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Hope we don't get him and have to search even further down the pyramid.

I am somewhat intrigued to see how far down this ditch goes.

His first goal will hit off his spine but will be ruled out for offside so there ain't no Haller back goal

God have mercy on you.

Ah, I know!

 

What's that orange guy's name that used to manage Hull again? It will be him. Phil Orange or something.

 

Or someone like Neil Warnock or Ian Holloway. These are Ashley types to a tee.

 

Phil Brown, who called Pirlo homophobic for not leaving Italy

Yup, that would be him.

Ah, I know!

What's that orange guy's name that used to manage Hull again? It will be him. Phil Orange or something.

Or someone like Neil Warnock or Ian Holloway. These are Ashley types to a tee.

I can't even fathom who it will be they turn to next

Why Steve Bruce and not Moyes? He’s equally shite, relegated the Maclean’s and he is free.

Moyes is more of a control freak and would never accept having players brought in for him. That is the key thing in all of this.

The PFM is nearly gone, but they're struggling against the dying of the light.

 

Let go guys, you'll feel better when it's over.

They're so pathetic.

I mean if you can't be bothered with the technical side of the game and just want to be Mr. 'passion' motivational guy, at least have the sense to always have someone on your staff that really knows the tactical side of the game. Instead they just surround themselves with their pals and turn their noses up at that side of things.

Even Ferguson as good as he was always had top tactical guys on his staff. Likely helped him a great deal.

Stuart Pearce "I'm astounded as well. Whilst I think Bruce is a good suit for the club, I also think David (Moyes) might have been a slightly better fit.

"Bruce has definitely done it, with Birmingham, Norwich, he's done a real solid job at those clubs. I think it's a good appointment personally, a solid set of hands."

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-steve-bruce-verdict-16573044

These guys are actually demented. They refuse to learn anything and improve themselves, and just wait around for the odd wretched club to give them a job because they stink, and then they all pat themselves on the back in 'support' of each other.

This is ridiculous.

At this point just put Charnley in charge man.

We stumbled into someone who made it work, we fucked him off.

Yeah, I hear you.

I guess I was referring more to the whole approach to recruitment. Rafa and MA were never on the same page. 

Amazingly enough, Rafa still excelled with absolutely no support at all, but looking back it was doomed from the outset.

Mike Ashley has never hired a foreign manager, right?

 

I mean Rafa came to him at a time he was desperate to keep the club in the prem, and he just went with it.

 

It's such a shame man. There are decent managers out there that would work in this structure, but he he is adverse to him.

 

Claude Puel and Quique Sanchez flores are such obvious options for goodness sake.

 

It's a joke.

 

It doesn't matter who it is man.

I know. I know ... it's just so difficult to accept the state of things.

There's still a part of me that imagines we could flukily stumble into someone that somehow makes it all work.

I think someone ridiculous just needs to come in so I can just accept this farce fully and start rooting against the team, like I did towards the end of Pardew's reign.

I could have killed Cisse for that goal at Swansea I think it was that bought that rogue more time.

Fun times ahead.

Mike Ashley has never hired a foreign manager, right?

I mean Rafa came to him at a time he was desperate to keep the club in the prem, and he just went with it.

It's such a shame man. There are decent managers out there that would work in this structure, but he he is adverse to him.

Claude Puel and Quique Sanchez flores are such obvious options for goodness sake.

It's a joke.

God please let this fall through due to the compensation. PLEASE!!!

Still yet to agree compensation.

Why on earth would they agree to lower it?

MA clearly doesn't want Bruce enough to cough up that kind of money either.

Imagine paying £6 million just to acquire the services of Steve Bruce

That was what they were paying Rafa for a full year's work for goodness sake!

This is from almost 8 years ago...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-sunderland-sacked

and the manager boasted about his inability to send an email. While Bruce – who did finally learn how to log on last summer when the club issued him with an iPad – may well argue this lack of computer literacy was hardly relevant, many of his peers spend countless hours checking out the latest sports science innovations, researching transfer targets and analysing Prozone statistics on their increasingly indispensable laptops.

Oh it will happen. As usual they will come in late and not have a proper pre-season.

And some will be players we would ordinarily be excited about, however, we will then have the pleasure of watching them be completely mismanaged and therefore deemed completely ineffective.

Surely he must of said he wants to some players in right?????

 

Will probably be backed more than Rafa and allowed to buy a load of shit.

It will be like McClaren with the club buying players recommended by the scouting team that fit MA's preferences i.e. younger players

He is coming in because he has agreed to work under this remit.

Mike Ashley does not value managers, and thinks that he has relationships that can get him younger talented players good enough to keep the club up, and anyone can just supervise them.

First bad Roma shirt I've seen probably.

Fair enough.

Really like that Palace kit actually, and the Roma away one below from Nike.

GFFN

Aston Villa are in advanced negotiations to sign 24-year-old Belgian central defender Björn Engels from Reims.

 

Aston Villa signing another player

 

Will they outspend Fulham as the team that has spent the most from a promoted side ever?

 

Probably.

I almost hope they finish top four now just so you stop with this weirdness.

Might get a bit more hot Colback action.

 

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if his first action was to give him a new contract. 5 more years of Jack.

Geordie pride overload!

The rolling ticker on SSN last night said Bruce was on a rolling contract and compensation would only be £1m.

 

Surely/Shirley if the compo is anywhere near £5m, then that kills it dead.

 

Why would Ashley pay that (or any) sort of compo, when Pards is sitting at home stroking himself???

 

Unfortunately Bruce was on a rolling contract with us too so wouldn't surprise me if that were true

Ha! This is exactly why he has been hired then.

Bet he signs on to a similar one with us. What a disgustingly cheap human being Mike Ashley is man.

This fat fuck will give McClaren £70m and Bruce £100m to spend but Rafa had to scrimp, save and sell just to bring in a couple of half-season loans 

 

 

They don't give anyone money to spend.

They spend money on players that they have in mind themselves.

They want someone to work with the players they decide to bring in, but seemingly don't want to hire a foreigner.

Crazy.

These jokers tried to bring back Allardyce?! My goodness.

Thought it was weird when Nolan mentioned he had been in meetings recently with MA in that talksport interview.

This is mental man. The old English cloggers with prem experience will never accept the recruitment policy and so no idea where this ends up going.

The man is utterly clueless. He wants this specific recruitment policy but won't bring in the type of manager that can be effective with it.

This is utter madness.

Man ... we are going to be such an embarrassment in that Chinese tournament

Sales of the Newcastle kit are going to plummet over there, which should hopefully piss off MA.