The Football Thread

Roger H wrote:

Well Arsenal do seem to be finding a bit of form, so they could be the spoilers.

Hopefully they only spoil it for man u & chelski!

No, the way Liverpool are playing at the moment, I can't see them dropping points anywhere.

Roger H wrote:

No, the way Liverpool are playing at the moment, I can't see them dropping points anywhere.

I guess we'll see by the end of May.

Can we talk about something else?

Matty35 wrote:

Can we talk about something else?

No!
We're on a roll...

Roger H wrote:

I don't think Villa will put up much resistence to M.U in their next game.

Although, Villa have got to come out of their slump of recent, sometime.
And M.U. will be without Vidic, Rooney and Scholes. And they are looking shakey !!

This is shaping up to be the best finish for...well as long as I can remember!!!

If Liverpool are gonna do it now is their best chance...shame about the break due to the friendlies cos L/pool are on a roll and the DRB's have got to be feelin the pressure...

I did not see the DRB's slippin up...just a shame NCL have yet to play L/pool cos while I'd love to see L/pool win but if it's at the cost of NCL goin down (resist the temptation Pete!!!!) that's gonna hurt.

And I do think we are in real trouble now.

RFFB wrote:

This is shaping up to be the best finish for...well as long as I can remember!!!

If Liverpool are gonna do it now is their best chance...shame about the break due to the friendlies cos L/pool are on a roll and the DRB's have got to be feelin the pressure...

I did not see the DRB's slippin up...just a shame NCL have yet to play L/pool cos while I'd love to see L/pool win but if it's at the cost of NCL goin down (resist the temptation Pete!!!!) that's gonna hurt.

And I do think we are in real trouble now.

Yes. NUFC are in trouble...aren't they....

Be a shame if you do go down.....

This international breaks has come at the wrong time for LFC & the right time for mufc..(which is why I hate International football). Hope we can keep the momentum going though...

RFFB wrote:

This is shaping up to be the best finish for...well as long as I can remember!!!

If Liverpool are gonna do it now is their best chance...shame about the break due to the friendlies cos L/pool are on a roll and the DRB's have got to be feelin the pressure...

I did not see the DRB's slippin up...just a shame NCL have yet to play L/pool cos while I'd love to see L/pool win but if it's at the cost of NCL goin down (resist the temptation Pete!!!!) that's gonna hurt.

And I do think we are in real trouble now.

I for one, hope the Toon stay up Adam, my poor old Grandad my be turning in his grave!!

Matty35 wrote:

RFFB wrote:

This is shaping up to be the best finish for...well as long as I can remember!!!

If Liverpool are gonna do it now is their best chance...shame about the break due to the friendlies cos L/pool are on a roll and the DRB's have got to be feelin the pressure...

I did not see the DRB's slippin up...just a shame NCL have yet to play L/pool cos while I'd love to see L/pool win but if it's at the cost of NCL goin down (resist the temptation Pete!!!!) that's gonna hurt.

And I do think we are in real trouble now.

I for one, hope the Toon stay up Adam, my poor old Grandad my be turning in his grave!!

I don't!! (Although I will feel sorry for Adam)

Looks like Brad Friedel has had his red card rescinded, therefore meaning he can play against the DRB's in weeks time...


Come on Brad do us proud fella!

Pete wrote:

Looks like Brad Friedel has had his red card rescinded, therefore meaning he can play against the DRB's in weeks time...


Come on Brad do us proud fella!

Funny how him & James turned into really good keepers after they left Liverpool!

Pete wrote:

I don't!! (Although I will feel sorry for Adam)

I'll take that as some sort of empathy!!!!

Matty35 wrote:

Pete wrote:

Looks like Brad Friedel has had his red card rescinded, therefore meaning he can play against the DRB's in weeks time...


Come on Brad do us proud fella!

Funny how him & James turned into really good keepers after they left Liverpool!

That's because they escaped the evil clutches of Joe Corrigan!

Pete wrote:

Looks like Brad Friedel has had his red card rescinded, therefore meaning he can play against the DRB's in weeks time...


Come on Brad do us proud fella!

Only too right as well...very poor decision by the officials...

From the bbc

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 975700.stm

Alan Shearer is set to be appointed as Newcastle manager until the end of the season, BBC Sport understands.

The former Magpies striker, 38, has often been linked with a return to St James' Park but in the past has been critical of its management structure
Shearer would be owner Mike Ashley's fourth managerial appointment this season as the club fights relegation.

Kevin Keegan was replaced by Joe Kinnear, who then had heart surgery, with Chris Hughton taking over as boss.

But with Hughton in temporary charge, Newcastle have slipped into the relegation zone and are third from bottom of the Premier League.

Kevin Gallacher, a team-mate from Shearer's playing days at Blackburn Rovers, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's a surprise appointment - it's thrown me a googly to say the least.

