Paully

Harold triple captain!

Magnificent post this but gut-wrenching at the same time :'( :'( :'(

A post on RAWK to cheer everybody up :lol: Quote from: Brian Blessed on August 18, 2019, 03:24:38 AM Bruce is about to go the way of Pardew, this is his last job in football. About fucking time. rafathegaffa83 RAWK Scribe I don't think there is a manager in the PL more heavily reliant on a chequebook than Bruce and yet he gets hired again and again. It used to be said when he first started that he had a great scouting network/contacts, which was why he could pull out a few signings above the quality expected for his clubs. But even those are few and far between and some of those players like Maguire and Robertson only flourished after moving on. What Bruce has shown throughout his career is a scattergun approach to transfers, which he won't be allowed at Newcastle. He's signed several players in the past only to cast them off six to twelve months later (Walter Pandiani, Luciano Figueroa, Marlon King). The latter almost joined Fulham prior to joining Bruce at Wigan, but Fulham were concerned about his legal history and his medical. Bruce signed him anyway for Wigan, doubled his wages and then jettisoned him on loan after 15 games before his legal troubles allowed them to cancel his contract. Then there are the terrible swaps: £4.25m + Andy Johnson for Clinton Morrison. The latter was sold back for £2m two years later, while Palace sold Johnson for £8m+ Then there are the loss making and high wage/low impact signings: - Paying £6m for Lee Cattermole - Frazier Campbell for £3.5m rising to £6m (later sold for £650,000) - Michael Turner for £5.5m (later sold for £1.5m) - Asomah Gyan for £13m (sold for £6m a year later) - Connor Wickham for £12m (sold for between £7m-£9m) - Scott Hogan for £12m (now on loan at Stoke) -Paying a combined £6.5m for John O'Shea and Wes Brown when every man and his dog knew they were finished. I also seem to recall he wanted Darron Gibson in this deal before he turned them down - Abel Hernandez for £10m (later released by Hull) - Alou Cisse for £4.5m (sold two years later for £300k) - Olivier Kapo for £3.5m (released a few seasons later) -James McFadden for £4.75m (released three years later) - Gary McSheffrey for £4m (released three years later) - Rowan Vine for £3m (sold a year later for £1m) - Walter Pandiani for £3m (sold for £1m six months later) - Luciano Figueroa for £2.5m (released four months later) - Gary O'Connor for £2.7m (released fhree years later)

Article from eight years ago - inspiring to read! https://amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-sunderland-sacked?__twitter_impression=true

Apparently Joelinton, ASM and Francilette all have the same agent..........

https://talksport.com/football/589858/newcastle-exclusive-chopra-players-jobs-steve-bruce/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Bishop at it again

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/19/c_138321430.htm

https://nufc-ashlies.blogspot.com/2019/04/debt.html?m=0

Jesus wept man! “We need to have the belief that we can go there and get a result. It took us a long time to get started last year so it would be wonderful to NICK a result. We didn’t win until November so it will be vitally important if we can get a few results”.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7363191/Alex-Fergusons-keeper-coach-reveals-story-Man-United-lost-title-rivals-City.html And Steele, who was goalkeeping coach at United between 2008-13, has recalled those hugely dramatic final moments and how they reacted at Stadium of Light. Steele told the Athletic: 'Wayne had scored the winner at the Stadium of… we'll have to rename that one, and we'd finished so early. Just two minutes of extra time"

Another day, another dig from Luke

https://twitter.com/hanoitoon/status/1162283045128249344?s=21

Ha ha Jesus! https://twitter.com/hanoitoon/status/1162279327112683520?s=21

He only played under one previous manager! That last line - wtf?! “Under previous managers we have been a lot more defensive and solid but still ended up losing games. "We lost tight games when being defensive. "But against Arsenal we took the game to them and took a few more gambles. "It paid off to an extent.”

i always thought in Hebburn the Clock was an NUFC pub and its the Longship thats Sunderland? It was years ago but their Hebburn Branch go from the Clock now!

Feeling it already.......

‘The Don’ is currently in the Clock in Hebburn presumably on another fan-begging mission!

What an unbelievable turnaround on and off the pitch!

https://twitter.com/moneymikeashley/status/1161963883961208832?s=21

365 in play off on for Man City vs Spurs!