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Shame nobody had the chance to ask him if he wanted to dip his hand in his pocket before he left. Later Gordo.

But instead of folding his specs and placing them neatly in his suit pocket, Steve rams a steak bake down his gob and wipes the pastry crumbs off his shellsuit.

Dickheads. He's probably had them out for beers tbh.

The sheer hypocrisy of the British Media "Pundits" in defending/bigging up British PFM's in comparison to foreign talent is a joke. This bollocks about 'Bruce has found his system and needs to stick with it now'. FUCK ME BLIND. 1) It's not, never was, nor ever will be HIS system you utter cretins. 2) He'll never be fit to lace Rafa's boots. 3) The same guy you slated for having minimal possession and breaking to 'edge' games is the person responsible for that very win today. I'm sick to death of the double fucking standards. Get to fuck all of you. Utter Cretins. Jobs for the fucking boys.

Hate him even more after a win. How is that possible?

UnRafa'd.

Bruced.

Bruced.

Bruced.

Bruced.

Would fucking love for our crowd to sing 'Rafa, Rafael.............' all game.

Kenyon would be an absolute disaster with this proposed model.

Fucking hell man, those comments. From Rafa to this. FML.

Worth about £0.5m now Rafa has gone.

Can anyone remember a particularly derogatory term Luke Edwards used after the first few weeks of Bruce in relation to the fans having preconceived opinions about him? Cheers.

Poor cunt. Signing for Rafa and then being lumbered with this fucking swamp donkey.

Repeated on Sunday afternoon on Sky Sports.

Agreed. I really like him. He'd be immense under Klopp.

Yep. That's the last game I'll have seen us live until he goes. I've also noticed how short the match threads are on here these days too. Universal apathy.

I don't think Rafa would've fancied ASM at all tbh. I said the same thing after watching youtube videos of him when we were looking to sign him. Rafa likes players who can stick to his methods and play for the team. For someone like Bruce or Pardew though ASM could be perfect. Neither of those two would have any idea how to build a functioning team, so a player with a bit of magic to win a game is a godsend. Yeah totally agree. Not taking anything away from the bloke as a wildcard if you like but there's no way Rafa would entertain the idea of a loose cannon imho. He'd need to be much more disciplined to work within a Rafa set up. I honestly don't think he'd have signed off on any of our incoming deals this summer. I actually quite like Joelinton, but he is going to get the blame for not scoring goals in a team which barely gets out of it's own half. He's on a hiding to nothing. Whether he is worth £40m is another debate, but he's got no chance with that sort of midfield behind him. Yeah I certainly don't dislike Joelinton but he'd have been Rondon's back up and on a development plan to succeed him if Rafa even fancied him which, at £40m, he clearly didn't.

38 points is the lofty aim then. The hapless old dear seems to have forgotten his early season statement that he wasn't coming here to aim for 17th. Or that it's the best squad he's worked with or that he's looking to play expansive football. Jackanory, using Edwards and those tools at the local rag, to sell his stories. He's another Carver tbh.

I don't think Rafa would've fancied ASM at all tbh. I said the same thing after watching youtube videos of him when we were looking to sign him. Rafa likes players who can stick to his methods and play for the team. For someone like Bruce or Pardew though ASM could be perfect. Neither of those two would have any idea how to build a functioning team, so a player with a bit of magic to win a game is a godsend. Yeah totally agree. Not taking anything away from the bloke as a wildcard if you like but there's no way Rafa would entertain the idea of a loose cannon imho. He'd need to be much more disciplined to work within a Rafa set up. I honestly don't think he'd have signed off on any of our incoming deals this summer.

I don't think Rafa would've fancied ASM at all tbh.

My thoughts exactly Surely over par then you fucking wingnut. I tell what fucks me right off. If we'd nicked that game in the last few minutes, the mood music would be hugely different and yet the performance would've been completely fucking hopeless. There seems to be so few people out there prepared to come out and call this what it is. A joke of an appointment. I'm convinced the 'Bruce era' will be remember with as much jocularity as the Carver/Kinnear era's. Possibly even more so because he was the fall guy following Rafa. If the two plums in charge had any degree of football knowledge they'd have gone in big for a Potter/Arteta/Vieira who the fans would've given more time too. How they can expect anyone to get behind this gonad is anyones guess.

Next six games could be hilarious. I'm praying he doesn't fluke a result out of nowhere.