The Fish

Without Smellovision, what more are you expecting on the food?

Have they been taken over yet, or what?

Sunderland Fan tv bitching about each other.

We've an 'Employee Engagement Survey' which uses the same bullshit. In a meeting about it the HR bod was explaining the scoring and I asked what's the point in a 1-10 scale, if there are only 3 options; bad, fine, good? He said that you could score whatever you liked. But only 9 and 10 are good though right? yes. 5-8 are "needs improvement"? yes. 1-4 is bad? yes. So there's no difference between scoring 2 or 4, for example? No. Right, so there are only 3 options then. "No, there are 10 scores."...

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Willock's signing has to be the end of the Longstaff's chances for this season. Can't imagine Arsenal would loan him out without insisting he plays and Bruce isn't going to drop Shelvey, Hendrick or Hayden ahead of either of the brothers, is he? The fucking mess.

Wow.

Oooh a clickable link! Let me jusssswaaaaitaminute.

A pathological sense of self entitlement? An almost sociopathic disregard for other people?

My spidey sense tingled.

What are 'NewsMax'?

Shit result but even in the second half we were better than we've been for the majority of the season. Some of the common faults of Bruceball returned; Shelvey dropped deeper and deeper as the game wore on, the instructions and confidence from the Everton game disappeared and players made more silly mistakes/bad decisions. Lost count of the number of times we passed sideways or back from promising positions, only to hoof it long and lose it. Palace had no interest in keeping the ball so a bit of patience in their half could have reaped rewards. Hendrick was anonymous in the second half and the movement of the attackers was wasted because we didn't have anybody to find them with a relatively simple ball. If Southampton could have picked any PL club to face after their 9-0 humiliation, it'd be this Newcastle side.

2-2 draw do you? Much, much better from the team and it's way too much of a coincidence that we get a new coach in and suddenly look like a new team. Genuinely looked like a team benefiting from a New Manager bounce. Slight tweaks to the formation, playing much higher up the pitch, changes to instructions, better set pieces. I don't believe for a second that Bruce has been sitting on these changes for 18 months then just happens to prise them from under his fat arse for this game.

Twat. He is a real friend, he just goes to a different school.

My Gooner mate says similar. "He's actually very good, I think he'll do well for you".

It's just a little bit of history repeating.

I don't know who either of them are...

Or just move to a different area. Our delivery drivers don't knock too loudly, they leave it on the steps and back away until the door opens, then doff their caps and skip away cheerily whistling a merry tune. That's what you get in Cheshire; a bit of fucking respect.

I love the reaction of Wall St to this, like a 7yr old having a paddy because the new kid is ruining it because they're not playing properly. Fuck 'em, fuck their slick back hair, fuck their braces, fuck their power ties, fuck their delusions.

Mostly because of the people here. Some nice hills and that, but, most of the country are self-serving cunts.

My concern is that we won't drop into the bottom three until there's only 8 games to go, or so (I realise how mental that is).

That's an undeniably valid question. Reckon if Bruce loses the next two he'll be gone?

Surely the pomp around this new coach is just an effort to distract from the football and the manager? It's not like they can do that with an exciting signing.

He tweeted something about being a good person and being loyal and kind to friends when they're in trouble. While I can understand him defending Bruce from some of the personal abuse that's appeared online, the majority of the criticism has been of his ability as a Premier League manager, and for that there's no defence.