Dr Jinx

6 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Lost all respect for him me like.

The way he just sits back and watches the club burn under that fat mess Bruce and doesn’t say a word about him. We need the likes of Caulkin to be representing the fans and the club, which he used to always do. 

Craig Hope for me, the only one with the balls to tell the truth for months now. Baldy Ryder and the Bradford City fan are finally starting to twig. 

I’ve lost a lot of respect for Caulkin over this season, as mentioned he is close with Bruce, enough to just ring him out of the blue for a chat which he mentioned in a podcast last summer. He also got taken in by Staveley and her crew, painting a picture that all was rosy when it was anything but.

I think maybe he’s just stepped back from the club a bit, professionally that is. Being the centre of attention with all things nufc probably isn’t the best thing for his career long term.

Craig Hope has been spot on when it comes to the team itself. He’s never been afraid to piss the club off when it comes to telling it as it is.

33 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

Why are you so certain of this? PL and EFL tests are quite aligned now aren't they?

The basic tests that the consortium would have sailed through yes but the difference is that the EFL are not beholden to BeIn, Qatar, or any of the lobbying by clubs like Liverpool or Spurs and certainly not the PL.

I don’t have any inside information, just strong intuition. I’ve been negative about the takeover for a while but now seeing what’s happening on the pitch, the club, there isn’t even as much as a fight to get out of this mess, it looks like a deliberate self inflicted wound. How can it not be?

I’m guessing the arbitration is not going well or is going to take too long. So this is a strong plan B which they have agreed on.

Sticking with Bruce ensures this as a reality, the time to act was a month ago and they didn’t. Our fixtures from here on out are horrendous. Even a change of manager at this stage would do very little. They went into this with their eyes open. Jones was a token gesture, I suppose they can’t make it look too obvious what they’re doing..

26 minutes ago, RS said:

No training. No strikers. He’s actively trying to get sacked. Mexican stand off between him and Ashley now

Yes but the difference is that Bruce isn’t in on the joke. We get relegated we get our takeover. I’d even go as far to say that PIF are still committed to giving Ashley his 300m as a gentleman’s handshake for facilitating it.

There’s no way he would actively sabotage the potential sale money if that was an issue. His total inactivity to do anything (this time) is far more deliberate.

If that little nest egg was removed from contracts, as in, you’ve done really shit at your job and we have to fire you oh but here’s a few million for your troubles..

It would have such a positive knock on effect in terms of British coaches. They would have incentive to actually do better and become better at their jobs.

As none of them are in a position to actually win anything, success for a PFM is avoiding relegation and having said “safe as houses contract” - it enables cunts like Steve Bruce to keep moving like a leech from club to club and making a lucrative career out of it

Also to note when we are relegated the club can sack him for nout. 9 games and then he’ll be out on his ear with nothing, well apart from the large salary he’s been stealing over the last 2 years.

The fact he’s trying desperately to get sacked gives me some joy, I hope his remaining 9 games are as uncomfortable as can possibly be for the idiot.

As I mentioned before, the club know he’s taking us down but that’s what they want. It’s how the takeover will happen.

Feel sorry for some of the players as they obviously are fighting to stay in the league and the club too.

The others can fuck right off though (we all know who they are)

1 minute ago, toon25 said:

Why would you keep a man in a job that doesn’t want to be there, ffs 

They’re not going to pay him off to leave. They don’t mind relegation, it’s a viable option.

He wants to go, the players want him to go but the board are intent on seeing this out so just sit back and enjoy it.

*nice new forum btw!

I 100% believe now at this point that relegation is a planned one, leave a sub par manager with a sub par squad and it will take care of itself without seeming too obvious what we’re doing.

The financial implications will be totally offset by what we get for some of the better players and when the consortium takes over within a much much easier o&d’s test, we won’t even care about losing the likes of Almiron or ASM when we come back up.

Ashley isn’t even bothered enough to come back from the Middle East, he knows we’re going down and he’s not bothered by it.

Steve Bruce is literally begging to be sacked, but to his frustration it’s not happening. He can’t quit because he’s repeatedly said he won’t walk away from a fight. He and his media buddies have nowhere to hide now, they’ll desert him like rats from a sinking ship over the next few weeks.

Then in the summer the club will be able to sack him for free when the relegation clause in his contract is activated.

It’s the only thing that makes sense. If the club is still being actively sold to PIF and PL status was a total necessity, the club would have acted on their wishes. Both parties are not at odds with each other, so sticking with Steve Bruce is something all sides agreed on, they know the points tally, they know the fixtures. Any analyst could tell them relegation is a likely scenario so they are walking into this with eyes open.

The only one who’s not in on the joke here is Steve Bruce so enjoy the next few weeks. His face is going to get more and more red and flustered as his absolute ineptitude is laid out for all to see.

He’s done his best to get sacked, no way he’ll give up a pay off though despite wanting to be anywhere but here.

I’ve disagreed from day 1 about him being any more than slightly above average. He’s been s**** for months now. It stands out more with the likes of Shelvey & Hendrick but he’s been just as bad. He’s got the build and engine of someone who should be dominating the midfield for us but he’s done nothing of the sort.

