newcastle needed to get back up this year. if they didnt it would be 5 years before they got up again if they did. thats the way it always happens when a team like them go down, in any league, anywhere

I didn't think we'd do as well as we are, but then again, I didn't realise how bad the teams in this league are.

Another thing about yesterday, almost 50,000 people (49,644) were there to watch that, fair to see there was a lot of taunting to the 'boro fans when that was announced considering they struggle to get 17,000.

Yeah you got great support, and its nice to see you getting them attendancesin the Championship

It won't last long

We will be seeing you next season!

I think Hughes deserved the boot tbh,

He did what many chelsea managers have done...and just buy big named players for large sums of money. What does that show?

Bad manager, the budget he had was way too much for such an inexperienced manager who has won...nothing.

What were they thinking?

But in all fairness he has done what the board have asked for...so they are all to blame.

Also, he manages to beat Chelsea...yet still gets the boot...wow.

:P

who are chelsea though ?

lol Huges can't cope wit Such a high profile team (Money wise)

Take him to a club with less spenditure and I am sure he will be a good manager and I hope a good club do go in for him he's definatly 1 to keep an eye on!

He is another poor mans Harry Redknapp, lie Big Sam and Steve Bruce.

Spends to much time feeling hard done by, it is always the Refs fault with him, and now he is whinging about not being given notice before he was sacked.

In that case why was he waving to the fans?

waving a merry christmas?

Maybe he wasn't told by the board, but had heard about everything through the afternoon like everyone else did?

Heard today on Radio

After Mark Hughes got dismised Sir Alex Ferguson was the first to act in saying "It was unacceptable behaviour,"

Respect from 1 to another in the world of football, and I have to agree with Sir Alex and he is completly right and it was unacceptable

Loads of other managers said it as well, your obsessed with the guy Si!

Watched Liverpool in the pub, probs woulda felt like crying if I bothered to watch it properly, crap againnn.

the one thing i dont understand

how the hell

is brian kidd roberto mancinis number two

that is the weirdest connection i know of.

Yesterday was class! The match wasn't so good, but it was good at the same time. The football was crap, but the being there was really good! Specially with the noise going on!

Nicky Butt should do every geordie a favour and just retire. Now. He is completely past it but thinks seems to think that he's 21 and he's David Beckham. The way he tries to spray passes about when the truth is he struggles to play one for 5 yards nevermind 50. The overhead kick he tried in Newcastle's half with no-one within 10 yards of him last week just topped him off.

lol pull a christmas cracker tom cheer up

Stoke Vs City

Lost 2-0 Can't really complain they a great squad if any of you saw it on MoTD you will see how lucky the first goal was robinho went for the Shot missed and landed beautifully on petrov's shiny foot

The second goal though was great athletics by Tevez what a goal that was by the Argentinian.

Stoke played good football at times not really looking forward to Brummy tomorrow espicially on their form don't even want to think what could happen but atleast we got them at home

Haha I didn't mean to have that much of a rant about him, but he seriously does my head in! It doens't help when Hughton rates Butt over Guthrie in centre midfield and therefore puts Guthrie out on the wing who Hughton appears to rate better out there than he does Jonas :S

in my opinion, arsenal are going to win the league. they are playing strongly and consistently whereas man u and chelsea are havin a wobbly stage at the moment.

by the way, merry christmas all. hope u all had a gd one.

i reckon you are a bit nuts you need to buy another striker

Arsenals season ended when RVPs did.