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Bruce doing ok? (No I'm not letting it go).

He actually was though with a manager that knew what he was doing. Aye that mistake was Bruce's fault It fucking is though. Game in game out we have not played simple passes which would easily get us out of trouble, instead we either hoof it, pass back to the keeper, or pretend we are all ASM and try to beat the full team ahead of us. Any manager would have recognised this and sorted it out in training. We simply aren’t even doing basic routine passes in training. This is how it’s his fault, he literally trains our squad not to pass. Brilliant. How can others not see this?

You just know that this idiot of a manager is going to say "well we were still in it with 10 minutes to go, "what can I say, that's football".

It's not working Bruce! What do you not understand?

I absolutely hate watching the Toon under this guise. It honestly appalls me. We are dead as far as I'm concerned.

Southampton look head and shoulders above us, especially in midfield.

Aye. No surprise really when they’ve got a proper manager in the dugout We actually have a half decent team. However we have an awful manager/coach. We will be in the bottom three or thereabouts come Christmas because of Bruce. Yes, bookmark it or whatever.

Aye. No surprise really when they’ve got a proper manager in the dugout We actually have a half decent team. However we have an awful manager/coach. We will be in the bottom three or thereabouts come Christmas because of Bruce.

Because we are worse than shit.

Oh do f#ck off!

Unbelievable how many fans we have who know zilch about the game of football. A huge part of football now is formation and tactics. Years ago we old ones would have scoffed at that. This manager is one of us old one's. He knows nothing at all about tactics ( yes samp, I know we won today).

We defended really well. Second half we did better with the ball. Fantastic? Get a grip!

Brilliant!

Absolutely this. I have just said the same thing. This is not a bad set of players.

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Aye I heard that too. We can live in hope. What he say? Towards the end of his interview he said he was going to try to enjoy the job because, "I won't be here much longer, I don't think". But before that he said the takeover seems to have gone away, although he wouldn't know. Eh, quite an odd thing to say if he doesn’t know that he’s gone, no? Yeah, although it might have been just a slip of the tongue because he knows he's out of his depth. That was my take on it.

World's stickiest bogey?

Error fuck off I started this, I want some credit ? Sorry 1964.

Awaymag, this is brilliant. We were obviously brought up on the same humour. I still, after all these years, can't say the word considerably without sounding like Rik. My wife just looks at me blank.

Crop rotation in the 18th Century was considerably more widespread after..............? Like it. Rick Mayall?

I find this an interesting comment because if you want to accuse someone of that, I would have to argue that it's possible that you yourself are guilty of this. You maintained last season that 'Bruce was doing ok'. I think many people would say that what happened last season was in spite of Bruce and not because of him. That's gleaned from many years of watching football (and personal experience with Pardew) Some people might say that that shows a basic lack of understanding of football from you. Others would say it's your opinion. If you don't agree with someone's opinion, give them a counter argument, don't belittle them. Absolutely brilliantly put. I only wish that I could of published those words so eloquently because I so much struggle with what Samp is on about. He deserves every bit of criticism that comes his way after the pathetic defence of Bruce last season.

Even this comment confirms that the "fan base" have been sleep walked into thinking Joelinton is of any contribution at all. No, he shouldn't even be on the bench! He's useless.

No point in getting rid now, no one would take it. We’re stuck with him until the sale goes through. He’s got some decent points on the board after a tricky start, no need to panic. Ffs, I hope you are on the wind up! I can guarantee we will be in the bottom 3 come Christmas.

Honestly don't think the journalists actually watch the game, or even pay attention enough to ask any sensible questions. I saw a gazette article this morning talking about how Joelinton played on the left yesterday, when he was on the right all game. It's pitiful really. Joelinton is a big ol' pile of steaming dogshit. I have been saying this from day 1. It's the posters on here with such shite as "there is a player in there somewhere" that get on my tits. What have they actually been watching?

An absolute hammering!