NG32

Pay Ronaldo 1 million quid to show Jonas how to cross the ball.

Franz Carr

You had us in the right division, everyone was telling you to buy some players in january and appoint a decent manager but you fucking ignored everyone and got us relegated and bragged about a 12 million profit which was wiped out after relegation. Spacker of the highest order.

Oh dear. Cant see pork pie selling shirts made of silk like, maybe toilet paper to keep the costs down.

This club generates enough dosh to support itself without the need of seeling the naming rights to some company who is going to gives a couple of million for a few years.

He's a mackem? Where did you hear that? He's not my favourite sports journo btw. Mackem c***. On his twitter. Says he should be laughing at what is happening because he is a red and white, but "these muppets annoy me" EDIT: Hang fire. Might be a mistake on my part. He has replied to my tweet and is denying he is a mackem. Says it was a retweet from someone else. Will update as more info comes through. He's a Toon fan from Durham. Is it not obvious he supports us? I thought his articles were written as if he was a nufc fan, I thought it was strange when someone said he was a mackem.

Care to expand on what it is exactly that I am missing here? Ok bugger tradition. Lets change from black and white stripes to red and white stripes. And lets not play at our traditional newcastle location, lets move to Milton Keynes instead. And Newcastle United sounds too traditional, lets change to something more catchy. Catch my drift? Look I get that people are somewhat upset about loosing tradition, but we need to consider what is best for the club at the moment. I imagine that many were origionally upset at sponsors names being printed on shirts - but now it is common practice and nobody cares. It wouldn't suprise me if the selling of stadium naming right expanded significantly over the next decade - so why not move with the times? Also, take a look at what selling stadium rights can potentially earn a team/francise: http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/14/baseball-mets-citigroup-biz_cz_kb_1114naming_slide.html You do know that black and white is not our origional strip colour too? Albeit that we only had red for 2 years, it was still the origional kit. So we moved ahead of the times having a strip which did not class - this was a move for advantageous reasons. Whats best for the club is tha Mike Ashley fucks off. And takes his rat with him. He is taking this club to new depths adn to places we thought he never would. So whats next in the name of money, money raised by the sheer fact of fans attending the games to which the money never seems to filter back into the team WE turn up to support.

Care to expand on what it is exactly that I am missing here? Work it out for yourself mate.

Nike but that will never happen.

At coventry they 'sponsor' corners. Ahh the Gallowgate corner can have its own sponsor! Nah man, when a team wins a corner the screen says 'corner sponsored by...' Thats really bad.

At coventry they 'sponsor' corners. Ahh the Gallowgate corner can have its own sponsor!

He is gambling again on promotion and will gamble again on a sale if promoted. If these gambles fail again then we'll either be in the champ or a side looking at relegation cos i cant see him investing anything the club makes into the first team if he wants to do a shoot.

Whats going to be shown on this screen they are donating to us, more advertising space? Great stuff.

We get a big TV for letting some shit house company like SD lash its name on our stadium! MINT Where the fuck is this screen going to go??? It just gets worse.

Itschicotime@stjamespark

Where has all the transfer money gone from our sales??? Whats happening with the dosh made from the gate, which we average 40k'ish.

