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Apologies everyone. 18 years knocking around this site (half my lifetime!) and I never ventured into that thread had no idea what it was for ?

Thought there would be a lot of chat in here about this. 10 points for effectively going £20m over the total permitted loss, 1-year after COVID. Seems harsh. It may be reduced on appeal. But will they stay up? Also, in their statement, Everton say they’ll watch the sentences that other clubs receive. Wonder who they’re thinking of?

His heart doesn’t fancy the odds that we’d accept his apology!

So basically he’d be a full time player under Steve Brucie!

Has the feels of Tripps this story. Broke in early autumn and wouldn’t go away. This could happen

I’m on holiday in the Algarve right now but I’d literally have paid thousands of pounds to come back and attend that event!! Gutted I’ve missed the coming together of my 2 heroes!! So glad they’ve connected though and will go to sleep dreaming of them talking tactics and Kev spurring Eddie on to greater heights. Kev’s such a motivator, can you imagine what results Eddie’s gonna pick up now after a Keegan-boost? Dortmund are royally screwed!

He should be made to coach and train with the ladies team. They’re employed by the same company and would benefit from his experience. He should do his uefa B badge whilst he’s at it. Could be on a course with Ritchie and Tripps, keep his contact with the team, alleviate his boredom and upskill himself for the future.

He’s already taken us to the next level. Twice. Championship to low level Prem team. Low level Prem team to champions league team. He can go to the next level: champions league team to title challenger. In 6 months we’ll probably look back and say he’s already done that

Only no-one! He’s by far the best footballing centre back in the league. Stones prays to develop the mid-to long range passing game Schar has, then he may be close to Schar’s level

Trippier’s too good. He’s completed football. In fairness to all other players he should take up a new sport like Paddle or Modern Pentathlon.

The most beautiful positive life-affirming video you could hope to see. Absolutely lush!!

Looking at their playing styles, Hall seems like he’ll be the long term successor to Tripps in terms of being an excellent passing chance-creation fullback. Tino looks like he’ll dribble and put crosses in, but Hall’s got the first-time passing and touch that Tripps has. I hi I Tino gives us what Burn isnt, just on the other side of the pitch

Why is Nick Pope’s second half average position stationed underneath Lascelles?

This lad was Mbabu v Chelsea levels of good tonight!

Can hear *Ando telling *Schar to shoot just before Wilson’s goal on this. Sounds like he was sat close to the Sheffield U commentary team. Must have been hell for them lot listening to Ando’s sick cackle!

Anderson LW, Tonali LCM

But but but, St Maxi’s xG and xA shows he’s a nob, so Gordon-Barnes must be better for us (I totally agree with you btw - stats don’t show Maxi’s value. Perhaps opposition average position maps when they play is with Maxi would - defenders almost definitely deeper and midfield pulled apart as someone’s got to double up)

And a dark goatee

The distances and shape between our midfield 3 and defence is just way off. Our only patterns of play for building out from the back are round the sides to the full backs then down the line old school channel ball, or into Bruno as a lonely DM with no-one else near him. We've got to be way better playing out. Sandro and Joelinton have to offer for the ball more and support Bruno to build out. I feel Howe's got to find a new balance to the team personnel or setup in midfield as this one isn't doing it at all.

Can’t wait for Eddie’s press conference later. Bet he’s buzzing about getting stuck into these lot!

No idea who 98% of the players are. What heady times we’re in though!! Fantasy Champs Leeg well I never knew that existed!!

Just when I felt like I couldn’t feel any more sick this week!!! https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2023/08/29/alan-pardew-tells-eddie-howe-exactly-where-he-went-wrong-after-newcastle-1-2-liverpool/

I want that pass analysed like Hawkeye does with cricket deliveries. Give me the rate of spin on the ball, the degrees of curve on the air, then the deviation off the seam on bouncing on the floor. Show me the trajectory of that pass with no spin travelling straight on, how it’s likely have ended up as a tame back pass to their goalkeeper. Some nerd somewhere must be needing suitable subject matter for their Masters or PhD project!!

The NUFC interviewer must get paid for the amount of times he can get a footballer to say "like i just said." Every interview he does he ignores the answer just given, and then asks a question that will elicit the very same answer. Interviewer question 1: [can't be bothered to type it] Lewis Hall: "the transition phase Newcastle's going through is a big reason for me wanting to join." Interviewer: "what are the main reasons for making this move now?" Lewis Hall: "a few reasons, like i said, the transition phase we're going through right now. Like I said before..." It's just disgusting to listen to.

To be fair, in the years when he was growing up, we didn't actually play football, we merely participated in it