Number 1 - Comments

Was browsing through the paper today and seen this Man of the Match When did they sign him!?

Because the referee said he wasn't insulting or abusive.

Lets not let facts get in the way of a good story though.

Talking of facts, the only thing he said that was contentious (I thought) was that we haven't had much luck from that lino and he's the one who missed Drogba's ridiculously offside goal against us, the implication is obvious, but I don't think you can ban someone for observing things.

Ferguson should be banned for what he said... Shouldn't be able to go around saying the linesman wasn't doing his job!

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa?

No the crowd are a disgrace. Far too many arrogant fans who expect Newcastle to steamroller any opposition. Booing a bad shot or cross is simply unacceptable.

I don't even like (and never have) Pardew, and I despise rhetoric about the crowd being the '12th man', but in SJP it's a poisonous atmosphere that erodes all confidence and composure, and leads to the conceding off soft goals and the inability to actually play well. Hopefully the crowds will drop and the performances will come back. They boo backwards passes ffs.

Plus I can't stand all the fair weather fans who backed Pardew last year and Ashley's transfer policy and acted all smug, and now complain all the time about them now.

You've only got another 7 1/2 years of Pardrew, not long really. Or a massive pay off for him.

I know, Pardew speaking sense for once.

The second half tactics and substitutions were absolutely dreadful, but they still weren't the biggest factor. Morons.

I can see where your coming from, Mike Ashley is a funny character he's not got enough money to put towards new players but he's got enough to try and get a foot in Rangers

I wouldn't worry Numb i can't really see the Toon Army going down, the team compared to a few years ago that went down are alot better plus you've been missing Cabaye, Tiote and Ben Arfa which are your two most creative players and your midfield "General" as it were. I think you definitely need another striker cause if Cissé get a bad injury your are in trouble but i'd probably be concentrating on a defender cause apart from Colocinni and Taylor your center backs are not good enough by a long long way.

To be fair it shows the quality of the players that Pardew has brought in that QPR waited until Newcastle had an offer accepted for a player they wanted before they offered. Harry wanted to make sure Pardew wanted him, that way he should be a good player.

I doubt QPR will offer him £100K a week, I mean come on your bid hasn't been accepted yet

Yeah it was a classic dick move on two levels, firstly don't comment on other teams players if your not actually going to put a bid in for him and secondly if your after the player and you know you can get him cheap why the fuck would you want to tell everyone else about it?!

That's a fair reason to dislike him, cause i hated Real Madrid for trying (and succeeding) in unsettling Ronaldo but in all honestly Ba's a bit of a mercenary. He went to West Ham and had made sure he had a relegation release clause (not a relegation release fee), then to Newcastle and from the January after he signed he was only interested in leaving once the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea were interested.

Yeah but we don't know the overall squad wage total or what the squad budget is, for example Dyer may have been on £35K - £40K p/w and i imagine Bosingwa and Cissé are on similar if not more and their both supposed to be on their way out the door, so they may have more money for wages but not happy with how much the players are on