TheBrownBottle

The fans weren’t the ones who sold him tbf

I remember exactly that tbh - and the maroon hoops one still looks like a rugby top

No, after you emperor Coco, Lord high priest of all

Yep, not one of them made a single mention of the lad a week ago, now they know loads of clubs are after him

Howe would’ve had a say in every signing

No less ludicrous than thinking it’s normal to sign his shite brother as a part of the deal

Would be a fairer question if Terrymac had been the one who signed all those players. It’s not much of a defence to say ‘what was Eddie meant to do with the squad he put together?’

Why not sign his dad, then? Or his uncle? Or his flatmate? It is a ludicrous request

Hope, expectations and size of fanbase is what shifts shirts, not marketing genius. They’ll shift fewer this summer than the last couple and it won’t be due to the design being fucking rancid.

I hope those in the club don’t - I’m happy to from my point of view. If we’re poor by Nov / Dec is when I’m likely to reevaluate again - the ‘credit in the bank’ is definitely gone at this point. Hopefully he won’t need to call on any credit.

Absolutely - I don’t think it’s true either. I think Howe was trying to win every match, as were the players (only the final match of the season was questionable). Fresh start for the season awaits, we still have a capable head coach and a talented squad - let’s hope the summer window goes well and we can look forward to putting last season down to experience.

They’re absolutely entitled to defend him, no issues on that front - but I don’t understand how anyone can sanction them ‘downing tools’. Personally I don’t think Howe did at all - it’s a smear if anyone thinks that - but I can think of little more shite for a professional football outfit to do.

Too right mate - I’m scratching my head at reading effectively ‘they were ok to sack it off’. It’s went from ‘new players need time to learn the club’s ways’ to ‘injuries’ to ‘transitioning’ to ‘fixture congestion’ to ‘we’re doing well in the cups’ to ‘fuck it, they were in flip-flops anyway, what more could be expected?’ Happy to draw a line under last season and get behind Howe and the team going forwards, but the excuse making has gone from understandable to ridiculous.

I’m glad to learn that Eddie and the lads were ok to effectively sack off almost a quarter of the season as it was pointless anyway That is no doubt why Eddie and the lads personally refunded everyone who paid for a ticket plus their travel to away games, as it’s the least they could do. That must’ve happened if they were flip-flops on

I always preferred England in red tbh

It’s bastard winter over here

I’m getting a headache looking at it

Plenty did tbf - it was one of the excuses made all season. We’d be fine once the fixture congestion eased. We actually got worse.

Mind, I’m sure that any sponsor will be foaming if they bid £20m and then read what an anonymous internet gadgie said about what it’s really worth on his website, where he forensically analyses market data or some such shite

It doesn’t matter for non-related transactions - it’s worth what the market dictates

Let’s hope they sell a gajillion of them and chuck some of those sweet sponsorship dollars our way

Never heard of them, and don't care that I haven't - if they've got the readies, that'll do for us

Yep - I don't need a likeable no.9. I never found Shearer to be particularly warm; Supermac was a man who appeared to care only for himself; watching an Andy Cole interview was like watching paint dry. Would happily see another like them.

He was nicknamed the ice man for a reason - he’s a cold man. Proper sociopath vibes.

How’s he still in a job after all of that?