We knew this season would be tight and the lack of investment in the winter didn’t give Rafa the tools to pull us clear of the relegation dogfight. Dropping points at Bournemouth was a big blow but I still think we will stay up, after all we are better off than we were in 2015/6. Here are some things that may help if you are panicking about our plight…
Rafa can get us over the line
It’s been said a million times, but he’s the manager you’d want in these situations. He’ll keep the players calm and you back him to pull off the big results when the going gets tough. It is worth noting in 2018 we have only lost to the top two teams in Man City and Liverpool as well.
We also finished strongly in 2015/6 but he arrived too late to turn the sinking ship around and this season already we have dug out results when we really needed. A few spring to mind, such as West Ham home and away, Stoke away and Man.Utd at home, where just when it was getting bleak Rafa has helped us get key wins to keep our heads above water. Let’s hope we do it again on Saturday.
We don’t lack fight
We lack quality but certainly not work rate and desire. This is an essential ingredient and something some of our rivals don’t have. We’re up for the battle and like Man Utd at home, I can see us being right at it at St James’ Park between now and the end of the season. The likes of West Ham and Southampton don’t look like they’ve got the same levels of desire when I’ve watched them recently and West Brom seem to have checked out already.
Strong base and Slimani to come
We look strong at the back and our attacking threat will improve – Lejeune and Lascelles look like a strong partnership, Dummett has been so reliable on his return and Dubravka has added some calm and class to the GK spot. We look very well set here, but we’ll be set for a boost in attacking areas soon too.
Slimani will give us what we’ve lacked all season when he’s eventually fit (Huddersfield 31st March penciled in) and his style may also suit a resurgent Ritchie who’ll thrive on putting balls into the box for him. Dwight Gayle has also got back in amongst the goals recently.
Tough run in – but in our hands
It’s a tough run in but I see several opportunities to get 3 points – Southampton, Huddersfield, WBA at home and Watford and Everton away are all big chances – especially when the latter two may be guaranteed safety and on their holidays when we play them.
I also think Arsenal and Chelsea at home are big chances for 3 points. Both look woefully out of sorts and they’re due to be played late on in the season – it’ll be huge for us but their players may well have one eye on the world cup so may shirk any big tackles we’ll be sure to put in. Brighton showed last time out Arsenal are having a very poor season for their standards.
There are worse teams than us
Teams around us are in worse positions than us – I look at Stoke and think they could be joining WBA in going down. They’re 2 points behind us (make that 3 with bad GD) and Man city, arsenal and spurs to play in 3 of their next 4 – if we beat Southampton on Saturday we could effectively go 6 pts clear of them. West Ham looked very poor at Swansea and seem on the slide. I still also think Huddersfield will be in real danger come May.
Let’s also not forget Crystal Palace – last night’s defeat to Man Utd from 2-0 up is a huge blow. They also have Chelsea and Liverpool in 2 of their next 3. If we can extend our lead over Southampton on Saturday then we may just be able to open up a gap.
It’s always a big if with it being Newcastle, but it’s a huge opportunity for us. They key is that 17th is all we need to do and we continue to keep out the relegation place, even if it is only just.
Are you feeling confident?
Palace put two goals past Man Utd last night, so no still not feeling confident. In fact far from it.
Dutch(Quote)
Simon , good positive read, Part of me wants to believe there is nothing to fret about but so many things can go wrong from now until the last game. For starters lose anyone of Lascelles, Lejune or Dummett and Debravka and the whole defence is affected. We saw how close it could of come to losing Lascelles to a red on Saturday.
Then there is the attacking problem, Gayle seems back in form but his hammy or his constant worry over it bothers me. With Slimani seemingly struggling to get over this thigh issue we could end up with no threat at all up front should Gayle break down, as good as Joselu’s hold up play is, he is woeful on the strike front at the moment.
Essential also is the fitness of Diame, Shelvey and Ritchie as these are the guys with the experience to hopefully alongside Lascelles drag us over that line. So much needs to go right as we don’t have the depth in the squad of other teams and as poor as other teams are most have a better goal threat than us, Palace and West Ham are two in particular . Seen teams play rubbish yet get that lucky break away goal cause they have lads who can finish one chance, where as we often need two or three chances.
