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Are there any other strong rumours that Lampard is seriously in the running or did I actually read three pages of people freaking out because of an article by Luke Edwards FFS. The guy is just trolling now that his Daddy Bruce is gone.

So would I, but what does Mikel Arteta think?

No point getting upset with the fat fuck. There's no winning if his mates in the media bring him on with his "woe is me bullshit". Finish no higher than 12th? "Well, I did that/better than that last season, didn't I? It's unfortunate that the new owners had different ideas and their own man rather than let me take a crack at it. I was ready to give it a go." Finish higher than 12th after spending in the January window? "Well, who knows what I've done if I had been given that sort of backing - I got 12th with a worse squad and wasn't allowed to spend." It'll be unbearable of course, if we finish lower than 12th after spending in January.

If we finish 12th, someone will do another one of those "comparison charts" like they just did for Bruce and Rafa, nailed on. "12th in league 2020 - Inept cabbage heed. 12th in league 2021 after spending 100million in January - HERO".

"Is it cos I is black...and white?"

That 50 million might be a made-up number based off some media reports which were taking the cue off an outdated piece in another paper that placed an illogically low budget constraint for the new owners. It appeared in the takeover thread a week ago. I don't think anyone knows the breadth of the ambition of the new owners, nor the spending constraints they are working against. If it indeed is 50 million, it would most likely be because they just want stop-gap measures to avoid relegation whilst they strategise to build a brand-new squad come the summer.

I could not in my wildest dreams have imagined people thinking Alan Pardew wasn't THAT big a cunt in comparison, man. Brucey, take a bow.

We've quickly gone full circle from "A cardboard cutout is better than Steve Bruce" to "We're too good for Paulo Fonseca" I see.

"Steve Bruce favours patronising the Clayton street chippy of an evening. This tactic affords him the option of pivoting to Best Kebab, or Ottoman Turkish Restaurant on the flanks if Clayton is shut, or if he's feeling peckish for afters. Clayton also serves as a "trequartista" for him to venture further into a front 3 of Toon Takeaway, Ameen's or Athena on the High Bridge, with Bigg Market Chippy "in the hole"."

From minute 9:30 in that video above. Can you ever imagine Steve Bruce doing that big screen-projected play-by-play analysis of the opponent and then drilling the plays on the training ground? You know, like a modern, professional manager earning his wages and passionate about outwitting his adversary? Never in a million years, the man is a fucking dinosaur.

Manchester City wouldn't abstain for this one FFS

He know's he's hated and he's gone. Might as well take the piss.

AVB is out of work? Cool. He has horrendous spells, but he's young and has a modern, methodical approach to the game. We kind of have the players that would suit his preferred 4-3-3 style of play too, just that the fullbacks are pretty shite. But if there's going to be a DOF on top of all that, then they'd have to be aligned in footballing philosophy. A nice writeup on his Marseille style here.

Nailed on that he’s going to slyly mention that Rafa lost a match in his post match interview too.

Hope the reporters remember how he said he was hoping they get slapped earlier in the week and tear into him after this match.

Bringing Shelvey on is just Bruce’s final “fuck you” to his haters (everyone). He knows he’s gone, he’s 3-1 down at home. He’s not going to fluke a win and a chance to say “you see, I showed them what I could do”. He’s burning it all down now.

If I were the new owners, I’d rather spend eight million pounds on the best lawyers and not give him a single penny, the fraud. Fight it in court if need be.

If we get hammered, it’d make the pressure of a relegation rescue mission that much more worse for a new manager. That snub list will grow every minute Bruce is sitting here losing us matches.

Boils my piss that, after the stoppage, the Spurs players regrouped around NES for instructions and our “manager” was literally just standing there with his hands in his pockets whilst our players went for drinks.

The word "cartel" comes to mind. Its corrupt as fuck.

"Stuart Bruce" the level of "journalism" on display there, man. The Express quoting The Sun with an article that says the club "may" hold talks with Lampard but other names are under consideration. I did better compositions in grade school FFS.

And now people are thinking of snubbing Zinedine fucking Zidane cos “anyone could win trophies with Real Madrid”.

You just know that if Ashley buys over Derby and installs him as manager, his first interview will include: "It's refreshing to be at a place where the fans won't have unrealistic expectations"; "The Newcastle fans never warmed to me because I managed Sunderland."; "It's great to celebrate my thousandth match in charge here, it's clear the new owners at Newcastle didn't give me a chance to show them what I could do.". Dead cert.

"Out of work Dream Team" of Antonio Conte and Paulo Fonseca. One of them can be "Sporting Director", doesn't matter. Unveil Fonseca at the match against Tottenham for extra seethe.