Kid Icarus

Good to see you

Reminds me of when we tried to warn the Palace forum about Pardew, got told to fuck off and then they all ended up absolutely hating him, as expected. ?

There were some good times. Both championship seasons despite how we shouldn't have been there in the first place, the half a season in the PL with Hughton and the group of lads, the last few months of the 5th season had some enjoyable football and probably the best line up we had, the season back up with Rafa had a triumph over adversity feel to it All instances of enjoying it or feeling part of something in spite of Ashley and because of that, all of them deliberately shut down, dismantled, and undermined by Ashley out of spite.

Purely on foreign intervention alone. The U.S has far more domestic freedom.

I'd say B-More is absolutely right there. The U.S (and Israel) are just as bad, if not worse, and comfortably so. Obviously not an excuse, there'd be an outcry if those states owned clubs and rightly so. This is exactly how sports washing works though, they're not daft and know fine well the emotional ties that people have to their football clubs and that even those who are well aware what the likes of MBS have done and feel guilt will try to justify it to themselves or feel conflicted, and that those who don't feel guilty at all will openly defend them. There's a bit in Manufacturing Consent that talks about how team sports train people to have irrational attitudes of submission to authority. I'm not saying that has been the explicit intention here, but I do think there's a lot to be said for that idea and that it's the basis for sports washing's success.

Genuinely can't work out why this isn't a more popular outlook considering how popular it was under Ashley.

Mike supported Liverpool

Is this existence?

I have a question

Rafa really would be ideal, but probably have to draw a line under that now and it's nice thinking about that chapter without it possibly being tainted by a new one where there's higher expectations.

Could see us going for someone like Tammy Abraham if he really kicks on at Roma. Would be pretty funny considering Rafa wanted him when we could have got him cheaply.

Maybe one for tomorrow, but it's mad to think of the things that we'll have all got up to in the time that Ashley's owned the club, how old we were then vs now, where we've been, what we've done. Would love to read what's changed for everyone.

The Gallowgate pigeon and the human rights stuff. In that order.

The Hull protest...the next one, not sure when or if I will.

Having a succulent Indians with a couple of bottles of wine while browsing the internet and watching old Newcastle videos.

Caused irrepairable damage to so many people's love for Newcastle and football in general to the extent that he's forced 99% of the fanbase to embrace someone they know is an even worse person because they're that desperate get him out. Really wouldn't wish Ashley on Sunderland or any fan base like.

The torturous patter that has to be endured whenever you're waiting around for a Newcastle announcement on here and Twitter.

There's a Success at what cost thread that went over this when it looked like it was going ahead last year. It would probably be talked about more if it didn't mean going over old ground and pissing on everyone's cornflakes when we're all at least unified in being delighted that Ashley's going.

and she's just bought a pair of massive knockers. Whatever happens after this, Ashley finally going is going to be so weird but hopefully as incredible as we always thought it would be.

Kind of the point, the other CL teams in Ligue 1 aren't competing at the same standard as those clubs. All have won the CL or got to the CL final very recently.

Man City have Man United, Chelsea, and Liverpool bringing in the same level of players and playing at the same level year after year. Both clubs are cut from the same cloth, but they're not competing in anywhere near the same context.