Tsunami

If we do build a new stadium partly on the existing footprint could we at the same time upgrade the Gateshead Stadium. If you could get that up to a capacity to house all ST holders for maybe a season while the rest of the stadium is completed you could then leave the lasses with a better stadium to play in. Gateshead would then have a better stadium for both their team and bid for proper athletic events again. Great PR and something for the NE. Never going to happen but The International Stadium is currently neither nowt nor something. Hell, could even bid for the Commonwealth Games.

Good news, Hull and Wrexham can get to fuck with their respective bleating.

This is Villa who complained to the PGMOL after the last game of last season when they failed to qualify for the Champs League and we did; right? Turned out canny for them, they should be thanking us.

I don’t see the problem. The EFL should throw the appeal out, reduce the points deduction to 2 points and also tell Hull to shut up. Soton should reimburse their fans if they’re going to be out of pocket, the players can fuck off if they try arguing loss of earnings against the club. Harwood-Bellend should be mocked endlessly by fans of every club next season.

The Tyne / Wear derby would be canny.

Don’t me regret us beating West Ham.

Boro could have been trying a new setup up, set pieces, patterns of play for that specific game. Things would do in the immediate run up to a game. Had to be punished correctly and I agree that their manager needs hauled over the coals. It’s not even though it’s been a one off.

They also got a 4 point deduction for next season. That could get reduced on appeal, I can’t see they’d get reinstated. You simply can’t allow them to benefit from trying to cheat like that. Really feel for the fans and players though.

Southampton kicked out - right decision imo.

How do they even try to explain why Havertz didn’t get sent off? It’s exactly the type of challenge they’re looking to punish.

Wow

Just watched the hi-lights of our game. How didn’t we get a penalty for handball and why wasn’t Soucek sent off for kicking Bruno, twice? Both seemed pretty clear?

He spent the lap of appreciation near the halfway line kicking a ball with a couple of kids. For the group photo in front of the Gallowgate he was the last person (not just player) on the outside of the group, he had to be squeezed in to even be in frame. When the ground was almost empty he clapped those who were left and got a few choruses of One Anthony Gordon. He also spent a bit time with Tino and Willock - give Tino a piggy back at one point. He’s away, wouldn’t be surprised if the other 2 are as well.

I’m happy that it’s accidental but he ends up trapping the ball under his armpit which gives him control of the ball. They’re now saying it bounced up from his hip so that’s not his fault. He fucking ended up catching it and that’s ok then. Come on man.

Fuck me that’s an awful an awful decision.

Sounds like a pre season friendly at OT.

Got a bad feeling about this.

The season is done couldn’t care less if we finish below the Mackems. Give Tripps a great send off but, let’s lose this game. I’ll only be disappointed if Chelsea then balls it up against Spurs. I’m even more pissed off with Villa and their non appearance against Spurs. Hope they fuck it up on Thursday, don’t actually begrudge them a trophy but really dislike hoying a game when they had a CL place to secure. We could try our best and still lose tbf.

Come on Leeds (🤢)

Ridiculous attempt at a clearance.

Here’s the thing for me, he’s not quick like Gordon, he doesn’t make everything about him, he can drift in and out of games, he doesn’t demand the ball. But, had he played more I’m pretty sure we’d be in a European place, he’d have taken some of the chances we’ve missed and the dropped points wouldn’t be as bad as they are, we’d have killed some of those games off. You just need to look at the facts and compare the goals/ assists between Barnes and the rest, I’ll not just include Gordon in that however, Gordon flatters, bottom line is that his end product isn’t good enough. Last thing to ask is; how many in our squad would have finished Barnes’ goal against Forest as clinically as Barnes, in fact how many would have scored? I’m pretty sure most would have just put their boot through it and hoped.

I keep reading there’s always loads of holding at corners and, there is. Problem here is that Raya gets hands on the ball with 1 player putting his arm across his chest and his hand is in Raya’s face. Meanwhile another player is pulling his shirt from behind. Peter Schmeichel saying Raya had to be stronger is blinkered nonsence. At 1st viewing I thought the same and while I’m not sure he’d have clung on to the ball under the pressure he was under there’s not doubt it’d wouldn’t have slipped between his hands like it did. All that said the amount of grappling we see at corners is ridiculous, you can see less blocking and more players looking at the actual ball in a NFL game.

As much as I didn’t want it to be a foul on Raya, he was clearly impeded. Fuck Arsenal and fuck Spurs.

Boro really should be at least 1 up.

I was in the Corner, not my usual spot in The Gallowgate but they’d closed the gates where I usually stood. Remember speaking to random fans at HT asking what we’d just witnessed. Leicester were in the Play Offs and we easily could have scored 10 by HT. Amazing day. We’d had some pretty lean years immediately before that season. KK the player had been and gone, we were a selling club, we’d blown a Promotion made worse by who we’d lost to with a (as many clubs) bit of a ramshackle stadium. Fair to say, we knew our place. That season transformed the club, the momentum we carried into the following season to become Sky’s Entertainers can’t be understated.