Pilko

If we still had any of the other shit managers that came before it'd be Chris Iwelumo and Emmerson Boyce.

I think Anita.

Thank God he had this urge with Rafa and not with Carver

Getting beaten convincingly by a lower division side a few weeks before the season starts... Pardew loves it.

19 year old kid raised under Pardew and Carver bangs in 20 goals for a mid-table League One side and people are writing him off. He might not be quite ready for our first team but how you can definitely say he won't be any good is fucking ludicrous. Brain surgeons we have on this forum.

Ryan Taylor was our utility player the last time we got relegated. Anita will be such a massive asset in this division being able to play three or four positions. He's got more talent in his big toe than he ever had.

Wonder if he has a good season if he'll get a new deal?

The amount of Mackem families I see at the airport who've clearly just dropped 200 notes at the club shop is staggering. Two generations of misery clad in red and white.

feck

Wear an eyepatch on your left eye, or alternatively poke it out with a stick.

Redknapp has too so he's talking shit.

I think Sterry will emerge this year. Looks like a competent footballer and has a good attitude.

I think you misunderstand me. The result and team performance was a shambles, but because he didn't get many touches and was 'hauled off' early (copyright RTG 2011), he took a lot of the blame for the team and the general poorness of display. I remember that game well and we were set up horribly. Cisse was more isolated than the front bit of Steve's barnet and our most attacking player was Janmaat.

I think he was heavily scapegoated for the West Ham (a) shambles. Before that he looked good against Northampton (lol), Man U as a sub and played an odd false 9 role when Mitrovic got sent off vs Arsenal early doors. Admittedly he was so, SO poor in the Sheffield Wed defeat that he deserved dropping for a bit. But he simply never got another chance despite our permanently shit form.

I'd like to keep him. He looked shit but was written off way too quickly.

Can someone please do a white loafer bannister photoshop job with that?

Yeah we usually line up against Raggy Arse Rovers and we're lucky to score once.

about time he slid into obscurity, the fucking useless melt.

Great news. I'm 6'7, so I'm waiting by the phone for that maiden call up. Although I'm tempted to use my San Marinan ancestry to play for them instead.

Surprised they'd consider Phelan for the job. Especially after he stole all that money from Jason's builders yard.

McClaren to Hull, Brewce to Sunderland please.

Allardyce getting the England job and the return of Brewce to Sunderland would be so fucking funny.

A paraplegic guy in the crowd. Yeah, apparently Siem was quite cut up about it.

Why not? When have you ever seen a referee reverse a decision following an appeal from a player? It literally never happens so the players might as well suck it up and get on with the game. I've seen referees consult with linesmen when players have appealed before. Rugby is fucking shit and the fans get so high and mighty because the players are so "polite", even though they gouge each others eyeballs out whenever they fancy.

Shouldn't go as far as rugby where you're not even allowed to appeal for a decision, but hopefully if they enforce it it'll stop Chelsea/Man U etc crowding the referee all the time.