Rayvin

He's surpassed himself today like. To think his obsession with Sunderland would finally be put to good use. essemmbee is the WUM-slayer. That said, I cannot believe this guy is still here considering the utter howking he's getting in every thread. It's one of the longest sustained continual failures I think I've ever seen.

He said he was an 'intelligent student'. Make of that ridiculous statement what you will.

essemmbee of all people is destroying this guy.

It's 100m per season like... Probably quite a bit when a 5 year plan is considered.

I'm going to assume that twat posted and had his post deleted between our posts there, and you've not just decided I'm a mackem...

True enough, but tbf this guy stalking us presently is a self proclaimed 'intelligent student' so, y'know, he's not worth spending any time on whatsoever.

Yep, best appointment we've made in years. We had that thread a few weeks ago which was trying to measure whether people would prefer staying in the PL without Rafa, or going down with him. I think most people preferred the latter, so this could still be a silver lining. If he doesn't stay, then I guess we have to put it down to another bit of mismanagement from those running the club.

It's not quite the same now is it?

Rafa after today's game: Rafa Benitez speaking to Match of the Day: "I said before the game that I am really pleased with the fans, the staff, and people here. "My heart is telling me yes (to stay), it is a great opportunity, city and club but my brain is saying to analyse what is going on. "I am really open to talking and see what happens. I have been in football all this time you want to be sure people love you and if you work hard that they recognise that you are trying your best and I have this here. "I knew that every day when I walk in the streets. Everyone is so positive and the atmosphere today doesn’t surprise me too much. They were supporting for 90 minutes, I knew it would be like this and that is why I am so open to keep on talking."

Not a bad way to exit the division anyway - as close as can be gotten to sticking the middle finger up at everyone laughing at us. Let's see where we go from here.

Wonder if that Spurs knacker will be on here again any time soon Doubtful...

We must be the only team in PL history to go down after beating a top 4 team 5-1 after drawing with the bottom of the league team the previous weekend when it actually mattered. Fucking hell

Oh fuck off Newcastle Why, just fucking why?

He isn't going to stay, that's most of the reason I don't care. Not a bad send off though, as CT mentioned earlier, might boost his price tag for the sale.

What did he do?

As if we're winning 2-0 I don't get this club, I really don't.

Sounds like we're playing well for a change. If we don't lose this it'll be 6 unbeaten, which is a rather depressing statistic all things considered. What's the mood of the crowd like generally?

That's a bit fucking scary... Sounds like they're handling it well though, definitely better safe than sorry.

Sounds about right. I can't say I've followed the debate closely as I've been sure about Europe since before the referendum was on the cards anyway. I still fancy we'll stay in though, and hopefully that'll be the last we see of UKIP.

Wow, didn't realise it was that close. I've been a bit blown away by the sheer strength of the arguments Cameron and others have been making. Economic collapse, housing meltdown, all sorts. I suppose it's a race to the bottom in terms of hyperbole.

Does make you wonder what the club would do with itself for a year if this actually happened I guess we'd be relegated straight to League One actually.

The football league aren't going to expel a club of our size mate, it'd never happen. Ashley wouldn't let it happen, and it'd be far more likely he'd sell off his shares in Oldham/Rangers before us if he had to.

I see the Guardian has gone for him at least. Hopefully there'll be four or five follow up articles. Also nice to see some of NuLabour gunning for him. Maybe there is hope after all. Aside from party politics, the leave campaign must be dead now. The stay campaign has been relentless over the past few weeks, almost to the point where I'm concerned about the scaremongering tactics they're using...

It's different when he does it though because there isn't a media agenda in using him to undermine Cameron. In fairness, if there was, Cameron would be in serious trouble given the number of utterly stupid things he says. I still can't quite believe no one cares about his comments concerning Obama.

I think it at least sounds like there are terms under which he'll agree to it. Which is better than I thought in terms of probabilities. I know it's unlikely we'll give him those terms, but saying that the previous model has now failed miserably. Hard to support it even from Ashley's position.