ChrisMcQuillan

Stonewall. Unbelievable.

Great play by Willock.

Getting torn apart, over and over. We had an improvement in performances initially with Howe, feels like we're going backwards now.

Don't even need to sell him, just terminate the contract and take the hit.

They had a chance to have everything lined up and good to go in January. They should have known how fine the margins were, and from seeing our team, how shattered it was from Bruce. I'm sure they'll be successful long-term, but they've shot themselves (and us) in the foot, and are about to see a significant devaluation in their team when we go down in May.

Kool Aid?

Yeah, we're down.

Get Rafa back.

If PIF don't go out and spend £200m+, this squad is down. And there have to be questions about Eddie Howe after this result.

They need booed off. Utterly unacceptable result.

Trippier injured.

As bad as the Bruce days, this.

Surely he should be bringing Elliot Anderson on. At least someone with some attacking instinct.

Would it be optimistic to assume it could involve buying out Sports Direct from the advertising deal at SJP? The Chronicle said earlier in the week that they were looking into ways of wiping those contracts clear.

Very disappointing stuff from the new owners. If we had one hope, it was that we'd be run like a proper, professional club at the very least.

Yes, I’m not an idiot. But if I’m in charge of a business or department leaking information, it’s a bad look for me. You can’t just say, “Oh, well, the leak came from the tea lady, so all in all, no harm done.”

An inability to get Emery is understandable. Having it leak out to the press, and having it discussed openly that NUFC are “confident” only to have Emery reject us, is not understandable. It’s sloppy, from a PR perspective. There was clearly a briefing from someone in the last few days when Emery became #1. The eyes of the world are now on the club, willing us to fail in most circles. Things have to be of a high standard.

If, and it’s a big if, this falls through, it’s not a good look for the competency of the new owners.

First game I've bought tickets for since Rafa. Going with the old man for the first time in about 5 years. Can't wait!

Not quite, I’d think. The only reason separation was important was so that KSA - effectively a state authorising piracy of the EPL - weren’t in charge of an EPL club. If the piracy of EPL rights is resolved, that need evaporates. BeIn could still lobby, and hence the CAT hearings, as that would be legally questionable, but the EPL can have issues with piracy of their intellectual without being lobbied by BeIn?

You are in the Newcastle-Aviation thread, tbf.

I believe it was speculation that the EJ on the manifest image could stand for Executive Jet Management (EJM). They own or are owned by NetJets, who do operate the plane that landed at Newcastle Airport just now (G-NJAB).

Stopped at Alnmouth or something, apparently. It flew straight over my office on the way back down south.

Should be easily handled in by our injury-enforced, makeshift defence with Clark and Watts protecting Gillespie.