Friday, June 07, 2013

Quote of the day

"I've never played under anyone like him and I've played for some of the best managers around. Steve Bruce, Roberto Martínez and Sir Bobby Robson. He thinks he knows everything, but he has got a lot to learn. He's got a long, long way to go before he gets anywhere near as good as Sir Bobby Robson. He's a young manager trying to stamp his mark on things, but he's making some big mistakes. He's targeted the easy players, the ones who are leaving anyway, trying to show he's the boss. I was fined for not going to a weights session. Everyone else at the club thought it was ridiculous, but he's trying to be tough. He comes out in the media and hammers players and he hasn't said a word to them. He's never said anything like that to [Wickham's] face. He's 19 and the manager is battering him in the media."

Agent Bramble may now have departed the Dark Place, but he still remembered his mission to the last, firing this parting shot at Paulo Di Canio (a "strange person") and his man-management style and thereby suggesting that, while the Mackem supporters might revere the loon for inspiring the derby day victory, the club's players are rather less enthusiastic about the man in charge.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Titus turned loose

The new season may still be more than two months away, but one thing's already for certain: sadly we can no longer count on Agent Bramble to continue wreaking havoc down the road, now that he's taken his oversized posterior and waddled off into the sunset. If Sideshow Bob leaves, we'll definitely be in the market for a central defender. Nope, doesn't bear thinking about...

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Crimewatch update

A busy day for the 5under1and legal team today as old boy Titus Bramble appeared in court to plead not guilty to four charges of sexual assault. His trial is to be heard at Teeside Crown Court in May.

Also in trouble are striker Nicklas Bendtner (whose record down the road suggests that "striker" might be a breach of the Trade Descriptions Act) and club captain Lee Cattermole, who have been charged following a spate of criminal damage on Stowell Street in December. Interesting to note both gave their addresses as Ponteland - neither presumably keen on the thought of living on Wearside.

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