et tu brute

Howe won't leave and I'm pretty certain the FA will keep Southgate to see out his contract, unless he resigns

Still find it unreal that two mods (what I've seen, could be more) are openly endorsing and using racial insults. It's not just on the one thread either, it's tolerated and used throughout that forum on regular occasions.

Bruno back and ready for the restart, sorry for him but needs must

I agree, it's also embarrassing the weekly attendance threads where they are wanking themselves over at the numbers, when it's plainly obvious from televised games and highlights, that there is nowhere near the official figure actually in attendance. I understand not everyone who buys a ticket goes to the game, but certainly not the mass amount their club inflate the figure by.

Edit: It's more than one mod also. Unreal the total racist tones that forum unleashes on a daily basis across multiple threads.

They have deleted one post, from that Mills and Boon calling them out as racists

They can't even get anywhere near filling it now (or since it was built - I'd be amazed if they have filled the ground more than 2 or 3% of their overall games there). Thick as fuck and that's being kind.

Faux outrage special incoming

I agree on this, I still think a new stadium is they way to go though due to restrictions, financial costs and the fact that there will have to be either closures to big parts of the stadium/ground share for any extension. Going to be interesting to see what they actually decide to progress.

I see they're still clinging to their comfy blanket for the taking over of Man Utd/Liverpool. Obviously conveniently ignoring recent news. Suck it up you broken people it's going to get a lot worse

Biffo on there is right up their arses if he is actually a Newcastle fan that is.

Would love someone to post the tweets of our Saudi sponsorship on there, as that will start them frothing

Aye what a surprise these new 'Saudi' sponsorship deals are conveniently not being reported on a certain Sunderland footballing forum

Big difference is there is a possibility of getting champions league football, which increases the revenue coming into the club by a significant amount. I agree the deal has to be right, but I think they will be pushing to make those deal(s) as it's a massive opportunity.

He's said the same about FFP the last two windows also. If there are deals to be made, they will be imo.

Which was always a load of shite anyway. It's not going to happen anyway and today's partnership announcement is a further indication of that (Man Utd sponsor likely moving to Newcastle it seems).

He's been ok in his two sub appearances so far, yes he missed a couple of chances the other night, but his overall play was anything but bad.

It's plainly obvious when you see their games either live or through highlights that they're not getting anywhere near 'their' official attendance. The fact they have weekly match day attendance threads wanking themselves silly is embarrassing. Are they that thick to not see that the crowds are nowhere near those that are published. When I saw the official attendance was over 37,000, I was just laughing. They obviously need to come up with a better plan for the non attending free tickets. The accounts as suggested above have always shown this is the case.

I think we will make at least one first team signing. The position we are in, the owners will want to try and cash in on a very unexpected bonus. If we can get champions league or even the europa league, it means the money we can secure via sponsorship will immediately increase. Also expecting some squad improvements from the bench also. Time will tell though, going to be interesting.

They are the last set of fans who can justify any moral (faux) outrage. They have some of the biggest racist cunts going amongst their following (within their crowd and on that forum). They should just stick to their weekly made up attendance threads, they obviously take no notice of the large amount of seats clumped together which are empty (mind neither does their football club either - 37,000 ).

37,000 crowd

Their published crowds are absolute bollocks. There are always big clumps of empty seats around the ground and even more so today.

If St James' can be expanded to a reasonable capacity (minimum 60,000 plus) then ok. If not, due to restrictions and/or cost, then a new stadium needs to be built. We can't be missing out on current support and also future generations not being able to attend games. I'm sure the owners will be considering all the options and will make the right business decision moving forward in the next few years.

They have given free tickets away for years. Without the many reports of availability of these free tickets to schools, work places and other organisations, you just have to see their past official accounts to know this is the case. They always try to mention Ashley giving away 10,000 tickets and conveniently forget that the average before he did was over 46,000, which was higher than any average they have had (apart from 2 by a couple of hundred) in over 50 years.

Brazil looked a lot better when he was on the pitch.