heyup connolly 19,
wise words,indeed,at least they have­ a manager.

heyup all,
it seems that the fans are already­ conspiring on how to dispose of brucey,he aint started­ the job yet,i say to the cats dont make the mistakes of­ newcy get behind brucey.granny

tony i personaly think he's a taker!
you can tell­ by his little rants that he's anybodies for a glass­ of "white lightning"­
beeeeeeeyatch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm already on the chill pills man, two a day to be­ precise. Don't worry I'm trying to say that­ it'll be good to have Newcastle back up. Good team­ with a lot of history.

On the subject of Sunderland­ here. I don't get why you lot think Bruce won't­ do any good. He was good for Wigan until thye sold some­ players at the start of the year. That's what he­ need, good palyers that can gell together. He is a much­ better manager than the previous -x- Man U star...

Hutch, he may have to put on a pork pie hat and a mac­ to get out of the place alive by the end of the year,­ mind you the big bread bun in the middle of his face is­ a dead give away.

lee
For Heaven's sake man take a chill pill; there­ are more important things in life - we'll be on the­ Championship pages as soon as next season's fixture­ list is published.
As for you, safcalsftm you ought to­ get a sense of humour (comment-18), and a pair of­ none-safc-tinted specs mate; read the comments, Mr­ Bruce's appointment (judging by comments on Yahoo­ pages) is about 50/50 in terms of appeasing safc fans -­ and nobody's even mentioned erm, 'the big­ name' manager?
And please tell me, how are we­ staring down the barrel of League-1?
If we unload the­ high rollers (for free if necessary), we've got­ good youngsters and could bring in a couple of new­ hungry faces (no more so-called 'big names'­ please!).
I watched a lot of Championship football last­ season, as i had a feeling we'd be there next­ season (ask jack), and a handful of clubs aside, i was­ not impressed! So, sorry to burst your bubble, but we­ won't be heading for League-1; oh yes i almost­ forgot about that, you lot know all about that league­ don't you? Oh and please save your pity; try­ exchanging it for a dose of humility.

I'll be surprised if Brucie does well at­ Sunderland. He hasn't got a very good track record­ and it was well known he was wanting out of Wigan so­ anywhere would have done. Maybe he should start wearing­ a pork pie hat? That will make him more like Bob Stokoe­ straight away.

I DON'T SUPPORT ANY NORTH EAST TEAM BUT I CAN SAY­ BRUCE IS NOT THE RIGHT MAN FOR SUNDERLAND.

21, I never judged you fans, I read some of their­ comments

John (comment 19) I'm old enough to remember Bob­ Stokoe being appointed - not universally received with­ open arms due to unfortunate past but he led the team­ to glory beating the Man Utd of the day and there is­ now a statue in his memory outside the stadium. Also,­ don't judge our fans by the standards of yours. ­ Forgive and forget, like Len Shackleton did (another­ former bar-code from the Fifties who became a­ Sunderland legend and rememebr Shack's matra:­ "I'm not biased when it comes to Newcastle,­ I'm not bothered who beats them!"

Why are Newcastle still on the Yahoo premier league?­ Haven't you been relegated?... Now pee of to your­ own page and maybe we'll see you back up after the­ end of next season.

Comment 18, whenever you find the time, go onto the­ SAFC site and read the comments from the Sunderland­ fans concerning Brucies appointment. I haven't­ counted them but I would say theirs a good 50/50 split­ and a lot of them are not happy at all. This will be­ reflected in your ground at the start of the season and­ if you dont start well, half of them will turn on him­ and make matters worse (Allardyce).
Jack predicts­ breaking into the top 10 in three years, a fair­ assumption and I wont argue except to say that if­ he's right, I think it will be the first time­ Brucie will have done that in a 14 year managerial­ career. On the other hand, your expectations are a lot­ higher and in my opinion unrealistic (you are building­ a side that has only just avoided relegation). If­ Sunderland are in say the bottom four as the season­ progresses and especially if the Toon are up the top­ end of the Championship (they wont always be without a­ manager and owner and who knows who's coming in)­ what will your opinion of Brucie be.
I understand your­ excitement, nothing at all wrong with that but I think­ you are getting a little bit carried away. If however­ you do believe what you say, then I think you are­ setting yourself up for a bit of a fall.

Good point as usual Cameron but if we are feeding off­ the scraps of the scraps,what's the chances of NUFC­ overhauling their team? feeding off the old detrtitis­ that even the lower premiership teams don't want or­ taking a risk on unproven young guns making a splash in­ league one? know which predicament I'd rather be in­ me old c@cksparrer. I'm on record as saying I'd­ like the Mags to come up next season,but it's a­ deceptively difficult league to break out of,unless the­ massively self destructive element of the club's­ whole infrastructure isn't pruned root and branch I­ can see the club imploding.How can Shearer even start­ to concieve a get out of gaol strategy when he­ doesn't even know who his employers are going to be­ next week? and I maintain Shearer is not the man for­ the job,to coin one of your phrases "it will end­ in tears" and the fall from grace of a Newcastle­ legend.

Yes jack £200 million, but you gotta remember that you­ are going to be dining on scraps after the­ self-proclaimed big-4 have finished, then you've­ got mega-bucks man city - in fact jack you'll be­ dining on the scraps of the scraps, because after those­ 5, you will have spurs. villa and everton taking their­ little bits. In fact jack, you'll be dining on the­ scraps of the scraps of the scraps, because after that­ lot, you'll have still bigger fish like fulham,­ bolton, pompey and blackburn having their nibbles.
The­ future's bright alright jack, the future's pie­ in the sky!
On a positive note, i don't think­ you'll get relegated!

"I am in dire need of ammo" yeah that pretty­ much sums NUFC up at the moment cameron mate,fireing­ blanks,the powder is wet etc. sorry dude but this is­ the dawning of the age of Quinnarius.As was stated in­ the setanta press conference yesterday the first­ objective of being the best team in the North East (not­ biggest,best) has been achieved now with the £200­ million promised a total squad overhaul as you suggest­ is needed, is going to happen,with that we'll­ threaten the mid table teams,consolidate for 2 seasons­ then break into the top 10.The future's bright the­ future's red and white.ha ha

heslop, you have had a lot of poor managers (although I­ think Bob Murray was your biggest problem for a while),­ as we have had either side of wor Bobby and I think­ this is a good opportunity for you but reading the­ comments on the SAFC site I think the Geordie thing may­ not go away if you dont get off to a good start.

john i think the majority of fans will be ok with it­ after all we've had some dross as managers in the­ past and i don't think a couple of defeats will­ make a differance but if we are at the bottom at­ christmas then i think his job will be very differcult­ it is all going to depend on who he signs and his­ ability to get our underachievers of last season to put­ some more effort in it could be a fantastic move for­ sunderland or a complete disaster only time will tell

heslop, he aint getting too much support though is he.­ It's like when we got Allardyce, nobody wanted him­ so he had an up hill struggle from the start. I­ honestly think he is a good appointment but their is a­ lot of work to be done at Sunderland as you know, they­ only just avoided relegation. Each time I check the­ messages, more and more are negative towards him and I­ must admit I am suprised at how much. He will need to­ get off to a blinding start or he will be blamed for­ every defeat or bad performance and If he does bring in­ Bramble which has been mentioned in the media (i know­ it's probibly rubbish) he will make his job, well­ impossible.

cameron yes anton and titus would be a disaster both­ are prone to many mistakes but it won't happen­ don't think he'll bring any of his ex players­ with him.glad to hear ur stating to think like a mackem