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I think we all know Carr's no chief scout. I didn't imply he'd made any such decision, either. He very clearly has Ashley's ear to the extent Ashley spends huge amounts by his standards on his recommendations. I see no evidence he tried to put a stop to this ludicrous departure. All conjecture, obviously.

Nobody is going to be fooled by that spiel, man. Even the 'definitely thick' as KI would put it.

Goes further than Pardew, mind. Charnley, Carr and the 'coaching' staff all also have culpability in my eyes.

to the point. I agree, I honestly cannot see how it's possible for him to be in charge past the summer. Even our fans won't allow it. Same was said about Pardew, within two months most of the fanbase were lodged up his arse. We're already seeing justification for him: open attacking football against Southampton, 20 minutes against Chelsea... If the players string two passes together at any point in the next five months, there'll be a significant minority wanting him in full time. As I've said before, Carver doesn't have the nous to placate and deceive the fans to anything like the extent Pardew did. Nor does he have a 5th place finish to defend his position with.

Should've been Spain targeted in the first place. Far better schooled players. Winning mentality, too.

Far more to do with the fact Pardew's system of negating the opposition helped us beat better sides and fail to beat ones there for the taking.

Sick of hearing about this now. He'll be gone by summer at the latest. Shut up.

It's exactly the type of thing he'd come out with, man. He welcomed the return of Kinnear in 2013 ffs. He'll come out with any old rubbish his cunt of a father tells him to in order to blag another contract for sitting on his arse with tears in his eyes.

Not if you have an ounce of self respect Ian. Well it's annoying to us, but mainly because nobody rates Carver. If Remy Garde came in and said he loved watching Keegan's team and respected Bobby I doubt anyone would worry. It's the fact it's Carver that makes it wrong, because nobody wants him. Which is fair enough. Do you ever stop talking shit, Ian? It's just relentless, how you can construct a pitiful argument in conflict with common sense again and again.

I think he's the only man I've ever seen who could possibly make Mike Ashley look remotely acceptable, like. Just utterly repugnant physically.

You've got to be fucking kidding?

28%. What a cunt.

And if they appoint someone crap then all will be forgiven if they have us playing better football. And the beat goes on.

Not if he played for Newcastle United and Blackburn.

Let's just all be grateful we'll never see a Carver-managed NUFC captained by Gump.

Every single time. He was 'over the moon' Kinnear came back, too.

Do we exclusively produce idiots? There's not one bit of sense ever talked by former players from the area.

Well done.

Sheff Wed was his third game. He was a different player under Bobby almost from the off. A manager who makes you feel good about playing football makes a hell of a lot of difference, even for the world's best.

I laughed.

Any fucking excuse.

Eh? I just said he played his best stuff for us under Kenny. His worst football by a mile (before his legs fell off) came under Gullit. Anyone with a memory that extends beyond Wikipedia in 2015 knows this.

Didn't score many goals that season at all. 14 goals in 29 starts in the league, 5 in 6 in the FA Cup. By his standards, as a penalty taker, that's poor. Nothing compared to how he performed under the other 3 managers in his prime.

Didn't score many goals that season at all.

No idea what this is supposed to mean, mind.