HaydnNUFC

Would have him in an ambassadorial sort of role for sure. Not a football one though, personally think that ship has sailed. Get Rafa back or get someone of the calibre of Pochettino or Allegri and give them free reign.

13th on 35 points. 8 clear of the bottom 3. 8 off a potential European spot.

Nabbing this.

State of that post. Sima[/member]

Know what you mean about the football. Being honest I wouldn’t put up with his style from another manager. I see Poch as a great manager and coach, but we need someone to build the club from top to bottom, and I’m not exaggerating when I say I don’t think anyone in the world would do a better job of that than Rafa. Rafa would want a day in architectural plans for a new training ground, decide the academy structure and who operates what with in it. He’d want to add to the transfer structure he’s already put in place and have full say of who comes and goes and for what price. This is what we need, someone who knows how to build a clubs infrastructure. The question is would the new owners be willing to let up that amount of control. The fact they’ve been auditioning candidates for a new sporting director might suggest not. Think Rafa's got unfinished business here as well tbf, would still love to see what he could do with a quality squad. Agree, but like I posted a few days ago the idea of having Allegri or Pochettino as manager under new owners intrigues me. A lot.

Reading this thread and Twitter.

Absolutely embarrassing the way some went on during those first 10 games last season.

Unsure about Anita in midfield but aye. Krul, Debuchy, Coloccini, Yanga-Mbiwa, Santon, Anita, Cabaye, Sissoko, Ben Arfa, Remy, Cisse Wonder where that side would've finished had we not sold Cabaye or had a decent manager in. Even the 15/16 side that went down is a decent side. Fucking Pardew and McClaren, man.

More like a football/NUFC random thought, but could an argument be made that the team we had in the first half of 2013/14 (Remy, Cabaye, Ben Arfa etc) before the wankers actually sold Cabaye was better than the 2011/12 team that did finish 5th? While the former side did have some shockers (Man City (a), Hull (h), Everton (a), mackems (a), Swansea (a)) they also had some of the most complete performances we've seen in the PL in the last few years (Liverpool (h), Chelsea (h), Man Utd (a), Palace (a)). Only time I recall an incredibly lucky result was away at Spurs. On Boxing Day after we stuffed 9 man Stoke 5-1 and big Sparky Hughesy chucked his coat in the air, we had 33 points from 18 games, 6 points off top. We then lost some games post Christmas, sold Cabaye and everything completely fell apart.

Watched the highlights of it back. Probably putting 2 and 2 together and getting fuck knas but Perez doesn't celebrate the goal really, perhaps he knew he was going there or something. Probably not.

I'm in.

You just want to do it same time this Sunday coming? I’ll change the title if so. Yeah, for sure. I've already written three rounds this morning so I must be keen/bored. Shall we keep a track of the podium places in the opening post for fun? Are half of them guess the starting lineup?

Cheers for putting that together neesy111[/member]

If this takeover happens (which it won't) I'd love Rafa back and pay whatever extortionate amount of money it is for my old ST seat and come back up from uni every game. I adore the man and think he's a perfect fit for us. But there's a part of me that wants us to have a completely fresh start if we're taken over. Probably getting into cuckoo delewded jawdee territory here, but either Allegri or Pochettino I'd happily take perhaps even at the expense of Rafa coming back. Not that its gonna happen like.

Should be alright with anything NUFC related post 1988. Anything else and I'm fucked.

Oh go on then.

There's quite a few, and a lot are before I was even born so Beardsley v Spurs, 1993 Beardsley v Norwich, 1995 Ferdinand v Coventry, 1995 Albert v Man Utd, 1996 Asprilla v Liverpool, 1997 Beresford v Villa, 1997 Shearer v Everton, 2002 Robert's brace v Spurs, 2003 Robert v Liverpool, 2004 Cabaye v Man Utd, 2012 Ben Arfa v Bolton, 2012 Cisse's brace v Chelsea, 2012 Cisse v Southampton, 2013 Perez v West Brom, 2014 Shelvey v QPR, 2016 Perez v Ipswich, 2016 Schar v Burnley, 2019 Almiron v Palace, 2019 (not because it was a great goal but because I love Miggy) Great goals that never were: Mirandinha v Liverpool, 1989 Solano v Inter, 2003 Tiote v Man City, 2014

Cheers. Mixture of busyness with uni and taking a break from it all. Still lurked on here from time to time.

Willems' loan was terminated.

6-2. Scholes hattrick. Were 6-1 down for a good chunk of the game.

Turns out that if we won that game we would've gone 3 points behind Arsenal and Man Utd with 6 games left, one of which was Man Utd at SJP. Which went well.

Albeit it was against a poor side, did the manner in which we won v QPR on the Saturday after (2 late Beardsley goals) not boost morale amongst the players and fans in the slightest?

Owen spouting more shite in his new excuse of a book. What a tosser that man is. Pretty much doesn't refute the claims of him being a sick note or playing when he wanted and wraps it in digs and excuses.