HaydnNUFC

3 points and Almiron to make me look like a fucking bell end and score. Please.

10 goals and 9 assists last season tbf, like.

"James Maddison, a player at relegated Leicester both coaching staff and directors loved, was not a priority as they sought to fill other positions; though they were prepared to pivot to him if the deal made financial sense and other options fell through." https://theathletic.com/4825644/2023/09/02/inside-newcastle-transfer-window-deals?source=user-shared-article

It wasn't that he didn't want to come, we didn't put an offer in for him this summer.

Topspur ruining the acca already. Heinous bell ends.

Fucking hell

Will STH who opted into the CL package be able to forward their ticket or put it up for resale if they realise they can't go?

Fan of that Beto. Looks a geet handful.

Jordan Patriot

Beto seems good. Canny buy from the Ev.

It'll swap with the Everton v Arsenal game.

One of the most nothing footballers to ever play for us in the PL. Up there with Colback. Him being the final goalscorer of the Ashley era will stump a few people in quizzes in years down the line.

Thought Pope not making the squad was down to his form if nowt else. 2 clean sheets in 21 and his save percentage has dropped by about 20%. Not that I blame him for anything like, he's still by far and away our best keeper.

He's finished. Unless Pope is crocked or Dubravka is leaving that makes zero sense.

I doubt it, especially in France and Italy. I'd personally think twice about going to PSG away even if I was able to get a ticket and not be refused entry as season ticket-less vermin as per this season's rules from the clerb. The French police treat English football fans like scum; the CL final in Paris in 2022 a prime example. People I know who went to Marseille in 2004 also say the main grief they got wasn't from Marseille fans but from the French police down there as well.

Who actually gives a shit, man. Never known a fanbase so obsessed with geography and the fan split in towns than them. If you're not born in and reside in NE1 or the west end you're not a Geordie. It's Ponteland Airport. The bridges over the Tyne are all in Gateshead, not Newcastle. If you don't reside either north of or on the banks of the Tyne but you support Newcastle United you get outed like a partisan in German occupied Europe. Certain places in the North East are Sunderland 'strongholds' as if they see maps of Tyne & Wear and County Durham as a campaign map from a Total War game. Such odd behaviour.

Hope we're at home on matchday 1.

Also can't wait for them to be cheering PSG goals that directly affect us in the CL this season despite all of the MLFs on Ready To Groom being hugely against sportswashing, human rights abewses and the MENA region.

I'm 22 years old and have seen us play in Europe 8 times in the flesh, hoping to make that 11 if I can get tickets this season. Those 8 times that only I've personally seen are double the number of times Sunderland AFC has played in Europe in it's 144 year history.

29th November and 12th December are matchdays 5 and 6, no team has ever been away on both of those consecutively in the CL afaik. And I doubt UEFA will acquiesce to that because Sunderland are at home to Huddersfield and Watford.

First time we've ever played any of these clubs, wondering what to do for pre-match threads... I'll think of something.

Hopefully. The group is a nightmare for all 4 teams when away from home.

I fancy us to get at least 6 points at home but away is a slight worry. If we can get 10+ we'll get through.

Owen Hargreaves being super positive about us was lush to hear. Not so Oppenheimer about the group now.

Could tell it was happening when Inter were put on the A-D side.