I have no doubt without Rafa we’d be bottom three with a huge goal against difference already so that at least gives me heart. I know we get bemused by some of his tactics at times and subs but I think there is real method in what we perceive as madness at times. He was condemned by sky pundits after City at home but others have done the exact same thing since and been praised for it, namely Chelsea and conte on sunday.
Our away form isn’t that bad, we look more relaxed away from the pressure of SJP and the away fans less likely to get on the teams back which I’m sure helps.
In the end we need a lot of luck, cool heads and a few of our rivals to falter, hopefully the stars will all align in our favour and should we survive a new owner shortly follows.
kimtoon(Quote)
I read the transcript of what Rafa said about Mitro and it still didn’t make much sense to me. He said Mitro didn’t fit his team plan, but what about plan B. Even Wenger had one when he had Giroud, Mourinho when he played Felaini and now Conte since acquiring Giroud. Hell, Spurs even have Llorente.
That is the other thing. Llorente doesn’t play much but he is there as backup and if Kane gets fatigued. I don’t buy the Mitro needed to play argument. I think it was purely a financial decision from those on high to get his salary off the books. It was if you want Slimani you have to clear his salary off what we pay already. That Slimani was injured is a massive gamble and the club are playing with fire with their penny pinching.
Why does Mitro “have to play” in Rafa’s words? What do we care about his world cup? I am sure we would have an unhappy player but he is pretty much guaranteed a spot with Serbia and we could do with him as backup and a Plan B.
There is probably another less important element with the Mitro loan and that is to put him in the shop window as I don’t think he is Rafa’s kind of player. However, with what we have and if Slimani doesn’t recover, even Rafa could change his mind for the final 20 minutes of a few games.
It really makes no sense unless Rafa fell out with him or for purely financial reasons.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I said on the last thread that it made no sense loaning Saivet either. You look at our midfielders and Diame had usurped Hayden as the defensive mid. That means we have Moreno recovering from a long term injury and Shelvey who has 2 red cards as our creative midfielders. Now Shelvey is carrying 2 injuries (knee and groin) we have absolutely no cover. Rafa had even played Saivet before he was loaned. Again, I think this is purely a financial decision and to put him in the shop window.
Everybody says Rafa is such an honest manager but he also has a reputation as a bit of a politician. I think he is putting a spin on the Mitro loan and would do the same on Saivet if asked.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
And, if Mitro keeps scoring then the grumbles will get louder. This is likely as Fulham are the form team in the Championship and seem to play a style suited to Mitro. They are 4th now and have made a very steady climb up the league and are only 5 points off an automatic promotion spot.
The nightmare scenario with this move is Fulham go up and we go down. Then the murmurs about Rafa’s choices would become a crescendo. I don’t even want to think about it.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
All that said, I think we have enough to stay up and our run-in is better than some and worse than others so there is reason for confidence as Simon says.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Can we stop parents taking their kids to matches with signs asking for players to give them their shirts? Or at least have the TV cameras not show it. It may be cynical but I wouldn’t put it past some parents to see what they can get on e-bay. Pogba has sold the most shirts this year, I bet you might get 1,000 for a match worn shirt, especially if you have a picture of him handing it to the kid. You can also put a reserve on it so you don’t have to sell if it doesn’t reach your price.
I told you I am being cynical but I wouldn’t put it past some parent to replace the match worn shirt with a replica and then e-bay the real one 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I made the above comment because in every single game I have watched recently I have seen one of these signs in close-up. It has spread to Italy because a kid was asking for Dybala’s shirt. The TV producers seem to think it is cute.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
If you are going to show closeups of the crowd I would much prefer what they do at baseball games or in Italy and find some cute girl to highlight.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
HWTL Three points Saturday 2-0
Decca63(Quote)
If you think I am cynical about e-baying shirts, an auction site ad just popped up and had the estimate for a LeBron James all-star game worn shirt at $22,000 that’s twenty two thousand dollars. This sports memorabilia is big business now.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
2 for Mitrovic already tonight
Sharpy17(Quote)
There will be questions about why he was allowed to leave. I said something earlier about it. With Mitro on this form Fulham are likely to get automatic promotion.
