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He was superb. Cracker, Blackadder and tutti frutti come to mind. RIP

The fireworks going off in Walker have lasted longer.

"Who lives in a back garden with a leather settee like thiiiis...."

I'll miss it and the Everton game through work. At least it'll save me a bit of cash for tickets, beer etc.

If there's a way around it then great. 👍 The fear is long term you'd have brainwashed kids knowing no better calling it 'the Aramco' or whatever it's named as they'd hear the official version all the time. Think Man U and 'United', all and sundry under 35 from all over the UK wouldn't think twice of calling them anything else, in fact you have the odd DLC from our own fan base who'll occasionally say it. I even recall the odd glory hunter around 93 having everyone confused by talking about the 'exhibition' stand or the 'Sir John Hall' stand. (Been a fan long, lads?)

I'm amazed they've kept it going for as long as they have to the standard they have. Mourinho has the same rep didn't he?

I missed the interview, I've downloaded it on BBC sounds and will give it a listen when I get the chance so having no knowledge of what he said I can only say that Gemmill is right, I wouldn't want to change it unless they've a way around it where it's basically SJP and the sponsor doesn't get mentioned. It's being penny wise, pound foolish in the long run, we'll get where we want to be sooner or later and SJP as a name will have far more attraction than the Aramco/whatever stadium. If we want to be a global giant we need to start acting like one and I can only imagine the howling and gnashing of teeth in the media, let alone the fans, if Anfield and Old Trafford changed to a sponsor. A new stadium is a get out of jail card and is probably fair game but you're damaging 'the brand' imo by doing it if we stay at SJP. We should be in a position with the money to come, the professionals being appointed to key positions, gradually improving the side and European football will get us there so doing this is an admission we're a bit two bob, we're not, we're Newcastle United and we play at St. James' Park. 👍

He's been told to write down his dreams by his therapist as soon as he wakes up while it's fresh in his mind.

Man United (a) - Fuck knaas Everton (h) - Fuck knaas Spurs (a) - Fuck knaas Villa (h) - W Southampton (a) - Fuck knaas Chelsea (h) - Fuck knaas

Welcome to Newcastle United, fam.

RIP Angela Lansbury. Seeing as I never actually met her and didn't know her personally plus the fact she passed away at the age of 96 years..... Any chance of a bank holiday?

Noted. I'll just grab them from you the next time I see you.....

I don't disagree with your general point but if she was born in November 1971 then she's nearly 51.

Came across 'The Monocled Mutineer' on the dodgy TV. Picture quality isn't great but it's good viewing, remember watching it when it was first aired but other than thinking it was good I couldn't remember too much about it other than Paul McCann being in it. It's only four episodes and I'm not too sure you'd see it getting done now as the WW1 fetish is strong these days and the idea of the common soldier not being too enamoured fighting for something they think is bollocks mightn't go down too well but everything's woke now isn't it? (Cherie Lunghi is in it and gets her tits out one point @Monkeys Fist) 👍

Villa and Everton fans are definitely related to the mackems and in villa's case they shouldn't be so touchy seeing they're the dominant club in their city.

RKYP

I didn't ask.

No, think it might have been one of those 'why do our/NUFC fans do/think [insert bollocks here]' tweets you often see where someone sees the real answer and everyone else doesn't. Basically stating the obvious and painting the support as morons. 'Some/a few fans' was his get out clause that he failed to use. (So basically fuck all to do with stats).

'he's obviously a confidence player' I agree but not in the way they're inferring. He's a player confident in his ability because he knows he's good. He's been a 'confidence player' since he signed in January.

Nailed it.

Is that right?

I think this will sum up how this game goes as fans.... As unimpressed as I was watching them against Brighton and laughing at the highlights v Brentford it was earlier on and they're not as bad when it's a big game, especially at home. The bad/good news is we're definitely going to be seen as a big game as they know we're not shit anymore and can go above them plus they know our lot will be noisy in the stands and the players will be at it on the pitch so think we'll get the better version of their side rather than the lackadaisical one who probably thought they'd have too much for Brighton. If they take us lightly we should be looking at three points 100% but if they're up for it too and var goes back to default then I can see an unhappy ending. I'll be gutted if it does because we've a real chance.