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Don't put yourself down, Gloomy, man.

BBC iPlayer has a show on Bill Shankly which was a canny watch although be warned, a bit thick on scouse love. Anyway, they make a big thing about winning the cup that in 65 as Liverpool hadn't won it before and the place went mental explaining that the cup was THE thing to win then. Couldn't help thinking we'd already won it 6 times by then and haven't won it since whilst Liverpool kicked on. Apparently their board had similarities to our old board and were happy ticking over till the Littlewoods people got on the board and it was them plus Shanks drive which got them moving. KK features on it and the similarities are telling in attitude between the men. Like I say, well worth a watch even for us non-liverpool fans.

If that was his point I'd be surprised. If Rafa walked under Ashley I've little doubt we'd get a Pulis type.

I'd hate to play cards with you, Ewok. No mercy given from the emerald isle with this one.

Aye, but if he doesn't (I put that in italics just for you, Daveed) have Rafa because takeover talks break down and Señor Benny Tez leaves the building, what makes you think he won't go with his normal type of manager/coach? He tried and failed with the cheap idiots and he'll feel he's had his fingers burnt with more expensive men with clout, (KK and Rafa), who have fucked him off. I think he'd prefer the cheap (oops I did italic again) idiots personally. Hopefully this is all a moot point and the one leaving the building heads for Buckinghamshire rather than the Wirral.

Tbf, we don't know much about PCP/Stavely or her backers. However we do know quite a bit about Mike fucking Ashley, his ways, his cohorts, his paid lackeys, his contacts at SKY, (hint, hint), Keith (if you had a part in allo allo, no matter how small, he's your man) Bishop, etc, etc. If I had to hazard a guess, I'm saying this is all on Ashley. Or, could be they're playing him at his own game and taking the piss by using his go-to media outlet?

Have you forgotten about Kinnear, McClaren and Carver already? Pulis would be an upgrade on those lot all hired on Ashley's watch. If Rafa went and a sale didn't occur Pulis would be par for the course in an Ashley ran club. Still Mentally Scarred Davey

Don't think there can be a more desperate fanbase for stuff like this. If you stopped the average Sunderland fan and asked them 'X foreign football club was formed by a supporter of which English football club?' they'd shout out 'Sunnalin' before you'd finished asking the question.

I've never got away with Coleman tbh, he's got a bit of the Nigel Pearson's or Mark Hughes about him. He's also come across as not being the biggest fan of us either the very odd time he's been talking NUFC which will obviously go down well with his new fanbase, match goers and stay aways alike. Hopefully he rots in the Wearside backwater. I'm not as confident on his managerial abilities as well, if he's come on as a coach he's going to need all his skills and some.

I'll leave the MSM bashing to Rayvin, Gloomy can fight the MSM corner.

That's because I tweeted him a few days ago and put him on a warning. He responded with a 'like' so I took it he got the hint.

Genuinely thought this would be a thread about missing posters from here.

It's ok, Michael Owen will represent us.

The one certainty is I'll eff and blind at the TV when they call them united and omit the same title for us. Also it'll be the man U show where we're barely an afterthought. I'm getting angry now and it hasn't even started yet.

Must've missed this. He's still busy on the Twitter so it must've been this place that he'd had enough of.

An old workmate of mine who was a character in his own right, told me about being in Cork, (IIRC?') and cracking on with a lercal taxi driver whose patter by the sound of it was similar to my old work pal. Anyhow, he gets talking about Roy Keane's father who was known to the local taxi drivers for being a bit of a blaggart when he was full of peeve. One day, the taxi driver picks Keane's Dad up and he's obviously had a few and full of it. "Do you know who my son is?" He says. The driver says to my mate that he didn't let on he knew. "Go ahead, I don't know who your son is." Pissed Keane senior replies, "I'll give you a clue, he's Ireland's and Manchester United's greatest ever captain. There you go!" The taxi driver looks in the mirror deadpan and says, "fuck me! You big Paul McGrath's dad?" Keane senior took it well, "fucking Paul McGrath? I'm Roy Keane's Dad! Fucking Paul McGrath?" Might've just been a tale for a tourist but it made my pal laugh.

We used to have a poster called Paddington who came from Peru. Bit of a hairy cunt IIRC? You'll get it if he reads any anti Peruvian posts I tells ya! Two things stick out about McGrath for me. One, a canny anecdote from an old workmate, 'a mag at work' I suppose. Two, 'big Ron' getting serenaded at SJP after the fifth goal had flew in with 'where's your drunken centre half?' as McGrath had allegedly blew the game on account of still being pissed the day of the game.

No, Geordie.

You're Nicholas Witchell aren't you?