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Keegan? I stand corrected on this. I think he's very much the exception that proves the rule though... Zidane, Guardiola and Conte are others that quickly come to mind. Conte wasn't a great player. He was good, not much more. You could argue that Zidane and Guardiola aren't great managers. Save it for the Ben Arfa thread

Shearer was pretty damning, though could tell he was softening the delivery of it and don't think he mentioned Bruce at all.

I was thinking that but all the pieces aren't tied together and it's just the first proposal - ditching the special rights for 9 clubs doesn't impact on the financial plans for lower leagues. Surely if the other clubs all object to the clear power play elements but agree the financial, the top 9 or whatever will look pretty bad if they then pull the plug as they're not getting their way.

Yes please, heaven forbid you'd engage in waste of time comments

All logical, and realistic. Excellent summary. Logical and realistic are 2 words that never apply to James' posts Ha ha, I don't know about that . . but they certainly both apply to this one !! Sorry, but you've shown your hand here. Not disputing there is action behind the scenes but that is the wildest of conjecture and if you see it as logical and realistic then you're on the wind up Who writes your stuff? Whoever it is, get rid of them. Logic and reason = Logic and reason (oh, and common sense too). It was realistic not reason but either way you're still full of shit.

All logical, and realistic. Excellent summary. Logical and realistic are 2 words that never apply to James' posts Ha ha, I don't know about that . . but they certainly both apply to this one !! Sorry, but you've shown your hand here. Not disputing there is action behind the scenes but that is the wildest of conjecture and if you see it as logical and realistic then you're on the wind up

I'm sure he threatened to leave if it didn't happen and now he's avoiding it on a technicality Edit - not a dig by the way, feel free to crack on with the positive vibes if it helps!

Superfluous "in" I reckon

Fucking racist, some of the best players were and are from Europe Mexico

Didn't Steve say he was going for 442?

Joelinton to get a hat trick and become an instant honorary Geordie hero. Kaka to revel in all the glory that will be bestowed upon him from the cliche and be granted super moderator status.

I truly believe someone is just making up quotes and posting them now...he can't have actually said that

Sorry, but meine is the feminine or plural version. I was in tears until that point and it ruined the whole joke for me. Really let yourself (and more importantly the forum) down there.

It's not just that's he's lucky and fluked a point, but the dodgy VAR decision will also totally dominate any punditry and not how shite we were.

When we've clearly lost the game I always wish they'd scored more just to highlight how insipid we are. A 1-0 gives the illusion of a tight game and a get out for the SB supporters

Wow this is embarrassing

Yeah really annoying. He's one of those nasty types hiding a veneer of "ohh happy fat fun guy' (yes stifler esque). But its true, underneath it he's a prick. Fucking hell that's one for the brutal posts thread

Bruce will absolutely get pelters. He only got away with it last season because he blamed Rafa's style and was a lucky bugger. It's now his team/tactics and any continuing bad results will see him get rinsed. Modify message

Yet the referee had a clear line of sight and only gave a yellow. He only gave a red when instructed too. And people still defend referee’s. You were having a go at VAR earlier and now it’s helped get the decision right (again) you’re having a go at the ref instead. Fact is VAR and the ref combined got all the major decisions spot on today. Newcastle only have themselves to blame for being played off the park and losing comprehensively at home to Brighton and fucking Hove Albion If that penalty was given against any other team except us, everyone would argue the player got the ball. If the handball was given for any team other than us then everyone would say that’s how the game is now and it’s a penalty. Too many people are too desperate to see this NUFC crash and burn and allow themselves to favour decisions which enable this. Bruce got things fucking wrong today. We haven’t made enough or good enough signings. We were fucking shit, but I’d still argue that 3 decisions have went against us today when they shouldn’t have and if they happened for any other team, people would be arguing them over and over. It’s not just today though. VAR is spectacularly shit in the Premier League because the same shit referee’s and even former referee’s are in charge of it. It’s another way for jobs going to the boys and another way for the Premier League to fuck over teams to get the league shaped how they want it. Today they helped fuck us over in their dispute against Ashley. Yesterday they gave a token penalty to Palace against Man Utd after Man Utd got every soft penalty in the league last season to help them get back towards the top 4. Please just post your waffle in to the conspiracy theory thread.

Wonder what Steve's mate will think of this start? Somehow I don't think Steve will bring it up this time

If getting the ball results in taking the player after it can still be a foul. It's about protecting the player....

Needs loaning out to an easier league - for his benefit career wise, and ours to hopefully generate interest to recoup money. Ideally we'd give him a run here but a. We're not good enough to have a passenger and he likely isn't going to make the grade b. Boo boys are out in force ala Thauvin. Even if he did start to perform better the £40m would just be thrown about

Why can't Nixon just fucking tell us

Awww shit, more HTT Mexican jokes incoming

Janmaat. Who I completely forgot was still at Watford...