Jaiston wrote:

Minty Fresh wrote:nufc.com claiming de Jong isn't fit. Don't know where they get their information from but they're usually right.

Probably from De Jong saying he isn't fit.

Thought that was just for West Brom?

nufc.com claiming de Jong isn't fit. Don't know where they get their information from but they're usually right.

Yeah its pretty obvious the point he was trying to make. Silly way of phrasing it but the backlash has been ridiculous.

Thought today was a real improvement in terms of the fight from the players, aside from Sissoko who still didn't look arsed. Taylor is pretty awful now but he was a real example to the rest of the side in terms of the effort he put in. Atmosphere in the stadium was actually decent for the first time...

Bodacious Benny wrote:Wba will outscore us due to our lack of a defence.

Most likely. I reckon we'll be the better side but concede from a couple of set-pieces/long balls and end up losing.

Southampton v Aston Villa (D)
Burnley v Stoke (A)
QPR v Newcastle (D) (de Jong)
Sunderland v Leicester (D)
Tottenham v Hull (H)
West Ham v Everton (D)
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (H)
Swansea v Man City (A)
Man Utd v Arsenal (A)
West Brom v Chelsea (A)

I swear they've been running the exact same poll under every manager related articlesince Pardew left. Even Tuchel's still on there.

What do people reckon actually happened with Bigirimana? I assume something went on behind the scenes because two years ago he had pretty much established himself as a first team squad member...

Jaiston wrote:Bigirimana saying relegation would be good for us.

Source?

Edit: stopped being lazy and just googled it

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news ... bigirimana" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Getting the band back together eh? Besty

Could well be a load of bollocks to try and stoke the flames but I wouldn't be surprised if its true either. I'm pretty much beyond caring now, just watching this all unfold with a sense of morbid curiosity.

Our fans haven't really got behind the team at any point this season. I imagine the last two home matches will be much the same as usual - really flat with the crowd just getting tetchier with every mistake made on the pitch.

Has anyone actually confirmed whether or not Lascelles can play for us this season then? Given that two defenders got sent off today you'd think it would be a pretty obvious question for a journo to ask after the match...

Fight and determination are pretty much pointless without any coherent tactics. Plenty of our players are trying their best but its completely futile. Perez runs around up front trying to hassle defenders but the ball just gets knocked around him. Colback can win a 50/50 in midfield but there's so l...

I reckon we're down if Sunderland see this out.

dls wrote:[tweet][/tweet]

Thing is I have a hard time believing that Williamson is competent enough to deliberately get himself sent off.

Krul - 6

Janmaat - 2
Coloccini - 2
Williamson - 1
Dummett - 2

Gutierrez - 5
Taylor - 1
Colback - 3

Sissoko - 1
Riviere - 3
Perez - 4

De Jong - 4
Anita - 3
Armstrong - 2

Carver - 1

Sissoko We're finding new ways to embarrass ourselves.

This'll finish 5-0

He's atrocious at attacking the ball. Every set-piece we've had for the past 4 years has been aimed at him and he's scored once off a rebound.