sunderland

[joeyt]

 

 

 

[Elric]

"Enzoeh la Fey"  

 

 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

29 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

 

 

Enzo loan Fee 

Marra 

[Karjala]

Rumours of Bellingham going to Palace with loads of "he's not going anywhere" comments from the unwashed. 

 

Like he'd prefer to stay in mackemland rather than move to a PL club and double his wages 😅 Suppose Diallo still wants to be back too.

[The Prophet]

Didn't Le Fee turn down Bournemouth because he didn't fancy moving to England?

[Pablo123]

15 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Didn't Le Fee turn down Bournemouth because he didn't fancy moving to England?

Wear talking about the North East riviera here, marra, not some shithole in London 

[Whitley mag]

The Mackem Witch has got the natives restless with this article. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/06/eddie-howe-anxious-to-win-carabao-cup-for-newcastle-amid-stadium-uncertainty

 

By the time Sunday 16 March dawns, Newcastle United’s short-, medium- and long-term future should be considerably clearer. The day itself will see Eddie Howe either leading his team out at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final or rewatching videos of the previous day’s scheduled Premier League fixture at home to Crystal Palace. It all hinges on a two-part Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal, with the first leg in north London on Tuesday night.

 

Howe has frequently reiterated his “burning desire” to end a club trophy drought stretching back to 1969 and the European Fairs Cup. “Arsenal’s a massive game for us,” he said on Monday. “We’re under no illusions as to how big this is for our season.”

 

Given that two of his key players, Bruno Guimarães and Fabian Schär – crucially, Howe’s sole fit right-footed centre-half – are suspended for the visit to the Emirates Stadium, Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing team unsurprisingly kick off as favourites. Yet even if Newcastle’s hopes of reaching a second Carabao Cup final in three seasons are left in tatters, a second Champions League qualification within the same timeframe could still be within touching distance.

 

After all, five straight Premier League victorieshave camouflaged, and perhaps even repaired, the behind-the-scenes fissures that disrupted the team’s early season progress. So much so that, with Sandro Tonali dictating midfield and Alexander Isak scoring freely, Newcastle have risen to fifth. Should they succeed in walking through the currently wide open front door to Europe, Howe may yet be able to retain the widely coveted Isak, Tonali, Guimarães, Joelinton, Anthony Gordon and Sven Botman this summer.

 

But so much for the short term. By mid-March the majority Saudi Arabian-owned club are expected to have finally announced a long-awaited decision as to whether or not they plan on spending around £1bn on rebuilding St James’ Park with an increased 65,000 capacity. The alternative is to invest three times that sum and construct a new, potentially matchday-revenue doubling, 75,000-capacity stadium elsewhere in the city.

 

Either option will almost certainly prompt months of planning wrangles, not to mention the likely need to share the Stadium of Light with Sunderland while a potential rebuild takes place. That would be unpopular in some quarters but there seems no realistic alternative. Moreover, if Milan and Inter can share San Siro, the two north-east rivals can surely cohabit for a while.

 

Howe remains adamant that Newcastle’s much-redeveloped training ground should be regarded as a temporary home until a new weekday HQ, promised by the Saudis when the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) bought the club in October 2021, is purpose built. Right now nothing appears on an opaque horizon, although Brad Miller, Newcastle’s chief operating officer and the man overseeing the stadium decision, is also exploring assorted potential new training ground sites.

 

It is probably no coincidence that Miller’s previous expertise was in airport expansion. Maybe a man who has occupied senior roles at East Midlands, Stansted and Manchester will have an integral part to play if, as expected, PIF shortly purchase a 49% stake in one of the area’s biggest employers, Newcastle airport. Given that the other 51% is owned by seven local councils, with profits used partly to fund vital local services, a PIF-led increase in flights, passengers and billions of pounds worth of cargo could yet fulfil the Saudi’s grandiose pledges to help level up the north-east by boosting the regional economy significantly.

 

Howe has previously expressed doubts as to whether he will remain in post for sufficient seasons to not only see the sort of long-term regeneration painted by the Saudi sales pitch but also the attendant litany of similarly promised league titles and European trophies. With that latter vision impeded by Premier League profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) that restrict Newcastle’s spending power until their commercial revenue streams catch up with the owners’ ambition, a manager anxious to become the first English coach to lift the League Cup since Steve McClaren in 2004 knows time could be against him on Tyneside.

