themanupstairs

He hates the West (Ham). Both really

Dubravka doesn't play in the PL

Still going for redemption eh? I admire your persistence sir

Hopefully Davie Selke. Not that we would get him, but I for one would be honored to "fall for it" for one day.

Never mind Promesing player Quincing at that price tag

Well it's certainly not going to work when the player in question is a lazy, unmotivated, self-obsessed flake.

Holy shit...it's already happening

Knowing our luck we would stay up by some miracle and dim-witted fans like the few we have on here will have a field day telling us how it was always Rafa's fault we struggled.

Question is, why do we keep falling for it? Define "we"? If you mean the fans then it makes no difference if we fall for it or not. The only thing it affects is opinions on social media and message boards.

Iheanacho Slimani Deeney Ings Chicharito Is Joel Campbell still at Real Betis? You can add Peter Crouch to that list

A pleasure? Do you watch NUFC? You deserve Mike Ashley

Unfortunately this looks like the best explanation.

Not sure if he ever played for Rafa when he was still at Chelsea but he will probably know the hard work asked of him. He's bottled it IMO.

This is true, without a shadow of a doubt.

He's a stoic professional doing his job. Not sure I'd want him kicking and screaming and hoying toys out the pram tbh.

It's close to where he is from and from looking at us from the outside, even with Rafa, we are a club 'run' by Mike Ashley. Would you join us ? Pardew has probably told him exactly what Ashley is like, hence the change of mind. Dude it's only a loan till the end of the season. He must be absolutely mad! It's the kind of decision I'd expect an English guy to make though. Pardew would have been sucking up to him, and he's probably got mates at West Brom. Completely daft. Yup. Pards probably called him "Dan the Man" in the first 5 seconds which sealed the deal. The player will have looked at both managers and thought, "fuck this, at least I can wing it with that other clown".

It's close to where he is from and from looking at us from the outside, even with Rafa, we are a club 'run' by Mike Ashley. Would you join us ? Pardew has probably told him exactly what Ashley is like, hence the change of mind. Or maybe he's a spineless fraud who's still living off of the glory of that season when they won the second place title. Spineless frauds tend to identify with one another.

Family in the area Makes sense as he'll want them around for company when stays home most days due to, you know, being injured.

No one's turning their nose up. What use is he however if he were to make about 3 appearances for us and spend the rest of the time injured? If those 3 appearances are wins for us then every use. Don't get me wrong, a fit Sturridge would instantly be our best player so I'm all for it (bling and swag and stupid dance aside).

No one's turning their nose up. What use is he however if he were to make about 3 appearances for us and spend the rest of the time injured? His dreadful fitness record is a genuine concern, but I'm fairly certain Rafa will have dug deep to know enough if he's strong enough to play at least 10 games for us.

Sturridge loan, keeper loan, that brazilian wizard for 15M, with Mitrovic sold and Woodman+Aarons loaned out. That's what I'm expecting because I quite like mIKE aSHLEY and I reckon he wants the best for us NUFC fans.

He is IMO (mentally at least). Obviously if he comes here I'll swallow cumloads of humble pie if he scores enough goals to keep us up.

I'm in total agreement with this midds. The thing is though, is there really anyone left in our fanbase who is placated by the illusion of effort? Apart from one or two idiots on social media, and the likes of Simon Jordan, no one falls for this effort anymore. I'm sure Ashley knows this by now and it still leaves me wondering what the end game is for him.

Did it look like an emotional send-off when he was subbed off?