I like to put the boot into .COM for the way they've got up themselves as much as the next lad but you're chatting s**** here. Local Hero and St. James' simply aren't comparable. One was a song (which I like, for the record) by a faux-Geordie that was introduced a few years ago. The other is the name of our ground and has been since the 1880's. I don't agree with the banner adds, i'm sick of the sight of seeing Jennings Ford advertising some wonderful deal on Fiesta's, but again they're not comparable and it doesn't make them hypocrites. If the crux of .COMs opposition was bourn out of some anti-capitalist sentiment then fair enough but it's not. It's about history and heritage, something a two-bit website simply doesn't have. And please don't try to paint Mike Ashley and his pals as some unfortunates who can't do anything right. Maybe .COm would've kicked off had they poo pooed persuing other revenue streams but that's because said revenue streams don't begin and end at renaming the f***ing stadium. Good post. It seems the only way people can try to justify this is by making absurd comparisons to totally unrelated situations. I can't fathom why any Newcastle fan would want this to go ahead, and I certainly don't believe we or any fans would accept this without putting up a fight. You can't compare this farce to Arsenal or Bayern getting new stadiums or to Local Hero being changed by the DJ before kick-off! And in today's world, you can't compare it to adverts on strips because almost everyone has those and almost noone changes their stadium's name. Let's stop trying to compare it to something it's not and just call a spade a spade. dot com don't seem to be on any high horse of their own here, they're sticking up for something the vast majority of Newcastle fans believe in. With the club in the state its in, battered bruised and humiliated, pride in the club's tradition is all the fans have left. You can't take that away from us. Or can you? If we let this happen, where does it end? i don't think anyone does want it. i also don't want advertising on the top,advertising hoardings round the ground,a page in the programme telling you who sponsors alan smiths undercrackers or a bloke standing by the pitch to tell the ref he can start as the advert for tampax has finished. unfortunatly i also realise that it is all about money and if doing that brings in a hefty chunk of moolah then it's likely it'll be done. and i still think that having the fans walking round as adverts for some company is as bad if not worse than selling the stadium name. Totally different kettle of fish tbh. how. my guess is that in this country people will still call it St James' and that abroad the strip is more recognisable than the stadium name. (thats using myself as a guide..i recognise a lot more clubs strips than know their stadium names). given the choice i'd say no to it but i don't have it as a knicker wetting issue that some have. I'm shocked you dont seem to care that much, while i'm not wetting my knickers over it it does sadden me quite a lot. Whats next on his agenda if he cant flog us next season, IF his gamble pays off and we get promoted. i became immune when greenalls appeared on the stripes. i'd be more pissed off if he wanted to change the strip to all green or something. You wouldnt be arsed if the kit was made by one of his companies and he slapped Sports direct on it. Paid the sponsor money from Sports Direct to NUFC where he pockets it. Pays the money say from, Lonsdale as the kit deal to NUFC then he pockets it. The club seeing none of this dosh. how does he "pocket it" ? He owns the club, he could pay himself what the f*** he likes. he could.....the accounts show the he hasn't as yet. Yet, aye. There simply isn't any trust in this man. He has had none for a long time now.

I like to put the boot into .COM for the way they've got up themselves as much as the next lad but you're chatting s**** here. Local Hero and St. James' simply aren't comparable. One was a song (which I like, for the record) by a faux-Geordie that was introduced a few years ago. The other is the name of our ground and has been since the 1880's. I don't agree with the banner adds, i'm sick of the sight of seeing Jennings Ford advertising some wonderful deal on Fiesta's, but again they're not comparable and it doesn't make them hypocrites. If the crux of .COMs opposition was bourn out of some anti-capitalist sentiment then fair enough but it's not. It's about history and heritage, something a two-bit website simply doesn't have. And please don't try to paint Mike Ashley and his pals as some unfortunates who can't do anything right. Maybe .COm would've kicked off had they poo pooed persuing other revenue streams but that's because said revenue streams don't begin and end at renaming the f***ing stadium. Good post. It seems the only way people can try to justify this is by making absurd comparisons to totally unrelated situations. I can't fathom why any Newcastle fan would want this to go ahead, and I certainly don't believe we or any fans would accept this without putting up a fight. You can't compare this farce to Arsenal or Bayern getting new stadiums or to Local Hero being changed by the DJ before kick-off! And in today's world, you can't compare it to adverts on strips because almost everyone has those and almost noone changes their stadium's name. Let's stop trying to compare it to something it's not and just call a spade a spade. dot com don't seem to be on any high horse of their own here, they're sticking up for something the vast majority of Newcastle fans believe in. With the club in the state its in, battered bruised and humiliated, pride in the club's tradition is all the fans have left. You can't take that away from us. Or can you? If we let this happen, where does it end? i don't think anyone does want it. i also don't want advertising on the top,advertising hoardings round the ground,a page in the programme telling you who sponsors alan smiths undercrackers or a bloke standing by the pitch to tell the ref he can start as the advert for tampax has finished. unfortunatly i also realise that it is all about money and if doing that brings in a hefty chunk of moolah then it's likely it'll be done. and i still think that having the fans walking round as adverts for some company is as bad if not worse than selling the stadium name. Totally different kettle of fish tbh. how. my guess is that in this country people will still call it St James' and that abroad the strip is more recognisable than the stadium name. (thats using myself as a guide..i recognise a lot more clubs strips than know their stadium names). given the choice i'd say no to it but i don't have it as a knicker wetting issue that some have. I'm shocked you dont seem to care that much, while i'm not wetting my knickers over it it does sadden me quite a lot. Whats next on his agenda if he cant flog us next season, IF his gamble pays off and we get promoted. i became immune when greenalls appeared on the stripes. i'd be more pissed off if he wanted to change the strip to all green or something. You wouldnt be arsed if the kit was made by one of his companies and he slapped Sports direct on it. Paid the sponsor money from Sports Direct to NUFC where he pockets it. Pays the money say from, Lonsdale as the kit deal to NUFC then he pockets it. The club seeing none of this dosh. how does he "pocket it" ? He owns the club, he could pay himself what the fuck he likes.

