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What is it all, Paully?

Would love Monaco to win the league again.

Do they get the TV money at the start of the season, unlike us? Obviously not, but they are spending money they don't currently have. Ashley's policy is to never do that, which is why we are where we are. Excellent from a business sense, complete s*** from a footballing sense. It's not excellent from a business sense when it puts the club's future in the Premier League in jeopardy and in a transfer market where prices are only going one way from one window to the next. It is for Ashley, as I posted the other day - his investment in NUFC is safe as prices in football continue to rise astronomically. He can continue to invest nothing, spend nothing and gain from free advertisements for his tat shop whilst knowing he could sell us at any stage for the same (if not more) than he has put in. The difference of us finishing 5th - 17th means fuck all to Ashley and he'll continue to try and run us as a club that does the bare minimum to survive. It's no surprise that the only time he has ever put his hand in his pocket is to get us back into the TV gravy train of the PL. He'll also be confident that even if we do go down, we'll always come straight back up. Also indicates why in January, when he thought we were comfortably back up - he refused to sign anyone else.

Do they get the TV money at the start of the season, unlike us? Obviously not, but they are spending money they don't currently have. Ashley's policy is to never do that, which is why we are where we are. Excellent from a business sense, complete shit from a footballing sense.

It's common practice for sources within football clubs to request journalists to delay reporting something. It is plausible that they knew about it, but were told not to report it until now. Also with the Mirror being from the same company, obviously they'd have known about it Probably told by head office to not report it and allow the Mirror to take the credit for breaking it.

Wonder if this deal will be similar to the Merino one.

The first team isn't really the issue, it's the players that they have as backup. Rose was spot on, if his comments are accurate. Up front being a key point - if Kane gets injured, their backup options are atrocious.

Isn't this lad actually quite good?

Hull, to replace Clucas.

I won one bet since I didn't get it last time, so not sure about that. Aye? So if you've only won one bet since the last offer, you must have lost quite a few? More losses = more bonus. The only way I make that assumption is I have a Bet365, my mate does and so does my lass. I gamble (and lose) the most and got £50, my mate gambles periodically and got £25 and wor lass never uses hers and got nothing. No, the one bet was my sole bet wagered and I won Who the fuck knows though. Ah reet Fuck knows then.

I'm still convinced Stifler is Colback, to be fair.

I won one bet since I didn't get it last time, so not sure about that. Aye? So if you've only won one bet since the last offer, you must have lost quite a few? More losses = more bonus. The only way I make that assumption is I have a Bet365, my mate does and so does my lass. I gamble (and lose) the most and got £50, my mate gambles periodically and got £25 and wor lass never uses hers and got nothing.

Most don't really give a toss about him, they just recognise he is another player we've bought on the cheap that is not fit for purpose. It's certainly not his fault he was offered such a long contract at a club where he is totally out of his depth. It was never going to go well when he was bought in as a replacement for Cabaye with his mackem links and silly photographs of shushing the SJP crowd/holding three fingers up. Another piece of deadwood cut from the club, great news. He'll probably continue his career somewhere like Barnsley.

They've only had 5 shots, all on target and 4 of them went in Is it Alnwick in goal for Dunfermline?

That first goal wasn't offside because the Villa player didn't mean to play it to his teammate? Fuck sake man, these idiots actually get paid to say this shit. It's no different to having a shot, the keeper saving it and someone tapping it in from an offside position.

Been given the £50 in play offer. They are obviously running it like all of their bonuses now, the more you lose, the more you get offered.

Another goal, another clear offside

This Villa game Was that Villa goal not offside? The player was miles off and he clearly gained an advantage by being there. Sky commentators just ignoring it.

I appreciate I am new on here so I say this with all due respect, but you are talking nonsense when you say the city centre is 'awful'. I don't live in the city anymore, but I love close enough that it is always my destination of choice when going shopping etc. with the kids. I love taking them to the places I enjoyed as a young boy: Fenwicks (toy department!), Mark Toney's for an ice cream, Exhibition Park etc. Yes, I would agree that there is a proliferation of student flats and development that could equally be at home in the likes of Manchester or Leeds, but if you can't see past that to admire the majesty of Grey Street, Grey's Monument and Grainger Town (never mind the units at the ground floor, look up!), or enjoy the likes of Fenwicks (give me that any day of the week over Harvey Nicks) and the brilliant pubs, then that is a shame. I'm not that well travelled but I've been a few places and nobody will ever convince me that my home town isn't the greatest city on earth. And yes I'm biased. Couldn't agree more. Newcastle city centre is miles ahead of the likes of Leeds and Manchester.

Seems like their supporters have well and truly given up with them. Bury - 1,000 allocation, still not sold out, game is tomorrow. Norwich - 898 allocation, still not sold out, game is on Sunday. Sheff Wed - general sale today, unlikely to sell out, game is next Wednesday. Throw into the ST sales of around 20k and it shows a club well in decline.

The lower two thirds of the PL are massively overrated on here.

What an utterly strange comment that is from Neesy like

Vasquez clearly playing for a move to Newcastle.