TheBrownBottle

France and Spain are the only ‘new’ winners in my lifetime, and I’m 43

Fingers crossed mate - I’m perfectly happy to be wrong!

In terms of cock size - sure

100% mate. Dana White is such a whiny neo-fascist cunt that he makes me pine for the days when convicted murderer Don King was fleecing boxers out of millions

It would bring in commercial revenue, so I’d have to close my ears and look the other way if they did - UFC is a fucking horrible ‘sport’ which has ended up doing a lot of damage to the world outside its small fanbase

It’s £18m over three years - Noon are paying £7.5m per season

It is money for old rope though - and we’ve plenty of old rope left to sell

Good, it’s not before time but this is positive news

More falling over than diving

I’ve had it there before - there’s a series of steel columns which support the roof. The worst seat is directly behind it - you’ll have to crack your neck to see play regularly. It’s more ‘slightly uncomfortable view’ than owt else

The stadium sale is in the 2024/25 books - so it doesn’t apply to this year. It’s not a signal of intent - it’s a symbol of just how badly run the club has been. It’s clearly been a panic-move - we didn’t take any real advantage of it in 24/25, and now that move is no longer available to the club.

That’s the problem - whoever said that is wrong. Sales are recorded immediately- so Isak’s sale counted for this season only. There’s no advantage from it after June. Our purchases though will attract amortised costs until they leave the club. That’s why lots of us were saying last summer’s window being a catastrophe could fuck us for years - you don’t just get to wriggle out of it a year later. We were already struggling to meet PSR - next season without CL money we’re really going to struggle. We’ll absolutely need to sell to buy. Our income will drop next season by around £50-70m. There’s no commercial deals coming in which will make up close to that shortfall. SCR also makes it more difficult.

I’m one of those people on here who’ve been very critical of late. For context, I’m a bit of worrier - I’ll often express frustrations through football. I suspect I’m not alone, but football for me was always tribalistic and a means for ‘venting steam’. That isn’t much of a justification; but it’s what a club what has dominated parts of my life for four decades sometimes is. I can see that plenty have been fucked-off with the negativity (as in mine). I’m as guilty as anyone on that front - Sunderland would be the ne plus ultra of it. I was furious - not gloating. Apologies if I’ve contributed to making folks’ experience on here a negative one. I can only say it wasn’t my intent - football (in particular NUFC) was always a focal point of frustration. I can’t say I take back all of my concerns re direction of travel - I maintain that Howe is level with KK re best NUFC managers, but I’m not entirely convinced that he’s the man to take us forwards. That doesn’t mean I think he’s shit or a terrible man - I think the opposite. But sometimes (IMO) fresh ideas are required. At a minimum I’d like to see a new coaching team around him. I think he’s been fucked over by those above him, but I also can’t absolve him of blame. Apologies to all if I’ve acted the c***. I’ll stay out of the Howe thread going forwards. I know that those who have been fucked off with my comments are only wanting the best for the club - I’ll only state that I want that too. TL;DR - TBB has been a reactive twat, apologies.

Player of questionable commitment gets commitment questioned controversy

Go to the PIF thread and have a look there.

Ridiculous run-up by Johnson

I don’t see it’s avoidable unless everyone writes ‘in my opinion’ after every sentence. It’s all just opinion.

I recover from hangovers slower than he’s managed since the weekend

You need to tell Eddie that, then - he’s the one who rolls it out as an excuse

Nile Ranger had Bolivian blood I think. Or Bolivian in his blood. I might have misheard.

It happens when you’re too scared of losing them

That would require some bollocks and gumption

What happened to being able to block players from internationals if they weren’t fit enough to play the previous club match? Ducked a derby to keep himself fit for Italy. I’m sure Michael Owen used to get pelters for this type of shite.

If you consistently burn out in the second half then you haven’t been set up well at all.