Whitey Grandad

Shouldn't that be spelt 'in-patient'?

I think you may have started something there.

If I keep watching it it really would make me miserable! - and who on earth do you think was offside?

There was absolutely nothing offside about the first goal - it was abject defending, nothing less. Pretty much the same comment applies to the rest of the game and no amount of confidence could ever cover up for that. Look again at their second goal and see how McGoldrick 'marks' their scorer. We were wide open on both flanks and we posed very little threat going forward. There was a short spell where we passed it around prettily in the middle but apart from that we were soundly beaten and to pretend otherwise is to be living in a fantasy world - hence my comment.

Well said that man! This has been my view too. We shall never know what might have happened had Pearson stayed, but we certainly would not have thrown away several vital months of familiarisation with the club and players, both young and old.

If you think that was fantastic, then you are living in a fantasy world.

No, the club is worse off without him. We can't afford to alienate anybody. We need all the support that we can get and it's attitudes like this that drive them away.

I have become apathetic and I couldn't care less.

Chris Perry, home v Birmingham. I agree, the defence was awful.

There were several cameras there so the pictures must be sitting around somewhere.

It was a great reaction save. From my seat in the Kingsland at the half-way line I could see that he reacted by raising his right arm and palmed the ball up and away. It was certainly the turning-point of the game. A great result directly resulting from the brilliance of KD and all the key decisions going our way for once. I came away feeling that I had got my money's worth for a change. Can we play against 10 men every week please?

It must have been something he said. It couldn't have been for the foul and there was no indication that the referee was going to take any action until he suddenly brought the card out.

Too old for us then! I must be thinking about someone else.

Isn't he getting on a bit now?

Didn't Alan partridge come from Norwich? You're not him, are you?

I'll be there of as usual. The game against Norwich last season was a wonderful exhibition of football sportsmanship. None of the primadonnas that you get in the premiership, just good honest pros going at it hammer and tongs. Played at a cracking pace, if a player got clattered they just got up again and carried on. It was truly a memorable game. We lost of course.

League cup is a domestic match but your point is still valid.

I only saw the goal 'highlights' but he looked very slow for their third goal. The scorer just runs straight past him on his blind side, but you could also say that about most of the other players.

Except that going through to the next round could have given us a big lump of money (by our standards).

I agree. We should decide on our best back four and then stick with them. I'm not sure that those 4 are the best, though.

That Vela looks useful. Any chance of getting him here on loan?

It said so in the Mail so it must be true http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1061429/Venables-confirms-Toon-talks--El-Tel-set-step-Newcastle-hot-seat-today.html 'After Hoddle turned the job down because of the uncertainty surrounding the future ownership'

He's just turned down Newcastle, do you really think he would want to come here?

League Cup 26th November 2007, Tottenham 2 Middlesbrough 0, Bale 71mins Huddlestone 74mins.

When did that apply to Gazza then? He wasn't sent off in that game at Wembley (Notts Forest?) 'though he should have been.