Mackems down 2-0 at home to Steve Bruce 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Sharpy, Rafa was making a joke about Mitro getting 15-20 goals at Fulham. Doesn’t sound as funny now.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Their system suits him to be fair, I’m glad for him and us cause we’ll get more for him and then Rafa can hopefully buy what he really wants.
kimtoon(Quote)
I don’t think there are any bandwagon jumpers in regards to Mitro. Many people have questioned for months at least why he was not at least Plan B. I wrote the stuff above that I thought it was a financial decision to loan him out before his latest goals and the comments from the Sheffield manager. Me and Kimtoon had questioned whether he was really injured. Probably 90% of NUFC supporters had wondered aloud why Joselu started ahead of him. Rafa’s explanation which is detailed on this site is not really an explanation because Rafa should have been able to integrate him into the side. If he didn’t trust him to start, fine, but for the umpteenth time why not as an option from the bench?
I don’t think there are bandwagon jumpers but the dissenting voices against Rafa freezing Mitro out and finally loaning him out will get louder if he continues to score and that looks likely.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I have also said that whatever happens at Fulham that if Mitro has a good world cup we have a 30 million pound player. I had used the example of Sissoko who was 12 mil before the Euros and 30 million after. Unfortunately for Spurs they have found out that he really is a 12 million pound player.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Mackem Watch: their former Manager returns and beats them 3 nil. Not only that, but their top scorer scores against them. Grabban was on loan with the Mackems and scored 12 goals and is now at Villa. He scored the 1st today. It is not looking good if you lose the top scorer in addition to Whatmore who didn’t score many but is a grafter.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
We better hope we don’t get relegated because there are some very good teams at the top of the Championship and they can’t all get promoted. Wolves look likely and play 3rd placed Villa on Saturday. 2nd place Cardiff’s grip on the automatic spot has been loosened with Fulham, Derby and Boro nipping at their heels.
All of these teams bar Wolves have been in the PL fairly recently and Wolves have new money. There’s also Norwich and Hull who could reboot. The relegated sides will all have a tough task because they will face these teams as well as the other two relegated sides. If we go down, Rafa will leave and Ashley might just do an Ellis Short and sell whatever family silver is left and let the chips fall where they may with what is left.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
That will be a couple of defenders then.
sidekick(Quote)
Bristol city drop back out the top 6 after last nights defeat and lose Flint to a red card and Bryan who collected his 10th yellow. That’ll dent their push for a playoff spot, shame they have had a good season until now.
As you say Eric , some good teams in that top 6 but I have a feeling Fulham won’t go up. I would of loved Mitro to stay and play but he was always gonna be let go one way or another. I don’t think they fell out because if that was the case he wouldn’t even of gotten on the subs bench. I do believe Rafa thinks he needs different players around him to get the best from him and that he doesn’t fit in with his style of play. The Fulham manager is heavily linked to the Everton job for the end of the season, if Fulham don’t go up I can see that happening as Fat Sam surely won’t last there.
kimtoon(Quote)
Mitro – 5 in 4 games. Arma – 5 in 6 games. We should look at buying these two in the summer. Might be quite a pairing. 😳
georgio(Quote)
He’ll be lucky with the FCB holding the purse strings. Seriously though, don’t you think he’d of gotten a prolific forward to fit into his style of play if he could of afforded it ?
kimtoon(Quote)
Championship and lge 1 mate, easier to look class. Arma scored a nice goal on sunday, I watched the game. He got subbed cause he faded and Blackburn having led 2.0 were soon 2.2 and hanging on in the end. Sadly both Arma and Mitro wouldn’t get so many in the PL as you don’t get the time or space like in the fizzy and lower lges.
As I say I like Mitro but I don’t feel he’s the panacea to all our woes.
kimtoon(Quote)
Blackburn are playing Arma out wide as well, not as a forward.
kimtoon(Quote)
Mr. Roy won Manager of the Year in the London Football Awards last week which is a charity do that is very well attended by current and ex players. I don’t know who gets to vote but I am sure Chelsea won the League last year, Spurs finished second and Arsenal won the FA Cup. Palace are erm… 3rd from bottom.
The rewriting of history with Mr. Roy continues apace.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
What the hell, may as well pile on. Here’s an article on Mitro from the Sportsman:
https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/in-appreciation-of-aleksandar-mitrovic-the-crimewatch-reconstruction-diego-costa
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Some great quotes in there.
