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A little poetic licence in the all things Geordie list ( which was meant to be funny/sometimes feel on a completely different wave length to those who comment), e.g. Jazz is Geordie because of Louis Armstrong= good Northumbrian name. Hendrix, because he lived in Heaton for a while. Others aren't tenuous at all/just not well known, e.g. Lightbulb/Swan made Collingwood Street the first street in the world with outdoor electric lighting, think of that next time you fly over a city at night (the street features in the Blaydon Races [George Ridley, Geordie] "away we went alang Collingwood Street, that's on the way to Blaydon"; and is named after Admiral Lord Nelson's second in command, yes you guessed it Collingwood, 'Geordie'). Shania, is on there as she's a Newcastle fan, Canadian Toon Army! http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/carikatyri/396075.html

I have them with the Mrs. Would be a bit strange Mitro & Gayle doing it too mind. Reminds me of Steve Backley being asked about his collection of Olympic and World silver medals. "My girlfriend doesn't mind me always coming second."

That's the position where he's played basically his whole career like True enough, looked canny everywhere but his preferred position,

In the spirit of our French friend, I think we all should get one. One for all, and all for ... the Championship!

Not confident about Sels yet, but Hayden has looked a class act. Really intelligent player, always seems to be in the right place with or without the ball. There, hexed the poor fucker now!

Guess with Anita and Janmaat--if that's the way he goes--then Janmaat can give the width/overlap, and Anita can cover his walkabouts. Also, thought Anita looked sharper on Saturday that little further forward, actually think he has looked canny at fullback as well, basically everywhere but Shteeve's preferred slot in defensive midfield!

What's the craic with Mbemba? Anybody seen him training? Or hanging-out in town/buying tweed from Greenwoods?

Given bothGullit and Rafa have been Chelsea and Newcastle managers, thought I'd compare their records. For Chelsea Ruud managed 83 games, with a win rate of 49% and won the FA Cup (1997). For Chelsea Rafa managed 48 games, with a win rate of 58% and won the Europa League (2013). For Newcastle Ruud managed 52 games, with a win rate of 35% and managed runners-up in FA Cup (1999). If the relative performance for Chelsea matched their performance for Newcastle, then.... For Newcastle Rafa manages 30 games, with a win rate of 41% and somehow squeezes in a 'Cup' runners-up. Rafa has 10 games under his belt, with a 30%win rate. (I know it's a meaningless comparison--btw--but thought I'd make it anyway!).

Dwight Gayle By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor Dwight Gayle became Newcastle United's latest number nine with the blessing of teammate Aleksandar Mitrovic. Former Crystal Palace front man Gayle was handed the iconic squad number - which has been worn by the likes of Alan Shearer, Malcolm Macdonald and Jackie Milburn on Tyneside - on Thursday morning, just over 24 hours before the Magpies kick off their Sky Bet Championship campaign at Fulham. Bit more detail from .cock: Manager Rafa Benitez revealed that both Gayle and Serbian striker Mitrovic had set their sights on the vacant shirt, but that there is no bad feeling between the pair, who will look to fire United back into the top flight at first time of asking. "In the end they decided," Benitez revealed. "I wanted to organise a finishing competition to see who would get the number nine. "They are both strikers who would normally will score more goals. In the end, Mitro was telling him 'listen, take the number nine'. "It was not a big issue. The atmosphere is good. I have had a conversation with both. At the beginning they both wanted the number nine but after talking between them it was easy. "I'm really pleased because they understand the main thing is to be on the pitch and score goals."

Does he do Hot Beef Stottie?

I feel disappointed about this; guess it clashes with my assumptions about what being a number 9 means. Guess it doesn't matter really. Hope it doesn't weigh heavy on the lad. Love to know how they decided!

Can't believe it's still not Friday...

Cracking King Kev video....like Flight of the conchords comes toNewcastle.

Humourless git.

