Wallsendmag

Pretty much this for me. Once the ref blows for FT that's a line drawn under the season (at home anyway). If you think their efforts for the season deserve a further 20 mins or so of your time to wait back and say thanks then that's what you should do. If you don't then that's fine and get yourself on your way back to the pub and beat the queues. Personal choice really. As long as no daft twats boo (regardless of the result) I don't see an issue. I'd reckon around 30k or so will remain in their seats after FT. I Don't expect we'll get a repeat of SBRs last season after that Wolves game when fewer than 10k stayed back after a 5th placed finish. I think there's more goodwill for this team than that one.

Let's never forgot these cunts were right at the front of the queue of dissenters to Masters when PIF were trying to rescue us from 14 years of Mike Ashley. Rolling over on Sunday and sending them into the bottom 3 with 2 games remaining for them would be pretty poetic.

After Villa threw the game v Spurs I wouldn't mind us doing the same on Sunday to level the scores up. Spurs getting relegated is likely a once in a lifetime event (never happened in my 48 years) and it's an opportunity that shouldn't be allowed to pass. Of course it's partly in jest but if we do get beat this would definitely be the least bothered I've ever been over a loss.

Leicester were the 9th team up until 2009 and now they're back there again.

Still remember when we beat his Liverpool team 3-0, Andy Cole getting a hattrick and everyone mockingly chanting "Souness for Sunderland!". That's how bad he was

He was brought in to get the "brat pack" of Dyer, Jenas, Bramble, Bellamy under control iirc as there was a feeling that they were taki g the piss out of SBR (think Dyer admitted years later that they were) but it was a totally misguided appointment. Remember one of my mates being so pissed off about it that he actually wrote to the club and Souness agreed to meet him to answer his concerns.

This is how the mackems seen their team off to the Play Offs last season. This was their lap of honour for their last home league game of the season after a terrible run of form at the end of the season. Went on to win the Play Offs. Players aren't as arsed about stuff like that as people think.

Now what's given you that idea?

Played well for about 10 minutes. Then Sunderland decided to turn up and we promptly shrunk onto our shells.

Surely can't be any worse than the home game v these last season can it? Seriously though. They need to win. We don't. I think they'll beat us. Wilson will probably score.

Not sure. I'm 50/50. I do think whatever happens it'll be his decision though.

It is a job for them. You get the odd exception but your average Premier League footballer isn't emotionally invested in the football club in the same way as you are. Arguably the best atmosphere and support they received this season was at home to Sunderland and they didn't appear to be all that interested. It certainly didn't motivate or inspire them.

Why?

They're probably not all that arsed about stuff like that. The display and reception they got as they entered the pitch v Sunderland was absolutely spine tingling (God knows how much time and effort went into all that) then they played like they couldn't give a shit. You have the odd exception, Bruno for example, but for most of them it's just a profession. That's why I could never understand so many people kicking off with Gordon and Botman for wishing Isak well. He was a work mate of theirs who supposedly was going on to better things in their eyes. They don't see things the way we see them. I suspect they'll just want the season over with so that they can either go off to the World Cup or on holiday with their families.

Aye been happening for years tbf. The amount depends on the scoreline obviously. Remember Barry Venison having a pop at the fans in the family enclosure for sloping off well before the end of a 2-0 win v Watford in our 92/93 Promotion season

Hope Trippier gets the send off he deserves (tempted to get a ticket for that alone) but I'm not sure how much appetite there'll be from the fanbase to watch them parading around the pitch with their wives and kids in tow afterwards. I expect people will start to drift away on 80 mins as usual (earlier if it's similar to West Ham H last season) and then a massive exodus at FT. Think the stands will be very sparse after that but we shall see. Maybe I'll be surprised. Most people just can't wait to see the back of this season.

I have a feeling your feeling may prove correct. Forget the performances and the results for a minute there's justsomething different about him now when you compare his interviews and press conferences from a few years ago. Not sure if he's just genuinely knackered, or if he's lost his mojo a bit but his press conferences and pre match interviews just seem to lack that bit spark that they used to. As a supporter they don't really give you the belief that he can turn this around. Always remember that clip in the dressing room before the Man Utd game when he said, "If they want a quick game then we'll give them a fucking quick game!!" You couldn't fail to get pumped up as a player the way he was going on in there. We tore them to bits that day. Wonder if he's still like that? Not sure if he is. I actually do hope he walks after the Fulham game. I think he probably has run his course here but at the same time I don't want to see him sacked either (I don't think he gets sacked in the summer regardless fwiw) so that's best case scenario for me.

What have you heard like?

They'd played twice since we last played.

Poor Forest have just played 3 games in 6 days. Don't know where they found the energy from for that late equaliser. They should have been running on empty by then.

If Howe was playing today we don't concede that late equaliser mind. He gets the clearance off.

Fair enough I don't go to away games these days (only done Leverkusen this season which was excellent tbf) but lads I know who still travel say it's been absolutely shite this season. Ticket checks have fucked it sadly meaning those who sit in silence at home games can now go down the road and do the same there. Nowhere near as many young radge cunts as what thwre used to be. Only really heard us twice on the telly today. We are the Geordies, the Geordie boot boys, and Who's that team..

Assume he hasn't included Ramsdale cos he'll be sent packing in a couple of weeks!

Think Shearer put him right and he's been sound ever since.

Agree it's centre forward or nothing for him.