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fuck this goldfish mentality, man.

the same way as the Headless Horseman is a legend to Sleepy Hollow

You do have to probably accept he's here forever when he's earning himself another chance by failing to be beaten by Hull and Palace.

Neesy is human transcendence.

Steve Bruce cannot even contain himself to his seat when Ben Arfa is on the ball, such is his hate for the man and the disrest he has brought to the Hull dressing room

Depressing.

fucking hell, man.

You keep on saying that (no really, YOU KEEP ON SAYING THAT), and although it is the probably the most effective way to remove both the owner and the manager I'm guessing it would be an absolute nightmare logistically to pull off. I'm guessing that's why anyone trying to organise a protest would rightfully stay away from trying to pull it off, and instead opt for something a little more practical. Just a thought like.

Just seems weird that they're going on a spree of interviewing fan favourites who are giving glaring reviews of Pardew.

Are the Chronicle not loading these questions or something?

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Thing is, ask any fan in the country about their club's ownership and very few will be really happy - even those at clubs with mega rich owners spending crazy money are, in the main, not totally comfortable with it. Ours gets a lot of attention because he's a high profile retailer but other than him I'd struggle to name many, apart from the Glazers, Short and Gibson. Even the nutters at Hull, Cardiff and QPR's names escape me despite all the press they get. Our ownership is little more than symptomatic of what English football has become in the 21st century. We're certainly not unique. The manager issue is different. They do vary enormously. However for Saturday's protest to have failed so miserably, despite a year of poor results, last week's 4-0 hammering and being 2-0 down at home raises a lot of questions about how they went about it. It was a moment when they had everything going for them. My feeling is that Newcastle fans in the main are just sick of gimmicky protests and the embarrassment they cause. We've had poorly attended marches, mock funerals, open top buses, billboards etc. We've waved flags, banners etc and had more splinter protest groups than most could remember. It seems to achieve little more than bringing a few extra press vultures up from London for a weekend hoping to pile more ridicule on us. Backslapping each other about a well organised protest - which it obviously wasn't - and to have those who did want protest calling the 48,500 or so who didn't, "sheep", "cunts", "knackers" "idiots" or whatever is not really the way forward. Or maybe it is in their eyes ? What is needed is a sane, rational, non-gimmicky agenda which engages the majority of match attending supporters and the city in general. That or a practical, business savvy consortium like the original Magpie Group who would be taken seriously. Think the protest failed pretty much down to one thing. Sure, the Colloccini and others asking for backing and the stewards removing a proportion of flyers didn't help, also the mixed feelings of doing something that might affect the expression of support for Jonas and the team played a part. But I think the fact that it was suggested people do something at a specific time was a killer. People angry going into the ground felt thy needed to hold back before venting and it killed the mood. It's fine for a round of applause, but plenty were sitting on their hands waiting for a reaction at 5 minutes and when it was sporadic at best, like fuck were they going to hold up an A4 sheet and join in. Surely 5 minutes isn't that long? If you can't hold back for 5 minutes and are suddenly all fine and not angry anymore, you weren't angry enough to begin with. Held back for 69 minutes at the end of last year. Of course the abuse came almost immediately.

And this is the problem, and what I meant by Newcastle fans just not having the energy anymore. Whether or not anyone felt the protest was embarrassing or gimmicky, they had an opportunity to display their feelings towards Pardew and completely declined in doing so, instead deciding to "support the team." They didn't have to hold cards or banners, or ever adhere to the set 5 minute point for a protest, but just do something. The stage was set for their voices to be heard.

FWIW I don't think the current squad is good enough. I think there's a good chance of them going down even if we get rid of Pardew and replace him with a vastly more suitable manager due to the start he's given us, I wouldn't have said that about last years squad, or the one before that. The point still remains that Pardew needs to go, it's something the fans can directly play a part in, it's significantly more difficult to campaign against Ashley to sell the club, but I think driving his puppet out is a decent start.

Literally ask any Newcastle fan and they'll tell you the main problem is Mike Ashley, suggesting otherwise is pointless, I'm not ever sure why you would do it.

OK M8

I wish he'd stop saying "us", but sadly he knows that the soopafans will fall for it hook line and sinker. It'll be a lot easier for everyone else, from the playing staff to the groundsmen if he'd just fuck off.

Nobody will think everything is great when that happens, we'll accept it to a degree if results and performances under a new manager come, but even that has it's limits (look at the reactions to us signing no-one after finishing 5th). The problem is that Newcastle fans in general seem to just not have the energy any more to do anything, not that they don't understand what the problems are.

It was ridiculous man Sure he pulled off one similar against West Ham too.

He had some oddly brilliant technique at times like.

Especially considering the hooha around signing too many players from outside the league the season we were nearly relegated. 18 months later and we've done the exact same thing

It's funny as fuck People just kicking off and getting personal for literally no reason at all.

It's funny as fuck People just kicking off and getting personal for literally no reason at all.

He's responsible because he can easily walk. You agree he should be chased out so why argue over semantics? Pardew is to blame, Ashley is to blame, Charnley is to blame etc.