TheBrownBottle

Agreed - the East Stand can't be pushed any further back realistically, and whacking an extra tier on the Gallowgate would (if it is feasible with the Metro station) cost a hefty nine-figure sum for an extra c.8,000 of the cheapest seats in the ground. It isn't cost-efficient. The council / freeman have to do exactly what you've said - and Dolly and her weirdo 'Friends of the Moor' can get fucked.

Gateshead holds fewer than 12,000 people. There is zero chance of the club building a new ground on the existing site.

We can rule the mackems out - so are we off to Edinburgh or Leeds?

Makes sense

Who are we groundsharing with when this happens, though? The site is too access-restrictive to allow for serious redevelopment (as in a new ground)

While I think 9th is unlikely, where are we banking 200-300m from? Given next season sees increased PSR screws, 9th would be borderline disastrous

Ah for fuck's sake man. The cup draws this club gets ...

I don’t think he would have walked into any line-up from the age of 27 - that injury at Everton was the end of him as a genuinely world-class centre forward. He was still a better forward than Cole, Yorke or Sheringham, mind.

He’s obviously available, yet the only suitor is a mediocre MLS side - I’m not sure we would be getting much more for him tbh. I like Almiron - I think he comes across as a good pro, and always puts in a shift. I also don’t think he has ever been a particularly good footballer - his output has been ludicrously bad, especially outside of his purple patch - Howe extracted the most you’ll ever get from his talents, but it was an error not to try to sell him in the summer of 2023 when a PL club might have mistaken a mediocre player who was benefitting from excellent coaching, for an excellent player

Dyer wasn’t that much of a mystery mind - wasted talent on the pitch, absolute wanker off it

Absolutely nowt from local hack gobshites then? When Ornstein reported the initial bid they all started blathering about it - I’ve seen nothing since the third bid was rejected.

Yep - he didn’t try while he was at NUFC

Shearer turned Man Utd to stay with us? Don't remember this at all tbh. I remember him being linked to Liverpool, and then Aston Villa when Gullit was in charge.

Always thought the 'PL greatest' stuff is contrived bollocks, and had a lot to do with Sky inventing football. Shearer's record is incredible in any context - below is the true all time top-flight goalscorers list. To be fifth on that (and second on the post-war list) is remarkable. It is also a reminder that Harry Kane had a considerable amount of ground to catch-up, and players to overhaul ...

Yep - I would think that Man City and Real Madrid are pretty much the only two clubs on the planet where their best players are unlikely to be sold - and even then, it is at a push

Oh yes there was

Calvin Stengs-Charlotte sounds like he went to Eton

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Picture there of the team’s shirt adorned with two main sponsors, both of which are 100% owned by the owners. Yep, it’s difficult Peter - that must’ve taken some effort to get them over the line. I wonder who could’ve been approached for a training kit sponsor?

Boyhood Sunderland fan? Don’t get me started … (joking of course - but not about the Sunderland bit …)

I’m happy to let the club decide what the next steps are - if they want the lad and are still in for him (and they’re willing to be patient) then no issue from me

Probably an insurance job - they need the money

Sorry mate can’t remember the names - there was a couple of dafties who did say it at the start of the window.

Parish still won’t have worked out that he isn’t going to get the money for his players that he would have got because the rules of which he was a leading advocate have left bigger clubs in a position where they actually have to watch what they spend. He’s within his rights to demand what he wants, of course.

A 70k+ stadium is filled comfortably by a successful NUFC If we match the capacity of the likes of Spurs or Arsenal then we’d be cementing just how far we are behind - we will never be able to charge what is charged at those grounds. Capacity isn’t the issue - income is. Spurs and Arsenal take £100m+ on match day revenues. We currently take about £35m. To truly catch up, we’d need significant expansion - ie 20k more than the present + shitloads of corporate