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Cubaricho, you live in Stapleton? I have been there a bunch of times. I visit a good friend of mine who is also a supporter (from South Shields) lives on Valentia Street. Small world.

I am curious where he will end up. I think he can "inflict" football well for a team in the Championship... IF he could stay fit.

Alan Curbishly. He's perfect for Ashley. A PFM who has been out of the game for over a decade and has never stepped a foot north of the Watford Gap. Curbs for me lyke.

I hate to lose to Allardyce. Really hate that so much I would like us to win.

I thought for a second this was a political statement about Obama being a fake left (actually neo-liberal). That would also be an accurate statement.

Did we already cover the fact that Ashley STILL has all of the club employees on furlough and we are the ONLY club in the Premier League doing that? He is such a c*nt.

Amazing reference :lol: I loved it too. Dating myself a bit here, but I suppose we all are.

I watched forgotten man Siem de Jong play poorly and lose with Cincinnati FC againt the Timbers. He was underwhelming.

The Irish lass that was sacked... she was too smart to work there and especially for Methven. And I am not saying that just because she was lush, but she was hot and that helped make her more sympathetic. Even before she spoke you could tell she was not from Sunderland. She was a mum too, so hopefully she landed on her feet and got a better job.

I have also been optimistic until this past two weeks. Now I am thinking this will die of neglect from the PL which is what it really wants. And yeah, I don’t want to sound provincial but I agree with many of you that we are bing dicked around because it’s NUFC and there is no fucking way this would be going on like this with one of the “bigger clubs.”

Much rather WHam or Villa are relegated so I'd play the academy.

Any guess what they will call us if the Saudis takeover? The Beheaders ? Camel Punchers.

I read the Guardian daily (because of course I do) BUT Wilson, Glendenning, and Taylor all support Sunderland. They don't have a single Newcastle supporter on staff. It does make a difference. The closest thing they have on the podcast is Philipe Au Claire who always has nice things to say about us, but I suspect its mostly done to irritate Barry.

I disagree. Tory posh boy for sure, but clearly very knowledgable on running businesses and getting businesses out of trouble, and speaking a delivering his message clearly. Maybe because I’ve worked in a few environments with a bunch of whinging, offer-nothing people, I have sympathy with him for the workforce he inherited. To me he appeared to be used to working with dynamic forward thinking business people, and was met by nod-along morons (apart from a few who seemed decent). I am with ManDoon on this one. Methven is all confidence and privilege with no knowledge or intelligence to back it up. I have worked with his like and it leads to failure and collapse of morale among staff. For Triggs - Also the hot Irish lass was not terrible at her job. She seemed to be the only free thinker in the bunch. What? Because she didn't like getting him coffee?

That's great news UB! Stay healthy and all that. We wont want to miss the dawning of a new era at SJP.

Okay lads, I think we need to guess the announcement by page numbers in this thread. I am thinking page 688 (third post - in the event of a tie).

Love it! ? (though this might be the wrong thread).

That makes me think of Mike playing the part of the Nigerian Prince Email scam: "Dear Sirs, I did not receive the funds. Please send another 300 million GBP and see if it works this time!"

God I hope not. Ticketmaster is pure evil. ...And to be clear I am not just talking about their typical dogshit right-wing politics, I mean that they charge you random fees for doing fuck all. They are almost entirely automated with no customer service. Typical TicketMster transaction looks like either 1. I tried to buy tickets, but now its sold out but look I can buy them for 5 times the value on STub-Hub or another service that is conveniently owned by Ticketmaster or 2. Cool the tickets were only 20 quid... wait I see I was charged a tenner for a "facilities fee" another tenner for a "convenience fee" and a fiver for the ability to have it on my phone rather than a paper version. Here in the States they are sued constantly, lose in court constantly, and yet keep right on doing what they do, because it works for them robbing people and they are bastards.

"Don't hate the playa, hate the game." Football as an institution is horrible. No question. I hate FIFA and the FA, but this is not Newcastle's fault or its supporters. I welcome protests against the Saudi government and kicking out these types of owners from football. So as soon as they are disentangled from FIFA, Man City, PSG, Barcelona, etc. I will be more than happy to support getting rid of them as NUFC owners.

Quick editorial note on potential Saudi management: the OP spelled "Feudal" wrong.

How is Lazaro playing? 3 match suspension hasn't happened yet. Am I missing something here? Cup exemption?

Can they just do the last bit of negotiating with Ashley at the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul?

California Republic will certainly be an MLS team within the next few years. Yes, losing to Canada is a big deal. There are 30m of them and they all play ice hockey. Berthalder is useless and the USSF is garbage. Sack them all and put Caleb Porter up as the USMNT manager. FFS... this is so irritating. /rant

Any updates from the NI Super Cup?