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This fucking thread is aids.

His wage is irrelevant tbh. Also, if you read The Athletic article from this morning, you'll see he's probably vastly underpaid compared to where his salary would be elsewhere tbh. Not that it matters for the purposes of this. He'd played very very well under Rafa. I have no doubt with some good injury management, rehab and proper coaching he'll get there again. Hope he goes on to be a great big success elsewhere and everytime he has success he blows his cheeks out and mimics that fucking useless fat heffer in our dugout.

Enough? Enough to put up with a useless cunt of a manager who's essentially taken his career backwards? Enough? Enough to watch his brothers career ruined by the same bloke/club? Enough? Enough to accept shite like Jeff fucking Hendrick signed and played over him? Enough? Enough to have told Bruce the truth about how shite he is, only for Bruce to ostracise him AND his brother? Enough? Fuck that. The bloke and his whole family have probably had just about enough already tbf.

I think that may be more to do with reducing the wage bill than freeing up space for loans tbh. All of them listed will be on good money (perhaps Clark apart). They've probably ended up paying more wages to Willock than they'd planned. This balances that and if/when you replace a Longstaff or Schar with some kid on loan from Chelsea/Arsenal/Man Utd then their wages would be miles less.

Cheers @joeyt - was just about to launch the mortgage and sell one of the Mrs’ kidneys. As it is, I’ll hold off

Where’s that @joeyt?

Ah, I missed the word 'fans' in your original post. The broad reaction from their fans, from what I've seen at least, is that they're not overly disappointed tbh. A guy I work with, a match going Arsenal fan, said when Willock joined on loan that he'd be a good signing for us and that he rated him but, when I spoke to him this morning, he was delighted with the fee and said they'd gotten more than he thought they would. FWIW, he's pleased it's permanent as he doesn't think he can keep the form up.

They want to keep Smith-Rowe so he's staying. They clearly don't want to keep Willock otherwise, they'd have given him some assurances around game time and he'd be staying.

Aye me too. He was far better when he was just read and not heard tbh. Stay in the background, do your job and try not to be some sort of heralded voice of the fans. He's just Steve Bruce's mate to me nowadays. One step above that cunt Edwards (Hello @IMTTS) only because of the fact he doesn't intentionally wind the fans up. His loyalty to Bruce has massively impacted his ability to write about NUFC's continuing malaise. Maybe Ashley thought this one right the way through.....................appoint a cunt who they (the written press) all really like. He's the morden day SBR without the warmth, likeability, credibility, trophy cabinet or integrity. And, yet still, the media talk of him in glowing terms.

Wish they'd spent the summer tidying up Taylor Payne's P45.

Par for the course. They always do it. Even when we were looking a sure fire shout to get relegated last year, as close as they got to a criticism was their reporting of 'fan discontent'. What, you bellends who are paid to write about football and offend the ears with your fucking dreadful craic every week, don't feel the need to question the manager? Wow. Same with his mates at the Telegraph, NCJ etc. The prick is bulletproof but the Athletic lot are probably the funniest due to their very obvious avoidance of anything anti-Bruce.

Haven't read it but I assume that Bruce gets away with zero challenge to his credibility from the Athletic Writers? They're scared shitless of criticising him. It's hilarious the lengths the three of them go to to avoid any Bruce digs on their podcast.

Sure - charity of your choice. Mine is SBR Foundation if you lose.

I'll take that bet. £50 to SBR Foundation says he's still here by Jan 1st 2022 (caveat for ill health, in case the big ball of lard keels over!).

My thoughts exactly

Davies looks like a NUFC car crash waiting to happen imho.

Great post this. I was a huge fan of his work at the Times but this move to work with litte Ryder and that puller who hosts their podcast looks worse by the day. He was better off being a good writer in the background. Him increasing his profile hasn't helped him in terms of credibility imho. Winter's the best around when it comes to writing about us nowadays imo.

Given the pre-season reaction to this cunt, this season could get very messy indeed. Particularly because he won't walk, Ashley will certainly not sack him and Bruce will keep getting it wrong in the press. Toxicity will be the watch word. I honestly hope we make his life an utter utter misery.

This deal is fucked. Staveley and Co. need to be urgently working with Ashley on a new purchase structure with a view to bringing PIF on board at a later date. If they're not doing that, the deal will fall apart due to the legal case hurdles/failures and PIF will walk. They absolutely HAVE to be prioritising a new deal structure otherwise this one is sunk.

Terry has been linked with the Swansea job I believe. He's also stated in the Athletic that he plans to travel and learn from other managers/clubs about their approaches before he enters management so fuck knows but I don't think he's England bound.

He also loves the NE, kids are settled, he's started playing county level golf for Northumberland. I don't buy it tbh. Hope it's true though. Hayden would seem the one more likely to depart, sadly.

Yep.

This fucking fat cretinous mess has absolutely no self-respect whatsoever. Imagine clapping like a performing sea lion when he's rolled out to talk about a £10m budget and having no ambition other than survival. I wish him nothing but ill will, the fucking yes man. He'll never be one of us.

My feeling is that the Reubens only want it from the real estate perspective (i.e: taking the benefits of the profile/access owning NUFC affords particularly with local councils etc etc). I don't think they actually want to run the full thing. Why they can't buy it BUT have an underwritten agreement with PIF to come aboard later is beyond me.

That was really good. I've never seen those guys hosting before but thought they did a decent job of letting their guest speak. Winter is just marvellous. He's always 'got it' and there aren't many better journo's about than him.