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What absolutely devastating news. Like many have said, not the best keeper we've ever had put a fundamental part of the best team in our modern history. A thoroughly likeable guy who everyone took to their hearts. I can't think of many other foreign players who would get the Geordie tag. Solano maybe. Got to buy his new book now and can imagine it selling out everywhere. Hopefully Steve Wraith can donate his cut of it RIP Pavel. I can't be the only one who wanted to be a goalie at primary school and wearing his hideous goalkeeper top. Will be sadly missed

Aye maybe. Still, that top 8 came from Lee Charnley in official email communications. Not like Mike Ashley said it after a few pints and it was caught on camera

Read that he is now saying the top 8 target was "just bandied about"

How is Hiddink a fraud? A Fraud is harsh but he's clearly nowhere the coach he was years ago, shown by the fact Pardew outcoached him Aye but it's ridiculous calling him a fraud. Won the Champions League with PSV, did well with South Korea, Russia, was a pretty poor refereeing display and a moment of magic from Iniesta away from getting to a Champions League final with Chelsea. Not the CV of a fraud Not sure he won the Champions League with PSV

Mourinho has been so spoilt since Porto of inheriting good teams that he literally has no idea how to get out of a losing spiral. A pathetic, petty bully who lashes out at everyone around him when he doesn't get his own way Can't take his trophy success off him but a truly great manager like Ferguson would have never found himself in this situation. Mourinho a good manager to make a good side an excellent one and for that he'll never be short of takers. Can never be compared to true great managers though Might stick £20 on him being next England manager

I've certainly never heard him speak. Anyone got a clip of an interview?

Lawrie Sanchez So unbelievable it's probably got some foundation

Would love McClaren to show some balls and drop shit like Coloccini, Sissoko, Anita etc and play some passionate young lads. Even if we do lose 5-1

Yeah. I've been a fan but he's painfully obsolete at this level now. Yet some journalists seem to think we'd have won the World Cup by now if he'd played more

The House of Pards

The BBC making a joke out of Pardew being a complete cunt

The only thing I wasn't sure of, was who was going to say this first. My money was on Jason Roberts

Did the male doctor / physic get sacked too? They both ran on the pitch together but she has got all the publicity

No one likes losing but Mourinho is the worst loser in all competitive football. An absolute child and full on knob head I've heard loads of press conferences now when he's asked why they've been poor and he just refuses to answer it.

Everyone finds their level. In Williamson's defence it's not his fault we haven't signed anyone decent in the last 5 years or that he had a long contract Utterly woeful in the Premier League but like so many others, will probably prove to be a decent Championship player. The gap is huge

Who wrote that article? Did Tiote flick the ball on to the hand of Coates as well as the Wijnaldum/Cattermole one? Or is he mixing up his black lads?

Love this guy. So good on the ball and for someone small he holds players off ridiculously well. Class act

I'm hoping he just needs time to settle etc but except for a game against a League 2 team he's looked fucking woeful

Definitely. Shearer scored loads of goals like that

So good in the air for a little guy. Class

Love his backtracking on the 'judge me after 10 games' line. End of the season now?!

Random question. Clearing out some old stuff from when my Dad died this year and he has loads of NUFC books. Everything from autobiographies to history books etc. Does anyone know if the Back Page buy/sell 2nd hand books or is everything new?

This. Those who give him stick will soon see the difference when pub keeper Elliott is in goal

Anyone know what position he played?

The sad thing is the longer we are doing shit, the clueless observers will say Carver is a great coach but was in an impossible job