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Brill. Permission to tweet somethibg like this to him next time I get wound up enough to respond to his drivel? https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=103091.msg7443767#msg7443767

Phwoar, good call tubes. Might hoy a bet on.

Wijnaldum maybe, he wasn't even starting some of the 6 games that we went unbeaten in during the run in. But Benitez made Sissoko captain. We would've bought well and finished in the top half the following season, I'm convinced. Rafa's relationship with the hierarchy may well have deteriorated as a result of refusing to kick on into Europe as well as the old issue of the training ground and investment in the academy.

Personally think 2015-16 set us back years as we had to sell the PL quality in the squad: Wijnaldum, Sissoko and Townsend the main ones. Benitez built a top class Championship standard side, if Ashley allowed Rafa to strike when the iron was hot in January 2017 and summer 2017 then things may have been different, but we didn't because of fat cunt Mike and the relationship between Benitez and the hierarchy was never the same after, especially January. Plus we still unfortunately have more Championship standard players than PL right now. Which all seems back to the 2016 relegation. If we had stayed up in 2016, would Townsend, Sissoko and Wijnaldum have left? With PL money and being in the PL with Rafa Benitez, would Rafa have had good money to spend? What calibre of player would we have been able to attract? With the players that we had, where would we have finished if we stayed up? I'll die on this hill, like. Going down that season fucked us.

Managers who the fans detest or in general just did a shit job its a graveyard for. Even going back to the 80s. Willie McFaul - Kept the club floating in the 1st Division amidst the sales of Gascoigne, Beardsley et al. Oversaw a big transfer spend in the summer of 1988 but was sacked after 8 games. The club had no one lined up until we enticed Smith to come in in December. Jim Smith - Oversaw us going down in 1989, brought Micky Quinn in but failed to achieve promotion after losing in the play off semi to the mackems. Following season was outrageously mediocre and boring and Smith was gone in March '91, claiming the club was 'unmanageable'. Ossie Ardiles - Tried to play attractive football but had to use many youngsters due to having absolutely nowt to spend. Had us near the bottom when he was sacked in February '92. Has the worst win rate of any Newcastle manager in history. Kevin Keegan - We all know the craic. Kenny Dalglish - Did well with Keegan's team in the second half of 96/97. Got to an FA Cup final the following season but he ripped Keegan's side apart and brought in past it plodders and shite. Ruud Gullit - Brought some canny players in but same mediocrity as Dalglish in spite of another FA Cup final. Bizarre treatment of Shearer. Walked when he knew it was time. Sir Bobby Robson - Rebuilt the club as a powerhouse for 3-4 years. Could argue he was the right man at just the wrong time, had he come in after Keegan things may well have been different. Graeme Souness - Did just what Dalglish did, tore Robson's team apart, brought in shit. Took a side that was 4th, 3rd and 5th in the 3 years prior to his arrival to 14th, and we were 15th when he was sacked. Roeder comes in after him with 15 games left and takes us to 7th. Still a bitter arsehole, shite manager and general cunt. Did an interview with the Sun 3 years after Hillsborough whilst still Liverpool manager ffs. Glenn Roeder - God rest his soul, but should probably never have been given the job permanently. Appointing caretakers who do well rarely works out but the run he took us on in those last 15 games of 2005/06 was class. Sam Allardyce - Not a manager for a club like NUFC, just like he wasn't for Everton. Fat mess. Keegan mk 2 - We know the craic once again. JFK - Bell end. Alan Shearer - Was on a hiding to nothing. Chris Hughton - One of the very few honourable, likeable managers we've had under Ashley. Took us back up, had us in great stead back in the PL when he was sacked for no fucking reason. Alan Pardew - CBA to type out this. John Carver - Steve McClaren - Charnley wrote off the rest of 2014/15 (a decision which almost sent us down) to get this clown, who is the main reason we went down when he came anyway. Had a lot of money to spend, some very good players and in patches is certain games we did play alright stuff but he was a totally uninspiring wet flannel. Going down due to this chump set us back years and we still haven't recovered from it imo. Rafa Benitez - Most decorated manager to ever manage NUFC. Saw the potential here, wanted to keep us up to try and realise it, stuck with us when we went down and brought us back up first time, got rid of the toxicity amongst the dressing room and supporters but undone by the Ashley imposed penny pinching of glass ceiling. Made supporters realise that NUFC is still a big club and still can be a great club. Steve Bruce - Total cunt. Summarised managers over the last 35 years. My uni lectures really are fucking boring.

Aye, we're such a graveyard for managers and so wild and demanding of success that the fan base was at its happiest in the last decade or more finishing 10th and 13th under Rafa Benitez.

May not have a huge impact on results immediately but the prick getting jettisoned will only be a positive thing.

Course he will. Not a coward, though. Yeah. Grim 0-0 or 1-1 written all over this.

I don't know why people are so confident we'll pick up points with Miggy, ASM and Wilson. Our full strength team is shit due to Bruce's mismanagement We've been missing Wilson since we beat Southampton. I've been slagging off Jones' formation for a while now, but in the games where all 3 players have been fit and been playing since Jones has come in the record has been W2 D0 L1.

Had us staying up by a point on 38, Fulham level with us and Brighton going down on 37. But as I put Brighton to lose at Arsenal and us to draw at Fulham on the last day that means that we're in the bottom 3 when we kick off on the last day.

If we're in the bottom 3 before kick off and don't win the game v Brighton, we're gone. If our heads are still above the waterline by the time Wilson, ASM and Almirón come back we have a chance.

Bruce will play for another draw and probably get it. He's fucking terrified of losing games and just flat out refuses to go for wins without ASM, Wilson and Almirón.

The games are always utterly grim spectacles n'al.

Yes and no. Two poor teams, although Villa weren't interested. But both sides created next to fuck all.

His first goal at Spurs.

Class man management, just blame Gayle. What a rancid fat cunt.

His system is utter bollocks without the players for it. Whilst they're out, someone fucking change it.

Surely last time was more to do with Lamptey absolutely tearing us a new one. Carroll’s an absolute carthorse. I don’t rate Gayle but he’s the best of the evils. They play three centre-backs, seeing Carroll lumber about getting to the defender too late committing fouls will be painful. Play Murphy & Fraser out wide, they’ve got the energy to counter their wing-back system but also cause problems, use Gayle’s mobility up top. I do agree, but tbf I thought Carroll would've been useful tonight if he came on 25 minutes earlier with the amount of crosses we were putting in the box.

Aye, this tbh. I thought we were gone once we went 0-1 down. Still deflated af but not losing games (albeit not winning the fuckers ) is not the worst habit to get into. I do think we'll need an unexpected result from the rancid fixtures left now though. Arsenal, West Ham and Leicester do tend to have brain farts v sides they should be beating.

Did some okay things outside the box but once he gets anywhere near the final third he's fucking useless. Looks so unnatural as a footballer. Did well v Mings but nothing ever came from it, as he's absolutely wank.

Quiet 1st half and a good second, showed he's a really good footballer. Why things don't come off all the time is probably because he's lightyears ahead of our lot. Really like him.

The system is shit. This formation is shit. Crosses were going into their box all day yet Carroll didn't come on until after we went 0-1 down on 86 minutes. Murphy came on far too late too. Bruce is such a fucking cunt, and Jones is almost as culpable at this point.

I didn't even celebrate that. A point is a fucking garbage result. Villa didn't look interested.

This is the system Jones was lauded for tbf. Its bollocks. With these players it’s awful. Could work ok though Aye. But without those players fit this needs changing. Because its awful.

This is the system Jones was lauded for tbf. Its bollocks.