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Isn't it his job to coach the team ? Been there long enough now to at least have had an influence on how the team fucntions and what style of football they play. They're too busy trying to be nice to the fans by winning corners apparently.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/sunderland-boss-poyet-i-can-t-fathom-our-self-destruct-tendency-1-7100010 What do half of these sentences even mean?

The more we all get, the worse it is for us because at least some of our rivals are going to invest it in their squad.

Since QPR last won an away game in the Premier League, Thomas Muller has won 2 Bundesliga's, 2 German Cups, Champions League, European Super Cup and a World Cup. Welcome to Sunderland.

Rattled http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31365153

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Well luckily for him, he only has to reach the rank of mediocre to be given the job.

Sure everything that needs saying about Obertan's bottled shot has been said. Their goal was rooted in that fucking moronic free kick, why was Krul taking it when there were like 7 players level with him or behind and no one up? Just ended up coming straight back while we were out of shape and Krul wasn't settled back into position.

At the game and there's a lot of gaps in the stands. Be interested what the official attendance is.

In his interview he's basically said just that. I'm working my notice, I'm happy to do what I'm told till then anyway. Reading Rangers forums, the feeling is generally 1) McDowall is so clueless that no-one else could select lineups any worse anyway. However, being told he has to fit 5 players in he may not know what to do with means he may just play even more players out of position. 2) These 5 lads must be better than the people who are playing already because otherwise Newcastle would have released them to work at McDonalds by now 3) McDowall should keep his stupid mouth shut. 4) It's still a shitty precedent for the board to select the team.

If the governing bodies grow a pair and decide this is a conflict of interest and he has to pick one of the other, would he go for us or Rangers

I know smallpox was better in the 90s, but before that it was far, far worse. I don't think anyone can complain about it coming back on a smaller scale. It's the lack of ambition for me, I'd rather be in League One or the Championship aiming to improve rather than treading water in the premier league just existing as a football club for whom football is an unwanted distraction. I'd hope Ashley runs Rangers into the ground just as justice for those spineless Rangers fans who have been kissing his arse, but that's not really fair on the real fans who've had enough about the to fight on behalf of their club.

He's 50, but looks like he's going to have the life expectancy of your average WWE wrestler. I think it may well be a health problem or something else unexpected that eventually sees him leave. Like having dodgy emails exposed, Malky Mackay or Sony Pictures style. Or his other businesses going tits up. Or being chucked in jail when one of his dubious business practices crosses the legal line. I can dream.

I honestly think some of it isn't down to malice or greed as much as laziness. Charnley, Ashley, Lambias before them, they don't particularly seem to have any interest in football, even though the former is supposedly a fan. They don't seem excited about the prospect of new players, they certainly aren't interested in achieving footballing success. There's people who spend their leisure time playing Champ Man and following the transfer market, and I'm sure there are a lot of chairmen, managing directors and the like who are similarly motivated by the thrill of chasing a player who might do amazing things on the pitch. We're a business for whom football is not a priority. We're not in the entertainment industry. All our corporate staff are here because they accept that. So when this is just their day job, can they really be arsed going through all the paperwork to hire a new employee, negotiate, out maneuver other clubs, when they don't have any more motivation to do so than someone at a call centre does to fit in one last akward customer at the end of a shift? You'll still get paid, fuck it, just take the afternoon off and play golf. There's not enough people with any kind of passion for the sport anywhere near the boardroom, and so they don't have the motivation or drive to achieve even basic progress and just coast through what should be the core aspects of their role with the minimum effort.

Quite like Burnley's Puma third kit they're wearing today, apart from the horrible shiny crisp packet material http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/cms_images/other/third-shirt-ward113-1977595_478x359.jpg

3-0, even Gouffran scored

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Use the match thread now, please http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,96481.0.html

God he's absolutely going to get the job. http://38.media.tumblr.com/4aa222b26f864aa1086fb7e88d1fb26a/tumblr_nj0c3v16tv1r3hg0io1_500.gif http://i.imgur.com/QKbckM8.gif

It's fucking easy to say "Give him a go" when you're not a fan and don't care if it goes tits up Macca.

HCAFC: McGregor, Elmohamady, Dawson, Davies, Robertson, Ramirez, Livermore, Huddlestone, Meyler, Hernandez, Jelavic Subs: Harper, McShane, Bruce, Brady, Quinn, Aluko, Ince NUFC: Krul; Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara; Sissoko, Anita, Colback; Cabella, Perez, Ameobi Subs: Alnwick, Santon, Abeid, Obertan, Gouffran, Riviere, Cisse. Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire) Attendance: - Final Score: 0-3 41' Cabella 50' Ameobi 78' Gouffran Booked Meyler Anita Elmohamady Robertson Livermore Sent off Post-match reaction can be found here http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,96481.875.html Television coverage: BT Sport 1 HD Radio coverage: BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Five Live Online radio coverage outside the UK www.nufc.co.uk. Yes, that means you have to pay. PLEASE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DISCUSS, REQUEST OR PROVIDE LINKS TO ILLEGAL MATCH STREAMS. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE BANNED. See www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php?topic=19161.0 for more information.

I might just turn up and tell him I'm the new rightback, might get a game.

You'd think you might at least take an interest like, what with being head coach and that.

Mauled by the tigers.

So instead of Remi Garde we get John Chocolate Fire Garde, ace.