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If you want pages and pages of waffle, head to the takeover thread, it's a hoot. Theres really not much to say on this game. We will start the same team. We will have less possession than Brighton. There wont be many goals. Think he might switch Carroll and Almiron, actually.

I thought it was yesterday. Awoke to the feeling I couldn't remember it and came to check the score. It's the most memorable performance we've had under Bruce.

Mitro is the man. Had a fair few on here calling him shite though. We never had any pace out wide or decent delivery into the box during his time here and so it just didn't work. It's a big shame because he's a great character and talisman. Love the mental bastard. And he's not even that mental. He is fairly mental like, but that's ok by me. If Mitro is only remembered for one thing from his time here, he saved us from 7 in a row (and counting). You say that, but if Jeremy Corbyn had his mentality, he'd be PM.

I don't get stuff like this. I mean fair enough if from previous rivalries you don't like them - I obviously get that part and same goes for any given club - but what's the disdain about people potentially liking a team that goes out to attack the opposition and therefore is very entertaining to watch? It feels like a lot of people take the opposite position to popular rhetoric just to be contrary, as opposed to maybe just accepting they seem to be entertaining, and it's great to have such an innovative, different manager in the league? It doesn't automatically mean you have to love everything about them, or even like them at all - but it's hardly unreasonable why some may take a liking. The vast majority of people that like the Leeds football team, probably have never been to Leeds. But somebody had a bad Friday at trinity so the world should hate them.

Mitro is the man. Had a fair few on here calling him shite though. We never had any pace out wide or decent delivery into the box during his time here and so it just didn't work. It's a big shame because he's a great character and talisman. Love the mental bastard. And he's not even that mental.

I'm rarely starstruck but this one time [at boot camp] Bob Willis came into my box and I just looked up at him and said, "You're Bob Willis", then left. It was at Lords, not boot camp. The box was full of celebrities everyday, but on this occasion I just melted. that reminds me. is anyone on here old enough to remember the annual Callers Pegasus ODI's at jesmond. used to be a great day out. Aye. Always wanted to go, but was too young. Then it just seemed to disappear. I suppose it lost it's unique appeal when Durham rose to prominence.

I'm rarely starstruck but this one time [at boot camp] Bob Willis came into my box and I just looked up at him and said, "You're Bob Willis", then left. It was at Lords, not boot camp. The box was full of celebrities everyday, but on this occasion I just melted.

Now that's not what you said. You implied he would become a replacement for, pound for pound, the best striker in the world. Steward's enquiry. He said he could see it happening.

Just introduce transfers to international football and be done.

You would be correct. There's a first But he pronounces it "chilli" You're getting confused with the band that sing 'Have you seen her'

Steve Bruce gives Newcastle their best start to a campaign for 23 years, has a ring to it.

You just said never, Steve. Twice.

I dunno. A lot of the things he did during his good spell was individual moments of brilliance, things that shouldn't necessarily be reliant on a specific system. Search "This is Why Manchester United Needs Sean Longstaff !" on youtube. He tried and did things he simply doesn't do anymore, and he looks in better shape/sharper then than he does now. To me it seems like it was either a purple patch, or his injury has affected him a lot and hasn't gotten back to the physical shape he was in back then. It was so much fun watching him. The "old" Longstaff did everything. Was good in the tackle, could spray the ball around just as good as Shelvey, was really good at creating space for himself under pressure in order to pass the ball, had a mean shot, excellent crossing technique. I don't see how these things can get so much worse just because he plays in a less structured team. At times during that spell he looked a complete natural. It was all so instinctive, which is really what you want, but those players struggle to thrive if the team isn't set up to capitalise.

Ah the old "I don't remember" defence. It can't be disproved.

Better call Saul.

If only.

I've always thought it was 'Voodoo Chile'.

I could be massively wrong here but I vaguely reading Nickson had vastly changed the way we scout players using data from players all over the world. I think it was brought up around the time Rafa didn’t want to work how Carr operated and favoured a more statistical approach. We did have a database even in the days of Carr and we only have a small number of scouts to check the database recommendations. Before Rafa we were paying the cheapest fee (Western Europe only) but Rafa and Nickson were eventually able to encourage Charnley to approve more countries on the subscription. So how does that work? The club pays for a service to gain data on players? Actual Scout Data from real scouts presented in a FM style. Those who own the database software provide the scouts. They're probably just running a game of FM.

All I know about him is what I read on here and I've seen nothing to explain the love-in that some have. I really don't have an opinion on him, but the way people go on about him is ridiculous. In terms of eloquent and informed writing about the club over a period of at least five years and capturing the mood of the fans his writing has been second to none. If the takeover goes through, he should be credited as the 4th or 5th most influential person in the takeover happening as it was no doubt his writings in the Times that were read by Staveley and made her decide to make this her life’s venture I might give a passing thought to the most influential but I'm not making a list of nominations.

All I know about him is what I read on here and I've seen nothing to explain the love-in that some have. I really don't have an opinion on him, but the way people go on about him is ridiculous.

He's a big lad, he can take it. Unlike some of the fannies on here.

But but but, they're Bruce's buys? Caulkin has as much a clue as Edwards. He built a reputation on being significantly more articulate that the typical local journalist and having a tenuous friendship with Staveley which has been shown up to be worth less than a slice of dung smeared toast. I'd be happy to state that people on this forum know as much about what has gone on as Caulkin does after the last few months. Christ man! Detach the emotion, and what exactly is inaccurate with that? There is some absolute fruit cakes on this forum. I think it’s largely accepted that caulkin gets his info from staveley, he passes on what she tells him. It really is as simple as that He's a ground-breaking journalist dontcha know?

The German's also said buying a volkswagon would save the planet. Don't trust their sales patter one bit.

Thought that said Taylor Wayne.

Like fuck did he refute that. I bet he lapped up with "loodsa chilli sauce mate"