Kanj

can confirm.

waking up at god awful hours to see us be down 5-0 before kickoff in the pardew days away to anybody was stuff of dreams. paying pay per view money on setanta sports on direct tv to see a 12 min Michael Owen hat trick versus us is also the real litmus test.

"I ain't caught my breath since that chip in 96 brev" Iconic line.

Ah that was fucking awesome.

I must be some right tough bastard my son wanted an american football jersey and I said sure, but made him select another player "son, you will get this one b/c 1) its your first NFL jersey and 2) this guy is going to be in the hall of fame, the other guy...he's awesome but jury still out if he's even going to be around long term" .... my son is turning 7 in 2 months

You certainly hope so, and would assume anyone on that board would be thinking about the club's potential/future, city impact, history, financial ramifcations, etc. (I certainly would have ) if you saw my posts the last 24 hours in this thread or met me in person or knew me from my support here since the ice age.

nah no way, you didn't put your foot down mate?

100% Bruno doesn't seem fit but he's working his bollocks off and he's out of form. Isak is running all over the place but he's not been in form either. Seems fit though. Nothing come off for him and he's feeding off less than scrap.s

All good. I probably would have gotten decimated on here "KANJI LACKS AMBITION"

The club actually told me I'd be a good fit for it too on the various conversations I had with them leading up to it.

Thank you. It's honestly beyond me when a player is so bang out of form that our own fans just assume its anyone but the player's fault.

I applied for that international fan spot too, fyi. My application was DENIED and as I was HAULED off out of that chance.

Absolute helmet that tarpanja

what did you get bruv? the long sleeve black and white shirt?

Looks nice for sure. But Mark Thomas using the "scale" of the machinery and people on the pitch honestly made me think the place looked smaller.

Woke up at 4a today for the launch…sigh wrong date

prediction for us then?

the cost to pay the promoter, artist, ticketing revenue share etc may make it less lucrative.

Aww, poor clubs who want to have all the restrictions but also are concerned about the legal costs

I just want to us maximize every opportunity, be sustainable, communicate and take calculated risks when need be but have the balls to come out and own to mistakes (they happen, its life).

Yes, fine with it of course. Just not something completely insane that actually is out of place for the whole thing. A proper diligence'd capacity, beautifully designed, etc. Doesn't need some NEOM style futuristic shit

There's an argument that we may need to play our absolute fastest defenders until Botman is back for his game reading/sweeping/high interceptions. Of that, I think thats Kelly and Tino. LB: Hall/Tino CB: Kelly CB: Schar RB: Tino/Trippier >> Hall pushes up and plays a mirror of the Trippier role if he starts at LB, or Trippier plays his usual role if he starts at RB >> Kelly has genuine recovery pace, ball playing and is a mainstay until Botman is back >> Schar has high aggressive interceptions, ball playing and is a mainstay until we find another RCB to replace him >> Tino mostly plays as a defensive RB or LB, and only pushes forward when Hall or Trippier are not, But sits back but otherwise he's a shadow wide RCB or wide LCB and uses his recovery pace and 1 v 1 defending ability. Basically Ben White or Ake or something. None of this pushing up as an inverted fullback nonsense. If anyone does that, should be Hall or Tripps.

I also do not want them throwing money at something that then becomes a burden to the city or the club in the future. If they do it, do it right and do it correctly. It's generational stuff, if they do it. Nobody else as far as I can tell is going to come in and give Newcastle this type of transformational investment.

Some of that felt good, seems like the local press are sitting on something re: the stadium but can't hit print. Hopefully Mitchell can unearth some instant gems from abroad that help us in Jan to get Europe under Eddie.