Mick

Rafa has turned the club around at every level, it's as if somebody has flicked a switch and everything has changed.

Stuart Findlay has just signed for us, where did he come from?

I hope we can keep Wijnaldum, he's shown what he can do in glimpses during his first season and I think he will get much better. 11 goals in his first season is much better than most could have hoped for. He could be a massive player for us if he stays and that will be one less player to replace if we do get up first time. I think he'll be stronger in his second season, both physically and mentally and he'll be part of a much more organised team under Rafa.

Christ.

Just under £7 million, even better.

Maybe Krul is closer so doing more work to be ready for the start of the season while Blob is there to feel involved?

I was, which was why I posted it I like how you're currently in the Cabella thread just checking to make sure/editing/deleting. Yes I did search.

Having done it before (obviously not with Nissan), I can assure you that it is true.

They could go at anytime, all of the hardware just goes into packing crates and can be transported anywhere.

If we've received £5 million we've robbed them.

I'm glad that he's gone.

They want that to be true even though they will know it's not, they can't stand that we're not jumping off the Tyne Bridge and not protesting at our relegation. We potentially have good times ahead, they have nothing to look forward to because we're probably on the up while they'll struggle like they do every season. Like Dr Venkman said, we now appear to be well run, we have the best manager since Bobby (apart from a brief spell with Keegan) and the fans are behind the club and they hate it. Before sacking McClaren we were only going one way and would have massively struggled to get back up, all of that has changed. For them, they've gone from being on a high because of our impending demise to seeing us come together and seeing us starting out on what should be a really good time and it's killing them. The only thing they ever have to cheer them up is us doing badly and that's very unlikely for a while so they've got nothing to look forward to except for a shit season when they'll have nothing to concentrate on except for sunderland.

I'm sure it was a piss take.

I hope that he leaves before the weekend.

I look forward to seeing him play for us next season if he stays, he played well under Rafa.

He signed a new contract last summer which was quite a while after we'd treaded Jonas badly.

I'm glad he's gone, he was a very good player for us for a while and I still think our treatment of Jonas will have pissed him off at the time.

Post #8. "Mag in the papershop."

I'll say this very quickly and quietly, Rafa.

I'm surprised that nobody has nominated Sam Allardyce as a likely, worthy and deserving candidate.