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I've had it on good authority that (like a lot of these so called managers) he only went up there ( to Rangers ) to boost his ego. Apparently his wife still lives in Liverpool, so not made the effort to move. Perhaps this could be to do with the fact that I believe that they are both Catholic's and every week (when playing at home at least) the Rangers fans sing anti catholic songs. Would you have taken the position in the first place ? if being of a religious nature ? TBH, with all that has been said and done, and with regard to our managers position and all of the hype that was generate by it, I hope it all goes pear shaped and they get relegated (for all of the 'managers' that took a look and then said 'No' - Wankers the lot of them).

That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. LMFAO.

There's some background to this post, and I’ve delayed posting it until the new manager was appointed, and now this has happened I can post my thoughts (bottled up since Bruce went) on the recent goings on. Some of the below may seem irrelevant but hopefully you will see where I’m going with it. How I fell in Love in Newcastle and the new Future. To begin with, when I was a kid, many years ago, as being in South Cheshire it was that you supported either your local team Crewe Alex (unknown of to me at the time) or you support Liverpool or Man Utd, well I was 8 years old. At school you were either a Liverpool Red or a Manchester Red, though I do remember seeing Garth Crooks (was then at Stoke) at our primary school for some reason, and so it was Liverpool for me. Fast forward 15 years, Crewe (whom I 'found' and started to follow (had to “Alex on tour in 1994” t-shirt after we got promoted for the first time (at all))) were playing Liverpool in the, then 2-legged, league cup. We lost 5-1 at Anfield and are then losing 4-0 at home. Picture the scene. it's the 88th min, 4-0 up, and the scouse twats (as they have become to be called) are holding the offside line about 2 metres from the halfway line. I was livid, here's my hometown team getting beat, all you could do would be for us to have one 'bit' of madness and let us score but oh no. So, I thought fuck them - the scouse twats. (we did actually score in the 90th minute- that fucked up their match bonuses). OK, so I’m now short of a team to support in the top league, and after a look around (honestly, I did way up all of the options) it wasn't going to be Utd, nor city, none from the midlands. I needed a team that no matter what the score if they 'tried' and 'played with honesty' then that was good enough from me. And up popped Newcastle, this was circa 1996-ish I think - and that was it I was hooked. It wasn't until much later that I managed to get to some games, thanks in part to LFEE, to whom I’ll be always grateful in getting me a ticket or two. Praise and Grumble As I’ve said, I live in south Cheshire, and our local BBC station is Radio Stoke-on-Trent (SOT), as based in SOT there is a lot of bias to the main team Stoke, then Port Vale, then Crewe. So, we were always on AM, the vale on DAB and Stoke on FM (seems they started with Stoke on DAB but there weren't enough clay heads with DAB radios, so they moved it back). Even when Crewe were higher in the leagues (and still are, but only just) we are on AM. Any way after the games on a Saturday have finished there's a 'praise and grumble' radio show, where people can phone in and give their '2 cents' worth. So, at after 6 or so game Stoke are in a good position, the father-in-law was listening one week and the wording was 'This Guy’s great' referring to Michael O’Neill, 'Give him a 20-year contract - we're going places with him'. So, all rosy in the Stoke Shitty camp. Fast forward to a couple of games ago, the shitty are 3-0 up against Cardiff, and then proceed to concede 3 in the last 15 minutes to draw 3-3. Well, there weren't much praising going on, reading between the line - 'Get rid of the fucker' 'he doesn't know what he's fucking doing'. My, how things can change. F1 In the past I also followed F1, mainly when the BBC had it (not paying for Sky in a month of Sundays - fuck that right off). Anyway, in an interview once, Max Mosley said that he'd like to have the championship run as follows, and I’ll try to explain - basically - there would be 20 'teams' with 20 'drivers', and there would be 20 'rounds'. So, the idea was that each driver would drive at each round for a different team. that way the 'best of the best' would be the champion (in a similar why to how the card game bridge can be played). Overrated Managers Now looking at the recent hype regarding Favre, ten Hague, Conte, Jose M, Gerrard etc, prior to the appointment we all thought any one of them plus all of the others could be the next manager, but looking back on things, as it appeared that at that moment in time they were regarded as "good managers". I would disagree. Look at thing now I think none of them are good managers, they are managers of a calibre that can introduce something new to a team and get them to play better - but aren't or don't want to have the thought that if things go 'bad' then they could get 'egg on their faces' if the team they manage then gets relegated. This doesn’t make them a good manager; it makes them become ‘money followers’ by way of saying ‘Look how good I am’. With the recent sacking of Villa’s Smith, Gerrard has come to the front of the betting to be the next manager, now whether or not this happens, and whether or not Gerrard makes any ‘moves’ to deny or confirm this, but it shows that some of these so called ‘managers’ only will move to a team where there is not as great a chance of going down than others. Not always does the best means the best In reference to the F1 situation, all of these managers want the best car, best team and best driver and as soon as anything changes with this – bang – there out of there like sloppy shit on a shiny silver shovel. It doesn’t always mean that if you have a team of the best then all the goods will come your way, just take a look at the goings on at Man Utd, god knows how much spent – and do they look like they are all working and moving in the right direction – to me – No, as there are too many ego’s to be hyped up, lived up to, and too many to mention. They’re all wankers anyway. These are the types of people you don’t want as your manager – you want a manager that sticks with the task through thick and thin. And with Eddie I think we've got a person who can see the best in people, get the best out of people, play attractive football and move this club in a direction it needs to go. I'd only be happy for Eddie to be here in 5,6 or 7 years and, all being well, we're in some cup final - and the manager of the opposition is one of the above named and we rub it right in their faces - twat's the lot of them. Not kicked a ball yet As I mentioned the Stoke story, I think some of the so called 'fans' are expecting too much, too soon, and in all honesty, I think it will be hard for us to attract the really high calibre of player this soon into the new ownership, but I think we need to give Eddie time and come the end of the season what will be will be. But to those 'fans' slagging Howe off before he's even got a single player to kick a ball, using the 'he sent Bournemouth down' ticket then you need to wake up and get a grasp on reality, and smell the roses as at present they are living in cloud cuckoo land, as it’s always the same - people only see the bad or the failings that other have done, not the good as in Bournemouth getting promoted from Division 1 to the Premiership - and then staying there for 5 years (or whatever it was). You don't always need a team of 'great' players, too many egos to control, but if you get a good group of players all pulling in the right direction then great things can happen. Here's a big hello to Eddie Howe - Manager of the greatest football team in the world, may he long be in charge. Now that's a big chip off my shoulder. Keeping it toon, SCT

