BlueStar

http://www.themag.co.uk/tyne-talk/now-bruges-say-welcome-to-all-newcastle-fans/

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On the plus side, if/when they part ways they'll be vilified by the press and armchair fans. Remember all the headshaking from people who hadn't had to watch our fucking dire 'lose ugly' tactics when we got rid of Fat Sam?

Was wondering if they even remembered it, considering how widely scoffed at and dismissed out of hand it was. Has it been bumped at any point?

Funny thing is, win that game in hand against Reading and they're only a point behind us and their November fixtures are a who's who of Premier League no-marks. They should have every chance of catching us up or overtaking us. But at the moment the football they're playing is just so drab, laboured and uninspiring that I'm not concerned about them at all - even with our displays being patchy at best.

We've got applications in for 68, 65 and 46 points. Confident with the first two, not very confident with the other one.

Have they started looking to Johnson's childhood allegiances for the reason for his poor form yet?

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=739395#ixzz2AouFzCr8 Oh good, they've reverted back to discussing how good they are on paper rather than in reality. How long into Bruce's reign did we reach this point in the cycle?

http://www.safc.com/matchday/f477991

Mackem songsmiths at it again http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=739247

Hmm, might be tricky, one of my mates who's applying is living in Glasgow at the moment to do his PhD and only travells down for matches.

Restricted Boro to only 3,000 tickets tonight because of persistant standing. Has any Newcastle fan ever sat down at the Stadium of Light? I certainly didn't see anyone the other week.

Gonna be pretty tight just sending out these ones though, isn't it? Deadline wed ,count them up, post them... We're setting off about 9 next Wed

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8209215/

Still a lot of neutrals who seem to think it was not only completely acceptable but in fact laudable - and not cheating because he was 'punished' for it. US footy fans in particular seem almost unanimous.

We have to print our tickets ourselves. Lad who booked it forwarded the email to us.

Can you imagine the white-hot hate Liverpool would have for Suarez if he played for Man U?

Possible it's not as simple as him either saying it or not, but a comment that could be (possibly deliberately) misconstrued, asking a player to cut out the monkey-business, 'softly softly catchey monkey' in relation to them surrounding the ref or something - or even something that Clattenburg claims was misheard. Imagine it'll be another tedious, drawn out saga about intent and meaning rather than a black and white did he say it or not.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20119340

Weeping openly in a thread entitled "1992ers v west brom". How long are they going to go with this 1992 stuff until they realise everyone 30 or below grew up watching us post Keegan anyway?

The lads next to me who leave on 85 minutes every game

Amazing what this game does to you.

Berba scored me a goal but fuck all apart from that. Carzola let me down as captain

Is it let confrontational than the "SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS!" stuff they sent to Northumbria Police?

Trouble at The Gate? My taxi driver got a message saying the police have closed off Newgate Street