christ

On the one hand I think it would be insanity to sell him. He’s one of the best right backs in the world, integral to how we play and a massive influence around the club. On the other the club may be aware that his value is as high as it’s going to get, and we’ve got a player in Livramento who is far too good to be sitting on the bench week in, week out. It would be a calculated gamble if we did move him on, but it’s the sort of risk you have to take under FFP sometimes.

I hope he doesn’t. I hope this is all speculation and we keep him. But I trust the club.

47 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

 

"The flip side of this is also a worry because neither do we want all our clubs being owned by states, oligarchs and US hedge funds. A personal view is they should be community assets and that should be enshrined in some way with an element of fan ownership. But that horse has bolted."

 

Yeah, reeto, I'll do a quick Google over his full career and see how many times he's suggested that particular unicorn

In fairness to him that’s not a particularly unusual position. It’s what I want.

2 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

I know someone who works in planning………….all I will say is the Metro Arena site could be the answer, not a definite but it’s a contender?‍♂️

I’m anti-new stadium, except when it comes to the arena site. I think it would look outstanding, keep the club in the heart of the city and provoke a lot of regeneration of the surrounding area too.

It’s all about getting value though. The club will have a rate card for all of this stuff, and they’ll wait for the deal that matches it.
 

Why lock in on a multi year training kit sponsorship now for example, when you expect you could do a substantially better deal on 12/18 months time? We’ve seen the arse on we’ve had with getting out of the Castore deal. Brands want longer term partnerships to maximise their exposure and association with NUFC so there’ll be pretty punitive break clauses if we try to wriggle out of things early. 
 

The commercial side of things seems to be ticking along quite nicely. The Saudis and InPost partnerships are likely to be reasonably lucrative. I expect bigger deals will come but only when it makes sense for the club.

1 hour ago, Charlies said:

Ffs

 

 

 

These have been doctored apparently.

18 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

RTG has gone more mental than ever after saturday

The last seven days has completely broken them. Total humiliation on and off the pitch.

I’d sign Hendo if only for the seethe it would generate on Wearside.

56 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to Isak
And by now, Isak should've somehow realised what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about Isak now

And backbeat, the word is on the street that the fire in Isaks heart is out
I'm sure Isaks heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about Isak now

And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to Isak, but I don't know how

Because maybe
Isaks gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my Isak

In tears here mate.

Disconcertingly relaxed here. Not out of confidence. Think the fact it’s a cup game makes it feel a bit less important, particularly after the relegation six pointer league games.

35 minutes ago, TeddySAFC said:

Shameful, Whoever let this happen should and hopefully, will be, sacked.

 

We are an absolute shambles commercially off the field.

Buck has to stop with KLD, surely? The redecoration was being rumoured when the ticket allocation was first announced. I assumed it was just your fans being hysterical but evidently no, the people who run your club are thick as fuck.

Just now, Jagten said:

Shame our opposition tonight didn't have the same perspective, and then maybe their team would be less good.

I’d not like to see their hard drives.

5 minutes ago, Cf said:

The expected goals whilst bad isn't quite as bad as it looks. 

 

The penalty in the first half will have counted for like 1.5 because of the follow-up (obv you can't score more than once but xG strangely doesn't take this into account) and there was a bit where they had a flurry despite being offside and the flag not going up and us getting the ball at the end of it. 

 

It's still bad like, but not quite worst of all time bad. 

There’s also the fact that putting weight in xG is the preserve of full-on nonces. Don’t forget that.

Outright refuse to believe any WhatsApp gossip after “they chopped his dick off lad” turned out to be false.

Cheers son’s crying 

1 minute ago, KaKa said:

I wouldn't be too concerned about the struggles we are currently seeing this season. It was somewhat inevitable and is absolutely necessary.

 

I think it will mean we are more ruthless with letting some players go this summer, and also that we will be more ambitious strengthening the squad going forward.

I does feel like it’s a learning opportunity for the club. Everything they’ve touched has turned to gold so far. But periods of adversity are inevitable and we need to have these issues to grow.