Especially liked “Mitrovic immediately fends off the latest bouncer-sized Championship defender by sticking out his backside and acting as a base camp ”
GlosMag(Quote)
Agreed Kim .. however im Not sure where I sit in respect of his level but he seems to like the style of championship as opposed to the ‘sanitised sophistication’ of the premier league. Also is there really that much difference in teams from the bottom half of the premier league and the top six or so of the championship
I like him .. he’s Fun and entertaining to watch .. if he manages to stay on the field?
Good luck to him wether he stays or goes at the end of the season. I do wonder how much that depends on Benitez future at toon
GlosMag(Quote)
Saturday is a must win, but who scores the goal(s)? We are in trouble if Gayle is not fit. Let’s assume he is, then who do we play with him/probably behind him. I am going to hate myself for saying this but probably Joselu. At least he can hold the ball up and win the ball in the air. Neither he nor Perez are prolific and Perez’ role seems to be defend from the front. Rafa says we will attack and be on the front foot (copyright Allan Pardew) so either free Perez from some of his defensive duties or play Joselu.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
You know what this has the look of though? A 1-1 Draw. In 29 games we have scored 27 and Southampton have scored 29. So roughly a goal a game each.
Hopefully Joselu can scuff one in or have one rebound off his knee. We probably need a bit of luck. Maybe an opposition sending off? Or a penalty. Just don’t let Joselu take it.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Have you not seen who the ref is mate?more chance we get somebody sent off and they a soft pen,don’t think the guy likes us
Icedog(Quote)
“Also is there really that much difference in teams from the bottom half of the premier league and the top six or so of the championship”
probably not. But their opponents’ level are quite different. 😀
funrafa(Quote)
No worries mate. I don’t think he is going to stay.
funrafa(Quote)
So Mitro was offered a chance by Rafa instead of going on loan but he wanted the loan,plus he didn’t try enough in training,so what can you do
Icedog(Quote)
Hmmm, I was commenting on the last thread…. I thought it was odd that nobody had posted since yesterday… Duh..
Mackems lose again… North East Football is in a bad way…
Dubai Toon(Quote)
I’ve been on the last thread all day! No wonder nobody was answering me!!!
Stuart79(Quote)
Icedog: I know training is incredibly important to Rafa but that still does not explain why Mitro would not be plan B. Besides there are certain intangibles such as how the crowd reacts and Mitros game being about bullying and intimidating defenders and flick ons which might not come through in the more sterile atmosphere of training. I do buy this part of the explanation because every time Rafa is asked about a player being in the team on the weekend his first reaction is to say “he trained well”.
There are some players whose worth simply cannot be measured in training and fitness metrics. Players like Hoddle or Bergkamp. I highly doubt they would be top of the GPS or sprints stats. Journeymen like Pardew or Jack Colback might!
As to the fact that Mitro wanted the loan. That’s just an excuse. He is under contract to NUFC and should have been told to fight for his place. I still think there was a big financial element to this as we also got Slimani in at literally the 11th hour.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
There is a danger that the whole Mitro thing will dominate us and the thing we all need to concentrate on is getting behind the players we have. They won’t feel great knowing social media is awash with fans banging on about Mitro and how we’ll sink without him .
Fact is he is gone for now so let Fulham fans worry about him, we need to be building our lads up not have them think we think they are ***ked with out the Serb.
Just my two penneth worth on it fwiw.
kimtoon(Quote)
You got that right mate
Icedog(Quote)
Exactly Kim!
funrafa(Quote)
Kimtoon: our chance conversion rate is 3rd bottom of the league. We seem to create enough chances but don’t put them away. That’s something the training stats will not show. I was thinking about this a bit more and wonder how Gerd Muller would have shown up on the training metrics? He had an inside leg of about 24 and moved around within about a 6 yard circle but scored a goal a game.
Agree about the fact that what is done is done but I am interested in the decision process and don’t come on just to slag Rafa off for one decision. I do think he has been managing with one hand tied behind his back, will keep us up, but is not infallible.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I suppose a blog is social media but there is not as much hyperbole as on say twitter where people just go over the top and never seem to have reasons, just want to vent. Was reading the comments in The Chronic and there has been a definite anti-Rafa shift. This doesn’t seem to be reflected in the matchday crowds.
