Quote ="WireFanatic II"Was watching the Liverpool game in Edinburgh and as soon as Barton got sent off, I instantly thought to myself that I bet Flipper will be scrambling to his keyboard in disgust to post his usual tripe about someone else being sent off against Liverpool and the whole thing being a fixblah blah blah, without stopping to think that it was a reckless two footed lunge that deserved a red. Not been bothered reading through any of the thread to see what he said, because I'm not a sad act, but if his previous posts have anything to go by then I've probably hit the nail on the head. '" yes i did - nail on the head, you are starting to recognise the refereeing trend i see. did you see this one the week before? img402.imageshack.us/img402/9347/palacios.gif the intended recipient has been sent off for a similar lunge - this one didn't attact a yellow or even media outrage

Quote ="WireFanatic II"Was watching the Liverpool game in Edinburgh and as soon as Barton got sent off, I instantly thought to myself that I bet Flipper will be scrambling to his keyboard in disgust to post his usual tripe about someone else being sent off against Liverpool and the whole thing being a fixblah blah blah, without stopping to think that it was a reckless two footed lunge that deserved a red. Not been bothered reading through any of the thread to see what he said, because I'm not a sad act, but if his previous posts have anything to go by then I've probably hit the nail on the head. '" yes i did - nail on the head, you are starting to recognise the refereeing trend i see. did you see this one the week before? img402.imageshack.us/img402/9347/palacios.gif the intended recipient has been sent off for a similar lunge - this one didn't attact a yellow or even media outrage

I just read the report on BBC from when it happened.

One of the burglars spent 3 nights in hospital.

when it went to court a week or two later one of the burglars still had a monster black eye

Sounds like they got of lightly to me

i have watched both games against you this season ash, and IMO newcastle are the worst team in the premier league, why oh why you persist in playing the dog known as barton is beyond me!!!!!!!

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Fancy Utd to lose their unbeaten run in Europe tonight but to go through overall, 2-1 Arsenal tonight.

Quote ="flipper"yes i did - nail on the head, you are starting to recognise the refereeing trend i see. '" Not recognising the refereeing trend, I just recognised your inane ramblings. Quote ="flipper"did you see this one the week before? img402.imageshack.us/img402/9347/palacios.gif'" Nope, because I didn't watch the game. Who was the referee? Quote ="flipper"the intended recipient has been sent off for a similar lunge - this one didn't attact a yellow or even media outrage'" The only reason there has been more media coverage is because it's Joey Barton, and he's renowned for doing idiotic things like this. You can pretend you're hard done to all you want, but at the end of the day your team is going to win the Premier League and my team isn't, so you are just whining for whining's sake, basically.

Quote ="flipper"yes i did - nail on the head, you are starting to recognise the refereeing trend i see. '" Not recognising the refereeing trend, I just recognised your inane ramblings. Quote ="flipper"did you see this one the week before? img402.imageshack.us/img402/9347/palacios.gif'" Nope, because I didn't watch the game. Who was the referee? Quote ="flipper"the intended recipient has been sent off for a similar lunge - this one didn't attact a yellow or even media outrage'" The only reason there has been more media coverage is because it's Joey Barton, and he's renowned for doing idiotic things like this. You can pretend you're hard done to all you want, but at the end of the day your team is going to win the Premier League and my team isn't, so you are just whining for whining's sake, basically.

Arsenal 13/8 to win, 9/1 for the 2-1 scoreline.

I think West Brom fans would disagree with that one.

They at least have a go and make chances.

They could have scored a few goals at White Hart Lane the other day, where as i am struggling to remember us having a shot on goal against Liverpool.

You had one shot in the whole game, but it was off target. You never had any on target at all.

You can't teach that.

Especially when your one of the greatest english goalscorers there has ever been

Scouse education system

So what are peoples views on the rest of the season?

The title race over? I can see Utd drawing against City and/ or Arsenal but not losing two and Liverpool winning all their remaing games but stranger things have happend.

The relegation scrap? Loser v Toon- Boro is down, which i think will be Boro. I've said for weeks and weeks that Newcastle will survive but i think they'd have to win all three and i'm not convinced they will.

The Premier League, IMO, needs a team like Newcastle United in it. It'll be a shame if they were too go down.

Why???...

I don't think it needs explaining but hey ho...

They are a big club, with a big stadium and great fan base. As advert for a PL it'd be much more attractive seeing a massive 52,000 seater stadium full then somewhere like the JJB struggling to get 17,000....always have good banter with the geordies as well. A team like Newcastle as well will be able (well you wouldn't have thought it this season (haha) to tempt big players from europe or even tempt big players back ala Owen, which can only be good for the PL).

Don't get me wrong if they finish in the bottom three they deserve to be relegated I'm not questioning that, just as far as the PL goes, it'd be a shame if they were relegated.

No it wont. It will be hilarious. I cant wait

looking forward to playing you next season in the championship.

how are the finances?

It will be hilarious if they go down.

What they need is some sort of "Geordie Messiah" to help them out of this hole.

Peter Beardsley?

Malcolm McDonald?

Jackie Charlton? Jackie Milburn?

Beardsley has a prior engagement at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Ring any bells?