Heron

In all honesty, not one of my favourites but I haven't seen it all together in one go yet. Bit of a trial this one, we shall see...but if it inspires that's the main thing. The bar has been set high based on feedback received haha.

Display sorted for tomorrow aside from one or two tasks tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed it inspires a little bit of pride and hostility, and most importantly a good performance.

Get in to them...

Absolutely. Whether people think Grealish is right, Miggy is shite, he's a grown lad, whatever. It's something trivial that can be a catalyst for something much bigger. It shluld absolutely be used.

He said a lot more than the football, may as well have said "Miggy isn't a cunt" and we all know Grealish is. I was chatting about this with wor lass yesterday. Pep won't like it, he'll have had words I reckon and actually Grealish might be fhe better footballer but Miggy has far better values and application. Hope we fucking flatten Grealish me.

Another outstanding pre-match presser. There's always a little gold piece amongst like 90% of sensible, measured batting off of questions. Loved what he saof about the squad but particularly Miggy and Bruno

Social media makes me laugh like - how dead against anything for Miggy some people are. We're not naive enough to think Miggy is better than Grealish, but nor are we naive enough to think we're a better team than Man City. Grealish griefed one of our players, therefore it's a catalyst for making Sunday hostile and levelling the playing field. It's also an opportunity to boost Miggy's confidence, no brainer for me. What we gonna do, not support Newcastle cause they're not as good as City too?

Still got the emails from this. The notion started on this very forum.

Or changed things that weren't mentioned by him, ro suit him and also to make it sound like he suggested them in the first place. Like Cardiff.

I've been in the presence of some of those mentioned in this thread (not those in this quoted post) when they've actively laughed at those groups, and advising why, thus confirming to me that my perceptions of their egotistical narcissm were indeed correct.

See whilst I believe a trust is there primarily to represent it's members it's a very close second to represent the wider fanbase. This was one of the things I found difficult,which I'm sure would also split opinion...

Don't think it's quite that bad, but I still take your point. The more help they get the better, to some degree.

I agree it's a popularity contest to some degree. No way I'd have been voted on but for my previous activism. I also agree woth some other points here. On the flip side, I do sympathise with the trust board though, in that, half of them are average, every day punters trying to manage something entirely unfamiliar (and important!) in the spare time.

In all honesty I cannot wait for this pledge shit to be over with, as I'm sure we all cannot on this subject. Gan back to doing more 'trust' type things. I left because I was against the fundamentals of what the trust was prioritising and the biased hyprocrisy, accusations, personalities and perceptions of some of those at board level. I was (perhaps) wrong to leave because I should have accepted that was the democracy of the board (not the membership or wider fanbase), but frankly I'd far rather spend my time positively for a wider fanbase via Wor Flags than for those who subscribe to a trust. Make of that what you will. They aren't one and the same. They are a different animal and I'm not suited to this one (the trust) - I'm a do-er not a thinker. Despite this, volunteers are volunteers nonetheless and I think people should always commend that. A bad analogy - I know, because the sacrifice isn't anywhere like the same thing, but like soldiers, people choose this role, and so sympathy cannot be shown for something they've brought upon themselves (you could argue). However, it is often with some degree of sacrifice in an attempt to better a majority, in my opinion, of course, and for that it commands a degree of respect. @Greg and I will most likely not agree on the stance I took and I'm sure we'll discuss this over a pint (sometime soon hopefully), and hence my relative silence on finer details in here. Because I know of his busy schedule and likewise mine. But I feel I owe it to Greg to not air frustrations or dirty laundry online. Greg and I aren't perfect and we differ (as we all do) but ultimately we both share a love for Newcastle and actively trying to improve it. We will both be passionate but will find respect in that we've both done what we felt was best to benefit others, I'm sure. I thought I could push change, I didn't fit that bill, but I do believe others should follow my footsteps and put themselves forward if they want to influence change and hopefully go several steps further than me because I still believe it is required to build my version of a trust. Hopefully someone can achieve what I couldn't...

Well, they did communicate it on their email tbf. I agree that it should have been more publicised/easy to find though. Easy for me to criticise though when I could have done more about it by not leaving...

Think there's a middle ground here. Personally, I feel it should have been more 'headline' and more publicised. However, I think it perhaps speaks volumes of the type of person appointed, that they'd prefer this to not be a 'headliner' over, if I remember correctly, an update re. the pledge money.

Can the Trust not put something out just explaining what's happening or owt mate? Might pacify people for a little while longer? It might also fire them up too like

I mean people don't know the ins and outs, myself included - I suspect there's good reason for it taking this long, or maybe not good reason, but a fairly justified reason. I think they maybe just need to be a bit more open about it and update folk.

It was communicated that Thomas was the interim chair as a sub-note to the charity update a month or two ago I believe.

Money? Win at all costs mentality? No such thing as foreign women? ?

Sorry, I was referencing the diving and simulation in their game.

I detect crossed wires here. Someone call a sparky.

The irony like is that the lasses don't tend to do any of this shit.

Shows generational progress if nowt else at least