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Ah, you're talking about the white ones that haven't ever had to deal with these issues?

Cabaye was a fucking terrier most of the time. Chasing people down and forcing them to make shit, rushed passes (or failing that just kicking them up a height and collecting yellows). I maintain a lot of Tiote's defensive dominance around that time was due to Cabaye forcing errors that Tiote could mop up.

100% Giggs would be there ahead of Henry at the very least if none of the recent stuff or the shagging his brother's wife had come out.

It's class. They're fucking raging. Looked under the Sky Sports tweet about it and it's just all them. One suggested Ferguson should be first in and another thinks George Best

Isn't the whole point of Fortnite that everyone bar the winner eventually gets knocked out?

Premer League should just schedule all these teams games for the day after their ESL games and refuse to move them. Let them relegate themselves.

I do because he followed a boom bust cycle based on his own opinion of himself. When he was just hoofing everything out of defence and being a stopper he was fine. Not world beating but as a limited defender he did the job well. But then he'd put together a run of games doing that and his head would inflate to the point where he thought he could actually play football. He'd start trying to do all this fancy shit like controlling the ball or dribbling and obviously would shit the bed spectacularly for a few games then go back to being a hoofer.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/incredible-story-newcastle-uniteds-lost-20252419 Great read

Wonder where people are getting the "Has a decent cross on him" from? He's not been over the half way line in about 5 years.

I mean, of course. Right to be livid, but have to understand that he needed to do it. We didn't win the title anyway but a loss was definitely curtains. Nah I fucking hate that mentality. If you've been beaten, take it. You don't get to break the laws of the game. If you're a defender on the post at a corner and the ball starts heading for the top corner and you know you can't get to it you shouldn't just be sticking your hands up to block it. I hate it just as much when our players do it.

He's skirted over this one, obviously

Bruce on will he be Newcastle manager next season: “I sincerely hope so. I’m never going to walk away from it. I have 100 per cent faith in the players and I’m convinced they have the same for me and my staff.” Also Bruce: "I regularly have arguments with the players and am trying to find out which of them is constantly leaking shit to the press."

I think we're beyond that now. The flakes I know thoroughly hate Bruce. They'll still go and put money in Mikes pocket for the same shit next season then the next,Same for most on here I wouldn't get a season ticket but I'd definitely pay Ashley for one game's worth of shouting obscenities at Cabbage Heed

There's a tiny part of me hoping he stays on just because when we finally get fans back in the stadium it's going to be fucking incredible. Wouldn't be surprised if it ends up a full 90mins of abuse aimed directly at him.

Wonder if Ashley's plan is to get us relegated so he can bypass the Prem's owners test

Imagine this lad being stuck behind Shelvey, Hendrick and your own brother stinking the place up week after week and not even making the bench half the time. Must be glad he signed that new contract.

:lol: There's people here who'll never concede that the takeover has failed. We'll be sat here posting in decades time and they'll still be all "Announcement on Friday. Mark my words."

Always had a surprisingly high jump for a short-ish lad. Saw him out jump some massive players sometimes. Just made it all the more baffling whenever he'd let something float over his head and result in a goal.

Fucking looooooaaads of ads on the Ramble these days. I used to listen to podcasts on my commute every day but since that isn't a thing any more I just listen every now and again if I have to drive somewhere. Chucked one on this morning in the car and I was pretty much where I was going before the episode even started.

That's exactly what should have happened. Football is so fucked. Wasn't paying too much attention to the game but it looked like every time one of our players got on their bike the end goal was always to drop to the floor as close to the box as possible instead of passing or shooting.

2nd most shots per game isn't that good a stat when you see those shots and realise they're all dogshit.