DJ_NUFC

WTF would NUSC have to tell us? Aside from their opinion. Which is gonna be ignored by Ashley & Co. anyways?

This is increasingly becoming a faith-based thread, with believers and non-believers, with the former looking more and more like relgious zealots in their "done deal last friday" bollocks without a shred of evidence. *Yawn* Nothing to see here.

People have really taken to him, eh? Call me a cynic if you will, but he's still fucking shite. However, if he can do an adequate job for us in this league and we can afford to keep him and his wages then let him play his heart out.

Too easy. Too sensible. Too normal. We're lucky he hasn't let the club stagnante by not appointing anyone to manage us with the transfer window almost closed, and hasn't managed to sell the club. Oh wait...

Would you care for a cup of tea and a biscuit pet! Yes, please. *wipes tear*

Right, finally I have to say something. I fucking hate all you wanker ITKs, fuck off and die. Thursday was "supposed to be the day," wasn't it? Like Monday, or last Friday, or last fucking month. The fact is we're always in the dark under this fat piece of shit and you'd think we'd be used to it by now but it's like being in a destructive marriage -- it just gets worse and worse. And ITKs are like retarded best friends of the couple who keep making baseless predictions and spread rumours. DIE.

Good luck, Oba. You were special, and thanks for the great memories. Watching you was a pleasure.

Sir Bob was the single good signing the club made since KK's departure the first time around. And since his sacking, still none have been made. *Sigh*

RIP Sir Bobby. There will never be another like you. And thank you for everything.

That's cacti. </pedantry>

Anyone remember his misses for us? There was a time when any chance he got I was sure he was going to miss, and it turned out to be so. Whether we have Ronaldo or Nolan or our team, if you're getting paid 100k a week and you have a chance, you put it away. You can put it down to lack of confidence or bad luck, but don't go around spouting the criticism was unfair because you were one of the least criticised from the crowd: cue Colo, Butt, Nolan, etc. We didn't even criticise you because we'd worked you out.

Babatunde, I wouldn't take offence from this thread. We all need any reason right now to have a chuckle, it's just light banter. Keep going lads, this is making my tea taste sweeter. I had high hopes for Babangida, I must say. What happened to him at Barca and post?

No video evidence.

This is exactly what people were saying when they claimed any new owner or Board would automatically be better than the previous one. It was said many times that it would make no sense for anyone to take over the club and not invest in improving the team. After all, if a new owner didn't invest in the team how would that person get any return on their investment? So, ambition to challenge at the top by investing in the team was taken for granted by many people. Having assumed this was automatic they then said that we'd do great because any new owner/Board simply had to be more competent than the shower of plebs previously running the club. The club would definitely march onward and upward. Well it hasn't worked out that way and that's because Ashley is incompetent when it comes to football. There's no reason to believe Ashley is going to do the right thing this time, in fact it'll be a major surprise if he does do the right thing, though to be honest, I'm concerned about how the "right thing" is defined. As supporters we see the right thing as appointing a decent manager and backing him, but I'm not convinced this is how Ashley sees things. In my opinion, the "right thing" to him was to keep the club for a few years and he'd make a killing on his investment simply by the normal economic growth in the country. I don't think he even considered relegation as a possibility, he is so dumb about football, so he thought we'd always be in the PL. Well he's been hit by the slump in the economy and by his own shit decisions that led to relegation. He had the chance to do something with a good manager when he appointed Keegan but he blew it by not backing him, the scenario above would explain why. Why should it be assumed he's going to back Shearer now? Its not assumed anything HTL, what I am saying is "in my opinion" appointing Shearer and backing him is the only real option. But I can't see Shearer signing if he isn't going to be financially backed, and be the bloke who makes the decisions. And if Ashley cannot sign Shearer is any other decent manager going to consider the job as they will have seen what has gone on before and presume that if they take the job it is going to be more of the same. Any anti-KK rants left in you? What are you tweeting on about? I seem to recall YOU being one of MA's biggest defenders. Am I wrong? Abso-fucking-lutely. You need to get your memory checked.

Yeah but surely that's what's taking so long, then? This is absolutely retarded if true. Fat cunt's cutting and running after ruining us. Hope he dies at the hands of a nutty Nigerian bus driver.

Is there a thread of this yet? http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_5350286,00.html

What does that even mean? He wants Ashley's helicopter? Wants to shag his wife every fortnight? A manager only wants total control over team affairs. And as a board if you can't give that, you shouldn't be in the business.

Did I miss this? Is there a clip? :@

Don't start this again. Not the time or the place. But for the record, Chelsea should have no complaints, they were beaten by the best team in the tournament this year, and were thoroughly outplayed over both legs!

Big Sam: "When I started off I said I was in it for the long haul and now I can hear Alan repeating the words I said that it has to start from the bottom upwards and that the club has to be re-built from top to bottom," the Blackburn manager said. "That is what I was in the process of doing in my short time there. We had the best start in 10 years when I was there. But it was rather unfortunate because it is a massive club and I wanted to try to manage a massive club and make them successful. "But it didn't happen and I don't think that's got anything to do with my ability as a manager. It was just a bit of politics at the time. Since then they've gone the wrong way very unfortunately but it's life and it will perhaps shock them into re-building the club and I have no doubt they will be back very quickly indeed." :D

Will he take a pay cut, that's the question. How much is he on, and since he mentions being under contract, how willing will he be to sign a new one?

Well he failed so he was a Keegan signing and KK demanded to put him on 50k a week so when Henry and Lampard signed Xisco wouldn't feel underpaid. It all makes sense, just ask Derek.

''Xisco, for example, is believed to have a six-year contract worth £50,000 a week.'' Really? If that's true then someone on the inside needs killing.

Just threw up. Man do I feel better. Maybe this is how I cry?

No time for spelling...