Pilko

The bore hole Carver, Stone and Woodman eating egg on toast "We tried" Shefki Kuqi New scoreboard that nearly fell off "Support the team not the regime. Two hot dogs and two pints please" Purples

There'll be a new Pod on the Tyne out today won't there for a George Caulkin update?

Those are all well and good but I much prefer the NUFC social club approach. We've got a dart board and a snooker table and Brucey sorts out the meat raffle, Steve Agnew does a domino card twice a week. That's how you really inspire a team atmosphere.

School of Pard Cocks

How much washing up could you do without any washing up liquid?

I'd argue that Rafa (or someone of similar ability) with this current squad and one or two half decent additions would probably have us top 10 without breaking sweat. The gap to those positions is only a few points - only takes a few of the shitty home 0-0s converted into wins and we'd be sat there already.

To be fair to Bent, I think I'd struggle to make much sense if I was sat in the same room as Woodsy every day.

Peter Rampage

I'm assuming someone's already made this point in the past few pages, but surely the PL tests/checks are kind of set in stone and consist of the same things regardless of pressure groups, people objecting etc? I also find it highly highly unlikely that the parties involved in the takeover would progress it to PL checks if they hadn't already made damn sure they were going to succeed in them. Might be just me, but the noise of the last few days (whilst still wholly relevant and not to be ignored) shouldn't impact the takeover happening. If it doesn't happen, it won't be because of Amnesty or beIN getting involved.

Eh? We're sacking them, not giving them ice baths...

He looks like he's had a fair crack at the walnut whips.

'I said from the moment that I came into the club that I'd bring attacking football back and have us challenging for titles. I'd like to think I achieved that' 'But Steve you've blamed Rafa all season for the way you play, which has lead to some of the worst attacking statistics in the league, with results leaving your side hovering around the relegation spots all season' 'Are you calling me a liar?'

I think I'd like one (but just one) slightly over the hill, 32+ marquee signing just because we've not had one in ages and that'll truly feel like Ashley has fucked off.

If I could only choose one "big" signing within the grounds of reasonable post-takeover reality it would be Grealish all day long.

"who thinks Steve was more of a laugh than me? Oh come on, that's mental"

Got 13/20, fairly pleased with that

I imagine Charnley's handover would be like when Homer goes to Flanders' beach hut and there's post-it notes everywhere.

Pretty easy to narrow down a list of suspects, you'd have to have a fucking sizeable haulage fleet available to tally up £1m of Donnay and Slazenger gear. Anyone know what Mr Stobart was up to that night?

Of course they'll tell him to "prove he's the right man", they can hardly tell him and the players that his fat arse will be booted down Barrack Road soon as the season is done can they? They need to give him that pretend hope or else the uncertainty could lead to us playing even more poorly. He'll get us the 5 or 6 points we need for survival, maybe 7 or 8 with a fair wind, then he'll be given a Golden Wonder handshake and fucked off for someone coherent, competent, ambitious and more befitting of a Premier League club.

:lol: condor egg omelettes in the hospitality boxes

Nigel Pearson won the title with Leicester in 2015/16

if we're going to demolish the East Stand I'd prefer we did it whilst it was full on a matchday

"It's not a competition Soph. Although if it was, Mao would probably win"

Yep. I remember there being a matter of hours remaining and despite having only one fit left-back who wasn't actually a left back (Ryan Taylor) we were haggling with Charlton to get Rob Elliot for a few hundred grand cheaper before the Santon links came through late in the day.

which was the most excruciating summer transfer windows of the Ashley era? From memory, the Barry Moat summer and then the one where we spent about eleven weeks going after Mevlut Erdinc are the two that stick in my mind.