christ

I’d love to get more wound up about the team selection but it’s not as if we’ve got anyone of any genuine quality on the bench. Joke club.

I think there is a tendency to view Rafa’s tenure through rose tinted glasses to some degree, mainly because of how positively he spoke about the club. There were periods of poor performance and there were points left on the table against lesser opposition. At times we played some absolutely manky anti-football that was designed to achieve a 1-0 loss. All that said I’ve never seen a Newcastle United side so well organised. So often we looked more than the sum of our parts. And when we did get into a position where we actually played football we were capable of producing some really good looking stuff. I was never worried about relegation, even when we were knee deep in it because everything we did was designed to help us hit a higher gear in the second half of the season. The great what if will always be how much more he could’ve achieved with different owners, or even if Ashley wasn’t such a dickhead. I don’t think his time at Everton will ever be a good indicator of what might have happened here, circumstances are totally different. Not like we’ll ever find out.

Still 10.

Nothing more punk than a man called Jonny Punk.

The manager situation was a farce. This? Not so much. Investment in January is disconnected from the longer term plan a DoF would oversee. It’s all about keeping us up.

There are certain symptoms that can mean you’re still contagious (runny nose, shits) but if you don’t have those you’re basically safe regardless of the test results. In lab conditions they struggled to demonstrate contagion after 9 days iirc. I’ve very recently had it, and was still testing positive after three weeks. The tests are hopeless for about three months once you’ve been ill.

Not after 10 days. Even if you keep testing positive, 10 days appears to be the point where the virus can’t be passed on.

10. We’re gone.

That wasn’t a Brazilian national team manager. That was Rafa describing us

Do not understand why people thought he was good for 5 minutes last year. Decent shot stopper but hopeless at everything else.

First is one of the worst pieces of goalkeeping I’ve ever seen. If Danny Baker was still churning out VHS tapes of footballer bloopers it’d be on one.

I think their dedication to supporting the food bank is admirable. Unfortunately I think it’s devoid of any interest and/or analysis of why it exists and therefore it’ll mean the square root of fuck all to me.

Feel sorry for Bruce that the players kicked off when he dropped this useless prick.

It’s a 10. We’re going down. Just try and enjoy the rest of this season and hope it point’s to something better in the future.

Ritchie would make more sense at full back than Murphy in that case, but I suppose they’ll switch around. If it is Clark at LB with ASM in front of him he’s going to have a long day.

Could be owt. Could make an argument for it being 442.

He’s keeping Clark in the side until our fans learn how to spell his name.

Worringly attacking that line up mind. Could end up 7-6.

Ritchie will start. Whether it’s at full back or on the wing depends on whether Howe thinks he can trust ASM to track back out wide.

That’s 3mph faster than the cunts usually go.

They’ve got investment from someone - it’s pretty opaque - but it’s not the Reubens. It was rumoured when they were announced as kit supplier but it was denied. EDIT: https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/rangers-kit-suppliers-definitive-mike-ashley-answer-after-newcastle-united-deal-3301930?amp

I don’t think these lads should be allowed near kids.

That’s sexy as fuck tbh.

Next time I hope he runs the fat cunt over. Imagine being that much of a prick because you think you deserve an autograph?