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2 is definitely Souness. Think 4 is Roeder. The others I don't have any recollection of but 3 sounds like something Pardew would say. 1 I'll guess McClaren.

I remember when we signed him, there was definitely a player there. One that I'd hope Howe will get a lot out of.

Is it poor form to keep the head down for a year, wait until we've bought loads of good players and THEN start watching again?

I'm considering giving it a miss honestly, the mood in here is off-putting. Got to admire all of you lot who stayed watching under Bruce.

Was announced like ten minutes before your post, people are in the game thread losing their minds about it

Trying to get back into football is confusing as fuck, haven't seen us play in a couple of years. Why do we hate the team exactly?

We'll have to see.

One thing to be quite excited about is the fact that Emery clearly had decided to come here before he changed his mind. For a manager of his pedigree at a CL club to have been so close to willing to jump ship to our current squad and league position does indicate that there's gonna be a lot of investment and funds available for the new manager. Let's hope Howe makes the most of it. Any of the things I've seen or read make it very easy to root for the guy.

Will be quite positive if it's Howe. Young manager who has done some good things and looks like he has potential to grow. Should hopefully be able to make a quick impact which is important given our current plight. Important to remember that this doesn't necessarily have to be the manager that takes us to the CL and winning trophies. So much change needs to happen at the club before that's something we can realistically aim for, if he comes in and keeps us up and gets us looking like a team with some semblance of a plan while we rebuild the squad for a couple of years that'll be an important job done. Maybe he'll take a step forward as a manager at a club with more resources and become a top boss. If so, great. If not, that'll become evident in time and we'll hopefully be better able to attract a Ten Hag or Emery level manager by then.

I mean, why the fuck are they letting Lee Charnley do anything?

Always thought he looked like a vampire, would be pleased to get him in.

Your attitude towards him from your first response was pretty hostile, it's not particularly helpful to creating any sort of worthwhile discussion.

Ten Hag would be an absolute dream. Might be worth putting together a dossier?!

Is there any suggestion that they'll sack him? Seems a crazy notion.

My vote is for Dan Campbell. PAFM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng8TV6buqqM

Aye, completely checked out when Rafa left. Feel like I'd have hated him so much if I'd been paying attention and I definitely think he's a slimy cretin who doesn't give a shit about NUFC... I mostly find him funny though. Just the absolute state of him.

This is all very lovely. Gonna be great having someone who doesn't look like an aborted Orc standing on the sideline.

Yeah, very much in favour of getting in a manager who's going to play attacking football. Bring in some exciting young talent, make football fun for NUFC fans again. In a couple of years when we've built a really strong squad we might have to look at Howe or Fonseca or whoever and assess if they have what it takes to actually push on and win things, maybe at that point someone a bit more defensively adept might be the way to go. We don't have to hire our manager for the next decade right now.

Maybe we're prolonging it just to fuck with him? Fat mess probably has £8m worth of kebabs at the checkout on Just Eat and is just refreshing the thread frantically waiting for the payoff.

Jesus Mike. This must be what it feels like when a family member gets into QAnon or some shit. We've lost him, lads.

I don't really know enough about any of the candidates but Fonseca sounds like he could be fun with his attacking style. Get him in, buy a few promising young players and just go all out attack, fuck it

Had completely forgotten I was on the front page of that Pardew out newspaper thing Some amount of shite the last 14 years, fuck.

It won't, but he should just be gone. It's like we've just got out of a long term abusive relationship and are throwing a party to celebrate. It's great, wonderful. Yet for some reason our ex's stupid fucking sister who was living there for some reason and always treated you like shit too is still living in the house so she'll be there too, pissing and moaning about how she has to find a new place now and how it's all been so hard on her. Fuck off, Sharon. And stop eating so many macaroons you know full well there are only a couple per person and you've had at least 5 now you cunt.

Really shit decision not to get rid before Sunday. There's absolutely no way the guy adds anything positive to the team's preparation and now it's an unnecessary cloud of negativity hanging over what should be a completely joyous day. Shouldn't matter long term, all this season is about is making sure we stay up and find the right DOF and manager to lead us into next summer. Should be easily done so no panic but not great to see the new owners make such a shit decision almost immediately