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Very much so but i think that was pretty understandable tbf. What was the main reason? Where did it start to go bad for him with the fans? I mean the Netflix flick just shows a glimpse of what he was like but it ran deeper didn't it? He asset stripped for Short from the off and was the public face of the club ownership when he was there. Sorted his bad back out a treat though

Thought he was one of the ones that got (financially) fucked off with that extraordinary bulk of money on contracts in the accounts a year or so ago? Fuck's he still doing here, take the hint ffs.

Caulkin should just come up with a catchy 3 word slogan to describe the current state of things as he's far as aware. Then obviously just parrot it to every idiot who asks him the same question hundreds of times a day. Works a treat.

Think .com have got it just about bang on tbh. If he leaves then he'll need to be replaced which presumably means a transfer fee and a substantial wage based on a 3 or 4 year contract. Why not just offer the (promising, young and local) lad a better deal and develop him. If he turns out to be a solid PL player then it's a win, if he doesn't develop quite as much he can be sold to a lower league for a decent fee which will compensate for his wages while we found out. It's the fact the club appear to be using his loyalty as a local lad and fan to lowball him a bit in the hope he'll sign. We've seen it time and again trying to sign players and now it's the same tactic to retain them too. £15k a week in the grand scheme of things is tiny, don't care how old he is. I'm guessing it would put him in the lowest 5% of PL players.

Yeah, erm, I wouldn't swap you a bucket of pigshit for the opinions of Paul Merson on any subject matter tbph.

Right, that's about 5 pages deleted that didn't need to be in here at all. Fuck it, it can stay locked for a few days. Take your fucking petty squabbles somewhere else, pricks.

Still think the PL aren't daft and knew exactly what they were dealing with long before the official transaction happened. They'll have been waiting for SA to buy a club and will have known well in advance what to expect. They'll have anticipated issues with human rights, Sheffield Utd, possible piracy and so on, they're not fucking stupid. My feeling is that they'll have known about the obstacles, thought about them months in advance and if they've not said 'no' yet then they're probably not going to now. They've had weeks to throw this out and it's still going on. I get the fact it's highly delicate and needs careful consideration but the PL isn't a set of pristine and innocent little doves who don't quite know what to do. They're a pack of hard-nosed cunts who have their heads screwed on. Until I hear it's off, I'm assuming it's on. Fuck it.

Burnsie. Can I ask why you have multiple Twitter accounts, which you use to talk to yourself & back yourselfup on? Can I also ask why you blocked me for calling you out for your racist behaviour? Can I ask why you were threatening a teenage (underage) girl on twitter after she exposed the dm's you were sending her, are you not married with a kid? But most of all. Can I ask if you ever found those aliens? You. Are a wrangun, not many people on here will know but they will eventually. You should ask him. Take this shit to PMs

Only 3 home wins and 8 away wins out of the 15 fixtures played so far. Far too early to draw any conclusions about playing behind closed doors yet obviously but it's a little surprising.

I’d imagine it’s seen as bad crack to be openly throwing manager’s names about when Bruce, as inept as he is, is still currently employed. Wouldn’t show them in a favourable light at all when the takeover hasn’t actually happened yet. I’ve got no doubt they’ve sounded a few people out but would never leak it directly or via Caulkin.

Ashley's lickspittles aren't the subject of the test, it's got little to do with them really. I'd have thought that at least Ashley and his lawyers would be party to that information. If he knows, I can't imagine him being arsed to pass the information to the likes of Charnley though. It would be the courteous thing to do I agree, but I'm not sure they'd be obliged to do so though

Ashley's lickspittles aren't the subject of the test, it's got little to do with them really.

Lots of sources claiming it's done now. I feel a thread title change is probably warranted but I'm absolutely not the one who's going to do it

Bins could do with a scrub I suppose?

No sentiment, no sympathy. Short, concise statement basically saying 'thanks Steve but we've got our own managerial team coming in. Bye and good luck.' Get it over and done with straight away and build on what we've got. 9 competitive games should be enough to show the new bloke exactly what he's working with, who he wants to bin /keep. It's the perfect situation to walk into. No friendlies, no pissing about, let's see who wants to stay and who couldn't give a fuck. Impress the new boss or leave type of thing.

Agreed But then again I was saying the same thing a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully this isn't another false start.

'can'. But is he actually doing it?

Eisern Union

If these claims were that significant then why weren't then presented a month ago? If they're only new claims then I'm assuming the PL would have already discovered themselves during their little investigations. I'm still confident it'll go through for the same reasons as I was a month ago. They can't really say no unless there's definitive proof, they don't want to say no to the money and they don't want the decision being dragged through the courts, it'll too be embarrassing for a lot of people. Just sit tight and see what happens tbh.

Mique

Again, I'd love someone to spin it around and get these pricks to explain exactly why someone like Steve Bruce deserves to be given a chance to spend a huge amount of money to do something he's never ever done or come remotely close to doing. Break it down step by step. He's a dinosaur and needs binning asap. No sympathy or sentiment, just his P45 the day they get the keys.

Crying out for strikers, CMs and wing backs more than anything else. Keeper is canny, like our little squad of CBs mostly, like ASM and Almiron but after than it's pretty chronic really.

Jonas and Enrique dovetailed up the left wing better than anything I've seen in black and white. They weren't necessarily the best players but they were pretty fucking good together for a season or 2.

Important to understand that the accounts only go as far as last July. Things will have obviously changed over the last 10 months and the situation right now could be far, far worse. Could be better too obviously but I'd be surprised seeing as they're sitting in 7th and look like they'll be there at least another season. Income from all normal sources will dry up very soon. Looks bleak

Huuup, here we go