TheMoog

I can't help thinking we go over the same old conversations/responses week in, week out. The be all and end all of it is our team is neither good enough or has enough passion to win, our manager has neither the tactical ability or bollocks to win, our owner is a fat cunt. There's nowt more to be said really, anything else is just going over old ground that's already been discussed/moaned about to death. I'm not even going to bring up the usual "Until Mike Ashley fucks off..." patter because it's pointless. That's what we are, a pointless, non-ambitious, also-ran club that is boring as fuck to follow. I shall now return to my Saturday in the hope that something more entertaining comes up.

None of our players tracking back, running back in to place or chasing the ball when they lose it. Gutless players, management without a clue, arsehole for an owner. Fair play to Southampton, they've capitalised on our being so shockingly poor. The only decent player on the pitch for us today has been the goalkeeper, such a shame for the poor lad as he's been a great stand-in for Krul. Mbiwa needs ditching, he's dogshit.

And this is what happens when you have a shit team with a shit manager and a shit owner.

Yaaaaaaay!

Barkley the diving cunt

It's the team we strive to model ourselves upon...

Oh dear...

Electric dog gets hit with EMP

This explains the whole thing...

I hope it stays that way, with the exception of Fulham changing places with West Brom.

Bullshit, any Toon 'fan' claiming the tramps winning owt before us would be a good thing in any way, shape or form must be off their heed. Fucking scandalous claim to make.

The better team won, it was always a fairytale for the tramps.

... *smug mode enabled*

I don't know, I think you're blowing it out of proportion, same as the media is. Yes it was stupid and Pardew deserves a fine/short ban but it really wasn't as bad as some are making out. I've even seen some people claiming it's grounds for assault and a police investigation - I mean, really? REALLY??? We see worse week in, week out done by the players, it wasn't even a proper headbutt!

He's ruined his chance at the future England managers job now

... now that's a headbutt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx320A5NeC4

I'm not defending Pardew, the bloke's a clown but come on, it's not really a headbutt is it? Bit prim to call that a headbutt. He's more leaning in, there's no force behind it, stick a grade A bell-end though.

Who's Alex Turner?!

Fuck me, £330m now is it? It was £300m before and that's not taking in to account the amount of money he's made off selling players that 'should' have gone to paying off his 'loan' to us. Jesus, at this rate he'll want a cool billion and still not have paid any of the 'loan' off, greedy, obese, asset-stripping fucker.

... and where's the revenue going to come from when the north sea oil/gas runs out? (Even if the Scots do manage to lay claim to a large portion of it).

Whatcha gonna do when the Sholanator runs his 36" python over you? Ohhhhh Yeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh!!! ... of course he'd have to carry it over his shoulder when he jogs on to the pitch though

I suspect the majority of those examples would have to be divvied up between the countries, with Britain gaining the majority. For starters the whole North Sea oil/gas debate throws a massive spanner in the argument because the oil/gas pockets don't just stop in line with Hadrians Wall. wind and wave farms aren't worth anything, fish is limited and no doubt would cause more border disputes. Banking, I can;t see why anyone would invest in a newly formed country with that much risk and no collateral - it's not like Scotland's a source of precious mineral mines inland. What technology do they have to offer that isn't funded by the British government and would be moved south? Then there's the armed forces, all the British bases would be moved south? That's a lot of jobs lost straight away, and would the Scottish have their own military? Again, it'd need funding. To be honest I can't see why they'd bother leaving the union if they have any sense, they get a pretty free ride as it is. Personally, for all those Scots that want independence I'd loved nothing more than to see the back of them if they're that keen but at the same time I'd hope all the Scottish politicians in the British government would also be sent packing because it'd be hard to justify split loyalties, how could the British people trust them to do whats best for Britain and not help out Scotland?

If the Scots want independence that's up to them but doing so forfeits any claims to any benefits of being part of the union imo, they can't have it both ways. Where exactly are they going to get all the money to fund their free services etc? I gather they're going to continue with free prescriptions, etc and even set up free tv licensing, who's paying for that and how? Seems a weird idea to me, Salmond just seems like a shouty little bullshitter who's trying to convince anyone that'll listen that Scotland will be another Monaco... I just can't see it myself. It's all Mel Gibson's fault this you know, tricking people with a rehash of fictional history that stirred up some daft grudge between the auld enemy (which let's be fair nobody gives a shit about south of the border). For people like Salmond Scotland's history comprises of fights with the English oppressors, for the English any history between the two countries is largely forgotten in favour England's fights and conquests with the rest of the world. The worst thing that will happen for any vote will be if Scots don't take Salmond seriously and don't bother voting to stay as part of Britain, because it'd be a shame if a loud minority pulled off independence when I get the impression the majority of Scots don't want it.

Fuck me, the cocks are out. I said apathy would kill this club didn't I?

I'm not sure if you and the others are misunderstanding me - I don't doubt for a second that Pardew is shite and could do better, what I'm saying is he's just a symptom of the overall disease. You could get in a top coach (as unlikely as that would be) but you'd still have Ashley pulling the strings in the background and fucking up the runnings. Concentrating on Pardew is like repeatedly replacing a blown fuse without solving the problem causing the short.