Chris_R

This is very true, it's hard to personalise a tragedy on this scale. Someone once said 1 death is a tragedy, 1 million deaths is a statistic and there's a lot of truth in that. I think it's human nature to take far more interest in something when you have a personal link, even if tenuous, to someone involved in it. Like most on here I didn't know Atsu at all, but I watched him play and cheered him on for the years he was here. For some reason it makes it feel so much more relatable knowing he's been caught up in this, and although no one life is worth more than any other and I clearly hope all those missing have a miraculous positive outcome, it's not unfair to target some good thoughts specifically in the direction of Christian.

Bored enough to switch this on to see the state of the pitch / stadium. Was not disappointed. Just litter swirling everywhere. Do they just throw their rubbish on the ground as soon as they're finished with it or something? Have they heard of bins, or you know, taking your shit home with you or at least until you can find a bin?

Not going well for Real Marradrid

Dunno why you lot are watching this. Sounds like even their own fans aren't.

You just know these scruffs will bundle in a goal, they love a 1-1. Wonder if any team has ever had more 1-1s than they have in the last 3-4 years? Seems like every other week. Especially from 1-0 down.

You're not factoring in that Twitter is a fucking cesspit full of idiots.

You can. I've done it before. They advertise "streaming" packages if you pay enough, which I will, and I've got a very good VPN in case they get concerned about the legality. Might be a bit choppy, but I'll get something.

I'm gonna pay like £30 for "wifi" and attempt to watch an illegal stream of it halfway across the fucking Atlantic whilst drinking miniature whiskies from the drinks trolley. I may get arrested on landing if we win.

There needs to be, if we're in Europe. We can't play the same XI every week next year, no matter Howe's opinion on sticking with winning teams. He'll need to learn to rotate.

Should be a 10 point deduction if anything like that can be provably linked to your fans.

That feels a bit soon to me, I've only just recovered from what they did.

Since the Hysel ban was rescinded in 1991, only SIX English sides have won the Champions' League. In the last 10 years that's 2, the same as German sides have managed, so it's hardly the case that we're outcompeting the rest of Europe when the clubs actually meet. In contrast, Spanish sides have won 6 of the last 10, and 13 since 1991.

"sHoRt wAs tHe wOrSt oWnEr!"

A turd? More like a toaster.

Anything by Harry Palmer

See also: Williamson, Mike

Where's the option for "sitting on BA4213, flying across the fucking Atlantic"? I need that option.

Not that I can remember, go on....

Thing is they couldn't lose by more than 1-0 because with 0 players, after the first Sunderland goal there'd be no Newcastle player to take the kickoff. Version I heard many years back was that Sunderland were playing really badly so their manager contacted ours and asked Howe (Or Keegan, back in the day!) for some tips. "What I'd suggest you do to get your confidence up is to just play a practice game with no opposition. Just put 11 dustbins out, in the right places for the opposition team, and practice passing through the dustbins, moving, shooting, getting into the right areas etc and it'll do your confidence the world of good to just focus on what you can do well." "That's great advice, thanks. I'll try that" says Mowbray. Anyway, a few days go by and Mowbray calls him back up. "We tried that practice match you suggested" he says "That's great" says Howe, "How did it go?" "Not great. Bins won 3-0".

Surely you want this directly behind the goal, not at the back of the stadium? Packing more fans in (which will eventually happen) needs to be close in to the pitch visually and to better carry the noise out, not hidden away 5 miles up where you need a sherpa to get to your seat and nobody can see or hear you. I get that L7 has a reputation from years gone by as being where there's a lot of singers, but aside from that it's really not the best place in terms of acoustics or visuals to actually put a singing section.

I mean thanks, but I imagine a great number will be standing anyway.

Last minute stoppage-time thunderbastard, 25-yard volley off a dropping ball that's been headed clear, in off the bar to win 3-2 after being 2-0 down. Couldn't give a toss who scores it. Bruno would be nice I guess? I'd prefer it to be someone who will be part of our future rather than someone we're likely to replace soon.

To be fair, that only differs from an Ashley window by 3 letters.

Don't doubt it I remember hearing it sung shortly after I started going in the early 90s, and I remember being very amused as a young teenager when we first qualified for Europe under Keegan and we changed the words to "we're going to Italy".

Christ we were singing that back in 1993/4 at least.