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At least Benitez (who I liked on the level of Keegan and Bobby, Hughton gets an honourable mention) had an identity and was clearly building that identity and team every game. We are aimless nowadays

Pochettino is probably one of the best without a chequebook and Tottenham binned him, idiots

Rafa forced him, Perez, Rondon and Ronaldo out of the club. Also turned down signing Maguire and TAA. Also told the club to increase ticket prices to piss the fans off. Bruce was against all of this. I heard that Rafa wanted to personally kill some of our academy products, especially the local lads. Rumour has it he tried to throw Longstaff’s brother off a cliff. Bruce had to step in to save him, Newcastle hero that man, bleeds black and white

Hope one of his horses absolutely decks him

Hugely satisfying. Wonder if it was Christmas Tree, that guy was equally insufferable

Hear hear. Shame we don’t have Dave ruling with an iron fist anymore

The handball rule had gotten worse for years but it’s only with VAR that it’s truly started ruining matches on a daily basis. How a team can get such a huge advantage as a penalty from something that’s completely innocuous most of the time is a joke

He owns a big high street business in the UK, not like one of those foreign owners you see so much of nowadays. He’s one of our own. He’s also a horrific human being towards his staff. I think those are all valuable attributes in Britain 2019, at least to the PFM lads

Embarrassing listening to him bleat on. Just do your job and get us relegated

No goals in this side, finishing 5th that season was propelled by absurd goal scoring efforts that defied belief. We played fucking shit despite finishing 5th. We will be one of the lowest scoring teams in the league this season

I believe Rafa entirely. Ashley’s an absolute shyster who will try any trick in the book to fuck other people over. Rafa is a gent who is absolutely obsessed with football and getting the absolute best results for whichever team he works for. He deserves to be paid handsomely for being an incredible ambassador, professional and brilliant manager. Ashley deserves to have his head shoved in a toilet filled with shit on an hourly basis

He is terrified of people challenging him. He was probably shitting his pants most of the time Rafa was here as he obviously took no shit. Ashley’s a tinpot dictator, can’t wait till he’s in ruins and SD is dead

Absolutely fucking love this guy, one of the last truly great people in football

Imagine giving a shit about what other fans think of you while you’re watching your own team and club systematically destroyed over a period of twelve years. So pleased I’m not on twitter, think it would end me

Football’s the worst sport for television punditry out there. Filled with wankers toeing the party line, people not wanting to offend their pals, patriotic nonsense, lack of imagination and thick ex-footballers who are stealing a living (someone else’s as they’re already rich enough). It’s baffling how uninformed most of them are and how narrow the variety of opinion is. Almost everyone trots our the same shit

Sadly I think you’re right Yorkie. I see people posting on Facebook about “it’s my club, no one’s going to stop me going. Stop the negativity with Bruce, he needs a chance to prove himself.” The club is just rotting away and there’s no hope until Ashley goes

He’ll never be as bad as Pardew for me. Pardew’s an absolute wanker of the highest order. Bruce is just a washed up desperate chancer

Rafa’s the kind of boss / teacher you’d be absolutely gutted about letting down. I remember classes at school where you just wouldn’t piss about out of total respect. Rafa commands that respect and inspires people to match his professionalism. I’m not sure what Bruce inspires, probably chancing it and dodging responsibility. I don’t actually dislike the guy that much, just think he’s a nothing manager with absolutely no spine which is the antithesis of Rafa

Cheers Bimpy, I’ll keep an eye out

Apologies if this is old news or somewhere else on the board but do people know if La Liga will still be shown again on ITV4 once a week this season?

He’s a fucking embarrassment. Maybe he could do a Daniel Frahn and get sacked. Strikes me as the type to hold some patriot beliefs

Lean squad? What manager in the history of football has had a specific desire for a lean squad? What a load of shit.

What a fucking cunt, just shut your fat gob and sell the club. No one gives a shit about what lies you have to say

Enjoy it, both clubs are an absolute disgrace. Supporters in the north east have been absolutely bent over and ploughed for years

Probably pushing for Europe knowing his calibre and the squad which we can expect to be strengthened to the measure of at least £100m