you left for Liverpool.

 

[Tc91]

Yeah, working today to Sunday, death.

Love my days I work, Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Should find out today if they are keeping me on, if not this is my last week there

Really enjoyed it and hope I stay. Missing the United game cause my shift is being brought forward due to the store closing at 5.

 

[Messi]

Howard out for six weeks. Calf injury.



Can't you get him any earlier? The current establishment are going to make things worse before they get better.

It would be an incredibly messy situation to get rid of them before their time is up. Also yes, they will do much more damage before they leave. No question.

 

[Scum]

Well he tried didn't he? Morgan even had that meltdown on Twitter because Saints did't allowed him to move.
He should try again, or Willy C.

Those Cavani rumors make me very, very anxious...... or maybe it's because I´ve been drunk 60% of the time for the last week or so.

Sod Cavani. Wenger should just go HAM and just bring in Carvalho. Then toss Flamini out of the window.

Also, when Sturridge is back, how do we fit him in as well as Coutinho, Sterling and Lallana?

Go back to 4-2-3-?. But we have seen the problems with that formation. We don't have the right kind of CMs for a midfield two in that formation.

Rotate Sterling & Lallana and stick Sturridge up top. Sterling needs a rest.

 

[Arnie]

Arnie, pls. Come back to London. All this happened when you left for Liverpool.

I'm a sensational omen.

The battleship feeds off my presence. Its power growing. We're about to drop a spirit bomb.

LT I'd imagine Sturridge would take Sterling's position. Wouldn't be adverse to seeing Sterling rested, to be honest. Or drop him in a wider position, probably in place of Manquillo. We sometimes forget but the lad can defend.

 

[Scum]

It would be an incredibly messy situation to get rid of them before their time is up. Also yes, they will do much more damage before they leave. No question.

Fucking hell. Let's just hope they don't upset Messi too much.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I noticed yesterday that Moreno is starting to drill crosses rather than float them in. Good to see that change finally happen.

Bollocks to the crosses, I just want to see him given license to attack at will without worrying about the rest of the team being completely incapable of shifting across to cover him if a move breaks down while he's in an attackng position. I hate how attacking fullbacks get criticised for being outside of the defensive unit when a a move breaks down before the ball gets to them. They're not out of position if they're occupying the space and attacking fullback should be occupying.

Also, when Sturridge is back, how do we fit him in as well as Coutinho, Sterling and Lallana?

Go back to 4-2-3-?. But we have seen the problems with that formation. We don't have the right kind of CMs for a midfield two in that formation.

Well, Sterling has to be in the team, and so does Coutinho when Sturridge is in the team

Eventually

-----------------------Can-----------------
-----Henderson-------------------------

----------------Coutinho-----------------

----Sterling-----------------Lallana--

-----------------Sturridge---------------

Let the 3 behind Sturridge switch about, as long as they know that one of them has to drop back constantly to help out at the base of midfield

Unfortunately I think that's still fragile at the back, Can has yet to prove a consistently capable DM (mainly assumption on my part tbh), and both Coutinho and Sterling's best position is behind the 3, so one of them would have to miss out on having it as their default position.

 

[LTWheels]

I'm a sensational omen.

The battleship feeds off my presence. Its power growing. We're about to drop a spirit bomb.

LT I'd imagine Sturridge would take Sterling's position. Wouldn't be adverse to seeing Sterling rested, to be honest. Or drop him in a wider position, probably in place of Manquillo. We sometimes forget but the lad can defend.

Ah yeah, forgot that he can play right wingback quite well.

Please don't come back to London. Thx.

 

[Messi]

Fucking hell. Let's just hope they don't upset Messi too much.

Messi will get everything he wants from them. If he is unhappy or trying to leave people will turn on the board much more so than already.

