GideonShandy

If they knew about it and didn't disclose it to us, that's tantamount to fraud. This isn't like an injury, that the buying club has the opportunity to uncover by doing a diligent medical exam.

He drinks Moretti. He eats spaghetti. He loves a bet. He hates fuckin' Sunderland.

Spelling not one of Ashley's strengths, evidently.

Yes, this is definitely worth a watch. And her disgusted "I'm going to fart" just before half-time is classic. Shame she didn't say "fart in your general direction."

This 1970 Pop Robson goal against West Ham was featured in the opening sequence of Match of the Day for a season or two. Comical mishit by the Mighty Wyn immediately followed by the amazing left-foot volley by Robson. I was standing right behind the goal. Ball was coming directly at me. Might have hit me but for the net.

Yes, it's time he decided to "do it my way" and "take the gloves off" and "get back to basics." Remember when we had to put up with shit like this every week: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55713413 "When Steve Bruce found his inner Frank Sinatra on Friday and declared that from now on he was going to do it "my way", he probably did not have a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal in mind. The statement also raised the question of, if not his way, then whose method have Newcastle been following given Bruce has been in charge for 18 months. Perhaps Bruce's words were designed to provoke a response from his players, but Monday's loss extended a winless run to nine games and they have only scored once in their past seven. The 60-year-old said the "gloves would come off" before his team's trip to Emirates Stadium, but as his players trudged off at the end, they might seek their safety blankets again."

For whatever little it's worth, Oddschecker has us slight favourites to win this game, and 8th-10th favourites to win the whole competition. Couple of seasons ago we were odds-on to be relegated to the Championship. Happy times.

Oh Daryl Janmaart, worse than Debuchy alright Oh Daryl Janmaart, Big River thought you were shite Oh Daryl Janmaart, you had minging hair too.

Ventilateur de PSG en paix.

Football version of this:

Yes

Probably addicted to snus, like Krafth and everyone else from Sweden, tbh. https://theathletic.com/4347316/2023/03/30/premier-league-snus-players-addiction/

A worthy successor to Colo and Schar.

Not sure Mr. Barnes would completely agree with the 'working out nicely" bit.

Feels a bit like three wins in a week but actually just two. Maybe an 8 goal win should count double.

A journalist who absolutely hates our owners -- Oliver Holt -- has some nice things to say in todays Daily Mail. ------------ "Chelsea now sit 14th in the Premier League. They have garnered five points from their opening six games and Pochettino is already asking to be given more time and telling his players they have to ‘grow up’. There is an awful lot of talent in the squad but precious little leadership. The side does not look like a team. It looks more like a random collection of products purchased at a supermarket trolley dash. A very expensive supermarket, obviously. There are other ways of doing this if you have competent people at the helm. Loathe though I am to give the Saudi Arabian regime at Newcastle United any credit, they have done a superb job in turning the side from a struggling foot-of-the-table team into a Champions League outfit. They recruited a good manager and they recruited good players and they recruited good recruiters. They had method. They chose wisely. They bought players who would take them to the next level. They are moving up step by step. The result is a team that has captured the imagination of the support-base, a team with a solid identity, a team that has spirit and hunger and togetherness, a team that is a fine blend of characters and nationalities. On the pitch, Newcastle is everything Chelsea is not. They have been an example of how to spend money wisely, not throw it into the flames. It is the opposite at Chelsea. How can it be, for instance, that a regime that has spent more than £1bn on players has been left with a centre forward who has got five times more yellow cards than goals? In fact, Nicolas Jackson has earned as many yellow cards as the entire team has scored goals in the league. If it wasn’t so dispiriting for Chelsea fans, it would be funny."

Ban shirts altogether and have the players' upper bodies painted in their teams colours instead. Use non-water-soluble paint.

Correct. This is the current rule, verbatim. "It is an offence if a player: - - - deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball - - - touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised - - - scores in the opponents’ goal: - - - - - - directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper - - - - - - immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental."

Correct. This is the current rule, verbatim. "It is an offence if a player: - - - deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball - - - touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised - - - scores in the opponents’ goal: - - - - - - directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper - - - - - - immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental."

Does anyone investigate betting patterns after something like this happens? It almost seemed as if some of them weren't trying.

Still fewmin about Craig Hope and social media. (The bit about NUFC starts at 49:00 and ends at 1:00:00. It's mostly excruciating.)

Maybe we should play them both as false #6s. Well, y'know . . .

Isak for Barnes