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De Jong managed to come on without the fourth official dropping the board on his head.

Can't see us finishing a chance like. Shame, because some horrible wizened mackem (I presume) woman cackled and clapped loudly in the pub when they scored and made a really big show of it.

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Telegraph article today Flashback! How Newcastle won nation's hearts, but not the title, in 1996 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/13/how-newcastle-won-nations-hearts-but-not-the-title-in-1996/

NAH NAH NAH NAH-NAH GETTING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED NAH NAH-NAH-NAH NAH!

So refreshing to hear stuff like this after the meaningless clichés and rambling wank from the last three chucklefucks we've had representing our club in front of the mic.

You've not encountered those ones? http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Atheist_professor_myth

The difference in stature to McClaren is startling. He has a "I will sort it" attitude. He's obviously very intelligent. The answers to the question about how it's a new experience for him to be in a relegation battle alone was a lot more insightful than the usual meaningless waffle from the likes of McClaren, Pardew, Allardyce etc.

Stelling's just playing devil's advocate. Generally speaks fondly of all the clubs in the north east. Yeah, definitely. Was at a talk in with him and he was very complimentary about the fans up here. Was particularly brutal when talking about Ashley.

Surprised Remi Garde hasn't jacked it in like, he looks absolutely broken. Someone asked him what positives there are at the club at the moment and he looked like he was about to cry.

They're like those wish fulfilment Facebook "true stories" about a Muslim woman in Tesco objecting to the Union Jack and getting a dressing down from a soldier's mum, or the smug atheist professor floored by the quick-witted response of a Christian student. "And THEN the Mag said "Well, Sunderland will never beat Newcastle by more than 5-1! Needless to say, my little lad put him straight on his history!" Mostly seem based on having some kind of trivial interaction with a Newcastle fan and then standing in the shower the next day imagining how they wish it had gone.

I love the "Mag in a..." ghost stories they tell each other

Ha, amazing. They'd be wanking themselves daft if Benitez went there.

No matter what the eventual outcome, it's pretty clear that we have a realistic chance as a club of landing a genuinely top class manager. So why the actual fuck we ended up with McClaren as choice A, B and C on our wishlist, stumbled on with no manager at all for months when he turned us down and nearly got relegated in the process, appointed him even after his promising start with Derby had become an utter shit show and they'd sacked him, bought him 80 million quid's worth of players, let him guide us back into the relegation zone again and then paid him £4 million to fuck off after 20-odd games is anyone's guess.

Merson and co talking the usual shit about managers having an impossible job, got to look at the players and the owner, don't get to buy their own players any more, never get given a fair chance, blah blah blah.

On SSN now.

We thought that last night We'll still be kicking our heels waiting for something tomorrow night.

Have you combined Chris Mort and Barry Moat into one person?

The worry is that even if we get Rafa, as soon as it looks like we're no longer in absolutely immediate danger of going down he'll be up to his old tricks again of "What's that? We need a striker? Sorry Rafa, best I can do is a 18 year old goalkeeper I'm signing as a favour for a mate of mine who's his agent. Oh, you have to play him as well cos as part of the deal he's had SPORTS DIRECT.COM UK'S NUMBER ONE tattooed on his face. Fine, walk away, I've got some cockney spiv I can give the gig to anyway, sure well be fine."

If you'd like to feel just like 'er, Your cell mate's Decka Mick from Byker.

Well I hope he's exiting.

We're going to do something stupid like tell him McClaren has to be his assistant so as not to hurt Steve's feelings and he's going to say no. Weren't there reports some managers turned us down when we first got McClaren because they were told Carver had to be their number two?

http://www.thestar.co.uk/webimage/1.7517852.1444923704!/image/1079001524.jpg_gen/derivatives/articleMaxWidth_620/1079001524.jpg Pure crazed, like something you'd see down the Big Market Can't tell if he's trying to celebrate in his face or kill him and he's being held back.

Not very exclusive like, is it?