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i agree, loosing to arsenal or any of the top 4 teams should not get sam the sack but if newcastle lose to the likes of birmingham, tottenham, derby etc then you realy need to question weather sam is ideal for the job, newcastle are a decent side and realy they should be fighting for UEFA football at best with the squad they have.

in regards to arsenal. we are going to struggle againts mboro with half our first team out. if we do win it wont be a flattering score line. we badly need hleb or fabregas back in this side. if we can still be 3 points clear at the top of the table by the end of the year, i will be satisfied.