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Jesus fucking Christ

Virtually impossible to celebrate a goal immediately any more like

On the other hand, can 100% see him hoying on a pair of boots, giving a Brucesque 'let's play' and running around like Brian Glover's PE teacher in Kes showing the lads his moves

Aye, not throwing away points in these games is the biggest sign of progress for me

Back in sixth with Man U winning but on the other hand now just two wins off second place with spurs losing

definitely worth considering

Aye, I absolutely agree, and I love the way the current NUFC crest looks as I say. I just always laugh a bit at the choice of animal, like I would if they'd gone for a mole or an axolotl or a pigeon or whatever, even if they were really well drawn and were axolotls that carried the sun in some Peruvian creation myth

Honestly I'm not 100% that I feel a whole lot better about Greek semiseahorses that pull gods around but anyway I don't want a badge that just says Newcastle United in a 2022 font but if we get to the stage that we have to think about it I reckon there must be a middle ground between mediaeval pageantry, greek mythology and cutting edge modernism

shivering whippet across the top of the badge maybe

I just get triggered by the seahorses every time and people always get proper defensive of them

says the poster with the Latin user name

I'm pleased to note that it still means nowt even in that context then, though I guess Orwell's The Lion And The Unicorn must mean something. Just pretend I was Jeremy Corbyn or Mick Lynch

Absolutely. Walking in circles.

I have no idea it may well be the case that the city of Newcastle upon Tyne was founded and became successful on the back of some seahorse related industry of which I'm unaware, but I reckon it's probably just an allegorical reference to seafaring like you say

I've been trying to work this out but I can't you'll have to explain

I just think if we did a new badge now and somebody thought we should include some sort of portmanteau animal hybrid like a cod with a horse's arse end to reference our historical fishing and farming then, no matter how well done it was, people would rightly look at it and then go I feel the same about the seahorses, however fucking historical they are and however many of them are stuck on the civic centre I'm not clamouring for change, I think the crest is classy as fuck. I just think the seahorses are canny stupid

I understand the history and the fact that they're representative of something other than actual seahorses, I just think they're a bit of a comedy animal to have on there and I will never be convinced otherwise

Aye, I know that They're still seahorses though

Fucking seahorses I love the badge to bits, but fucking seahorses

I think that Stifler was implying that the two people he's talking about represent 50% of the Sunderland supporting population of North Tyneside, not that it's 50/50

Aye, was making the Woodgate comparison to somebody at work just the other day. He looks fucking class, well worth the pursuit. Always feel bad for defenders because they never (or rarely) get the plaudits they deserve but this lad will be massively important for us.

Feels weird never to have read "it's going to be a long season" etc etc yet

Have we been described anywhere as 'free-scoring Newcastle' yet?