HaydnNUFC

Great shout. Pity about the absence of first match thread luck. Hayden did have a header early... thought it was going to be on! I would get his name and number on a shirt, but it would just end up looking like the people who put the lettering on the shirts have spelt my name wrong

On one hand, I appreciate this crop of players need time to gel, so we shouldn't panic. On the other, the longer this goes on, the lower confidence is going to be, in a team already bereft of confidence from the last few years.

For any one being far too reactionary on here. Bournemouth's start to their Championship winning season in 2014-15.

We'll win this one.

Disgusting.

Back in. First half was as poor as I've ever seen us play at St. James'. Apart from the Gayle chance in the first couple of minutes, we offered nowt. They hit the post with their first shot at goal. Lascelles mistake for the first. Second half much better, Ritchie being a massive difference. Got the goal although lucky. Our best move of the game probably being when Ritchie messed up that header. Mbemba mistake for their winner and that finished us. Worrying stuff. The fact that we've lost 2 out of 2 already when last time we lost 4 out of 46 is the main worry for me. Last time we had a nucleus of Premier League players, Nolan, Enrique, Carroll, Coloccini et al. Ritchie aside, who in our current side are of that ilk?

Speaking of that, who is his assistant now? Is it the bloke who came in afterwards, that Mikel Antia? I always thought he was just a coach.

BeIn sometimes have a 3 o'clock Championship game on (they had Forest v Burton last week) but I'm not 100% sure

The fucking state of this

This cunt collapsed and died yet?

Snatchap

The older bloke crying as if he's welcoming back his son from a military tour in Afghanistan

The fuck?

The bold dates we're at home.

It's the only one I thought looked attractive enough for Sky to bother with to be honest. Only other one might have been Cardiff but the rest of our fixtures at that time don't really stand out. If they televise our Boxing Day fixture (Sheff Wed at home) will it be pushed back to a 5:30pm start? I'm hoping to god the Boxing Day game isn't earlier than a 3pm kick off.

What about 4 or 5 nowt?

Off Vice City isn't he?

Same, but Sheffield Wednesday will want much more than £7m for him.

It's creativity in the middle of park which we lacked, both Friday night and last season. On Friday there was no final pass to cut through a poor Fulham defence.

Keep him for the craic. Hoy him in the Monty Magpie suit.

Scunthorpe (a) (2-1) Blackpool (a) (2-1) Derby (a) (3-0) were our only defeats last time.

September, innit? Not sure.

Gayle leading Rafa's counterattacking