 

It perhaps explains why Howe remains unconcerned that his team’s mastery of the sort of streetwise gamesmanship – or to use the game’s vernacular, shithousery – that has previously reduced Arteta to apoplexy does little to polish Newcastle’s public image. As recently as Boxing pop Day, Aston Villa’s normally urbane manager, Unai Emery, was left incandescent by the antics of Howe’s assistant, Jason Tindall. “I don’t really care what happens outside Newcastle,” said Howe as he endeavoured to improve his club’s record of only one win in 19 visits to the Emirates, where Martin Dubravka could make a final appearance in goal for the visitors before joining Saudi Arabia’s Al-Shabab.

 

“The perception other teams have of us doesn’t really worry me. Outside opinion is almost irrelevant to us. We’re here to win and we give everything to win. Everything we do is to reach the pinnacle in elite competitions.”

 

 

Edited Monday at 20:21 by Whitley mag

[Dancing Brave]

4 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

The Mackem Witch has got the natives restless with this article. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/06/eddie-howe-anxious-to-win-carabao-cup-for-newcastle-amid-stadium-uncertainty

 

By the time Sunday 16 March dawns, Newcastle United’s short-, medium- and long-term future should be considerably clearer. The day itself will see Eddie Howe either leading his team out at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final or rewatching videos of the previous day’s scheduled Premier League fixture at home to Crystal Palace. It all hinges on a two-part Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal, with the first leg in north London on Tuesday night.

 

Howe has frequently reiterated his “burning desire” to end a club trophy drought stretching back to 1969 and the European Fairs Cup. “Arsenal’s a massive game for us,” he said on Monday. “We’re under no illusions as to how big this is for our season.”

 

Given that two of his key players, Bruno Guimarães and Fabian Schär – crucially, Howe’s sole fit right-footed centre-half – are suspended for the visit to the Emirates Stadium, Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing team unsurprisingly kick off as favourites. Yet even if Newcastle’s hopes of reaching a second Carabao Cup final in three seasons are left in tatters, a second Champions League qualification within the same timeframe could still be within touching distance.

 

After all, five straight Premier League victorieshave camouflaged, and perhaps even repaired, the behind-the-scenes fissures that disrupted the team’s early season progress. So much so that, with Sandro Tonali dictating midfield and Alexander Isak scoring freely, Newcastle have risen to fifth. Should they succeed in walking through the currently wide open front door to Europe, Howe may yet be able to retain the widely coveted Isak, Tonali, Guimarães, Joelinton, Anthony Gordon and Sven Botman this summer.

 

But so much for the short term. By mid-March the majority Saudi Arabian-owned club are expected to have finally announced a long-awaited decision as to whether or not they plan on spending around £1bn on rebuilding St James’ Park with an increased 65,000 capacity. The alternative is to invest three times that sum and construct a new, potentially matchday-revenue doubling, 75,000-capacity stadium elsewhere in the city.

 

Either option will almost certainly prompt months of planning wrangles, not to mention the likely need to share the Stadium of Light with Sunderland while a potential rebuild takes place. That would be unpopular in some quarters but there seems no realistic alternative. Moreover, if Milan and Inter can share San Siro, the two north-east rivals can surely cohabit for a while.

 

Howe remains adamant that Newcastle’s much-redeveloped training ground should be regarded as a temporary home until a new weekday HQ, promised by the Saudis when the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) bought the club in October 2021, is purpose built. Right now nothing appears on an opaque horizon, although Brad Miller, Newcastle’s chief operating officer and the man overseeing the stadium decision, is also exploring assorted potential new training ground sites.

 

It is probably no coincidence that Miller’s previous expertise was in airport expansion. Maybe a man who has occupied senior roles at East Midlands, Stansted and Manchester will have an integral part to play if, as expected, PIF shortly purchase a 49% stake in one of the area’s biggest employers, Newcastle airport. Given that the other 51% is owned by seven local councils, with profits used partly to fund vital local services, a PIF-led increase in flights, passengers and billions of pounds worth of cargo could yet fulfil the Saudi’s grandiose pledges to help level up the north-east by boosting the regional economy significantly.

 

Howe has previously expressed doubts as to whether he will remain in post for sufficient seasons to not only see the sort of long-term regeneration painted by the Saudi sales pitch but also the attendant litany of similarly promised league titles and European trophies. With that latter vision impeded by Premier League profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) that restrict Newcastle’s spending power until their commercial revenue streams catch up with the owners’ ambition, a manager anxious to become the first English coach to lift the League Cup since Steve McClaren in 2004 knows time could be against him on Tyneside.

