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But we'll have Ramirez available, don't know if he'll start though, so Punch can drop back a notch after 60/65 to replace a tiring CM, or Lallana could do that, then again we could always put Chappers on the bench at least. Anyway if Diaby is out (and the French press say he is) won't Arse have to play the thoroughly useless Ramsey? In that case one of our central 3 will have had an easy afty, won't need to run 8 miles to get the ball, Ramsey will just give it to them. I expect us to get something cos the Arse ain't what they were, and they're at Montpellier on Tuesday.

Playing for our U21s at Newcastle tonight is what is meant.

As it doesn't matter they just want to get to Saturday I expect. Hampshire's batting without McKenzie has been pretty dire, sometimes with him as well. Still Shafayat getting a few might be encouraging for Saturday and maybe next season.

well not really, Pahars got in a lot of games before the everlasting injuries started. Lee only played a few times, he's becoming the Japanese Tin Man.

6 games to do what? get a point, win one, 2, 3, 4 games on just not be bottom ?

i am absolutely convinced that the only sub that needed making was taking off JWP, dropping Punch back a notch, put on JRod on point and pull Lambert back a bit and let him wander about in the last 25 yds. JWP was cooked goose and let Scholes dominate. We didn't need to score, just stop them from getting forward. Lambert defends well at corners you know.

yes yes, got my thoughts and my typing confused there, meant lost a lead twice

The manner of the loss against Utd will go against NA in a big way, especially as it was the second loss after leading against a top top side. Losing against Utd isn't any surprise but throwing away a 2 goal lead in the last 6 minutes is very negative, especially as it was the second time we've lost a 2-1 lead against a top side in 3 matches.

IMO the manager is already under pressure, won't get to the Everton game if we lose our next 2, bookies don't have him t 11/4 to be the next sacking for nothing,indifferent recruitment (especially if he's the instigator of the JRod affair) poor performance against Wigan, suicidal subs against Utd, 5 straight losses will get him his P45 more likely than not.

see post 15

we got 1.8 million after Euro 2008 though, we had "real"internationals in those days, Skacel, Rasiak and Saganowski perhaps.

I see that we differ on the meaning of brink then, two losses from the tipping point means you're already at a critical point.

do they have hot tubs down at the JobCentre? Reckon he's already on the brink myself, if only for the subs against Utd.

Yes, if only to take some pressure off of Nigel for I fear that should we lose at the Emirates and then at home against Villa NC may just overeact . 4 consecutive losses is nothing to be complacent about and 5 would probably be one too many. Bearing in mind that against Citeh and Utd we got ourselves into good positions and then lost, may be seen as gross error from the manager.

Can't be right, after all we wouldn't have sold Harding to Forest if we didn't have an adequate replacement at left back in hand, perhaps they're counting on Ox giving an easy time to his old classmate. Our recruitment borders on incompetence to be honest, well in my opinion it does anyway. Next they'll be telling me that Dickson is going to get a PL start.

He was absolute crap for France on Tuesday, then again that could be the Deschamps factor, it's pretty well known that he can turn a good striker into vegetable in a few seconds, why he could probably even stop Rickie scoring.

Well I actually think we'll get at least our first point of the season, the Arse have difficulty with teams that get at them. With any luck they'll have to play Ramsey, that should give us a goal start at least.

Absolutely pointless call up, took him away from training with Saints for nothing, unsurprising though because Hodgson is an old idiot. Should have given Harry the job.

6th for me, sounds about right.

Here I'd guess, wasn't the jist of the affair that after our pre-season in Switzerland Lambert was injured and ****ged out and Pardew was sacked because the sports science people and fitness coaches said his programme was too tough for the players and NA sacked him because of it?

Morgan speaks of the mental energy required to sustain 90 minutes of football against sides like Man U, says all the players need to work on that.

Wasn't Pardew supposedly sacked because some players couldn't hack his pre-season fitness programme ? The sports scientists would have Strachan out of a job before a day was out.

Probably not even a proper rumour, some people just make up crap and attribute it to "a bloke down the pub" or "a taxi driver".

Really you thought that, must have been well veiled then, I just saw it as a senseless attack on African footballers.

Touré,Drogba,Essien,Adebayor yes I can see your point, think before you post.