Hovagod

FAB?

What’s the expectation for a new stadium in terms of sorting people out though? Last I heard- March, was it?- it was 65,000. That will just be swallowed up by corporate. Unless we’re shit by then, I suppose.

Although I watched the first thirty seconds of the first interview and that’s shit as well isn’t it, the smarmy fucking way a billionaire (presumably) talks about being excited about a cash grab tournament. Wish we could just start football again, to be honest.

I don’t understand this attitude that the owners are largely clueless about everything apart from the important stuff- stadium, training ground- on which they are working diligently. People are kidding themselves.

Will they ever do another waiting list? I think including that with membership might be an idea

Well let’s see

Because nothing they have done commercially suggests that at any point they are going to announce a hugely expensive super stadium that will take years to build. We do not feel like that project at all for them. Not bothered personally- I love SJP

There’s no new stadium. It’s not happening.

Wait. Are Man United involved as well?

Hahahahahaha, what he's done is he has taken the expectation- that Newcastle fans would be upset- and he has subverted it masterfully, with Newcastle fans instead being grateful.

Shit patter

I actually work with one of them now. I work in such a place where it’s unlikely that we’ll ever meet, but his name popped out when he was sending a crawling message on teams to our boss

Deggsy was the worst. Just the single most thick and bigoted opinion on any given subject. Get the impression that he was a bit handy and hard given the weird awe he was held in by the mackems and Newcastle fans on there who had met him. Just a deeply unpleasant cunt

As a teacher, I thought this but didn’t want to say.

Don’t see how that changes anything. It’s not like they did and he gave the money back. His only reason for leaving was the delay in getting his slice of blood money. No Newcastle fan has made a penny from our Saudi takeover

I personally do not come into ANY transfer based thread to read intelligent contributions like this. Please tone it down

Yeah- thought it may have been something on social media that I had missed

I don't get it though. He's not Gazza, where the joke would be how incongruous it is to see him with a book, but nor is he always banging on about reading books (unless he is- is he?), so I am trying to understand the angle. I've probably missed something

What's the joke with AG reading a book?

But why would he agree to that? edit: Sorry, being stupid. He agrees because he wants to move and they wouldn’t accept the bid otherwise? Makes sense though doesn’t suit the narrative of the day, which was that he was being somehow bullied into moving

Carroll put in a transfer request on the day. I think at the time there was some sort of confusion, lots of people kind of suggesting that that was because he had been…forced into it, I guess? Strange day.

Biffo the Bear makes me sad. They’re mackems. What’s his excuse?

@JonBez comesock any chance of a thread (or long post) about your experiences of those times? Kind of an AMA vibe? Would be amazing to get a behind the scenes take on our best ever era

Yes, no football during winter would be complete shit.

I know Paully was half kidding, but they have left themselves open to the possibility of a midweek kick-off in the derby. First time since 1999 if that somehow comes off.