Tynemouth = Geordie. Actually, while I'm on, and with acknowledgement to Goodness Gracious Me, in no particular order: Flavoured crisps (Hogget's not Tudor), Geordie. Steam Traction Engine, Geordie. Light bulb, Geordie. Intercity train travel,Geordie. Angel of the North, Geordie. Stan Laurel, Geordie. Outdoor electric lighting, Geordie. Greggs, Geordie. Robson Green, Geordie. Imogen Stubbs, Geordie. Bobby & Jack Charlton, Peter Beardsley, Bryan Robson, Alan Shearer, Steve Bruce, Lawrie Makemenemy, Gazza, Jackie Milburn, all Geordie. Our Friends in the North, Geordie. Byker Grove, Geordie. Mr Bean, Geordie. Ant & Dec, Geordie. The Likely Lads, Geordie. Self-righting Lifeboat, Geordie. Sting, Geordie. Brian Johnson, Geordie. The Animals, Lindisfarne, Geordie (ahem), all Geordie. The Stottie, Geordie. Newcastle Brown Ale,Geordie. Hydraulic Crane, Geordie. Jimi Hendrix, Geordie. The Light Switch, Geordie. The Windscreen Wiper, Geordie. Lucozade,Geordie. Viz, Geordie. Auf Weidersen Pet, Geordie. When The Boat Comes In, Geordie. Spender, Geordie. The Planet Neptune/Sir George Airy, Geordie. Earl Grey & his/his lasses tea, Geordie. Britain's Best Street (Grey St), Geordie. UK's most popular author: Catherine Cookson, Geordie. Jimmy Nail, Geordie. Sexiest woman alive/Quen of Heaton (2009-10), Geordie. Shania Twain, Geordie. First stained glass, Geordie. Jarrow March, Geordie. The lift/William Horner, Geordie. Endocrinology/Thomas Addison, Geordie. Our understanding of the planet Earth/Harold Jeffreys & Arthur Holmes, Geordie. Mason-Dixon Line, Geordie. Get Carter, Geordie. Botany/William Turner, Geordie. Bobby Thompson, Geordie. Reinforced concrete, Geordie. Trilby Hat, Geordie. Joy Stick, Geordie. Tony Balir, Geordie. Most friendly accent in Britain, Geordie. Gladiator, American Gangster, Alien, all Geordie. Segedunum to Vindolanda, Geordie. Top Gun, Beverley Hills Cop, Geordie. Fishing Reel, Geordie. Kippers, Geordie. 13 major British castles, Geordie. Jazz, Geordie.

More like stupid prediction. Double figures from right-back or is he going to play as a winger? Even when he is at right back, he plays as a winger! Goes on more raids than Bez did--or your average Border Reiver.I'd back him for 10+ goals.

Yep, Lascelles gets it. But he ran over to tell ten steward to calm the fuck down as he'd been overly rough with the little scroat. It happened right in front of me and I had already screamed at the steward, who immediately looked embarrassed/ seemed to realise a forearm smash across the forehead of a young lad already lying on the pitch probably wasn't his proudest moment

Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_rivers_of_the_United_Kingdom 73 miles according to this. Ours is only 60 miles long mind so you can have this one I'm going to struggle watching the football this season knowing you have a river which is 13 miles longer than the one which runs through my city First rule of regional bias, choose the most favourable reference! Try not to let your watery inferiority interfere too much cousin, it's not the size that matters but the motion of the current ( or some such misquote, according to she who knows best).

The manager is Don Rafa Benitez, not Daft Spacka Happy-Monday's-Bez...

Sissoko and Diame in the middle, with Hayden sitting (Eric Dier like). Would be scary with the ball... not sure we'd win it back as sharply as required though.

Would be a canny even match, four two minute rounds Mitro and Gayle. They're both a bit radgy, so probably early knock-out... Perhaps he meant Ching-Chang-walla, best of three?

That's an old one. If it was to happen, no doubt they would then complain that it was Tyne & Wear and not Wear & Tyne. River Wear 96km. River Tyne 321km. Less than 30% the size. Sounds about right... Alreet Dave

This is a totally different NUFC in a totally different brand of English football, so the direct comparison doesn't really get out of the gate. You can only really look at what they've won and achieved and Rafa dwarfs Bobby whichever way you look at it. I do say that with an enormous amount of respect and appreciation for the latter. Bar the Champions League they're not too dissimilar honours wise, with Bobby dominating Europe with the footballing powerhouse Ipswich Town. Not to mention what Bobby did with us and England. It's brilliant that both men have been associated with our club Absolutely. Makes me proud. Not a feeling I have had a lot of re NUFC in the Ashley era.

Not including the one on the pitch, we've normally about seven 'left back' in the changing room... ( I can only apologise...).

Typical Ashley, always thinking of the prophets.... On form again Danny Bhoy meets Wick Mayall!