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The Delta flight I was on yesterday had all the sports channels but, none of them were working... I hope yours does! The wifi was weak, it barely sent a whatssapp message... I didn't pay for it though, just took the free service, maybe if you pay it works better? I have a work meeting that should be finished by 4pm Eastern time and so I should be able to catch most of the match over here in the good ol' US of A.... good shout, will be nervously sitting on my plane hoping it works the minute i sit down ffs It only starts to work when they switch the entertainment system on, the little WiFi indicator above your head will light up blue once it is all on. You can charge your device through the USB as well - which is useful! At worst you can follow the match on the FTB (90 mins) app or even maybe here....

The Delta flight I was on yesterday had all the sports channels but, none of them were working... I hope yours does! The wifi was weak, it barely sent a whatssapp message... I didn't pay for it though, just took the free service, maybe if you pay it works better? I have a work meeting that should be finished by 4pm Eastern time and so I should be able to catch most of the match over here in the good ol' US of A....

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Wasn't the total amount something like GBP 5M? In tax avoidance terms that is really a drop in the ocean. The HMRC are investigating companies who have avoided hundreds of Millions in taxes.... Is there a thread in RTG about Amazon being asked to pay 221M in unpaid tax? Highly doubt it, although if Amazon was based in Newcastle.....

:lol: Someone on there saying they are astounded by the number of empty seats.... There was three in front of me that are usually occupied by the same three blokes so obviously season ticket holders that couldn't make the match. Other than that the ground looked stuffed! Idiots....

He's probably more of an accurate representation of the average north east football fan imo. That's the sort of thing my dad would say - "all the North East teams should be in the Premier League" but, he includes Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Darlington in that statement... Me.... as long as we are I couldn't really give a crap about the others!

Ah man... What a shame.... a fan of the club who really put his money where his mouth was. His ownership of the club we all love was a time filled with great memories for me. RIP Freddy.

I was pretty annoyed by that fact (the lack of any analysis of that dangerous tackle on Yedlin) but, also MotD didn't even take a second look at that that penalty claim on the tackle on Atsu.

I would love to get a massage during a game! Two of my most favourite things at the same time!

They really love the idea of a consortium don't they? A consortium of massive lads fans!

Who's your source, who said he must be selling, presume you are referring to Ashley? Very interesting content there but, how can you be sure that your source is genuine and not just some wannabe ITK?

I have just had my Sky Q installed today and will look forward to watching this match in pristine 4K resolution.

Unbelievable this! It is only ever Newcastle that is the club that faces these charges retrospectively.... I know that Mitrovic is guilty of it but, the referee dealt with it in the match, no space for dealing with it a second time..... We must be hated at the FA. In other news Mitrovic (and Shelvey) are thick cunts that do not deserve our support!

Have you seen him play? He has skills like nothing I have seen before, he is young so he could be a very valuable player in the future. We should hang onto him for now....

Didn't say find a replacement, it only said line up a replacement..... that is a worrying quote!

Seriously, anyone at the match or who watched this on TV saw the referee talk to Mitro and the West Ham players about it. The incident was seen by the ref and not determined to be a foul. That is irrespective of whether it was a foul or not. If the ref saw it and took no action then the FA taking matters into their own hands sets a very difficult precident that would mean they are now prepared to re-referee games. We have a number of injustices that happened against us, namely that big nosed cunt Harry Kane for one!! Would that be refereed again - no, of course not! I know it is "only Newcastle" and we are not that significant but, the FA taking such a step opens up a minefield and undermines their referees decisions.

The ref definitely saw it because he spoke to the player and West Ham players afterwards. Seemed to be indicating that he thought it was accidental and a shoulder collision. It is highly unlikely that the FA will effectively re-referee the game to change the decision given at the time, if they do that opens up a huge ball of contention for every wrong decision to be looked at and judged afterwards. Instead the likelihood will be that Mitro will remain on the "watch list" for all referees and get the harshest of judgments for anything in the future on the assumption that he has done something wrong - whether he did or he didn't. Judged by reputation rather than action.....

Pardew compared Tiote to Essien, just for giggles like. Colback. Pirlo. Missed out the word ginger,,,,, that makes all the difference!

Fee for Tagliafico is only supposed to be around 3mil though.

It will be a huge mistake if we let El-Mhanni leave. This kid has so much skill it is sickening!

Left back - Nicolas Tagliafico apparently set to join today / tomorrow. Argentine. Sorry if already mentioned.

I know the queues for Cup matches are always bad but they were a joke on Wednesday so maybe this started then! 2-0 win They had stewards outside the turn styles on Wednesday night, it is always chaos when they put people with no idea what they are doing outside of the ground, couple that with a ton a families and people who are not regular match goers then you get the mess that was Wednesday night. Local news on BBC had a similar story this morning about roads being closed for 90 mins before kick off and bag searches.... I am all about safety and agree that Strawberry Place and surrounding roads should be closed before and especially after the match but, this is taking it to extremes... plus the fact that they just stick transit vans across the road to close it creates its own people flow problems. The East Stand is always chaos to get in and out of but, people who go and sit in the East Stand know where the queues usually go and it kind of works. The stewards they employed for Wednesday had queues going across the pathways and in all directions meaning that people couldn't easily get through or in most cases how to even join a queue. Aside from closing the roads the club and council need to leave everything else along, it was fine for the last season (and the ones before) so why try to get involved?

I saw one positive sign with Darlow over Elliott last night. His kicking is immeasurably better than Elliott. Shot stopping and positional play puts them about level, in my opinion.

Yup definitely made a case for himself to be more included in the first team. One criticism was that he didn't hold his position, he was drawn inside and on occasion to the opposite side of the pitch. However, playing with Gamez behind him as he did for the first half at least has to be difficult. Gamez was awful at left back, when he switched to right back following the introduction of Lazaar into left back he looked slightly better.

I was very surprised last night, especially in the second half. When he swapped over with Diame so that Diame played the holding midfield role and Saivet moved into the No 10 position quite a bit started to click for us. The question has been asked already on this thread about how previous (and current) management of NUFC have played Colback ahead of Saivet is beyond me. He is not amazing but, he is certainly not rubbish! If we didn't sell him this summer I would not be devastated to see him play again.