Skeletor

It doesn't come across as though he does know. "For whatever reason". There's one reason - non-availability of players either through injuries or being banned for being an expensive Italian gambling mafia don.

Just put a picture of Simon Bird on the screen and have everyone say "You're a cunt" to him.

Well I am someone who doesn't believe that such a consistent run of horrible injuries can be put down to just "bad luck". I hope the club will do a proper review of that in the summer rather than saying "oh well that was unlucky". The Champions League game added some strain but cannot be blamed for a whole season of never ending injuries considering we haven't been in it since December. However it was the first time in over 20 years we'd played in that competition, we got exciting new matches we'd never seen before and we will still likely qualify for Europe this season again.

So what's the cautionary tale? That going from 4th to (potentially) 6th is a massive disaster? Cautionary tale would sound like we were on the verge of being relegated.

What exactly are we a "cautionary tale" of? We're 8th, good chance of being 6th tomorrow if we beat you, and with relative fixture lists and goal difference, the most likely to finish 6th. This for a team that had won 1 of its first 14 games two seasons ago and on the back of a finish only two places higher the previous season. Cautionary tale is a very odd term to use.

How humble of him. As he said himself: "Certainly there is a cautionary tale there," the 58-year-old said. ""The reward for that was Champions League and this year, for whatever reason, it has made it a really challenging season on all fronts for them." That to me comes across as "Don't be like little Newcastle qualifying for a competition that you don't belong in." He definitely chose his words very poorly.

It has played a small part but it is way beyond that. It's the (intended) intensity of our play and the demands of that which have caused our injury crisis, not qualifying for the Champions League.

So playing 6 extra games this season is what's caused our never ending injury crisis long after we've not even been in the competition?

He's trying to use us as a cushion if things go tits up for him next season. The thing that has affected us is the never ending injury saga. It's deceitful.

Would be even more awful if he died and we could have the street parties we deserve.

"Certainly there is a cautionary tale there," the 58-year-old said. No there isn't. "It has been tough on Newcastle this year because the progress last year was fantastic. "The reward for that was Champions League and this year, for whatever reason, it has made it a really challenging season on all fronts for them." Because we have had half the squad injured all season. Do a little research prick.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68800108 Fuck off cunt.

Still creasing at his save where the ball just beans him in the face

I grew up watching football from about 94 onwards (in a serious way anyway) and I've always rooted against all other English teams in Europe. Can remember genuinely punching the air with delight when Iniesta got that late goal against Chelsea.

Good players still playing as they were originally trained at their previous clubs. The longer they were here and got Pardew'd the more it went tits up.

They haven't. That's just his release clause (and all of Leipzig's players seem to have a 70m release clause).

I really don't want us to buy any British/PL based players this summer. If FFP is going to be strangling the fuck out of us, I'd rather we got value for money abroad plugging as many gaps as possible rather than pay inflated fees for one or two players who probably won't even play straight away anyway.

What if everyone just breaches FFP and starts the season with points deductions?

It was very easy in those days.

RIP JFK.

Surprised his knee didn't explode with that botched knee slide celebration.

Was allowed to play against us and scored meaning we didn't beat Portsmouth and put a massive dent in our CL hopes in 2004.

He'd probably deliberately concede goals just to get at us.