Hank Marvin

A thin-skinned man in a fat-skinned suit.

King of the 'Castle

MOTM for me. Not to take anything away from BDB - But every time they had the ball, he was there. Interceptions. Tackles. Shepherding them away from the box. Up and down the field. An exceptional individual performance within what was an exceptional team performance. Super Joelinton.

To be fair he did capitalize 'Muslim' This is going to be delicious

Love you all. Very happy. Joelinton, incredible. Let's have some more mackems have locked their board, lol Up the toon.

Interesting how Liverpool just got an extra minute of stoppage time there

Monaco have a beautiful stadium.

Oh shit! Sorry to tell you mate...Craig Hope drop in the Mail...There's good news and bad news (for you) 90,000 though eh?!

Just to take you up on that though. That isn't my point really. I'm not saying that there is casual violence in some of the more...infamous drinking holes in the city. What I was trying to get at is that I think there's a difference between some of the opinions people have on here, to what most people hear out in town rubbing shoulders with normal people. It's weird because I don't think I'm trying to defend the indefensible - I didn't realize that there was such disdain for him on here (to be fair I'm not on that much) - But I was always of the mind that fans and people of the area respected him for what he did at the club and what he did regenerate the area with the Metro Centre and the like. Perhaps I'm wrong and the majority opinion is now that he's an evil old bloodsucker and must be burned at the steak of public opinion because he was a businessman, who, shock horror, had ties to people who favoured the wealthy. If you want to call him cunt go for it, I'll not be joining in. Cheers.

I clicked the wrong quote, it wasn't yours I was after

Ahh yeh the Black Garter, I'm sure they'll love your post graduate analysis in there. You should take your soap box to the Clock whilst you're at it.

Let's get ITV Tyne Tees to do a evening report on it. A roving reporter up and down the streets, "Excuse me sir, do you think Sir John Hall is a cunt?" He's a giant of man, despite his flaws.

Nah, don't think so. Talking shit about an old man who's done so much for this club and this region and thinking we're all just going to nod along in agreement while he gets slandered. Not having it. It's usually indicative of some arrested development, adolescent outlook that is basically shared by a small cadre of loudmouthed cretins.

Ooh lads, we're in the presence of some millennial, university undergrad level political theory here. Go start mouthing off like that about a club legend, on a matchday in the Percy or on the concourse or anywhere else you're likely to encounter working class fans, and you'll be lucky not to get your collar felt bairn.

Right - So we're leaving our beloved, world famous home of over 100 years because we can't realistically expand it beyond a few extra thousand seats due to the listed buildings and road access, and we need more due to the very high demand for tickets, which feeds back into revenue, which feeds back into being able to spend more by satisfying PSR regulations. Got it. Makes sense. So we're moving. Fine, understandable, smart. And we're going to stay basically where we are, moving literally a hundred meters or so to the north west, and slightly reorienting the stadium position - Great, good idea, love it. And the PIF want to invest big time and make it a world class stadium, have the best architects work on it and have lots of interesting concept ideas, and seemingly don't want to spare any expense in making this an incredible stadium. Fantastic, brilliant, really enthusiastic for it. And it will be 65,000 capacity...Excuse me? What on Earth is that? I thought we were moving because we were restricted to only increasing SJP by a few extra thousand - To around 60k - So that means we're destroying our esteemed home to create 5 thousand extra seats? Excuse me? I'm sorry, this doesn't make any sense, with the exception of the very short sighted idea that matches in the near future played against less glamorous opposition may not get 65k at times, leaving some free seats...Forgetting entirely that the idea for this club is to have it, *eventually*, as top dog with a stadium befitting our hoped for, future stature as one of the best teams in the world. And somebody has weighed up those two things, and has come to the conclusion that it is preferrable to make sure we have no spare seats for Ipswich Town, rather than a bursting capacity for Barcelona. Silly. A once in a lifetime move. A motivated, loaded investor. A huge, hungry fan base stretching from the Scottish Borders to County Durham & from the North Sea Coast to Cumbria - And not to forget our incredible international fans, who will only grow in numbers...And we're capping it at 65k, when we have the opportunity right now, to futureproof ourselves for the growth of our club that we all know coming in the next decade. 75k with room to expand would have been ideal. 70k would have been acceptable to most, including myself, as a balanced option between filling the capacity week on week and having enough room for high demand games. But 65k, quite honestly, is a bit disappointing to most, even if they won't readily admit it up front. If we're going to move, then at least let it be said that it was for a huge, near enough 20 thousand increase in seats, not some pitiful increase of about 5 thousand extra on what it could have been if we just sat on our arse at the SJP and got some decent architects to expand the Gallowgate, to reach an overall capacity of 60k. It is disappointing, and I hate to say it, because I love what the owners have done so far, the level of investment, the reinvigoration of the club, the competing for European places, buying great players, the engagement with the fans (although that has somewhat faltered since Amanda has left)...But this 'isn't it' as the kids say. I really hope whoever is in charge of making the final decision on this takes time to reflect on what I think is a collective consensus of opinion within the fanbase - Which is that, we're okay with moving if it means we're going to do something we otherwise couldn't have done staying where we are - With the two non negotiables, one, that we don't move too far (Which is definitely satisfied in Leazes Park), and two, that the size & scale of the stadium be a befitting & grandiose replacement for what was an incredible home - Which, on present terms, at a 65k capacity, leaves a majority of us feeling a bit disheartened, and a bit less enthusiastic about moving at all. If it is Darren calling the shots on this one, and I say this with all due respect, I know he's going through some trying times at the moment, and we all wish him well, but I hope the message from the base gets to him, that we would really like him to reassess this one, taking into consideration our sentiments, because the fans should be heard on this matter before the JCB's start rolling in.

Cockheads.

Cockheads.

Sometimes it's hard to be a fan...

Callum Hudson ENJOY

Gardening leave will give him ample opportunity to converse with the other manc-loving cabbages. Auf Wiedersehen r (cabbage patch) kid

Yeh the staunch bastions of fiscal conservatism that they are...

Please record yourself in the Percy next time you're in, asking people whether you think this lady should be banned because she believes women don't have shlongs. If you're interested in making it a series, I'd proffer the name 'The cock conundrum', 'Balls to this' or 'Sheamalerer!' - And I'd like to see the same question asked in the Black Garter, The Clock & The Butchers Arms in Byker. I'm sure it'll be a balanced & nuanced debate with each party sensitive to the others concerns. Namaste.