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Can't say I've ever liked him as a footballer, especially after the did the dirty on Spurs. If anything is wrong obviously hope he's ok though.

Souness started well at Blackburn. 6th place I think he got them to, won the league cup and played good football. Then they sold duff and he seemed to fall out with half of the squad (Dunn and Cole for starters), they sold Dunn and basically imploded after that. If Newcastle hadn't taken him he probably would have been sacked or gtot Blackburn relegated but he did better than given credit for at the start.

Lawrenson has said Boumsong is the joke of the premiership today. Bit harsh really, Bramble should be given that role!

'Easeh' 'Easeh' 'Easeh' 'Easeh' 'Easeh' 'Easeh' and so on and so forth

I'd be happy with a draw

Are you sure, I reckon Gerrard is 6, maybe 6'1". I'm 5'11" and he looks just a bit taller than me. Kewell, Warnock and Zenden you're probably right, dunno about Xabi or Carra. I reckon they're around the same as Gerrard

Bloody hell we have one big squad...in terms of height. Apart from Luis all of our first team regulars must be 6ft or over?

Didnt see the save, but, Lawro made a great point last week (yes, believe it or not) saying that Reina's position in his area is more often than not so good that he doesn't have to work as hard to make 'spectacular saves'. A lot of the work he does is made to look easy by his positioning.

Well said. The problem I see is that I dont see Morientes bringing anything more to the side than Crouch does. There are glimpses of class but too far between. With that said though, look at what people thought of Kewell 12 months ago and Finnan 18 months ago, both are now integral parts of the team and players who Rafa has had faith with. Lets hope it pays off. Yes I think it does. £6m and after the fight we had to buy him from Madrid on two separate occasions and then only getting 1.5 seasons from him would be dissapointing to say the least. Doesnt make him a bad player all of a sudden, just not cut out in the premiership (if indeed he is sold in the summer).

3 points would have made it the perfect night. Spurs, Arsenal, Mancs and Chelsea all dropping points.

Gutted about the news. Souness should have stayed

Every team has a slump in the season, we are no different. IMO, if we are still in 2 cup competitions by the end of February and havent lost too many games then I think it'll be a success. We will storm the end of the season IMO

Rafa must be getting dissapointed with his performances too to be honest. He was excellent upto the WBA game, since then he's been a bit stale and ineffective since then.

Owen and Redknapp

same but good quality at the moment

Only seen him on 5-10 clips here and there but if he's as good as people suggest he is then maybe a place in the league cup next year is the next logical step forward.

I think you know there's something wrong when Southgate made those comments a good few weeks back, something about things not being right at the club. And Didnt Shwarzer actually sign a contract last year and decided to off it this Janury. Definitley not right that club

Plus a) Rafa doesnt think Pongo is good enough yet and would benefit from a loan move to a premiership side (a given) b) Rafa is really confident in our current strikers c) Rafa is prepared to take a gamble on us having enough options upfront in order to help Flo improve his game and play regularly.

Same with judging articles written by these people. I know thre are some downright stupid articles written but when its something we like yeah the guy is a genius, always had a soft spot for Liverpool, knows his football etc. When we dont like it the fella has a thing against us, never liked us, loves the mancs/chelsea etc

Be even funnier if he's banned for the game after his celebration?

Didnt really want to draw them but buzzing now that we have. Cant wait

Nothing on this in the early editions of the broadsheets

I thought he was better in the 2-2 a couple of years before, when Heskey equalised in the last minute. We were run ragged by Henry, Vieira, Pires and Bergkamp all night.

Yeah true. I did think he sort of bumbled for the ball rather than go at it full pace, lots of conviction to touch it round the keeper but SG fluffed a simple ball imo and wouldve given any striker too much to do. 3-0 before half time and game over. Now where have I heard that before

Someone s*** at home Newcastle will do