Happinesstan

Wouldn't be surprised if we play in black bin bags, if our training facilities are anything to go by.

How do you know that for a fact? I’m not having a go just curious A very close friend of mine is friends with a first team player and told me about a new contract that was signed months before it was announced. Very close friend? Not close enough to introduce you to his other mates though? Yes, a very good friend I used to work with who still lives in Newcastle. I don't live in Newcastle any more so only see my mate a few times a year at weekends when, funnily enough, the first team player is a bit busy. Hmmm. That's acceptable.

Aye. Weren't they our defensive pairing that closed out our first season back in the prem? Forgot that.

Fine. I just want this club out of the coma its been in for 13years first. Besides we've got a lot of natural potential to be re unleashed. At best, without ‘doing a City’ we’d become a 5th-8th placed club with the odd top 4 finish and cup run. I know we’d die for that given the last 13 years but that’s not competition. You can’t organically become a title contender. Spurs have been the closest to do it but even if they won one title, they were hardly going to be regular contenders. It’ll just be Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, then the rest. The fact that Liverpool haven't won the league for 30 years kind of disputes your entire argument.

How do you know that for a fact? I’m not having a go just curious A very close friend of mine is friends with a first team player and told me about a new contract that was signed months before it was announced. Very close friend? Not close enough to introduce you to his other mates though?

Watching the game highlights that, also.

It's self-perpetuating now.

Can confirm this. We've got a works 5aside going in the last few weeks. I can't play atm cos of a knee niggle, but I 'ref' (keep score), just to stay involved. I did that chucking the ball into the middle of the pitch thing tonight, so it's good to know I'm on a par with Bruce. That said I did accidentally twat it off a ceiling light so I'm probably still slightly worse. Slightly, like. Aye well Bruce accidently removed the dead pigeon.

Rip off

Cricket.

Jordan Pickford "The criticism hurts me". Made my day.

8 year contracts, all round.

People want him on the sex offender's register. That's for life, innit?

This is false. They are about the same but Bruce is better. Him being a Geordie is also gives him a slight advantage on understanding how things will work being a Newcastle Manager. Agreed, it also massively helped John Carver too. All 3 of them have their rightful place in a bin labeled shit.

He did scuff it into the ground. To be fair to him the ball bobbled just as he struck it, that's how he scuffed the shot a bit. If the bobble caused a mishit, surely he would have got his foot under the ball, not over it.

They were singing 'Get out of our club' tonight. At 2-0. Even the commentator mentioned it.

I guess it could be argued that it would be okay once they get to the semis, they change things in the league cup at that stage, so it wouldn't be unreasonable.

League 1 grounds don't have it installed. Then it probably shouldn't be used anywhere in the competition.

VAR used in the LIV-SHR game but not ours?

Yeah. You could tell by his answer, "I think my son was still there" All muddled up with his tenses. And then he scratches his eyebrow. Dead giveaway.

Yeah I know, but I don't care, we still scored a last minute screamer and I'm buzzing to be honest. Mate. It was Oxford. In a replay. In extra time. Yeah I know, and I shouldn't be as buzzing as I am, it's weird but I am. Feel like I've been tipped 1 credit.

Playing against Premier League opposition.

Sausage and mash.

It's never been possible to dominate Oxford in the Premier League..

Aye, the Glazers really seem the sort that would be massively intimidated by a couple of knackers being divvies near the house of one of their employees.... My mate [works down the chip shop and swears he's Little Jimmy Osmond] reliably informs me it was a couple divvies being knackers.