 

Bissouma is a half decent Premier League midfielder, but light years ahead of Hayden.

The view on Shelvey is pretty much a general consensus at this point. Don’t even know where to start with Hendrick.

The thing is, players are going to look better when playing in a better team, as in a team that’s coached to play better. Which is fucking everyone but us.

The players don’t know what they’re supposed to be doing. There is zero attempt to get the best out of what we have available, which is not a lot but should be more than what’s happening right now.

He’s been w*** for ages. Got a bit of a free pass from fans because he’s got a bit of mobility but he’s s****.

 

What’s that got to do with anything? Oh it’s ok he’s got a serious injury because he’s not our best player?

 

He’s not our worst by a country mile. He’s easily our best midfield player

 

Get well soon, Isaac.

 

He’s been w*** for ages. Got a bit of a free pass from fans because he’s got a bit of mobility but he’s s****.

You’re focussing your energy in the wrong place.

The whole team have been wank all season. It’s all on the manager.

Hayden has gotten his fair share of stick in the past except he stuck it out and improved, especially under Rafa. Our midfield will be like soft cheese for the remainder of the season without him.

Have a look over any of the match threads where we won, I guarantee each will have comments about how Hayden was immense.

Odds on to be sacked with Paddy Power now 8/11

He’s been w*** for ages. Got a bit of a free pass from fans because he’s got a bit of mobility but he’s s****.

What’s that got to do with anything? Oh it’s ok he’s got a serious injury because he’s not our best player?

He’s not our worst by a country mile. He’s easily our best midfield player

Steve “we got a corner which was pleasing” Bruce

We’re absolutely horrendous to watch

What was BZG/I’s plan? They didn’t have the money to buy a bag of chips let alone a football club.

Seems like they were intent on blagging their way to a point where they could start borrowing against it’s value.

It’s so weird how a supposed Sheikh and his business cronies would ruin their reputation for something so unattainable for them.

Maybe the 3 Steve’s should be given the task of “guarding the bee” while the match is taking place.

Who are these 6 or 7 teams? Is he counting up as high as wolves or is he counting Sheffield United as one?

Absolute fucking arsehole. We could be in the bottom 3 before we even play our next game. I think he’s trying to get fired now. Then he can absolve himself of the shit job he’s done.

There’s something amiss with both of the brothers. Yeah we can use the situation to bitch about the club and Steve Bruce but to be honest, I wouldn’t pick them either, not on what they’ve both shown over last 2 seasons.

The only one who looks like he belongs in that midfield is Hayden. The rest are a liability in one way or another.

Matty scored a winner against Man Utd, he’ll always have that in terms of rapport with the fans, but honestly, whether he leaves or not doesn’t concern me in the slightest, or his brother.

The Bowyer thing is spot on. It was a dismal piece of summer business and just highlighted the beginning of the end for Robson through no fault of his own.

I suspect Shepherd had told him it was a consolidation season. Spend fuck all and then pocket the CL money so we could try again the following year but then we never got there.

Then within a few seasons Mike Ashley was here and we were fucking relegated.

It does lead me to believe that financially things weren’t all that great, I know people will point to revenues back then but they must have been up to something to try and go on the cheap like that.

Shelvey would have been gone had he not played flawlessly with Diame on the back end of the first season back with Rafa and was getting some calls to be in the England team. I think it ultimately led to Merino thinking he had to leave, unfortunately.

 

Never understood why when we were safe Rafa never brought Merino back for final few games. If I remember correctly he didn’t even bring him off the bench, think that’s what tipped Merino in favour of going back to Spain. Whilst I’d take Rafa back in a heartbeat in the current situation, he also had a few blind spots like most managers.

 

When it comes to Rafa I'm happy to trust that he has his reasons. Was a shame it didn't work out with Merino, but a bigger shame it didn't work out with Rafa.

 

I think it's always worth considering that Merino was affected by the uncertainty surrounding Rafa's future.

This. Rafa wasn’t trying to stomp on Merino’s career, he was trying to protect him and do what was best for him (and for Rafa too obviously)

The fact is, we couldn’t break up the Diame/Shelvey combo. They were too effective.

He was homesick too. Rafa didn’t have much option but to allow him to leave. He’s not going to get everything right but if you’re gonna trust a manager, Rafa is the one.

Basically his agent said 'I think I can get you into Sofia' and he misunderstood.

100% he went there to bang the local talent. Next year he’s going to appear on Pornhub as “fake football manager”

Seriously, who gives a shit?

Hello positivity my old friend, it’s almost as if she’s talking about us in this article. Difficult times but keep the faith lads, relegation or not we’ll be rid of Ashley soon.

 

There’s no doubt in my mind she’s referring to us. I read that as, she’s reinforcing the reasons why they (PIF) want to buy the club, possibly hoping those involved read this and use it as a reminder to get things moving again.

Two important contributions this season, there was that free kick to get us level and then the cross for Lascelles. We’d already be in the bottom 3 if it weren’t for him.

 

You could argue that he’s had as much impact where it counts as ASM.

 

Needs to start against Brighton

 

Cross for Gayle's winner against West Brom.

? that just reinforces the point. His end product is good when he gets a chance