Jackie Broon

I was thinking something along those lines could be a potential justification for very special circumstances. Seems like it’s potentially a goer then, if the club are actually looking to buy it.

I didn't know about that, so he did: https://portal.newcastle.gov.uk/planning/index.html?fa=getApplication&id=83560 And more recently to convert it to a hotel, build a spa, golf course and 72 houses: https://portal.newcastle.gov.uk/planning/index.html?fa=getApplication&id=110220

It was in a field next to their existing training ground, it was approved as a very special circumstance. Here's the application if you're interested https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=ZZZZY3DTMS564

Burnley's training facility was built on Green Belt land (and not PDL) and wasn't called in by the Secretary of State. It'll all be down to whether there is support from Newcastle City Council, who I'm sure will have been sounded out if the club are looking to buy that land.

Aye, they haven't won away from home in the league since August, they haven't picked up a point away since December

Burnley have at least as many games that I'd expect them to be able to get a result from, all but Spurs and maybe Villa Away. Everton have Liverpool A, Chelsea H, Leicester A, and Arsenal A which they're unlikely to get anything from. They're so poor away I think they'll even struggle to get anything at Watford, that Brentford H and Palace H look their only 'winnable' fixtures and those two are not going to be easily beaten.

I don't think it's stupid to expect a top six push, we've been in top four form since January without Trippier and Wilson, add some more quality to the squad in the summer and there's no reason why we shouldn't expect to be pushing for top 6 next season.

Still, we would have been a far better advertisement vehicle for his tat.

What a club Ashley could've had with just a bit of effort and investment, what a fucking mug.

The way Liverpool celebrated handing the title to Man U in 1996 like they had won it.

Eddie has turned Big Joe into a striker, the man is a genius!

I think Joeliinton can potentially do what Wood has been doing just as well i.e. offering physical presence up front and fluffing goalscoring opportunities.

I read that as 'closet aid'.

I would love it if we were to then beat them with a dramatic late 4-3 winner to fuck up their title hopes.

His being on the pitch as an option to bypass midfield and allow others to play off him has clearly been a fundamental part of our run of form since he signed. I think that Andy Carroll could probably have done that just as well, if not better, if he could stay fit, so for the money he has been a terrible signing but what he has contributed to is worth every penny even if he never plays again after this season.

Fixed

I was seeing my parents for the first time since Christmas 2019, staying in a cottage in Cumbria, we had been out for a walk and then checked my phone and saw the gutting news. Ended up having a row with my Mum in the evening and then coming down with a stomach bug and throwing up all night. What a shit day all round.

Odd timing to sack him, they've got three matches coming up in the next 9 days which could seal their fate, how does that give any manager time to change anything?

A sensor in the ball that can tell when it is kicked? The problem is that officials have shown themselves totally incapable of making those judgements in a consistent and unbiased way.

We look far more solid with him at RB than Manquillo. Correlation doesn't equal causation and all that but in the roughly 10 hours he has played since Trippier was injured we have conceded only 3 goals, compared to 7 in the 3 hours of football with Manquillo or Murphy there.

Yes, because at the bottom of the table things can change so quickly, one win can make a huge difference. Had Everton held on to the win or draw last night I would be very confident of us surviving. Last week has gone, it's the current circumstance that matters. If we win tomorrow I'll be back to being very confident of us staying up. Btw, I am still confident of staying up, I'm just shit scared of it potentially going down to that last match against Burnley.

Those home games are all against top half teams. We haven't beaten a top half team all season.

No nominative determinism in your username. Everton got 13 points from their first 6 games and were top of the league. Burnley picked up 9 points in 6 games between December and February.

Which, as I said, I could equally see us winning or losing. They're appalling away from home and complacent. They were massively up for the match against us and pulled off a result, it will be a similar atmosphere against Man U. The chances are we'll be safe but tonight's result does put us back in the relegation picture, if we beat Wolves we can pull ourselves back out of it.