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Vacancy at Newcastle you say?

If there is such a thing as divine intervention..... Newcastle will fail miserably 
That's nothing to do with my like / dislike of Newcastle Utd, just an observation on how these filthy rich new owners, connected to a regime with a disgraceful record on human rights, have passed a fit and proper persons test. Just my opinion by the way. 

Very surreal. Even after Morris got rid of Rush in May 2017 and realised how out of control spending and wages were, he still went and paid big fees and/or wages on Tom Lawrence, Andre Wisdom, Tom Huddlestone, Cameron Jerome, Curtis Davies, Martyn Waghorn, Jack Marriott, Florian Jozefzoon, Duane Holmes, Scott Malone, George Evans, Krystal’s Bielik and Kamil Jozwiak. Oh and a significant chunk on loan signings too. Maybe Rush hypnotised Morris. That might explain it.

I'm back in the UK seeing family for the first time since the playoff final, and managed to grab a ticket for tonight's game. Cannot wait to be back at Pride Park. Brought my scrave with me and everything (no flange).

But they would also need to have very very very long arms. It would narrow the search down to be fair. Always a good idea to think things through to a logical conclusion. I used to think that I would simply need to find a girlfriend / wife who had small hands. As I rapidly approach 60 I recognise that them wearing thick glasses is now equally essential.
 

Has he come out and denied he's interested in the Newcastle job yet? Rooney out! No commitment! ?

The EFL aren't the reason we can't pay what we owe, might as well lump Gibson in that group too, interested observers, nothing else.
Journalists report as they see fit, I've seen no article that has forced us into administration, and I'd include Maguire in that group.
Keogh and Rush were employees of the club, if their dismissals were legally watertight it wouldn't be a problem, if not that's the clubs fault, not theirs.
So we're left with Covid, and Mel withdrawing his funding.
 
As I said, one of two reasons.
 
 
 

I love facts me.

You mean the order that was settled within four days of it being issued?  The one in january 2020 when he had signed contracts for the club to be taken over so any debts should have been paid by someone else?

Little Angry can drink.. Enough said. Absolutely no comparison to the dodge pot from Burton.. ?

So, @Ellafella!  You claim to be a "pheasant plucker"!
Alas, it is as I always suspected...
Condemned with words from your own lips! ?

No

Is this love that you're feeling? Could you be loved?
Let's hope our only shot isn't at the sheriff!

I’d heard about the delivery already. Three little birds told me. I will watch the game on telly but don’t leave me waiting in vain. Get up, stand up, so I can quickly and easily spot you in the crowd ?

I’d heard about the delivery already. Three little birds told me. I will watch the game on telly but don’t leave me waiting in vain. Get up, stand up, so I can quickly and easily spot you in the crowd ?

I’d heard about the delivery already. Three little birds told me. I will watch the game on telly but don’t leave me waiting in vain. Get up, stand up, so I can quickly and easily spot you in the crowd ?

I’d heard about the delivery already. Three little birds told me. I will watch the game on telly but don’t leave me waiting in vain. Get up, stand up, so I can quickly and easily spot you in the crowd ?

Yes, or you could put a tenner in the club and treat yourself to Rams TV.

Yeah boooooooooo! 
Bet you'll be at home watching recordings of Strictly after your big birthday ?

Come on. Get off that fence.

Come on. Get off that fence.

It seems almost impossible that Rooney could be criticised for anything at the moment but I suspect that even if we had myriad attacking options we'd be still seeing similar problems. Not as bad but still there.
We play some good football around the box but as has been pointed out rarely inside the box.
Rooney clearly doesn't think that it's worth the risk of leaving ourselves exposed by even having even one of them bomb into the box. Even our good attacking play carries a defensive element, we need / want as many players as possible to be in position to and show a great desire to get back and  defend so we will very rarely over-commit going forward.
It's the sensible approach given our current predicament and as such this isn't a criticism of the job he's doing, but the approach isn't necessarily in place because of our predicament.
I think we just have to accept that even with better players we'd be a pretty cautious team a lot of the time because that's how the manager chooses to set us up. There's evidence for this in his team selections and placement of certain players 
We're in a position that even if we do disagree with some of his ideas, some of his team selections and subs then we have to trust that he knows best because he sees these players every day.
Facts are that with even his limited options and without a points deductions we'd be comfortably mid table. Anything that isn't 'right' is a minor quibble, not something to focus on at this moment (but not something to ignore in the long term).
Perhaps with a better squad although we'd score more, even a minute shift towards a more loosely defined structure we'd undoubtedly concede more,  so at the minute the balance is probably as good as we can expect.

No beer taken - which was sensible really. One taste and they would have still been here, rolling about the floor, when the rozzers turned up.
Fkin Eeyores taken though - I suspect a stripey cat with an affinity for bouncing.

Come on. Get off that fence.

Come on. Get off that fence.