Pretty much so.

I like to put the boot into .COM for the way they've got up themselves as much as the next lad but you're chatting s**** here. Local Hero and St. James' simply aren't comparable. One was a song (which I like, for the record) by a faux-Geordie that was introduced a few years ago. The other is the name of our ground and has been since the 1880's. I don't agree with the banner adds, i'm sick of the sight of seeing Jennings Ford advertising some wonderful deal on Fiesta's, but again they're not comparable and it doesn't make them hypocrites. If the crux of .COMs opposition was bourn out of some anti-capitalist sentiment then fair enough but it's not. It's about history and heritage, something a two-bit website simply doesn't have. And please don't try to paint Mike Ashley and his pals as some unfortunates who can't do anything right. Maybe .COm would've kicked off had they poo pooed persuing other revenue streams but that's because said revenue streams don't begin and end at renaming the f***ing stadium. Good post. It seems the only way people can try to justify this is by making absurd comparisons to totally unrelated situations. I can't fathom why any Newcastle fan would want this to go ahead, and I certainly don't believe we or any fans would accept this without putting up a fight. You can't compare this farce to Arsenal or Bayern getting new stadiums or to Local Hero being changed by the DJ before kick-off! And in today's world, you can't compare it to adverts on strips because almost everyone has those and almost noone changes their stadium's name. Let's stop trying to compare it to something it's not and just call a spade a spade. dot com don't seem to be on any high horse of their own here, they're sticking up for something the vast majority of Newcastle fans believe in. With the club in the state its in, battered bruised and humiliated, pride in the club's tradition is all the fans have left. You can't take that away from us. Or can you? If we let this happen, where does it end? i don't think anyone does want it. i also don't want advertising on the top,advertising hoardings round the ground,a page in the programme telling you who sponsors alan smiths undercrackers or a bloke standing by the pitch to tell the ref he can start as the advert for tampax has finished. unfortunatly i also realise that it is all about money and if doing that brings in a hefty chunk of moolah then it's likely it'll be done. and i still think that having the fans walking round as adverts for some company is as bad if not worse than selling the stadium name. Totally different kettle of fish tbh. how. my guess is that in this country people will still call it St James' and that abroad the strip is more recognisable than the stadium name. (thats using myself as a guide..i recognise a lot more clubs strips than know their stadium names). given the choice i'd say no to it but i don't have it as a knicker wetting issue that some have. I'm shocked you dont seem to care that much, while i'm not wetting my knickers over it it does sadden me quite a lot. Whats next on his agenda if he cant flog us next season, IF his gamble pays off and we get promoted. i became immune when greenalls appeared on the stripes. i'd be more pissed off if he wanted to change the strip to all green or something. You wouldnt be arsed if the kit was made by one of his companies and he slapped Sports direct on it. Paid the sponsor money from Sports Direct to NUFC where he pockets it. Pays the money say from, Lonsdale as the kit deal to NUFC then he pockets it. The club seeing none of this dosh.

The straw that broke the camels back.

