ExiledGeordie

Sure the press might have made a bit too much of him but I think he's been decent so far. He's the least of our worries ffs

Problem is the lad might have something but immediately it's all down to him, loads of pressure and he's extremely isolated up front. We don't have any other options so the lad is really going to start feeling it soon, a ridiculous scenario as per usual at the club.

This, it was dull as dishwater

This. It was more of the same basically but then I wasn't expecting a great deal. I was pretty bored throughout, at times just ended up chatting to people in my local with half an eye in the game.

Ffs, that's ridiculous

Never seen a striker where you were just so confident of him scoring in front of goal. Lethal in the air, deadly on crosses and clinical in one on ones. I remember how much defensive work he did on corners too due to his heading ability. Literally used to take defenders apart,

Yeah this is what I'm interested in today. I think we'll learn a lot more today about "where we are". If we lose this there's already real pressure going into the Palace game, on Pardew especially.

Goalscorers are by far the game's most valuable commodity, and as such it's virtually impossible to apply our ridiculously limiting transfer policy to them. We dropped very lucky with Ba and then Remy. Spot on. Plus as our ambition is squarely focused on finishing bang on mid table why bother investing and take a chance. If we're struggling badly come December they'll look into "options" come January. No ambition = no desire to spend unless relegation becomes a real threat.

All the usual waffle which essentially amounts to "we won't put our hand in our pockets"

It is amazing he hasn't needed a liver transplant. Your liver can function with no apparent detrimental symptoms even at 20% of it's capacity but once you go under that 20% threshold you're screwed basically. Sadly he'll die one way or another fairly soon, be it illness or suicide. Tragic really.

Have serious reservations about Dummett.

I heard him on the BBC radio earlier, we're not signing anyone else.

Can see Tiote going.... Still desperately need a striker and centre half.

I actually really enjoyed following the league title race and the league in general last season. I still enjoy it but yes it's not the same as when I followed it years ago. The general enthusiasm has been sucked out of me by Ashley and Pardew regarding NUFC as of recent. I've got other sports like cycling that I follow and enjoy so it lessens the annoyances around the club Regarding the match on sat, it'll be interesting to see if De Jong plays, keen to see what he's like as he could really add that extra creativity. Also keen to see how the likes of Rivière and Cabella get on again. Rivière if anything needs an early goal to get his confidence up. He's obviously got pace and power but the longer he hoes in the league without a goal the more obvious his deficiencies will become. Whereas if he gets a goal soon he could be a real threat. Too earl in the season for both teams form wise to make a prediction. No result would be a surprise really.

That's how I feel. I'll cheer a goal or enjoy a match but it feels very distant at the moment as how can you put your heart and soul into it with this current board/manager who basically have no ambition. I'm more interested in how the new players do than how the result turns out. It's odd. I get the whole being bummed each game until Pardew is sacked, I just get fed up and very low each time I sit through a game we get bummed, even though there is a greater good (hopefully) at work when it happens. To be honest I just enjoy the socials down the local when the match is on. Laughing at the nonsense Pardew comes out with and like you see showing an interest and how things unfold because it's never dull at NUFC is it. Following NUFC has just been absorbed into following football in general and the general chat around it. I expect defeats and the usual nonsense at the club but enjoy following it with the rest of the league. There's certainly very few clenched fist celebrations thesedays or head in hands when we're getting properly done, kind of a numb feeling watching the club thesedays. Certainly have no desire to go to a match.

That's how I feel. I'll cheer a goal or enjoy a match but it feels very distant at the moment as how can you put your heart and soul into it with this current board/manager who basically have no ambition.

He's already contradicted himself this season talking about champions league then the "48" points mark I'm sure I saw a quote recently from July about needing another striker and now he's got no room for a new striker in the squad taken from this month. You just know if we're struggling to get goals in October it'll be "yeah we're a little bit short.......we'll look at that in January" downgraded from all the stuff recently about all the additions and his new attacking options

They (the board) have probably decided that they have enough for their aim of mid table finish. They'll hope Rivière weighs in with enough goals, that they get lucky with "Chucky" getting a few and the likes of Gouffran, De Jong, Cabella etc grab the rest. If they wanted to push for 6th, 7th they'd need to spend proper money on a striker which they won't because they're not interested.

Awful player

Can definitely see him going before the end of to he transfer window

Same here. I hate seeing us lose, but anything is better than having this cock in charge it's a horrible way to feel huh? you really don't want the likes of cabella or janmaat and so on to start in a negative atmosphere and it'd be great if they were class from the off but this prick has to go or he'll drain any quality out of them in no time anyway I feel the same. This cunt has been hanging on for too long, it'll give me a strange degree of satisfaction to see him really in the shit. I'll take short term issues if it was to help force him out.

They still need a recognised, proven striker. Rivière isn't that striker

This c*** deserves absolutely everything that comes his way in the end, the worst kind of yes man/patsy you'll ever see. It's so bad it's comical ffs Bobby Robson will be turning in his grave with the way the club is run thesedays.

Not speaking to the press? Is this because of the new "contract" with The Sun, dear oh dear, haha

Isn't our net spend something like 3m given the transfers out of Cabaye and Debuchy Yep "Mike" is certainly committed to the cause isn't. Coining it in with the tv money.