"Obviously with Joe being out unwell something had to happen. You're just hoping that with all the hype that's going to follow the team is going to pick it up. Not all great players make great managers but Alan has a great football brain

Players always need a leader and now Alan's there he'll command the respect of the players. He has eight games to pick them up, starting with Chelsea, and that's a tough order. The fans will be out celebrating as soon as they hear the news. Alan is so high on the pedestal at Newcastle."

BBC football pundit Mark Lawrenson told Breakfast he was also "hugely surprised".

He added: "If anyone can lift Newcastle out of the doldrums it's Alan. He's got no experience [of management] but people like [German internationals] Jurgen Klinsmann and Franz Beckenbauer came in with no experience as well. He is regarded as a god up there in Newcastle."

Shearer scored 206 goals in 404 appearances during a 10-year playing stint at Newcastle to earn legendary status on Tyneside after joining for a record £15m fee from Blackburn.

The former England striker, who retired from playing in 2006, has made no secret of his desire to become a manager one day.
However, he was thought to have strong reservations about Ashley's regime - describing it as "strange" following Keegan's shock exit.

The same month, Shearer, a pundit on the BBC's Match of the Day, rejected an offer to join the club's coaching staff.

Both on and off the pitch, Newcastle have lurched from one crisis to the next this season following the departure of Keegan early in the campaign.

Following a fans' backlash over Keegan's exit, Ashley raised the possibility of selling the club, before deciding to stay on.

Key striker Michael Owen has been involved in just four games this year because of an ankle injury, while Charles N'Zogbia moved to Wigan in the January transfer window after a high-profile bust-up with Kinnear.

Newcastle, who have 29 points from 30 matches, host third-placed Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday with eight games of the season left.

Frank Gilmore, chairman of the Independent Newcastle United Supporters Association, said the appointment of Shearer was certain to create a buzz.

"You can guarantee that people will be starting to queue at the ground now to buy any remaining tickets for the game against Chelsea. And the atmosphere that there'll be at that game on Saturday will be unbelievable."

Another messiah !!! Newcastle have had more second comings than Ron Jeremy !!!!!!

To be fair I don't know who else they could have asked to come in for 8 games.

Shearer loves Newcastle and has accepted the job 'cos he really doesn't want to see his beloved NCL go down. If anyone, at this point in the season, can have a better claim or understanding as what football means to Newcastle then I'd like a name!

If he can't motivate the team then no-one can. Thing is it'll take more than motivation to save NCL...cos we just make too many defensive mistakes. And that's not something you can rectify in 8 games. I hope he does manage to keep us up...but in reality I think we're doomed...

Especially as we are now 2 games away from safety due to our goal difference...unless the makems get hammered in their next game (oh, how I'd love that!!!) and we actually win.

RFFB wrote:

To be fair I don't know who else they could have asked to come in for 8 games.

Shearer loves Newcastle and has accepted the job 'cos he really doesn't want to see his beloved NCL go down. If anyone, at this point in the season, can have a better claim or understanding as what football means to Newcastle then I'd like a name!

If he can't motivate the team then no-one can. Thing is it'll take more than motivation to save NCL...cos we just make too many defensive mistakes. And that's not something you can rectify in 8 games. I hope he does manage to keep us up...but in reality I think we're doomed...

Especially as we are now 2 games away from safety due to our goal difference...unless the makems get hammered in their next game (oh, how I'd love that!!!) and we actually win.

Your doomed!

Before anyone says United were lucky, we both scored late ok!

As for Newcastle, well they have the fire power to stay up but their defence is rubbish! I reckon me, Pete & Chrissy could do a better job

Matty35 wrote:

Before anyone says United were lucky, we both scored late ok!

As for Newcastle, well they have the fire power to stay up but their defence is rubbish! I reckon me, Pete & Chrissy could do a better job

Maybe so but yernited didn't deserve the win (you were pretty average for most of the game) whilst Liverpool battered Fulham and were unlucky to get just the one!!

Yep. Unless Sunderland get even crappier Newcastle are down...

That's fair enough...

Did play better in the second half (just )

I think Sunderland will go though

Matty35 wrote:

That's fair enough...

Did play better in the second half (just )

I think Sunderland will go though

Arsenal will be key to this title. I think LFC will beat them at Anfield whilst the DRB's will scramble a draw at Old Toilet PLC.

I hope Sunderland don't go down. I;m counting on ex red Cisse to bang a few in and keep them up. Especially against the DRB's on Saturday!

Pete wrote:

Your doomed!

You could be right.

Makems play the DRB's on Sat you say? Well if anyone can hammer the makems the DRB's should. And if...that's IF, we can beat Stoke (I'll be there!!!!...C 'mon the Toon!!!) it could take us out of the relagation places.

Personally, I'm hoping more than anything...

Haha, its great to be supporting one of the underdogs of the Premiership. Everyone has had us relegated all season and now, people are starting to say "hold on, they might stay up"

We have Newcastle United this weekend at home and I'm certain it is going to be a tight affair, and Shearer will have fired them up.

For those who haven't worked out, I'm a Stoke City fan and I too should be attending the game assuming nothing goes horribly wrong in the time it takes me to get there