Polarboy

As I'm sure like everyone else, it was never a doubt in my mind that Hendo would come on and make a big contribution 😂

Maybe they aren't as confident as they let on, or maybe they are and just want to get it done quietly and move, who knows. Maybe that story coming out the day of the CAT hearing is purely coincidental, but again it's very coincidental that something the fans want i.e. Bruce gone is being floated as a possibility the same day we could potentially have very bad news about a potential sale of the club.

It's a tiny bit coincidental that a story about Bruce supposedly considering his position, comes out the same day of this CAT hearing. Seems like a Keith Bishop PR classic. If it is I'm not sure what it says about this CAT hearing, if they are actively trying to shift some focus.

Norwich are going down barring a miracle, and I could easily see Southampton and Burnley going down this year as well. Southampton have been riding their luck for years selling all their best players, and it seems like Dyche's grip over Burnley, their squad and their results is waning. I think we might actually jam it again with there fortunately being sides even worse than us, and sides who don't have the good fortune of having Wilson and ASM.

Bruce and his mates in the media's excuse would be, well ah was nevah given the big job, I had to make do with the lads I was given at each club, so you can only expect a certain level of success. Of course it's amazing that other managers are able to climb the ladder in terms of progressing to bigger clubs, and do so by excelling with relatively little resources. It's also amazing that in a list with Alan fucking Curbishley, Hippoheed himself Allardyce, O'Neill, and Mark Hughes, his one season at an on the up Citeh aside, that he's still fucking rock bottom.

Apparently Bruce is in two minds on the heading/brain injury debate in football. Likely because he had a bit of brain fluid dripping out his ear at the time of asking.

I see he did his usual "managing of expectations" and talking up of the opposition.

You forgot that he looks like a cabbage and has bacon tits. That's more than enough to bring the club into disrepute in my eyes.

In fairness do the pundits ever really call out a manager directly that much. It's more the print journalists that dissect managers in that way. Pundits tend to err on the side of saying that players need to take responsibility and all that waffle, even if it's quite clearly the manager. Obviously in some situations there's no denying it.

The Knight Rider and the chronic are supposedly radicalizing us. At least according to a very miffed cabbage heed. Don't know about the rest of you, but the only thing the chronic does is radicalize me against clickbait.

Paul Parker ex Man U defender speaking about Ronaldo playing in the game on Saturday “A lot of those Geordie fans cannot believe their luck that they’ve got a ticket for this and all of a sudden it’s turned into a festival.” What fucking planet is this guy on 🤣 Aye, I'm sure seeing Ronaldo make his second debut will take the sting off him helping Man U most likely hammer us five or six, and the general depression around Ashley and Bruce. Of course this is a perfect illustration of how much we've declined in the minds of the football community. Parker seems to think we're equivalent to a Stevenage, just happy to bask in the limelight of Ronaldo and co.

Choudury deal supposedly not dead yet according to Waugh and Sky sports. Maybe Brucey spat the dummy. In any case, what a roller-coaster, I can barely contain my excitement. Thankfully I've got my brown pants on today.

Just seen the quotes from Bruce about the club letting Toney and Armstrong go. Obviously it was likely done as a dig at Rafa given he was manager when both left. In fairness he's not entirely wrong. Although neither were ready at the time, and we'll have to see how they get on but both have already scored, it would have been prudent to have sent them out on loan perhaps, instead of permanent deals. The only half right decision was putting a percentage on Armstrong's future transfer fee.

https://twitter.com/LukeEdwardsTele/status/1432647310589239299?s=20 So either Edwards is frantically trying to cover up his own incompetence, or he was told by Bruce this morning that Choudhury was signing, and the club have went behind Bruce's back and cancelled the loan move. As a man of honour I'm sure Bruce will be resigning in disgust.

😑 The only upside is that it makes Edwards look like an even bigger know nothing tit if Hope's correct.

Can't say I've seen a lot of Choudhury. Anyone on here have a fully formed opinion of him? It seems unlikely he'll be any worse than Longstaff and Shelvey, although obviously he'll be doing a different job to them. I'd imagine he's at least marginally more athletic than both. I mean was Longstaff's knee injury that bad, or is he just as depressed as the rest of us about the state of the club, hence the constant lacklustre displays.

Yeah, but the instinct to wrap Wilson in cotton wool is one I can understand. Maybe it's only a knock but you're more likely to pick up other more serious injuries when carrying one. The last thing we need is Wilson out for 6 to 8 weeks. Again it's one of the many shite consequences of not investing in a team to the required level. The caveat is that we aren't privy to exactly why he was taken off, and how worried they were about the knock.

Wilson maybe carrying a knock, but as Howay was saying he likely would have got on the end of that ASM cross. Joelinton is a bad fucking joke. He actually looks scared to get on the end of anything in case he fucks it up. Either that or he's half braindead and doesn't realise that he should be trying to get into the box as quickly as possible. How bad Bruce's decision was to take off Wilson depends on how bad of a knock it was, but either way it shows how shite our squad is when we have to stick on a less skillful and talented Brazilian than Fred.

Quality ball from Schar into the box. Maybe a bit undeserved, but we have been much better than the first half hour which of course was dogshit.

Beggars can't be choosers. There's no doubting his quality, so I'd definitely take a chance on him if it's possible to get him in. And as people have said he might hit it off with ASM and some of the other lads. He might have a less than ideal attitude, but he's not quite Ben Arfa level. He'll also want to perform before the world cup, so we may at least get a good second half of the season from him were we to sign him.

Newcastle United have requested talks with James Rodriguez on Steve Bruce's recommendation. Hello James, bonny lad, now how much would you be looking for in wages? Cue Cabbage and Penfold chocking on their smokey bacon and jammy dogger respectively.

For definite it's a worry, because history tells us that Wilson will likely be missing for around ten games at best, unless he can reporduce his injury record in his last year at Bournemouth in 2019/20 where he only missed three games. Rondon of course would have been perfect given he's on the move, but Ashley is such a short sighted vindictive little twat that he'd likely never have him back after the Rafa debacle. And of course he seems to be back on his 25 and under model, except under very specific circumstances. If Bruce did anything right it was likely convincing Ashley to sanction the Wilson deal.

If, and this is an extremely big if, we get the two loan slots filled, and supposedly one more cash bid perhaps for that Swedish or the French DM, then it will actually have been a decent if very belated window, and obviously far from ideal in terms of preparation for the season. Don't know much about this attacking mid from Roma Perez, but him a DM and a centre half with a bit of pace and we'll have a pretty decent group that Jones and his jolly assistant Cabbage can run the rule over.

Regarding the supposed wage cut, as I was saying he was been given a five year contract at 34, which was realistically just all his wages from a two year deal over five years, and maybe a bit more on top. The fact that he was just given a two year at PSG backs that up to an extent. And Messi isn't a player you can compare someone else to, unless it's Ronaldo, and especially when it comes to wages. Barca have paid him hundreds of millions over his association with them.