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If we come out of this with even draw at this point I'll be surprised. Since we scored there's only been one team in it. It's unforgiveable that highly paid professional footballers can wonder round the field aimlessly like that. Rafa must be fucking livid.

There is definitely enough quality in our squad to get promoted regardless and I'm not too worried if we don't sign anyone. The main issues being the Townsend deal was probably the difference between first and second and if anything was to happen to force Shelvey to miss an extended run of games then I can see us taking a tumble which might see us drop out of the automatic places. Slightly worrying but not the end of the world. The biggest worry for me is how this has affected Rafa and his plans and how he comes out of this, if he's alright with it all then no worries.

"Must admit, it surprises me that a club the size of NUFC has only got a couple of cliquey tumbleweed forums, and a busy one but mostly infested with childish gobby cockwombles." So am I a childish cockwomble or am I a spotty wow playing virgin? Perhaps I'm both?? I'm so confused!

Corruption is corruption and it's wrong, but when it comes to stealing from charities/would be charities then that's another level of evil. I can't fathom what goes through the head of a person who uses the guise of charity as a way to fill their own pockets, hope they all burn in hell.

How old are you? That made me snicker! 46, there are some nice treets going on. I'd whisper that if I were you.

How old are you? That made me snicker!

Get in!

Brom 2-0 up against Mackems now :lol:

Highlights from Barca B's last home game in their 15k capacity stadium: That atmosphere is electric!

Just bring him home, he'll wreck this league under Rafa, he's this year's Routledge.

spot on. As close to a banker as you get

Imagine trying to motivate yourself to get out of bed in the morning when every time you wake up you're a Mackem.

whose the other 2? Shelvey, then.....? Gayle surely?

Bad value in January, saving money for going up, not blowing our wad in case we don't go up, there's a number of reasons there's no cash available and to make our own conclusions just causes angst for no reason. Rafa knows what he's doing, let's just see what happens and trust he's happy until he says he's not.

He has one more thing to do this season. When the transfer window "slams shut" and Moyes walks because he sees the futility in the battle ahead, one man will come striding out the mist. Super Al, nay The King, with unwavering belief and cocksuredness knows he's the man to save them and prove those pesky Geordies wrong and Sunderland desperate for another boom-bust injection see just the man. What follows is a run of form to rival Derby in THAT ill-fated season and after 5...10 even, years of unbalance the universe is finally put to rights, with two of football's pariahs descending into the bowels of non-league pergatory in unholy matrimony.

Time to unlock/create a new Shelvey thread? He's back with a bang!

Riiiitchiiiieeeeeeee

Can we start a new thread called "Our Fans"? Why only 1? Just for this match, we can make another one after the next match too.

Can we start a new thread called "Our Fans"?

Just having Shelvey on the pitch improves the performance of other players too. It's imperative we wrap him in cotton wool and gag him when he's on the pitch!

Pelanty!!

Just Ando hating the world ffs

No quotes, no substance, rumour and conjecture if you ask me. Not worth getting wound up about until/if Rafa puts his foot down and leaves, then we can all lose our shit. Until that point I say we treat the Mirror with the contempt it deserves and usually gets.

Is Mitro fit?

A first generation PFM but I had nothing against the bloke. RIP Graham.