St James' Park

[gbandit]

Let him go wild on the propaganda publicity. There’s zero chance he’s putting his hand in his pocket for that 

[Sima]

Aye, he’ll want the government to fund it.

[Orphanage]

5 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Must be nice.

 

 

 

 

We need a 91 K capacity stadium 

[Kid Icarus]

3 hours ago, manorpark said:

 

Not in the slightest bit patronising, it shines out in so many of the comments about him.

 

I have never found the need to judge the quality of peoples opinions based on their age, but that is a very common occurrence on here.

 

 

The average age on here is like 46 or something,  there's no reason I can see to jump to the conclusion that he's not liked because of his age. That's mad.

 

I have a beef with him because he was a complete arsehole when I disagreed with the points he made to (and the way he spoke to and about) the anti- sportswashing protesters, in the most mild-mannered way you could think of.

 

A running theme with him that a few on here know is that if there's any pushback on what he says, he turns nasty. 

 

Apparently the thing everyone is too naive to understand is that Saudi not signing up to an international agreement on human rights = no human rights abuses in Saudi. It's that simple!

 

 

Edited March 8, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[TheBrownBottle]

2 hours ago, TomYam said:

Or we could buy the Spurs stadium, build a supersonic HS9 rail line, leave Central Station at 2.15pm and rock up at Seven Sisters Road well in time for kick-off at 3.

We could take Spurs’ stadium apart brick by brick and relocate it to Beamish

[OpenC]

Just to try to change the record a bit, which if any parts of town would you willingly sacrifice to get a new stadium in the fabled City Centre Zone?  This is just light relief, I'm not looking for in depth reasons why any calls are unworkable and since this is just a thought experiment, money is no object  you can't have Leazes Terrace though, obviously

 

For me, buy up Eldon Square, Eldon Garden and Haymarket with Percy Street and consign them all to the history books where they belong, put a new mega stadium there. Literally nothing in that part of town I'd miss, assuming the bus station would move north. My mam would be angry at me sacrificing the ice cream shop if it's still there.

 

Is there a better bit of the centre of Newcastle to do away with?  East of Pilgrim Street might have worked if they hadn't already developed it

 

 

Edited March 8, 2024 by OpenC

[Stifler]

I’m not a fan of him because he knows literally nothing.

I have an interested in architecture and urban development, and as such have a basic knowledge of things. When he discusses stuff like urban development he gets the basic stuff consistently wrong. The whole stuff around the St James Terrace was painful to watch to be honest.

[Orphanage]

9 minutes ago, OpenC said:

Just to try to change the record a bit, which if any parts of town would you willingly sacrifice to get a new stadium in the fabled City Centre Zone?  This is just light relief, I'm not looking for in depth reasons why any calls are unworkable and since this is just a thought experiment, money is no object 

 

For me, buy up Eldon Square, Eldon Garden and Haymarket with Percy Street and consign them all to the history books where they belong, put a new mega stadium there. Literally nothing in that part of town I'd miss, assuming the bus station would move north. My mam would be angry at me sacrificing the ice cream shop if it's still there.

 

Is there a better bit of the centre of Newcastle to do away with?  East of Pilgrim Street might have worked if they hadn't already developed it

 

 

 

Flatten the Civic Centre ( where they put a pund on the rent ) 

[Kid Icarus]

2 minutes ago, OpenC said:

Just to try to change the record a bit, which if any parts of town would you willingly sacrifice to get a new stadium in the fabled City Centre zone?  This is just light relief, I'm not looking for in depth reasons why any calls are unworkable

 

For me, buy up Eldon Square, Eldon Garden and Haymarket with Percy Street and consign them all to the history books where they belong, put a new mega stadium there. Literally nothing in that part of town I'd miss, assuming the bus station would move north. My mam would be angry at me sacrificing the ice cream shop if it's still there.

 

Is there a better bit of the centre of Newcastle to do away with? 

 

 

 

 

I'd have it anywhere that means getting rid of Clayton Street, Grainger Street South, Bigg Market, and bits of Westgate Road. 

 

If not, flatten the Manors, central motorway, Carliol Street, Market Street, Swan House, Laing Art Gallery/abandoned hotel area. Sketchy as fuck around there and almost all hideous.

