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Manchester United are alive.

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Can't complain even with the quality of the opposition in last three games. Still can't keep a clean sheet and the red card wasn't clever either. :(

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They still aren't a patch on Blyth Spartans.

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l am sure once we get into the New Year Jim it will bring United much more cheer then 2018. :)

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On my way on an empty train to a New Year's Day away fixture. Beautiful sunny day too. Get out from behind your TVs and watch in ultra ultra HD ;)

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Have a nice time Mr K.

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It was a good day Den, although a last minute equaliser spolit it slightly... Always more fun being as an away fan, think I've lost my voice ! ( Why are fans deadly quiet at home, but noisy as hell away ! )

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If that blatant barge into Rashfords back by Lascelles had been anywhere else a free kick would have been given. No attempt to play the ball and definitely not shoulder to shoulder.

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Amazing how sometimes officials miss the obvious.

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He didn't miss it. The issue is one referee giving them and the other waving them off.

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Contrast that with the Lindelof challenge just now, clear shoulder to shoulder.

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Fully deserved win, harder game than last three, a filthy challenge from Shelvey on Pogba.:rolleyes:

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Pretty miraculous to escape a card from a blatant dismissal. Pretty much sums up his Newcastle career. A mix of ******** and sheer frustration at playing awful football.

It's all going downhill again. Rafa is clearly all but done. His interviews are an indication of his faith that any takeovers will go through and he's done with the club.

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How he did not get his marching orders for that one will never know.

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Not even a yellow card, can he not get a retrospective ban or does the fact the ref blew for a foul negate that?

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l am not sure he can get a retrospective ban as that only applies in certain cases Jim.

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It does, only things the ref doesnt see qualify for retrospective punishment or it'll undermine the officials apparently by re-refereeing incidents, that's what the authorities say anyway, sounds like bs to me

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Aye. The whole undermining the officials thing. Just a another thing broken with the standard of refereeing. I think Pogba took the whole incident remarkably well though. The lower that challenge gets and it could have been so much worse.

Still think it should be looked at on the grounds it looked rather deliberate to be fair. There's completely fluffing it and being late but Shelvey was like a bull there. It's undefendable and you'll not find many Newcastle fans defending it.

Well thank god we've cleared that up. As if we needed to be told.

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Was that Firminos first touch, not done a thing until then.

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No he did not do much before then but l thought the pass by TAA was a nice bit of vision though.

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Now this would be fun.. Toon target :D

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Adzii will be a rocking and a rolling if they pull off that signing. :D

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All good and well noting it's our creativity that's generally prevented goals. Rondon alone would suffice if he actually got chances to take. That was kinda the idea behind targeting Almiron. Need to be better going forward but improving from the middle not the front. Shelvey isn't at the races right now.

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Pants to the Premiership, it's meaningless. Money, foreign players and TV fans. However FA Cup this weekend, where they'll be a few scalps on the line ;)

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Not Spurs though, a 7-0 win tonight. And I was working so couldn't watch it. Grr. Who has the highlights of it this season? BBC still?

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An instantly forgettable game at Old Trafford today, nine changes is always going to lead to a disjointed display.:(

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What saddens me about the FA Cup now is we used to have them all kicking off at 3 on a Saturday afternoon and now the matches are over over the place much to the irritation of many supporters.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...The-FA-Wembley

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Half of the top flight teams don't even want to be in the competition to be fair. FA Cup reaching the prestige of the Europa league.

It's alright when you can field two teams and still fly through. Don't be shocked to see Newcastle go out alongside Cardiff.

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Peter Kenyon hoping to conclude the deal to takeover Newcastle. Very rarely hear anything from the buyers side. Wonder if this was to establish himself as the favourite after Gary Cook randomly chimed in.

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Great result for Oldham today, can’t understand why VAR didn’t rule out the Fulham penalty though. Just watched the highlights and there was no discernible contact. Justice was done with a brilliant save and subsequent winner.:o:

Watch this and tell me that was a penalty, it was a dive or at worst a slip. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46713170

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Not in a million years IMO.

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To be honest, didn't think either penalties were penalties. But then that's why I'm not a referee.

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Both penalties by the PL standard of refereeing :rolleyes: brushed his foot with the tip of his studs. Nearly killed the lad.

Bolton Wanderers are in a hell of a mess after Chairman inexplicably says he doesn't care if the club goes under following the recent financial disaster they've been going through.

