The Fish

How are you sure we had no chance of getting Garde? Also, I think the problems at Villa are similar to our own; a losing mentality running through the club.

I don't think he's the best we can get, but he's about as good as we're going to get. Newcastle United could attract managers from both a pool of young promising coaches, or from a pool of established experienced managers. We're a Premier League club with history, support, finance and facilities. We've a squad that, with a little more investment/tinkering could well be challenging for a european spot. However, Mike Ashley and Lee Charnley would rather gamble on a the cheaper option being good enough to keep us in the League. So when someone says McClaren is as good as it'll get under Ashley, they're not wrong. Doesn't mean they're happy about it, nor does it mean they'll meekly accept it.

? Was who all for what who was doing?

"Under the rule of the competition, he can pass on the prize to his 'official representative', for example, his father. But the mother is against this too. 'No, absolutely not,' she said."

Or his inability to arrest a dip in form, his embarrassing behaviour on the sidelines, his baffling substitutions, etc.

Happy birthday Tits McGee

I particularly like the lad who eventually strikes the ball proudly watching it sail off into the night

I don't think it's defeatist to have no faith in Ashley's ability to make a wise, sound appointment. To the casual observer McClaren looked like a good appointment. Coaching credentials, has been successful abroad, did well with Middlesbrough, widely respected throughout the footballing world, plenty of experience, plenty of connections. The problem is he's also struggled abroad, did average to poor with Derby, he's respected by the old-guard when football is evolving faster than they care for, experience is synonym for old, the connections are again the old guard and that's not the group you can rely on to take the club forward. Obviously a lot of the blame can be laid at the feet of Ashley, but I really think that regardless of our final position, Charnley has to go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_blues_(music)

You needn't embed, just copy the url

Should have a decent live music scene, surely?

Does that really bother you? I always pitied them for it. It'd be like Norwich crowing about having the best goal music, or Crystal Palace saying they've the best cheerleaders.

It's half term isn't it? They'll all be lurking round wherever it is juvenile mackems roam.

That bit where they all become is unexpected like.

Aye, I don't think Philadelphia screams "road trip" like. Mind if you have to visit your cousin why not fly there, train elsewhere, drive from there?

I enjoyed it, glosses over some unsavoury episodes in the groups past as you'd expect, but it's definitely worth a watch imo.

Johnson directly contributed 4pts to their 14/15 season. Hull finished 3pts behind them. Worth a cheeky appeal? *Hey, visiting mackems, that winky face means I'm not being serious.

I got the joke, but you just seem a lot more testy lately.

I haven't said you did, but you did enjoy the peak amongst his troughs. Oh and you're not as much fun as you used to be Chez, what's happened?

Rooney has massively suffered in domestic and international by being expected to lead the line when it's pretty obvious he's not that kind of player. In My Opinion.

Do you reckon that's the Grooming he thinks he's admitting to?