HaydnNUFC

Aye. McClaren should've gone after we lost 5-1 to Chelsea in mid February, we had 3 weeks without a game before a double header v Stoke and Bournemouth which we ended up losing after sticking with McClaren. Benitez would've came in in those 3 weeks and we almost certainly would've picked up more points than in the 10 games he had and stayed up. And we may well have kicked on, I'll die on the hill that going down in 2015/16 set us back years and probably was the beginning of the end for Benitez here in spite of him staying and the optimism of those first 6 months in the Championship. The will they won't they of binning McClaren after the home Bournemouth defeat filled me with dread, fear out of who they'd replace him with. By the following Friday we confirmed Benitez and we all couldn't fucking believe it. I remember being so giddy at seeing photos of him on SSN on adverts for his first game at Leicester and even more so seeing him being interviewed with the crest on his lapel. Reason I'm reiterating this is because no one ever thought we'd ever appoint a manager of the calibre of Rafa under Ashley, will we again? 99.99% sure that managers of that calibre that are out of work that I would get super giddy about being here; Allegri for example (Tuchel maybe too? Don't particularly rate him as anywhere near that calibre) wouldn't touch an Ashley NUFC with a ten mile pole due to saga after saga when Rafa was here regarding transfers. Surely? God I'm depressed now.

My thoughts also.

Aye, today was the final nail in the coffin for me in regards to giving him chances. There's times when I'm thinking he's being alright in games and he may be better under a competent manager, but when I have thought the former he was actually just not being so bad as we're used to seeing; when you're starving you become grateful for just the fucking crumbs. He was outran, outfought and outplayed by Andy Carroll man. Should be a sackable offence to start the bloke.

Either a Sheffield United win or an absolute borefest of a 0-0.

Didn't look out of place at all.

Should've won in 90 minutes, could and should have won 0-2.

That is fucking awful. YANITED.

Personally tested negative for FA Cup fever.

I was there for that. Awesome. Also, 15 years ago today, my first game. https://www.nufc.com/html/2005-06html/2006-01-07mansfield-h.html

Was he not just called Heneage on here? Seen old posts under that name.

Carver the worst, 100%. Then its a toss-up between Bruce and McClaren for me. Bruce because of what he inherited and our continual regression while being patronising and an all round cunt to the fans as well as the media sucking his cock and telling us to be grateful. The football is shite while this squad is arguably the best we've had since 2013/14. We're much worse than under Benitez when we had a squad with next to no investment for 1 and a half seasons until Almirón arrived. McClaren for being so shit and getting that 2015/16 squad relegated. IMO it was possible to see that he tried to get us playing okay stuff and we did in patches in certain games but on the whole the team reflected McClaren as a person, just a weak, wet flannel. But he was just generally shit, our unbeaten run towards the the end of the season under Benitez showed what that team was capable of and also imo 2015/16 is a big reason for the politics between Rafa and Ashley in the following seasons, it set us back years.

Would take. Wonder what the odds are of them scoring 3 OGs.

Standard Arsenal away defeat. They're starting to play well n'all.

If I enjoyed watching us play and we had a likeable manager who actually looked like he knew wtf he was doing, I honestly wouldn't care if we finished in the bottom half season after season. Although you'd imagine we'd be doing a 6-10 every season with that kind of management. Yeah. This club is so easy to get right, we've had glimpses even under Ashley but he continues to wilfully fuck it up.

Played 90 minutes of football in total v these last season with 10 men and with no ASM. By god I hope its watchable, been some absolute shockers from us in this fixture last few years. On the flip side, those two Rafa specials at their place were tremendous. Tactical masterclass. Then we went there last season... Oh aye, away from home v these there's been good moments. At SJP though it's been utterly fucking miserable.

Highly rated by every manager since he's been at the club.

He's still an arsehole and still absolutely shit, but I'll give him his dues for last night in spite of the luck we rode. You need luck to get results v the likes of Liverpool but I felt that we earned it, for the first time in a while we looked like we had a clear plan and the players executed it. But he needs plans and execution when we play Fulham, Sheff Utd, Brighton, West Brom et cetera. As we're yet to see it against sides like that. And it's why he's a 1 in 4 manager and not good enough.

Played 90 minutes of football in total v these last season with 10 men and with no ASM. By god I hope its watchable, been some absolute shockers from us in this fixture last few years.

The fixture which for the last 5 or 6 years we've served up our worst performance of the season in. Opening a new year with it again, if its as bad as last time I'm going to commit seppuku. (Mainly because I know a couple Leicester fans and they're both a pair of cunts)

Great result, decent performance with huge slices of luck. I'm okay playing like this against the likes of Liverpool and the like but this is where Bruce can get to fuck during his tenure: we play like today against everyone, even those who are shit and make them look like world beaters.

I remember when Bobby used to come on after a game and the whole pub would go silent and just listen to him. 'How, shush, man, Bobby's on' Yeah I remember that Happened a couple of times in the Bodega in our first season back in the PL under Rafa, remember after the 1-1 draw with Liverpool and win v Man Utd he appeared on screen and there was constant shushes before complete silence, listening to what he was saying. Miss him so much. Oh, also will bet on Bruce treating tonight like we're playing 2009 Barça at the Nou Camp despite Liverpool having no fit centre halves.

Same. Used to hang off of Rafa's every word, read every article, watch every press conference and pre match and post match interviews. Just switch this rancid cunt off, only time I ever hear him speak is before games when they just happen to interview him but even then I don't listen. He's a pathetic excuse of a manager in 2020, I know sacking him may not make a difference but I can't bear to see his name and face before and after games. Just fuck off.

1-3 defeat. Being generous with the 1.

Merry Christmas lads and Jill[/member]

The End Of The F***ing Club TV series but still works.