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Of course, Marco highlighted this on total sport the other week "I played for the club in the premier league, well top flight, clubs invariably got their biggest gate of the season against us because of our away support" literally happened once in the top-flight (big relegation game against Man City) and once the year before - against us. but

The trogolodon's at it again.

I haven't watched it back but Les missing two one on one's (iirc) and skying a shot with the goal gaping from 8yards is clear-cut to me. More so than shanking a shot into the ground and it bobbling in like them cunts. They got battered. Even their players....even Bruce!! concedes that

Just seen Charlton got 13,000 against these on Saturday for their cup final. Below their average, more than 10k less than they got for Cambridge, half what they got for Ipswich and in fact one of their lowest gates. Imagine getting off on being 'everyone's cup final' in the third division, but actually not being anything of the sort.

They're a decent team, possession is their game - perhaps to a fault, bit of a bogey-team (almost always wretched games), they should be the better team having been run well for years and were favourites, plus our position/need - really wasn't bothered about the performance or lack of ball. Its not a case of not boding well because the trend is up regardless. That our defence is getting proper battle-tested and standing up to it, is kinda reassuring.

On the Abramovich thread "Every club has their thick shit wankers. The irony is that they will no doubt all be BNP/UKIP style voters as well." no self-awareness you say?

Not biting, ah sod it I will. Remember the first time the big flags got around the whole ground against Liverpool? Got f*cked up in the Gallowgate end and ripped. Watched on from my East Stand seat in horror thinking 'amateurs! did they learn nothing from gawking at us in envy for a year with the big flag?"

Hard to believe it wasnt so long ago we were having an owner sell off the land and finish expansion plans and the council going along with it. Its hard to believe this turn around sometimes.

Thats the original flag and mosaic stand you're besmirching The rest of you learned from us!!!

Around this time of year during our survival act under Keegan, they came here as relegation rivals and won. In other words, to quote Mr Wolf (i think from the direct line advert) "lets not start sucking each others d1cks just yet" More for the fans than team because I think the manager will be stressing a lack of complacency. Also I hardly ever predict/fancy us to win.

Wont be as photogenic but think we could scrape in the Leazes/East Stand corner for about 2k extra too, since there would be no loss of light that isn't lost already and there's a bit of paving space there to accomodate it

Martin Samuel reckons all Abramovic has done wrong is keep bad company but the way we treat Bruce at that one game was disgraceful just happened to support that bad company and that bad company has taken the world the closest to WW3 its ever been and the closest to nuclear war since 1961 but how about them 'we want Brucie out' chants that one time!?

They were. I'd say they were Boro to everyone outside the North-East to everyone outside of London an absolute nothing game. Small away following, regular 15k and under gates in the top-flight (including 16k aas recently as 96 against Man City with Gullit), 15k being a good gate the last time they were in the 2nd tier in 89. One title, one cup in their history.

Bruce literally went on vacation during a season whilst employed and paid heftily by the club. Howe in his own time and at his own expense travelled Europe learning coaching techniques. Even if it didn't work out, can't fault that attiutde and effort. Its Bruce's sheer laze that gets up my chuff the most I think. Ungrateful c**t. He can't even be bothered to look busy and pretend he's doing something for all that money.

I am biased. but I'd honestly say East Stand. Getting a view of not from the Milburn/Leazes vastness is quite a moment first time around and is obviously a good view, or at least front row of the top tier where I was is. I've sat in the Gallowgate corner, Milburn paddock and Leazes since redevelopment and the views were not as good if you're after views. But then my first games entrenched in the Paddock/Gallowgate were hard to follow the games, not that it mattered. Saw nowt at my first away games and loved every moment of it.

Can't imagine it would take that long to rebuild. The Milburn extension was a trickier prospect so took longer. But the bulk of the Leazes took from March-August 93 and the Gallowgate from January-July-94. Been thinking, instead of a steeper East Stand, if a deeper one wouldn't be better, there's room to play with in terms of the foundations and could remain roughly the same height.

Watched the last 20' plus extra time and not expecting to be interested kinda got grabbed by it, right team won and was chuffed when they scored. The poor relations of NE football might go the same way. Again. Every little helps with that Burnley result, games in hand gone feels nice.

Foreshadowing the inbound 28% possession.

The Bernabeu 90s expansion is an obvious but good indication of what SJP would look like with an extended Gallowgate and steep but smaller main stand/East Stand. Its pretty confined too though not to Leazes terrace degrees. Pictures 15, 20, 23 & 25 on this https://en.as.com/en/2018/12/14/album/1544782485_297892.html imagining pic20 as a good representation of an East Stand expansion and its effects. (I'm only after a few thousand extra, not a Milburn/Leazes size)

I think he's right to mention expectations actually. It was too much, one might almost say 'delusional', of the West Brom fans to expect not to drop 10places in the league upon appointing him. Doesn't surprise me at all.

Yep. We're experiencing a turn around now but the up-turn after appointing Roeder is still the most stark. Moreso than even Keegan and Sir Bobby. From P23 W7 L11 GF20 5th bottom out the cup in a shambles at Wigan to P15 W10 L3 GF27 (one at Man U, another v Liverpool) and a narrow QF defeat at Chelsea and up to 7th

This c*nt still on £8million+ a win this season? He's doing the mirror opposite at West Brom to what Dean Smith did at Villa when he took over from him. As a post Bruce winless NUFC go on a 7 match unbeaten streak, is it still 'delusional' to think he's s**t and not delusional at all to think he has nothing to do with the awful football and record that follows him around?

There's a lot earning them with their attitudes at the very least. Going to be bittersweet to have to be so ruthless about it going forward.

Spanner in the works. Without change was confident of finishing above them now. No logic of course, just new manager bounce possibilities.

Targett, Burn and a Wood type (disregarding the clause we never would have met) was feasible under Bruce/Ashley yet the organisation and form that stems from it never were. Its some performance from Howe and his team, even accepting the neglect and laze of the previous manager, the individuals, team collective, the organisation. Defence back to Rafa levels. Even some of the darker stuff.