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Seems optimistic.

Worth pointing out that CT wasn't the only one who bought this hook, line and sinker

The pioneers of the mock funeral

How appropriate

I remember when they were on here when we went down tbf - All we had to do was set essembee on them poor fools didn't know which way was up by the end of that. No sympathy with the piss taking at all - they're fucking raging at it though

I love that all of a sudden Mick McCarthy is a fucking hero to them, when in reality they chased him out during their miraculous 15 point season. I genuinely hope they never return to the PL, quite honestly it’s not their level imo. They have 2, maybe 3 of the top 5 worst seasons in the history of the top flight and this was accomplished during the PL era. What’s the highest they’ve managed in the PL? 7th? Other than that and probably a top ten finish under Bruce they’ve battled the drop in every season they’ve been in the league. They can moan about Short but the bloke has poured money in for a decade, think Niall Quinn dodges a lot of flak here as he was in a role which oversaw the spunking of a huge amount of money and they’ve spiralled ever since. I know the mackems love to see themselves as some beloved club to fans of other sides but in actual fact many people saw them as the shit that wouldn’t flush for a fucking decade. They had a bit of a link to Man Utd for a few year due to Keane and gleefully taking random shite from Man Utds fringes like O’Shea and Brown, then for some bizarre reason they did the poznan after losing to Man Utd when Aguero thudded in the late winner against QPR and now the man Utd fans seem to get a bit of a laugh from the tramps plight. In short, they’re a trampy, horrible club that seem to only come up on the radar of other fan bases when they randomly give them grief in their hope to get some reflected glory from another teams success. I’m fucking buzzing to see everything catch up to them and they’re now getting exactly what they deserve, I hope they keep sinking like a stone. I hope they do approach Mick McCarthy, he snubs them, the external debtors pull the plug and plunge them into administration, and they end up bottom of League One. PS I was wanking while I wrote this

Can’t sleep so been having a chuckle at rtg. They really haven’t got a clue have they. 1. Sack Coleman, apparently he is the reason they are shit. He hasn’t miraculously organised the defence and they don’t understand how they’re no longer scoring. 2. Bring back micmac. 3. Hire SKP. 4. James Corden is going to buy them. 5. Or Quinny. 6. Or Nissan. I think they are in the bargaining stage of grief now. The sooner they move on the better it will be for them.

Spurs at Wembley Wednesday 9th May 8pm KO, fans shit on once again.

I don't watch RT at all. And I do think it is probably Russia, even though I still don't see what they stand to gain really given how this has gone. But it's interesting that had we followed Corbyn's example, we'd look a lot less fucking stupid now.

Plus she's terrified of him running amok from the back benches. As opposed to doing it as Foreign Secretary

I had mine out in 2009 and haven't changed any lifestyle habits... Am still here like..

I always thought he was a bit like David Batty - when he was "allowed" to play or allowed himself to play he was a much better footballer than what people thought. RIP.

I still eat and drink more or less normally, I just don't hammer the shorts when i go out for a few pints anymore. Pretty sure they gave me a diet sheet with things to watch out for, but most people are fine I think. If you're lucky you'll get keyhole surgery and be in and out with few side effects. I had it done the old fashioned way because they needed to slice my bile duct open to flush it out, but I managed to blag a month on the sick, so not all bad news https://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/2443.aspx?categoryid=51

On BoJo: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/04/boris-johnson-liability-porton-down-russia With the standout paragraph for me being: A functional British press would have investigated whether our foreign secretary may have lied to the world about the activities of another country, but alas the media’s leading lights were too busy implying Jeremy Corbyn’s attempts at urging caution were evidence of some kind of fervent lack of patriotism. Here we have two responses to foreign policy: one is based on the careful examination of the evidence and employing diplomacy, the other involves rushing headlong into a conflict with a heavily armed superpower.