[Stifler]

11 minutes ago, OpenC said:

Just to try to change the record a bit, which if any parts of town would you willingly sacrifice to get a new stadium in the fabled City Centre Zone?  This is just light relief, I'm not looking for in depth reasons why any calls are unworkable and since this is just a thought experiment, money is no object  you can't have Leazes Terrace though, obviously

 

For me, buy up Eldon Square, Eldon Garden and Haymarket with Percy Street and consign them all to the history books where they belong, put a new mega stadium there. Literally nothing in that part of town I'd miss, assuming the bus station would move north. My mam would be angry at me sacrificing the ice cream shop if it's stillIs there a better bit of the centre of Newcastle to do away with?  East of Pilgrim Street might have worked if they hadn't already developed it

The bit next to Central Motorway where the bridge hotel is, but not enough land there.

[OpenC]

You'll have to get rid of the Laing then stifler, or are you rerouting the motorway?

 

 

Edited March 8, 2024 by OpenC

[Myleftboot]

14 minutes ago, OpenC said:

Just to try to change the record a bit, which if any parts of town would you willingly sacrifice to get a new stadium in the fabled City Centre Zone?  This is just light relief, I'm not looking for in depth reasons why any calls are unworkable and since this is just a thought experiment, money is no object  you can't have Leazes Terrace though, obviously

 

For me, buy up Eldon Square, Eldon Garden and Haymarket with Percy Street and consign them all to the history books where they belong, put a new mega stadium there. Literally nothing in that part of town I'd miss, assuming the bus station would move north. My mam would be angry at me sacrificing the ice cream shop if it's still there.

 

Is there a better bit of the centre of Newcastle to do away with?  East of Pilgrim Street might have worked if they hadn't already developed it

 

 

 

Exhibition park.

[Orphanage]

Paddys . When one of wor lot gets injured they only have to hobble across the road to get treatment ?

[OpenC]

7 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

I'd have it anywhere that means getting rid of Clayton Street, Grainger Street South, Bigg Market, and bits of Westgate Road. 

 

If not, flatten the Manors, central motorway, Carliol Street, Market Street, Swan House, Laing Art Gallery/abandoned hotel area. Sketchy as fuck around there and almost all hideous.

 

Would definitely agree with the second one. East of Pilgrim Street (including Pilgrim Street) would have been just about perfect if they had got in five years ago before all the new building started, I reckon

[Orphanage]

1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said:

The average age on here is like 46 or something,  there's no reason I can see to jump to the conclusion that he's not liked because of his age. That's mad.

 

I have a beef with him because he was a complete arsehole when I disagreed with the points he made to (and the way he spoke to and about) the anti- sportswashing protesters, in the most mild-mannered way you could think of.

 

A running theme with him that a few on here know is that if there's any pushback on what he says, he turns nasty. 

 

Apparently the thing everyone is too naive to understand is that Saudi not signing up to an international agreement on human rights = no human rights abuses in Saudi. It's that simple!

 

 

 

Fast Eddie was in the army and worked for the Babylon . Hes not used to thinking for himself and isnt happy if you do 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

3 hours ago, LFEE said:

What is it then? 

TBH I avoided him since the first couple of videos post-takeover. I didn’t really click with him, so I’m not really the best to comment. From what I can gather he comes across as weird and seems to be forcing it a bit with regards to headlines etc. 

[bigfella]

50 minutes ago, OpenC said:

 

Would definitely agree with the second one. East of Pilgrim Street (including Pilgrim Street) would have been just about perfect if they had got in five years ago before all the new building started, I reckon

 

If we're taking about with hindsight, then the old Brewery site is the obvious choice. 

Surely someone in Scottish and Newcastle must have known in advance that they were thinking of moving and could have tipped the wink to John Hall that the land would be available?

[Keegans Export]

51 minutes ago, OpenC said:

 

Would definitely agree with the second one. East of Pilgrim Street (including Pilgrim Street) would have been just about perfect if they had got in five years ago before all the new building started, I reckon

There isn't enough room between Pilgrim St and John Dobson St to fit even a moderate size stadium. The buildings on the west side of the road are listed so you'd need another "brick by brick" strategy...

[NE27]

1 hour ago, OpenC said:

Just to try to change the record a bit, which if any parts of town would you willingly sacrifice to get a new stadium in the fabled City Centre Zone?  This is just light relief, I'm not looking for in depth reasons why any calls are unworkable and since this is just a thought experiment, money is no object  you can't have Leazes Terrace though, obviously

 

For me, buy up Eldon Square, Eldon Garden and Haymarket with Percy Street and consign them all to the history books where they belong, put a new mega stadium there. Literally nothing in that part of town I'd miss, assuming the bus station would move north. My mam would be angry at me sacrificing the ice cream shop if it's still there.

