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One of the replies.. " Twitchy NUFC @Twitchytoes rafas legacy, can see why he jumped now - he knew he had backed the club into a corner with the players he bought for his style, will take a few years to fully wash his stench from the club " Has it got so bad that some people will play the cunt just to get retweets/noticed, whatever the fuck they're doing? Jesus Christ. If Rafa is stench what the fuck is Bruce. A bottomless cesspit.

Aaww fuck off. The bastard gods want us to stay up. To be fair they were losing and drew level so if anything. Gods still onside with relegation Oh right. I thought Villa had been 2-0 up. I can be patient. It's going to be fun watching everybody slowly come to the realisation that we're going down. Like planting a school in sim city. Only slower, obviously.

Aaww fuck off. The bastard gods want us to stay up.

International football is way better than club football friendlies There are very few friendlies now bar in the run up to tournaments That's what I thought. We rarely play friendlies during the season. So basically he's saying we should scrap one of the cups.

International football is way better than club football Rather watch that than Bruce’s team try and play footy, rather watch a Check-a-trade replay cup game in fact! I'd rather watch 2 year olds play Subbuteo. Unfortunately sky don't have those rights, so...

Should scrap this cunt as he is, evidently, a risk to players' health.

Aye. Longing for the olden days of Vinnie Jones.

I remember a very short spell when Ayoze was referred to by commentators as "Ayothe" and then it went back to normal. I always wondered if they copied Rafa, or got the word but couldn't be bothered to keep it up... People on here were slagging them off for calling him Ayothe (despite it being his name). Never understood that.

I remember when he got sent off against Birmingham. We went on to win 4-1, buoyed by the crowds reaction to his sending off.

All we deserve is Colback.

0-1 Dennis scores in injury time,

Any truth to the rumours I've just started?

Seems like perfectly normal business practice, to me. You could say the same of Man City, of course, except breaking rules put in place to maintain a balanced playing field... is general business practice.

But don’t the elite exist precisely because of the ridiculous financial situation? It’s barely a sport if the only way to compete is to get a Sheik to put £400m a year in. But the only reason Man City could compete consistently was doing it they way they did. Tough s***. What Man CIty have done is make it even harder for anyone else to get in. It’s also not guaranteed they wouldn’t have been able to do it without Sheikh Mansour. Don’t get me wrong they wouldn’t have dominated in the way they have, but they have always been a big club, with good owners they’d have been capable of challenging For Champions league spots. I mean Leicester have done it with fewer means at their disposal. With average /forward thinking owners we would have too. Without the sheikh cash what would have happened is the moment city even got close to cl places the rich clubs pick apart the team like vultures. The rich get richer and everyone else is there to make up the numbers. f*** modern football and everything it stands for I mean there are three elite clubs in this country. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal. You could add Chelsea but they’re just the same as Manchester City, in that without a mega rich owner they’d be in that group of about 10 clubs below the elite. It’s absolutely possible Man City could break in to the top 4 and occasionally compete similar to how we did, all those years ago, or how Leicester and Tottenham have today. Maybe big clubs would come in for players, if they were well run they could gradually improve their club and become even more competitive. all it takes is one f*** up of a season/transfer window to send a team crashing down to where they started undoing years of work, see us appointing graham souness as an example of that there is no margin for error. All the while man utd liverpool etc are too big to fail since they can afford to correct mistakes by throwing more money at it until something works. Until very strict spending rules along the lines of american sports then there is nothing fair about financial fair play We made more mistakes than just Souness tbf. Plus I don’t see how adding Chelsea and Man City in to the mix has made anything better, all that’s happened is we have another 2 clubs inflating fees and pushing the likes of ourselves further away. I don’t like what Manchester United in particular have done with commercialisation but at least they along with Arsenal and Liverpool are where they are based on some kind of meritocracy. Theyve built their clubs organically over decades. But because of the UEFA Champions League, those three in particular were only ever going to pull further away. You’d get the odd exception, you’d get the likes of Spurs who’d flirt with them but fall short and ultimately have their best players taken away, but without Man City and Chelsea doing what they did, the top 3 most seasons would be those 3 clubs. The FA have done more to create that, than any other organisation. They bent over backwards to accommodate Man U's attempts to win the CL for England. The 7 seasons between the CL expanding beyond one club per country from the 96/97 season to Abramovich buying Chelsea after the 02/03 season, 17 of the 21 top 3 places were taken by Man Utd, Arsenal & Liverpool. We managed it twice, Chelsea & Leeds once apiece. After Chelsea started spending, it was the same clubs in the top 4 for the next 6 seasons. Spurs upset the applecart once before Man City broke into the top 4 for the first time. 2004-2009 was UEFAs dream. Don’t think they minded Chelsea because there was still 4 spots and it didn’t really affect Arsenal going for 4th every year to qualify. Once City came along and it put Liverpool, Man Utd & Arsenal’s position at the top table under pressure, they didn’t like it. Yeah, but before that Man U were complaining that they couldn't achieve their aim of winning the CL (for England) and maintain an assault on the PL. So the FA went out of their way to help in any way they could. To be fair to the PL, they stuck up to UEFA when Everton finished 4th. UEFA were pretty much expecting them to do what La Liga did with Real Madrid & Real Sociedad when Sociedad finished 4th, Madrid won the CL, so La Liga took the 4th slot from Real Sociedad to Real Madrid. The Premier League didn’t bow to them, so they decided to change their rules to let Liverpool back in anyway. It’s fucking pathetic. I don't disagree, the entirety of governing bodies are pathetic. Not one of them has the interests of the game at heart [outside of keeping it alive in order to justify their existence].

