Groundhog63

Big shout out to Fraser on his first ride on a bike without the stabilisers on

Tbf it's the Albanians do that around here not the Saudis ?

Not for the want of turning another thread all political BUT....North of Tyne Mayor, Jamie Driscoll, has been pushing for a region wide oyster card type effort. De-regulation of buses being the main obsticle

Pre season friendly and all that which, tbf, wasn't too shabby a result given the opposition but some of them were saying Matete was playing so well the top clubs would be looking. The new Dan Neil, if you will

A mere 6 months ago, if you told me I'd be eating my breakfast whilst watching a 7 minute video of NUFC players go-karting with a huge grin on my bracket, I'd have laughed in your face. The world has turned

Random, zany and, actually, canny

Tbf we struggled against them and it wasn't even a friendly ?

Have you not been on the "Transfer Rumours" thread like?

Alex Mathie, just for that goal. Duncan Ferguson for sheer presence

Was trying to find, unsuccessfully, videos of the Uncle Micks ?? when I landed on this. Quite like Luke O'nein tbf (STID incite) and like his attitude at the end but two things spring to mind. Letting supporter violence go unpunished isn't going to stifle it And I thought, if a crime's deemed to have been committed, the police don't need the "victim's" permission to proceed and charge?

Got a soft spot for Hartlepool since being in their (away end) at Hull years ago. This is class

Creased * (*) politics AND football ?

Luckily for the club the grown ups are running it now. Pragmatism will rule.

Makes Luke Chadwick look like Brad Pitt

Presumably an extradition order imminent

If I could be arsed I'd trawl these threads for those posts saying we should've kept the Wood money and bought Weghorst

His parents need to meet Eddie and Dan then ?

Young Northumberland lad playing for SAFC kids Hearing good things... @HTT II?

Countering a sweeping generalisation with another sweeping generalisation doesn't a point make. True many in the entertainment industry are classed as being "on the left" but, in reality, are plain liberals who'll protect their wealth when push comes to shove. Liberals always side with the establishment in the end. For every Liniker I'll give you a Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber Mind not all footballers are like England's Mickey Owen either

Nearly all rich people are. The rich will always rich. My probs with young Jamie is his hanging around the foodbank for props.

Absolutely. I cringe at some of the patter about some of the squad. Especially given most of them will still be in it come August. Mind it's a struggle not to sit here and watch all those videos from the latter half of the season, the players interviews etc etc and not get carried away. You can totally see how and why the players are buzzing. Insane transformation in such a short space of time.

Nor I. It's a funny one with him and how the season panned out. I'm very much on the side of the so called "dead wood", including Mr Wood himself, in as much as Eddie got them all turned around. People can, and do, argue till the cows come home about each players contributions but it worked. Goes without saying (but I will anyway) that their individual improvements may not be sustainable but I totally trust him to know what to do. Add the new players and on we go. edited ps. agree about Pep and Klopp.

I'm not one for fully reading threads and posts but, to avoid the accusations of unrealistic expectations from us Mags by others, I'm going to start using the phrase ".......could challenge for 6th". Everyone knows the top 4, barring miracles, is stitched. Agree with your assessment of Man U and Arsenal. I'd be over the moon with 6th. Hell of a lot of teams are going to improve, IF, and it's a big IF, all their signings graft.

Was just about to post that. Or here..... Also I was 58 1/2 old before I realised most of Northumberland Colf Course was inside the racecourse ?