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I think that's the plan long term, it used to be a separate club until 2016.

4-0 NUFC win. A dominant performance, by the far the better team and could have easily been 6/7.

FA Cup today! Only a 12 minute taxi from my flat so will be in attendance.

We'll stay up by a point.

Fuck off Stuart Atwell, you fucking cunt.

No Fernandez anywhere...

I'd forgotten how strenuous it is walking up those stairs to L7 Regarding the line up, wouldn't have Clark in there but will trust that Howe will have them set up fine

Was basically what happened with Son before our game against Spurs...

If, under Howe, Shelvey decides to change his attitude and approach to actual games (that is, significantly reducing his "Hollywood"/lazy long passes and developing some form of awareness of his surroundings when we're defending [and therefore actually concentrating]) then fair play to him - I'll go even as far to say that I might start liking him and I'll be content enough to keep him in the squad until his contract expires. However, I don't hold much hope that he'll change his attitude and ways owing to how he was under Rafa in the 2018/19 season. It's make or break for Shelvey for the rest of the season.

Once Howe sees Shelvey blowing out of his arse after 10 minutes in a competitive game and not track back, his opinion of him will change instantly.

Officially going to this now! 15 tickets have shown up on the box office website (spread between Leazes West and Milburn).

My mate will be happy, he's about the only person I know who rates Shelvey.

I wonder if she caught sight of the banner of her?

My first game since the Rafa era too. I'm not expecting much from us but really, what I'm looking forward to the most is just walking up those steps to my seat and seeing St James' Park in its full (cleaned up) glory and finally being back home.

The main improvement I've seen so far is we seem to be actually closing down the opposition a lot more defensively compared to previous matches (though that should be one of the basics anyway).

Not too keen on the personnel chosen but Jones did say yesterday that the players will "know their jobs" so I'm hoping that it'll be more the system/tactics that gets us through today.

GET IN! Good riddance to the rotten cabbage.

Where was the bloody tracking back? Dear me.

It's clear as day that the consortium will want Bruce binned off soon and this press conference "performance" will certainly solidify that view. When he does get given his marching orders, I have no doubt that he'll quickly become yesterday's news and the mainstream media won't give a fuck about him anymore and move on to the next story worth reporting.

An undignified cunt as ever wor Steve.

Come to think of it, what with new owners, has Craig Hope's ban been lifted? If so and Bruce does end up speaking to the media tomorrow, I hope Craig gets the opportunity to have a go at Bruce and destroy him.

Still have to keep up with media obligations I suppose as we can't postpone things forever. 24 hours left to get him binned off before Sunday's game.

Bruce will probably get officially "summoned" later on to St James' or wherever a temporary office has been set up to be told of his dismissal (here's hoping anyway).

Welcome back!