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I can only really go with those times I can actually remember, so that unfortunately rules out KK's first spell and kind of begins at the backend of Dalgish's reign. 1. Robson - Some brilliant years, man. Competing up there with the very best in the league and in Europe 2. Rafa - Gave us hope and showed us not to be careful what we wished for but to wish for something better 3. Hughton - An all-round top bloke who did a commendable job under some ridiculous circumstances 4. Keegan round 2 - It was doomed from the start but there were glimpses of what could have been. Owen in the hole was a masterstroke 5. Roeder - Did a superb job as caretaker but should never have been allowed to go beyond that. Alkmaar 6. Gullit - Gave us another memorable cup run and had the decency to walk when things went south 7. Dalglish - Buggered things up but took us to Wembley and we had the Barca night 8. Allardyce - Would've most likely stabilised things but gave us some of the worst performances ever witnessed at SJP (Hi Derby, Pompey) 9. Souness - Started the ball rolling for our demise, the miserable prick 10. Pardew - Probably gave us the worst performances at SJP and was a horrible cunt to boot. But 5th! 11. McClaren - Has there been a more hapless manager/"head coach"? 12. Kinnear - Beyond the initial swear-filled rant there wasn't much to laugh about 13. Fucking Carver

Complements the Athletic article from Saturday very well.

Groan. Ludicrous that, like. Weird.

I mean, there were definitely flickers and flashpoints over the years when he could've quite easily recovered and been allowed to continue owning the club without any further protest. But that never happened because he's a relentless thundercunt.

I thought it was a well written, objective look at things but there's still umpteen toon fans piling in on twitter to attack his agenda. Some of them openly admitting that they haven't read the piece.

Decent piece in The Athletic about Saudi Arabia and why they want to invest, specifically surrounding MBS and what's happened since he came to power. https://theathletic.com/1788335/2020/05/02/why-does-saudi-arabia-want-to-buy-newcastle-united?source=user-shared-article

Keegan Treatment - set the precedent for how people would be treated by the regime, regardless of their standing. Joe Kinnear twice - needs no justification. The Pardew years - he fucking enabled the behaviour above him. He should have never been near the club. Jonas Cancer Disgrace - I mean, howay. Renaming the stadium - "I'll do what I like as it's my club and you lot upset me."

I wish people would fuck off with stuff like this. Go to Twitter for your baiting attempts. You Bit LOL.

"...thank God we are not in the Europa League again."

You can't have Batty and Speed in there, like. That's ridiculous. What a terrible idea for a poll.

That is f———g beautiful, love the yellow adidas one as well.....would buy ? It's absolutely lifting.

I mean, he's not exactly going to give them a 5 star Trustpilot review as a self-proclaimed Saudi dissident, is he? By all accounts they've done a serious amount of homework on the financials of the club and as mojo says, they would only need to spend a drop in their figurative ocean of cash to make a success of things here.

http://nationalfootballmuseumstrip.com/goat/ You know what to do...

All they have to do is invite him to the first game not behind closed doors, pop him in Ashley's seat, a half-time hero job and a seat for life. Beyond that I don't think he'd need nor want an actual role.

I think it adds to its dominance of the city skyline. It almost looks like it's climbing the hill.

Paul Dalglish and Gazza both Newcastle.

Aye. I think that's a very well-reasoned take.

Piss off.

And absorbing Crystal Palace?

Not sure why you think there'd be outrage on Man Utd's official website. Joined the forum to post that.

Jake Humphreys is an even longer running N-O saga. He's just Humphrey.

On the subject of his stupid accent, someone posted a clip of him and Shearer doing punditry before one of our matches mid-90s a few weeks ago. Bruce and Shearer were both talking like normal Geordies. At what point did they develop that minging way of pronouncing their Os? If it's a case of making themselves more understandable to others from outside the region, how come Ant and Dec have managed to dominate Saturday night telly for the last decade and a half without having to do this? It'll never not annoy me.

The KSA weren't all but about to purchase a majority stake in MUFC though. I think it's a bit different.