LFEE

The question asked was how much do you think the potential new owners will spend not what they could spend. Anyone expecting Man City/Chelsea levels of spending will be in for a disappointment. They’ll not be spending £100m per window

I’d imagine £50m a year. Can’t see it being big money like City or Chelsea back in the their hay day.

We really were in for him weren't we, or was it just Douglas Hall saying who he'd like. Can't remember. We were, it's in Keegan's book and in others. I think it was Freddy Shepherd and Douglas Hall that went over to Turin to talk to Juve about it and basically just got told to fuck off. They went door knocking on a few clubs that trip. Inter for Bergkamp. Lazio for Boksic. Parma for Asprilla. Loved Tino but think we’d of won the league with Boksic the way our team was set up.

I’ve linked the stream in General NUFC if anyone wanting to watch 2nd half.

Didn’t Penn used to be the forum ITK? Or was that just regarding Pardew?

Not looked at the stats but take away their ECL run last season their league form was on a big dip last few months of season and continued into this one. I don’t like lumping all the blame on a manager. Always a too simplistic way of thinking. He knew he needed to re-gen the squad as his top players wanted out as they wanted above the clubs wage ceiling. Starting Kane in the ECL final was daft and wouldn’t of went down well. Spurs in general are run well but zero transfers whilst building the stadium has come back to bite them in the short/medium term. They should’ve rode it out and stuck with Poch. Maybe that was the plan until they found out his people were talking to Man Utd. I like Poch a lot. Like Rafa more though.

Greg[/member] ... Poch or Rafa?

BeIn is tied in with the owner of PSG. They’ve tried before in France to block SA money without success. Case was thrown out.

How many years ago was it when he was carrying the bags on to the Team bus?

Well there no one flying in or out of it at the moment so probably as safe a time as any for him to start running it

Well people are only discussing it not demanding it but I’d suggest... Want - Because it be (hopefully) better designed. Bigger and brand new. Think - Because they have a shit load of money and we are the North East so would be relatively cheap and done without interfering playing at SJP whilst doing so. It’s certainly not a priority though.

If we were going to do things properly rather than tack on to the existing this is by far and away the best option. It was only the impatience of SJH&Co who prevented really. If they’d played the long game they’d of got their way. Those that stood in his way were very few locally. Pretty sure they went to Sunderland for most of their signatures. I was (am) a Freeman at the time and they were fully behind it and I’d imagine still would be. Was a trip down memory lane seeing the plans for the new ground as I remember getting a copy in a meeting at the time. The area as a whole would’ve been much nicer but a few old shortsighted few (who are probably dead now) shouted the loudest. Just didn’t think they would’ve had the stomach to shout the longest. Should’ve probably sent KK round their houses TBH. He’d of had them laying the foundations the next morning

Looks like less capacity than the east stand too? Unless it's just me. I’ve been inside it. Lovely ground but that stand isn’t particularly big capacity wise. I’d say less than East Stand comfortably. Love how the away dressing room is under the ultras/standing section. Boca fans jumping up and down attempting to drown out the team talks.

We’ve already got better than Stones at the club.

I know. Mind you. It be interesting to see what the scores would’ve been without the 10 point question or if I’d actually got it right rather than 0 and others hadn’t

Sounds good but complicated to setup remotely. Could we not just do it the same way we've done the last 3? I'd just read the questions out and the person who's turn it is would just say the answers back. You could, I think for LFEE[/member]'s case he'd need them repeating 3 times. Surely I wasn’t the only one thinking that was fast

Overall excellent quiz. Only thing with tournament specific rounds if you don't recall it thats you done for the whole round. Thanks Yorkie[/member] for all the effort. Sound job

Collecting Curry 19:50 so will join a few mins after 8

Greg[/member] on from 23:30 and start of second link. https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1587297600/1587301200/ https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1587297600/1587303000/

Does Allegri speak English? If not he’d struggle here.

Just starting to now

Hopefully with the return of safe standing on the horizon and also better players on the pitch to distract those on their mobile phones most of the match things won’t be too bad. Hopefully it will keep them from spending 50% of the match on the concourse drinking also. Certainly need to improve our songbook as the wit has seen a massive decline around the ground. Doesn’t help the atmosphere being killed pre-match by Ibiza anthems being played at 11. No wonder the pigeon topped itself