PineBarrens

Nah, only Cisse misses sitters.

How long are Gouffran and Sissoko allowed to be dogshit before they can be dropped?

"But this is a football club, remember — it's about passion, about dreams, about glory. If it's not, then why bother?" - Mike Ashley (2008)

I'm sure Sir John Hall is on record as stating that Mike Ashley told him the reason he wanted to buy NUFC was to assist in promoting Sports Direct overseas. It'll be a beautiful day when he leaves this club.

I don't know how representative of general opinion this forum is, but when I read threads like this I do worry about another post-Keegan meltdown, which won't do anyone any good.

 

This will no doubt fall on deaf ears, but can I point out two things -

 

Having an aim of finishing in the top ten means that 10th place is the minimum standard. It doesn't mean that you don't care whether you finish higher.

 

Prioritising the League against the Cups is what every Premiership club and most Championship clubs do. The only difference is that the club acknowledged it when asked a direct question in a fans forum.

 

We already know what Ashley's strategy is, because it was made clear at the start. He won't pay over the odds for established players - he'll go for young players who can be developed or players at the end of their contracts. The club itself will not run at a loss.

 

It's a long-term strategy. I'm not sure how well it will work, but unless you're prepared to pay huge amounts of money, there's no quick way of getting beyond the point we're at at this moment. The boom and bust Freddie Shepherd way is not the better alternative.

This ladies and gentlemen, as an ideal for living is an exercise in cowardice, failure and knowing your place.

Just walk away, Rene.

Their manager is far better than ours.

What a day of celebration it'll be when this cowardly, mendacious spenk finally fucks off.

One more time big fella.

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

Who's this tit? Sheer, unadulterated frustration at yet another failed opportunity to push on. Nah, we don't deserve to lose, especially not against that rabble.

Payback time against the dressing room log dropper.

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

'We'??  Who is 'We'?

I'm glad you asked Flartyblartclart, above the childish retorts and affronted fellows. To clarify, a derby defeat tomorrow (which would sicken my 'soul') would be deserved only in the sense of our inertia-filled, incompetent owner and not in our, quite frankly beyond stoic fanbase, or at least when it suits (says nowt about booing the team off against Everton at half-time 96-97 or after the 3-4 O-Brien own goal Charlton game).

It's been a while since we've had a good superfan.

 

It's not a pean from a sooperfan Yorkie, but when arseholes attempt to belittle or demean the current situation then it needs redressed.

 

"The current situation".

 

You've supported us 40 years did you say? We've finished above where we are now about 10 times I'd say in that time. God help you the other 30.

No, at no point did I assert such a thing. However, if you state that because I've had the good fortune to follow NUFC through far rougher times then now then that renders present misgivings redundant, no? Good game, this.

I'll still be there tomorrow supporting just like in April 92 against Portsmouth unlike you, you fairweather chisel.

 

support

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verb

gerund or present participle: supporting

1.

bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

"the dome was supported by a hundred white columns"

synonyms: hold up, bear, carry, prop up, keep up, bolster up, brace, shore up, underpin, buttress, reinforce More

2.

give assistance to, especially financially.

"the government gives £2,500 million a year to support the voluntary sector"

synonyms: help, aid, assist; More

back, champion, give help to, help, assist, aid, be on the side of, side with, favour, prefer, abet, aid and abet, encourage;

vote for, ally oneself with, stand behind, fall in with, stand up for, defend, take someone's part, take up the cudgels for;

sponsor, vouch for, second, promote, endorse, sanction, approve of, give one's blessing to, smile on;

informalstick up for, throw one's weight behind

antonyms: oppose

provide with a home and the necessities of life.

"my main concern was to support my family"

synonyms: provide for, provide sustenance for, maintain, sustain, keep, take care of, look after More

give approval, comfort, or encouragement to.

"the proposal was supported by many delegates"

synonyms: give moral support to, give strength to, be a source of strength to, comfort, bring comfort to, sustain, encourage, buoy up, hearten, fortify, console, solace, give sympathy to, reassure, succour, soothe; More

antonyms: neglect, abandon

be actively interested in and concerned for the success of (a particular sports team).

