Happinesstan

Hope they go on a run and overtake us.

He's definitely here to support Bruce.

MOTD can fuck off. They've just stated that we lack identity and then pondered why?

He was badmouthing Yello, apparently. Said The Race was crap and their new stuff's even worse. Oh yeah?

He's just realised he forgot to add sausage rolls to his Iceland order.

Steve Bruce has proved that you can't allow the hatred of the fans to put you off. If Rafa was half the man of Bruce he'd be down at Stamford Bridge with his shirt ripped open screaming "Let's be having you"

His post match interview when we score is going to be pitiful. We'll lose 7-1 and he'll be upbeat about the progress shown.

Hardly an exciting prospect either based on Jones unsuccessful managerial efforts. We've had 100% manager no coaching. maybe it's time to try it the other way round. Even if you tell Jones not to manage in any way, all we'd be missing is the managerial skills of a burst haemorrhoid.

Aye, well, don't hold your breath. We'd have to have a club owner with high ambitions of a top 6 finish for that to happen. EDIT: Scratch that, we'd have to have a club owner with ambitions of 17th or above. Frank lost me my bet on Bruce at 3/1 Maybe that's why Bruce hasn't been sacked yet. Too much lumped on @ fun88 and they were just waiting for another to go.

They obviously don't watch the games if they think the criticism is harsh. If anything it's been massively restrained. Lord help him if a crowd ever gets into the ground to watch....could see him curled in to a ball in a corner rocking back and forth saying over and over 'it's getting better', its getting better' Beyond feeble from the club That's the only thing that would tempt me back, at the minute.

I don't think that is in response to my query but just in case I was talking about the Newcastle fan that is taking the PL to court.

Giving the go-ahead the moment that Saudi and Qatar shake hands would surely amount to a confession in the court case against whassisname.

But he'd get to pit his wits against Europe's elite. One tactical masterclass at a time and he could do it.

Last time Rafa joined.

That's the equivalent of walking into a primary school assembly and announcing: Santa is dead in the water. The ongoing issues is between your parents and your presents and that's it. Not what you kids want to hear, but there it is. Except people are meant to be mature on here.

Even got the nerve to say we've been making the same complaint for years.

Look at the state of that man. Pull his pants down and I can bet there's a squiggly tail under there. Keep plugging away Steve, that's the spirit.

Quicker to just buy Leeds. Except Leeds don't offer the same package, nowhere near. Not this year or any other year. Delusional. What do NUFC have that Leeds cannot offer? Leeds have never averaged over 40k in their history. Until the 70’s they were a nothing club. In short they’ll never be as big as NUFC. Sorry but that is simply nonsense. Biggest club in Yorkshire, in a thriving & cosmopolitan city, with a history of winning trophies in the living memory of most people. Attendences count for nothing, especially since Leeds are hardly Wimbledon...they still have attracted pretty large crowds in all the time I have followed the game. At this rate they will be a bigger club than us in 5 months time, never mind never at all. Leeds are a club just waiting to take off. And if the Saudis or Qataris buy them & make them even remotely like Man City they will attract 50k crowds easily. We already attract 50k crowds. In the championship too. And? There seems to be a thought process going on here that, just because NUFC have more potential than Leeds, that somehow Leeds won't be a very attractive proposition to Saudi. Absolute delusion I'm afraid. Well the Saudis are interested in us, and not giving up easily, and haven't went for Leeds. Surely that stands for something? There's something in the fact that Staveley has clearly sold NUFC to them and not Leeds, as she realises what it could be, the idea that they'll just jump ship and buy instead is just pure speculation, regardless how much you keep saying people are deluded. It could be the NE property developers who have a preference for ourselves. Not that PIF need them, of course, but you can certainly see why NUFC is popular give the current consortium. If the Saudis want to buy any other club I'm sure they can.

He's close. When you go and try to win [against any team] without a tactical plan as to how to do so, that's when they can hurt you.

I think they're more expecting PIF to have some impact on his behaviour.

Does that mean we've progressed on last season?

Basics: 1. Attend the game 2. Pride 3. Passing 4. Participate Got it. Its Mike Bassett How many other Premier League (or League 1) Managers would say this to the press and get away with it without being ridiculed? What do highly paid professional footballers, some of whom have a degree of ability (and could even have been influenced by Rafa) think of it? At what point do they all despair and just give up? Or have they already? Ye Gods! Actually, I think any manager could get away with it. Surely nobody is prepared for any of the answers he gives.

He hasn't lost the dressing room, he's lost the canteen. Can see why he's struggling. Maybe he calls the canteen "the dressing room" as that's where he gets his ketchup sachets.

Need a bigger board Back to basics Didn't do enough Can't do that at this level Brutally honest Walked through the door Lacking that little bit of quality in the final third (might be too long to fit in a square, like) It's missing pieface, also.

Always liked him. He looks like a stoner [particularly when playing LB in his first couple of games]. Thought he would have been demoted to back up by now, the fact he's still our best FB shows how far Rafa inspired our faith.