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Speaking of social media, this came up on time hop today 😂

Luke Edward's has blocked me He's the CT of the journalism world. He's got a contrary opinion on absolutely everything

Wasn’t Edwards distancing Bruce from the appointment of Jones at the time? Bruce was too iirc and their relationship looks anything but amicable. Also didn’t Edwards claim after we beat Everton (I think) in the first game after Jones got the job that Jones hadn’t even took a training session? Then several people on twitter pointed out that not only had he done so but there was a photo proving the point accompanying an article Edwards had penned. He’s a complete laughingstock

Edwards is such a tit, that certainly reads like praise for Bruce as the focus was definitely on his “different strengths and attributes” which just happen to be things that aren’t tactical awareness and being up to date. The highest praise of all for Bruce comes when Wilson says it’ll be nice to have a good coach around from the start of the season to help the previous lot, I know if I was in the previous lot I’d be buzzing with all that praise. There’s also fucking no chance Bruce wanted Jones brought in, he was clearly fuming with him on the touchline regularly and like Alex says he even distanced himself from being involved. Edwards yet again showing how little he knows about the sport he covers, he has different strengths and attributes but maybe it’s better left to sports journalists like Caulkin that have strengths like research, writing articles that aren’t just clickbait, and giving a shit about the fan base of the area they cover.

Luke just needs a week of wine and chicken to recharge his batteries - it’s draining being a little bitch 24/7. He’s looking forward to his villa in Marmaris…

Right on cue

Never knew we were amongst such elite level athletes here, well done lads on choosing to use your considerable powers for other more socially advancing endeavours.

MLF

Dreading the end of the olympics is a bit tragic like. It’s mostly shite

Unedited version for you ...

Will Luke's holiday happen to coincide with a run of five defeats on the bounce? Stay tuned to find out.

You mean you just looked it up. 0.2 seconds equates to just under 2 metres. So you were within 2 metres of the English schools record. Basically meaning you’d be the fastest 100m runner your age in the country in almost any given year. I was North Tyneside 100m schools champion at the same age and nowhere near running 11 flat. Neither was the winner of the North East Counties Schools that year where I came 5th. The same year I competed in the North East Athletics Championship. In the Men’s final Jonathan Edwards was edged out of first place in the final of the 100m. I think the winning time was 10.8-ish. So, your time as a year 10 school kid would’ve been about the same as a fully grown man who broke the world triple jump record about 3 years later. Weird

Anyone else posted that, I’d say they were taking the piss… … totally believe Mr. Tumble here did this, probably with his tongue hanging out the side of his maw.

Imagine the calibre of team we could put together based on the Ashley era irons in the fire. Probably quite shit still, but my what a pleasure just to ponder on the mystery of it all.

On your way back there’s a little known, but beautiful, area called the Gorbals in Clydesdale - definitely worth a stop,

Read today that Bruce wanted to involve Grealish as a makeweight in a bid for a Boro striker when he was there.

Nothing abusive. Just drip fed him snarky comments about being up Bruce's arse for a few months

Life begins at 40 (clem)

Yeah he was a class horse but probably just shy of being able to compete individually with Christie/Regis/Campbell etc..

He's no Dirk Kuyt

Can clear a room with one correctly brewed fart

Maybe this is him trying to make the Ashes. Players can’t play 12 months a year, however much loot is on offer these days ...

I remember Elliot Bunney. He trained for a while with a lad called David Lawson who was a bit older than me (who I knew from Cramlington Athletics Club). I think he got a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He might have picked up the odd relay medal for Scotland/GB too iirc

Climbing up to level 7 doesn’t count as conquering a mountain.

Did anyone see the 200m women's heats? Some absolute spelk of a lass called Christine Mboma from Namibia. Totally skinny, didn't even look like a sprinter. Anywhere she ran a terrible bend then just flew past everyone to win in the fastest heat time. Turns out until very recently she was a 400m runner who has been forced to drop down to 200m cos her testosterone levels were deemed to be naturally too high to compete at 400m and above (the rule only kicks in at 400). She's a glakey little thing, barely looks like a sprinter at all, never mind one with high testosterone.

I can’t even get annoyed by us anymore

And that was before the return of CT

I've honestly never looked forward to a season less.

Put it away

Love this response. Bridgend is such a stupid cunt.

Anyone?

Hows the bacon did you say?

Would

Instead of average players standing with a grimace and their arms folded as if they're on Pawn Stars maybe we need to copy the Italian model when presenting a new shirt?

He was immense considering what he lost but even he must've thanked the stars for Bobby putting that side around him at that stage of his career. The likes of Bellamy and Dyer's pace, Speed's runs on crosses, Nobby's balls over must've been a bit of a tonic for him after a couple of mediocre seasons* for the team as a whole compared to the team he joined. * Mediocre by the standards of the time. If it happened now the Ronny would have a pull out special and Bruce would be in the hat for half the national pundits manager of the season!

"Bill do yous fancy a game in Sunderland?"

Shame we only had about a season of Shearer in his absolute pomp before injuries robbed him of a yard of pace. And he still went in to score a bucket load of goals after that - and for some pretty ordinary newcastle teams

Yeah Ronnie could turn a player on the half way line and run towards the penalty area beating others and whack it in from 20 yards..Shearer didn't score many like that, brilliant as he was..Ronnie was the best. Sir Bobby tried to sign Shearer for Barca before they went for Ronnie, who Sir Bob signed for PSV Eindhoven...he made a list of the strikers he'd worked with in his book...these 2, Romario, Lineker, Van Nistelrooy...Shola,Carl Cort etc etc

Ronaldo was at a different level. Shearer in his prime was arguably as good as any of the others in his position at that time. Which is saying something when you think of some of the centre forwards back then

😂

Flares would like a word…

Rolling contract or roll contract? How is the bacon sarnie did you say?

FYP

Not a disaster which is about the best you can say these days.

Djokovic looks like getting knocked out of the tennis. Lovely stuff.