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I'm not sure I want to live in a world where New Radicals songs are criticised and Jimmy Nail songs are revered.

Tyler actually just called him a Proper Football Man.

I think the overall point is, and it's crazy it needs to be highlighted again, that being a nice person bears no reflection at all on professional ability. None whatsoever. So Steve Bruce paying Andrew Flintoff's bar bill means he (Bruce, not Flintoff, for the avoidance of doubt) now has a greater understanding of the merits of a 3-4-3 over a 3-5-2 with wingbacks? Steve Bruce helps an old lady cross the road and so now he's won 60% of his 1000 (one THOUSAND) league games? Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager ever because he spent more time volunteering at local food banks than he did at the training ground? No! Some skills are simply not transferable. I'm the nicest guy ever, ask anyone at work, I'm notoriously polite but there's no way in the world they're wanting me to try my hand at performing open heart surgery simply because I rock up with a smile and I'll share my coffee from time to time. Steve Bruce is now the footballing face of a £300 million Saudi investment in full view of pretty much everyone inside and outside of football. They're not going to tolerate him for as long as we have.

Maybe everyone is bored of all the takeover stuff now?

"Alright, Lee? Why are you stealing my car?"

It's a powerful thought. Keegan signed Killer Kilcline, Rafa signed Joselu. Both the same.

Shamefully, I've had to look him up but it's certainly uncanny!

Aye, I'm not going on holiday for a while if he has anything to do with aircraft. He's doing his bit for the environment, I suppose. There's a part of me thinking that perhaps he still doesn't know the takeover has happened. It's an international break (so he's been told) so it's likely he's not been into the office; I doubt he knows what a VPN is so he wouldn't have been working remotely; probably doesn't have Sky Sports and signal on his original Nokia 3210 can be sketchy at best. I just get the image of him in thirty years time finally, cautiously, unearthing himself from his office filing cabinet, somehow still in reasonable condition (the cabinet), and him being totally unaware of the events of the previous decades, still thinking Bruce and Ashley are still here and wondering why no one has noticed he hasn't clocked in all this time. Be like one of those Japanese soldiers finally surrendering somewhere in the Philippines in 1970s.

The players who would prefer to live in Newcastle or the wider North East region will be those who are worth buying.

If a new player would be happier living in London than living in Newcastle then I don't want them to play for Newcastle United.

The Switzerland v Norn Iron game had a variety of Newcastle representation tonight. Current players saw Schar against Lewis and for former players it was Mbabu against Ferguson (who had a bit of a chat afterwards). Jamal Lewis got a second yellow for taking a bit too long to take a throw, which was bizarre!

Ah well, it was fun while it lasted. At least we had last night.

Fuck him. No one forced him to take the job. He didn't have to quit Sheffield Wednesday. There's absolutely no way he'd be oblivious to what it would be like. This was his choice and his alone.

I'd like to see a consistent approach to colours for our kits. Proper even and balanced black and white stripes for home; maroon and blue hoops for away; yellow and green for third. It would be good for kits to be around for a few years like they were in the past, perhaps just rotate one kit every second season, similar to what Wimbledon do. Could have a correctly rendered club badge on the home and retro and/or city coat of arms on the away and third. Perhaps even have a charity sponsored away or third shirt, like in association with the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation or St. Oswald's or other local charity. Could even just be a sleeve sponsor if we're persisting with those.

Amazing photo! Perhaps a wee bit apprehensive about scenes rendered in green though. Already feels like a dream.

I wonder if there'll be a population boom in the region in nine month's time.

I love how she refers to herself and members of the consortium as custodians of our club. It's such a positive interview, a billion miles away from the utter horseshit and contempt we've had to tolerate for well over a decade.

This is probably just the hot chocolate talking () but I reckon there's probably a deal to be had to buy Barcelona too and use them as some kind of feeder club. Man Utd had that thing with Royal Antwerp years ago didn't they? Man City have the City Group. Be sweet if that sporting club idea Sir John Hall modelled on Barcelona was in fact realised by buying Barcelona.

Someone tell her it's actually cheaper to get two 8 packs of AA batteries rather than a single 16 pack because I almost got caught out by that at the weekend and now we've got Financial Fair Play to think about.

I know! That's what I'm so excited about! Actual members of staff. Plural. Not just Charnley and the work experience kid doing everything. Like, actual qualified professionals 100% suited to their role with experience in similar positions elsewhere. Ran like a football club from the 21st century with aims, ambitions, dignity, community and everyone heading in the same direction. A city united.

The 2023–24 UEFA Champions League final is at Wembley. #itscominghome

He'll be off to Facebook to manage their DNS.

It's probably not a bad negotiating strategy. They start at £2, Mike Ashley starts at £350 million, meet in the middle, everybody wins, job's a good 'un.

It's no surprise Luke Shaw conceded a penalty, just a shame there's not an automatic two game ban.

Yeah, thanks for that. I can only assume the Manchester United kit man is helping Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police with their enquiries. Or at the very least he's apprehensive about going into PC World in the near future. Because I'm Britain's saddest man, they make replica long sleeve shirts but not player issue so either make it a player issue or just save us from all this bullshit and wear a replica. Maybe my memory is deceiving me but I'm sure way back in the 90s when cycling shorts were in vogue they had to be the same colour as the shorts of the kit. Or option B, of course, would be just don't wear them? British football survived for most of a century without the need for a poppy to be applied to the shirt every November but now you'd never get away with that. Similarly, footballers (for the most part) have gone for so long without looking ridiculous on the pitch but, oh, all of a sudden a poorly coloured base layer is now 100% essential? Nah. The world of football is going to be so much better when I'm in charge. Thanks for bringing it up! I do actually feel better for getting that out.