Big Geordie

How good or bad is the commentary on the Chron's website. Is it a txt service or is Lee yapping into a microphone on a bad line?

Must have been about that, given we had the whole of the North Stand. Pretty impressive for a very low key friendly, IMO. Officially 3345 in the away end There were never 3000 Darlington fans there mind!

His contribution since Xmas was non-existent. More worried about not getting injured (and hampering his chance of a move) than rolling up his sleeves. I see he's been spouting off again tonight with a violin story about how his personal life has 'come under criticism' when he was up here - the helicopter story. It's bullshit, because no-one would have given a stuff about that had he done the business on the park. On reflection - it was the media who criticized him about the helicopter, not the fans. Or am I forgetting something?

Must have been about that, given we had the whole of the North Stand. Pretty impressive for a very low key friendly, IMO.

Yup - very comical. The steward got dogs abuse afterwards. Bloody jobsworth! Was an excellent afternoon's entertainment - nice to see some goals for a change. Was impressed by Lua-Lua down the right hand side. Also, the 4000+ that went down was cracking. An enjoyable time had by all in the North Stand.

That's what I was thinking, Baz. Will keep checking before we head down at 10am.

Any news this morning - pitch inspection, etc? Doesn't look like there's been too much more rain here overnight. Hopefully the game will be on.

Hopefully not too late as I want to be setting away at 10am.

Anyone got a link to a Darlington fan forum to see if we can ask what the craic down there is?

Worried that the game might be called off, if they've had owt like the rain we've had in Newcastle this pm (with more on the way too)

Is the game in danger of being pulled, tomorrow? It's pissing down in Newcastle at the moment. What's it currently like down that way?

I knew some smart arse would bring that up.

Administration is a very real worry for me, if the club is not sold. People should take our sale as being a forgone conclusion, regardless of what crap Llambiarse or Harris spouts when it suits.

Yeah, but the capacity is capped at around 10000 for safety reasons, IIRC.

I'm going. Taking one of the lad's that I care for, so should be a good day out.

Wasn't that down to the city council knocking back redevelopment plans for St James at that time?

I for one can't blame Beye on this one. Since he joined, the lad has done his best for the club and never caused an ounce of bother for the club. If he moves on, then I wish him well. Players cannot forgo their own careers to stay at this sorry mess of a club. I'd sooner have that they want to leave due to the situation rather than pledge to stay when we all know that's purely about the big fat contracts that they are on.

The Guardian piece is worrying, even taking into account who it is written by. For me, the longer this goes on without the club being sold - the more realistic the proposition that Ashley will be unable to sell and we'll have Kinnear back in charge of whatever is left of the first team and a bunch of kids/reserves. We could be in for a very long 4-5 years - ala Leeds United.

For the best. Hope the lads who booked up get a refund. Can't believe the club would organize a game on the day of Sir Bobby's charity match in the first place. A totally bonkers decision.

I wish him a good and speedy recovery, too.

The longer this lingers, the more unlikely we'll be sold IMO. If Ashely wanted shot ASAP, he'd have done it by now. It's all down to greed and f**k what condition he leaves the club in.

NewcastleMAD running the Vialli story. Available on NewsNow.

Yup - the days of needing a s/t just to be guaranteed to get to games are now long gone. People can now (and should) be more discerning, especially given current circumstances.

OK - cheers. Tickets sorted.

General sale via the website mate. Mine haven't arrived yet like. Cheers Dave. I'll have another bash. Do I have to register/become a member with the site at all?