I like to put the boot into .COM for the way they've got up themselves as much as the next lad but you're chatting s**** here. Local Hero and St. James' simply aren't comparable. One was a song (which I like, for the record) by a faux-Geordie that was introduced a few years ago. The other is the name of our ground and has been since the 1880's. I don't agree with the banner adds, i'm sick of the sight of seeing Jennings Ford advertising some wonderful deal on Fiesta's, but again they're not comparable and it doesn't make them hypocrites. If the crux of .COMs opposition was bourn out of some anti-capitalist sentiment then fair enough but it's not. It's about history and heritage, something a two-bit website simply doesn't have. And please don't try to paint Mike Ashley and his pals as some unfortunates who can't do anything right. Maybe .COm would've kicked off had they poo pooed persuing other revenue streams but that's because said revenue streams don't begin and end at renaming the f***ing stadium. Good post. It seems the only way people can try to justify this is by making absurd comparisons to totally unrelated situations. I can't fathom why any Newcastle fan would want this to go ahead, and I certainly don't believe we or any fans would accept this without putting up a fight. You can't compare this farce to Arsenal or Bayern getting new stadiums or to Local Hero being changed by the DJ before kick-off! And in today's world, you can't compare it to adverts on strips because almost everyone has those and almost noone changes their stadium's name. Let's stop trying to compare it to something it's not and just call a spade a spade. dot com don't seem to be on any high horse of their own here, they're sticking up for something the vast majority of Newcastle fans believe in. With the club in the state its in, battered bruised and humiliated, pride in the club's tradition is all the fans have left. You can't take that away from us. Or can you? If we let this happen, where does it end? i don't think anyone does want it. i also don't want advertising on the top,advertising hoardings round the ground,a page in the programme telling you who sponsors alan smiths undercrackers or a bloke standing by the pitch to tell the ref he can start as the advert for tampax has finished. unfortunatly i also realise that it is all about money and if doing that brings in a hefty chunk of moolah then it's likely it'll be done. and i still think that having the fans walking round as adverts for some company is as bad if not worse than selling the stadium name. Totally different kettle of fish tbh. how. my guess is that in this country people will still call it St James' and that abroad the strip is more recognisable than the stadium name. (thats using myself as a guide..i recognise a lot more clubs strips than know their stadium names). given the choice i'd say no to it but i don't have it as a knicker wetting issue that some have. I'm shocked you dont seem to care that much, while i'm not wetting my knickers over it it does sadden me quite a lot. Whats next on his agenda if he cant flog us next season, IF his gamble pays off and we get promoted.

I like to put the boot into .COM for the way they've got up themselves as much as the next lad but you're chatting s**** here. Local Hero and St. James' simply aren't comparable. One was a song (which I like, for the record) by a faux-Geordie that was introduced a few years ago. The other is the name of our ground and has been since the 1880's. I don't agree with the banner adds, i'm sick of the sight of seeing Jennings Ford advertising some wonderful deal on Fiesta's, but again they're not comparable and it doesn't make them hypocrites. If the crux of .COMs opposition was bourn out of some anti-capitalist sentiment then fair enough but it's not. It's about history and heritage, something a two-bit website simply doesn't have. And please don't try to paint Mike Ashley and his pals as some unfortunates who can't do anything right. Maybe .COm would've kicked off had they poo pooed persuing other revenue streams but that's because said revenue streams don't begin and end at renaming the f***ing stadium. Good post. It seems the only way people can try to justify this is by making absurd comparisons to totally unrelated situations. I can't fathom why any Newcastle fan would want this to go ahead, and I certainly don't believe we or any fans would accept this without putting up a fight. You can't compare this farce to Arsenal or Bayern getting new stadiums or to Local Hero being changed by the DJ before kick-off! And in today's world, you can't compare it to adverts on strips because almost everyone has those and almost noone changes their stadium's name. Let's stop trying to compare it to something it's not and just call a spade a spade. dot com don't seem to be on any high horse of their own here, they're sticking up for something the vast majority of Newcastle fans believe in. With the club in the state its in, battered bruised and humiliated, pride in the club's tradition is all the fans have left. You can't take that away from us. Or can you? If we let this happen, where does it end? i don't think anyone does want it. i also don't want advertising on the top,advertising hoardings round the ground,a page in the programme telling you who sponsors alan smiths undercrackers or a bloke standing by the pitch to tell the ref he can start as the advert for tampax has finished. unfortunatly i also realise that it is all about money and if doing that brings in a hefty chunk of moolah then it's likely it'll be done. and i still think that having the fans walking round as adverts for some company is as bad if not worse than selling the stadium name. Totally different kettle of fish tbh.

Nothing will happen am afraid, Ashley is gambling that Hughton and Calderwood can take us up. No investment in players will be made let alone choaching staff.

He really said that???