Football Banter

Irish club Shamrock Rovers are set to name Brian Laws as their new manager.

In an unrelated news item the club have taken chicken wings off their menu

My thoughts & prayers go out to the family of the former Leeds United player Frank Dudley who sadly passed away at the end of last week, at the age of 87. Dudley played for Leeds United as an inside forward between 1949 and 1951. He managed to score 27 goals in 71 appearances for the club.

R.I.P Frank Dudley

I'm glad Pardew has saw sense and has decided to play a 4 3 3 formation and has dropped Ba to the bench.

I would have been happy either way if Ba or Cisse were playing, but its good to play with one striker up front

id rather see ben arfa play as CF behind the striker, he has quick feet and is dangerous in the box.

Its not looking good for us after that first half showing

So we get a 2-2 draw at Everton, I'm extremely happy with that result

Also, Newcastle are the sixth team to reach 1000 Premier League goals and the first non-ever present side to do so

Good game of football that.

Well we have had difficult first 4 fixtures this season and have picked up 5 points, which is decent. But I think performance wise we have been one of the worst so far in the Premiership this season. Although I guess it can be seen as a good thing picking up points and not playing well, but performances do need to improve

Some of our players are not performing well like Cabaye and Cisse.

Good though to see Ba scoring more regularly again.

Everton very unlucky with having the 2 goals disallowed and we were a bit fortunate tonight. We need to up our performances starting at Norwich next weekend

Daylight robbery tonight Dan! Good job the referees are all blind, eh...

I see that Stoke defender Andy Wilkinson is being charged by the FA after he elbowed (allegedly) Mario Balotelli in the face on Saturday.