ExiledGeordie

That's very well summed up. The club has been turned into a Sports Direct football club where the notion of competing, creating exciting football, aiming at a cup has been completely discarded. The staff are clearly all on bonuses for target related goals but its not about the nature of the football, it's about just how much you can trim costs but still bring in the same flow of cash.

This reflects my sentiments too since moving upto Scotland and this regime sucking my passion for the club I watch at home or in a bar and can't even muster any excitement at a goal or a win...or do I despair at a defeat it's just complete apathy 10 years ago life was so different I moved back here from London to study in 2012 and my enthusiasm has gradually been whittled away. Never thought I'd be in a situation where I live a 20 min walk from St James yet it doesn't even cross my mind to go anymore. Tragic really.

I believe in this 100% and I'm surprised it never gets mentioned in public debate. For me certain aspects of football clubs (badge, colours, stadium name etc) should be protected in the same way that listed buildings are. And more than that, changes within the ground and on the outside should be subject to planning permission with fans having a chance to object. Like you say, football clubs are more than just businesses and a stadium isn't like a branch of a retail store. Great points raised there. This is one of the things which really fucks me off about Ashley. The utter contempt for the heartbeat of the club and its relationship to the region and it's a big two fingers to everything that NUFC stands for. The truly despicable thing about it all is that for an absolute minute fraction of what comes in he could make the club competetive, the fans would be pretty content if the club was buying wisely, aiming at a cup and trying to push for that 5th-7th place with a credible manager.....and he could STILL make an absolute packet out of it. Classic leach of a businessman thinking solely of ££££ and crapping on anyone in his way. Those zero hours contracts sum him up.

I see lots of comments on facebook from other forum pages saying "Outrageous, I can't believe we didn't sign anyone and we're letting players go" etc Where has everyone been the last 4 years The club is a total sham run by a cunt whose only interest is his pockets. What would break me? I decided after the Hull match at home last season that I couldn't be bothered anymore which related to Pardew and the rank football but also the endless stream of shite the club puts the fans through. Am I motivated enough to go on marches etc? No I don't think I am but I've taken the decision (what seems an easy one now) to completely disconnect myself from the club in terms of going to matches while this regime is there. There's no enjoyment there and the board just takes the piss out of the fans so for me (and I don't hold it against anyone else who goes) it doesn't feel right going anymore. I still go down my local to watch matches and have a bit of banter with others but the club has disappeared off my radar a bit now. I don't cheer goals like I used to and the results come and go without much thought. Sad state of affairs but that's the way it is under this regime.

Just heard his interview on MOTD. Glad this fucker is gone for good.

Putting aside the obvious fact that we all know he's an idiot at least there seems to be a bit more attacking impetus and movement now. He's clearly had a positive effect on the likes of Cabella, playing him to his strengths rather than simply sticking him out on the wing.

If this lot roll us over I'll start to get worried. Can see Perez scoring today though.

That's very well summed up. I agree, I think the implications for this game are massive. We lose and we'll really be starting to look over our shoulders.

Hamstrings can notoriously difficult to recover from.

We lose on sat and with no players coming in we can all start to get very twitchy. You can see the arse falling out of this season very quickly relegation wise.

They were talking about us this morning on Sunday Supplement, club lost it's Soul etc. Atleast it's being talked about regularly now.

Spot on , the more the merrier negative press wise. Charnley has lost the comfort blanket of Pardew taking all the flak and shots. You make the bed you lie in as far as I'm considered, about time he started to field some questions and be targeted over the absolute hollow shell of a club we've become.

I think it's exactly what'll happen

Be ideal if we could get shot of him but issue remains that the money probably wouldn't be re-invested (as always).

I'm sure he's just doing his job. I just pay absolutely no interest to anything statements wise which comes out of the club. It amounts to the same as the nearest pile of dogshit from my flat.

It's a brilliantly written article (I finally went back a few pages and saw it!). It's so refreshing to read articles like that when you hear so much utter rubbish from most journalists and 'pundits'. Kind of sums up a lot of my feelings too. It doesn't even feel strange that I don't want to go anymore while Ashley is there.

Printed on the inside cover of the Home Alone 2 VHS sleeve :lol: Fair play. I'm not registered online with the Times that's all

How can I see this latest Culkin article?

That was the time before, the last time was when they closed the singing section because they were calling him names. Yeah to read that Cameron article saying he's not bothered about things said about him Sack Pardew banners confiscated etc

Well he's successfully killed off my interest in the club

The only person to tell it like it is is Stuart Robson who absolutely nailed it.

I sympathise with season ticket holders. It must be a really hard decision to walk away but when you look at what's going on, the whole thing is just a pointless exercise now. A club which actively chooses NOT to try to win a cup or finish as high up the league as realistically possible. Complete sham organisation. Fuck em.

The key to keeping your blood pressure down is ignore most stuff in the press. The evidence of how bad he was here was there for all to see, we know it, we saw it. It just seems most of the press seemed to miss it. There's some absolute dogshit that comes out from the likes of Collymore, Savage, Merson et al. I just ignore it so I don't go bananas As with the above comment I'm also just glad he's gone and it doesn't bother me too much what happens now. Be funny to see him fuck up though obviously.

Exactly, he's always done "relatively" well when he first arrives at clubs. What Danny Mills said about Pearce, that his impact quickly wears off once the players figure him out can be applied to Pardew. The same will happen at Palce eventually but he may do enough with the new manager syndrome to keep them up this year. Things will eventually go stale with the same old dross.