This is it for Shearer - we will all be Geordies tonight please.

Don those black and white shirts.

You just don't want to pay your wager do you JK ?

Hull look very vulnerable to taking a relegation spot especially as they have Man Utd in their remaining fixtures.

I don't won't Newcastle to go down, but equally I don't want Middlesborough to go down either, because Gareth Southgate is such a nice bloke.

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Hull look very vulnerable to taking a relegation spot especially as they have Man Utd in their remaining fixtures.

Man U will have won the title by then as they had a few years ago when they let West Ham go and win at old Trafford on the final game to stay up.

Hull are simply awful and deserve to go down.

I don't want Newcastle to stay up either. Shearer is a joke as a manager and totally out of his depth.

I'm a lifelong Boro fan, so I won't be donning black and white. I suspect a boring 0-0 tonight. I fear both will go down.

JC, Mikemacca and Robbiex I agree with you all on this thread everything you all say all good points. Still couple of weeks left so lets see what happens football is such a cruel game.

Hull City have had so many dubious decisions and offside goals awarded against them since they went to Anfield last November when they were 6th (2-2 was the score, blatant pushes for both Liverpool goals) I can only presume that they flew too close to the sun for the bookmakers and F.A., and that there has been agenda to push these upstarts back down from were they reared their ugly northern heads. Phil Brown fell into the hero to zero UK media trap - back in October he was "a breath of fresh air" now he is "arrogant" and "paranoid". If he doesn't crawl back under his rock, they'll be further name-calling no doubt

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We here on the south coast are quite pleased with that result tonight. It means there aretwo teams cannot overhaul us on points. Now all weve got to do is beat Sunderland and POMPEY are safe. Thats all that matters and we dont care about all that Newcastle being a big team nonsense. Newcastle have not been a big team for 50 years, bit like Spurs.

Delighted for Shearer who I've always liked. Fingers crossed he can scrape a few more points.

But how sad for Hull, which really looked like a giant killer earlier this season.

Another abysmal display from my team, Boro. I have to admit we deserve to go down. Southgate bought some top players who just haven't performed. Alvez in particular. Such high hopes when these guys arrived, only to find they didn't adapt and were useless to us. I can't remember when Alvez got even close to scoring. I'm sure he's played his last game for Boro. But it's not just the big names. The entire team has lacked spirit and determination. Maybe a spell in the Championship will do us good. Newcastle also need a wake up call so same goes for them.

As for Hull. So much depends on the next game. If Newcastle don't win and Hull do, it will all be reversed again. I've also noticed how Hull have had some bad decisions, but their defence has been apallingly slack and their top striker has misssed some sitters, so it's not all about the ref. I think it'll go to the wire.

Sunderland and Portsmouth will probably both stay up.

Hull's problem is they can't score any goals. he may be 40 but they shouldn't have let Dean Windass go as there is no way he would have let the frontline been so crap.

I think Hull are going to finish bottom. Their only saving grace may be a totally under strength Man U team on the final game of the season. No doubt the FA will warn Man U beforehand as they did Chelsea about 10 years ago when they had nothing to play for and an average performance against Bolton would have sent the mighty Everton down.

To expect Shearer to be the saviour in eight games was simply asking too much, too late. Appointing foul-mouthed Kinnear and GHB Wise were the root causes of NUFC's demise.

Most NUFC players do not have relegation/pay clauses in their contracts (another serious error of judgement) and the legal wranglings will start shortly.

It is highly likely that NUFC will not make the top flight again - for a decade.

Ron Manager wrote:


It is highly likely that NUFC will not make the top flight again - for a decade.



They should have left Allardyce alone. He would have pulled them round.

I agree mike.

But, why give the running of this fine/famous club to clowns - like Kinnear and Wise. The worst Premier League management appointments yet ?

And, at what price ? The affects will be felt for years!