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Worth posting here as well. A great read imo, long as you can be objective https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/05/bruno-guimaraes-newcastle-arsenal-carabao-cup

Great little piece in the Guardian. Some may be triggered at Liew's namedropping of the Saudis and the negative connotations of the shithousery but I think it's a good read https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/05/bruno-guimaraes-newcastle-arsenal-carabao-cup

Fucking brilliant lads

Aye I reckon it's ball related, whatever it is

Gordon 2-0, probably VAR will fuck it though

Inconceivable that people prefer this to the occasional shit penalty call like. It's fucking wank but more to the point it still seems to be wrong quite a lot of the time so what's the fucking point

Murph \o/

This is a great shout I know exactly what you mean and aye, I haven't felt it since Shearer was in his prime

No way to get Radio Newcastle commentary online? It's always brilliant and the crowd sounds immense

Noise seems canny despite the stadium apparently being custom designed to suck it up and send it out of the atmosphere completely unheard Perhaps it's more related to the crowd and the circumstances than the stadium after all

One of the things that's absolutely killed the game for me like, it's a fucking joke the way it's been implemented

Offside

VAR yeyyyy

Weyyyyyyyyyy 1-0

Top class coupon busting win for Alnwick last night against high flying Jarra. Great game and we were frankly fucking brilliant. Really hoping we can survive in NL Division 2 now, there are definitely three worse teams (and realistically only a couple are likely to be relegated)

"we got some class-leading sports infrastructure architects involved and asked them to come up with a design that would be sympathetic to the green space that's been here for centuries and to nearby Leazes Terrace, but would also pay tribute to the area's industrial past and to the strength of the people of Newcastle. Ultimately what we'll create will be equal parts cutting edge sports stadium and a monument to the area, something of timeless quality which future generations can enjoy the same way as St James' Park has been for decades"

Well, not quite what I meant was that I would rather elite football 2025 didn't require us to be balance sheet champions, and I would rather we played the mackems and Port Vale every week if it meant that we could just get on with enjoying football rather than worrying about the myriad distractions and miseries of PSR and financial fair play. I'm not representative any more though, I prefer non league to Newcastle these days largely because of the way the game has been subjugated by politics and money. Building in essentially the same place is obviously the least appalling option if we're moving but I just see what people are posting as exemplars of good modern stadium design and I'm I personally think we'll lose something if the stadium isn't as imposing from the outside as SJP currently is, and given the current penchant for bowls and soft curves I don't think it will be.

Tough times for Berwick, it's hard to see how they can run that stadium getting 412 in but it's quite expensive entry and I suppose the speedway must bring a bit in.

aye, this is my view also

I think there's a bit of revisionism going on here like I don't think anybody is claiming that SJP is always a fearsome cauldron of noise in 2025, more that a new stadium is unlikely in itself to improve matters. It's starting to feel like folk believe with sophisticated engineering we can maybe amplify the muttering and groaning of the long suffering NUFC crowd into a rousing and appropriately paced Blaydon Races with perhaps enough residual sound energy trapped in the clever design to drive a turbine, sell a bit of electricity to the National Grid and sort our PSR issues

Equally underserved draw today away at Ryton and Crawcrook. Alnwick largely appalling but held on and took their chance when it finally came. The definition of smash and grab, home side will be furious

Not sure if this was already a thing but if that's based on my earlier post then full disclosure I was just making it up and I've got no idea if they'd be allowed to make Leazes Terrace into an ultra classy conference centre hotel and bars venue Might solve the problem like

Generational Talent marra

A standard premier league ticket barely represents value for money any more I had always assumed that corporate was really designed for people who aren't actually football fans but wanted to experience the thrill of seeing and hearing more common folk roaring at stuff, maybe that was wrong

Those guys filling the corporate seats at Spurs and Arsenal are in London anyway though. It's easy enough to take them to North London and give them a corporate football experience. There are not thousands and thousands of wealthy clients hanging around Stowell Street who are knocking back the chance of corporate at SJP because we haven't strengthened at RW for years and are just waiting for better football. Again safety imo