Stifler

Why the fuck are we listening to Arsenal fans wanting Arteta out? Fuck me man, 2 years ago they were heading to mid table obscurity, with the very real possibility that they would become one of those clubs with the big names but who went down. They have had 2 title challenges, and should at the very least finish in the top 4 this season.

I hate that interviewer. He asks absolutely fucking nothing, and is sent by Sky as if he’s capable of bringing anything to the table.

Exactly. It’s very likely never ever going to be something I could afford/justify. However it’s not for me, and so long as we are also making it so people like me and others can get in, then let’s welcome it. In all honesty, I’d prefer for those types of people to be brought in via the clubs blackout Mercedes V series van straight into the stadium, then standing in the way of me whilst they are making their selfie ‘I’m here at the Nooo Castle stadium, and I’m going to go in and buy my jersey for 120 dollars’.

It depends. I think a big barrier is also the sponsorship being restricted. Easing/losing that rule would open it up a lot more for those clubs. Of course it will mean 10-12 of the Premier Leagues clubs get left behind.

I fail to see how they were disrespecting ex-servicemen. People like to make mountains out of molehills around ex-servicemen, and try to speak and be outraged on their behalf, especially around this time of year. A lot of us on here feel the sheer amount of poppy watching etc is out of hand, and has turned into a game of who can ‘lest we forget’ more.

What did they do? Refuse to give them a discount off food because they used to do a job that they signed up too, and got paid for?

Nah, just out of stock at the moment.

They will be by the end of this month. Trainers are becoming a collectors item now. I don’t think many of them will actually be worn.

Yes.

Holy shit! https://www.footyheadlines.com/2024/11/adidas-newcastle-united-24-25-gazelle.html

How come it’s at a weird 3pm KO?

I actually thought that they got the rub of the green off the referee. Their players going over too easy, and the fouls being given. The co-commentator actually pointed it out once. Aa I said in a post after the match, I watched it in a pub in Wooler, and there were Sunderland fans in. The one with the Sunderland top on was saying that Tonali’s yellow card just isn’t a yellow card, then looked at me and said it. My response was that if a Sunderland fan is telling a Newcastle fan, that a Newcastle player who’s received a yellow card, shouldn’t have, then it’s fucking clearly not a yellow card.

This game is just a bit slow. Ot feels very much much like a match between 2 average Championship teams.

Haha.

I’d love him back at the club. I know he unofficially worked for us during that summer series tournament, be great to have him in some sort of ambassadorial role.

Straight out of the Wenger playbook. ’We didn’t lose, we were cheated/roughed out of it’.

Just turned SSN on, what the fuck is Merson wearing?

Get in! What a fucking win. I’m away for the weekend, so just sat in the pub with my MIL having a drink watching the match, first time I have had more than 1 drink in forever. So I’m a bit merry. A family of Sunderland fans in the pub as well, so I was dreading the 2nd half, they were sound to be fair though. But I’m over the moon, it feels like one of those wins that just raises everything, and the feeling. Very hard fought, and deserved.

No team news?

It was great when it opened, but I think there has been better built since then. Also, it looks too much like Monkseaton High School. I remember watching a documentation of it’s building, and the architect wanted it so the support beams in side the concourses were perfectly aligned, so if you saw 1, you never saw the others behind it. He was disappointed when the engineers came along and fucked it up, and they were not perfectly aligned, or even anywhere near it.

I said this from the start. Ask someone if they want to move away from SJP and they say no. Show them a picture of a new stadium, decent capacity, located on Castle Leazes/Leazes Park and then ask them. Ask a season ticket holder if they are willing to pay £1,000, or £1,500 for their season ticket, or move and pay somewhat similar to what they are paying? Ask a season ticket holder if they are willing to go 2/3 years without going to games, or move to Castle Leazes/Leazes Park? The dynamic changes when there is an actual alternative, and also when someone is asked to make a sacrifice in order to keep it as it is.

So I went into the club shop today. It does look and feel much better. It is a lot less stuffy than it used to feel, although how that feels on a match-day or shirt release day will be a different matter. I think they could have done with getting some better shelves, I don’t like the look of shelves that have the viable adjustable holes in them, but very few shops go for those types of shelves. Ok I’m being a bit picky there, and possibly looking at things from an interior designers point of view, but still. There were a few shelves that had repeated stock, mostly the key rings and such, which were located at both the till queueing shelves, and also an area on their own on the ground floor. The selection is decent, and I think will increase as stock levels rise. Going back to someone mentioned about them thinking it would sell Adidas things as well. I understand it’s not an Adidas store, and that’s a good thing, however the mannequins had a variation of Adidas trainers on them. Although they are not available to buy, it would be nice to have like a QR code next to them that linked to them on the Adidas app/webpage. The NUFC logo rug on the top floor looks great, and I honestly think they should sell it for kids bedrooms, and man-caves. It appears to be just a bespoke rug for the stores aesthetics though. Fuck loud the music though, seems like every clothing shop is doing that these days. No need for it to be so loud.

Just further to my earlier response. The club store has them in stock in little pots on the down stairs tills (the actual tills, not the queueing system shelves), they are in a matchbox like piece of card.

They will need space for people before and after the match.

Aye it was grim. It was one of those where we should have been winning, and if we did you thought maybe Bruce would fluke his way to a cup win for us. However we came up against a team who had a good run of form going with confidence. It didn’t matter that they played their 2nd team, the confidence ran through their club, and we were no match to it.