Kid Icarus

That save in the final probably bumped him a canny bit. If he wasn't as much of a joker I reckon the top clubs would be looking at him.

Not that it justifies the bump, but him winning the World Cup is what happened

I don't rate him but that fee is weirdly low

I struggled a couple of times and I'm not even colour blind. Accessibility wise it was a mess like.

Villa are proper copy cats like. That's a manager, about 6 players, and two kit manufacturers now.

Ultimately it harms all of us because the more united we are as a fanbase, the better chance we have on the pitch. This is not the sole reason, but just one of a few things that's causing animosity within the ranks of our supporter base. imo we're less united: 1. Directly, when existing fans are being replaced at SJP, at away matches, and in things like fan advisory boards by people who by default have demonstably less historical and emotional ties to the club than those they're replacing. 2. Indirectly, because as a result of 1, there's disharmony and resentment between fans and towards the club. I don't know the cut off point, but I think it's fair to say that after the takeover happened is well beyond where you'd draw the line for where you'd reasonably expect existing fans to be pissed off about there being fan representation. That sort of thing will always get people's backs up, regardless of whether you think it's a non-issue or not. It's like a realised football version of the 'immigrants get first dibs on council houses while our homeless veterans are at the back of the queue' for me. If this was the only case of 'a mix of old and new' I'd not think too much of it, but within the context of long-standing home and away fans missing out to these new fans, who in many cases are tourists and bandwagon jumpers, the ongoing cronyism with ticketing, and the worsening atmosphere and increase in resentment and disharmony amongst fans, I think it's worth adding to the pile as another own goal in this one specific area where the owners are attempting to improve the club. Imo they're on the wrong track and cannibalising one of the club's biggest assets, its supporters.

I think considering we're talking about a hundreds of years old sport where supporter's ties with their clubs are traditionally strongly built on history, tradition, loyalty, commitment, community and the whole 'what is a club in any case?' aspect, then the reaction is neither surprising or crackers, it's natural and completely justified. Particularly as that side of being a supporter is promoted and pandered to by clubs and the Premier League. The club - and modern football in general - wants to have its cake and eat it. They want to push the idea above about what being a supporter is as part of their product that they can sell, while constantly undermining it. So on one hand they can say ‘look what it means to these people in England, they’re so loyal and diehard, this is what it's all about', and it makes it a product worth selling (presumably because those things are actually meaningful to people, including those they're selling it to.) But then on the other hand they'll completely undermine those values and cannibalise the product they're trying to sell by punishing those loyal, diehard, 'legacy fans' (to use their wording) in favour of the customers they're selling the brand to – “Come and see Newcastle's famous atmosphere! Watch the match from the seat where those who used to create the atmosphere once sat before we ousted them for you!” The club is increasing encroaching on home fans, our away support, and things like this fan advisory boards with people who personify little or none of the traditional characteristics that supporting a club is about and being sold on. And just like tourists who visit paradise for the experience, the paradise dwindles and their experience and the local's experience is ruined by their presence. And then when you say this, some people manage to get hoity toity about that view being seen as superfan-ish, snobby and gatekeep-y, what a joke. The club can try and attract whoever they want, but when it's at the direct expense of other fans who haven't just jumped on the bandwagon in the last 2 years, then it's obviously going to attract criticism and criticism that is more than warranted imo. Our ire shouldn’t be aimed at people like this woman, who has fewer years supporting the club under her belt than some toddlers (let alone the fans here and abroad who have supported Newcastle for years and applied for the position) - from her perspective of course you’ll jump at the chance, who wouldn’t, but the club absolutely should be criticised for it imo. This is not a blip in an otherwise faultless record, the club are trying to grow the brand and that’s essential and understandable, but they’re now fairly regularly doing it while specifically punishing those who have been loyal for years, and it’s not on. Even if it was argued for as a necessary evil I still think it’s unacceptable to do that. It's bad enough that clubs and the media pedal this modern football stuff as no big deal and part of the game etc, but seeing fans excuse it and imo lie down and ask to be walked all over is even worse. While the club treat existing supporters as both loyal family members and disposable customers depending on what they’re after in that moment, this is always going to happen imo, and the more supporters are treated like customers the more they’ll act like it.

Is this just a stock comeback for any kind of reaction to things now? It's quite obviously a bullshit situation like, the animosity over it should be aimed squarely at the club rather than her, but the idea that a 'fan' getting on the club's advisory board having only started supporting the club from the takeover is a non-issue that no-one should care about is crackers.

"If some Newcastle fans remember this goal against Paris in a couple of years that will make me really happy" Safe to say we'll remember that one forever Fab Watching it live from the Leazes is probably the best single moment I've had watching football live.

Oh fuck off man

Mad that this is still 1-0, they're making a bit of a dog's dinner of it

Winding them up was obviously a big part of the point in doing it man

You've been edited Nah still fuck her tbh, but fair enough, walked right into that one.

It cannot be put any more explicitly - fuck Natalie and every 'fan' like her.

Because that's what they did last season until the fifth round and have done this season.

I'm okay with that like. They're likely to rotate Not a really strong PL side Not a disgrace/embarrassment if we lose Could have been a lot worse

Had to be away didn't it Could have been better, could have been worse

Great goal and angle. I love how you can see a few already celebrating in the crowd just after it's left his boot.

If you have a spare hour, the Kevin Maguire interview on Loaded Mag is decent. The basic summary is that we're probably close to our FFP limit now. 'Would a £40m signing be a problem? Probably not' is one of the things I remember him saying.

It looked absolutely surreal seeing an entire stand filled with our away fans like.

I'm a huge fan of Henderson, but he's finished now. Signing him to wind up the Mackems is worth it though.

This is batshit like.

Imo Woodgate is the only one who's better but Schar takes him on availability. Ian's right, he's the best in my lifetime like.

I know I'm being a whingey pedant, but the editing on that match cam is a war crime.

The part I disagree with is that Miggy only had a good game because of the opposition, he's put in performances in the same vain and as effective as that against PSG, Man City and others. As for the rest, I don't disagree and it's not a slight on Miggy. As I say I think he'd be a really effective impact sub or in rotation. As things stand even the most reliable parts of his game have suffered this season because he's played too much.