Wullie

Didn't realise York played on a plastic pitch.

2-0

They once sent my grandma a season ticket, despite never having one in her life.

Must be ten years or so since we had a shirt with stripes on the back mind. Was the one with the gold numbers not the last time?

My understanding is that these shirts are being sold at cost price but regardless, some of our fans seem to be extraordinarily precious about people making profit from things. Presumably none of these people ever buy anything, ever, from anywhere - least of all one of Mike's season tickets. Eh, is that not why the shirt was made in the first place. Top effort from the people behind it though. What, because the club makes profit on shirt sales? Think it's slightly more nuanced than that.

My understanding is that these shirts are being sold at cost price but regardless, some of our fans seem to be extraordinarily precious about people making profit from things. Presumably none of these people ever buy anything, ever, from anywhere - least of all one of Mike's season tickets.

Scored against us at the Hawthorns too.

Delph stretchered off after 20 minutes on his debut. And Real are kicking their arse, 2-0 after 20 minutes.

The gaggle of middle aged women I currently sit next to at work basically talk about gluten-free shit on a permanent loop.

Our pre-seasons are the same every year, most of the games seem to be a run out for squad players whilst those who will actually be required in the Premier League are barely seen for one reason or another. By far and away Obertan's favourite time of year.

Of course he covers a lot of ground - he chases the ball round like a puppy, leaving massive gaps and giving away stupid free kicks.

Four fucking years Obertan has been stinking this place up ffs. Sick of him popping up from the dead every fucking summer. Just piss off.

Can't wait for a day when there's a Newcastle XI made up entirely of players I don't utterly detest.

In England, mispronunciation of names is considered racist, xenephonic, and little englander. We normally forget these values when non-english commentators do the same, so I guess you have a reason to be irked. Absolutely obsessed.

Should easily have been 2-0 up.

Didn't realise this lot beat the mackems in midweek.

That's why we finish every season with a decimated squad, it's a deliberate ploy. Sell perfectly good assets during the season so that replacing them is a necessity, and that act of replacing is seen as ambition, and more renewals come in. Same last year.

What does he have to lose by going to City? He'll probably be on the bench mostly but what if it turns out that he's a good fit for City and that he complements their style well. If it goes badly which it probably will, he'll go back to a midtable side in a few years, exactly where he is now A few years on the bench can severely stunt his career. Right now he's started to forge a good reputation, he's coming into form and international recognition. He has all of that to lose if he stalls his progress for a few years sitting on the bench.. Sadly he probably cares more about the extra £50k or so a week than anything else.. Scott Sinclair must be pissing himself - "ah yeah Fab, they'll love you there mate, they love players like you, let me give you my mate Jack's number, he'll tell you all about it *snigger*" Fucking Rodwell was meant to be the next big thing. Now he's carrying Lee Cattermole's bags round for him. Nothing to lose?

He's an Aston Villa player though - no disrespect intended. Still makes me laugh the way Stewart Downing went on trying to get to Liverpool. Now he's in the Championship via West Ham. The one characteristic shared by a great many footballers is a staggering sense of self delusion. Honestly don't know where utterly bog standard Premier League players like Downing and Delph get the idea that they're better than a huge (albeit underachieving) club like Villa.

What does he have to lose by going to City? He'll probably be on the bench mostly but what if it turns out that he's a good fit for City and that he complements their style well. If it goes badly which it probably will, he'll go back to a midtable side in a few years, exactly where he is now By which time he'll have sat on his arse for three years and wasted a hefty chunk of his peak years. Depends what he wants from being a footballer really. If none of what he likes about the career choice involves playing football then he's grand. There's always these sort of posts whenever a player makes a move like this - "nothing to lose, got to take the opportunity". Struggling to think of many occasions when it doesn't stagnate the player at best - in many, it simply ruins their career.

Fucking racist.

You've been spoilt watching Messi play on the beach! Saw this tweet earlier: https://twitter.com/adamjgosling/status/621101840743165952 Man I wish.

This is absolutely embarrassing.