David Icke - Son of God

Of course he is.

8th in the all time PL table Only due to the heroics of Keegan and Robson. In between we've been bilge. Speaks volumes that by Premier League finishing position Pardew is our third most successful manager. This is probably the first time in a very long time the club feels like it's on the right track on and off the pitch. The turd in the dugout is threatening to ruin that.

This - exactly...my view is that Llambias may have told Pardew to get the players to rubbish the story in the DT so it takes the pressure off those two. None of this makes any difference to what has happened in the past season and smacks of ar-- covering to me. We can all be sure that most of these players would be on their bikes if we go down, and my bet is that a fair few will be off anyway. There is nothing Llambias and Pardew won't do in order to deflect any blame away from them and try to stop fans thinking about scrapping their STs...... The Independent's article, comparing our record during the years before Ashley and the years since shows just how lousy we have been during his tenure although in fairness, we could not have continued the lax and suspect financial dealings of the Shepherd regime. On the pitch we have been woeful under Ashley, off it (coaches aside) the club is in fantastic shape, so fair play to that probably little surprise as a businessman he got that in order first.. shame its come at the expense of actual football being played properly. Hopefully he pulls his finger out and finds us a set of coaches that match the scouting and financial set up he has going. We won't be holding our breath though. I am well aware that Ashley's financial handling of the club has been a major improvement over that of Shepherd - fine...BUT - the business of the club is FOOTBALL. Making the club financially better is good, but if the major product of the business - i.e., providing entertainment and excitement for its customers, the fans - falls away, then the product loses value. Its a bit like Jaguar cars in the 70s...had a previously good reputation, sold well in the US etc etc., but a gradually declining reliability eventually caused the business to be sold...it is now owned by Tata of India... Doesn't matter WHAT your reputation is - if you start letting your product standards drop, you lose customers and fail, In NUFC's case, the failure is shown by the fact that the ST waiting list is no more and the club are selling family tckets to disguise the fall in popularity, just as the Mackems did when they gave away cheap tickets some years ago to get people in. Ashley is very fortunate that NUFC fans are as loyal as they are - most other clubs would have seen a dramatic fall in attendances had they slumped from a regular top 8 postion and challenging for Europe most years, to 1 relegation, 1 5th place, and the remainder an average of lower half finishes and flirtations with relegation under a manager whose track record is exactly that with 4 other clubs. That is the point the Independent were trying to make. If you keep selling the family silver, you eventually get poorer..... I'd dispute the "regular top 8 position" stuff. In the past 10 years we've only finished in the top 8 three times. Us being shit isn't a recent phenomenon.

Or the club captain. Or vice captain (although he is also a sneaky frog so that would explain it) Or Ben Arfa, who was no doubt too busy pumping iron in nothing but a pair of PSG budgie smugglers to comment.

To be fair it wasn't three weeks ago players were out on their feet fighting for the win against Fulham. I've no doubt there's been some soul searching in the wake of the Sunderland and Liverpool games and there probably has been some few home truths voiced, but I certainly don't believe the talk of some huge split dividing the camp.

Not the first time they've had a run in with the Torygraph. And Luke Edwards is a fuckwad.

Have we seen Reg D Hunter's photos from the PFA Awards? The captions are brilliant https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.568413596523219.1073741830.231809290183653&type=3

@LukeEdwardsTele I've just stood in the middle of Red Square and cried. What the fuck?!

Fucking fantastic news. The man's an absolute helmet. At least Bird et al have their finger on the pulse sometimes. I don't think I can recall a single Luke Edwards article that has one foot in this dimension, let alone a basis in reality.

Well I am furious.

Not really since it's the first fucking shirts they've been involved in, designs were probably in the offing before the deal was signed and Virgin probably don't want their toes trod on before their own deal ends.

Pardew's fault.

If it's a decent material it might have a bit of a Brazil 98 feel about it. Don't hold out much hope though.

Despite the fact Ryder is a cretin the Ronny does usually have a better line into the club than the nationals.

I'm a bit concerned as the last time we unveiled a bright yellow away shirt we went down a few weeks later.

Aren't Infosport+ and Canal+ effectively the same station? Correct . canal+ is the parent company Okay, I thought there were two different sources. If it's just the same source then it looks a lot more flimsy.

Aren't Infosport+ and Canal+ effectively the same station?

It's called silly season for a reason. Lets just wait and see before we shit our pants.

Swap the wingers surely? Aye, if you want. I didn't pay that much attention to my left and right

So the players are whinging about the criticism and whinging about a lack of backbone being shown? Way to hold two completely contrasting views.

Elliot Simpson Colo Taylor Haidara HBA Sissoko Cabaye Anita Cisse Gouffran Go simple. Go 442. Play the two players who can actually deliver a cross on the wing and give them strict instructions to get to the byline and get the ball in low and hard. Play Gouffran alongside Cisse rather in that no man's land on the wing where he drifts in and out of games. And play Sissoko in his correct fucking position.

Luke Edwards has tweeted about a "juicy NUFC story" meaning he had to go into work today.

It's called getting old lads. The owner, the signage of the stadium, none of that matters. You're just getting older.

Haven't we been training at St James' Park recently? Maybe Sissoko just turned up at the wrong place