UncleBingo

Shite from Pardhowe. Why does persist with Fraser too?

Solid signing and for a decent fee. Yes please.

Regardless of it being NUFC who are in for him, it's a pretty shabby way to treat someone who has been there since he was 7. It's the type of stunt you expect from the likes of Ashley, not Man United.

Getting strong Benny Blanco from the Bronx vibes from this fella.

Of course.

Me too.

Indeed.

That's not true, there was people from all over the place on there, including quite a few Mackems. It was absolutely glorious in it's day mind, although became a bit of a parody of itself in later years. I started off on the rivals.net board which ended up as skunkers reunited when that died a death.

I must admit, I had much much higher hopes than this. It all seems a bit scattergun/shambolic now.

Compare and contrast the media/pundit reaction to this. Bruce gets binned leaving NUFC in 19th, 3pts from 8 (0 wins) after spending £120M and there's absolute outrage towards NUFC fans, who sang a few songs about him. Benitez leaves Everton in 16th with 19 pts (5 wins) after spending next to nowt and he's fair game. Everton fans have given him vile abuse from day one and hung Banners outside his house and not a word has been said. Not one. Fucking cunts.

True, but we had well known skinflint/arsehole Mike Ashley in charge. Its a bit harder to take when you're literally the wealthiest club on the planet.

What do you think they've done well in terms of football decisions? We've become a bit if a running joke in case you haven't noticed?

If we're being honest with ourselves, let's face it apart from the fan interaction, it's been an absolute clusterfuck since they arrived, one humiliation after another. I'm not sure how the Saudis will react at being so publicly humiliated but clearly things will change, and I honestly think Staveley will be the first to go.

As much as I want to him to succeed, it very much looks like he's out of his depth.

Have to say, the level of monitoring has gone up a notch or two since we became the world's richest club, if nothing else.

Botman off to Milan apparently.

Outstanding from Big Jow.

Should be an absolute beast in the Champo.

Indeed. A bit like an arsonist who has helped put out a fire.

Nickson?

I cringed so much, my skin fell off.

I personally think that Batty coming in for Clark was a massive factor too........Batty was good at what he did, but the dynamics of the team changed with his arrival.

Another massive fan of cricket, go to at least one test match a year and also watch a fair bit at Jesmond as I live around the corner. Also enjoy listening to it on TMS, the commentary is brilliant. Watching sport and drinking, what's not to like?

Not sure if linked but Demba Ba is currently in Moscow with Ralf Rangnick and posted this about an hour ago.