LiberalCommunist

We have quite a few players that I wouldn't mind seeing go this summer, but Che certainly isn't one of them. He's not the finished product by any stretch of the imagination, but he's hungry, and he gives his all. There's better players out there who would do worse than he.

Mike Dean should have booked the Brighton player for that challenge on Bruno in the build up to Utd's goal. Just because Utd scored, does not mean that the reckless challenge goes unpunished. Cough Bertrand cough

We could have conceded one and ruined the whole afternoon.

Dreadful first 20 minutes. Awful last ten. But the rest was very good. Pope made a few really good saves, and we ruined some lovely breaks. But the magic 36 pt mark. Now we can put all our eggs in the cup basket. Happy Easter one and all.

So you wouldn't describe that as a confidence boast. What would you call it, a moral sapping victory?

Pereira. Worth a punt. They'll probably want £30M though.

Nice little confidence boast for them before next weekend.

Burnley then Wba. Get this right, and we are in for a good end to the season. Maybe even benefitting from the international break for a change.

James is old school. He'd play with his leg hanging off.

So, have we made it through relatively unscathed! Praise the lord on this holy week. Burnley are going to get smashed. Okay beaten. Narrowly.

Better the devil you know. And in this case, I reckon that's about right. Gao is the least ambitious billionaire you will ever find. In fact, he's also the poorest billionaire. But he's our unambitiously cheap media dodging owner. Good ol' Gao.

Could be worse. In order of how worse it could be..... 1) Mike 'me myself and I' Dean 2) Graham 'great scot' Scott 3) John Moss..........oh shit............

You seem to have missed your own point. You started a thread about how embarrassing it is to lose 9-0. Maybe change the title to 'what disappoints me most about Saints is............'

Indeed. Dreadful conditions, side ways lashing rain, & nothing malicious in it at all. Play goes on, they score a goal. Mike Dean rather kindly brings play back so as to sent off Ryan, while obviously allowing the goal that was scored after the said incident to stand. Not making excuses for the heads that dropped and the disgusting display, but it takes a special kind of ref to interpret that tackle as deliberately dangerous with intent to injure. That made the historic night. Roll on a season later, and due to a massive injury crisis a hot headed youngster is making his debut does something utterly stupid after 79 seconds. Hammering incoming. No excuses. But at 6-0 Mike Dean decides that our player has committed a foul that leads to a penalty and red card. VAR ushers him over. He looks, he doesn't really care, he's always right and sends him off. Another 9-0. So I'll say again. History tells us we hold a record, but I always point the finger towards the man who seeks attention, Mike Dean. Without him, neither is possible.

Neither game was a 9 unless Mike Dean is there. So, its a stain, but it doesn't play heavily on my mind. Anyone with any understanding of football understands this. We were shit, but it took the perfect storm to make it a record result.

James looks really good. Not out of his depth at all. Some lovely little balls getting played. Great, fab, now Gareth, ruthlessly don't use him for the next two so we get him back in one piece.

We really don't need anymore problems. Lets hope we get through this unscathed.

Feels like we are living in the experimental age of football. Where changing rules are sucking the fun out of football. I don't trust they will implement anything for the betterment of the game.

One swallow does not make a summer. Lets see how he does in the run in, now he's had a crucial confidence boast. I'm hoping he does well, but expecting a return to normal.

Credit to Whu. They work hard, they do the simple things well. They deserve the success of this season. I'm starting to wonder what he table will look like when we face them on the last day. Should be more riding on their result than ours......hopefully.

And that second goal seems to confirm we have Chelsea in the next round. Just a feeling.

Brighton are playing like they hate Newcastle. That's what I'd like to see from us just once or twice a season........even if its just against the Toon! Ruthless. Hungary. Interested. I really hope today kick starts something new for us. We don't have to win the cup to have a good end of the season, but it'd be nice.

Chez - Redmond watch. SECOND HALF ------------------------------------------ The second best thing to come from today. This should be a match feature from now on. REDMOND WATCH

Right, I'm starting the 'backward pass' drinking game. Got 999 on speed dial.

So jealous. Leeds attack with such lovely cohesive movement. Like they all know what one another is doing. Its no fair. Its borderline cheating. Grr