Hovagod

Refreshed a few times and got four easily enough after that

Haha, maybe. It was a genuine question, would be exciting if he confirmed something like that, given how disinclined he is to hype ordinarily

What did Howe say on this point?

Ferguson outsourced a lot of the tactics and training to others as his career went on didn’t he? I read a book about OPTA and he was dismissive of all the new innovations that people like Pep have since mastered

Why would somebody go to the bother of pretending to support a team? It’s not the nineties, nobody gets brownie points for following naff old football anymore, and pretty much everybody has a passing interest. The chances of a young lad from North Shields not supporting Newcastle seem slimmer than a pop star pretending to.

They also blindly lapped up those signings in 2011 which the rest of the world could see were suicidal. He denies this now, but I vividly remember a friend phoning me to brag about signing Connor Whickham. Their business model was as clueless as the support propping it up.

Sorry, missed this. Your seat has went up in price dramatically and there’s no alternative available? Yeah, that definitely sounds like something that should be formally raised with the club

This was pointed out when people were so happy to see people being moved from their seats in what will now be the new standing area. At some point as fans we are going to have to demonstrate some level of circumspect thought, if only to show them that we are actually capable of it.

Wishful thinking

Why?

Is there anything on record regards their plans for us, and what happens if those plans change? It seems we have a lot of supporter representatives getting chummy with the face of the ownership, not so many actually asking questions and clarifying their plan here. Should this not be what the Trust are for?

If that Man Utd fan with the Hillsborough shirt doesn’t represent them at all, I imagine he’s getting a fair bit of stick and being told to fuck off by those around him?

“Not long after, Mike Ashley bought the club, quickly becoming despised by just about everyone, which engendered sympathy and empathy: at some point, fans of every team have hated their owners. The Ashley era became a cause celebre, a 15-year slog to get the noble club of Milburn and Macdonald and Shearer away from the clutches of the Sports Direct magnate and his giant mugs.“ This is like something you turn a blind eye to when it’s submitted by a Year 8 child

Leaving aside the awful writing, it’s just simply untrue that people liked us or felt sorry for us when Ashley was the owner.

Reading their forum, I was surprised to see so many of them hate the stadium. Really hope whatever happens we stick with SJP

Sounds like a class day. I used to live in Carlisle and was fairly regular there, though find it almost impossible to keep up with anything outside of results when I’m not in the country (though I did watch both games in the semi). Confident of a win on Sunday?

Who gives a fuck

The worst part is the hypocrisy.

Taylor is from Shields isn’t he? He reminds me so much of the type of canny lads you used to see in the Sundial and Marine on a Sunday night. Podgy fellas, usually a couple of giggling lasses in tow, holding court with a sort of chippy, olde timey vernacular and outlook. For some reason carried themselves as way older than they were. Nice people, but not natural broadcasters. The type of person that would hold up a phone to show you something amusing while you sat with a rigid grin hoping it would all be over quickly. The way he embraces whatever lame meme is doing the rounds- Cans, Mad Dog- is fully on brand for this type of figure. It’s all harmless but it’s also shallow and cast iron insight free. I mean, is it just me that finds it a bit weird that as the host of our most prominent podcast, he doesn’t appear to attend our games? There was one game- Man City, maybe?- that he didn’t even watch on TV. He had better things to do I suppose, and good for him, but if he is not a trained host and is not particularly invested in the club, then why does he have such a plum gig in the first place? After we beat them 6-1, I listened to the Spurs podcast. Danny Kelly is not Dick Cavett but the increase in professionalism and quality offered by having an actual broadcaster was noticeable. He knew when to bring people in, he knew what angles to explore, he knew how to keep the show going. These things look easy, which is why every human in the world now hosts a podcast or has a YouTube channel, but they’re not and the listening experience is greatly improved by having somebody who is trained to do them. Caulkin is just not funny. It is not a crime to not be funny, unless one attempts to be- and he does, with punishing regularity.

Anybody who wanted away tickets could have had them too, they all went on general sale

Agree completely. Please fuck off with your patronising social media shit, I don’t like you.

On the topic of a speculated new shirt sponsorship deal

Pretty sure he does have a go at both of them, yeah. pointless getting annoyed about this. It’s the deal we have made.

Did the full story ever come out? What actually happened?

Nah, you’re spot on mate. I keep making this point about 2009- the entire country was chuffed