GideonShandy

How does the "player wages" factor help? ASM is supposedly on 40,000 quid per week (2million a year) https://www.spotrac.com/epl/newcastle-united-fc/allan-saint-maximin-32735/#:~:text=Current Contract,cap hit of £2%2C000%2C000. I imagine we'll be paying Barnes considerably more than that.

Probably took Peter Beardsley's advice to "find a new purpose in life, a new way to fulfill yourself."

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but it seems like he totally gets us and he knows that we love him (and his dad and wife and kid). Signing him was an absolute stroke of genius.

Depressing? How was your mood when players like Clark, Shelvey, Hayden, Hendrick and Fraser were first choices?

I remember chanting "Westwood is a pirate" but that's going a bit far.

And he'll be even worse when he has to take his glasses off.

A lot of people are saying that he poses for photos with sedated tigers too. Racist wildanimalist bastard.

Must be God's will. Dortmund fans kicking up a fuss about it -- good for them. https://www.dw.com/en/bvb-watzke-defends-nmecha-amid-potential-transfer-criticism/a-66047041

A Brazillion, tbh.

No red flags.

Nessuna bandiera rossa.

Thauvinali?

No, but I heard he likes to pose for photos with drugged tigers.

AC, not Inter. But yes.

Yes. Let him share the love of Jesus and communicate the good news about God's love somewhere else.

Hauled on

Don't see how that would be binding on Amazon, though. If the documentary included an interview with, say, John Gibson or Alan Shearer slagging off the Ashley regime as context for what followed, I don't think the current owners could be held to have breached any agreement with the FCB.

I've often wondered about this. Objectively, do we Geordies have a deeper emotional relationship with Newcastle than people from, say, Birmingham or Leeds or Sheffield tend to have with their cities, or does it just seem that way to us? Are we unusually sentimental about city and club?

Ryan Fraser's next club?

Borussia Dortmund: BVB fans revolt against possible Bellingham replacement! Borussia Dortmund is looking for a successor for England star Jude Bellingham (19, moved to Real Madrid). But a successor candidate at BVB is not welcomed with open arms, at least in the social networks. Wolfsburg’s young national player Felix Nmecha (22/1 international match) should (and could) take over the Bellingham role in midfield. A real bargain with an estimated transfer fee of around 15 million euros. Sporty good business. After all, the “8er” was one of the winners of the past Bundesliga season. But parts of the BVB fans reject Nmecha! In the social networks, fans are up in arms against Nmecha. The reason: He is accused of being homophobic. The fact is that he is a strong believer in Christ. On his Instagram account, he shares homophobic content in his stories. With the beginning of the Pride month of June, he shared a video of the account “Reformed by christ” which assigned the word Pride to the devil. In February he shared a video of American right-wing populist Matt Walsh (37), who clearly opposes and rejects LGBTQ rights. The video deliberately misinterpreted a man telling the story of his transgender child. A few days after that, he declared himself on Insta. Nmecha: “I honestly have to admit that I disagree with the majority of what Walsh says and the way he treats people.” But he continued: “I still believe that the Bible is the word of God and I am .” Believe that everyone finds their true identity in a relationship with HIM (including myself).” The reactions of the fans are clear. ︎ A BVB fan writes on Twitter: “Quite simply: I don’t want Felix Nmecha in my club because of his views.” What kind of a sign is it when you see an openly transphobic player (religion is no excuse for such behavior) signs?” ︎ Another comment says: “A Christian warrior of God with discriminatory views as a replacement for Bellingham?” Hey BVB, I don’t want to see someone like Nmecha in our shirt. I don’t care how well he plays or what potential he has. No way.” ︎ And further: “I’m not interested in evaluating a transfer from #Nmecha in sporting terms.” If we prove this player who doesn’t fit the values of our club in terms of character, #BVB needs more on social media and generally no more on topics like talking tolerance.” ︎ A fan is even considering leaving the club: “If we get Felix Nmecha, I really have to think hard about whether I can keep my membership.” I expect that the club’s players will also follow the basic code of values.” There are also other voices that limit their assessment to his sporting achievements. And that’s where many people see his development. Last season he became a regular in Wolfsburg under Niko Kovac (51), involved in eight goals in 30 appearances (Bellingham had 13 goals). If he hadn’t recently injured himself, he would either be in the senior international matches of the DFB or would at least be part of the U21 squad for the European Championship in Georgia.

Meh. Sela vie.

No one wants to watch analysis of players pulling their socks up and rolling up their sleeves.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/article-12094961/LIV-golf-turn-Newcastle-director-Amanda-Staveley-bid-broker-peace-talks-PGA-Tour.html Another triumph of deal-making by Wor Mandy?

Weren't Fati, Balde and Messi three of Snow White's Seven Dwarfs?