Wiped out? What do you mean, exactly? Was it not paid off as part of the sale? Surely there aren't people out thee wiping out £200M debts? If there are I want a lend of £200M. fyp I only need a tenner.

No way it’s handball though. There is only people claiming it’s handball because there has been some ridiculous decisions where VAR has given penalties for that. Lack of consistency was always the biggest issue and they've succeeded in achieving fuck all in that respect.

Wiped out? What do you mean, exactly? Was it not paid off as part of the sale? Surely there aren't people out thee wiping out £200M debts? If there are I want a lend of a tenner.

I don’t know why the club went there? Can’t blame Carroll in this, no other Premier League club would have given him a deal, he might have dropped a division and maybe got half of that as a basic if someone was daft enough to gamble on him. Well it wasn't for footballing reasons, of that we can be certain, because no decision is taken for footballing reasons.

We're not getting rid of corruption, full stop. It's the way things are done. Fining somebody for corruption is just a legal way of accepting bribes.

And how much would you demand if a PL club wanted you for 10-15 games per season?

They've missed a trick by not photoshopping Yedlin into Bruce.

But don’t the elite exist precisely because of the ridiculous financial situation? It’s barely a sport if the only way to compete is to get a Sheik to put £400m a year in. But the only reason Man City could compete consistently was doing it they way they did. Tough s***. What Man CIty have done is make it even harder for anyone else to get in. It’s also not guaranteed they wouldn’t have been able to do it without Sheikh Mansour. Don’t get me wrong they wouldn’t have dominated in the way they have, but they have always been a big club, with good owners they’d have been capable of challenging For Champions league spots. I mean Leicester have done it with fewer means at their disposal. With average /forward thinking owners we would have too. Without the sheikh cash what would have happened is the moment city even got close to cl places the rich clubs pick apart the team like vultures. The rich get richer and everyone else is there to make up the numbers. f*** modern football and everything it stands for I mean there are three elite clubs in this country. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal. You could add Chelsea but they’re just the same as Manchester City, in that without a mega rich owner they’d be in that group of about 10 clubs below the elite. It’s absolutely possible Man City could break in to the top 4 and occasionally compete similar to how we did, all those years ago, or how Leicester and Tottenham have today. Maybe big clubs would come in for players, if they were well run they could gradually improve their club and become even more competitive. all it takes is one f*** up of a season/transfer window to send a team crashing down to where they started undoing years of work, see us appointing graham souness as an example of that there is no margin for error. All the while man utd liverpool etc are too big to fail since they can afford to correct mistakes by throwing more money at it until something works. Until very strict spending rules along the lines of american sports then there is nothing fair about financial fair play We made more mistakes than just Souness tbf. Plus I don’t see how adding Chelsea and Man City in to the mix has made anything better, all that’s happened is we have another 2 clubs inflating fees and pushing the likes of ourselves further away. I don’t like what Manchester United in particular have done with commercialisation but at least they along with Arsenal and Liverpool are where they are based on some kind of meritocracy. Theyve built their clubs organically over decades. But because of the UEFA Champions League, those three in particular were only ever going to pull further away. You’d get the odd exception, you’d get the likes of Spurs who’d flirt with them but fall short and ultimately have their best players taken away, but without Man City and Chelsea doing what they did, the top 3 most seasons would be those 3 clubs. The FA have done more to create that, than any other organisation. They bent over backwards to accommodate Man U's attempts