TheBrownBottle

It’s cult-like behaviour, desperately hanging onto the ‘insights’ of Grumpy Old Man (has that bloke ever actually been right about anything?) for a slight glimmer of hope. PIF has confirmed both its ambitions for NUFC and closed the door on Inter / any other major European club. They’re running out of (made-up) get-outs now. The desperation is tangible

Something from the Early Modern period? Darlington have a Quaker’s hat. Maybe two muskets and a Franklin stove at the top?

Yeah, I’ve always had a giggle at that one. Fucking Barcelona list it on their website, but apparently the Fairs Cup wasn’t really a proper competition. Mad cunts.

Yep, that’s because they are hippocampi, not little sea-horses that swim in the sea.

I still hate these bastards quarter of a century on from when we were rivals - would be nice to see these fixtures injected with some meaning again.

Classics one and all

I hope we say no tbh - nowt good usually comes from these sort of things (this doesn't count comedies such as Premier Pashuns and Sunlun Til I Die)

It has to be said, there are some crimes so terrible that the entire community has to answer for them. Richard Keys is one such crime.

I was at the OT one. Rob Lee hacked down by Solksjaer.

I’ve just realised it’s easily a decade and a half since I have looked at the cups and hoped that the good sides would get drawn against one another. It’s been so pointless worrying about it for so long. Fuck you Mike Ashley, you cunt.

The red comes from the city’s coat of arms, which of course is the basis for the club crest. The coat of arms is clearly a much, much better design and used to adorn our shirts - problem is, you can’t trademark and profit from it. Not sure why the red or blue would be an issue tbh.

His miserable interviews don’t help, it has to be said. It was nice of him to use one to dedicate the semi final win to Shepherd and Hall after they were caught acting like arseholes in a Spanish bordello

Assuming PL-era only: HATE Bruce Souness Kinnear Allardyce DISLIKE/DISGUST Carver McClaren Dalglish Gullit APATHY Shearer Roeder Pardew FONDNESS Hughton Benitez Howe Robson ADORE Keegan

Thought he came across well - he’s clearly vastly experienced at this sort of thing. I actually momentarily felt sorry for Penfold during it - an inadequate man pushed into a position far beyond his capabilities; Eales is what a proper CEO sounds like. Apologies if he’s reading this, but the lad who’d moved to Atlanta didn’t seem to understand that these types of discussions are just about raising a question for the man in the seat to answer

Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, Chelsea, Leeds, Villa, the mackems, Sheff Wed, and plenty more significant English clubs have changed their club crest since we last did. I wouldn’t be clamouring for a change, but I’m not arsed if it does. The current crest is a lot younger than the average season ticket holder. The crest isn’t something which is linked to our history other than the recent past. This isn’t to argue against those who don’t want it to change - I’m just someone who doesn’t care either way.

Spurs were apparently looking at £25m/pa from Google. I’m willing to bet we’d be looking at c.£10-15m/pa

Count me as one of those who wouldn’t like it - but then I also would rather we didn’t have shirt sponsors - but ultimately has far less issue with this than I did with Ashley. At least we know the club would be the beneficiary. I’m not sure how much we’d get in the actual marketplace given that the ground will be known as SJP regardless - but I’m sure the KSA company which ends up festooned aal awa the ground won’t be paying the market rate.

Having spent the vast majority of my life in Newcastle’s west end, I’m very happy that I’ve never had a %s argument with a Mackem.

‘And as the Generaloberst points out, three full divisions of Massive Lads Fans in Pelaw had to buy their kids Bruno G NUFC shirts for Christmas. Even in Chester-le-Street we’ve received word from the local obergruppenfuhrer that Big Davey was in tears in the club because his laddie asked for Sugar Puffs for cereal …’

They’re a shadow of the side of old, but it is still an away game to a good side who are likely to finish in a European spot. Would take a draw now if offered

I find it depressing that the fat chancer is allowed to wreck another good club tbh. His pals in the media are notable by their silence at present - somehow this is harder to defend.

If this lad is still here in three years then we’re winning trophies and back in the CL - I can’t picture him being here otherwise, and we’ve every chance if we make another few signings like him. He’s a fucking sublime footballer.

He’s meant to be on a wee bit more than that …

They should focus all their energies on their club getting out of the second tier. After all, that division is so difficult that we only managed to win it the last three times we’ve been down there.

I haven't - not sure which darts tune it would be. Is it Chase the Sun? That would be irritating. And obviously it should just be the '60s Batman tune.