Howay

Nah I don't fancy being ripped to bits by ol' freckles. I'm off to the side a bit in the normal stands rather than the ones on the floor as they were reserved for some visa premier membership thing.

Just got two tickets to see Bill Burr at Madison Square Gardens in November, I've never been to a comedy gig before but enjoy watching standups (on TV, netflix etc) and his podcast is a crease. Was a bit nervous with it being a big arena but I've managed to get canny enough seats for it, so I'm sure I'll still enjoy it.

Aye I knew he was involved heavily with Bury when they were in a right mess. Essembee must be a right laugh like.

I read a quote from Gary Neville talking about it and according to him it's simply because his grandmother was stubborn. He reckons that in the hospital after Neville Neville was born the nurse asked how Neville was doing, mistaking it for a first name and Gary's great-Auntie laughed and said something along the lines of "It's his surname you couldn't call a kid Neville Neville" to which his stubborn grandmother said she can do what she wants and there was nothing stopping her, so she proved her sister wrong thus giving Gary's dad a redockuluss name.

That's about it tbh, he is a solid enough performer who will always give a 6 or 7 out of 10 type of performance every week no matter how shite those around him play. I've no problem with him, I wouldn't mind at all if he was upgraded but I don't see it as something that needs to be resolved straight away. He is tidy in possession and manages to be a nuisance to the opposition, seems a good professional, was free and I don't imagine he is on massive wages. If we're going to push for top 10 we probably do need to replace players like him as he should be more of a rotational option than a starter in a higher side but we've got more pressing concerns than him.

I think Neville Neville was canny involved in the club mind, even if he wasn't I wouldn't let it rile you up too much.

And regales them of a time when he had to trudge through the bampiest parts of Sunderland to get to training.

Not sure just remember it was something to do with ships. He was fucking stinking as a player like.

Isn't Kevin Kyle the one that works on a cruise ship cleaning the rooms or something?

They are odd like, they never seem to buy anyone that's any good and even if someone goes and you think "canny enough buy for the tramps" they inevitably turn out to be utter shite. Their most talented players in recent years have probably been Borini and Rose who were both loans and had no intention whatsoever of going there (Borini preferred warming the bench at Liverpool to moving there permanently and Spurs saw the Rose loan as a way for him to get experience). It's so bad it has gotten to the point where if someone goes there, even a player I thought might be ok like Lens, I have no fear they will be any good. Two seventh place finishes is the best they have managed in the Prem, other than that they've either been directly involved in the relegation scrap or have been just above it. They're fucking crap, hopefully now McClaren is here and we have an actual coaching set up we can get back to cruising past them twice a year like we have for fucking yonks as losing to them twice a season no matter how shit they have been will always make me look at Pardew with disdain, I can't consider you a decent coach if you lose to that fucking rabble twice a season on little more than new manager bump. They're utterly shite rivals too. The only time it's a rivalry for places is when we're as shit as them, look how fucking disastrous last season was and even though they beat us twice they still finished below us. I remember seeing a lad trying to joke about beating them 5-1 about 5 weeks after it happened only be barraged with yells of "you're still fucking harping on about that man? it was over weeks ago" before some spanner brought up them winning 9-1 without any irony... They're just a yo-yo club who believe they are of similar level to us, there will be bucket shakers to raise money to recolour the stadium seats from the sun-faded reddish pink back to red I think that sums them up tbh. Sun weathered, cracked, tramps.

I like that they always refer to Wijnaldum as their transfer target, if that were true why go on about it as if it belittles the fact Newcastle own a football player better technically than any player in their clubs history? So your lot had interest in a really talented player and lost out on him, not really something to keep bringing up is it? Enjoy the shite version of him and that French lad who seems more unstable than Cattermole. Christ they're shite.

Cracking goal by Coutinho that, only decent thing in a totally dross game. The pundits will be pulling their ends off over that.

Aye they'd fit right in if this game was shot in black and white

Aye what are people meant to copy? It's not exactly working.

Aye this is absolutely horrific. Liverpool look fucking crap.

Losers, absolute fucking losers.

Aye he could well be, I'm hoping he gets a lot of chances to play as the high pressing way we seem to be playing will need players to be rotated.

We looked a hell of a lot better than I thought we would, as I said earlier in the thread I thought it'd take a while for McClaren's tactics to take hold but it looks like he has managed it quickly. It was probably a fair result on balance but I really thought we had them, agree that we started to lose control once Anita went off and Wijnaldum got tired. Haidara was pretty poor all day defensively I thought, gifted them multiple free crosses the 2nd goal coming when he stood in the box marking Colo's man who Colo already had covered and he wasn't able to get out to his man in time. The defenders in the box were also piss poor trying to defend the crosses mind. Think left back should be a priority in the remainder of the window. The tactics really showed what Anita could do finally, he was great today in the role dropping in between the CB's and moving the ball out. Mbemba looked rapid and managed Mane's pace well most of the game, imagine how horrific it would have been watching Iron Mike try to cover him. Hopefully Cisse can start controlling the ball a bit better because I thought it was costing us possession over and over again as nowt was really sticking up front with him there, think Austin would have looked good up there today.

Ahh no surprise mind.

Aye id like to see aarons on against this cedric who is cleary one misstep from a red.

We actually look like a footy team...

That a 4m loss for the tramps?

Think we'll lose this tbh, it'll take a little while for McClaren and co to really get settled in and I think Southampton will prove too much for our lot as they're now miles ahead of us mainly thanks to bog Mikes fucking about.