UncleBingo

Excellent at centre half as well, especially for his size. Just a really accomplished player, not particularly fast but his reading of the game was superb. Great leader too, we could do with him in the side at the minute.

I’d say to Debuchy was at least as good as Enrique TBH. Not much to choose. Wow, so ahead of Beresford and Bernard as well then? Nowhere near Enrique, Beresford, Bernard imo. Still think Beye's the best right back I've seen for us as well. Venison for me, quality player.

Sweet. I was kind of hoping they'd win, as it would have be good for Newcastle.....but then I remembered the utter jubilation on RTG when we lost the City of Culture bid to Liverpool. More karma.

Some people (all of us apparently) spat at him when he was England manager and didn't call up Keegan. Or something along those lines. It was one person. Robson had just become England manager and dropped Keegan from his first squad, and some knacker spat at him in the West Stand iirc. The fact that Sunderland legend Niall Quinn was gobbed on as player for them (it's in his autobiography) just gets totally glossed over/ignored.

Literally just burst out laughing.

Photoshopped?

Fucking lunacy. Love him to bits but he's lost the plot repeatedly playing that knacker.

Pardew was justifying the club's actions, whereas Benitez is quite clearly questioning them.

Believe it or not, but Wraith has regular meetings with Rafa.

Aye, this whole takeover has definitely got the whiff of a collapse about it now. My guess is Rafa has been told this and also, he's only got buttons to work with in January......hence the anger. I think he'd probably only see the season out because of the fans. Sincerely hope I'm wrong

Aye, quite incredible......10 years and the penny still hasn't dropped for some it seems.

I totally agree. I think he has talent, but doesn't have the intelligence required to be a top player. When we're in possession, he is basically static and asking for the ball, and doesn't make any forward runs to help the team.....thats probably why he rarely scores for us compared to the likes of Lee & Speed. When we don't have the ball, he is too slow to win it back and easily bypassed, and like you say, he is guilty of not picking up his runner quite often. Asides from his performances/abilities, he's an utter shithouse of a person and was very surprised and disappointed to see him as captain yesterday. Would upgrade at the first opportunity in all honesty.

Agreed, the lack of genuine PL quality in this squad is very concerning, 3 or 4 players tops.

Same here, especially the 2nd.

Noticed that too today. Needs to get his act together.

Surely you don't want Misstro to start though? As much as I don't rate him, he's worth a go if nothing else.

Fucking awful, right up there withBilly Rafferty and Ray Clarke as the biggest plank we've played up front. That chance in the 2nd half where he clean through and jumped at the ball with his studs up.....beyond a joke. Like others have said, will lose a lot of respect for the manager if this clown plays on Tuesday.

Get out of our pub, get out of our pub, You fat cockney bastard, get out of our pub.

He's not, but he knows the same bloke who works in the media out there.

Mugabe's gone. It's a sign I tell thee.

Rafa away if there's no takeover, according to Talkshite anyway.

With regards all the press speculation, bear in mind that she has only spoken to The National (as far as I am aware).

https://www.facebook.com/thenational.ae/?hc_ref=ARSuQ50wjRO6NcB3wCp0Gxw6RPSpl2kprCQh-H-BX3_uB9sxvq4yLRXrkXK-iGLAuPA

The lad who spoke to Staveley is saying that there are definitely clauses in the deal, and he's expecting some more info this afternoon.

If they're true to their word, then 100% yes they will be good owners for NUFC.