What's that ear nipping at the free kick by Villa all about.

Vinny Jones used to be a bit more direct.

Yes, he had the balls

City will stay up. If only cos of the three piles of sh*t below them.

Piles of crap like Stoke, Hull City and Blackburn should be thrown out of the league.

Imagine the scenes if Blackburn went down.

There would be armpit sweat-patches galore

Make it four and lump Newcastle United with them.

Harsh but true.

Whatever happened to The Entertainers?! Ginola, Beardsley, Shearer, Ferdinand and many others probably can't believe what's happened since those great days.

nope they lost 1-0

if that was browns best 11 he picked last night then god help us everyones thicking that we are going to win against stoke i carnt see it might boil down to the last game vs man u to save our skins but man u can put a crap side out and still beat teams barmby must start against stoke he knows what is needed hes a local lad and he cares about the club what has happened to deano he been told to stay away from the club anyone know why

Be even greater if the cartoon army went down!

after warching man u tonight hope city dont need a win when we play them if so its time to start prying

As what always happens, once the jugglers and the high wire walkers have finished, they send the clowns on.

Same as the other black and whites, they signed Peter Sterling once, ever since then it's been all red noses and floppy shoes.

Unfortunately , IMO whichever league Hull City find themselves in next season they will be relegated from.

If they remain in the Premiership they will have to do major re-building of the squad as it is obviously not good enough. Additionally , Wolves and Brum are better sides too.

A return to the Championship will also see the 'better' players leave.

They'll be back though, give KK a third stint I say!

The Tyne - Tees Derby will take unusual importance this weekend.

Usually it is only the Smoggies ( and the tv) that hype this 'derby' game.

To Newcastle fans , Sunderland is the game.

It's a bit like Shudds in RL they try to big up games with nearby clubs but the derby game for them does not exist - this is borne out by their previous fixtures at the MM.

Darlo or The Monkey Hangers are the nearest Boro have to a derby I suppose.

What, so what you're saying is if City go down this season they'll go down next season as well?

Umpteen million quids' worth of parachute money says they don't!

Most of the parachute money will be earmarked for Jimmy Bullard - if he's still there.

They've not made very good signings for this season , so I would expect even less success if they outside the top level.

You're usually not too far of the mark Cap' so if was a City fan I'd be concerned

And this, when people look back will be the very reason City went down. They relied too much on a weak championship side that with a good run of form managed to be promoted.

Some of it was beyond their control I accept, they hung on for Campbell who as we know was used as a incentive for another deal to go through, but because of this they were left high and dry and plumped for Cousin, who is not a premiership footballer by ability. How much do City need someone like Kevin Phillips in these last three games, a player they could have signed but declined the chance, but although I appreciate age is against him, he'd poach a goal or two, more than the likes of Cousin, Windass and co.

The weakness of their strike force though is there for all to see, which makes their recruitment attempts in january all the more shocking. Their naivity at the top level has totally overwhelmed the club and a points total of twelve from a possible seventy two says it all

All of this will haunt Brown and Duffen for years to come IF they go down. If they don't then they will have got away with it by the skin of their teeth.

With any luck Utd. will have won the title by then, and considering it's just days before a Champions League final in Rome, I fell that if that's the case they will rest their big players. That might give City a chance considering they already put 3 past them at Old Trafford this season. Fingers crossed for City.

Or Man U's fringe players will be looking to earn themselves a bench place for the Barca game and will slam City

ashbee out for the season i dont know if that is a good thing or bad thing hes just a ok player but we need skill someone who can shoot make that killer pass and someone who can run there socks off is there any one who fits the bill if so let brownie know