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I've never fallen out with anyone. That lad appears to have anger issues with people who share a different opinion to him.

Why all the rage you silly little man

Plot has been well and truely lost here

Haha small man is still going If you want to continue to abuse me please take it to DM so we aren't clogging up the thread, there’s a good lad

No problem. I'd rather not engage with people of such little intellect as yourself. It gives me a headache. Stick me on ignore and I'll do the same you sensitive little soul

A response worthy of the utter simpleton that you are

That'll be the same Luton Town that we couldn't beat then. Mighty indeed

And we'd still have been absolutely rinsed

Going from 5th to 14th isn't just a case of "levelling off" I'm afraid. There's more to it than that.

If he stays and things are the same going into the end of September expect things to turn pretty toxic. When you're paying around £1k for a season ticket, as they charge nowadays, people won't put up with another season of turgid shit. When the club are demanding that you pay the sort of prices that they are charging, being at least entertained is minimum requirement.

@OpenC just reading there that Alnwicks manager has left after 5 years in the job.

I'm not after "perfection" at all but I also think that 21 defeats (and counting) in a season is too far away from perfection for my liking. The manner of these defeats, especially some of the more recent ones, are further cause for concern. As is the amount of money we spunked away last summer on utter garbage.

Big risk for Villa. It's not that long ago that they had to do a "Sunderland" and close down the upper tier when things weren't going well. They had a few sub 40k crowds last season as well. They have a decent sized fanbase but it's also a very fickle fanbase as well.

He supports Eddie Howe over Newcastle United. That's fair enough but the club is always above any individual in my eyes and that even extends to Kevin Keegan who is basically God to me.

Remember being at Hillheads in 1989 when he scored in a 2-0 win over Preston North End in the FA Cup 2nd round. John Motson was perched directly above us on some scaffolding doing the commentary in his legendary sheepskin coat.

It might be that he's simply burnt out. 4 and a half years is a long time to manage a football club at Premier League level. He's the 3rd longest serving manager in the league, aside from the 2 who are going head to head for the title and in that time he's had some pretty bad illnesses with the COVID and the pneumonia. It must be such a mentally draining job to do, managing a football club at such a high level which is why few managers stay at a club for more than a couple of years. It might be that he's simply running on empty. He does look so tired and low on energy if his recent press conferences and post match interviews are anything to go by. Certainly doesn't resemvle what he was like a year or 2 ago. His team is a reflection of that as they look the same, a couple even looking disinterested I think it's fair to say. I think in an ideal world he has the rest of the season and him and the club mutually decide to part ways. I don't want him going on too long and sacking him would just feel a bit wrong after what he's achieved here. Mutually parting ways after the Fulham game and quick decisive action (not that our board are known for that) in bringing in a top quality replacement would be my preference.

We went to watch Gateshead away at Carlisle on Good Friday. 735 Gateshead fans there and a good proportion were lads in the 14-19 ish age category, NUFC fans first and foremost who wanted to sample a proper away day. A few of my mates bairns 15/16 year olds went over on the train and had a brilliant day but they're NUFC fans first and foremost.

Apparently Bury had over 7,000 there at the weekend and they play in the 8th tier!

It's just an awful place to watch football. The bairn has played for their academy for the last 3 years and we get free season tickets because of it and in all those 3 years we've probably been about 10 times and they've had a good side for a lot of that time as well, winning the trophy and finishing in a Play Off place. It's just a shitty, soulless venue all round. Nowt really around it other that that Schooner pub and it's just impossible to create any sort of atmosphere being so far from the pitch. Away fans are always very critical of the place. If they had their own ground, a proper football ground, they'd be getting similar crowds to South Shields, if not a bit more given they play higher up the pyramid. Expecting people to pay £22 to sit in that place is just too big an ask for most. It's a shame because it's genuinely a cracking little football club.

Still remember Franz Carr's home debut v Watford in 1991. We had season tickets in the old family enclosure which was in the East Stand paddocks back then and loads of blokes standing in the queues to get into the East Stand chanting "He's black, he's broon, he plays for the Toon, Franz Carr, Franz Carr!" Litterally nobody batted an eyelid. It was just seen as totally normal behaviour at a football match. Yes it was 35 years ago (doesn't feel like it!) but just makes you realise how much things have changed for the better in that time. It's been mentioned but signing Andy Cole was a huge watershed moment for us regarding racism on the terraces. Since his signing in 1993 I've probably attended in excess of 700 NUFC games home and away and the only racist comment I've heard was aimed at Ruel Fox for missing an easy chance in an FA Cup match v Everton at Goodison in 1995 and he was shot down in flames instantly.

Is Ken Beattie not still chairman at Morpeth? He's got a few quid. Think he's a millionaire.

His nickname is Psycho.....

I didn't know much about him. He was a make weight in the Anderson transfer wasn't he? Howe will have watched him in training though and mustn't have fancied him so he was shipped out to Spain where he's done very well and we brought in Ramsdale.

Goalkeepers can win and lose you league titles that's how important they can be. Bless Pavel, I loved him to bits, but Keegan said himself if we'd had Schmeichel in 95/96 we win the Premier League. Pope has been on the decline since his last shoulder injury. He didn't come back from that as the same Keeper. Ramsdale is someone I've never been convinced by. He's openly admitted that he struggles to retain his concentration in games. Concentration for a goalkeeper is an absolutely crucial part of their game. Always felt he was a strange signing. I do think we'd be in a much better position had we just kept hold of Vlachodimos.

Goalkeepers and centre forwards are worth their weight in gold. One stops the opposition scoring and the other one does the damage down the other end. Having watched Sevilla around half a dozen times this season on the telly I'm fairly confident when I say had we not loaned them our goalkeeper and played him this season we'd have around 10 more points than we currently have. He's head and shoulders above these 2 planks we've had keeping goal for us this season.