 

Is there a better bit of the centre of Newcastle to do away with?  East of Pilgrim Street might have worked if they hadn't already developed it

 

 

 

 

Built on Westgate hill incorporating the hill itself as the pitch so we can keep talking about the slope down to goal forever more.

 

Employ the bag heads to serve pints as they surely couldn't be any worse than the spotty teens they currently have.

[Pancrate1892]

5 hours ago, LFEE said:

Out of interest what is the beef that people have with Tyneside Eddie?

I think it's the fact that he gans on like he's the oracle of Newcastle United, yet his knowledge (and main interests) seem to be

1. The PIF

2. St James park expansion (Inc leazes terrace, the arena site)

 

I asked him politely about the 300m casino project first proposed under shepherd that was going to bump us up to 60k and he came back with some shit like 'im an expert on this now and if that was a real thing I would know about it' 

From that point I felt he was a fraud because clearly I knew a lot more about my clubs history than him. 

Then other people started to say they got similar abrupt replies when they engaged him.

 

Put it this way, if anyone signed up for one of them tours around leazes terrace, I feel sorry for them 

[Pancrate1892]

1 hour ago, Orphanage said:

Flatten the Civic Centre ( where they put a pund on the rent ) 

Ironically not far off the civic centre area is the old Northumberland cricket site where Tyne association started in 1877. Footballs come a long way since 

[LFEE]

57 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

TBH I avoided him since the first couple of videos post-takeover. I didn’t really click with him, so I’m not really the best to comment. From what I can gather he comes across as weird and seems to be forcing it a bit with regards to headlines etc. 

 

Been interesting to read everyone’s replies. Was genuinely wondering if I had missed something. Interesting that no one seems to of met him or spoke to him face to face. Speak as you find but came across him in Philadelphia very very briefly and seemed just a normal fan enjoying his hobby as opposed to Adam P who seemed quite aloof though I’ll excuse him as I’m guessing he is a little neurodiverse (like us all) so handles social situations a bit awkwardly. Think TE is retired so just enjoying his hobbie/life post RAF career and not chasing any money.

 

Never find him pretending to know stuff others do. Seems to stick to quite a factual routine of trying to interview people who know better than the average joe to give an informative view on things on the small handful of clips I’ve watched. Never engaged with him or even see him on X. Just the odd YT clip is recommended.

 

I’ve heard his wife is a program seller (?) and she’s apparently been getting a lot of grief about him pre-match. Anyone know anything about that?

 

[Decky]

23 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said:

I think it's the fact that he gans on like he's the oracle of Newcastle United, yet his knowledge (and main interests) seem to be

1. The PIF

2. St James park expansion (Inc leazes terrace, the arena site)

 

I asked him politely about the 300m casino project first proposed under shepherd that was going to bump us up to 60k and he came back with some shit like 'im an expert on this now and if that was a real thing I would know about it' 

From that point I felt he was a fraud because clearly I knew a lot more about my clubs history than him. 

Then other people started to say they got similar abrupt replies when they engaged him.

 

Put it this way, if anyone signed up for one of them tours around leazes terrace, I feel sorry for them 

 

I remember that. And if he done a quick Google search he'd know himself.

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/united-plan-a-60000-ground-1490092

 

I'm not sure how anyone who was a fan back then can forget this because for so many years under Ashley it was thought to be the last chance to ever expand SJP.

 

 

Edited March 8, 2024 by Decky

[Orphanage]

7 minutes ago, Decky said:

 

I remember that. And if he done a quick Google search he'd know himself.

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/united-plan-a-60000-ground-1490092

 

I'm not sure how anyone who was a fan back then can forget this because for so many years under Ashley it was thought to be the last chance to ever expand SJP.

 

 

 

Eddie claims to have autism but theres  no way to check if thats true

 

 

Edited March 8, 2024 by Orphanage
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[Pancrate1892]

8 minutes ago, Decky said:

 

I remember that. And if he done a quick Google search he'd know himself.

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/united-plan-a-60000-ground-1490092

 

I'm not sure how anyone who was a fan back then can forget this because for so many years under Ashley it was thought to be the last chance to ever expand SJP.

 

 

 

Aye, when you think it's quite important when your talking about expanding now, because obviously it revisits a lot of problems they would have faced and considered at the time. Would seem like important info if your going to publish a dozen videos about the same subject. 

But it's the way he came back with the 'expert' shite that made my mind up on him. 

 

Also, there's no content on anything nostalgic, I don't think I've ever heard him mention Peter Beardsley, Jackie milburn or way back to Colin veitch.

He did a brief one about Stanley (east end) and their origins of byker, but it was just pulled straight from Paul joannou and no research of his own.