TheBrownBottle

The whole ‘in peace’ crap shows that RTG think they’re the court of a powerful emperor, emperor Sunderland AFC, and they need flattering whenever an obsequious delegate from a client state shows up. Then they get to smile and clap as the delegate pours olive oil words into their ears about how powerful and glorious they are. The delegate is then deemed worthy of joining them for dinner, as they regale themselves in stories about how wonderful the emperor is. To me it just shows that they’re a bunch of hostile cunts, whose thin skin and paranoia means that grovelling is the only way you might escape without getting a kicking. Which is most probably just like the fucking dives they drown their sorrows in on a weekend - tetchy, bitter, angry yokels looking to chin any poor cunt who they don’t recognise who wanders in accidentally.

No, there is more to it. But we should be comparing ourselves to other clubs at our level - not Ashley’s NUFC, which was a zombie club

Yep, they’re both good appointments, no arguments. Like I say, I’ve no complaints. But it’s what most clubs take for granted.

Yeah, of course. And I think they’ve done ok, no complaints from me. But I think being competent can be overstated thanks to that very low starting point

I’m not sure how difficult most of what has been done is, tbf. Ashley set the bar incredibly low by starving the club of professional staff. Appointing a DoF and a CEO is hardly rocket science. I’m not saying a bad job has been done, but a lot of it is really just doing what 91 other professional clubs manage to do without issue.

Fucking hell, having a go at his agent on Twitter is really first class work like. Some utter twats in our support, irrespective of whether or not the agent confirmed what we want to hear

Doesn’t apply to RM, Barcelona, Chelsea …

That MadridZone Twitter feed is hilarious. I’ve never read it other than during the ESL nonsense - they were PUMPED that they thought it was happening. Still spent weeks denying the evidence in front of their eyes that it was dead. Now, I’m not saying RM are not after Bruno G, or that he won’t leave in this window. But I’d pay no heed to all the RM Twitter nonsense. They’re just sad acts from all over the planet who just copy and paste shite from each other - they know nothing about anything.

‘Dan Ashworth held a gun to his head, and Darren Eales assured him that either his brains -- or his signature -- would be on the contract’

Not sure if he’s had sex, but I bet he’s told the hard lads on the bus he’s fingered a few

Do the eyes represent the people watching the act? Don’t tell me - he was dogging in one of the player’s cars outside the training ground

Or loads of nutters have bet on it and brought the odds in

Of course. That’s all it was ever about. The fact that the board ‘positions’ are actually for a ‘supporters board’ which will meet ‘informally’ with the actual board four times a year won’t matter. The sad cases will actually believe that they have a say, as opposed to this being a PR stunt by the actual owners.

They still think WF is club-funded. They’ve been driven fucking insane; it’s like reading about Q-Anon Trump supporters thinking everything is a conspiracy. Honestly, their mental health would be better served if they just gave up watching football and took up a different hobby; this cannot be good for them.

‘He did a good job under the circumstances’

Agreed. I wasn’t buzzing over the Targett signing in Jan, but the lad has been fucking brilliant since he signed.

I wasn’t excited by Ekitike either. But I am a miserable bastard, so there is that

Can’t pretend to be excited if this one goes through - he did nowt of note in the PL last season. Unimpressive GTG ratio - just like most of the forwards in our squad. I’m not the expert though - Howe is - and if he signs then I hope the lad makes comments like mine look stupid

Alli had a difficult childhood, it’s hard not to have some sympathy for him - but he is a wasted talent, all the same.

The UK. The Tories bringing in legislation which restricts rights to strike and to protest. Deeply unpleasant stuff, more than a little disturbing - but I can’t get on board with the moral relativism compared to a dictatorship like KSA. Being locked up for three and a half decades for sharing some Twitter posts is not comparable.

Never had an idea he didn’t like, never heard one he did.

Yep, always went on about how it was for others to organise, Pooh-poohing it. There’s genuinely something odd about self-appointed ‘voice of the support’ types. It’s a really odd way to view yourself the more you think about it.

Haha fair enough, I’m with gdm in terms of him not really fitting our style of play. Would always be a useful ‘Plan B’ for me.

NB Luke Edwards mask first slipped at that time too when he called out the ‘illegal’ Tiote flag, before backing down