"Anything you can do, I can do better."
After a disillusioned Sunderland fan took to Twitter to point out just how much of a circus the club has been over the last decade with a series of hilarious tweets, a Newcastle fan has decided to have a go too.
SEE ALSO: Sunderland Fan Beautifully Sums Up What A Farce The Club Has Become
Under Rafa Benitez, Newcastle have managed to return to the Premier League at the first opportunity by forming a squad capable of handling the long and arduous Championship season despite losing key players like Georginio Wijnaldum and Tim Krul last summer.
However, like Sunderland, Newcastle has been run in a way that is reminiscent of Sky One's cult football drama 'Dream Team' in recent times and the fans have made it very clear how unhappy they have been with the decisions being made.
So, if you haven't seen the Sunderland version you should really sort that out, but Newcastle have had some questionable calls of their own as pointed out by journalist Jonny Sharples...
Okay, I've been inspired by this amazing thread about the hilarious history of Sunderland.https://t.co/vrgsRTOK6B
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Director of Football Dennis Wise vetoing a cut-price deal for Bastian Schweinsteiger in favour of loaning a player he'd seen on YouTube.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
German international Dietmar Hamann, in his first season at the club, receiving the secret Santa gift of a copy of Mein Kampf.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Alan Shearer punching, and subsequently knocking out, Keith Gillespie on a club trip to Dublin because Gillespie dropped some cutlery.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Alan Pardew blaming a 2-0 defeat away at Chelsea in August 2012 on the Notting Hill Carnival.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Joe Kinnear ringing up TalkSport to declare himself Newcastle's new Director of Football and calling our best player "Yohan Kebab".
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Shola Ameobi being asked what his teammates call him and replying "Shola" then being asked what Sir Bobby calls him and saying "Carl Cort".
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Newcastle midfielders Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer both being sent off in a match against Aston Villa for fighting *each other*.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Kenny Dalglish selling Les Ferdinand and David Ginola, and replacing them with 35 year old Ian Rush and 33 year old John Barnes.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Allowing Lomana LuaLua to play against us while he was on loan at Portsmouth. Then him scoring. Then him doing somersaults in celebration.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
A fan punching a police horse.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Spending nearly £6m on Spanish defender Marcelino and him only making 17 appearances over 4 years because of a broken finger.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
Nobby Solano withholding his number, ringing up Sir Bobby Robson, and playing his trumpet down the phone to him.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
David Ginola being told he couldn't smoke on the team bus because it was unhealthy, just as the bus pulled up to buy the squad fish & chips.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 1, 2017
And there's more, you can read the series of Tweets in full here.
