(11 Jan 2014, 9:00 am)Tom wrote Mine are similar:

Top 4 -
Man City
Arsenal
Chelsea
Tottenham

Bottom 3 -
Crystal Palace
Sunderland
Fulham

(21 Jan 2014, 9:16 pm)andreos1 wrote The Chronicle are doing features on players from the past.
Tomorrow features this fella.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sn-b5q2wrRk

(22 Jan 2014, 10:33 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Come on lads 'fess up, did anyone see that result coming from Old Trafford...I didn't, lol

(22 Jan 2014, 11:18 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Now for City in the Final, there pretty unbeatable at the moment, but Sunderland have proved they can be beaten, on this occasion though I think it will be a normal day at the office for City 3-1

(22 Jan 2014, 11:47 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Yep, no Euro qualifcation yet, the League Cup is not like the FA Cup where the runners up get the Europa Spot on account of someone else already qualifying by virtue of there league position...
Think it was just them lot getting a tad over excited.

If Man City win the League Cup, the FA will put the highest placed team who did not qualify through there position, thats the way it has always been

(22 Jan 2014, 11:54 pm)andreos1 wrote Would love it if it was us that got that last spot haha.

On a serious note, I am now going to not listen to Total Sport, ignore the never ending tweets and fb updates and stay away from any Mackem mates until after the match has finished - particularly if they beat us next weekend.
Good luck to them in the final though.

(23 Jan 2014, 9:53 am)gtomlinson wrote It was a terrible game really wasn't it?

Still congratulations to Sunderland for securing the opportunity to get battered by Manchester City at Wembley

(23 Jan 2014, 9:56 am)Michael wrote Was a shit game, who care's were in the final...

Our results being alright against man city last few seasons.. before anyone say's i know were away... We might have a chance, its 50/50...

(23 Jan 2014, 10:01 am)gtomlinson wrote It would be nice for someonelse to win something again (a la Wigan and Swansea) but I just don't see this Man City team with this new manager bottling it as they did under Mancini.

That cup game has thrown up a stinker of a run for Sunderland -

Man City (A)
Arsenal (A)
Man City (LC)
Liverpool (A)

Could be a demoralising losing run that one mind.

Saying that, I'd take Poyet over Pardiola

(23 Jan 2014, 11:25 am)fozzovmurton wrote Think it is Citys to lose now, they are close to unbeatable at the moment, but the form boon flies out the window for a winner takes all game...Man City can be beaten, just ask Wigan, Sunderland have give them good games recently and Cardiff and the Mags have beaten them this season...

I think It will be a good game and if City think they just have to turn up there in for a shock...

In 3 months Poyet has completely changed that team, they look like they enjoy playing football and he has them playing decent football...

End of the day, it is all well and good getting to Wembley, but remember one thing, Premiership Survival is absolutely vital

(23 Jan 2014, 11:37 am)andreos1 wrote Nah, they have beaten us three times first game of the season, in the league cup at SJP in extra time and in the league just a fortnight or so ago, when Tiote had that goal ruled out for offside.

We have pushed them closer and closer each time, but haven't beaten them yet.

(23 Jan 2014, 11:44 am)fozzovmurton wrote Oh aye, was that the game when Pards was going mental...The way there playing at the moment I cant see past them for the Premier League

(23 Jan 2014, 11:19 pm)andreos1 wrote That was the game.

However, on behalf of all Newcastle supporters around the world, I feel we should be congratulating the little team from the North East after their success last night.

They have worked extremely hard over the last few months and after they stuck in and showed great determination, Ant and Dec had a great evening at the National Television Awards!

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(31 Jan 2014, 12:37 pm)fozzovmurton wrote It has been mentioned on here before about 3G/4G pitches(probably by me) Conference Clubs have voted against there use in the top 2 flights of non-League football at an EGM instigated by Maidstone United...

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/sport/conference-vote-against-3g-pitches-11991/

Bad call in my opinion it prevents clubs who want to be successful from achieving anything, look at Durham in 2008...

(31 Jan 2014, 1:01 pm)aureolin wrote Baffled by that decision. Surely it's ideal for that level of the pyramid, when clubs can't afford an army of groundsmen to upkeep the pitch.

(31 Jan 2014, 3:14 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Exactamundo mate, but in the case of the Conference, they have no incentive for accepting all weather pitches, moreso the Skrill Premier Clubs, because the Football League are absolutely dead against 3G/4G, so I could see why teams like Luton or Wrexham would vote against it.

The irony is, UEFA allow Champions League Games to be played on 3G/4G and FIFA allow World Cup games on it as well...

I dont know who remembers the thing with Durham a few years ago, the FA only allowed 3G in certain competitions, I went to see them in the FA Cup at The Hetton Centre for a 'Home' Game against Histon, the next week they were allowed to play an FA Trophy game back at home...Though I understand now All weather pitches are allowed upto the 4th Qualifying Round in the FA Cup...

I think this can only hurt teams like Durham and Consett and also Maidstone, who are likely to suffer from this ruling this season...

The way the weather is in this country, it is definately worth thinking about, the number of postponements is madness these days, plus theres the advantage of using it as another source of income, it could be played on pretty much every day of the week...

(31 Jan 2014, 5:28 pm)andreos1 wrote I was reading this on the BBC website this morning and my thoughts went back to a discussion we had on here.

Financially, it makes every sense installing a synthetic pitch for these sorts of clubs.
Durham (and now possibly Consett) make a lot of money hiring out their facilities to clubs and youth leagues, without any of the worry about the grass being churned up or water logged pitches.

The decision will cost Maidstone, just as it did Durham and as you saw at the Histon game, at that point, the only way for them - was up.
A vote like this cost Durham dearly. Hopefully it wont cause a mess down in Maidstone.