Kanj

Wullie's on point here.

The blue pin stripe in our black stripe is what makes it worse than our current kit. I think our current kit is actually quite good - its a decent collar, the spikes basically have become un-noticable to me and the shorts and socks looked good too. Honestly, this kit is joke. Blue fucking stripe within our black stripes.

That blue stripe in the black stripes is disgusting. Almost already thankful its a one season wonder.

Seriously that's the worst kit I've ever seen us have. An absolute joke that the club ok'd this. Piss take of the highest order.

Some of those Roma kits from Kappa were fucking class. They did it perfect and right nearly every time.

2ish years from now.... I say Kaka.

So as of today our pre-season plans are pretty shit no? Or are other teams in similar predicaments as us?

We backed up the talk of being a big club during those days by marketing and performing on the pitch. It was a big draw with a big vision. Now a days the manager opens up each window with this defeatist mentality that any of our top players are susceptible to the "big clubs." This same crap is veiled all over the club now a days I'm afraid.

He'd have to double his weight man, not even you could expect that much from him. Although I can see him winning everything with Barcelona within a year or two (thanks to Messi) and then going back to being Brazil and losing himself in the mountains of cocaine. If we get a Ronaldinho kind of deal from him, where we win stuff and still earn back our transfer free when he starts not giving a f***, I'll be happy. VI - whats the Barca lineup looking like with Neymar in the mix and whoever else you decide to buy or promote from within?

This. Nees on point. Ref should have sent off 2 Bayern players. Crazy as this sounds, I was totally gutted at that result. Still am.

He actually needs to start saying that and needs to show a bit of confidence.

Kloppo man. What a man. His interviews are insanely entertaining and his team/philosophies are basically what the sport is all about.

Krul Debuchy MYM Colo Santon Sissoko Cabaye Ben Arfa Marv Aubameyang Cisse If we sign Aub and nobody else in attack.

Who's everyone cheering for besides a cracking match? Dortmund for me. Klopp and Lewandowski.

If Taylor were to leave, his injury record would improve massively and he'll be fit as ever. You just know it Seriously can't see him going to OM and living in France man.

RVP? Wat.

This forum has missed Baba a helluva lot. Top post man.

Post above, ftw. That would be dreamworthy stuff

A front 6 of Cab & Sissoko in CM with Aub, HBA, Bony, and Cisse? Me like.

Only Ben Arfa has vids of him boxing one summer, driving around tourists in his car in town, or playing some offseason footie with friends/randoms.

Obviously have to back him and the board now even though I'm not pleased with their decision. I think we'll be OK next season - just hope we get a move-on the transfer front and making backroom changes in terms of coaching and physio/fitness to make sure we keep our top players on the pitch and not pulling up with muscle injuries so much. I just hope we get to see a fully fit Ben Arfa and Sissoko bossing it out there and Cisse with some thunder bastards of epic proportions.

100% spot on. We've been crying for a turn-around for every season since Bobby left! Minus last season of course. It's exhausting man.

Make the necessary changes in the backroom staff, sign players in-need positions, clear the wasteful members in our squad, sort our overall tactical plan and hopefully we improve. We must. Last season can't ever happen again.

Wish he had the foresight and dignity that he's clearly not up for the job and walked.

We should aim for a sugar daddy / Russian Billionaire / anyone in Arab. Dunno, i'm torn on that. I like our club the way it is. Nobody is laying us fat stacks, we do it ourselves. In the same vein I think George Osbourne and Richard Branson are both t***s but I respect Branson a lot more. Been thinking about this today, and things "we do ourselves" has given us mediocre finishes, a relegation, a Europa league finish, and a 16th place finish. What exactly have we done ourselves? This post is NOT aimed at you loki man, just really wondering about this whole thing. Mind you, I'm a finance person - I've always been fond of our lack of indebtedness to a bank and how we've scouted great young players before others have. I'm just sort of thinking I've fallen into the Ashley trap here. I went to uni in newcastle way back when. I worked 30 hours a week to pay my rent, tuition etc. Missed loads of classes due to work but I still got my degree, I didn't have any other choice. The guy I was living with was studying law and his father was a lawyer. His parents were divorced so he never had to work a day the whole 4 years. He got full grants, full loans and a generous allowance each month from his dad. His degree is worth no more than mine in the real world. Even to him, his degree is worth just as much as mine, as it should be, but you're damn f***ing straight I worked harder for it and that does give me some pride. Was wondering where you were going with the story, but nicely done at the end. I feel you man.