Dr.Spaceman

Fuck off you

My fucking god, forget I mentioned Pardew and Bruce, especially if you're not going to read the full post.

It would be better with a cardboard cutout in charge of the team, but that's not the point.

Yep. I'm in the camp where I don't want him sacked because I think he's someone we can ride peaks and troughs with, and we're still trying to understand where we should be as a club right now with several big moments just round the corner (new stadium, league rule changes). Plus I don't think we'll be able to attract a better manager right now, someone who we can envisage being at the club for longer than 3 years. I don't want an Ancelotti at Everton situation where we bring someone in who is just waiting for a better opportunity to present itself, I want Eddie Howe or someone like him to be working with everyone at the club, pulling in the same direction for the next 6/7 years.

We looked at the bigger picture with Pardew, we looked at the bigger picture with Bruce but when it comes to Eddie Howe we're not allowed to do that and we just have to be happy that we're not fighting relegation. I'm not for one second saying Eddie is anywhere near their levels, he's not, he's several levels above, but we shouldn't move the goalposts just because we like the guy.

Any manager and any set of players but sometimes we still play like we've got Luuk De Jong and Sylvain Marveaux out there. I reckon we'd sign Mbappe and he somehow only be a 1 in 3 striker for us.

He's got to be wondering if he's made the right decision here...

Our slump coincided with him appearing less arsed. He was everything for us at one point.

Nah, we'll end up with Jose and in that scenario I'd rather stick with Eddie.

We've been shit since before then

Fuck me, is Eddie Howe in a coma or something, that starting 11 is class

Is he having a conversation with himself there?

Ha that wasn't deliberate

Seemingly fuck all we can do because they're by and large good old white men.

We let him go on a free to QPR in the Championship, not Leicester in the PL fwiw.

Christ, Reading won the cup in 87/88, the same year they were relegated into the third tier

Define playing well, because this suggests we were on top. I thought we started the much better side but they came back into it and it was a much more even game after the goal.

im not surprised that was uploaded when stuff like this has been...

I still get Ryan Taylor PTSD and will never forget the whole Bassong red card followed by a very audible "We're shit, and we're sick of it" for a good portion of the second half. The trip was good though, quite enjoyed the tent they had out the back of the away end

That cup game was a bit of an eye opener like. Not overly familiar with the area around their ground but the contrast is quite stark. I absolutely love our location and think that is something we have to preserve as best we can (I think we can potentially make it even better if Leazes Park happens) but there's felt like something Gateshead Council would have put together in the 80's and it's next to nothing.

Would love a trip to Bolton or Wigan for that mid-00's nostalgia trip. Ah, Bolton are already out. Wigan away then please!

I'd rather have the Welsh one