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Mick Lowes on O'Brien II at the mackems was good and Kelly at Grimsby great. something like "O'Brien with the bendooooohgh!, Liam O'Brien what a goal"

From which its now a banning offence to counter and provide balance.

Whilst Blackburn were building their current stand the people in the houses immediate to the land could watch the second half of the 93/94 from their upstairs windows and shed roof. Might help sweeten the deal if the Leazes terrace folks get half a season of free football, rent out their windows for thousands and get half a year of more light than they've ever had. Alternatively they might plead with us to build a huge stand to block out all the grey sky and football.

Just a coincidence that the question is posed mere days after England are knocked out and they cant personally benefit in any way. Its back to a sportswashing world cup again now. Same as how it was funny when our takeover fell through but yet we've lost our souls now.

I very much like that. Just want to say again that we don't have to limit ourselves to symetry, nice as it looks,the Gallowgate could be made bigger than the Leazes (as its a one shot deal at building it)

If the guy dribbling runs into the defender its not though.

Yep. Keeper is barely moving, player runs into him, he doesn't/cant move out of the way.

Was thankful for Wright, Neville and Keane's assessment. Couldn't believe Dixon, McCoist and Walton in commentary dismissing it as clear cut blatant penalty - at best it was debatble. Rang a bell with me that I've seen that sort of thing happen a lot - player in on goal, beats the keeper to it and gets a shot away, sometimes it goes in sometimes it doesn't but cant remember seeing a penalty given for it.

Still remember getting a corner a few minutes after the second and the whole ground going "shoooooot"

Literally yes. Quinn said Short would put money in as long as they got 40k+ crowds. That's why he went bezerk about them watching games in the pub and complaining about not having good bus services to the ground. Its like they said in pre-season they'd be happy with midtable but forgot that that means losing as often as you win and want to renage on that contract now they've remembered losing doesn't feel nice.

Happens too often to be nonsense. Arguably Argentina (2002) are the only top side England has beat in a World Cup since 1982 (France). If were discounting Belgium in 90 who were good. Euro's is not much different until the last one and if you take out home advantage from memory has their been one? Germany 00-04 were not a good side. Qualifiers not much different. The record against Italy, France, Brazil and Germany (and others probably) is really bad. It would suggest England aren't that level. Apart from Italy dominating Germany, the top nations have pretty mixed records against each other I'd guess.

Feel that's about as shit a semi-final line up as there's been, just personally. Far better Croatia and Argentina teams than this have gone out in the group stages. Morocco nice story but howay and this French team isn't a patch on their last World cup winning team.

Do they have any threads on the World Cup over there? Come on mackem mods that's promoting the most blatant 'sportswashing' there's ever been. Get everyone involved in it banned. Unless its actually just about Newcastle that is.

Sounds like the Copa America

Would be another decision made from a place of comparative insecurity that will not benefit the club except ultra super-ficially. So it'll be a go-er then. Seen this on there in November. Cropped off the poster but it'll be findable. Just as well. Such reality based frankness gets you banned now and a collectors item. He reckoned 5%

So they've gone from just ignoring context and living in ignorance to outright banning it. So the so the impartial reportings of middle-east expert and not creepy at all Exile are to not be challenged. That's tragic. But so them.

Ian Bogie to Ronaldo's Gascoigne

Coventry was the game where he got carried around the field as if on a chariot - and rightly so. Not sure about Metz but sounds like the sort of thing Tino would do.

Was he any good in Spain though? Barely played for Valencia, farmed out on loan a couple times. Only seemed to do okay in Portugal.

Top scoutmanship by the club again though.

Yeah I liked Coventry. Was a nice comfortable home game (scored one goal here in the 90s), plenty of away tickets and easy to get to and from. Got back home with coach travel at 8.30 (to Washington) after the Given/Dublin game. That's when the idea of a national stadium in Coventry started to make sense. I think it was the Derby fans that were more keen on Ashley and the 'deluded geordies' (c) Sky, parrotting. Only people I'd wish Ashley on are people that are stupid, deluded and arrogant enough to want him.

The only reason its been as close as it was - before we were two divisions ahead of them - was because we were held back by Ashley while they were financially doped by Drumville and Short. All things being equal they can't compete.

I'm convinced he thought chasing a defender he could only go at the same pace as the defender instead of nipping in front of him. Not quite as blatant as Cole deliberately mistiming his jumps for headers (unless there was a goal in it for him) to avoid heading it (takes one to know one). Anyway this thing about him putting his body on the line for us could be said of every single player that ever played. Marcelino and Owen got injured playing for us and both were on the skive.

I don't hate Shola. I'd just like everyone involved in the Ashley regime not to be involved now. For reasons of competency, freshness and consequence. I think that's fair and just.

He'd cut costs to the point a profit is made without the club improving. Like with us.