HaydnNUFC

51,000+ easily. Absolutely amazing. Proud to be a Geordie.

This is from my much younger perspective. I think I've said it in an earlier post or a different thread, but we should've went for Rafa after the end of the 2012-13 season imo. His "caretaker/interim" job at Chelsea came to an end, and our fans began to massively turn on Pardew after the Europa League excuses, 0-3 and 0-6 home defeats etc etc. And I'm too young to have experienced the buzz after promotion to the Premier League under Keegan in 1993, but I suppose if/when we get back up, the feelings will be the same? And in our first season in the PL we finished 3rd? Not saying we're going to finish in the top 4 when we get back up by any means, but it completely excites me what we're capable of doing in the top tier with this feeling of positivity and optimism around the club after years of apathy and no hope, and it's all thanks to this man. He's the first Toon manager who we've had while I've been properly supporting us who I've felt this much adulation for, probably more so than Keegan as I didn't get to see us in the 90s, and Hughton. He's got me looking forward to the match for the first time since maybe the 5th place Cisse-Ba-Ben Arfa season. Bring on Saturday!

0-8 or 0-9 wouldn't have even been flattering, and that's what the scoreline probably should've been like with Atsu's off-the-bar strike (which might have been over the line, there's nee goal line technology in the Championship), Perez's offside goal and many chances when got through, Mitrovic hitting the bar, fuck me

Irish Maldini.

Would let him fist me lass.

State of the goal but gtfi

HTL

Sent off for celebrating a late goal with your supporters football's a spectator sport man, what a cunt of a rule that is. Feel sorry for the lad who was sent off.

Forest are shit

Villa really are quite poor, especially with the money they've spent. Tragic.

Villa are 17th? Howay Forest.

1-2. Winner will go like Beardsley to Cole back to Beardsley again or summit.

Was just going to post this

A doubt, apparently. http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/derby-county-ace-will-hughes-an-injury-doubt-for-rams-game-with-newcastle/story-29697764-detail/story.html

Chris Hughton wasn't crap.

What a cunt. Hope he dies.

If it wasn't for those groups, Sack Pardew in particular, we wouldn't have Rafa now. And for the record, I'm a ST holder in the East Stand with me dad, and both of us supported both campaigns. We took part in the Spurs boycott and didn't go back to another game that season until the West Ham-Jonas decider.

It's an utter sham, ruined a great tournament for the lower league clubs. It's the first step of including top tier B teams in the lower leagues, like they do in Spain.

This is how I picture the posters on RTG, Stray Mackem aside.

Lazaar Lascelles Darlow Perez Hayden Lascelles would be 1st if he didn't have that new ridiculous top knot or whatever it's called.

Random question here, but is our number 9 related in any way to Marcus Gayle? The scorer of Wimbledon's goal when we beat them 6-1 at SJP and Vinnie Jones had to go in goal?

Should've went for him after the end of 2012/13. IMO. Someone capable for 2004/5 instead of Souness surely, when all the rot started for the very first time. Agreed. It wouldn't have been Rafa though, he was at Liverpool when the club handled the Sir Bobby situation very badly.