The Fish

A cabal of nefarious Geordie businessmen?

... anyone? Does anybody have a fucking clue where that came from?

Brilliant win for Leicester, makes you wonder what the could have done in the league if they'd got shot of Ranieri earlier?

To be fair, they're still side by side, it's just they're packed on the bus heading back to Hendon.

The pace he uses to get free of the defenders though...

They've released a new advert where the heights of 1997 are warmly referenced and are accompanied by the line "Through thick and thin, Wearside by side".

True, but he did have a bad half a season that one time, so y'know... fair's fair.

For me it was solid, but not as good as the hype. Made me think that hype was early reviewers who were able to go into the story with low expectations (based on previous movies). Wish they'd been able to have this​ Logan character in all the movies. Same is true for Xavier. Not the gore or the rude words, just the more fleshed out characters. Hope he pops up in Deadpool sequels, which in this time-hopping reality would be easily possible. Because infuriating + furious = comedy conveyor belt. Merchant was shit and clunky, fwiw.

Speaking of ungrateful pricks, did you hear the Chelsea fans giving Mourinho shit and he just kept holding up 3 fingers, one for each title he brought them. Honestly, football fans have fucking short memories.

that's full on, 90mph, proper local radio advert. "Just by the bike shops".

Did a predictor thing Have us finishing top on 97 points, Brighton 2nd on 95pts Huddersfield in 3rd on 93pts. If I'm honest I think we'll need 18-21 points to win the league, 14-18 to clinch automatic promotion. We face; Birmingham (a) 17th, in terrible form since Rowett was binned off, played 16, won 2, drawn 4, lost 10. It's not even like results are improving either. We're better away from home. Win. 80pts Wigan (h) Last win came at Birmingham, scored the fewest in the division and only Rotherham have lost more games. Hopefully Hayden will be back? Disappointing Draw. 81pts Burton (h) Decent form and unbeaten in 6, but another team that doesn't score much (36). Face Huddersfield 4 days before us. Decent if uninspiring Win. 84pts Sheffield Wednesday (a) A good defence, should still be trying to cement a Play Off space. We're better away from home though. Draw. 85pts Leeds (h) Have two tricky fixtures next in Brighton and Reading. After that there are 2 potential banana skins in Brentford and Preston. They're a decent side, and they've a reliable striker in Wood. If they come out of those four filled with confidence we'll lose this. 85pts Ipswich (a) We like smashing the Tractor boys about, (P10 W6 D3 L1, F19 A7 ) they'll be totally safe and nowhere near the play-offs. They aren't great up front so I fancy a comfortable win. 88pts Preston (h) Think by this point automatic promotion will be in our hands. A win against Preston and we'll be up. This will translate to a nervy negative crowd. Luckily, Preston will be out of the running and be good for a belly tickle. Win 91pts and Automatic Promotion Cardiff (a) Gunning for the title vs another mid-table side with nothing to play for. Last away trip of the league. Some players hoping to show that Rafa can rely on them. Win. 94pts Barnsley (h) Last time they beat us at St James' was 1982. We'll need a draw to clinch the title, but the players will go into the summer in style. Big win 97pts and the title.

Can someone else start a match thread, I didn't do so well last time.

If Stevie's reading this he'll be apoplectic, but I've no idea who Mr Rahman is.

Sadie, the Bra Lady.

There's a real sense of "Well, I pay my money I can do what I like". A symptom of the evolution from supporter to customer. Like they've gone to watch a film, rather than act like a football fan. Whenever I've been in the pub with my Dad's mates you'd honestly think we were languishing in the 4th tier the way they go on. And these are blokes who were there to see us lift a pot and also there when the actual shitshow was in town. Add to them the CTs of the world, who like the product, but would be just as happy taking in a musical or an all you can eat buffet. I think the relocation of the away fans to pitchside will improve the atmosphere, but the roots of the problem are much deeper. Were people's bed this wet last time we were down? It's like the appointment of Rafa has blinded people to the quality in the squad. Hughton inherited a ridiculous "Championship" team of internationals and Premier League standard players. Benitez bought a good Championship squad peppered with a couple of Premier League players, but the majority of them are fundamentally not that good. But people are carrying on like failing to win every game (while playing a brand of beautiful football we didn't see under Hughton) is the wheels coming off/unacceptable. Everything is either peaches and cream, or pile of shit in a train fire.

well, there is that. How was Gamez? I didn't see much of the game at all. He's not been convincing when I have seen him previously.

What flaws do you see? (not saying there aren't any, just curious) Swear I saw somewhere that Anita picked up a knock and that's why Gamez played.

Who've they face in the last 6 though? 4 Leeds D (h) 9 Preston W (h) 13 Cardiff D (a) 18 Forest W (h) 22 Bristol W (a) 23 Wigan W (h) They're a good side going forward, but they do give up a lot of shots. Plus, we owe them.

I suppose you could complain that the title was misleading?

They've 4 wins and 2 draws in their last 6 games, but mostly against sides at the wrong end of the table ( Wigan, Forest, Bristol, Preston and draws against Cardiff and Leeds). Last 6 away games W2 D2 L2 F7 A5 I'm going for 3-0 NUFC To Score 0 - 1 - Kevin Carr's Gloves, Dr Gloom, wykikitoon, OTF, barnabox, Dougle 2 - StoneColdStephenIreland, Rayvin, ewerk, Holden McGroin, tooner, strawb, Ant, rogerbarton, LooneyToony, Graing 3 - The Fish, Andrew, Howay, Happy Face, acrossthepond, Anorthernsoul, Kitman, TheGingerQuiff, ohhh_yeah, Tom 4+ - David Kelly, adios, MiddleAgeCool, scoobos NUFC To Concede 0 - The Fish, Howay, Kevin Carr's Gloves, Rayvin, ewerk, Happy Face, wykikitoon, OTF, Kitman, scoobos, Dougle, Tom, Graing 1 - Andrew, David Kelly, StoneColdStephenIreland, adios, acrossthepond, Anorthernsoul, tooner, MiddleAgeCool, strawb, Ant, rogerbarton, barnabox, LooneyToony, ohhh_yeah 2 - Dr Gloom, Holden McGroin, TheGingerQuiff 3 - 4+ -

Twice as many shots, 5 times as many on target, hit the woodwork once, and their 'keeper had a very good game. I'm happy with a 0-0.