The Plot to Escape Relegation Thread 2015.

[Malandro]

They looked very tough Mal, especially the women and I am a cowardy custard.

Was it the Bacon family like?

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Mutha Bacon
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And Biffa Bacon
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Like it. Like.

[adrenachrome]

Here he is having a word in Craig Bellamy's shell-like back in the day.

[brian green]

They were uglier than that, facially a cross between Harry Redknapp and David Platt and physically a cross between Jeremy Clarkson and Steve Bruce with a hint of Chewbacca.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Clattenberg's performance on Sat was strange - almost too one-sided to be true. He let Everton players hack down Delph and Grealish without even having a word at times and when Grealish was fouled twice within seconds just gestured to him to get up as if he was "diving"...he waved us to play advantage on at least two occasions when we had lost any advantage due to our play/momentum being broken up, Everton getting more defenders back/closer and Villa having lost players from the build-up.
As someone else said, he gave the penalty almost too quickly, as if he was looking for it - the only time Everton got into the box - and his failure to pick up on Coleman's "handling" of Given was almost a joke.
Having a pee after the game a young lad was making the point about Clattenberg's poor treatment of Everton a few seasons ago and that he was clearly trying to make up for it...then an old bloke said that he was "disgusted" at the worst, most one-sided display of refereeing he had ever seen.
We can't all be wrong and it's not sour grapes - we won!
I was amazed that the MOTD "experts" didn't pick up on it, but then they only watch such things that involve "big" clubs and would not want to be seen having a go at a ref...again!

Without a doubt he was strange/incompetent for the level he was reffing at.

Being informed that he comes from Durham partly helps to explain things! 

[silhillvilla]

It was a shockingly corrupt performance.

[LeeB]

They were uglier than that, facially a cross between Harry Redknapp and David Platt and physically a cross between Jeremy Clarkson and Steve Bruce with a hint of Chewbacca.

Ah, you mean like this:

[john e]

Newcastle wont go down,
 they have a piss easy run in, all three teams they play have nothing to play for
they wont lose them all

[Percy McCarthy]

Clattenberg's performance on Sat was strange - almost too one-sided to be true. He let Everton players hack down Delph and Grealish without even having a word at times and when Grealish was fouled twice within seconds just gestured to him to get up as if he was "diving"...he waved us to play advantage on at least two occasions when we had lost any advantage due to our play/momentum being broken up, Everton getting more defenders back/closer and Villa having lost players from the build-up.
As someone else said, he gave the penalty almost too quickly, as if he was looking for it - the only time Everton got into the box - and his failure to pick up on Coleman's "handling" of Given was almost a joke.
Having a pee after the game a young lad was making the point about Clattenberg's poor treatment of Everton a few seasons ago and that he was clearly trying to make up for it...then an old bloke said that he was "disgusted" at the worst, most one-sided display of refereeing he had ever seen.
We can't all be wrong and it's not sour grapes - we won!
I was amazed that the MOTD "experts" didn't pick up on it, but then they only watch such things that involve "big" clubs and would not want to be seen having a go at a ref...again!

Without a doubt he was strange/incompetent for the level he was reffing at.

Being informed that he comes from Durham partly helps to explain things!

That old bloke couldn't have seen us get beat at Chelsea at the start of last season. That was the worse refereeing performance I've ever seen. Can't remember who it was now.

The worst single 'easy' decision got wrong was not sending Vidic off against us at Wembley, by Phil Dowd.

The monumental c***.

[PeterWithesShin]

Kevin Friend iirc.

[silhillvilla]

Newcastle wont go down,
 they have a piss easy run in, all three teams they play have nothing to play for
they wont lose them all

With all the furore this week I honestly think WBA will be a soft target for them

[clash city rocker]

If Newcastle lose on Saturday then things both on and off the pitch will go from the ridiculous to chaotic at which point anything could happen in their final two games.

[silhillvilla]

I'd absolutely love to see them go down again, mostly because of Mike Ashley , that man is scum. 

[Villafirst]

This Saturday is key for us: all out attack from the off. Need the 3 points and hopefully Everton beat Sunderland, which will leave a 5 point gap which I can't see Sunderland overhauling with their run-in. We still have 2 more games to take at least 3 points

[nodge]

I think Newcastle have hit rock bottom this week and all this stuff about meetings with players etc will galvanise them and they'll win.  They've got the added bonus of F*ckthe Albion coming to town to roll over for them.  Still think our best bet is Sunderland staying where they are. 

[Matt Collins]

I tend to agree on Newcastle but then I thought they'd get a result v Leicester

I do think hull will beat Burnley (it's got 1-0 written all over it) and Leicester may well beat Southampton.

So although I'd have taken four pts from these two home games we really could do with another win and what a great chance we have.

Everton should have too much for Sunderland but you never know