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I'd absolutely love to see Ferdinand as Man Utd's sporting director, like. Let them truly be the laughing stock they've been threatening to become. The bloke's one of the thickest out there.

Howay man.

What are you on about, man?

Fucking hell.

There's a register waiting for those three rectangles, like.

Very happy with Howe, like. The more I read about him, the more I'm impressed. To go from a petulant man-child who shirked even the most basic of duties to Howe is about as night and day as it gets. A progressive, forward-thinking coach who will throw himself into the role whilst all the while being respectful and articulate? Yes please. I've said it before but I think he'll shock a few people. It's a huge, huge opportunity for him and I hope he absolutely nails it. Howeay the lads and all that!

The best thing about it is how easy he makes it look. I love how impressed he was with himself once it hits the back of the net as well. "That was fucking class, even for me."

Sifu had made some great stops in that final game, too.

But Graeme, what if one or more of our centre halves get injured?

If an N-O letter goes to the club can one of the suggestions be that this bastardised version of the Blaydon Races is binned please? Preferably with all existing copies erased from existence/sent to the crem.

You whites should be ashamed of yourselves. Taking advantage of poor Petar's lack of knowledge about our barbaric five-a-side style laws of the game. I think the draw was fair in the end, but if Ryan had scored that rabona in full flight the match should've ended right there and the trophy would've been his for life.

Us Blacks laid down a marker in that first game but the Whites almost caused a huge upset at the end with a real strong performance. It was good to see some familiar faces and meet the new guys as well. I hope you've all had a cracking night on the town. @Heronfair play for that nutmeg in the first game, like. I was all set on some immediate retribution until I noticed you weren't in shinnies. A huge shame.

Marko suggested a Croatian venue for the next one, like. ??

Ryan almost scored the most ridiculous goal towards the end of the final match. I'm disappointed it didn't creep in.

Fortunately for "everyone", the services of Steve Bruce are now available, so they can ask their club to appoint him and treat him with the respect he deserves. I'm perplexed as to why there's no clamour from Norwich fans and the like for one of the most important English managers of the last 100 (ONE HUNDRED) years.

You're not giving anyone a lift this time are you?

Absolutely lifting.

This is the black kit, right?

Outrageous finish.

This is happening, right? The ultimate forum rivalry, finally realised.

I'd be happy with it as long as it was a token name change to pump some money into the club. "St James' Park sponsored by X" would be fine by me.

I think he's leaning forward and the blood's pooling in his face to be fair, like.

It's absolutely MENTAL, man. He even pauses to consider how far back he's going to go into the history of managers of English and still decides on 100 years.