 

[Scum]

World Player of the Year
1. C. Ronaldo - 928pts
2. M. Neuer - 789pts
3. L. Messi - 593pts

World Manager of the Year
1. J. Low - 45pts
2. D. Simeone - 33pts
3. C. Ancelotti - 15pts

World Team of the Year
1. Germany - 65pts
2. R. Madrid - 23pts
3. A. Madrid - 11pts

People of the Year
S. Ramos for his CL Final equaliser.
T. Krul for his pelanty shootout antics at the World Cup.
L. Messi for dragging Argentina to the World Cup Final.
J. Luis Pinto for taking Costa Rica to the World Cup QFs.
C. Ancelotti for La Decima.
T. Henry for his antics in football.

Heroes
J Rodgriguez at the World Cup.
E. Bauza for leading San Lorenzo to the Libertadores success.
L. Donovan for his antics in football.
M. Klose for breaking Ronaldo's World Cup goalscoring record.

Villians
J. Zuniga for his nasty lunge into Neymar's back at the World Cup.
N. Al Shamrani attacked an opponent after losing the Asian CL Final.
C. Blazer turned informamnt to avoid prosecution from tax offences.
D. Whelan for sexist, racist and homophobic antics.
Brazil's defence at the World Cup.

 

[Elchele]

Löw is shit

 

[jts]

How can Barcelona disagree? its a fact that they bought underage players. Haha!

You got the idea that that's what they disagree with?

 

[Scum]

Löw is shit

Morning, elsk.

 

[Carbonox]

People of the Year
T. Krul for his pelanty shootout antics at the World Cup.

Villians
Brazil's defence at the World Cup.

 

[Scum]

Maicon at RB.

 

[Wilbur]

diego simeone is the manager of the year

 

[Willkiller]

diego simeone is the manager of the year

Agreed

 

[CCS]

diego simeone is the manager of the year

Yeah I'd say so.

 

[Scum]

Simeone would be my pick too.

 

[Ingeniero]

Simeone has been the best this year, but he shouldn't receive any awards until the shaves that awful beard ffs

 

[dc89]

Want new games.
Got old games to finish - which is exactly what I'm doing. First up, Kingdom Hearts 1.5

 

[PrematureQuiche]

The best part of the holidays has been showing friends and family the Oculus Rift. The amount of people who scream and hold tight in certain demos is great.

 

[Wilbur]

Working 11 days in a row starting today. i dont even have time to look for other jobs

help me

 

[Linius]

I'm gonna marathon trough Transparent starting now.

I don't need help.

Good luck willibor

 

[Hixx]

Remember that old bloke who ordered the porn

Reddit finally found out about him. FootballGAF ahead of the curve.

Also can I do the next OT so I can get rid of the shit smilies, there's so many massive ones that have to go m8s.

 

[Wilbur]

Remember that old bloke who ordered the porn

Reddit finally found out about him. FootballGAF ahead of the curve.

Also can I do the next OT so I can get rid of the shit smilies, there's so many massive ones that have to go m8s.

Seen that story on facebook loads this week :lol

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Working 11 days in a row starting today. i dont even have time to look for other jobs

help me

Wretched.

May this stern, disapproving image of Gahl provide you with succour in your time of need.

 

[Arnie]

Working 11 days in a row starting today. i dont even have time to look for other jobs

help me

Would kill for a Nandos. Having lamb later, after I wrap up my second season at Monchengladbach and watch a ton of Homeland. Can smell the fucker cooking now.

Just watched MNF analysis of last night; Christ our third was sensational. When Lallana works he looks lovely.

 

[Ingeniero]

Working 11 days in a row starting today. i dont even have time to look for other jobs

help me

In contrast, I work today until 5pm, then I'm free until monday.
I'll go chill and drink at the beach.

 

[Arnie]

Ahaha just seen the image of Phil Jones getting on the boogie bus with a chicken wing.

Leyland #lad

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

Want new games.
Got old games to finish - which is exactly what I'm doing. First up, Kingdom Hearts 1.5

Shit, I am trying to get through my backlog and forgot about 1.5.

I have been playing RDR and now that I know you can use the campfire to have quick travel the game feels much better. Before it was 3/4 just riding around on a horse. Now only 1/2 of the game is riding around on a horse.

 

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Red Dead was so good.

 

[LanceVance]

God I hope Collocini is the new Newcastle manager. Instant relegation.