Just for a laugh here - but didn't we have the 'new owners lift' for the spurs game - ah, but that was when fat twat Bruce was in charge. I have no sentiment for any of a previous managers. I know that it was a hard task to perform with that c**t Ashley at the helm, but still the same they could have put some sort of effort into at least trying to win a game.

So it looks like every twat south of the tyne is putting their 1 pennys worth of droll into wishing us the worst of health and getting relegated. Also from some of the comments sounds like they haven't a fucking clue as to what they are talking about.

I see the BEEB website is very quickly on the ball with this one, seems they had someone there with their finger on the 'send' button for the last 5 days. LOL. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59172217

OK, I'm not up with things of that nature, ie people with a blatant disregard and disrespect for the club. In things about it there was the twitter picture on the BBC sports page of howe speaking to someone on his left. Looking at the 90 min link it's the same guy. So looks like you said deal done - just waiting for the official press release.

https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-manager-eddie-howe-talks-stall-jason-tindall Seems all isn't rosy in the garden of Howe. Let's hope it all gets sorted.

And here they are last month or so - holy F**k - she's 55 - and looking like that - doesn't seem to have aged (much).

As soon as Eddie was in the frame this song came back to me. Ah those were the days. Nice viewing, nice tune - but no verbal references of use at all.

OK, not being the bill shankley or Bobby Robson of this world, i watched this and honestly as i was watching it thought - how does this compare to how a NUFC training session would have been done. It seems to me that (and i didn't note the date, but saw Mings in there and he was sold to Villa) he can 'see' things, knows what he's got and knows probably what he hasn't got after all He's not going to air all of his washing for some club video. On the point of fitness - liked the running between beeps, would be interesting to see how our lot faired at the same time - perhaps some of them might have been a little out of puff sooner than most. As from what i've seen (only on TV) one or two seem to have been at the pies more than they should have.

Whilst being totally off-piste to say, i'd like a top with more stripes in it - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Score-Draw-Official-Retro-Newcastle/dp/B002PU9DOM/ref=asc_df_B002PU9DOM/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310552644448&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11671825241541507873&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046460&hvtargid=pla-698665323991&psc=1 Not one that makes it look like everyone's wearing a large number four pendant on their chests. who the fuck came up with that design.

