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Speaking of social media, this came up on time hop today 😂

Luke Edward's has blocked me He's the CT of the journalism world. He's got a contrary opinion on absolutely everything

Wasn’t Edwards distancing Bruce from the appointment of Jones at the time? Bruce was too iirc and their relationship looks anything but amicable. Also didn’t Edwards claim after we beat Everton (I think) in the first game after Jones got the job that Jones hadn’t even took a training session? Then several people on twitter pointed out that not only had he done so but there was a photo proving the point accompanying an article Edwards had penned. He’s a complete laughingstock

Edwards is such a tit, that certainly reads like praise for Bruce as the focus was definitely on his “different strengths and attributes” which just happen to be things that aren’t tactical awareness and being up to date. The highest praise of all for Bruce comes when Wilson says it’ll be nice to have a good coach around from the start of the season to help the previous lot, I know if I was in the previous lot I’d be buzzing with all that praise. There’s also fucking no chance Bruce wanted Jones brought in, he was clearly fuming with him on the touchline regularly and like Alex says he even distanced himself from being involved. Edwards yet again showing how little he knows about the sport he covers, he has different strengths and attributes but maybe it’s better left to sports journalists like Caulkin that have strengths like research, writing articles that aren’t just clickbait, and giving a shit about the fan base of the area they cover.

Luke just needs a week of wine and chicken to recharge his batteries - it’s draining being a little bitch 24/7. He’s looking forward to his villa in Marmaris…

Right on cue

Never knew we were amongst such elite level athletes here, well done lads on choosing to use your considerable powers for other more socially advancing endeavours.

MLF

Dreading the end of the olympics is a bit tragic like. It’s mostly shite

Unedited version for you ...

Will Luke's holiday happen to coincide with a run of five defeats on the bounce? Stay tuned to find out.

You mean you just looked it up. 0.2 seconds equates to just under 2 metres. So you were within 2 metres of the English schools record. Basically meaning you’d be the fastest 100m runner your age in the country in almost any given year. I was North Tyneside 100m schools champion at the same age and nowhere near running 11 flat. Neither was the winner of the North East Counties Schools that year where I came 5th. The same year I competed in the North East Athletics Championship. In the Men’s final Jonathan Edwards was edged out of first place in the final of the 100m. I think the winning time was 10.8-ish. So, your time as a year 10 school kid would’ve been about the same as a fully grown man who broke the world triple jump record about 3 years later. Weird

Anyone else posted that, I’d say they were taking the piss… … totally believe Mr. Tumble here did this, probably with his tongue hanging out the side of his maw.

Imagine the calibre of team we could put together based on the Ashley era irons in the fire. Probably quite shit still, but my what a pleasure just to ponder on the mystery of it all.

Nothing abusive. Just drip fed him snarky comments about being up Bruce's arse for a few months

Life begins at 40 (clem)

I'm assuming you work as a metro inspector, MISTER CHECKIE!

Can clear a room with one correctly brewed fart

Maybe this is him trying to make the Ashes. Players can’t play 12 months a year, however much loot is on offer these days ...

I remember Elliot Bunney. He trained for a while with a lad called David Lawson who was a bit older than me (who I knew from Cramlington Athletics Club). I think he got a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He might have picked up the odd relay medal for Scotland/GB too iirc

Did anyone see the 200m women's heats? Some absolute spelk of a lass called Christine Mboma from Namibia. Totally skinny, didn't even look like a sprinter. Anywhere she ran a terrible bend then just flew past everyone to win in the fastest heat time. Turns out until very recently she was a 400m runner who has been forced to drop down to 200m cos her testosterone levels were deemed to be naturally too high to compete at 400m and above (the rule only kicks in at 400). She's a glakey little thing, barely looks like a sprinter at all, never mind one with high testosterone.

I've honestly never looked forward to a season less.

Love this response. Bridgend is such a stupid cunt.

nowt to do with Brexit. Also how fucking long is it since Blair was PM?

It’s a perfect scenario for Bruce. If things go well, he’s a genius. If things go badly, its not his fault….

Anyone?

And that’s why you got tied to a donkey cart.

His finger injury hasn’t properly healed and the circuit is pretty relentless is you’re playing all formats of the game including the IPL. They barely get to spend a night at home over the course of a year. Hopefully he just needs a break

He was immense considering what he lost but even he must've thanked the stars for Bobby putting that side around him at that stage of his career. The likes of Bellamy and Dyer's pace, Speed's runs on crosses, Nobby's balls over must've been a bit of a tonic for him after a couple of mediocre seasons* for the team as a whole compared to the team he joined. * Mediocre by the standards of the time. If it happened now the Ronny would have a pull out special and Bruce would be in the hat for half the national pundits manager of the season!

"Bill do yous fancy a game in Sunderland?"

Lah-De-Dah Gunner Graham

This might even be worse than the time they took Neil McDonald off us.

And like a moth to a flame or in this case a fly around shite...... (I'm presuming he was in the artillery as he's not an Arsenal fan but, well, you know who he'll support).

Yeah Ronnie could turn a player on the half way line and run towards the penalty area beating others and whack it in from 20 yards..Shearer didn't score many like that, brilliant as he was..Ronnie was the best. Sir Bobby tried to sign Shearer for Barca before they went for Ronnie, who Sir Bob signed for PSV Eindhoven...he made a list of the strikers he'd worked with in his book...these 2, Romario, Lineker, Van Nistelrooy...Shola,Carl Cort etc etc

The fact he still holds the PL goal scoring record, by a considerable margin, says how much of a beast he was.

Ronaldo was at a different level. Shearer in his prime was arguably as good as any of the others in his position at that time. Which is saying something when you think of some of the centre forwards back then

😂

FYP

Looks like he's turtling and trying to hold back throwing more sewerage in the sea.

that's fucking grotesque. sat in port ellen and I now feel nauseous and I haven't even got on the fucking ship yet.

We now have the “biggest drinking manager in Europe”. Here he is buttering his cheeks after a night on the Amstel.

Joyless Division (but aye, that's not bad)

This is both brilliant and depressing. Keegan showing fans the respect that few managers have done since and speaking of ambition while proclaiming us the 'biggest thinking team in Europe'. Contrast that to where we are now and have been for at least the last ten years.

Not a disaster which is about the best you can say these days.