Kitman

How appropriate, a bunch of Contes

I’d have put ‘Pony’

Is Pangolin how the Chinese say penguin? Don’t worry I’ve reported myself

“The cup” is the FA cup. The League cup’s was always known by its sponsor iirc. I lost track after Rumbelows….

Exactly. Given a limitless budget he could’ve been almost adequate. Did you know he’s a nice guy, he deserves some respect or something

At least Bruce got a chance to show the new owners what he can do

I’m very thankful Bruce is finally gone. If he’s remembered at all it will be for all the wrong reasons, like Joe fucking Kinnear.

One does not simply walk into Newcastle

Completely agree Howay. When Bruce was appointed, we all knew he would be dog shit because he’s been dog shit his entire managerial career. His son is peddling the myth that if only he had the players and resources, we’d be vaulting up the table. His record shows otherwise, every team he manages gets worse over time and typically ends in the sack or a sudden departure. As Howay says, he’s worked with some of these players for a long time now and they look terrible because they cant do the basics well. Then he goes on television and slags them off. He can’t even get the defence organised, which is astounding given he was a top class CB. He belongs to another era, whatever methods and tactics hes using (and I’m being kind here) don’t work and he adds nothing. Worse than that, his ego is so big and he’s so thin skinned he just gets in the way. If he was an officer in the army, his men would’ve shot him in the back by now.

I think that’s what we’re getting from Bruce on Sunday…

I think we’d be better off without him. Absence of a negative etc

Is anyone saying we deserve a trophy? From what I can tell most people are overjoyed to be shot of Ashley and are looking forward to some serious investment in the club and some ambition

I expect that major decisions like sacking will need to be signed off by the PIF. That will require things to move through PIF channels in Saudi and who knows how long that takes. They won’t have preapproved something like this as it’s all moved very fast, and presumably it wont be just about Bruce but the football structure and who they appoint there

Cundy by name…..

I was 40ish. I was depressed about that already

Sack everybody

I DEMAND ACTION!!!

I’d say realistically we only have the tea lady

In my opinion there’s a large amount of animosity and resentment towards NUFC supporters that dates from the Keegan days when we were Sky’s poster child. This is now playing itself out in attacks in the media and social media, the strawman being that if we don’t walk away from our club we support human rights abuses and a tyrannical regime. Of course our protests against Ashley were ignored by the sane people and supporters have always been treated as extras in a showbiz production. Now somehow we're supposed to have a say in who owns our club, applying moral standards that literally don’t apply to anyone else. I genuinely think it’s rooted in anti-Geordie sentiment - whether it’s people who hate the north east or pandering to people who do - and a general desire to shit on our good fortune and spoil the feel good factor. I think there are many people who see the north east as some sort of poverty stricken loserville and can’t stand anything which goes against that narrative. tldr: everyone hates us and we dont care

I’ll never forget old thingy

I’m sure they would be but they’re actually in League One, the old third division. And have been for several seasons

Seriously how rotten is football when a perma-wank manager like Bruce gets 8 million quid for doing an incompetent half arsed job? 8 million for having the club one place better than rock bottom? He’ll pretend he’s hard done by and should’ve been given a chance but he’s basically been holding out for the sack and the equivalent of a lotto win. Its crazy. Mike’s parting gift obviously…

It used to be they were the north east top dog. Then they dropped two divisions. Then they were the morally superior club until their star player became a convicted paedophile. Then they were the classy club until they were taken over by the chuckle brothers, had to repair their own seats and couldnt afford to repair the lifts. Now they’re the north east’s most liked club. Another made up accolade that nobody but them cares about. Its just sad