to win the CL for England. The 7 seasons between the CL expanding beyond one club per country from the 96/97 season to Abramovich buying Chelsea after the 02/03 season, 17 of the 21 top 3 places were taken by Man Utd, Arsenal & Liverpool. We managed it twice, Chelsea & Leeds once apiece. After Chelsea started spending, it was the same clubs in the top 4 for the next 6 seasons. Spurs upset the applecart once before Man City broke into the top 4 for the first time. 2004-2009 was UEFAs dream. Don’t think they minded Chelsea because there was still 4 spots and it didn’t really affect Arsenal going for 4th every year to qualify. Once City came along and it put Liverpool, Man Utd & Arsenal’s position at the top table under pressure, they didn’t like it. Yeah, but before that Man U were complaining that they couldn't achieve their aim of winning the CL (for England) and maintain an assault on the PL. So the FA went out of their way to help in any way they could.

I doubt thee are many experienced PL players earning less than £25K. Even Shortstuff is looking at £20k per week. It's just the going rate.

There is no variation to which Newcastle turns up, it's Brucey's black and white army, every time. It's all about picking th optimum moment to play our 6 mins in their half.

But don’t the elite exist precisely because of the ridiculous financial situation? It’s barely a sport if the only way to compete is to get a Sheik to put £400m a year in. But the only reason Man City could compete consistently was doing it they way they did. Tough s***. What Man CIty have done is make it even harder for anyone else to get in. It’s also not guaranteed they wouldn’t have been able to do it without Sheikh Mansour. Don’t get me wrong they wouldn’t have dominated in the way they have, but they have always been a big club, with good owners they’d have been capable of challenging For Champions league spots. I mean Leicester have done it with fewer means at their disposal. With average /forward thinking owners we would have too. Without the sheikh cash what would have happened is the moment city even got close to cl places the rich clubs pick apart the team like vultures. The rich get richer and everyone else is there to make up the numbers. f*** modern football and everything it stands for I mean there are three elite clubs in this country. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal. You could add Chelsea but they’re just the same as Manchester City, in that without a mega rich owner they’d be in that group of about 10 clubs below the elite. It’s absolutely possible Man City could break in to the top 4 and occasionally compete similar to how we did, all those years ago, or how Leicester and Tottenham have today. Maybe big clubs would come in for players, if they were well run they could gradually improve their club and become even more competitive. all it takes is one f*** up of a season/transfer window to send a team crashing down to where they started undoing years of work, see us appointing graham souness as an example of that there is no margin for error. All the while man utd liverpool etc are too big to fail since they can afford to correct mistakes by throwing more money at it until something works. Until very strict spending rules along the lines of american sports then there is nothing fair about financial fair play We made more mistakes than just Souness tbf. Plus I don’t see how adding Chelsea and Man City in to the mix has made anything better, all that’s happened is we have another 2 clubs inflating fees and pushing the likes of ourselves further away. I don’t like what Manchester United in particular have done with commercialisation but at least they along with Arsenal and Liverpool are where they are based on some kind of meritocracy. Theyve built their clubs organically over decades. But because of the UEFA Champions League, those three in particular were only ever going to pull further away. You’d get the odd exception, you’d get the likes of Spurs who’d flirt with them but fall short and ultimately have their best players taken away, but without Man City and Chelsea doing what they did, the top 3 most seasons would be those 3 clubs. The FA have done more to create that, than any other organisation. They bent over backwards to accommodate Man U's attempts to win the CL for England.