Neil

Great from Henderson

I'm warming to you Kaka, you're a.... character.

Fucking hell!!!!!!

Sterling anytime 15/8

So fucking predictable.

Kaka you shambles.

Hahahahaha glory hunting cunts.

Who has Siggy playing? End the league now.

Did a bird actually shit in Ashley Young's mouth?

I echo the 18th/19th.

With Barkley out and Lukaku Mirallas Coleman all arguably not match fit, away to a newly promoted side on the first day? Brave.

guys, just come on. No need.

It's here.

Also, what a boring fucking existence it is "aiming" for 7th, 8th, whatever. If you only cared about league position, save yourself the frustration, anger, disbelief, joy, heartache of a 38 game season, and just pop along in May to see how your team did. Football is about seeing your team get at teams, entertain, look to get somewhere. They may fall short but if football is simply about finishing in a mid table position and being pleased with it, then sign me out.

About £20m of ther spending this summer was player sales the previous year. They are trousering the TV cash too "But look at them buying Lukaku, where'd they get the money from?!" Expect our fans to be told how we can't grumble at all. Know your place.

Good run by Nacho. Almost the Monreal Screwjob.

Except that fact does fuel a lot of the invective. Aye, Shay Given, Paul Bracewell and Barry Venison all used to get the same. Don't talk bollocks. Thanks for your valuable insight into our local rivalry. Opposition to him, from page 1 in this thread, has routinely been about him being a Mackem and his antics after scoring against us, as if what he did was some crime against humanity. You yourself have called him a "Geordie traitor" or something to that effect at least a couple times in this thread. It's small-time and petty. There wouldn't be nearly as much opposition to him as a Newcastle player had he not played for Sunderland. He'd just be a totally inoffensive, boring player we signed on a free. Eh? Of course the opposition is about what he did after scoring, and generally being a complete cunt to our supporters every time his new manager has let them walk all over us. That's very different to just playing for them. If you say so. I'm not at all convinced. And even if that is the case, it's still petty. Being petty over these rivalries is what being a football fan is all about, no matter who you support. Arsenal fans wouldn't dream of putting up with an Arsenal fan who had previously mocked them wearing a Spurs shirt. Bayern Munich fans campaigned fervently against Manuel Neuer's purchase because he had played for Schalke and mocked Oliver Kahn, and some still maintain that he is not allowed to approach a certain area of the ground as part of their demands for putting up with him. This is football in Europe and it's not changing any time soon. And football is much the better for it. A time when football isn't a little bit irrational, full of arguments and passion, is the day I couldn't give a fuck about it.

Kaka seems to be blending both delusion and unjustified arrogance very well. For that, I applaud him. Your team's shit, mind.

We tend to leave that to Dave.

I don't think needing a set number of people should come into this fwiw. Would be great to have as many people as possible there, however the tournament/match is organised. The more the merrier, be it regular meet-up attendees, to first-timers. Everyone's genuinely really canny as well, for those thinking about whether to go or not. Don't mind helping out with organising stuff. Think we should suggest a couple of dates in October and see what has the most interest.

Or at least think of the Stewart's.

Is genuinely the funniest thing I've read on here in weeks. Cheers Stif.

What am I actually reading?

Anderson, you need to take a long hard look at yourself.

This shit is getting quoted.