loki679

Talksport has some decent presenters. They've got a bunch of nuggets too but that's generally the pundits.

I don’t think that’s harsh at all. Our play with him in the side was one dimensional with the forwards largely isolated. He picks it up from defense, launches it forward and even if the attacker manages to control the ball the rest of the team are struggling to catch up. With Ki in there the passes were shorter, people were moving and making angles to receive it and we moved up the pitch as a team. If I thought we’d get a replacement I’d bin shelvey with no hesitation.

I can see the interviews at the end of the season ‘We were always up against it with the points deduction, I don’t think you can really blame anyone for us going down’ ‘But you only managed to get 4 points all season, Steve’ We could actually be the first club to get relegated with a negative points total

H&M? Or do you reckon we’ll really push the boat out and go for something in the body shop sort of level? John Lewis would be fantastic but that’s probably way out of our league.

Could it be the case that due to his personal circumstances there's a very limited number of PL / Champo clubs that would be geographically suitable for him to join?

Same agent as joelinton......

what does this actually mean though? he's knowingly signed up for the conditions of employment which we all know essentially means being the guy with his finger in the dyke until it crashes down on top of him unless he starts by winning from the off he can f*** off tbh, and that's not a contradiction of my previous position but unless he starts winning he deserves s*** for it It means exactly what it says? It means don't hound him out after a game ? Rafa knowingly signed up for the conditions of employment didn't he? Don't get me wrong Rafa fought and fought with Ashley for 3 years, and Ashley broke promise after promise with Rafa which is why I wasn't angry at him him leaving, I didn't blame him. Rafa wasn't a yes man, but the facts are for 3 years he did work under the conditions Ashley set out for him. Okay, so he loses his first 2 games in charge, what you going to do, hound him out? And then say that no manager should take the job under Ashley? steve bruce has a 20 year record as a fucking nobody that's achieved absolutely nothing and has come in knowing full well they fucked off an immeasurably better manager (and man) than him because and only because he would do what he was told the onus is entirely on him to prove he's not as shit as his history suggests he is but his results should determine everything and he doesn't get much time in my eye for the above reasons stated, you can't agree to what he's agreed to and if you start losing games expect time you've got to judge it as it comes cause there are a million scenarios but for me he needs an early win, some promising performances in the inevitable defeats and no pardew style buttfuckings...then i think he earns a bit of time, but if he goes 5-6 games without a win and we get dicked in a few of them heavily then i'd not argue against anyone turning on him as i said at the start i wouldn't be hostile to him from the off personally but everything is on him, not the fans When the fixture list came out people were saying we'd be lucky to get three points from the first ten games.

Didn't you only just cancel your season ticket?

AI doesn't spell things wrong.

One of the best things about the last few seasons was that our team actually seemed likeable. Now we've got Colback and this twat back and grandmas pillow in the dugout. Gonna take some adjusting to.

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No worries, joey just got a bit Carrolled away.

Translation: I can go out on the piss and get imto bother cos i'm a no mark charva cunt and still get in the team. Fuck off Jonjo, tosser.

Hampered? Siem de Jong looks at him and goes 'fucking hell, mate'.

Scored a few from headers iirc too.

I'm not a fan of Shelvey tbh, I don't think it's a coincidence that we've looked better with him out of the side. He has a good pass on him but that's about it and I sometimes get the feeling he just can't be arsed.

Reckon we'll see Longstaff second half?

Yoshinori Muto kind of fits Champagne Supernova too.

Lovely cross, decent goal all round. Of course they turn it on when i've taken WH.

Asian mags with more balls than the SJP crowd :lol: 'We war ashree ow' I'm sure your command of mandarin is simply stellar.

Playing quite well

It's 'Romanian wing back', sorry, should have been more clear.

Aye but if they throw a few quid at it he could potentially put this team out which I think would have enough to survive even under Bruce. Dubravka Schar Lascelles Lejeune Yedlin <New RWB> Longstaff Hayden Almiron Joelinton <New ST>

It's obviously a distinct possibility but the thought keeps popping into my head that even Pardew managed to keep us up by having tons of very good players hoyed at him. Bruce at the helm with the squad Rafa had to make do with and we're down. Rafa with the squad they'll probably give Bruce and we'd be looking at challenging top six. As it is, they'll probably give Bruce enough good players that he'll have us 14th-18th. We'll be underperforming but FMA won't give a shit as long as that sweet PL money keeps flowing and he can flog a few for a profit every year.