The Fish

As serial apologist Rayvin has said, you'll get some shit, but much the same as anyone who supports any other club, wade through the initial wave and don't act the cunt ( I'm looking at you @t00nraider2 ) it'll calm down. Will the fans stay behind Johnson?

It's when, not if. They get rid of managers quicker than their hard-drives.

If?

I would of excepted that apology but you're grammar is awefull.

You can all either apologise as a chorus, or do it individually, makes no difference to me.

The sooner the better for sure, but the way some people are carrying on is daft. He was at the game, he's going to be announced soon. For all we know he's doing shit behind the scenes already, talking to senior players or whatever. The announcement bit is just PR.

Genuinely, what's the rush now? No match for fucking ages. It'll get announced soon enough. Stop panicking.

Who the fuck hates dogs?? I bet you prefer snakes or some shit, don't you?

I genuinely don't even remember who that was. Saw a mention of lotiongate in that thread an all The ways in which my life has changed...

Aye, it's the wages and need for European competition that'd be the sticking point.

Do you mean the Yaya Toure who was on the fringes of the Barcelona side, or the Yaya Toure that was a dominant central midfielder up until he left Man City in 2018. Because maybe the former, no chance the latter.

Wait, what?

You're worse than Wykiki

According to whom? Talksport?

Think of it like this; Eddie Howe > Steve Bruce A Manager > No Manager

According to Keith Downie of Sky Sports News. Bambaclart

Fonseca is keen to reopen negotiations. Apparently.

I don't think that's true though. I think that given the only perceived route forward was a contracted legal dispute, with no guarantee of progress, all plans would have been on hold. When suddenly the Saudis about face on the piracy shenanigans, everyone is caught short.

And what is the point of tapping up when the job might not be available for a year? Bear in mind nobody could look at anything bar the financials. Not the coaching setup, the scouts, nothing. I guess it's like buying a house through a blind auction. You've seen some photos, and can see the potential, but until you own it and start going through everything you're in no position to start work. You couldn't book a sparky or a bricky to come work on the project until you've know when the sale is going through.

The takeover definitely caught Staveley and the Reuben's off guard. We were all nicely set up 18 months ago. Get Benitez in while the rest of the football club took shape, spend a bit of money in the middle of the financial insecurity of the pandemic.

In a weird way I think that bringing in someone like Howe paves an easier path for a DoF than someone like Emery.

Honestly, it should be the other way around.

There was more going on there than his ability or lack thereof. Bruce had zero plan beyond "get it to ASM". Howe is a young coach who already has a better idea of how to play the modern game than that fat mess. Look at the comparative squad strength of Bournemouth then and Newcastle now. Even though we're weak in areas, we're still a lot stronger. To be fair you have more footballing nous than Bruce.

Way too much bed wetting going on. Howe would be a huge improvement on Bruce and while he's keeping us up we can be filling the other positions with a more long term focus. Emery deal isn't dead, fwiw