TheBrownBottle

I wasn’t excited by Ekitike either. But I am a miserable bastard, so there is that

Can’t pretend to be excited if this one goes through - he did nowt of note in the PL last season. Unimpressive GTG ratio - just like most of the forwards in our squad. I’m not the expert though - Howe is - and if he signs then I hope the lad makes comments like mine look stupid

Alli had a difficult childhood, it’s hard not to have some sympathy for him - but he is a wasted talent, all the same.

The UK. The Tories bringing in legislation which restricts rights to strike and to protest. Deeply unpleasant stuff, more than a little disturbing - but I can’t get on board with the moral relativism compared to a dictatorship like KSA. Being locked up for three and a half decades for sharing some Twitter posts is not comparable.

Never had an idea he didn’t like, never heard one he did.

Yep, always went on about how it was for others to organise, Pooh-poohing it. There’s genuinely something odd about self-appointed ‘voice of the support’ types. It’s a really odd way to view yourself the more you think about it.

Haha fair enough, I’m with gdm in terms of him not really fitting our style of play. Would always be a useful ‘Plan B’ for me.

NB Luke Edwards mask first slipped at that time too when he called out the ‘illegal’ Tiote flag, before backing down

That was Mick Martin re the proposed Tiote flag. Which again reflected this weird sense of ‘ownership’ of what others can and can’t do

Agreed. For all the flak Wood gets, his PL goal scoring record is perfectly respectable. He’s a half decent back-up CF for a mid table side.

I haven’t accused him of impropriety- nor do I think it is likely at all. I agree folks on here should be careful in terms of what they write. I just think he - and some of his pals - are raging attention-seekers, and some of their views are liable to hurt rather than help the support. No issue with them spouting shite on their podcasts nor in Hurst’s bought and paid for fanzine - I just think they’re no different to Wraith, Burnsey or any other ‘professional’ fan.

No, Hurst just gives off the air of middle-class Tory grifter, who’s tiresome self-aggrandising bullshit was the genesis for ‘The Pledge’, the intention of which was never anything more than buying him ‘influence’ at the club. A posh school Steve Wraith. He’s got zero interest in being an ‘independent’ voice - he’d love nothing more than the club embracing him and asking him for his ideas on running things. Like his proposal that season ticket prices should go up in the poorest region of Britain, just like a good little Tory with zero shits given to the average punter. I admire groups like Wor Flags as they improve the match day experience for others and give their time willingly to do so. TF having four members of the ‘independent’ board of the ST speaks volumes about their characters. Absolutely fucking shameless.

It’s horrific, and they are the scum of the Earth, I’m afraid. MBS and ‘his excellency’ our chairman are all party to this evil. It is why fawning statements from ‘our’ supporters trust were vomit-inducing. There’s fuck all we can do about who owns the club - see also Mike Ashley - and ultimately it’s still ‘our’ club (it still exists within and represents my home town). Doesn’t mean we should sit comfortably with it, of course. There was a sorry tale here in Sydney a few weeks ago re two sisters who’d fled KSA due to their sexuality. I can’t even imagine what it is like to live under a regime like that. Evil fuckers. https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/04/saudi-sisters-found-dead-in-sydney-told-acquaintance-queer-women-live-in-fear-in-their-homeland

Hope Ten Hag hasn’t learned how to pick a team before we play them. Some fucking bizarre decisions on show here. Doesn’t help that Man Utd has some utter dross like

Honestly, you’re the first person I’ve ever seen actually point to the table not even two games in for all teams. It is a complete irrelevance. 10 games is the usual benchmark

It’s all we’ve got because we haven’t bought any wingers, despite that being comfortably our weakest position

No-one should be panicking, but the position in the table after some teams have played only once is utterly irrelevant

Happy with the result, poor performance. The toothless attack means that the pressure gets ramped up vs good sides - we desperately need additional quality, not sure if we’ll sign anyone mind, I don’t detect any urgency. Trippier was as bad as I’ve seen him mind - skinned every time. Ah well. I would’ve taken this at 3pm.

PIF isn’t separate from the KSA state - it was always about piracy. Dodgy deals with Trump, however unpleasant, won’t be enough to cause issues. Besides, the PL claim to have had legal ‘proof’ of separation, so they’d need a solid case to go back on that. The only worry you should have re Trump is that somehow he’s still got a decent chance of winning in 2024 …

We’re 46,980 days unbeaten since our first derby game vs Middlesbrough Ironopolis. And while they were technically dissolved about 46,700 days ago, I think the achievement is no less impressive and definitely shows who are the NE Top Dogs

Has to be said, if the Ronnie Gill was a dog it would’ve been taken round the back of the shed to be euthanised at least 25 years ago. The website is as broken as the paper is redundant

There’s plenty of us who don’t think the politics are ancient - the NE has never recovered from that period. If they can still bleat on about an FA Cup QF defeat in 1974, we can about their betrayal of the miners ten years later

Having read that forum, I’ve decided to change the habit of a lifetime and call them ‘Notts Forest’ from this day forth. That’ll learn ‘em.

There ye gan - done

Says who?