christ

We should know by now that anyone vaguely successful who claims to be a Newcastle supporter is only doing it for clout. Sam Fender, Jimmy Nail, Ant & Dec, Brian Johnson, Sting, Tony Blair, Cameron Norrie, Gabby Logan, Chris Eubank, yer one out of Little Mix. They’re all just doing it to advance their careers. RTG told me so.

Close up shots show stripes on the back.

Was it Di Fanti who rocked up looking like a disgraced pornographer and started buying any old shite from the continent?

The new “Catts for me like”.

Compare and contrast with Puma, which seemed to turn out shite that the work experience lad had scribble on the back of a sheet of A4. I know they’re not an established brand and people will therefore assume ‘shit’ but I’ve really liked the look of pretty much everything they’ve produced for us.

Heed missed an opportunity by not being able to get the new stadium sorted before things went tits up behind the scenes. The International Stadium is an appalling place to watch football.

The people who struggle with that are the same ones that go to bits in a car dealership and pay the extra £300 for floor mats.

Just experienced the club’s best season in 20 years? Better sit on the internet all day and get increasingly furious about transfers you’ve imagined.

The statement that went out last week was published in error. There’d have been contractual obligations for both parties until the partnership officially ended (PotM award for example), so the club couldn’t have just left it up.

I’ve still no idea what a Fun88 is tbh.

Not sure of the economics of it but I don’t think concerts a particularly massive money spinner. Sunderland ditched them for a few years because too much hassle for the meagre amount of revenue it generated.

Good backup to Miggy.

Someone’s scheduled the Facebook post for the wrong date/time.

The man isn’t going on national tele and slagging off his boss ffs.

Enjoyed the apple reference. Should’ve got him on an exercise bike too.

Here’s hoping he doesn’t get the shits this time.

Player of the Season: Trippier. So good, so consistent. Most Improved Player of the Season: Murphy. Thought he was done after that Sheff Wed game, but he’s been a revelation the second half of the season. Delighted for him. Most Disappointing Player: Feels churlish to identify anyone. Probably Fraser on the basis he was actually canny at the back end of last season and has fell off the face of the earth. Signing of the Season: Pope. I don’t think anyone thought we needed a keeper as a matter of urgency last summer, but he’s been a rock and cost fuck all. Goal of the Season: Miggy at Fulham. Assist of the season: Willock versus Spurs. Game of the Season: Spurs at home. Moment of the Season: Too many to pick from. Probably our fifth against Spurs just for the sheer wtf nature of it all but honourable mentions to the full time whistle against Leicester, Burn’s goal against Leicester in the cup, Willock’s goal against Chelsea, full time in the cup semi and Wilson’s goal against Man United. Manager rating out of 10: 10. I don’t think he could’ve done much better. Season rating out of 10: 9.5. Only black mark is getting to a cup final and not winning but in the grand scheme of things that wasn’t a disaster. Our time will come.

This made my day. Buzzing for him.

Football fans need to be Phil Spector.

Always an experience to read about how UEFA and other European leagues divvy up their money, then realise the PL definitely isn’t that bad in comparison.

I’m not a massive fan of that side of things personally. But then I have spent far too long watching our fans absolutely lose their heads when we concede. It’s like a comfort blanket now. In general I find German football really odd. It manages to be much more accessible and fan friendly than the English game, while feeling vastly more corporate. Suppose it’s indicative of the different ways in which the game has been ran in England and Germany. Over there you’ve got a sport in which fans are much more in control and stakes feel a lot lower. Here you’ve got the richest league in the world and everything that brings, rubbing up against the remains of 70s/80s terrace culture and the institutional distrust of ‘the fan’ which keeps that spirit alive.

That’s just German football. Really bizarre when a team is getting absolutely pumped and their ultras are still going for it.

He’ll have deleted it when he realised how messy things could get for him IMO. Bet the poor lad is sat in his mam’s box room absolutely shitting himself.

Probably discovered the punishment in Saudi for falsely accusing someone of adultery is flogging.

The sick disgusting bastard.