New phone case just arrived. The Mrs said it was awful, so i had to do the honorable thing and bin it. It'll be a shame to throw away 11 years of marriage but it had to be done.

"Sack Bruce and get Conte or Zidane in" seems to be a common train of thought by Newcastle fans on Twitter. I'm guessing they assume that it will be that easy to attract a big name manager to St. James Park.

They seem to be under the impression they should be pushing for the league title, champions league and cups. Ashley didn't invest enough to make that a reality, apparently. The rhetoric on social media now is, they are a sleeping giant which has now been woken. Other clubs, like Chelsea or City weren't as big a club as them prior to their takeovers and are therefore less deserving of billions of £'s worth of investment. It's OK though, they have got their club back. And by that, I mean, they've sold it to Saudi Arabia.

The only hope is that they screw it up in typical Newcastle fashion

Exactly but for whatever reason Newcastle fans deserve to be the richest club in the world. What about clubs like us? 11 years of complete mismanagement completely disregarded. What about the Derby, Bolton, Wigan, Bury fans etc who have been through way more than Newcastle. Ashley hasnt been a great owner, no disputing that but there are a lot worse out there.

Where has this myth come from? Just read a tweet saying "No other fan base deserves success as much as Newcastles" Wtf?

My disliking for Newcastle is more at a personal level as a lot of my mates that i grew up with are all Newcastle supporters and it was unbearable at times with some of the crap they came out with. So seeing them become the richest club in the world is a nightmare for me. I've always had the fact that we have won the PL to fight back with but they might very well get bankrolled to the title soon. Happy to see the status quo get disrupted, just not by Newcastle.

Ugh, the newcastle take over is back on and it will make them the richest club in the world by some distance. Absolute, pure nightmare fuel.

Didn't someone say he was off to India during this break? Chances he'll come back with a new contract?

Out of the play off places now and I don't expect us to be anywhere near them again, anytime soon.

Defeat

8mins added time

Khadra on Magloire off

So, with Edun on for Gallagher, who is playing where? Buckley been pushed forward?

Ah fair, didn't see this!

I've never heard anyone call them Jersey's before. Always been shirts tbf. BigBar probably has it right.

Down to 8th as it stands.

4 mins 😂

Gotta wear it at some point i suppose. Making it's debut today.

Big risk starting Magloire but thats what happens when you have a threadbare squad.

Thats a shame but not a surprise

When's this Brighton defender we loaned supposed to be fit?

Edun ever played CB?

Be a struggle without Nyambe and Lenihan. Not sure who else can play right back other than Magloire? Edun maybe? Although he's left footed.

Biggest worry is that now the thin squad is being hit with the inevitable injuries, the players we are relying on, either loans or academy players aren't just don't seem to be anywhere near good enough. We all knew the good form wouldn't last but the game on Saturday is huge. We either bounce back or its the start of another Mowbray death spiral.