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I think a lot of teams spend money to stand still. Is our team better than last year? We spent plenty. If you think Bruce is right and he's got a tougher job on his hands than Rafa then fair enough, guess he's due patience and sympathy then.

don't recall seeing rumours of any other club being interested in signing him. there appears to be absolutely no reason why we would have to pay anymore for him than we did for mitrovic, or even what fulham subsequently paid us for the serbian. dodgy as fuck i reckon!

There's still something iffy about this deal like. Mitro, Widjnaldum, Thauvin, Cabella, Almiron, Shelvey, Murphy, Townsend, Richie all cost £12-16mil. That always been our glass ceiling under Ashley, irrespective of how much TV money comes in Then with absolutely no desire/pressure from the manager, he agrees to spunk £40 mil on a player in February that is probably worth half that? Given we missed out on the likes of Pepe, Lacazette, Modric, Aubameyang etc. by arguing over adding £1-2mil to the fee, this reeks of kickbacks from an agent or similar

Rafa said it would be a miracle to stay up off the back of a summer with no money spent. Bruce has had 70 million, what’s his excuse?

Evens?

If only @Ken‘s missus hadn’t left him all those years ago, his liver wouldn’t be the enlarged mess it is now, and his neighbours might still speak to him.

Tbf is she was my daughter I would still be bathing her* *this is a joke, even if I am from boro

I just dont understand how a young lad can go to a new country and lead the line for a new club in a league he has no experience of, and not score bucket loads of goals after 2 games. I mean, doesn’t he know we paid 40 mill for him and have huge expectations?

probably read this thread

Must have been a fucking good x-ray to find that out!

Fuck me, I’ve got the golden touch

True Geordie is trending on twitter. Gross.

How dare the supporters who didn't want Bruce use an abject defeat to newly promoted Norwich to reinforce their view that Steve Bruce is a shite manager.

The buck stops with Bruce. Regardless of the way Ashley runs the club, he’s given Bruce replacements, with Carrol, Joelimping, Gayle, Almiron, Maxim, Muto.. he has more choice up front than Rafa ever had (quality argument aside).. and the rest of the team Rafa organised them enough to be a tough unit to crack. If he can’t manage to make us “hard to beat” at the very least with the tools he has available.. then it’s confirmed.. he’s fucking shite.. (which is plainly apparent).

Wondered if this would make its way here saw it on reddit earlier and saw it reasonably well picked apart as well.

I like Rafa. I dont like Bruce. If you want me to be endlessly objective and impartial, go to the politics threads

The worst thing about that is that he played for Norwich

Boozing is mint. Having a can of Red Stripe now. All anxieties of the day have disappeared. Buying used knickers to sniff is pervy. Pinball fanatics are losers. Motorbikes are shit. Any non motorcyclist that you tell about your bike is instantly bored to death

I think he got it right. It's not like they wouldn't have adjusted their focus when they lost a few early wickets and played exactly as they are now. The weather robbed the game of a result, not the timing of the declaration.

Looks like Ken’s Internet is fucked again

It's called 'heterosexual' round here, like.

Yes, he’s by far the best test match cricketer of that lot and has played some mature innings, but he is a destructive batsman - capable of taking the game away from the opposition it’s his day or gifting his wicket away cheaply if it isn’t. Nothing wrong with that style of play but it feels like we’re trying to pick one or two too many batsmen cut from that cloth.

Stokes is different to the others mentioned.