Kanj

Dare I say, a new stadium on castle Leazes with a roof that closes for that type of thing….

My wife had absolutely no time for the castore stuff, although she thought and still thinks the simple home kits rule supreme. But she’s been all about women’s leisure stuff from adidas - the hoodies, jackets, jogger pants etc. the most recent range she was a big fan of.

I think you have to be realistic on what non European sports can be attracted to the city and stadium and what the city will do to incentivize that; remember you pay to play for that stuff. What concerts from global stars could come? Newcastle is gorgeous, but the hotel lodging needs to improve a bit more too in terms of # rooms and quality. PIF and The Reubens could solve the commercial stuff pretty quickly, mind you. Again, would like to see them say they are building a 250 room 4-5 star hotel in the city centre and maybe even building affordable housing in or outside the city. They’ve got to help the region (didn’t they say they would?)

We won’t get left behind without a new stadium, nor will we without renovating SJP. What the stadium will signal is ambition from our owners because that is a clear question to some “are they in it for the long haul?” It’ll hopefully settle some who are worried about that locally and globally. It’ll also hopefully get more fans in the building which clearly needs to happen. As equal is the training ground, if not more, which is a signal to future signings for first team (+ their agents), the academy development and women’s football team. again we have so many unique barriers to quickly make this stadium announcement that it’s taken this long. And good on them for being thorough on this, it appears the club don’t own much land in the city which is another barrier.

I mean she told me she wanted to get the jacket you bastard.

Yeah, we should have a bucket of 15-20m where we buy young talented players and either keep them to develop or loan to championship. hmm...not like that hasn't been done before elsewhere.

the fuck

Fucking yes, good to read and hear. Let's all move forward on this fucking rancid annoying topic and back the brilliant manager and players to have a class season with great memories for all.

He doesn't have time for development players if it means they can't very quickly jump into how he wants to play football and when he's probably got a "must make europe" target on his back every season.

What's cool is the originals stuff gets the love for just being cool regular gear to wear - my wife will probably want some of this stuff, particularly the jacket.

https://www.footyheadlines.com/2024/09/red-white-benfica-kits-in-future.html Interesting, and I actually would support this -- official home and away kit guidelines from Benfica to adidas. Third is free for them to be creative. Wouldn't know what our main away would be though....

3a alarm for you marrah

christ, that is grim reading!

the complicated nature of developing in in-fill urban city centre with listed buildings and a protected green space are obviously the largest issues and most difficult to surpass.

more of a show of direction/ambition whatever the decision -- a brand new stadium adjacent at X capacity and facilitiies will be a show of ambition -- a massive redevelopment and expansion of a stand and modernization of the full place would be another show.

as was Paul Dummett too

the moment i got to "blastie" i knew the post would end with that word.

that hoodie is honestly as perfect as it can get

Do what I must.

As hard as it is to watch City just steam roll the league in their random controlled (often boring style); watching Rodri completely dominate a football match and execute just about anything and everything is something else.

Zubamendi to City in Jan.

I will buy that entire originals line.

23 signings under his tenure from November 2021 -- 8 from abroad, 15 domestic. So yeah, has preferred I guess - the top 5 signings 3 of 5 were abroad (in terms of fee) and out of the top 10, 4 of those 10 were abroad. Wondering if there were that fell and didn't happen that we desperately wanted that forced us to go domestic. Might have been you, but it seems like the club's goal is to be in europe every year and push for a cup run; perhaps Howe doesn't feel like he has the time to gamble and goes for what works for him. We have a healthy mix of British and abroad players in the spine of our team (when fully fit). Schar, Botman, Tonali, Bruno, JL, Isak.

Mate, all do respect, Tonali was a signing Howe 100% pushed for - he's said it many times over. He said he "fell in love" with the player during the Milan CL campaign before we signed him.

He's talked at length about data analytics on the playing side (hence the folks he's brought in, the one who left for Liverpool, etc.). Maybe that doesn't exist at the recruitment level and that would be something Ashworth would needed to answer for. Nickson as chief scout used whatever the fuck he was doing but seemed to have had quite the laundry list of talented players he scouted for us that we did/didn't get over his time here.