Ally

Can only assume our dead wood are on are excellent contracts and we can't shift them. Williamson, Gouffran, Obertan etc

Not even sure if I'd let him shag my wife these days.

Both as bad as each other. They go through cycles of one being shit so the other one steps in and we look solid again and the naive think he's good. After a while they slip back into shit mode and get dropped. Repeat and repeat

Well yeah, that too.

I think I preferred it 20 years ago when the first you'd hear of a new signing was when you saw the news on Ceefax

I though De Jong was a number 10? Not seen much of him but that was impression I had

Pretty clear to me that if we have a poor / average season he'll just say there's no point spending big money

On the flip side, I fucking hate Partizan Belgrade

Do you remember when Bramble used to look class alongside Woodgate?

And we wonder why Ashley brought in his 'recruitment model'

Same CB pairings we had in the championship 6 years ago We've had some shit teams and players over the years but can't recall us ever persisting with rubbish in the same position for so long The defensive version of having Maric and Andersson up front for 6 years

What kind of midfielder is this lad?

Newcastle offering £3m less than the asking price as he was once caught urinating on the street. Poor character

McClaren does have a history of giving opportunities to youngsters, right? I know he did at Boro for definite. They got thumped by Arsenal once but all their team came from a 20 mile radius of the ground.

McClaren is going to be putting the cones out himself at this rate. What does Lee Charnley actually do each day?

Why do people think that employee/manager relations are any different in football? I could be amazing at my job but if I'm a dick in the office and fall out with my boss, there's a good chance I'll be leaving. If Pearson is intolerable at the training ground all week (and judging by his antics he probably is) then why would the club keep him?

Have Real Madrid been linked with a "galactico" this year? Would be like them to sell Ramos, release Khedira then sign Aguero

Ba and his entourage are a disgrace imo. I know football lost its morals a few years ago but he literally will hoar himself anywhere to get another sign on fee. I'll give him until January until he's off again

Buy some fucking players and people might buy a ticket, it's not rocket science

When we signed Gouffran I thought we'd signed Gourcuff until I saw the photos. l

There's a lot of preparation to do for that bid you know.

Assistant head coach then

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33243251 Agreed in principle until Mike springs a zero hours contract at him

He's on the board now, has the power to change it. No point having a vote if he loses 3-1 each time though

That Glenn Roeder side never gave me too much hope tbf