Sifu

Probably

'Understands the need for the club to find new ways of improving the playing squad' apparently. His views on this would have been irrelevant imho.

Disgusting, absolutely disgusting. I'm actually heartbroken here.

:'( :'(

Even my mate who doesn't follow football is unimpressed by this. He sees absolutely no benefit to renaming St. James'.

The chances of real historic stadia like Old Trafford or Anfield being renamed are absolutely nil. Because the people who run those clubs don't have a compulsion to treat their supporters like s*** for the sheer hell of it. Aye.

Hmmm.

So yeah, I'm fucking furious about all this.

A lot of tweets about it from some journalists now, Douglas just there a few posts up and now: @brianjnled Brian Aitken Big news on #nufc in #TheJournal tomoro including exclusive from chairman on why they're doing what they're doing

@MsiDouglas Mark Douglas So a day spent constructing a spread on Pardew's 95% approval rating wasted! See Chron/Journal tomorrow for loads on a big #nufc story

Nixon!

:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2008/05/30/st_james_park_sign_470x150.jpg As long as this stays, then I may be able to just about stomach this change............

Glad I'm not the only one who heard "Laurent Bernard"

Aye, this is shite.

The media call it the Etihad Stadium, not sure about the fans - I'm assuming they still call it Eastlands/CoM.

Here we go.

I'm getting worried

Craig-NUFC posted this in chat:

Well in Big Al.

ITK

Has to be a wind up surely.