Coffee_Johnny

A week of waiting with no doubt more waiting tomorrow for official confirmation of The Botman.

Fecking 15,000 people in front of me in queue. Hoping some of you have 40 devices on the go again ?

Fancied a top six bet, but 5/2 seems super stingy.

Well, how many season tickets are there? How many ‘potential’ league match tickets on sale? Because I reckon we’re looking at tens of thousands of members.

Yep, going to be a continual clusterfuck of a lottery. Still, gotta be in it… (plus, might get a nice lapel badge).

Arnaut Danjuma? Rumour has it he’s off to West Ham or us imminently. Guess Howe and Tindall would know him well and vice versa. Can’t recall him for Bournemouth but seems to have had a good season in Spain.

Pretty confident (on the basis no actual evidence…) they at least two of those players with have some really stiff competition for a starting place.

I think they will too. Maybe do even better.

? was there as well. Though think Howay 5-0 still pips it for sheer disbelief and joy!

ApplePay?

Still qualifies as the wettest I have ever been! ?

‘Graduated’ from half way down in front of scoreboard (usually to be found squashed against those horrendous concrete barriers, or getting moved around like a baby turtle in the surf) to ?The Corner?. No matter when I went (days of ‘oh do you fancy going to the match?’), or with how many, there were always others from Felling there.

Here’s hoping: Paqueta, Wijnaldum (on loan) and Osimhen in together at the 11th hour!!!

Sounds right. I recall going up to the top row to watch a reserve match featuring the newly signed Nolberto Solano. It was like watching a chess master, the way he pinged the ball around. Vision and technique were quite incredible.

Well, tongue in cheek. This is the SJP/Gallowgate of my youth which I can feel sad to have lost, but at the same time I’m really glad too ?‍♂️ Think I’d have the same mixed feelings if we moved (preferably, after yesterday’s debacle, to somewhere I could get a fecking season ticket for!)

I’m actually from about 1/2 mile away from Gateshead Stadium ?

Heard that totally in Rik Mayall‘s ‘Rick’ Young Ones persona. Sounded good!

Recall reading there were more season tickets holders living in Gateshead than in Newcastle. Given the whole NewcastleGateshead marketing, perhaps build a newbie, if we must, near Gateshead Stadium? Whadayasay?

One of the imposters was almost certainly Siem De Jong. Only person he can beat in a race, apparently.

I read that one of Botman’s strengths (Ajax developed) is pressie forward passing. We’ll create more attacks straight from the back line with at the centre of a three or a two.

It is special to me, for a variety of reasons links with people no longer here, family, friends, and my own history/development. But it isn’t the stadium of my youth. It had to change (thank fuck!) as our needs changed. So it’s a bit of a Trigger’s broom thing really.

Ah well! It’s that time…

I am a bit worried about that nice Matt Targett too.

We could just make-up a different song, instead of re-cycling the classics… .

People can spout their ridicule over a top four finish, but we are ahead of our top four most handsome teams aspiration! (I reckon Mandy has more influence than I thought…)