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How's his GRAFT?!

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It's because they're not that bothered about getting the deals done, simple as that. Never have been, never will be. If we're sailing close to relegation in January they'll panic and make signings, like they did with Shelvey/Townsend, or Debuchy/Sissoko etc. Bare Minimum Football Club, that's us.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-pardew-newcastle-united-cant-5747224 They're similar to those quotes tbh, no need to say it and designed to downplay expectations and make his job easier. Google "Pardew Newcastle can't compete" and check out the many, many instances where Pardew wanted to tell us who were bigger than us. This is the first time Bruce has said it but it won't be the last. And the other clubs he references will most likely get smaller and smaller.

You could take it as a statement of ambition. Acknowledging that we're not going to be competing with Liverpool or Manchester City this season isn't the crime of the century. Going after a cup is a decent goal for a club in our position with our current ownership and manager. Again, can any of you disagree with anything he's said in that quote? Why are you carrying on like you've not been around watching the situation intently for the last 12 years Ashley has been here? It's all about context rather than taking his quotes at face value. I've seen very similar quotes from Ashley and Pardew down the years but then we never even try in the cups, or ever have a vaguely exciting league season as the likes of Wolves have recently without breaking the top 6. I disagree with the quotes because there's no need to talk us down versus other clubs and I don't believe him regarding the cups. I just don't think we need to vilify the guy for a fairly innocuous quote stating the obvious when there's so much more to go after him with. Fucking ManDoon Exactly, just playing in to the deluded geordie rhetoric. What?

You could take it as a statement of ambition. Acknowledging that we're not going to be competing with Liverpool or Manchester City this season isn't the crime of the century. Going after a cup is a decent goal for a club in our position with our current ownership and manager. Again, can any of you disagree with anything he's said in that quote? Why are you carrying on like you've not been around watching the situation intently for the last 12 years Ashley has been here? It's all about context rather than taking his quotes at face value. I've seen very similar quotes from Ashley and Pardew down the years but then we never even try in the cups, or ever have a vaguely exciting league season as the likes of Wolves have recently without breaking the top 6. I disagree with the quotes because there's no need to talk us down versus other clubs and I don't believe him regarding the cups. I just don't think we need to vilify the guy for a fairly innocuous quote stating the obvious when there's so much more to go after him with. Fucking ManDoon When it's exactly the same bullshit we've been fed from Ashley and his lackeys for many, many years now, I respectfully disagree

You could take it as a statement of ambition. Acknowledging that we're not going to be competing with Liverpool or Manchester City this season isn't the crime of the century. Going after a cup is a decent goal for a club in our position with our current ownership and manager. Again, can any of you disagree with anything he's said in that quote? Why are you carrying on like you've not been around watching the situation intently for the last 12 years Ashley has been here? It's all about context rather than taking his quotes at face value. I've seen very similar quotes from Ashley and Pardew down the years but then we never even try in the cups, or ever have a vaguely exciting league season as the likes of Wolves have recently without breaking the top 6. I disagree with the quotes because there's no need to talk us down versus other clubs and I don't believe him regarding the cups.

I doubt the managers of Wolves, Everton, West Ham or Leicester are prattling on about not being able to compete with the top 6 in the press. Besides the fact it is not a helpful attitude for the manager of the club to be broadcasting in public, it's a diversion tactic - distract attention from our self-imposed ceiling by pointing about 10 places upwards moaning that something nobody expects us to achieve is unachievable. The manager shouldn't be commenting on what we can't do, trying to lower expectations before a ball is even kicked. He's a self-serving loser, like Pardew was. And unsurprisingly it's the same strawman bullshit argument his new boss peddles in the press whenever interviewed.

I've not been looking much at Bruce's quotes tbh but it seems we're back to the Pards-esque message that we should all be delighted to make up the numbers in the Premier League, all of this after Benitez had been saying we should aim for miles better with sensible investment. No wonder people are furious. I don't care enough to be furious right now, but not happy I'll have to listen to that self-defeating patter all over again.

The time to make small concessions to Rafa had been and gone before they started discussing a new contract. He was backed fairly well the first summer after we dropped down, not that we weren't in massive profit in net spend terms but he was allowed to overhaul the squad and buy who he thought he needed regardless of age or whatever. That's how it should be, you hire the manager and you back him within your means and within reason. What followed was inexplicable but not surprising - Ashley bringing in his mate Justin Barnes who nobody really knows anything about other than him being described as "abrasive" in the press. And what do you know, suddenly we couldn't get any deals done anymore and Rafa had to put up with their bullshit for 4 consecutive transfer windows, seemingly being given some leeway at last for Almiron in the last window. So Ashley backed himself into the corner of having to make big guarantees to Rafa and it seems to me like there wasn't much said that didn't indicate more of the same. Having to battle against Ashley and his mates even to make steady progress, and nobody can blame him for walking out. We'll look back on it wondering how Rafa was our manager for so long under Ashley tbh.

They've clearly spent weeks coming up with something that is vaguely believable when coupled with Ashley's "oim just a normal flawed bloke" routine. Not surprising if it's swallowed by those only keeping one eye on the situation, but utterly depressing that there are actual fans of the club that stlll haven't realised the only consistent behaviours with this bloke are deceit, greed and self interest. Any excuse not to make a difficult decision.

Unfortunately I think mike is right on this one. Hahahahaha Anybody taking what Ashley says at face value is completely mental like, if they've been paying any attention whatsoever.

The bit about Ashley funding half of the Joelinton fee out of his own pocket, I'm guessing that still stands and if/when it is shown not to be the case in the accounts than Martin Fat Cunt Samuel will be absolutely desperate to grill him for answers on why not.

Just read through all of that It's actually quite concerning how easy he finds it to continually lie through his fucking teeth. He's a sociopath.

Love Tin Tin me like

someone get iz a Guylian

How very apt given how incredibly fucking cryptic it is where our currency goes year after year.

Anybody who didn't cancel 3 weeks ago like he did is the scum of the earth man, keep up.

Similarly "give him a chance" as he hasn't managed to fuck it up here yet, ignoring his shit record at other clubs which is the only info we have

Yep, this. We're back to a bloke telling us black is white for his own benefit.

Can't be coincidence that there's only really been widespread criticism / mockery of our transfer record not being broken under Ashley for around the last twelves months I'd say, then it gets broken twice in the space of six months.

Fucking hell, what a meathead.

It'll be the spitting image of the house Del Boy moved into after becoming a millionaire.