Chicken Dancer

It's ingrained in my soul to be terrified of these type of games, but in reality we should be winning this relatively comfortably. In fact I'd say the next 2 games we should be getting 6 points and anything less would be a bit shit really.

I've just counted and it's 42 He's literally applied for every game; Premier League, CL, FAC & League cup in that span. Quick counting by me on .com mind! But understand what you're saying regardless

My mate has applied for every single ballot since August 2023 and he's got one for Villa at home last season (opening day) and Chelsea in the cup this season. Not sure how many games that is in total but I'm guessing at least 30. He's either doing something terribly wrong or has awful luck. Like others though, he tends to get to most games from member sale. He's probably only missed 5 or 6 in that span, though granted has paid 3 figures for some 'premium' games.

Was so glad I was able to get pissed on the moor - a copper even laughed when I made a half-arsed attempt to hide it when they were walking by us genuinely don’t think they gave a fuck. A class day from start to finish, the city was a special place to be.

It's telling that of all the clubs he's managed, it's probably only Wigan (maybe?) who probably hold him in any form of esteem. He's protected by his mates in the media because he's one of Fergie's boys - riding off the back of a very successful team in the 90s. A bit before my time but from what I gather he was a pretty good player. Shame he's a pretty shit bloke. He's universally disliked by Birmingham, Villa, Sunderland, West Brom, Sheff Wed & Newcastle fans. The ones that he hasn't been binned by, he's fucked off at the first opportunity of something 'better'. It won't be long before Blackpool fans can't stand the bloke either. Complete and utter cunt of a bloke and I can't even call myself a Newcastle fan when he was manager. I watched about 3 games after chucking a season ticket that I had for 17 years prior. Used to be absolutely delighted when we lost. Thank fuck Gayle missed that chance too, btw. The thought of this cunt leading us out at (albeit an empty) Wembley is enough to make your skin crawl. I suppose one thing we can be grateful for is the fact he unravelled all of Benitez's work and made us shit enough to be bought for what seems a relative pittance in hindsight. Fair play to Gayle for respectfully calling him out. I can't wait for a talk in with Paul Dummett in 2035 to hear what it was really like in those dark days.

In fairness those who have parades tend to win things regularly It's all very alien to us. I'm sure our parade next season hoisting the Europa will be a parade on the Tyne ala Tampa Bay 2021 (check it out, class) followed by a mint party in Exhibition Park with free drink for everyone!

The club could have quite easily made a fortune serving alcohol like. Obviously it's not the primary purpose of the day (getting lashed) but they'd have made a killing hoying a few bars up and made it like a mini-festival sort of thing. Get a load of local food trucks in (Brack, Acropolis etc) and let them rake it in too. Probably are doing that anyway, but aye they're missing a trick making it dry. If it's on the advice or a condition from the police then surely even they don't expect trouble? Ana mass gatherings attract a mass amount of knackers, but it's not going to be tribal or that given everyone there is celebrating NUFC - it's not as if it's mixed fanbases. Even let people buy a maximum number of beer tokens on the website and let them be the currency for booze on the day. 4 drinks pp or something, I don't know. Ideally you could take your own in but that's just going to make an almighty mess.

Arsenal away in the semi this season. Was the first time he/we went away to a big boy and proper done them. I actually enjoyed Man Utd at home in 22/23 more than most games. Late Sunday, 2-0 but felt like a proper hiding. Had so many class games at home under him to be fair, but I love that one.

Clearly time is a healer for some, but the levels of my hatred when he was manager were beyond belief. I remember being genuinely devasted when we equalised against Hull (ironically managed by Bruce) when we were 0-2 down. That was the game the protests were scheduled at St James'. Thought I'd won the lottery when Palace paid us for him, only for Carver to stink the place up. But aye, fuck him. Thankfully a distant memory.

Late to the party but absolutely immense on Sunday. I'm worried gets banned again for PEDs, he's got some engine, it's almost not fair Fair play to the bloke for 'paying us back' if you will. Bar the odd game/moment, he's been a solid 7-8/10 every week since he moved to the deeper role in midfield. But seriously, I honestly don't think it's delusional to say we have the best midfield 3 in the league. There's better individuals (Rodri) but I wouldn't swap our 3 for any other in the league, not a chance. Even with Willock and Miley we have a really decent to very good set of midfielders to choose from.

Can see arguments starting again if it’s ticketed by means of a ballot or something Be mint if you can take your own booze (and kids) and it stays dry. Really hope it’s not limited numbers, will be harsh on whoever misses out then.

100% this. It’s Gordon on the left with Barnes a very able deputy who will get plenty minutes next season as we compete on 4 fronts. Murphy will hopefully be the backup RW going forward. Delighted the pair of them paid a huge part in our history.

Hope not. But I suppose it would maybe drive people to buy them half priced ones available at the minute.

Dying to know the plans for next weekend like. Wonder when we hear out.

I'm not sure I'd be typing this if it went to ET. I was getting constant high heart rate notifications on my watch.

