CaliMag

Minority opinion here...

For decades, our supporters has been absolutely spoiled with the high caliber level of keepers we have had. By spoiled, I mean that I have consistently heard and read how poor our keepers are when they have consistently been well above average in the league. Given and Harper were amazing but if you only got your information from online forums you'd think they were both poor. Krul was also great. Darlow in his day was also good. I have always felt that our keepers have had unfair scrutiny and it seems to be more pronounced within our fanbase when compared to other sets of supporters. 

There are three keepers in the league right now that I would say are clearly better than Dubs (and I don't think Pope is one of them). Another three or four, like Pope, that would improve some things but take us back in others. The rest (a clear majority) are a step big backward. 

Could we do better? Sure, if we think its a priority to spend a big slice of our transfer budget (and we are taking a risk as they would likely be outside of our league right now), but to say Dubs is a D is just wrong.

1 hour ago, Amir_9 said:

 

Always loved him and thought some of the negative comments from certain parts of the fanbase were a bit unnecessary given we only bought him for peanuts and he delivered far beyond the measly 1.4m

I agree. I could not stand the boos he got when playing for Leicester. He did well for us, better than expected. He spent a long time here and deserved better from our supporters. 

NBA. That's the New York Knicks basketball court/arena. They are holding Knicks jerseys. No idea when that was taken. 

Caleb Porter would be a great appointment. A million times better than Greg. 

I am with Clarence on this one. I always want Scotland to do well, but fuck me the results lately have been terrible. I am hoping they get over whatever it was they needed to get over and perform. I would love it love it! if they got something from this game. 

8 hours ago, Menace said:

 

Not sure if its been posted before - quite enjoyed it actually

I was well impressed with Mad Dog's penalty. 

17 minutes ago, WideopenMag said:

Sure it was Charlton at home years ago when they cancelled the game for fan safety reasons when everyone was pretty much already there and had travelled ?

I believe it was the smoggies late January or first week of February 2002.

TheBottleBrown is correct. 

Wembley is a meter wider and OT is a meter and a half wider and a meter longer. 

Tonali has always been about taking high risk passes (with low success rates) in the opposition half and as a result has a very low pass completion stat in this area from his time in Milan. That is the type of player he is. His strength is carrying the ball upfield rather than passing it, that is why Howe replaces him with Longstaff. He is not a Bruno or a Maddison type player (nor is like Prlo which is the lazy comparison).

Here is an interview Potrykus gave about coming to Newcastle: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marieschultebockum/2023/08/22/world-cup-in-2022-champions-league-in-2023polish-coach-joins-newcastle-united/?sh=75b889596ece

It makes sense because he is a Pompey supporter. That’s always been his team. He’s from there. 

7 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

I love having an unapologetically pro-NUFC ex-player/pundit in the media. Shay's reactions to everything are golden.

Shaka has been the same when he does commentary in the States.

This is some crazy shit coming from Kaka. 

Kaka, have you actually spent much time in Newcastle? Or England for that matter? (obviously I am talking about sometime in the last few decades not the 1950s). 

Proposed song:

Tonali 

Oh-oh

He’s Canny

Oooh-oh-oh

to Volare 

His Song had to be:

Tonali

ohoh!

He’s Canny

Ooo-oooh

to the tune of Volare (an Italian song no less)

I have many football shirts, but I have never worn one that is another English league team … I am shocked by the confessions on here…, but then, as a marginal who grew up in two different countries (California and Newcastle… yes countries) I would be all militant about this (it’s always the marginals). 

3 hours ago, The Prophet said:

 

I believe the timeline was...

 

Takeover went through

Temporary ban on owner-related sponsorship

Associated-party rules introduced

 

These rules have been needed for many, many years, but were only introduced as a result of the takeover. That's before we get into the murky world of "fair market value" which I'm pretty sure would be challengeable in court. The timing of it all was very transparent. 

Let's not forget the PL's consideration of the elimination of parachute payments when we were in the relegation zone. 

I am not usually one for paranoia, but they definitely were/are out to get us. I am not happy with PIF ownership, but the PL and the other "big" clubs can go fuck themselves with a bag of dicks. 

Porter never had the backing of the Timbers ownership and gave him less to work with than the traditional larger MLS clubs. Timbers and Thorns have had success in spite of their owners and management not because of them. Porter was fucking brilliant at Akron. He knows how to make things work with what he has. That is exactly the type Manager you want for a national team. 

Puh-leeeeeez can we just hire Caleb Porter. Oh and FUCK the USSF with a chainsaw. 

4:30 AM in California. I dread these early KO times. I need to catch my 3 hours of sleep now ?

So what you're saying is... Patagonia as our Kit maker next season. 

Paqueta off = he has been terrible. 

We are better than all four teams playing today. By a considerable distance. 

I am grateful and also astounded. 

I think our win will make this easier because Rogers will not field a full strength team in an attempt to try to shield his squad from a potentially demoralizing loss and prioritize the league. 

I think all of this talk has jinxed us and I fully expect us to now lose 0-3 to the Cherries.