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Are you referring to the rugby tackle that Sessegnon did as he wrapped both arms round the Oldham forward and dragged him to the ground?

If you didn't think that was a penalty then I agree with your second statement.;)

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Need more of those given from corners to be fair.

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Well that was a crap draw for the giant killers. :rolleyes:

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My brothers ain't happy as they were hoping to draw one of the giants rather then England's yesterday man.

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Well whoever they support they won’t be able to face Klopps clowns. If that was Liverpools best second 11 then I fear that one or two injuries to key personnel will see them start to struggle.

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l have said all along that Liverpool lack the strength in depth to win the title and my stance has not changed one iota.

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Tell him not to worry, maybe you'll get the mighty Hatters after we hammer Chelsea :D

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Nothing wrong with being a eternal optimist.:D

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Klopp is a magician after all.:D

Now you see him

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Your words not mine but l might be susceptible to changing my mind possibly sometime in the future.:D

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Boy do Chelski need a Drogba mk2, toothless in the final third.

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Drogba type players are hard to find Jim but you could always lend them your much lesser version though.;)

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Are you referring to our three goals in last four games man?:p:

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Is that the one that falls over a lot and goes missing when his mood suits.:p:

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Drogba was a bit of an arse to be fair but was a cracking player and Chelsea legend. Only he could score a 90th minute equaliser in a champions league final, give away a penalty and then score the winning penalty.

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Perhaps as well that him and Hazard didn't play together that much if at all.

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Almiron agent says personal terms for Newcastle move are accepted but Newcastle are lowballing the transfer fee. So far submitting a bid of £17 million. 8 million shy of the asking price.

Can imagine they'd deal on £20 million but this will go the way of Newcastle's ridiculous bids for Lacazette a few January's ago when they were submitting £25 million offers for a player they wanted double for.

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Richard Keys and Rio Ferdinand slammed for Newcastle United comments. Rio's comments are naive but Keys' true colours are worrying for a guy that was employed at Sky Sports for a decent time. Horrible despicable bloke.

His mouth without a filter really shows the work sky sports and other media outlets do. Seems to have a massive anti Liverpool and Benitez agenda that's subsequently followed Benitez to Newcastle.

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Get rid of Mourinho and suddenly its like a new team it seems.

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Well, well, a win is a win, De Gea my MOM.

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Absolutely superb.

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When he learns to use his hands he will be world class. Apparently Spurs have made an offer for Ole.:D

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More a case of Ole keeping the seat warm for someone else one suspects.;)

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They were strong words from Dick that's for sure, strong bewildering words, no wonder sky were looking for any excuse to get rid of old hairy hands

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Nottingham Forest are set to appoint club legend Martin O'Neill as manager to succeed Aitor Karanka, reports BBC Radio Nottingham.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46864924

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Wagner leaves the Terriers.

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What a way to treat someone who got them into the Premiership.:(:td:

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Well if the reports are to be believed and it does seem to be sincere from their chairman, Wagner himself instigated the process.:(

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If that is the case not a lot of managers would do that if the results were not going well as they would wait to be given the sack so that they would get a full pay off from the club that employed them.

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That's how I heard it too, Wagner himself had decided it was time to leave.

Whether he was honestly opening the door for someone to take them further, or simply avoiding a relegation on his CV is anyone's guess ;)


. . . plenty of lower league clubs looking for a new manager, he'll be employed again soon

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He's back, well sort of, J M

Strange about the NDA, I would have thought he would have asked United to sign one not him. :D

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Watching the Rovers v Toon FA Cup replay and got to wondering why/when Blackburn reverted to that insipid light blue instead of the much nicer royal blue, digging around led me to this fascinating site.:cool:

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/

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Arsenal being a bit naughty with FA Cup tickets, according to the rules of the competition United should be given around 9,000 tickets but Arsenal are citing ‘safety concerns ‘ to justify giving United only 5,000 tickets. :rolleyes:

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These clubs always find a way to worn out of the rules sadly.:td:

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But they gave 9,000 tickets to Lincoln supporters a couple of years ago. And United always give the full allocation to away sides, even Liverpool, and in an upper tier too. ;)

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ckets-15687575

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Outrageous. Especially since this is one of the few chances most United supporters get to see their club play in their home city. :mad:

Seriously though it is out of order.