Won't shy away from some of my comments earlier in the season about being concerned he'd be able to take us to the 'next step' and genuinely thought it would run it's natural cause in the next year or so. But also was quite clear that there's nobody I'd want more to deliver a trophy than him. He's done that now and rightfully takes his place alongside the likes of Harvey, Milburn & Shearer as the top of the tree legends that will forever be associated with Newcastle United. From day 1 he's just absolutely 'got it', hasn't he? I hope he's here for years and years. For me now, he's about as far away from criticism as you possibly can be and probably has the safest job in the league, and rightfully so btw. Many have tried and failed to deliver what he's done - not to discredit what Keegan & Robson did as it was different eras and both are absolutely synonymous with this club. The bloke will get a statue (though I'm all for waiting till the day he's no longer our manager, would be a bit odd otherwise imo) and hopefully the plaque on there has a long list of titles he's won. As an absolute born pessimist, I can say with pretty decent conviction that this League cup will be the first of a good few trophies with him as manager. You won't be able to write the story of NUFC without mentioning Eddie Howe. I'm going to be a greedy bastard here - I want a european trophy. I know the European Cup is probably out of reach whilst Real Madrid exist, but we should definitely be going hell for leather for the Europa League if the opportunity arises. Even the King and Souness got to a quarter in that, and Robson came mightily close in 04.

If you'd asked 100 sunderland fans on Saturday if they'd rather go up and us win the cup, or stay down for another 10 year and us win nowt, we all know what the answer would have been for all 100. Best thing is they know more is coming and they're gonna have to live through it. They'll still be saying 'but but but we beat yous 6 times in a row marra' in 30 years time. Fucking glorious.

Mind the maddest part about the game for me was how well we managed the period after they scored. I'm sure I wasn't alone in being absolutely convinced them spawny bastards were gonna force an undeserved extra time, but we done the most un-Newcastle thing in the world and perfectly saw out the remaining 5 minutes or so

I thought I'd absolutely regret passing my ticket on to my Dad if we won, but I really didn't. He's 60 soon, I picked him up from Central on Monday and he just burst into tears. I've only ever seen him cry once before. We went for a few pints on Monday with some of our family and it just was perfect. He deserved that moment and I'm sure my time will come. This is just the start. Was honestly the most magical weekend. Spent Friday night and Saturday in London and got a train back at 9ish Sunday morning, my lass picked up my stuff and met the mates I wasn't with in Newcastle. Makes everything worthwhile. Packing in my ticket when Bruce got the job, I'd lost my brother who I used to go to every game with a few months before the takeover and it fucking kills me he missed this but I couldn't help but think he was there with me. Sounds proper cringe I know, but it was the first time I'd properly felt his presence since he passed. I'm sure we all have people we remembered on Sunday, they were all there with us. Just an absolutely glorious weekend for every single person associated with this city and our football club. All the arguments about who deserves tickets for any game just out of the window. All those pitiful, depressing games at St James' where everything bar the match seemed more important. All those miles accrued following us on coaches stinking of piss. Every single penny and feeling I have ever experienced following this club is worth it. So, so jealous of the next generation of our fans. They're gonna have it a lot better than we ever did. I've felt like absolute death for days - far too old to be having 3 day benders now. Buzzing to take my kids to the event on the 29th now. As for the rest of the season, yes we have a huge opportunity for Champions League football again but I'd be a liar if I said I gave much of a shit now. Job done as far as I'm concerned, and then some. I'll be somewhere in Europe following MY team in the next 12 months and that is what it's all about.

Gutted for the lad more than out else. Hopefully we’re in plenty more finals for him in the future. He’s class and only going to get better.

We absolutely can win like. The more I see pundits and the like predicting a comfortable Liverpool win the better. Do I think we will? No. But anything can happen on the day. (Though them going down to 10 wouldn’t exactly fill my heart with hope after August 2023…) Understand the gloom with our left side being dismantled, but I wouldn’t be shocked if we went with a formation similar to Arsenal at home. Obviously hinges on Botman being fit.

Yeah, our 4 after the final are Brentford (H), Leicester (A), Man Utd (H) & Palace (H). Really should be looking at least 10pts there, but I'd definitely fancy us getting 12. After that we have 3 home & 3 away. Some nice home games but Villa, Brighton () and Arsenal away.

Yeah, full strength for sure. There isn't that many league games left, and it's our only one in March. It's obviously a distraction having a final 6 days later but it's really important we win this.

Absolutely anything can happen in a one off game. Nobody gave Wigan a hope in hell in the 2013 FA Cup final, and it's not like we're some plucky team at the bottom of the league. Yes we've been pretty poor for a large chunk of the season, but we've got a talented team that can cause literally any team problems when we're on it. Despite our shortcomings, we're 6th top. I'm hoping 2023 can help this time - it is less of a novelty for sure. I fancy us to keep it relatively tight in terms of the score, but my slightly pessimistic but realistic view is that the Liverpool fans will make the difference on the day. We all heard the racket they were making last year when a very young Liverpool side beat Chelsea in the same game. Really is massively important we can get behind the lads and make a wall of noise. We can't be chasing the game from early doors, that's for sure. We need to score first or at least hold it to late second half. Going a goal down in the first half will probably mean it's a comfortable defeat on the day.

Aye that Nunez game was horrible actually. Bank holiday Sunday and I fucked off straight home, didn’t even have a single pint. Was sickening.