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With all due respect... Abso-fucking-lutly, and I wouldn't want a single fucker out their in charge of the club at this point, even Pep. Eddie Howe has done more to my enjoyment of football than any manager in my lifetime, he's transformed the club from top to bottom. We now have a team that I'm proud of, that plays with pride, that represents how I want a Newcastle team to play, he's delivered outstanding jaw dropping moment, got results beyond my wildest dreams, and he done it from the lowest point ever as a Newcastle fan towards the end of the Bruce era. I don't want any other manager representing this club other than Eddie Howe, and in proud of it.

That a good question actually, would you rather play the all the top 10 sides at home in the first half of the season, and play the bottom 10 away, and then play the top 10 away from home in the second half or would you rather have it the other way where you play all the bottom half teams at home in the first half? My thoughts are that it's good to get them out the way early, and then you can keep accumulating points to so called "lesser sides" at home in the second half, despite having horrid away fixtures against teams you hope to be competing with.

We could do with a win in this, looking at our fixtures afterwards we have a tough run of games coming up: Man City (h) Everton (a) - despite how shit they are, we always struggle against them. Brighton (h) Chelsea (a) Arsenal (h)

So just using Man City as an example, but you can apply it to any English Champions League team really. Between the November international break, and the March international break (112), and supposed they also progresses in the League and FA Cups, they'd play 33 games in that time, a game every 3.3 days. It's insane.

Another issue with this format is that you have a 2/3 chance of progressing, so in early games, teams can coast without the jeopardy.

The Premier League and the National League have today launched a new competition for first teams of National League clubs and Premier League 2 sides. The National League Cup is designed to give young players from Premier League and EFL clubs additional opportunities to test themselves against senior opposition, with the aim of further aiding elite player development. The competition, which begins in October, also offers an opportunity for National League clubs to play regular matches against the best under-21 teams in England at their own stadia, with this additional exposure intended to improve the playing and spectator experience. National League clubs will also keep all gate receipts from these fixtures. The National League Cup is a 32-team midweek competition, comprising of 16 under-21 teams participating in Premier League 2, and 16 first-teams from clubs participating in the National League. The competition will consist of a group stage (four groups of eight), with the two best-placed teams in each group advancing to a knock-out stage to determine the winner. Newcastle United Under-21s have been drawn in Group C alongside Sunderland Under-21s, Middlesbrough Under-21s and Leeds United Under-21s as well as Halifax Town, Tamworth, Boston United and Gateshead. Fixture dates and kick-off times will be confirmed on newcastleunited.com in due course. Competition round dates: Group stage match round 1: 1 – 2 October 2024 Group stage match round 2: 5 - 6 November 2024 Group stage match round 3: 3 – 4 December 2024 Group stage match round 4: 21 – 22 January 2025 Quarter-finals: 5 – 6 February 2025 Semi-finals: 11 – 12 March 2025 Final: 1 – 2 April 2025

The estimated cost to revamp the Nou Camp is €1.5 billion, let alone how much a new state of the art stadium would cost.

Barca a man and a goal down after 15 minutes away to Monaco.

Feyenoord getting pumped.

This is my biggest fear with this format, we'll have to wait and see, but going into the last round of the only real drama is whether someone could finish is a play-off spot or get a buy to the round of 16, then I think the group stage will lose a lot of it's appeal.

Would their be an appetite to create an EFL thread for all news/ games for EFL clubs etc?

They have new owners, who are supposedly very ambitious.

Since when do the club upload the full match on the official site? https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/video/688140

Gameweek 5 West Ham 1 v 1 Chelsea Villa 2 v 0 Wolves Fulham 2 v 1 Newcastle Leicester 1 v 1 Everton Liverpool 2 v 1 Bournemouth Southampton 0 v 2 Ipswich Spurs 1 v 1 Brentford Palace 2 v 2 Man United Brighton 2 v 0 Forest Man City 1 v 1 Arsenal

Since that 10 game run when Ange first came in, Spurs have played 31 games and have 41 points with a -1 goal difference.

And now they're losing.

It is the 60th minute, Spurs have had 72% possession, completed 347 passes with a success rate of 89%. They've had 2 shots for a total of 0.1xg. Tottenham Hotspur ladies and gentlemen.

Referee: Peter Banks Assistant referees: Eddie Smart and Nick Greenhalgh Fourth official: Leigh Doughty VAR: Rob Jones Assistant VAR: Mark Scholes

We're all Coventry tonight right?

Surely even at 35 he's going to destroy the French 5th tier.

"Young Boys Age Profile" "Young Boys Age requirements" "Recruitment policy for Young Boys" "Young Boys technical attributes" "Young Boys purchases" I see what you mean

@Mike likes watching Young Boys, pass it on.

Its only for this gameweek, with the Europa League not starting until next week, and the Conference League the week after, beyond this week it'll be Tuesday and Wednesday only.

If anyone ever asked "Whats the definition of a Thundercunt?". I'm going to send them that video

Peter Drury - End Thread.