Wullie

Would you leave if 40,000 people pledged to give you huge amounts of money indefinitely and unconditionally?

We used to have a great whoosh smiley that would have been useful here.

Fucking Poundland taking the piss, get in.

He'll be told to get back on message - that we're a diddly little club lucky to even be in the top flight and that staying up is a grand achievement. The last thing they want is any sort of return to the Benitez narrative that the club should be competing further up the table. Bruce will be more than happy to comply and to be fair, what else could he do? He can hardly claim he's going to improve the team with a straight face, and not just because he hasn't got one.

Love a softball Chronicle interview.

Aye.

It's all about the location of the stadium imo.

Really heartening to see so many long termers bailing. I hope a big money (i.e. the standard price of £30m that it apparently takes to buy a half decent PL player now) signing doesn't tempt some back later this month.

Yes You do surprise me. Still going obviously. As long as you're happy. Aye I'm fuming and I usually don't even watch the games anymore. No I’m not still going. Packed it in this summer. But I really did enjoy having Rafa around, despite the owner. Now he’s gone though... Ah nice one. :thup: :thup: I liked having him as well and I give very few shits about how the team gets on. Was nice to have someone with some dignity and gravitas representing the club.

Yes You do surprise me. Still going obviously. As long as you're happy. Aye I'm fuming and I usually don't even watch the games anymore.

Still think it's a wind up but they're playing in it tonight.

Thought I'd check back in with this poll given that what's happened this summer always looked completely inevitable eventually. The majority view was that having Rafa at all was better than being shot of Ashley. How many people would change their view from 2016? Were 3 years of Rafa Benitez worth now being back to square one with Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce?

Give it two home games, you'll be thinking "fuck me, I could have spent £80 on that total shite"

I hate the title, in fact I've changed it. That's the exact opposite of what you want surely? His company's name everywhere is what he fucking LOVES (see: St James' Park). I'd have the name of it banned on here tbh.

A great bunch of lads.

Gone to China to watch though.

Arsenal are currently 19/20 on the opening day.

All on the Bagpuss Bus. \o/

Well, you don't. Aye. Not difficult. "Why should I keep coming into your restaurant when every time I do, I watch the waiter pissing in my soup before he brings it over?"

I think you'd wait a long time.

Wonder if that's ewerk that used to post here.

How many did Rafa win by?

Bruce's nose.

Kilmarnock will be buzzing at the prospect of us coming in for his idiot son.