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If it did fall through, he's going to start getting a bit of a rep after the Celtic job as well

I assumed be was unhappy the termination clause would mean no payout rather than he wanted to stay. If that was the reason of course

I think many of us, myself included, got swept up in the post-takeover excitement with manager choice. In reality we're not at that level yet and Howe could hopefully be the 1st step to get us there... certainly my preference over a Lampard or Gerrard appointment. We'll be able to give a little knowing nod to some of the managers we couldn't persuade to join us on our way up past them to the top!

Bit odd leaving a club 2nd in their Champions League group to join a relegation threatened PL team. Not complaining of course

Christ, they're going with "Talimags" over there They really are fucking weirdos

Fucking zoom, Google Meets man myself. Consortium out.

Very, very happy with that. Think PL experience was pretty critical in our current position and was worried we'd struggle to get a next level manager in but he ticks all the boxes. Of course have some residual resentment that they didn't listen to New Beginnings and just got any old one in for the 1st week for the momentum

Spurs have clearly been plotting in the background plus had probably done most of their homework during the summer recruitment process. Obviously going to make a quicker selection than us.

So might have rushing and picking the wrong person to be fair.

Yup, he's fucked us. Give it another week to persuade the top choices and then work down the list unfortunately.

If another week made the difference between Martinez and one of the top targets then I'd wait. Don't agree with momentum and positive uplift sentiments when you've got a long term strategy - momentum and positivity will ebb and flow and then you're left with the underlying reality. Look at OGS and the impact he had initially Vs the present. Unfortunately we're left in a shit position thanks to SB and the horrific start so they may need to be a bit more pragmatic....though hopefully not as far as Martinez

Good, off you fuck then.

Had a very realistic dream that Wilder got the job and the forum went in to meltdown. House duly remortgaged and bet placed. I'll give you losers a wave from space

I'm ok with it, just the timing is lolz..

I'm off Ken Haag since that highly strung fellow told us he was unproven as Dutch football is shit.

If whoever we get in can't overturn a 6 point deficit within 26-28 games with a £100m January spend (all estimates) then they were the wrong choice frankly and a game or 2 wouldn't make much difference.

Quit with the "mental gymnastics" please

I don't dislike looking at/listening to/or knowing he exists so he's an upgrade in that regards.

Especially as it's profit and not cash. Any transfers etc will be depreciated over 5 or so seasons so that's a huge amount in reality. Assuming new sponsorship in place by year 3 to offset then we're golden.

No one gave a shit when he was sacked off elsewhere and he got equal abuse from at least Villa. Fact of the matter is that we're a big deal now so we're newsworthy, for better or worse. Love it myself

Sounds like he had them in training for 3 days running, the absolute Hitler.

Personally I thought it was a cop out way of asking people to stop as it looks like sportwashing in action and it provokes negative reactions whether it's harmless or not. I suspect they want to let shit like this die down... ----------- SNP MP John Nicolson, who sits on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, said he felt for the widow of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He said during a hearing: "I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to be Jamal Khashoggi's widow, when her husband has been chopped up and murdered.... and she sees numpties dancing around in cod-Arabic dresses outside Newcastle United. That must be heart-rending. "It made me, as an outsider watching it, think there was nobody who could have taken over that club - no matter the level of evil of the person who took over - that would have resulted in anything other than celebration for large numbers of Newcastle supporters. "That's a kind of sickness at the heart of football, isn't it?" --------------

Awww, did you run out of fingers and toes?

I guess some of it will be infrastructure rather than transfer related etc

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