Beren

If you were starting from scratch, the idea has a better chance of making sense. The majority of domestic league games are essentially meaningless in the big picture of a season. My main gripe is that it's a closed shop. No promotion or relegation. That obviously layers on to existing systemic financial imbalances, of course.

This is class entertainment tbh

Anita is a great shout. Incomprehensible number of appearances.

You bloody Shola haters! He was the mackem slayer ffs Old Shola was so impossibly slow tbf and his daisy cutters were like goddam snails. I'll gonna go for Jenas. Reckon him being Vieira mk II was debunked very early and a top class replacement with a bit more presence in midfield could have made a huge difference to that team. Another thread idea there, which one player would you move to a different era for most success. Peak Tiote with Solano, Robert and Dyer would have been hot shit.

https://beta.newcastle-online.org/topic/7927-links-to-other-clubs-message-boards/?tab=comments#comment-12629

Phwoar! That Mount goal was quality.

Caught this snippet, Micah Richards is brilliant

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Gavilan was ace on FM. Can't remember seeing him play IRL

That's pretty good in-the-moment commentary too.

That's excellent and heartbreaking.

joeyt

There was this game where I think Steve McClaren was losing 3-0 at half-time, or something like that. It was a European game with Boro maybe. Anyway, he brought on three strikers and they drew or won, or something. And he was roundly praised. (What else was he going to do in that position?) Does anyone know what game I'm on about, or have it made it up?

Great thread - fantastic posts from Deuce and Tiresias. An additional irredeemable wrinkle in all this for me, was the behaviour of the not insignificant fanbase which actively alienated those involved in the Pardew Out and Ashley Out campaigns.

Underrated post :lol:

Man Utd are bobbins!

No doubt Crumpy will come along and say we're papering over the cracks.

WHAT

Just saw the table two points off fifth ffs

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Pretty sure Wenger gave him a decent run but got peters for Arsenal fans for persisting with him.