2 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Rational and I appreciate it. I get as frustrated as anyone. Who the fuck enjoys losing to Luton? It's a bit shit at the moment but as the years have gone on, i've learned to rein it in a bit and not let sporting disappointment ruin my day. I was at Blackpool in 1987 and watched us lose to a Tony Cunningham goal when they were 3 divisions below us. I suppose i've learned to not let it get to me and see the wider picture most of the time. 

 

Howe, if i'm going to criticize him at all, could perhaps have rotated better and earlier but nobody has a crystal ball to see what's coming. I love the bloke but doesn't mean he's beyond criticism. I just think today was inevitable and all part of the learning curve we're on as a club.

In hindsight he probably should’ve just binned off the Everton game and rotated, but if he does that coming off a 1-0 win against Man United he gets pilloried.

That was the most grimly predictable result of our season. Luton have upped their game every time a name has turned up at Kenilworth, plus with what happened last week they were always going to play at 110%. Fair play to them, they absolutely deserved to win.
 

The biggest concern about our away form is how we don't really look like creating anything. It’s not like we’re peppering opposition keepers with shots. Our final pass is almost always universally shit - blindly put into an area where we don’t have anyone, overhit or into the first man.

27 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Him, that clown at Brentford and him from Leicester last season. Shocking. 

I love watching the Brentford keeper. He appears to have absolutely no idea where his goal is at any time. Tremendous value.

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

He saying anything interesting ?

Just reading out bread recipes.

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Don’t get me wrong, I think the initial proposal was rancid. 
 

But you would walk away from the club if they joined if it was the only competition in town in terms of European competitions?

Depends on the specifics but if it looks anything like what was initially proposed then yes. 

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Not to defend this shower, but I wouldn’t unilaterally walk away if we joined mind. Obviously this situation is extremely turbulent and lacking in any detail. A future could exist whereby this league is the only game in town. 

I’d have no qualms fucking the club off. Taking all the worst elements of the modern game and amplifying it by 100 doesn’t appeal.
 

You only have to look at the ESL’s argument - that football is an entertainment product and not a cultural one - to see the direction of travel they want to take.
 

They don’t like football, they like money. They want the game without the things that make it great - the risk, the giant killings, the heritage.

Fuck em and fuck NUFC if they want to be part of it.

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

Possibly already answered, but where does this leave English clubs? And we banned from entering it ?

Think they’re now banned by the PL, but I doubt the will exists at this moment in time. They got a proper fright last time around.

6 minutes ago, WideopenMag said:

I'm not even sure how it works is this going to be instead of the champions league etc for these teams? Over wise you can't expect the other competitions to arrange their fixtures to suit this nonsense 

Original idea was that they’d play the ESL in parallel with the domestic leagues but the clubs were swiftly told to fuck off IIRC. Think the PL changed the charter to say member clubs couldn’t join breakaway competitions after that.

In the short term this ruling is likely going to be used to get UEFA/FIFA to shift on some of the less popular rules (bye bye FFP). Long term you’ll probably end up with some compromise/rebranded CL-style competition that’s sanctioned but to all intents and purposes a closed shop ran by and for the biggest clubs in the world.

14 minutes ago, WideopenMag said:

Hopefully the backlash from this last time is enough to put the English clubs off at least. Think we really need to start joint protesting against the way football is being run. The new champions league changes are ridiculous, sounds like they've ruined a brilliant competition and hardly a word has been said.

It primarily fell to bits last time because of fan pressure rather than any legal stuff. 
 

The usual suspects in Italy and Spain will still be bang up for it you’d imagine, probably PSG too. Be interesting to see the form it takes because the stakes are too high for Barca etc to write it off as a bad idea.

I’m not in the least bit worried about Barnes. There’s a direct correlation between the densest fuckers on here making sweeping, unfounded statements about a topic and then being made to look like know nowt cunts several months later. We’ll be dredging up posts about him in 2024 like we have with Howe, Gordon etc.