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The positives are that we are getting results whilst playing poorly, and yeah, as the saying goes, that’s what good teams do. But we are only 3 games in and the players look weirdly lethargic/passive IMO and that is a key difference.

All I have seen so far is us having a mountain of good fortune in all three games. I’m aware that stuff going on behind the scenes has obviously unsettled everyone at the club, but this luck will run out soon if things don’t improve.

I did, that’s why I added the emoji. My point still stands though.

Is there ever a moment where you are not a sarcastic prick?

Anyone who watched that tonight and thinks that things are ok has their head in the sand.

He's a very lucky man because, apart from the final 15 mins of open play, that was absolutely dreadful. 3 games in and we have been garbage in all of them and this simply cant continue. The whole club has been a shambles this summer and this has obviously affected morale allround but that still does not excuse the passive performances we have seen so far.

Not sure I’d agree tbh. Our fanbase are neurotic when it comes to stuff like this, and with pretty reasonable justification too, bearing in mind all of the false dawns & oh-so-near moments of the last 30 years.

With all of the nervousness amongst the fanbase about the club’s ambitions and speculation around the relationship between Howe and his bosses, there really needs to be a big, positive announcement about stadium development soon. If this is kicked into the long grass, or, heaven forbid they say that SJP developments will be modest, that will really see the pessimism set in.

Call it kneejerk all you want but my gut feeling is that he won’t be manager this time next season.

This. I've never got the impression he looks down on the city, it was merely an observation. Anyway, he was right, it is like a goldfish bowl ....in the city centre anyway.. But that's one of the reasons why we all love it. He does come across slightly twatty on the TV though so I doubt he will be missed by many people.

Like I say, maybe I don’t watch enough football. And Palace are definitely a club I avoid watching as they are an absolute nothing club on every level. And their home atmosphere is easily the most irritating in the league, which makes the TV experience insufferable, so if they are on the TV I definitely switch the channel. So yeah, it’s not that surprising that I don’t know much about Guehi. But I still have no recollection of his name being mentioned by anyone I know, before the Euros. I can’t help but get Stephane Guivarch vibes over this one, I’m afraid.

They didn’t have FFP to contend with though. I’m not convinced by this one at all. Maybe I don’t watch enough football but before the Euros I hadn’t even heard of him. And in the Euros he didn’t stand out as anything special for me whatsoever. It does like he is now going to be coming here though so I will be delighted to be proven wrong.

I started going to away matches on my own when I was 15. When I look at 15 year olds these days it's unfathomable to me that I was doing that at their age. Literally trusted by my parents to go to the other end of the country on my own, on the supporters club buses, in the age of football hooliganism too. And I never got into any scrapes at all, although there were a few hairy moments at some places.

Literally the summer that changed of course of history for NUFC. Without KK’s arrival that summer the current era wouldn’t be happening. The most important person in the club’s history, no question. I never tire of watching this goal. I was just slightly too young to have been there but I have stood on those Gallowgate terraces a lot. And even though there have been some packed in crowds on there in my time, I don’t think they were ever as jammed tight as they looked on the day of KK’s debut. I’d love to know how many were squashed into the Gallowgate that day.

What was the atmosphere like yesterday then? It sounded pretty good on the TV highlights, and obviously the red card incident stoked everything up, but did the ability for people to chose their own seats again make a difference?

I went on Saturday night and was really impressed with it. There was a Queen tribute band playing and, although cringing a bit at first, I was singing along with everyone else after several pints. The Brian May impersonator looked like he belonged more in Doctor and The Medics mind.

Yeah lets only have a 60k stadium when Man U plan to go to 100k. FFS the lack of foresight on here is staggering at times when it comes to this issue.

We aren't moving out of the city centre. It's the one absolute you can count on.

New away shirt has got us in GQ magazine. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/newcastle-united-adidas-third-kit I bought one a few days ago and it’s even nicer in the flesh. Also bought the training pants which are equally nice. I had to go a size up from my normal fit mind, which basically felt like I was wearing leggings. And I am pretty slim.

Not really. The Gate and its associated bars are all part of the Bigg Market circuit. Stack is a 2 minute walk from The Gate so I can see it being a new starter bar for that circuit.

New Stack looks great I think. I’d wager that it makes a lot of its money by becoming part of the Friday/Saturday night Bigg Market/Gate drinking circuit.

That would be horrific as a football stadium. Ugly as sin and absolutely not conducive for atmosphere.

I so badly want to read something into this. Have said it on here many times that the Bernabeu is the best football stadium in the world and absolutely should be the template for our new stadium, should we be getting one.

Either this lot are truly ITK with regards to Gordon, or they are properly clutching at straws to see him make the switch to Klanfield. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-hand-liverpool-unintended-transfer-29683051

I couldn't agree more. But until I see concrete evidence of the radical new stadium development then I'm holding my tongue in the gloating department.