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Aaron Hughes though not sure he's forgotten.

I don't mind Saudi Arabia hosting it as it's a middle sized country population wise and when I was last there about 10 years ago I did see a fair few people playing football. Qatar was a joke at the place is so small. Another World Cup that could only be held in Winter would be a joint bid from SE Asia countries, say Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore that would be amazing.

Yes, I'm amazed we haven't gone down that road or exploited other loopholes like Chelsea.

Got all three kits and I'd say the 3rd kit is my favourite. Looks very good when you have it on. For fitting, all of the tops are slim fitting; away and 3rd shirts are the fan version. Slim fitting might be because I'm in Asia. Overall I'm not that fussed about the designs like some on here as I'll only wear the shirts when I'm out and about. I'm just happy after a gap of the Ashley years to finally be able to buy our top again. My last shirt was a Northern Rock one so I guess a gap of 14/15 years since I last bought one.

100%, I have it already and it looks good.

Too hot over here for long sleeves

Brilliant, just picked up that black top too over here. Just realised prices are cheaper over here, £45 for this shirt and £62 for the away shirt.

Just picked up the regular away top in Bangkok, looks good in person. That's the *authentic" home shirt that players wear, training top and away shirt I've picked up in the past month over here.

If you can do astro, you can do turf!

Cool. There are a lot of Sambas kicking around that look nothing like the ones when I was young

For those who still play, what boots do you wear? I've been wearing Mercurials and Speedportals, both below elite level, where sometimes my touch is rubbish. Just bought some Copa Pure 2, Elite, and looking forward to seeing how it goes playing in leather again.

You could even argue 4 or 5 years, as the had all that time before they were approved by the Premier League to look into infrastructure developments.

I do agree with you but David Kelly did score arguably the most important goal in our history.

Yes, I have. Been several times, all times of the year, every country apart from Yemen. Weather is good as you have AC for the summer, weather gets cooler in the evening and you get "cooler" months too.

From a quality of life perspective, I'd say Almiron would have a better quality of life in Saudi Arabia than Newcastle. Better weather, hired help, international schools. The only time where you'd take less money for most people is if you want to stay in your home country which is not the case with Almiron.

I wonder if we're a little behind the times as a fan base? Are we not focusing too much on developing young players with a view to them becoming 1st team players rather than a way to generate income and get around FFP which is equally important to the club? We will make a significant profit on Minteh which is what we want. With this model, we have to accept that some players will move on and become great players; just part of our model as to generate high fees there has to be a "risk" of our young players becoming stars of the future.

Lack of stock might have something to do with the kit being launched quite late. To have both versions of the kit, replica and authentic, available over here 2 weeks after the release is good going in my opinion. I know it's sold well over here as they're now out of stock in most sizes. I'm sure it will be available in Australia soon enough. I just checked and they don't have Leeds or Leicester on sale here in Thailand. Related, new shirt is on the home page of this site arifootball

I just checked their site, do they even have the shirt for sale? I couldn't see it. If so then it would make sense not to market the product until they have stock.

Maybe that's reflective of the local market in Australia? The Thai Adidas website only features the Euros and Madrid.

I know it's not the same situation but I wonder if all these clubs could be investigated for charges similar to Juventus?

In Thailand and I've just bought the authentic version. Good to see it on sale over here.

I don't think structurally you could get anything more equitable than the Premier League as a large majority is required for any changes. The Premier League is made up of the clubs where everyone of them is it out for themselves.

I wonder how much Man U have made on their Stone Roses collaboration with Adidas?

Is that not more to do with the fact that there wasn't the riches of the Champions League as there are now? If you finished off top spot/Top 4 you weren't losing out on as much income as now.

Could also easily be a Mane type signing. Also, I'd happily take a Ruel Fox type again. Only three Newcastle players have scored 10 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League; Gordon, Cole and Fox.