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Allowing for the tongue-in-cheek nature of that remark it is surprising just how often that old chestnut is raised.

It is a matter of fact that United have and always have had a higher ‘percentage ‘ of season ticket holders living at Manchester post codes than do Man City.:p:

And even if they don’t sell the other 4,000 seats you can bet the attendance will be given as a full house.:rolleyes:

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Cristiano Ronaldo goal sinks Milan as he hands himself his first trophy at Juventus. Incredible. 8 goals in 7 Cup finals. It's a shame the transfer fee was still so large otherwise he could move to Bayern in the summer to net a trophy and then land at PSG to finish it up. After what he'd apparently consider a goal drought he's catching up with 14 goals in 19 games and that's his bad form apparently. :erm: Meanwhile we have Joselu.

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Indeed nothing like fiddling the figures as they say.

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To be fair, even though his first was miles offside on Tuesday Ronaldo himself would have been proud of the second one. :)

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The Times print that Dennis Wise is back at Newcastle.
Club have instantly moved to dismiss this and talks of a huge supporter backlash are building.

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Another day in the life and times of Newcastle United...

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Why worry . . still way above Sunderland ;)

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That ain't saying much.;)

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That'd be Salah getting chewed out for diving again. :erm:

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A ban should be forthcoming...

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Spurs have quickly found a goal scorer to replace Kane. :D

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You never know they might poach one of yours come the end of the season.;)

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You need to check your history, good players often go from Spurs to United, not the other way.:p:

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Dennis Wise denies Newcastle job. Straight from the weasels mouth. Must have heard the abuse directed at him on MOTD.

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Given the last few years good players tend to run a mile rather then go to United anymore.:p:

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Cardiff City FC player on missing plane.:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur...rnsey-46954922

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Benitez confirms Newcastle exit if they fail to make signings this window. A week to go. Kenyon falling short and Benitez to leave at the seasons close.

Good luck to Mike Ashley. He'd be lucky to get Harry Redknapp to take the job.

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Gary Lineker slammed on twitter after calling out Ronaldo over plane tweet. Was absolutely no issue and Lineker went and made one. Cracking job if he wants to become the Piers Morgan of football.

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Newcastle named 19th Richest club in the world. Again. But don't forget how skint we are. :erm: 108% revenue increase.

Literally don't know what to say anymore. I'd be beyond stunned if Mike Ashley ever got near another football club. It's no wonder Kenyon is desperate to get in there.

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...chester-united

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l think that says more about Monaco then it does Thierry Henry.

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My oh my Jim must be doing the jig after these last 10 minutes here at the Emirates.

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Game on, but a pleasure to watch all the same. Your whipping boy Lukaka has laid on both goals.

A frantic start to the second half, need another goal from United ASAP.

Anyway, shouldn’t you be watching the cricket. :)

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My whipping boy Jim.:no:

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With the defences on both sides there is highly likely to be more goals.

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l turned over by mid afternoon.:td:

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Do you think Jose would have subbed Rashford and Martial for Sanchez and Lukaku with a 2-1 lead.?

:D

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Result.:D

Still not in the ‘give Ole the job’ camp but would certainly favour giving the current management team a go, getting Phelan back on board is massive.

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You seemed to have switched over from the cricket for some reason ;)

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Or I could be watching two screens at the same time Mr K.;)

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You are grandad from only fools and horses, anyone know how I go about claiming my fiver

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Not in a month of Sundays.

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Early days yet before they have to make a decision Jim.

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And the last United manager to win 8 on the trot was none other than Jose, a long way to go yet, Oles' not exactly going to throw his dummy out before the end of the season.

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The Wombles from Wimbledon can play a bit !

Tbh the FA cup isn't been my taken seriously by some of the 'big' clubs. Maybe they should reserve a Champions League place for the winner? Maybe they'd take it more seriously then and give the hope to some of the smallest non-league clubs that they could potentially be in the Champions League next year !

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West Ham have been pretty shocking though as you would get better defending from a local Sunday league side IMO.

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Ole shouldn't get the job. Man United are capable of so much more. All he's done is take the muzzle off the team that Jose put on. I don't think he's a leader as such. Just a bloke that's given them the freedom to play how they want. Is it a bad thing? Definitely not. Imagine is someone else can get this out of them and then some.

Overall I'm sure he's a welcome temporary fix but there's someone out there that can improve upon this and make them formidable.