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That would've gone down well here The thought of this place's reaction watching Peter Crouch turning out in the NUFC shirt

Every time I watch ManU they look dreary - they are bringing in the points but they really lack verve.

Wish I knew, tbf

Well, if that article is true, it means the club is genuinely looking far broader than the list of usual suspects. That's great news imho.

That huge grin

LinkedIN is so scary sometimes, I seem to have a second degree connection with this Ben Stevens fella.

Mike's usage of gifs, man. Top notch

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Wouldn't surprise me at all AP gets some kickback if he works the full month/year and that's what's holding it up

Meltdown.

Not Karanka, I spontaneously puke upon seeing his cunt Real Madrid face.

Currently ripping trees in the C'ship with 3 goals in 24 Honestly though, what happened to him? He's just 30 and has been playing like a pensioner for years now. He was a limited footballer but effective at what he did.

Spot on that.

During the run of games for which al pards was banned from the stadium, I was really happy that he wasn't polluting the touchline tbh. He was still our manager but it felt good not having him there. This is the real deal. He isn't our manager anymore and I'll be wanting us to beat Burnley as much as I'd want us beating Liverpool or the spackems. Fair enough, I was livid when Carver confronted the fans in order to defend the boss, though. Having a Barça manager that squared off with the fans would be something I could hardly put up with. Mourinho started lose the Madrid fans when he had a go at the Bernabéu fans too. We have a saying in Spanish football; "The fans are sovereign" ("la afición es soberana"). If they boo you, you take it and vow to win them back.

Fuck me, that's me wishing NUFC loses their next game again. There's no escape, is there?

Obviously Ronaldinho has been far more important for Barça, since he spearheaded our revival in the 2000s. We wouldn't be where we are now without him. Maradona didn't actually change the club much, that wouldn't happen until Cruyff. I'd say Messi > Maradona, but I'm not a Napoli fan, and that's where he peaked.

He was amazing, we would've won the league in 1984 had Goikoetxea not crocked him, which would've been our first title in 10 years. We weren't the team we are now, back then. Until Messi, I had never seen a single player in our shirt pulling the kind of ridiculous shit Maradona did (Ronny had a different style).

I guess Hoodle could fill the raging lunatic quota left by Kinnear's absence. I'll pray for Jémez, although I doubt he'd leave Rayo in the middle of the season. Unlike some other manager.

He was brilliant, make no mistake. Injury and problems with the board prevented him from being one of our greats.

I did see him play live. I'm old enough. I had him instead of Iniesta at first, but at the end I tried to make a "realistic" team, and Andrés brought more balance.

Yet I get drunk because you sold Alan Pardew.

I'll restrict it to players I have watched/seen full games in tape. Valdés Alves Puyol Koeman Barjuan Neeskens Xavi Iniesta Cruyff Ronaldo Messi I'm sorry for Diego, but I just can't break Xavi-Iniesta

For the life of me I can't come up with a Barça best all-time XI. Too many players that I can't drop (Diego, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Cruyff, Ronaldo...) Also, Ney being Ney.

Seeing the thread title going back to just "Alan Pardew" scared the shit out of me for a moment, thought the deal might be off