Mattoon

Need Everton to score first or it'll be lights out, no fight whatsoever

The BBC man, terrible fact finding "...could be relegated on Tuesday..." I think you'll find it's today, Wednesday and "...is for Sunderland to get a maximum of a point at home to Everton and at Watford on Sunday..." that would put them on equal points with us if we win but with a far superior goal difference so we'll still be down. KK though, can't help but love the guy, went in too easy on McClaren though, the guy deserves to shoulder a lot of the blame.

I'm more worried about Ashley binning him than him wanting to leave I think the former is the more likely than the latter.

if there's ever been a moment where ashley has an epiphany it should be this, there's literally no better option than them offering benitez a blank cheque and saying "please run the football club for us, we have no idea how to do it, little mike will do whatever you tell him" He's not capable of epiphany or contrition and if Rafa does stay it'll just end badly. That's not to say I don't want him to its just I'm of the mentality that unless there's wholesale change I can't be excited about literally anything NUFC Yeah, I'm mean I'm not really expecting Ashley to do that, it's just what you might expect a normal human being to do. This is it 100% for me, if they want to save what little is left of NUFC then they need to pull out all the stops to keep Rafa and have him run the club the way a club should be run. If our worst fears are to materialise and it's business as usual with Benitez being asked to leave/not being begged to stay then they'll destroy what little was left and drive us off a cliff. Only time will tell but if Ashley values his ownership of the club then he has to see this is last chance saloon, for the club and it's supporters.

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I'd like to think (always gets me in trouble) that the signing of Benitez was the regime realising that a group of players can only be as good as the man in charge. It wouldn't surprise me if they brought some no-mark in but they need to choose carefully if not Rafa, they must recognise this by now.

I've barely even mustered the effort to watch us on the TV, I have been that disenchanted with the club. Rafa gave me some passion and hope back, I felt gutted on Saturday and wasn't a pleasant person to be around but I was fine the next day. It was more the disappointment that I felt for Benitez than anything else. If Benitez stays then I won't care a jot what league were in, I'm still watching Newcastle United play football and I might actually get to witness a few wins next season. If it's not Rafa then I'm not sure I'll bother at all other than a few fleeting glances at the score and the table.

As much as I agree with this and we should let them rot for what has happened I'm afraid that would cause a poisonous atmosphere and be counterproductive to what we want to achieve.

This, he's maticulous in everything he does, he won't sit on his laurels or allow anyone else to do so, if he wants to stay he'll let it be known straight away along with a documented plan of what needs to happen and how and he'll want it decided asap.

Unless it's Rafa and with a statement of intent I'm done, I can't take another summer of silence while watching us be asset stripped under the safe hands of Peter bloody Beardsley.

Can we have Alan Rickman, David Bowie or even Prince back in place of this salad dodger please?

Can imagine Ashley binning him off and slapping a gagging order on him then blaming him for leaving.

Best outcome now is Rafa stays, we go the whole season in the Championship unbeaten meanwhile Pardew's Palace, Fat Sam and the Paedo army and the inbred smoggies all get relegated.

He should be one of the first out of the club, along with Charnley and Moncur. Absolutely right. A chairman, Benitez and a hand full of scouts, why do we need so many on the board? Sack them all off and pay Benitez what he wants to rebuild, simple.

Time for this guy to go, save a wage, let Rafa have free reign, as it makes sense it probably won't happen like.

The table says it got worse!

The Championship is no better than it was the last time we went down. Possibly, but we've no heart, or the experience we had then, in this squad. We said in 2009 that we had a bunch of gutless, useless players and would never come back up. I think we've got a core of a few players that would really do a job in the Championship. One thing for certain, I'd rather be in the championship with Rafa than the premiership with Fat Sam. Guaranteed Sunderland will be baying for blood next season and 100% they'll go down without the guaranteed points from us.

We're done, dead and buried, just finish the season now ffs. Thanks Rafa, you tried your best but at the end of the day the players just weren't good enough, only Ashley and Charnley to blame for that. I hope Rafa stays but don't blame him if he runs a mile from this club at the first opportunity.

And I'm done

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/06/cameroon-international-patrick-ekeng-dies-after-collapsing-on-pi/ Horrible news.

I have full faith in Rafa, he'll have the team well drilled for tomorrow, no complacency and if it's not going to plan he'll know what to do to rectify that. The only thing we can't control is the other games, that we'll have to wait for. We should, can and will beat Villa because of Benitez's influence.

The train wreck that was Pardew and NUFC obviously made him reevaluate his career and have a new found appreciation for the game.

doesn't get old We had an autistic kid in my shop the other day, stood looking at the games on our back counter. One of my staff members lent over the counter and said to him "what you looking at there buddy?" He looked him right I'm the eye and defiantly said "I'm not your buddy!" and walked away, he was in shock, we were in tears.

WE PAID HIM TO LEAVE!

I've always maintained the coaching setup and the implementation of a "that'll do" philosophy has destroyed our players. I do however believe that the players need to shoulder some of the blame, now they have a chance to redeem themselves under a world class tutor it's in their hands now.