Jackie Broon

Although I'm not being serious, not a peep out of Jamie since the story of him being interested came out on Tuesday and the guy that wrote the story is followed by both Jamie and Mehrdad on twitter.

What really comes across in STID is the way their fans instantly and viciously turn the moment things aren't going their way and how much that affects the players. I know we can be guilty of that too, but it seems on a different level there and I think it's one of the main causes of where they are.

Coincidentally, I've just bought this book called Brutal North for a mate who likes a bit of the old brutalism, I was flicking through it and found this:

Wood had improved us, yes, no disagreement from me. Weghorst has also improved Burnley. Both can be true.

It hasn't weakened Burnley, it seemed to galvanise them and Weghorst instantly looked an upgrade on Wood. They looked dead and buried before that and now they have a very good chance of survival. So far it's turned out well for both clubs and that could potentially turn out gloriously badly for Leeds or Everton.

He was signed in desperation at a point where things were looking incredibly grim for us and he's played a part in our transformation. £25m was a ridiculous amount of money for him, everyone knew that, but it will be more than paid back if we stay up, which we might have been in serious danger of had we not had his presence in our season changing scraped win against Leeds and since then. Maybe we could've got someone better if we'd been more patient, or maybe it would have gone the way of Lingard and Ekitike on deadline day and we'd now be facing almost certain relegation because we would not have had this run without a presence up front.

Historic England and there's more to it than just whether a building looks attractive.

Not really, I'm pretty confident in that statement, from a position of known competence.

I'd respectfully say you don't have a clue what you're talking about. People with the actual qualifications, knowledge and experience to assess these things have a very different view. As someone who is perhaps more qualified than most on this forum to give a view on this, it is a stunning example of Georgian architecture and of obvious significant heritage value. It has been a listed building since the 1950s and is Grade I listed, which puts it in the top 2.5% of significance of all listed buildings.

Digging down would only help if there is unnecessary space around the pitch or the pitch size can be reduced, there isn't and our pitch is already the minimum PL size, and safe standing doesn't increase capacity.

Happy oil day to our Saudi overlords, 84 years today since oil was first struck in Saudi Arabia.

On the opposite end of the spectrum I love the Milburn Level 7, bang in the middle. In some ways it's quite detached but walking out after climbing all of those stairs and seeing the whole stadium and city below you is awe inspiring.

Raises the same issues of building over the metro station and road as a Gallowgate extension would, which hopefully can be resolved.

Maybe, but I doubt it could in any worthwhile way, as it is the stand is about as low and shallow as it can practically be. A redesigned stand could possibly gain another 3-4 rows but would that be worth it?

You can't really make a stand transparent. Also, light isn't really the issue, although it could be past a certain point, the main issue with building up would be the increase in scale of it and the way that would visually dominate the setting of the listed buildings. Maybe NCC's planners / conservation officers would have a completely different view on it

The issue is that the scale of anything like that is just going to completely dominate the setting of Leazes Terrace and St. James Street. These views give a good impression of that: https://www.google.com/maps/@54.976243,-1.6210446,3a,75y,141.83h,102.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTgODrpa3fhJ6UTZt5I5MDw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9760909,-1.619656,3a,75y,230.45h,104.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1somzVKBBD62U2eSyrxrUiNQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

He doesn't own it, he sold it on to developers, who then went into administration in December.

I think that impact on the setting of Leazes Terrace and impacts on St James Street become potentially showstopping issues before loss of light. The more I look at it the more I just can't see a way for any expansion of the East Stand. I think the Gallowgate is probably the only viable option, if it's structurally viable above the metro station and we can buy Strawberry Place back.

A few of them seem to be going with 'he's a broken man from his terrible experience at Newcastle'

An architect wouldn't know, the issues with Leazes Terrace / St James Street are planning / listed building issues. A conservation office / heritage consultant would be best placed to comment on the heritage impact issues and what could likely be done (other than Newcastle City Council, obviously).

You have absolutely zero idea what you are talking about. It's a Grade I listed building, that puts it in the top 2.5% of significance of all listed buildings. Let's have less of the Dunning-Kruger.

That has absolutely nothing to do with its heritage significance, also, only about half of it is student accommodation the rest is houses/flats.

No. Yes.

Of course they're going to say that. If they are looking for a return on their investment it will be in global sporting profile rather than financial. They're not going to be making any money out of NUFC.