D. Yimentov

Said this before but as much as I love Rafa and would want him managing us again at some point, Keegan would be my first choice, especially in these circumstances. Nobody can galvanize the place and boost the confidence of the players like he could.

 

I doubt he's lost his ability to do that.

100%

He's still got his buttons on and he's still got a twinkle in his eye when he talks about us. Even he hasn't watched a game of football for a decade, it wouldn't matter. He's people person; a motivator; probably an entertainer third.

3 years of Kev running riot with Mandy's cheque book would set the place alight.

I'm intrigued to know what people think Staveley (or the Reuben brothers or PIF) gain from this, if they are all in on a conspiracy with Fat Mike.  Having multiple attempts to buy a business fail doesn't tend to help.

The Saudis will be trying to gain favour with Mike so that they can stockpile weapons in one of his warehouses for the next terrorist attack on European soil. Meanwhile, the Reuben brothers, who had connections to Stephen Paddock and Bohemian Grove, will be supplying Mike with under age French muff to sweeten the deal.

Since the Saudis have got their sceptre up America's hoop can't they just tell Mike that if he doesn't sell they'll disappear him off google.

Niall Quinn 

 

“We made an audacious bid to try and lure Louis van Gaal to Sunderland in my time as chairman.

 

"I don't know if anybody knows about it but he did speak to us, his wife spoke to us and he was just in between jobs.

 

"Everything was looking nice but he kind of got a bigger offer.

 

“I was dreaming a little bit but he was really good with us. He spoke to us, his wife spoke to us another time.

 

"We were just giving him the details of what the project will look like and it was one to one, really good, but unfortunately, he had bigger fish to fry."

Something about Niall talking to Louis van Gaal's wife tickles me.

"Who is it?..... Tell him I'm out."

Luke might have to start doing some real reporting if this comes off, instead of hanging out the back of Bruce all the time.

"Bruce left puzzled as Saudis opt for Simeone"

Was Hamann really good? I was young and didn't see many games around that time but I have it in my head that he was a great player for that one season.

Dalglish signed him during his 18-month demolition job. Hamann had talent but the post-Keegan come down was just too depressing in and of itself to get excited about any player.

I don't really understand the idea that Amanda is winding Caulkin up. What would all of these super rich people stand to gain from being publically told to naff off by the sports direct man? I doubt Caulkin is that gullible either.

It's obviously real.

Doesn't get enough mentions

It can't just be a long range shot. s**** players sometimes tank them in from 35 yards. It has to be something Stephen Carr can only do on Fifa.

My vote goes to Ginola v Ferencvaros

With honourable mentions to:

Beardsley v Portsmouth

Mcghee v Bradford

Ben Arfa v Bolton

Albert v Man U

Bin Salman’s royal lungs will pack in just as he takes the lid off the pen.

Cantona committed 3 red card offences in the 2nd half.

- The kick at Albert

- The studs first into Beardsley  (1:24:25)

- And the worst of the lot, the attemted stamp on Shearer over in the corner near their fans. Would've broke his ankle if he'd connected. (1:17:28)

Those two tackles are f***ing atrocious.

Not the greatest technically, but two or three times in a game that power and pace of his will open things up. No-one else in our team would have got that goal yesterday.

I agree with this. He'll never have the elegance of Arfa or Ginola but he's more explosive than both of them. A different kind of dribbler.

Also, he and Almiron are usually knackered after an hour because of Bruce's system.

Sporting Lisbon away still haunts me.

 

Souness dropping Robert because of an interview he gave to the Chronicle the day before. Am(a)dy Faye missing a sitter late on.

 

Few days later Robert was back inside for the hammering against Man Utd at Cardiff in the FA Cup.

 

It was also a few days after the useless tosser had fallen out with Bellamy. We had Kieran Dyer up front. To make matters worse their back four had a combined age of 153. We would’ve torn them to shreds on the counter.

 

As for the Marseille semi-final, Woodgate had Drogba in his pocket in the 1st leg. I was praying for Bobby to rest him before the 2nd leg but he played and the rest, as they say, is Andy O’Brien. Even more crushing was when we brought on Darren Ambrose to shake things up in the 2nd half.

 

 

 

Think Bellamy was loaned out to Celtic months before Lisbon, unless they had another public spat.

Yeah, my mistake. But I distinctly remember Kieron Dyer causing their cart horse defenders problems and wanting to weep.

Sporting Lisbon away still haunts me.

 

Souness dropping Robert because of an interview he gave to the Chronicle the day before. Am(a)dy Faye missing a sitter late on.

 

Few days later Robert was back inside for the hammering against Man Utd at Cardiff in the FA Cup.

It was also a few days after the useless tosser had fallen out with Bellamy. We had Kieran Dyer up front. To make matters worse their back four had a combined age of 153. We would’ve torn them to shreds on the counter.

