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Imagine taking a floating stadium in the north sea suggestion at face value and them having the cheek to call other people retards

Was at Swansea 0-0 Stoke earlier, then sat through that. What a day of soccer.

God that stadium is ugly mind, can't understand the love for it at all and would hope we don't end up with something like that on the skyline. Have at it with this https://joshuahhh.com/projects/same-scale/#16.49/51.492453/7.450687/54.978340/-1.626496/Satellite

Somebody feel free to map to scale Tottenham's stadium or Dortmund's into the same space, it'll fit there with some minimal overlap on LP even if you needed to flip it which way or another. Certainly far more obtainable there than to the north of the ground or in the existing location for various reasons.

It's a paint job I did in about 5 mins, it's not supposed to be to scale or extremely accurate. More trying to show the planning constraints. But that area with a bit of LP is absolutely achievable for a new stadium just as it would have been with the 90s plan. You should be able have a far more 'efficient' footprint with a complete new build than the current SJP - even with a bigger capacity.

For a different topic but a Tyne river boat isn't anywhere close to commercially viable because most of the riverside on both sides is industry, wasteland or the port. It isn't The Thames. You'd need tens of thousands more people living actually immediately on the river to maybe get it to a stage of being workable. And even then there's east-west metro lines on both sides that are always going to be quicker than a river which undulates north to south. I'm surprised nothing has ever really started up again as a tourist thing though. There did used to be riverboat tours once upon a time - I distinctly remember going on one for a school trip or something.

People seem to get transfixed on the bandstand, the steps, the bust etc as if it's only small elements/artifacts that are listed. Just incorporate them, move them etc. Put them behind a post and rail fence like a piece of Hadrian's Wall. In isolation these various elements in the park don't really have significant historic value - many have been replaced/repaired/rebuilt over the years anyway. The steps are just some old stones. It is the whole park that is listed for a reason. Its historical value comes from its contribution to the city as an entire laid out piece of Victorian civic recreation. This comes from the layout, form, function as a collective. The lake, the stone entrances and walls, the hundreds of mature trees throughout etc all contribute to this heritage value. This is why construction to the immediate north of the existing SJP is to me a total non-starter from a heritage point of view - because you'd be building across a huge and significant area of the park. The same point above though is also why a build primarily on Castle Leazes should absolutely be viable - because some changes to the park should not be a total non-starter. It has after all been expanded and altered over the years from its original form. Its value comes not from architectural and built elements being held in stasis like is often the case with a heritage building (which leads to things like facadism, as is being used on Carliol House) but largely its purpose and role for the city. If you can keep most of the historic layout, while extending it, restoring much that is currently decaying, and securing long term future and function for a changing city - this can in my opinion be to an actual heritage benefit.

I know I wasn't the only one to suggest this kind of thing but does feel like my suggestion has been used. Definitely a sensible move.

There's absolutely nothing whatsoever going on upstairs with Palmer. Not sure how you can dislike a genuine simpleton, feels wrong.

Tonali has touched the ball 8 times. Bruno 24, Joelinton 17. This is a trend that has been the same whether he has been nominally the deepest midfielder or as the 8 so it isn't down to the role. He doesn't get involved enough and looks physically weak in challenges off the ball. Good touches on the ball when he does eventually get it. I rate him, liked watching him in Italy, but don't think he's had a particularly good game for us since his debut. I'm convinced he's just not a great tactical fit to the way we play.

Don't want to judge Tonali too much as we've thrown him in against Man City but he just doesn't get involved enough in or out of possession. It was exactly the same in all his games last year. I still don't think he was the right fit for an Eddie team

You can see that he has a very similar profile to Isak. It's a shame we weren't able to get both.

Need to tick it off before they move

This couldn't have gone any worse for me. Not only can I now now not go, but I have a ticket for Luton Vs Oxford that night so won't even be able to watch it

They have a fixture next midweek, then we have two weeks with international break, then they have another midweek game. Then it's the next round. Can't see how it gets played even if they moved the venue tbh. Only solution I'd say would probably be postpone their league game against Morecambe on 22nd October I guess.

Ffs. That's a lot to re-organise. Do we have any idea when it'll be postponed to?

You wouldn't think their wagebill was 4x Atalanta's.

I remember getting chatting to a professional ticket tout when I was travelling, I think in Russia. This would have been 10 years ago. He was a digital nomad who just worked entirely from his laptop targeting any event where it would be perceived that demand would far outstrip supply. They increase their odds of getting them with multiple accounts and bots, then flog them once it's sold out. They're doing this as a full time job - they're better at it than any regular punter and the odds are in their favour. Clubs can easily massively cut down on it overnight. You just get rid of digital tickets completely - no PDFs, no eWallets. Postage close to the game or collect in person from the ground - no other options needed. Suddenly only locals can feasibly tout tickets - not faceless people on the other side of the world doing it along with hundreds of other events. But the clubs don't care about this entire market because they get more money from multiple memberships, and because often those likely to pay big £ for a one off game are also more likely to spend at the ground.

We probably have 100k sold memberships and more than half of them will be touts with multiple accounts. That's why everybody has such limited chance IMO. You're not in a fair game.

I was open minded to giving the new CL format a go (and i'm sure there will be some drama for the end fixtures) but my initial impression is that it is shite. There's simply too many games being played and hard to keep track of it all. Big sides playing each other too early in the competition will dilute the profile of these games. Empty seats in some matches showing that too with the prices being charged. I was at Milan-Venezia at the weekend and they had a bigger crowd for that than for the Liverpool game. I think this will be ditched within 4-5 years.

4th tier. But yes you'd think so.

He's not good enough to be a starter for us really and that's a problem if it remains as such but he's a fine backup/rotation player. It is also vital that we don't let any decent academy graduates walk away for free considering PSR - so hopefully they get a new deal signed.

It is actually going to involve some of the Moor, as part of the new application there likely a need/demand for better access/pedestrian links across the Moor as a gateway (as this is used as the main and logical pedestrian access, rather than the northern end of the site). But yes the built development is only on the student blocks.

It's interesting to note that it's our best start to a season since 2011/12 season. Obviously the team is much better, as is the club, but this season has reminded me quite a bit of that year so far. We started with a string of good results without ever really looking particularly good in any of them, after malcontent during the summer.

Marske away with Whitley today after a nice afternoon in Saltburn. Best performance of their season from what I've seen, got a lucky OG to win it 3-2 right at the end but overall well deserved I'd say. Marske 'ultras' managed to get the game delayed for about 5 minutes when their flare set their own flag alight