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No one likes a good blobby bashing than me, but honestly although he could have done better, that was such a great shot and was in the back of the net before most keepers would react. More upset with him not stopping the Stoke goal, than that one. It was more annoying that no one closed him down and allowed him to take that shot, Blobby was probably the least responsible for that goal tbf

Don't even know what I'm looking at here, apart from a load of moaning pricks - who the f*** is Westy? This is Westy. Kill it with fire before it breeds. That ain't gonna breed that'd be unnatural selection. Clearly shitting himself in case his mam hears him

Northerners can't have nice things

Amen Brother!

That's enough for me like, think I'd stay too

I think we'll be strong at the back, this is the most organised and tough to break down NUFC side I've seen in my 21 years supporting the club. The only thing that I'm worried about at the moment is how we're squandering chances up front, we needed a goal scorer in the summer and we still need one now, the guys we have will score, I just hope it's enough. The only worry is one mistake is all it takes for the opposition to score. If one of our front line can find some kind of form we'll be fine. If not we need to get a goal scorer in January. We have enough in the team to get a result here but I think it'll be a much more cagey affair than the previous games.

Is that why they've returned 1000 tickets. Seems to be a common theme, other teams really think we're a pile of pony, championship fodder, they'll definitely win by x clear goals. Keep thinking like that for all I care, it gives us a solid advantage, we've already silenced 2 teams that thought they were going to steamroller us.

Not the 5-0 result the Swansea fans were predicting then ?

For all his faults Lascelles played a blinder today, match winning performance by doing what counts, when it counts, good lad

You know it's gone to shit when not one of the threads on the front page is about us.

Is he Scottish?

Rashford is a player like. No doubt the media will put him on a pedistal for the WC mounting all expectation on him and then destroy him when we inevitably fail.

You're giving the fat odious bastard too much credit, he cleared McClaren out when his investment was in danger (albeit too late) and he only kept Pardew because he was a sniveling arse lick who took the flack whilst doing his bidding, all the while finishing in his favourite position of 10th-17th. As far as he was concerned Pardew was a safe pair of hands, don't give the deluded Geordies any hope of ambition but keep his SD shite on the gravy train. All the others you mentioned wanted more for the club, as well they should and all had a level of understanding of what the club deserves.

Can someone please post a photo of him. If I'm going to hate someone, I'd like to see what they look like so that I can visualise their untimely demise. Yep, just need a face to go with the name...

Completely predictable turn of events, no one coming in, maybe one or two more fringe players going out to weaken our hand even more. It's going to be a long, laborious season

He should be offered a wooden stake through his bloodless, blackened heart

No forbidden curses allowed

If Rafa let's him go without a fight I can't follow this team anymore, midfield meistro for us last season, 28 starts in a Championship winning team, he really made us tick. Will be sad to see him go... Do you think they bought it???

The bloke can't win, if he didn't try and press and chase the ball down everyone would be calling him a waster. As it is he's gone in a little late, but it wasn't his fault he hit a midget, elbow was pushed out in an attempt to muscle away and not in a horizontal position denoting intent to do damage. Harsh, but absolutely expected, I wouldn't be happy with the FA if I was Rafa that's for sure.

Sell Gayle in the next 24 hrs then stick in a bid for a good player which will be rejected. Time runs out, we hold our hands up in frustration and curse our luck. How does that sound? If Gayle's offski, it will be a means to an end. Rafa will have his dominos aligned. Rafa isn't the worry though, I mean it's not like he's lined up a deal before, agreed a price and personal terms and then been let down by the bean counters is it?

Colback to Hell would be better. That would suggest he had a soul to depart to hell?

International break is where Ashley and his cronies like to fuck with us, so for this game I expect a team of 12 year old Albanian kids to be playing in the newly named Sports Direct City Ground with Gerry Francis as our newly appointed manager.

Had to watch this from work today, my first football game of any sorts this season and what a one to watch! Great performance to the man, albeit against awful opposition. Clearly everything that Rafa has been saying in the press has really had an awful affect on the players morale. This ones for you Mike ?.... sorry I meant ?

Come on ye bastids!!!

This whole summer has basically detached me from the club as it's got progressively worse, hoping for the best, absolutely expecting the worst. I haven't even watched a game yet, the current malaise has had me drifting for a while. I know Rafa could pull me back in if he stays but as that's looking less and less likely, the only outcome at this point is him gone and me packing it in. That'll be it until the fat leech has been extinguished, even then I'm not sure how such a failed relationship can be rekindled.