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Listed below are comments made by AlexR4444 between Tuesday, 9th September 2008 and Wednesday, 29th July 2009.

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Hard-core smokers 09:52am on 29 Jul 2009 Maybe the 1.2 million gave up smoking?
Battered Washington still chasing gold 11:31am on 15 Jun 2009 I didn't know about this: it's interesting to see doping issues from a different perspective to that which we normally look at it. I can only imagine how frustrated he must be.
Quartet face relegation nail-biter 4:24pm on 22 May 2009 Very good article Phil.

I live in Newcastle and, not being a fan, it's amazing to hear supporters who, when not so long ago were claiming to have an underachieving side destined to bring glory days to NUFC, now freely admit next to no hope.

For me, the only debatable thing is whether it's Newcastle or Hull who go down - I can't see Middlesbrough getting out of it (though I'd like to be proven wrong).

Sunderland, I feel, are practically safe. I disagree about Sbragia though: if given the keys to Sunderland's power permanently (with a possible experienced manager to lean on for support) I think he could be a good manager. He showed, until the seventeenth minute of added time at Old Trafford, that he can very quickly organise a team, and has a good knowledge of tactics. If given the sort of support you cite for Southgate he could too prove a talented manager.
Shearer gets taste of reality 12:05pm on 05 Apr 2009 Personally, I can't help feeling that Coloccini has been one of the worst signings made this season - I honestly cannot remember him having a good game.

Shearer may well keep the Toon up, we'll just have to see what points, if any, they get against Stoke. If they come out of the tunnel roaring, start in top gear (without stalling in defence) and play some decent football, then they may well be OK. If they go out looking, as they did yesterday, like they simply don't want to be there, then it's not going to be a happy homecoming for Alan, and the Geordie masses will (though I'm assured by my mates that they already have done) have to consign themselves to the fact that Newcastle are going down.

Because Shearer is inexperienced, then, whatever you might say about having been a great player and at the top level, he is unlikely to pull something magical out of the hat come the last few matches of the season - a Fulham-esque end to the season was probably only achievable due to Roy Hodgson's managerial aptitude.

The Toon are most certainly not big enough to go down, and Shearer is most certainly not a good enough manager to single-handedly save them; the players must start playing like a team in a relegation battle: determined, gritty, bodies on the line, and all those other clichés.
Reading show there's life after relegation 3:21pm on 10 Feb 2009 Although I only really watch the Premier League, I really enjoyed watching Reading in the 06-07 season, when they nearly got into Europe. Should they get into the PL again, I will be supporting them almost as much as I support my favourite team.
Benitez relishes vital victory 10:47am on 02 Feb 2009 "[Bosingwa's tackle was] an act of hot-headed madness that was amazingly missed by the officials, especially the referee's assistant"

No, don't blame the linesman! He clearly put his flag up, but Riley ignored it.

I agree with comment 4, that Liverpool were more in a goal drought than slump. I also think that this marks the difference between them and Man U - Man U perform like this in every game, pushing teams and pressing, attacking, whereas Liverpool only did it yesterday because it was Chelsea. If they can produce performances like this against weaker teams, then they have a good chance of catching up with MU.
Shock news 5:46pm on 09 Sep 2008 Well, I think you're all complete bonkers. In what way is Gordon Brown unfit to lead the country?
Let's start with his supposed faults. The economic crisis = not his fault at all; it's the fault of a bunch of dishonest US crooks. The housing market = side-effect of the crisis, which is apparently just as bad as house prices rising. What's better, what do you all want? Cheap housing or expensive housing, or middle-of-the-road housing? It's going in the right direction, but you won't acknowledge it. His lack of a photogenic face = not at all important. Again, what do you want: a leader like Blair who is good with people but talks out of his bum, or someone like Brown who is shy in public but a very intelligent man and knows what he is talking about.

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