 

It perhaps explains why Howe remains unconcerned that his team’s mastery of the sort of streetwise gamesmanship – or to use the game’s vernacular, shithousery – that has previously reduced Arteta to apoplexy does little to polish Newcastle’s public image. As recently as Boxing pop Day, Aston Villa’s normally urbane manager, Unai Emery, was left incandescent by the antics of Howe’s assistant, Jason Tindall. “I don’t really care what happens outside Newcastle,” said Howe as he endeavoured to improve his club’s record of only one win in 19 visits to the Emirates, where Martin Dubravka could make a final appearance in goal for the visitors before joining Saudi Arabia’s Al-Shabab.

 

“The perception other teams have of us doesn’t really worry me. Outside opinion is almost irrelevant to us. We’re here to win and we give everything to win. Everything we do is to reach the pinnacle in elite competitions.”

 

 

 

A year to the day that they painted the sol black and white   

It's obviously a wind up. But a very good wind up. Incoming meltdown of epic proportion on rtg. 

[Teslact]

3 hours ago, joeyt said:

 

 

 

Is it confirmed? I see the wiki entry was changed, then reverted, then someone else changed it again.

[Dancing Brave]

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/forums/pure-football.86/

 

Only 90mins since the thread started and already it's up to 20 pages 

 

They have invented just about every crazy scenario possible and are getting annoyed about them all 

Funny as fuck ! 

 

[Elric]

38 minutes ago, Dancing Brave said:

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/forums/pure-football.86/

 

Only 90mins since the thread started and already it's up to 20 pages 

 

They have invented just about every crazy scenario possible and are getting annoyed about them all 

Funny as fuck ! 

 

 

It'd be the only way they'd ever sell out that litter-strewn shithole

[et tu brute]

Their support is being totally shown up these last few years. The fuckers are laughable trying to come up with every reason going, to excuse fans not attending. Let's not forget their imaginary 'official' league attendances either. As for that Louise Taylor report, how the fuck does she get paid for being a journalist, I'll never know.

[Danh1]

Interesting one as it’d be hilarious to get bigger crowds than them at their own stadium, but at the same time the thought of NUFC playing home games on Wearside is a grim prospect.

 

Let’s be honest, it’s not happening irrespective of what I want. Be fucking hell on the first weekend and NP would never allow it in a million years. 

[Cornah]

Amazed if there’s 14,000 against Stoke, excuses include:

Weather marra

Skint marra

Playing reserves marra

Its only Stoke marra

Nissan marra

Mags might be playing marra..

 

[Sima]

2 hours ago, Cornah said:

Amazed if there’s 14,000 against Stoke, excuses include:

Weather marra

Skint marra

Playing reserves marra

Its only Stoke marra

Nissan marra

Mags might be playing marra..

 

They all seemed to find the money easy enough this time last year.

[Kilcline]

3 hours ago, Sima said:

They all seemed to find the money easy enough this time last year.

Mags in the home end marra

[Kilcline]

I mean, we literally were in the home end, but you know what I mean 

[et tu brute]

Fucking 43 pages on something which would never ever happen 

[bobbydazzla]

Anyone able to explain why this gif exists ?

 

 

[NE27]

23 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Anyone able to explain why this gif exists ?

 

 

 

Looks like university of sunlun on flag.

 

Fuck knas why you'd be travelling from L.A, or why Edinburgh/Carlisle/Middlesbrough are on map other than airports.

 

Cant imagine you getting a long distance flight to Carlisle mind 

[Durham Mag]

30 minutes ago, NE27 said:

 

Looks like university of sunlun on flag.

 

Fuck knas why you'd be travelling from L.A, or why Edinburgh/Carlisle/Middlesbrough are on map other than airports.

 

Cant imagine you getting a long distance flight to Carlisle mind 

They have spelt Carlisle wrong so definitely Sunderland Uni.

[Danh1]

Just been reading their 60 page thread before it was pulled, they’re fucking petrified of us winning the trophy. 
 

The usual suspects trying to reassure those who are giving us credit that we are shite, state owned, lucky etc. Drink the cunt in.

[OCOCOL]

Just ignore the daft cunts 

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, Danh1 said:

Just been reading their 60 page thread before it was pulled, they’re fucking petrified of us winning the trophy. 
 

The usual suspects trying to reassure those who are giving us credit that we are shite, state owned, lucky etc. Drink the cunt in.

I’m guessing that they’re doing the standard Mackem juggle between ‘Arsenal are fucking shit man’ and ‘Arsenal divvunt care aboot the Mickey Mouse Cup’

[Danh1]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

I’m guessing that they’re doing the standard Mackem juggle between ‘Arsenal are fucking shit man’ and ‘Arsenal divvunt care aboot the Mickey Mouse Cup’

Yep. Us winning a cup would finish them off.