S-Clarke

I can't show any sympathy towards Redmond. I have no time for the guy.

I think you also need to look at the makeup of the players. Their players aren't as good technically, but they have much stronger hearts and professionalism. We are hopeless when the chips are down. We are a fine example of a team that only 'sings when it's winning'.

Last 20 mins were a tactical horror show. Minamino playing deeper, looking to play balls in behind I imagine. Redmond hugging the far right and passing the ball to the corner flag. I really don't know what our approach was in those last 20 mins? It was truly baffling tactically. Explain that one please Ralph.

It's more than just a 9 man Newcastle. They were without their leading goal scorer for most of that, they came in to it with a patched up defence and had to patch it up even more during the game. Then going down to 9 men it was even more bonuses for us, yet we still didn't have anything.

I don't think we'd have got anything if it was just their goal keeper playing.

Really? They deserved that. Got no time for any of our players after today.

We just pass it around a bit, give it to Redmond, pass it back. Give it to Adams, he'll try and hold it up, give it away. Pass it to Ings, miss hit. There you go. That's our attack. Give that to any team, even a school team, and they'd cope with that.

An absolutely hopeless second half, absolutely hopeless. We were up against 9 men for 20 mins, we barely mustered a shot. Ings looks ruined. No idea what's up with him, he isn't getting a move if that's his level. Redmond is suited to non-league, if that. Adams is ok, just lacks the touch and technique to do anything really. Minimino drifted in the second half, tired a bit. Just dreadful, I have no real words to be honest. To not even get a draw out of a Newcastle team without an attack, no defence and against 9 men is absolutely disgusting and they all need to fined a weeks wages. Any football league team would have beaten Newcastle today. If it was us at 9men, we'd probably lose 15-0. Absolutely hopeless run we are on. Season is done for me, I don't see what's going to happen now? Getting better than last season is a no-hope, just finish as close to 12th/13th as we can I guess.

Probably not, now the rain has subsided a bit.

Get Redmond off, seriously.

If we don't win this now I give up on us. Absolutely everything is there for us. Open them up and go for it, take it to them.

Well, it's 1 back. Long way to go. Can we actually show a reaction here?

Should have been 4. Can we get the game called off...? We are gone.

I was expecting it at the first whistle, then after we'd got a goal back. Now it's just about keeping the score line down. Game is gone. This has the markings of once again becoming very ugly. The sad thing is that the Newcastle back 4 is shit, makeshift and there for the taking. They are without the leading striker and only have 1 sub to play. Yet we have still completely and utterly fucked it up due to unprofessional play.

Shall we get Adkins back then? Or do we go back in for Martin O'Neil?

Ings looks utterly shot as well, not sure where he thinks he's going to get a move to if that's all he can muster for us. He needs to up his game massively. Adams has been better today and Minimino has given us movement/runs between the lines which we've missed. Ings and Redmond have been the spare parts in attack so far.

We've had this make up for years, it's not turned up over night. We had a decent run which has masked over a lot of these endemic issues. Unfortunately a clear out involves us being flexible with finances, which we can't be.

And there is Redmond summed up. Backwards Redmond. Cannot stand the shit he's given us in the 4 years or however long we've had to endure him.

Can't defend for shit. Can't save for shit. Decent first half bar the fact we cannot defend. What an utter mess this season has turned into. Complete carnage. Batten down the hatches 2nd half, game gone.

I think that is one event which would unite the entire football community. That alone says it all. Everything thinks he is a tool and shit at his job. 20 years!

Submitted one for you.

We were fearing the worst straight after that, we had Man City twice! Although we lost both, we didn't shame ourselves what so ever in either. I remember people predicting 10-11 or so nil in those games! Think it was 2-1 in the league game after that Leicester one, and we actually took the lead! So I do expect a lot of fight and improvement on Saturday.

Phew. Shame about Stu though. We keep dropping like flies!

I think you'd be looking at more than £1m. That guy at Preston had 6 months left and he still went for around £2m. Truth is we didn't have a million, we managed to scrabble a 500k loan fee together, but that in it's self would have been aided by the Shane Long departure and the fee that brought. So whilst that would have been a decent idea, we don't even have the money for that. Close to freebie loans is all we can muster at this moment in time. Let's see what the summer brings.

The Red Card has been overturned. Common sense prevails. It's a shame it didn't on the night.