Not telling the better folk here how to suck eggs, but here's my take on the website (and remembering to proof read - FFS) - I don't fore see any issues in this starting up, but for those who are 'the sites operators' what you need to remember is consistency, that is, updating the website on a regular basis, no matter who they are from. The main problem with other websites is that in the 'start up' phase everyone is up for it and posts etc but then over a period of time people start to forget, do other things and generally websites become stagnant, with out of date information. One thing to help is to 'plan' a yearly cycle, so like the clothing seasons, plan for a Christmas theme, a FA Cup theme, start of the season theme, something to keep people coming back in the closed season theme, you get the gist. Then do a 'global' post to all members (if possible) that way you be able to get the attention of all members and get more of a responsive feedback from those who only come to the forum / webpage on a adhoc basis. BTW, I'd only be happy to create some content (like an editorial note on a recent or related topic) as I used to do the like (back in the day) for the Alex's fanzine 'Super Dario Land' (those were the days). Keeping it toon, SCT.

LMFAO. and a 2-2 draw. Trying to be positive.

From looking at who has to play who, it could all go down to the last day, looking at it, Burnley have the harder run in. (this is from a speadsheet i've created so I work out how likely it is we can go down) #It was looking bad to be honest until after Friday night game. Position Team To play PLD PTS Max Pts 14 Newcastle lei 3 man c sheff ful 35 39 48 15 Brighton wolves 0 whu man c arse 35 37 46 16 South liver 0 cry ful leeds whu 34 37 49 17 Burnley ful leeds liver sheff 34 36 48 18 Fulham burn south man c new 34 27 39 19 WBA arse 0 liver whu leeds 35 26 35 20 Sheff Utd cry 0 ever new burn 35 17 26

Fulham have to win for us to still be in with the faintest chance of going down. If they draw, then we are safe, but the 3 below us - could still be over took by Fulham.

It makes me fucking mad that the RM president says 'We need this to cover the losses from not playing in front of crowds etc', Whilst I imagine, like all clubs, they are still having to pay their players etc. - Well Mr Ugly Fucker, this is my reply - You didn't have to sign those player for over inflated prices, and then proceed to pay them over hyped wages. It's not our fault - so fucking live with it - and pay them less you greedy twat. #Takes a deep breath, rant over. You don't know how much I've wanted to say this even though it may only be read by 3 people.

Man Utd 1-2 Liverpool Everton 2-0 Brighton Huddersfield 2-2 Swansea Newcastle 3-0 Southampton West Brom 0-2 Leicester West Ham 0-1 Burnley Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace Arsenal 3-1 Watford Bournemouth 2-2 Spurs Stoke 1-3 Man City

Leicester 3-1 Stoke Bournemouth 0-1 Newcastle Brighton 2-1 Swansea Burnley 1-0 Southampton Liverpool 2-0 West Ham West Brom 1-2 Huddersfield Watford 1-1 Everton Man Utd 1-2 Chelsea Crystal Palace 0-2 Spurs Arsenal 1-2 Man City

Gameweek 27 Spurs 2-2 Arsenal Everton 2-2 Crystal Palace Stoke 0-1 Brighton Swansea 0-1 Burnley West Ham 2-1 Watford Man City 3-0 Leicester Huddersfield 0-2 Bournemouth Newcastle 2-1 Man Utd Southampton 2-3 Liverpool Chelsea 2-0 West Brom

Burnley 0-2 Man City Bournemouth 2-0 Stoke Brighton 1-1 West Ham Leicester 3-1 Swansea Man Utd 3-0 Huddersfield West Brom 1-1 Southampton Arsenal 3-1 Everton Crystal Palace 1-2 Newcastle Liverpool 2-3 Spurs Watford 1-3 Chelsea And why not ?

Gameweek 25 Swansea 0-2 Arsenal West Ham 2-1 Palace Huddersfield 2-2 Liverpool Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth Everton 1-2 Leicester Newcastle 2-0 Burnley Southampton 2-0 Brighton Man City 3-0 WBA Stoke 2-2 Watford Spurs 1-2 Man Utd

Gameweek 24 Brighton xxx Chelsea missed deadline. Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace Burnley 0-1 Man Utd Everton 3-1 West Brom Leicester 2-0 Watford Stoke 1-1 Huddersfield West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth Man City 3-0 Newcastle Southampton 1-2 Spurs Swansea 0-2 Liverpool

Gameweek 23 Chelsea 3-1 Leicester Crystal Palace 1-2 Burnley Huddersfield 2-1 West Ham Newcastle 3-0 Swansea Watford 2-1 Southampton West Brom 1-0 Brighton Spurs 2-1 Everton Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal Liverpool 1-2 Man City Man Utd 3-1 Stoke

Hmm 10 points from 4 games, 3 down 7 to go.... Come on !