Mattoon

In fact I think the correct terminology at this point is numb

Boredom, frustration, anger, disgust, helplessness, hopelessness, despair, rage, etc...

Gulf in class is palpable, half decent players and we win this, they aren't great shakes, we've had a canny few chances just no quality to finish the ball. Rafa may as well smash his head against the wall cuz he's on a hiding to nothing with this bunch. Players are clearly trying, just not good enough, depressing as fuck to watch.

Perez played an unbelievable pass to Atsu who might have scored. Don't think he's been too bad. He gets so much scrutiny by our supporters, I don't get it. He's been crowded off the ball a few times but he's not been bad at all, that pass to Atsu was sublime too!

Thanks for fuck all Reporters should be banned from Twitter. It's resulted in them needing to fill their timelines with absolute unneeded guff. Not blaming then directly as it's just the culture we're in now but fucking hell, what is any point in that tweet other than the masses are demanding information from someone who clearly has none? I don't think it's a load of guff, I think Edwards is just saying that the S*n and Mirror reports are crap, nothing has changed since before Christmas and no one knows anything different. Daft that it has to be said but so many fans have whipped themselves into a frenzy over those dubious reports he probably felt he had to quell the fire.

I would imagine you could probably afford it solo tbh

We can only hope to replace Rafa with the much superior Grayson

Aye, he probably did, as they were the last options on his list and didn't want to go without! Like picking up that fat bird at 5am so you're not going home alone, hardly ideal.

Mike Ashley and his Sports Direct United can get to fuck, along with our hopeless "fans" who go to "support the team, not the regime" whilst simultaneously booing Perez for every misplaced pass. It's all a massive crock of shit and I can't be fucked with it any more. Merry Christmas

I'm sick of having to defend him against Twitter idiots, Ashley doesn't pick the team, Ashley doesn't make the subs, Ashley doesn't make us play defensive, Pardew and McClaren would have been vilified for playing how Rafa plays. We all know the answers to these statements but some idiots can see past the end of their noses it's fucking infuriating. I don't know why I do it to myself but I can't just scroll past an idiot who might make another idiot see his point of view. If Rafa had Pardew or McClarens players we wouldn't be in this mess, I had to point out that Pardews much better team also got stuffed 6-0 by a weaker Liverpool for "having a go". It's all just so very sad, sad and embarrassing, watching a once proud club that stood toe to toe with the Likes of Liverpool struggle to look Fulham and Brighton in the eye. Nothing against those teams but we could and should be much better with the tools at our disposal, were it not for the tools in charge. Even with Rafa in charge, the looming inevitability of the decline one he goes makes it very hard to hold on to anything anymore, if we're not getting bought (we're not) then I just want Rafa to go and this nightmare to be over, burn it to the ground and put Ashley on top of the fucking bonfire, I hope his world collapses and his retail "empire" of tat comes falling down around him, the gutter is too good for him.

I think a 4 page thread after 50 minutes or so tells it's own story

Buying a season ticket to NUFC next season with Ashley in charge is akin to buying B&H Gold because it's your favourite brand even though you've got lung cancer.

If he doesn't sell before the seasons out it can all burn to the fucking ground as far as I'm concerned. Anyone who renews a season ticket with Rafa gone, some patsy in charge and Ashley still at the helm deserves the pound shop version of NUFC that's left, they can get to fuck an all.

The Mirror reporting Now there's a fucking surprise.

I can never hate the guy because of his love for Sir Bobby and his consistent praise for NUFC but he's become a parody of himself, he looks dishevelled. I concur, a decent amount of time away from the game and make a more honest, toned down return in a year or so with a less attractive club and rebuild that reputation.

So a second bidder has been named and is a "friend of Ashley's". Aye alright then.

Mitro either gets a hat trick or is our first opposition sending off for 5 years.

https://twitter.com/warrenbarton2/status/1073243335949717504?s=19 Warren Barton getting in on the ITK act now

We've already won in the fact they have to play our kids so any result there is a bonus, they would never live a loss down.

My only thought to this being legit is the steady price of SD now, it rises, it falls, it rises again. Clearly the free advertising has run it's course, the club has been asset stripped, there's no further blood to squeeze from the stone, makes sense for him to sell what's left and invest it elsewhere.

Unfortunately I tend to agree, the current vacuousness within the fan base means if our gut feelings are true and this takeover is just another smoke screen not much will happen. I've even got the feeling that if Rafa leaves at the end of the season because Ashley is still in charge and no investment has been made in January, most will turn on and blame Rafa for "quitting" and be "fully behind the new manager.". The problem is the die hard fans that protested when Keegan left have now long gone themselves and all that's left is subservient acceptance. I hope I'm proven wrong, preferably the club gets sold and we don't have to find out, but I won't hold my breath.

Had his own escort from the half way line

Well that was a little bit shit wasn't it?

Well I guess we'll find out sooner rather than later if this guy is full of shit

https://twitter.com/Blackcloud1603/status/1071347446280802304?s=19 In Black Cloud we trust it happen!