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Not entering this year

FFS doubting someone is not abuse, i thought Rondon was suited to us, others didn't, it's opinions. And i noted you think it won't suit some if we have an exciting team, come on man you know that's not it, if you really can't see why people are saying what they are, well.... You're a daft C*** (that's abuse) People are writing off any player that signs and trying to convince themselves their highlights are all terrible (when they're not) and they won't be any good. I just think they're getting carried away and are setting themselves up for a lot of frustration, because these players are talented enough that it could be quite the opposite. Not sure why you would continue to put yourselves through that kind of frustration. Nope. Players are being written off because Steve Bruce is gonna coach them. That and they don’t fit into a specific system (singing ANOTHER winger when we play with wing backs is a bit strange, no?)

Doesn't matter how hard he tries. He'll be blamed.

Almiron will be dropped within 5 games.

January is the real test

Exactly how I feel. Fuck football.

At every other club the aim of the manager is to bring improvement. We’re the odd ones out.

The Villa lad?

But nobody is even debating that, but to have your manager come out before the season starts to remind us of it (adding the, great day out comment) just takes the piss. Part of the reason we can't compete in this league is the fact that we have the worst manager in the league now. Nar, it's not. He's come out and said exactly the same as us for the last ten years which is a pretty realistic assessment of our situation. If he'd said we were going to compete with the big boys this season he'd have got slated for that too. What he's said isn't particularly unreasonable considering our ownership situation, it seems no matter what he says he'll get stick. Fair enough, you might say but attacking him for a perfectly reasonable view on our prospects diminishes the effect of the actual bad stuff like attacking the fans protest. Crucify the man for attacking the fans, for the shite way he's treated a decent club who gave him a chance. Crucify him when the season starts and we're adrift before Christmas, for taking Ashley's money to help run his boyhood club into the ground. For saying our best chance of a trophy is a cup? Just pettiness. The difference between Bruce and Rafa is that Rafa would always say what a big city this was, what potential the club had, how he wanted to build something and that he did believe that, given the right resources and backing, the club absolutely COULD compete in the league. Then Bruce comes in and immediately declares a complete lack of ambition, no intent to build anything, and that the best we can hope for is a cup run in competitions the ownership of the club have publicly disdained for over a decade. It's shit. You've got one person looking at last year's 13th place finish and saying we can push on into the top 10, and you've got another looking at it and saying "look, we finished 13th, therefore we're 13th best and should just avoid relegation. Aye, and which one is right? With Ashley in charge we'll never challenge the top clubs, directing your ire at Bruce for some fairly innocuous soundbites is missing the target. No one expects us to challenge the top clubs, but we should be looking to challenge the ones just below that rather than looking to survive. Everton, Leicester, West Ham, etc. So Everton, Leicester and west ham are the big boys at the top end? Are they happy with 17th? That's not the point. We were discussing Bruce's quote, not the ambition of those clubs. The quotes are attached to the level of hope we have. Under Rafa we had a hope that we might attempt to compete and improve. Under Bruce we have a hope that we stay in the league. Bravo for sticking to your guns over this btw, I think plenty of people have given extremely good reasons why people are pissed off by the quotes for you to understand it by now, so I'm assuming you just feel strongly enough that you're happy with Bruce's "little club" opinion.

I'm even jealous of Oxford's signings compared to ours :-D

But nobody is even debating that, but to have your manager come out before the season starts to remind us of it (adding the, great day out comment) just takes the piss. Part of the reason we can't compete in this league is the fact that we have the worst manager in the league now.

The day a well known lad was fighting on the pitch, got banned and then later got convicted of being a kiddy fiddler. Used to post on here. Dave?

See my sig. If I heard that I'd be worked up. Plus its not like he's an unknown quantity, he's been a manager for years and I've watched his teams, and heard his bollocks on MOTD. I'm fairly sure listening to him talk wont change my opinons So you're saying we can compete with Liverpool, Manchester City, Spurs etc and a cup isn't our best chance of a trophy? We've made a conscious decision to stop trying to compete with the "big clubs". That's the issue. We're all sensible enough to know that 12 years of Mike Ashley running the clubs means that we can't currently compete. Aye, I appreciate that, with decent owners we could be a lot more than we currently are but as an evaluation of our current situation you can't really argue with it. Ask any Newcastle fan and they'd probably say the same. That's because we've been conditioned to accept that. Rafa set Ashley's business plan back a couple of years by highlighting what the club could and should be. Gone are the days of us beating Man City.

See my sig. If I heard that I'd be worked up. Plus its not like he's an unknown quantity, he's been a manager for years and I've watched his teams, and heard his bollocks on MOTD. I'm fairly sure listening to him talk wont change my opinons So you're saying we can compete with Liverpool, Manchester City, Spurs etc and a cup isn't our best chance of a trophy? We've made a conscious decision to stop trying to compete with the "big clubs". That's the issue. We're all sensible enough to know that 12 years of Mike Ashley running the clubs means that we can't currently compete.

The Newcastle thing means I have no interest in any football this year. Not even entering fantasy league. So disillusioned with it all.

Manager won't know what to do with them though Gallowgate End[/member]

As is Graham Potter. What exactly has Lampard done to get higher than them?

Sounds like he's off to Bournemouth for £25m. FFS, how are we meant to compete with these massive clubs?

Oh please that would be so good Wishing pain on a man you know nothing about is getting a bit weird like. So do people actually want this lad to fail? If he is a success, he gets sold for a profit. Why would we want that? Rinse, repeat. Nice day out though. I just don't get it, i cannot get my head around people who want the club to fail or be relegated. Ashley couldn't give a fuck if we get relegated, this has been proved in the past. Also wtf are you on about nice day out? I've given up my season ticket as a result my disappointment of how the club is being run. Have you ever had a season ticket? Probably not... Fucking hell man, I wasn't aiming that at you, it was based on Bruce's comments earlier this week about a cup final. Chill the fuck out.

Yep, so won't happen.

Steve Boooooooce

Oh please that would be so good Wishing pain on a man you know nothing about is getting a bit weird like. So do people actually want this lad to fail? If he is a success, he gets sold for a profit. Why would we want that? Rinse, repeat. Nice day out though.

Big lad

Excellent. Depends on your perspective ? Hopefully results in relegation, so yeah.

Minus the quality football