midds

Absolutely impossible to say how we'll do next season. Going down is a complete sea-change and literally thousands of decisions will need to be made this summer depending on who comes in, who wants to leave, will there be a new CEO, will Rafa stay, will Rafa's team stay if he does, what happens to Carr, are there any youngsters who could make the grade, what happens to the players out of contract. We'll not have a clue until the window closes in September and we know who's in the dugout. Personally speaking I think if Rafa's in the dugout I'd back us to bully the rest of the league and win it.

Messigol

Bury the cunt alive.

Seems weird to say it considering most of them took us down in the first place, but there was some genuine grit and resolve in that dressing room that basically insisted on us coming straight back up. We don't have that any more. To be fair, it's only hindsight saying that. When we went down the last time the players were getting exactly the same stick as they're getting now. Who knows what hidden depths the current crop possess? All I know is I watch enough of the Championship to be well confident of us coming straight back up - the standard is dreadful. Fair comment, but last time we (both club and fans ) actually wanted rid of the players but they mostly hung around. Can't see too many doing so this time, they're all mercenaries. Can't imagine the bids are going to come flooding in for this particular set of arseholes though. Who's going to want to pay good money for these proven cowardly wankers? Who buys this shit?

FA need to be strong and act. Lifetime ban is the only option imo.

Now 4.

Mapou has just scored for Lyon in their CL decider. Now 3-0 up and playing against 10 men.

I'm more irritated at the fact I don't care as much as I thought I would. I'm disappointed obviously but it's been coming for years. It's been totally predictable and totally deserved.

He'll undoubtedly have far better offers in the summer but I hope he gives us a year. Just a single year to bounce straight back up, leaner, meaner and with a bit of nous to push on. Pay him whatever he asks for.

Pretty sure Advocaat resigned like. Thought it was one of those mutual agreement things. My mistake

They knew they were deep in the shit after 8 games and took some decisive action. They binned the underperforming Advocaat and appointed Allardyce and he had 30 games and a transfer window to work with and 28 games later they're almost in the clear. We were in exactly the same position after 3 games and stuck with McClaren. They continued to stick with him until it was too late and we're now seeing the consequences of it. Had Benitez been appointed in October (I understand he was still at Madrid obviously, just hypothetically) we'd be laughing, his methods were starting to have an effect on results and we still could finish the season with a 6 game unbeaten run and still go down. Every single person who had a role to perform at this club since we dodged the bullet last season 'til Benitez's appointment has utterly failed. Bad appointments, bad signings, tolerating under-performance and having the lack of courage to intervene sooner. They let the situation fester when it was clear it simply wasn't working. This club needs to be ripped apart and rebuilt and it needs to happen with Benitez still in charge, he's the only bloke employed by the club who's good at his job. This doesn't happen then i'm all for another relegation next year followed by another one until Ashley slings his hook and the club gets an owner who cares for it.

We can't really complain about other clubs phoning it in when we fail to the job ourselves tbh. We're down and we deserve to be.

Look at these cunts, "enjoying themselves", having fun and seeing their team lift the league title. Off. Cunts.

Finito. Done.

That's that. Far too little, far far too late. Still maintain losing Benitez would be a bigger blow than going down though.

So why handball it and throw it into the net?

Erm, why wasn't that a booking?

How often does this happen? Seems like it's at least the 10th time this exact same situation has happened.

Should be a doddle but almost certainly won't be. I think we'll win 2-1 but we'll make very heavy weather of it, the belief is there again.

Need 3 now, cunts.

Bosh. 1-0

Jerome Boatang for me, got loads of the fucker. Glenn Whelan ffs.

Which Everton aren't. Debatable, but wasn't really directing it at Everton tbh.

He's lost the plot. Absolutely ridiculous to come out with such shit even if there is a grain of truth in it. Massively rattled, first a pop at the professionalism of Palace players and now a pop at training methods that are having a huge positive impact on the Newcastle squad. He's bricking it.

I thought he completely lost control of it. Why did he not send Dier off for that tackle right at the end? This. Difficult game to manage but didn't help himself by trying to keep it 11 v 11 when the players were determined to be as cuntish as they possibly could be, safe in the knowledge the worst that was coming was a yellow. Blatant offences were either overlooked or downgraded to mere bookings, players took advantage and that's mainly the fault of the ref imo. Got to wonder if how many would have been left on the pitch if it were West Brom V us or the mackems ? Exactly. By my reckoning Dembele, Lamela, Dier, Walker, Rose and Mason could all have quite easily have walked for what they actually did. Match would have had to have been abandoned as you can't play with less than 7. Clattenburg bottled every big decision.