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Saudi Arabia will beheading home soon.

I think at this point we don’t need to come up with a why as to why Ashley is doing something. The fat cunt has proven time and again he’ll just do whatever the fuck he fancies often for reasons only he knows. I’m still pretty comfortable in thinking the accounts have been displayed in a way that suits his argument that the club has nowt to spend. It’s utter fucking shite, there’s absolutely no way our wage bill increased by £40M in the time frame covered by the accounts. Fucking tin pot clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth, Huddersfield, etc all outspend us I know Bournemouth have been in the PL for a while but even when we had been in it a for a few consecutive years under this fat joke it’s not like we were spending like they have at times, iirc Bournemouth have two players which cost more than our transfer record. I agree with what Alex is saying, when we were promoted it was hinted at that the first season would be tight and we had to absorb the season in the Championship then be stronger the following summer. We are now in that summer and he’s using the same fucking excuse as to why we can’t spend much, it’s fucking nonsense. It’s a real shame as Benitez is brilliant, it’s just we got him when owned by this twat. Until Ashley leaves we’ll accomplish absolutely nothing, he’s literally looking at the miracle job Rafa did last season and thinking ‘he can do that again’ in the hope the clubs coffers swell a bit more.

Completely agree, it got past the stage of working him out years ago. We're a semi-professional premier league club till the club finally escapes his grip and I can't see it happening at the minute other than his death or a colossal financial catastrophe on his part. My ST has went up £100 and at the minute I'm not even sure I'll renew especially when I need to personally go up and maybe shift seats. Five relegations in our 130 odd year history and two are down to him in less than a decade and probably another one in the near future if he's still here. He got Rafa gift wrapped but it means Jack Shit to him other than a potential ball ache from Rafa wanting things and a bonus of him adding value to the club. The bloke's fucking poison at the end of the day.

There may be choppy waters ahead But while there's pizza, in Boldon, And thirty two inch pants.... Let's face the brexit, And dance.

ARE YOU WATCHING THE WORLD CUP, RAFA!!!!!?????!!!!!!!

I hope the owners can show genealogical ties to the Beaker people! How long before we have to take a passport to go clothes shopping? GAWN MEHD!

Didn't have bricks, used 'just eat' instead.

Mac

People using the phrase “reached out” when they mean “asked”. In particular, news sites like the BBC. Fuck Right Off

Yours was the set-up, mine was the joke

Really the only advantage of having Ashley as a owner is that if we're relegated then his pockets are deep enough to support us. Not out of any feelings of responsibility but it's done to protect his asset. When we're in the PL pretty much any of us could own the club and we'd see no difference in the levels of investment.

According to the latest Private Eye 16 of the 22 on the committee have been banned or are currently being investigated for corruption. But let’s maintain full speed.

Fills me full of hope for the next tournament in Qatar…

May’s compromise amendment has been rejected by the potential Tory rebels. All this after the sneaking around the chamber and even negotiating with rebels across the chamber a couple of days ago. Truly the most incompetent government of my lifetime coming during the most politically important period of my lifetime.

Doubled my money tbf

I thought I'd put another couple of daft bets on for the next match

"Industrial contraption". It's a few small walls around some store bought kit, not the Wright Brother's infernal flying machine. The House is tickety boo to be honest, even have a stained glass window (it came with the house).

So I had £1 on Russia 5-0 at 78\1. Cashed out at 4-0 for £2 cos there were 60 seconds left

Sorry but Even if you succeed in building this industrial contraption, you'll get about 3 days a year use of it in sunny Manchester. Glad there's nothing else more deserving to do in your new house.

Give CT a shout for tips. I think he started building one of these in 1997

A piled foundation tbh

If that’s true ( The Titi Bar) it’s fucking ridiculous. Should we now ban all Irish Bars, Italian restaurants , Thai Handshandy Parlours? Harumph

Please post pictures of the end result

If you have never laid bricks before that a very ambitious first go mate

There's this new Tiki bar (calm down, fist "Tiki") opened in New York. So fuck? I bet you're thinking. Anyway, Tiki culture doesn't refer to actual Polynesian culture. It's more an American take on it which first became popular in the 30's and thrived until the 50s/early 60s before more or less dying out in the 70s. It started becoming popular again in the 90s and is quite big now (although unsurprisingly there aren't many of them in Newcastle). I just like some of the drinks tbh. Anyway, on reading the article about it on Liquor.com I got to thinking that it looked like a hotel reception more than a Tiki bar. Then I got to the final paragraph and it pointed out they'd downplayed the look of the bar for fear of criticism over cultural appropriation. I mean, apart from the fact the whole movement is about that, has it really come this? Tiki bars are supposed to be OTT and kitsch. That's the point. Are people such fucking killjoys? I mean, I guess they are but it just seems so fucking ridiculous. I guess being in New York might have something to do with it

This is getting out of hand tbf. @Ant please just put all DK's posts in spoiler tags by default.

Any oven is a pizza oven if the pizza fits in smdh

Speaking of wind-ups, this isn't bad as publicity stunts go https://news.paddypower.com/world-cup-2018/2018/06/12/russia-10k-gay-goals-paddy-power-charity-world-cup/

Oh aye, it's absolutely shit like Or a JJB Sports flag of St George hanging in the window

Pizza Oven Fucking hipsters /edit, safety wink added.

Isabel Oakeshott is going on question time, her billing for which is "Journalist and author Former Sunday Times political editor and Daily Mail political editor-at-large Released a biography of David Cameron in 2015" What a fucking joke.

Fucking EU.

I dunno, I quite liked 2-4-6-8 motorway but I wouldnt go that far

That honestly sounds annoying as fuck. Radio commentary pumped into a room via a shitty tinny PA system that will have to be loud enough to be understood meaning you'll barely be able to discuss anything with anyone.

Public Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness

I think she's making him a bacon sarnie and he's going to eat it on holiday in Mallorca?

Been busy.

Howays post is spot on for me. There’s pretty much been zero ambition since Keegan left, we’re run like a corner shop. Sadly Ashley doesn’t appreciate (or care) that a manager of Benitez’s calibre comes along once in a blue moon. If Benitez walks away through lack of support, we’ll be back to the likes of Kinnear and Pardew and we can look forward to lots more derbies.

I like those odds. Good luck with it @strawb and @Howmanheyman's Ma!

Andrew: "yah, a few of us in East Lancashire small town amateur dramatics society have managed to blag a fan venue, totally thrilled!" Toontastic: " Having any English tapas in the intervals, Andrew?" Andrew: "Fuck off! Not having any of that shiiii.....(Fish joins thread)....err, I mean I don't think we'll bother so much with any food, tbh."

Why would a Yam Yam be a Mackem? You absolute throbber.

hehe, i found this amusing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/finally-a-president-with-the-guts-to-stand-up-to-canada/2018/06/11/474d948c-6db1-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?utm_term=.1d7f829deacb

He hasn’t got time to piss about here, HE’S GOT A GIRLFRIEND YOU KNOW!!!!!

You don't know much about tax, do you?

Just finished Evil Genius and my main takeaway from it was how a woman who was so fuckable in her youth can turn into such a munter.