My venting is at least as much for what I believe are the real reasons for shifting some players on loan and that is a directive that if Rafa wanted a player he had to either sell to cover the fee or loan to cover the salary. That is purely Fatman now because there is no board anymore. He said he gave the keys to the vault to the board but only Charnley is left of him, McClaren, Moncur and Carr. And how much sway do you think the lowest paid executive in the PL has?
I think this is extremely stupid as it leaves us with no cover which is what we are seeing now. But what else do you expect from Ashley.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Haha .. yeah I didn’t really phrase that too well.
So let’s ignore the top 6 prem teams as theyre a cut above
Then we get to Burnley Everton and Leicester so worth removing them too.
Then we get to the other 11 relegation battlers. Mitrovic goals for ffc have come against top end champs teams I believe. Could he have picked up goals and got us more points against lets say brighton or swans or bmouth. Seems possible on current form
Anyhow it’s moot as he’s at ffc and nufc have Slimani should he ever play
GlosMag(Quote)
Eric, I’m mainly referring to twitter or should I say twatter as it’s more fitting to some of our more reactionary fans.
I just think, like it or not the lads on loan and going on about him does nothing to change our destiny, moreover it can actually cause harm by demoralising the team as we can be sure that they read the ***** out there on twitter.
There is no way that Rafa would drop Mitro without good football reasons, he wants us to survive at the end of the day. He is far too professional to let personal stuff effect his judgement and the simple fact is that his coaching team were telling him that Mitro wasn’t up to scratch going off training. He is listening to his coaches and that’s what they are paid for, to access each player.
He isn’t risking Slimani either, that tells me the guy has integrity. He isn’t perfect by no means but show me a manager who is.
kimtoon(Quote)
Kimtoon: My gripes are the not having Mitro as Plan B and my belief that the loan was ordered by Ashley for financial reasons – one high earner in, one out, balance the books.
Stoke are doing **** but what about Peter Crouch. 37, slow as molasses but offers a different option. I bet if you put a GPS monitor on him the trainers would think there had been a malfunction.
I think this Mitro talk will settle down if we win on Saturday. Joselu hattrick – one scuffed shot, one off his knee and one off his backside. The perfect Joselu hattrick. For normal strikers it is left foot, right foot, header.
I said it earlier but there are players out there who are not first choice but offer something different – Crouchy, Fellaini, Giroud, Llorente.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
When we have lost leads this year late on it has mostly been other teams running at our defenders, playing hoofball, banging it up to their strikers, forgetting the pretty patterns, causing panic, relentlessly pressing, pushing for corner after corner. Why don’t we try that? And who would you rather have to intimidate the opposition in that situation, Joselu or Mitro.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Kimtoon: I am not on tw@tter but from what I see when Uncle Ed or The Chronic make reference to it it makes me glad I am not. Then there is the twitterer in chief and Joey Barton. It just seems like so much noise.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Levy is trying to get a 20 million a year, for 20 yearsstadium rights deal for Spurs (400 million total just to name the stadium). We used to be roughly on par with them 15 years ago. I know they have the London draw but we are onTV about as much so naming rights are about plastering it all over the ground and having it be repeated by the commentators for the TV audience.
Levy is known as a savvy businessman (like Fatty) but in this case he is striking while the iron is hot. If they don’t win the FA Cup he will lose quite a few players. Definitely Kane and Alderwiderald (sp), maybe Son or Alli to Man U as Mourinho seems to like to stock his shelves full of number 10s, Erikson to Madrid or Bayern perhaps.
They have an albatross of a new stadium that is costing more than Wembley (I think 800 million+) and caught lightening in a bottle with their current players.
As I said, for a while we were on a par with Spurs but look at the gulf now. But, enjoy it whilst you can Spurs fans because it wont last with that stadium bill and we at NUFC know you can only rely on good scouting, luck and a good manager for so long.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric, you could be right about the finance stuff re- Mitro. If Rafa wanted a different type of forward to suit his system then he may well of been told you need to offload a big earner. Since Mitro doesn’t fit his system it makes sense and Rafa repeatedly said in pressers that Mitro and Gayle would not be allowed to leave until a replacement came in.
kimtoon(Quote)
yep, it’s criminal how our stock has fallen the last decade, we know what direction to look for why.
kimtoon(Quote)
Well done the Toon u23’s last night v the Scum
kimtoon(Quote)
just a pity some **** heads spoiled the night ripping out seats,theres always a few spoil it for the rest
icedog(Quote)
Watching sides like Fulham, Juventus and others get the ball down the wings, swing in the crosses and have a big man nod the ball in the back of the net – that is football for me. Shame we could not have the flexibility to do that with somebody like Mitro up front for us every now and then, when plan A does not work…
Shamrock(Quote)
Remember Gillespie and Aprilla, Solano and Shearer or even Gutierrez and Carroll.