As for the Marseille semi-final, Woodgate had Drogba in his pocket in the 1st leg. I was praying for Bobby to rest him before the 2nd leg but he played and the rest, as they say, is Andy O’Brien. Even more crushing was when we brought on Darren Ambrose to shake things up in the 2nd half.

I hate to talk about the PL at all now, other fans just don’t get why I don’t care about our results. They open with some banter about Newcastle and just get no response.

 

Totally agree with this Ian. It even gets to the point now, where someone will pipe up with a bit of football talk, and I am instantly bored. Roll the eyes and just switch off. The whole thing just bores me rigid.

People have been asking for this thread to be locked. It should be the open football thread open! Nothing else matters.

100% agree, however I think we need to stop distinguishing Sports Direct and Newcastle United as two separate entities

This. I think it'd be an idea to have everyone on here refer to us as SDFC. It'd be nice if we could get that snowball  in motion.

Foregone Conclusion

"How does it feel there, Steve?"

"How's the meal there, Steve?"

Or was it Lee Ryder from under the table...

"My knees are starting to hurt now, Steve."

Saw Peter Beardsley getting fuel at asda metro 69 plate Audi Q7 not on a private plate. Was surprised by how old he was looking even had an old man shuffle going on

That's the Beardsley shuffle. He was just doing that to get past you.

 

But Redknapp has shared that Bruce thinks that Newcastle simply don’t have the playmakers required in advanced areas to retain possession in the final third.

 

“I was talking to Bruce after the Chelsea game and he said we haven’t got the players to get up the pitch and keep it, we have to defend well and we have to hope that those three players [saint-Maximin, Almiron and Joelinton] can do something special and he [saint-Maximin] is certainly capable,” Redknapp said.

.

 

 

This is how Alan Pardew achieved 5th place with us. Defend and hope Ben Arfa or Cisse does something they shouldn't really be allowed to do.

 

He quickly fell out with Hatem, Papisse awarded himself an onfield retirement and 5th place was never in sight again.

 

These blokes are staggeringly incompetent.

 

I would agree but with one added addition, Cabaye in central midfield. He was a massive plus at CM, something we lack badly right now.

 

Exactly. Cabaye was so important to that team. And for one season I’d say he and Tiote were one of the best CM pairings in the league.

 

I’d say it never looked as bad under Pardew as it does now, mainly because we had better players back then.

Enrique, Coloccini, Jonas, Ba, Santon... We had some good players in that team but Alan used the same impotence inducing strategy as Bruce, leaving attacking matters to individual flair.

 

But Redknapp has shared that Bruce thinks that Newcastle simply don’t have the playmakers required in advanced areas to retain possession in the final third.

 

“I was talking to Bruce after the Chelsea game and he said we haven’t got the players to get up the pitch and keep it, we have to defend well and we have to hope that those three players [saint-Maximin, Almiron and Joelinton] can do something special and he [saint-Maximin] is certainly capable,” Redknapp said.

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This is how Alan Pardew achieved 5th place with us. Defend and hope Ben Arfa or Cisse does something they shouldn't really be allowed to do.

He quickly fell out with Hatem, Papisse awarded himself an onfield retirement and 5th place was never in sight again.

These blokes are staggeringly incompetent.

Pity it hadn't properly kicked off with Saint Allan blaming Le Cabbage before the combat commenced.

Shola was "Ameebi" for a brief period - a pronunciation I'm sure was inspired by the word amoeba.

I'm starting to like him. He's slowly assuming that cult appeal that all semi-likeable blokes do after being comedically s*** for sustained period of time.

This takeover is our only hope. Another season of Ashley & Bruce, then we’ll drop like Sunderland.

 

You're right. The perpetual decline is underway. The law of diminishing returns is in place re tickets, fakeover lies, hope etc. All the managers have control over is performances and these performances are far closer to relegation places than almighty 12th and that will surely balance itself out and likewise the clubs value. That price isn't going to get any higher but he's sadistic enough to take a hit on that to f**k the club up a while longer.

A relegation - who would even care about coming back to the PL under this owner again?! Only one person benefits - him. So attendances would plummet in that event - even with freebies.

The good news is it seems like it would take doing a sunderland or at least staying in the championship with a half empty stadium to get rid of him and for the penny to finally drop that the end product from this owner is misery and it must be stopped.

I'd snap someones hands off for a couple seasons in the championship to get rid of this c**t.

I love it when fans say "That'd be the last straw for me."

Because 2 relegations, the defacement, neglect and renaming of the stadium, the besmirchment of club legends, 13 years of lies,  6 fakeovers, 2 fingers to the fans and a Pardew in a fucking pear tree wasn't enough.