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This. Sissoko, Janmaat and Gini can all fuck off. Can't stand any of them.

Saw that :lol:

Just lost respect for the lad there. That was a terrible challenge.

Neil fucking Warnock?!?!?? Green Goblin face can fuck off.

I don't think any neutral will see through that bullshit.

Not necessarily slagging off the ones who go, it's the ones who go and don't make themselves heard. Not only that but they have a go at the people who do. Those people are in the vast minority. They are well outnumbered by those who have never went, never will go, and slams those who do. Gotta disagree there. Look at how many fans were giving other sections stick for the planned walk out against Hull, and how many actually left. Same goes for the SackPardew campaign getting stick because it was "disrupting the team" or "Pardew is doing a good job". A lot of fans have been conditioned to think speaking out against anything is over-expectant.

Not necessarily slagging off the ones who go, it's the ones who go and don't make themselves heard. Not only that but they have a go at the people who do.

I'm not shouting down any form of protest. I'm just doubting what not showing up is going to achieve. That's exactly what you're doing. "It won't work so don't bother" Being in the Championship massively increases the chances of a sustained boycott having an effect with the Premier League money taken out of the equation, because the matchday revenue again becomes the main source of income, especially if you don't get promoted first time back and the parachute payments decrease. I got a text from an Everton mate of mine last night: "Just read (Ashley's statement). Ashley would have been long hounded out at Liverpool or Man Utd, or Arsenal. An entirely empty stadium just once would do it." The perception within football is that we are so desperate to show our "loyalty" that we'll keep going come hell or high water, even when they're actively taking the p*ss. Nobody knows that better than Mike Ashley and that's why he sticks around. He's like Donald Trump where Newcastle are concerned: “I could stand in the middle of Northumberland St and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any supporters.” Cardiff boycotted one single game and within a week, they had their blue shirts back. Liverpool organised one walkout and within a week, the club had changed their pricing policy. At Newcastle though? Nah, definitely won't work, don't even try. I can't leave him, he loves me and he promises he'll change. Shut up and take my money Mike. Good post Agreed. Been saying this sort of thing for a while now, there are too many people among our fanbase who are happy to sit there and take everything thrown at them, like waiting for something to happen will work.

A. Rafa quits, Ashley sells up, new owners hire Rafa.

Couldn't agree more, Mick Seconded

Good ones? The youth academy isnt exactly churning out the next Shearer or Gazza's. That was my point.

Well yes, but I'm not saying we should necessarily have a geordie spine. The game today (in most clubs' cases), and more so our club can't do that anymore. There just aren't enough out there that would cut it. I'd easily settle for eleven foreign players if they were of the right character, but it seems that every successful team still has at least a British spine, bar Man City (though they do have Hart at least). They're almost at a point of needing to rebuild though so it should be interesting to see if they look to bring more in.

Good ones?

First comment has it right in all honesty. You can't have people in the team who aren't good enough, but Ginola does have a somewhat valid point when it comes to locals understanding the culture and history of our club and educating foreign players. I'd say we perhaps need more of a British spine rather than an exclusively geordie spine. That's too narrow-minded for any club to think that way. It was different in the 80's and 90's, because somehow so many good players were brought through locally and it was more the norm to regularly have local players coming through as the league was more dominated by homegrown players.

I don't know if it's time travel or reconstructive surgery - but I do feel like Peter Ramage was reincarnated and repackaged as a midfielder under a new identity: Jack Colback. He just forgot to change his Twitter handle.

Ashley's letter Some fans will buy into it

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Got me as well

Shepherd saying he hopes Charnley doesn't leave

This cunt penned his next letter yet?

Without sounding like a broken record, I don't know why you'd bother. Protests outside the ground maybe. Inside the ground should be dedicated to Rafa in my opinion. What would a poisonous atmosphere inside the ground achieve exactly? (apart from being a good opportunity to vent) Hypothetically if Rafa has decided he's off anyway we'd have nothing to lose, especially if the likes of Ashley and Charnley are at the game.

Agreed. He's shown nothing to justify some of the praise he gets.

Darlow/Elliot, Lascelles, Townsend and Mitrovic is a decent spine to build around I think. The rest can get f***ed. No way Mitrovic just not good enough and certainly totally unreliable for goals that's for sure - get rid although I think we will be lucky to get more than 4 - 5 million back. Someone proven alongside him could work in my opinion, especially in the Championship.

Darlow/Elliot, Lascelles, Townsend and Mitrovic is a decent spine to build around I think. The rest can get fucked.

Good riddance to him, wherever he ends up.