Did you know Carroll had 31 goals for us. He is currently on 32 with West Ham. Taken him about 5 years to reach that number. In total he has only 77 career goals (49 assists though). Oh and he is currently injured until the middle of April.
Real shame because when injury free, he is a monster.
Shamrock(Quote)
For the last 20 minutes would you want a Mad Serb or a Docile Spaniard 🙂
I don’t really give a **** if Mitro gets sent off when we are 1 down. We never recover anyway.
But what the hell. Beat Southamton an d I wont care.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Agree Sham, that’s how I like it played too, and you know I like Mitro. For what ever reason Rafa doesn’t feel the players we have can play to his strengths which is a real pity but it is what it is.
Rafa seems to take a pragmatic approach to games, less concerned with the entertainment factor and more concentrated on finding the right formula to keep us up. I kinda understand and totally sympathise with that outlook given what he’s been allowed to bring in.
Will be very interesting to see if new owners arrive and he stays if we can get more prolific and entertaining players. Of course we need to survive first and foremost .
Carrol was a beast Sham, defo one of my all time favourite players for us .
kimtoon(Quote)
Yes, defo the Serb but the problem there is ideally you want a forward who can play for the whole 90 in the original game plan and therein lies the problem he has with him. Not sure Mitro would want to be a super sub either, he wants to play in the WC hence his request to move.
kimtoon(Quote)
Eric, we really have to win on Saturday, not sure I can face 21 days of gloom and Mitro would of saved us rants on twitter.
kimtoon(Quote)
Plus I don’t like southampton
kimtoon(Quote)
There is not that gloom on here. Everywhere else though, and it will filter through. 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
My “glooms” were questions, wonders? What-have-yous?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Personally I think if Mitrovic isn’t in Rafas plans then the loan was the best option. It’s better that his value is increasing scoring goals for Fulham than sat on the bench in a huff for us with his value probably going down.
My gripe isn’t so much that we lost Mitrovic, it’s that yet again we didn’t replace him with better – coz at the mo you can’t really say an injured Slimani is better.
If Slimani was playing and had got off the mark for us, would we really be mentioning Mitrovics goals? – probably not
Sharpy17(Quote)
Agreed
Shamrock(Quote)
As long as Slimani can help us win the last 3 games, everything is worthwhile.
If not, yes we are doomed, with or without Mitro.
It is a good thing that Mitro is doing so well for him and the club. He got his confidence back and the club has a choice at the end of the season, sell high or keep him.
funrafa(Quote)
Spot on mate
kimtoon(Quote)
Much depends on who the owner and manager is really. If Ash keeps us then Rafa will be gone I suspect.
kimtoon(Quote)
Agree Kim. But if Rafa is gone (as very likely Ashley will still be the owner), Mitro could be the new manager’s type. So it could be a good thing for Mitro and Mitro lovers.
funrafa(Quote)
Also if there is a new owner and spending money then Rafa may adopt a tad less defensive strategy, and hence Miro might just have some service.
Premandup(Quote)
New owner? I will give you $5 when we go down. That should buy us and the Mackems in League 1 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Totally disagree. I would rather that Mitro be banging them in for us than Fulham. Being a Demba Ba or Cisse for half a season to keep us up.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
But he is not. He is injures. That’s the point.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
why??
icedog(Quote)
Funny story mate. Stuck in a bar on a holiday in Weymouth watching Toon play Saints wearing a toon shirt and the place was packed with Saints fans and their kids. They put 5 past us that day and this one guys kids and several other saints fans were giving me a lot of stick. Those two kids were obnoxious little brats and worse still they looked like a mini me version of the proclaimers who I also can’t stand.
Not much to get in a huff about but I did.
kimtoon(Quote)
my thoughts exactly Prem
kimtoon(Quote)