Coffee_Johnny

Runt of the litter ? (just kidding). Must be like a full-time job getting them all to training and matches!

Giggstastic point ?

Ultimately it will be a Howe and co. judgement call. I don’t think it is ridiculous to talk about. The only way, at least I hope the only way, it would happen is if it opened up opportunities to sign two more ‘Howe’ type wingers. Or a top drawer replacement/clear improvement. All teams shuffle the deck, particularly with a relatively new manager who didn’t buy the majority of the squad. This sometimes might mean discarding a fan favourite or two.

Good article in i newspaper today—unnamed ITK—describing strategy and why differ from golf investment and from Man City/Chelksi strategies. Nothing that we haven’t discussed/speculated on here: basically constraints of FFP and slow build approach.

What a talented family! ?

Fair enough. He is so slow at the moment though. If he ever gets rapid again (from all that bench warming) this opinion may change.

He used to go drinking in the Bigg Market with his wife. Seems completely unconcerned/no sense of threat. Can you imagine a modern player doing that?

Someone just prompted me to have a search for info on the real Coffee Johnny, I was shocked to find an actual photograph. Given how linked the Blaydon Races is with NUFC, thought others might be interested:

6’5” Winlaton blacksmith. Who reportedly wouldn’t leave the house in the morning without a big tankard of coffee. I can identify ?; never heard anything re his ethnicity.

I was still a twinkle in my dad’s eye, obvs, but totally agree; and still had an underage pint or two ?

He turns 30 this year. Lad’s a raging tool and displaying it to all and sundry.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie_lamp here’s some blurb. Better than reading about life underground than the other dark place!

Davy lamp was used most widely. I believe the Stephenson lamp was favoured in the bowels of God’s country.

Here’s Pedro’s peach. Goals from Keegan, Waddle and the absolute beauty by Beardsley. Worth watching the highlights of what was Keegan’s last competitive game.

I recall reading in some sociological ‘theory’ about derogatory terms that ‘Geordie’ when not used as a nickname for George, was used in the North East coalfields to refer to someone not very bright (play on ‘the Geordie’ a safety lamp invented by George Stephenson).

Was it this Pancrate goal vs Watford? Just watched the others the best bit about Gazza’s goal at Blackpool was he’s had about four good chances prior and it sealed the comeback 4-2 on aggregate pushing it beyond Blackpool (we’d been 0-2 down). The scenes!

Great memories triggered by the McGhee and Gazza goals! Was there for both (friend of family, also a Newcastle fan, was playing for Bradford at the time which added to the post match banter). The whole Mirandinha circus (in our youthful days deciding we’d go all Brazillian by wearing grass skirts and somberos!) surrounding that cup game made it a cracking day out. Didn’t see/can’t recall the other two. Off to search for all! ?

Or at least sell off the tickets, particularly the single seats, to all comers after a reasonable time on offer.

Give me fucking strength…

Vaginismus, Virginius ….

Have we been linked with someone called Vaginismus?

Is it a synonym for Greggs sandwich bag?

Nowhere near smiley enough!

Beautiful! If you like stout seek out a pint of Cushy Butterfield. Is there anyone called Porter we can sign?

I recall a ‘cheeky little rascal’ of a builder turning up to work on the Milburn stand in a red & white top on the first day Bobby Robson arrived at the club. He (somewhat sensibly on the roof…) was met with about fifty sets of keys being waved in his direction ?