Dave

The thing about him supposedly not doing due diligence and being caught out by the debts was spouted by the likes of Derek Llambias, from the very first time they tried to deflect from the lack of investment; pretending poor Mike was done over and that we needed to be so grateful that he'd bailed us out and stopped us 'doing a Leeds'. Lots of people bought it as well. Some still do.

Thanks.

One thing that people in the media have said for quite a long time but that Ashley has ensured becomes the truth is that we're not a big club. In the very traditional sense of the word we always will be - like Villa, Leeds and Forest our history can never be taken away - but from the outside looking in, in terms of whether to spend a lot of money buying and investing in a football club, we're barely even another also-ran. We're certainly no bigger than Watford, and thanks to the two relegations probably regarded as a yo-yo club. A huge risk. We used to challenge, could and would attract and buy world class players, and have a huge, enviable stadium full of paying punters that would all pour money in for another slice of hope that this would be OUR YEAR. Even that loyal fanbase isn't really a selling point any more, given that we don't benefit from or rely on it (see the recent news about clubs being able to operate without any fans at all, we can't be far off that). Commercial income is non-existent. The current manager is the only thing of note about NUFC. And we're allowing his contract to run out in the summer, whilst currently actively trying to denigrate him via the very same media that believes he shouldn't be here in the first place.

That's a fucking lovely goal. All three in the match were good tbh.

Didn't realise Crumpy covered the York area.

What a snivelling little shit.

Jobs were saved.

Hope seems to be suggesting on Twitter that this info has come from Rafa's side, rather than being put out as a propaganda piece.

Only two questions about this match, who to triple captain and why the FUCK it's deemed worthy of being televised.

Genuinely think it may well be Allardyce.

Barely even registered with me, this result. Didn't watch or listen to it (I know, what a hero) and don't really care that we lost. Good that Rondon got off the mark I guess. I'm think I'm almost at the point of actually wanting us to lose again, just to see what happens. Just to see some anger from the fans, just to see yet more focus on what's going wrong at this club. However the manager and coaching staff don't deserve that, nor do most of the players that are actually trying their best but simply aren't good enough. And obviously it's not at all fair on those that continue to support the club through thick and thin. It's much easier for me to say this as a non-Geordie; as I've said on lots of occasions I'm not going to pretend I know what many of you feel inside. Sad, sad times. We're a f***ing disgrace.

I ❤️ punctuation.

Eh? I mean the approach of not having a squad capable of doing anything more than merely surviving in the Premier League.

Rafa isn't untouchable and we've started the season poorly irrespective of the transfers. He has to get them playing better than this. However the cup record under Ashley has always been pitiful. It's literally been drilled into every single person associated with the club for over a decade that cups do not matter. It's got to be hard to simply turn that off, and our lack of squad depth is the biggest problem. The manager can't afford to risk too many senior players, simple as that. Whilst I believe Rafa disagrees with this approach (and dickheads like Pardew were complicit in it), the situation is exactly the same in reality.

Joselu is on for 25 league goals.

Still, I'm concerned about all of this tbh. Feels edgy. We need a couple of wins.

Sad times.

Refreshing. Overall I felt we could have been more positive but the suggestion (particularly only halfway through the match) that we simply weren't taking part was bollocks IMO.

Bit racist.