Been pointed out before but they're the ones with the new(-ish) flatpack stadium (with the name stolen from elsewhere) and they even needed a fucking poll to decide on their official nickname such is their lack of identity. They're only really known for being near Newcastle which they don't exactly help themselves with since they can only identify in relation to us anyway. Not sure I believe many of them who say they'd rather have the 6 in a row than be two divisions above (which we all but are now) but the fact they're even prepared to say it defines how small time they are. They can get to fuck tbh. Know a couple of decent lads who support them but the club itself and the support of the paedo shows how 'classy' they really are (one bloke who didn't even go to the game who punched a horse defines us though ). Enjoy Burton (again) and Accrington tbh

They're a terrible investment, not some sleeping giant. They've overpaid for years for mercenaries just to stay afloat in the Premiership because who the fuck on those kinds of wages with any kind of choice at all wants to even pass through that shithole? That three-quarter-empty stadium will be a millstone around their neck every bit as much as the unmanageable debt. I can't see how they're not headed for administration and points docked. They'll likely bounce between there and the bottom end of the Championship just by virtue of just how bad League One is, but I can't see them rebuilding any semblance of a Championship promotion side in the near future. By which time the Premiership will have pulled even further away with even the poorer sides being half a billion or more better off. All in my ill-informed opinion.

I like how they have this image of themselves as a proper football fan's club, and that everyone in the country actually hates Newcastle despite (what they think) is the media loving us, everyone's second team etc. They think they're a proper old fashioned club and we are 'plastic 1992 Mags' and that match going fans in England know it. They seem to be unable to understand why fans of other clubs are taking the piss out of their laughable football club and their hilarious demise. Apparently Sheff Wed fans were 'disrespectful' to take the piss. Hahaha

Based on what? They're incompetent at every level, I doubt they're suddenly going to be knowledgeable enough to build a promotion side. Or any kind of functioning side tbh.

I really like his Parts Unknown series. It's similar to Rick Stein's long weekend programs but goes more into the culture and politics of the places he visits. For someone like me who pays far less attention to what's going on in the world than I should, it's quite informative as well offering up some great looking food.

Does Lua Lua have to read the Europe thread too?

They've got at least one season in League 1, then at best 1 season in the Championship. But that's not exactly likely. It's more realistic to think they'll be down in the 2nd tier for a few of seasons before they get back up, if at all. Weird to think that realistically, you could be talking 5+ years without a derby. As long as we don't get relegated or meet them in the cups... Without the tv and commercial money, with attendances falling, no saleable assets of note, and huge wage bills to satisfy/pay off, it's not like they can spend their way back into contention. Read somewhere that they're still paying the wages of the lads who're away on loan.

Some of them think they could go down next season.Fuckin hell,there could be a Tyne- Wear derby in season 2019/20 with the Heed.

All the best with it. My mate suffers from seizures and they leave him glaky as fuck afterwards. Luckily, you’re always like that so they probably won’t notice

That's the Victoria Tavern in Plaistow high street opposite Travis Perkins? I came closer to a pre game kicking there a few years back than at any point in the last 25 years the only thing that saved us was that I think the locals were a bit taken aback to begin with that 7/8 idiots in black and white had the temerity to stroll into their boozer at 1130am on a Saturday morning to watch a sky game that kicked off at 1200 (might have been Manu v arsenal or something ) We took a few digs stood at the bar finished out pints sharpish and fucked right off. A lad we know who wasn't there was a Travis Perkins manager at the time, he knew the branch opposite and later thst week phoned the manager for a chat, and mentioned to his opposite number (staunch hammer) what had gone on at the weekend. He said he'd heard all about it and said we were the luckiest cunts in London that day, a few former ICF were regulars and in the back bar deciding what they were going to do to us when we fucked off (Just remembered, it was 2006/7, I know this because WHU were in Europe, I know that because the pub was selling "INTER CITY FIRM V THE COSA NOSTRA" t shirts behind the bar, we both played Palermo that season)

That’s just Boris being Boris though. It’s not like there’s any consequences to his words.

And used as evidence?

Accrington Stanley man Their owner got in trouble this week for buying the squad a McDonald’s when they win a match, as it’s an undeclared bonus.

I can't believe they've actually dropped again. It's like they heard everyone taking the piss by suggesting it and thought they'd give it a crack anyway.

Welcome to 1980

But that mural though

The comebacks are beyond abysmal.

Well done sunderland for getting out The Championship at the first attempt

Will this summer be the time where Mike Ashley can finally say he's getting the hang of this football malarkey?