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At least there was a tactic. We nearly got a result in that game n'all. Given we had Elliot, Dummett, Manquillo, Aarons and Joselu in the side, maybe we should've been more gung ho.

Gordon pushing a man over and Schär looking at someone - and each getting three game bans - is where it's fucking stupid. However, Mr Joelinton Cássio Apolinário de Lira repenting for some cumulative foul play is - I would say - the most fair enough thing that's ever happened in the history of the sport.

Forest have third sewn up like. We've never been catching them; just happy to see Man Utd lose again. Hope they lose every game forever. Fulham defeat very handy too.

Also can people who have declared themselves In confirm with a Like. It just means we can arrange teams definitively and (more importantly) boosts my stats.

Every man and his dog will be after him if that's the case.

if only it was.

Absolutely adored Rafa; I probably have an even greater affection for him than even Eddie Howe tbh. That's not a slight on Howe, I love him and wouldn't swap him for anyone, but the context is what elevates Rafa for me. His 'difference' is what puts him on a pedestal for me, whereas Howe is a very well-fitting component in a slick operation. Rafa was a rare beam of light in an otherwise dark, dark time; a figure of ambition and excellence in a sea of contentment and incompetence. It meant the world to me to have someone like him cut through all the gaslighting, and everything else that characterised the Ashley era. We also weren't a bad side under him. He got a tune out of a very mixed bag of players. I don't know how tangible his role in the takeover was but, at the very least, if he didn't get us promoted that year then I'd put good money on us not being where we are now.

That's brilliant news. Didn't look good at all in that England game.

Ah. That would've been cool.

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Would lose respect for anyone who'd want to go and be subservient to Levy.

It's quite conflicting. The neutral in me wants someone new to win it but the Newcastle fan in me wants no one to win it. Man City basically = no one, so they're the default preference. Villa Forest would be a much more interesting final though.

I'm from a town called Pickering in North Yorkshire and now live in York, but my Dad's family is all Newcastle. He grew up in Jarrow.

Is yesterday really any sort of yardstick re stadium capacity? I wonder how many there wouldn't entertain the thought of going to a game before or since yesterday. I wasn't there so maybe I'm talking shit but it appeared as much/even more about pride in a city and Geordie identity (and to 'be there') than just the football team. I certainly know of a few who were there to revel in it for those reasons. And good for them, it looked magical. Don't get me wrong, the team is the catalyst, and as Newcastle fans we should take immense pride in how Howe et al brought a population together like that. But 100k folks on the Town Moor doesn't mean we should have a 100k capacity stadium.

Hope we get Osimhen.