TheBrownBottle

Absolutely. That we’re in the same conversation with players that they want is unbelievable given the previous decade and a half.

Why would mining turn someone into a Mackem? My granddad worked in the pits in Northumberland, but managed not to become one

Yeah, Ashington always had a high Mackem quota - never understood why, mind Our greatest no.9 grew up as a Sunderland fan in Ashington of course. He saw the light in the end

No idea if the lad will sign or not - but surely no-one could be annoyed at him choosing AC Milan over us? They’re one of the four or five grandest clubs on Earth to me. Admittedly there are parts of my brain which basically froze in the late 90s, but still.

100%. Never understood that one, they’re on the verge of wasting a golden generation of talent. I was deeply worried when we were linked with him before appointing Howe

The French police, UEFA and French govt are confirming it was mainly local ticketless people breaking through the barriers and causing bother: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61685718 I really do think we need to have a think before just pointing accusative fingers at Liverpool’s support generally. Of course they have shithouses in amongst them - so do we, so do most clubs of any reasonable size. I think it is almost guaranteed that if we got to a European final in a city with easy access and enough watering holes, there’d be more Geordies there without tickets than the ones with them - and a decent % of them would undoubtedly try to pay, cheat or burst their way in if the opportunity arose. Glass houses and all that.

The only owner in the PL who managed to shrink commercial revenues

Bede was a MLF.

Don’t be using logic. Logic is for Mags. Aristotle was a post-92 Keeganite

Probably not, but I’d stake a decent amount on the fuckers arguing that this is where we are i just hope that any new sponsorship deals are limited to one- or two-seasons at a time, so that significant increases can be made related to improved performance

And tbf, they’d be able to argue that is reasonable relative to their performance and size Personally, I don’t think sponsorship should be capped - the PL rules are ludicrous,

Liverpool’s deal is worth £30m per season. Adding £25m per season would take our shirt sponsorship past theirs. As raised earlier, West Ham’s is £10m. I reckon that’s where the PL will peg us for now

He wasn't one of our best players - but I was always of the opinion that he was better than Beresford. When Dalglish finally gave him a run at LB post-Keegan, he scored six or seven from LB in a dozen or so games. Dalglish then did the most Dalglish thing ever, and sold him for buttons whilst spunking nearly 5m on Pistone.

Mainly of course because it takes even longer to explain why they're not. Also, they'd not be able to give a sense of where sunderland is without its location relative to Newcastle

I did once have an argument with a bloke from Wallsend about this. He was saying that you have to be from Newcastle to be a Geordie, which I disagreed with. When I pointed out to him the irony that I'm from Newcastle and don't think that, yet he isn't from Newcastle and does, he was very upset. Silly twat didn't realise Wallsend isn't actually in Newcastle ...

We should retire the position in Charnley's honour, like Milan's no. 3 shirt

Wait until he sees that Athletic article poo-pooing his man Henry's money pile All we need is for Steve Bruce to come out and admit he really is a fat useless twat who was phoning it in at Newcastle, and Edwards will be typing truly dark thoughts on his unnecessarily revealing twitter page

Not sure if we'd be able to get him, but I also think DCL would be a decent transfer, he's a very good PL CF

Yeah, a shitload - particularly early on in Klopp's time. Coutinho, Sakho, Benteke, Solanke etc

Liverpool's team that started the European Cup Final last week cost £350m almost on the button - their bench that day cost £180m. £530M total. It's not Man City cash-spunking - but it isn't exactly doing it on the cheap. Over half a billion is a serious chunk of change. That doesn't detract from the fact that they've generally recruited well and that Klopp is an exceptional manager - clearly both are true

I always felt Robbie Elliott was better than all of them, tbh. Cracking left foot too - scored more from full back than anyone I've seen in B&W

I honestly don't understand why so many are so desperate for it to be Aramco, etc. Per PL rules, they can't do a crazy sponsorship deal in any case. That being so, I'd actually prefer it wasn't one of the PIF companies who became sponsors - it would attract a shitload less attention

Liverpool's squad still cost a fortune, for all the data crunching they've done. It's not exactly moneyball stuff - spend lots and lots of cash on really good footballers. I'm not suggesting that data analysis wasn't the key driver in their recruitment - but spending huge sums on footballers is generally a pretty assured route to winning things

Again, you're listing three companies that half of NUFC twitter have been guessing will be sponsors since last October, and then saying it is 'two from three'. You don't know anymore than the rest of us; and even if Saudia etc are the sponsor, it still doesn't mean that you knew - you've just accurately guessed what every budding Steve Wraith has too.

If the fee being discussed is close to true, then again it would suggest that the budget is higher than Edwards and co have suggested - it would be incredibly risky to spunk half the budget on an unproven teenager from the French top flight when several positions could do with obvious strengthening. I'm also assuming that Howe and the scouting team have seen far more impressive stuff from the lad than that youtube video suggests; I'm more than happy to place my trust in their process. Signing the lad is still a gamble - all unproven young'uns are - and some won't pay off; but if the lad comes good, based on the clubs that apparently were after him, we could have a player on our hands.