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No doubt that Eddie would get a tune out of him but personality-wise he seems to think he is better than he is. That could cause trouble in our camp, where team morale and unity is everything.

Evertonians on Grand Old Team are absolutely scathing about Gordon and are begging for us to come in for him.

Dear God, please not Gordon. He’s absolute pony.

Trossard to Arsenal for £21m is an absolute steal that might just seal the title for them. Surely we could have been in for him too at that price?

Nottingham Forest is delighted to announce the signing of Chris Wood from Newcastle United. The striker joins on loan for the remainder of the season with a conditional obligation to become a permanent deal until the summer of 2024 So his loan is till the end of the season....and then after that they have to give him a 1 year contract? Sounds completely bizarre. When did his contract with us run to?

Just had a look on the Forest forum. The contractual obligation is to June 2024? How does that work? Also, they seem convinced that they won't be paying the £15m.

I reckon if he’d put that chance away at Sheffield Wednesday then he would be digging in his heels to stay, and Eddie would probably want to keep him around. The nature of the miss though, and his reaction to it, basically confirmed to everyone that his time here was up.

Evening Frank. You really were a bit shit mind.

Frank Pingel says Hi….

Everyone saying their goodbyes when he will be back here in June.

Your not missing anything. The thread has gone dead, which is why Exile is so rattled. Taking the thread to Parsnip has resulted in exactly what he didnt want to happen....because any discussion about NUFC on the main board is now simply about the football.

For the those who can’t access the NUFC thread on Parsnip, be afraid…be very afraid. Exile has vowed to ramp up his one-man Twitter campaign.

Personally, I've never really bought into the idea that Bin Salman could be linked to piracy. I still believe the whole stalling of the takeover was a mix of egos and power play, namely from the dirty six PL clubs. Its more than a coincidence to me that, as soon as it became clear that Ashley's case against the PL was about to become very public indeed, then a solution was found. I don't believe for one moment that, the week after the web-televised court hearing, was the first time the Saudi's had offered to shut down BEoutQ and compensate BEin. I think they offered it months before but the PL made out that it still wasn't enough, at the behest of their six "masters".

Yeah but that's because of his ego, he didn't believe he should be subjected to such a thing. It was all about personal pride, not whether it would mean that state ownership of the club would scupper the takeover. At the time when the Saudis applied for NUFC the O&D test never said that a state couldn't own a club.

That's the thing. I never understood why there was so much noise about who controls the PIF as the PL's O&D Test never stipulated that a state couldn't own a PL club.

Couldn't give a shite what they think. The simple fact is that people from those areas have the same accent and tend to socialise in the same areas. Most people in an NE postcode will describe travelling into Newcastle city centre as "going into town". Greater Newcastle is a thing that exists unofficially. Mackems know this too and that's what pisses them off. John Hall was on to something with the Geordie Nation thing as he recognised that "Newcastle" is an area that extends quite far beyond it's city boundaries.

I'm cringing reading that Rafa thread. I was seriously wavering about Eddie last January but the comments look embarrassing now.. On another note though, I hope Rafa gets the West Ham job and redeems himself as the scorn that he continues to receive from media pundits is shocking.

They may be separate towns, but basically Gateshead, North & South Tyneside and the parts of Northumberland just north of Newcastle, ie Blyth, Morpeth etc are all part of an unofficial "Greater Newcastle". Basically, any area which has an NE postcode is greater Newcastle and those are the areas that NUFC represents. You can also add significant parts of West Durham to that too.

Love that from his missus...."He's very happy all the time....it's annoying".

It also make a mockery of their regular claim that they never read the NUFC forums.

Chelsea are all over the place this season. There's no way they finish top 4.

It would be crazy to write them off, half way through the season. They are still very capable of getting their shit together.

I think we need players in this month for it to happen. If not then I can see us being pipped by Spurs or Liverpool. Man Utd will definitely finish 3d or 4th so there is only one spot left.

To be honest, the arse-kissing that is being done to us by the media at the moment isn’t actually doing us any favours. It’s actually bringing in complacency already. People are already turning up at games just expecting to be entertained. Unfortunately the flag displays are in danger of being the be all and end all when it comes to the belief that SJP somehow has a good atmosphere. I’m all for the displays, they are great, but noise and songbooks are far more important. If it’s true that an expansion of SJP, or brand new stadium, is being planned, then the club absolutely must work with fans to ensure that seating arrangements are very carefully planned to enable like-minded fans to sit/stand together. The new owners have been magnificent so far, but getting the REAL atmosphere back at SJP will be one of the most critical issues that they must address.

Off goes the match thread to Parsnip. They are broken, and long may it continue.