"fans should always support their team fully, no matter what"

(of an actor or role) of secondary importance to the leading roles in a play or film.

adjective: supporting

"the production's greatest successes are in the main supporting roles"

(of a pop or rock group or performer) function as a secondary act to (another) at a concert.

3.

suggest the truth of; corroborate.

"the studies support our findings"

synonyms: substantiate, back up, give force to, give weight to, bear out, corroborate, confirm, attest to, verify, prove, validate, authenticate, endorse, ratify, document More

antonyms: contradict, undermine

4.

produce enough food and water for; be capable of sustaining.

"the land had lost its capacity to support life"

5.

endure; tolerate.

"at work during the day I could support the grief"

synonyms: endure, bear, put up with, tolerate, stand, abide, suffer, stomach, brook, sustain, shoulder, weather More

6.

(of a computer or operating system) allow the use or operation of (a program, language, or device).

"the new versions do not support the graphical user interface standard"

 

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

Oh, so that's what support means? It's rocked my worldview and redefined everything I once thought I knew. While you're there mate, what does 'boiled onions' mean? In a post-Woodstock world, nothing seems to matter anymore. I blame Richie Havens...

It's been a while since we've had a good superfan.

It's not a pean from a sooperfan Yorkie, but when arseholes attempt to belittle or demean the current situation then it needs redressed.

 

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

theres a level of s****, below shitty s***, you've reached it.

 

That level below is a rancid apologist of this regime - that is you.

yet you reckon we deserve to lose before a balls been kicked ? pull your lip off the floor man and behave like a grown up.

 

f*** off with that s****, I was there at Wrexham and there on New Year's Day 1992 but I won't put with this nonsense from a fat, inconsiderate nobhead any longer - more fool you.

don't put up with it then.

 

We missed you in May 1968.

it was my 1st birthday, what did I miss, did your dad say we deserved to get beat off the mackems before kick off ?

Oh how we laughed at 'the spectacle' before us.

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

 

Please go away, thanks.

 

Come back when you've supported this club through thick and thin, tit.

 

Is this you supporting through thick and thin then?  Sober the f*** up.

I'll still be there tomorrow supporting just like in April 92 against Portsmouth unlike you, you fairweather chisel.

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

 

Please go away, thanks.

Come back when you've supported this club through thick and thin, tit.

 

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

theres a level of s****, below shitty s***, you've reached it.

 

That level below is a rancid apologist of this regime - that is you.

yet you reckon we deserve to lose before a balls been kicked ? pull your lip off the floor man and behave like a grown up.

 

f*** off with that s****, I was there at Wrexham and there on New Year's Day 1992 but I won't put with this nonsense from a fat, inconsiderate nobhead any longer - more fool you.

don't put up with it then.

We missed you in May 1968.

 

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

theres a level of s****, below shitty s***, you've reached it.

 

That level below is a rancid apologist of this regime - that is you.

yet you reckon we deserve to lose before a balls been kicked ? pull your lip off the floor man and behave like a grown up.

Fuck off with that shite, I was there at Wrexham and there on New Year's Day 1992 but I won't put with this nonsense from a fat, inconsiderate nobhead any longer - more fool you.

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

theres a level of s****, below shitty s***, you've reached it.

That level below is a rancid apologist of this regime - that is you.

Nobody after Gouffran 'coward in derbies' or Shola 'last scored in 2012'? Weird.

We deserve to lose tomorrow.

I want him to die.

May as well not have been playing, doesn't deserve to start at the moment.

You are allowed to change your mind, but there are plenty of people who don't write players off as 'worse than Danny Simpson' after a few dodgy games in a new league in an underperforming team .

 

It happens time and time again and people still discount the amount of time it takes to adapt.

Exactly, it's called not being a reactionary idiot, the kind that made life hard for Beresford, Warren Barton and Darren Peacock.