Howmanheyman

Very few people will give the team more vocal encouragement than me at a match, (always have), but shouting praise for a bloke like our owner? We've been in far worse positions than this before but at least we had some sort of pride about our club which just isn't there with this regime. We could be far more positive about things and it wouldn't take much but positivety starts in the boardroom and the man in charge has none of this in reality. He has no optimism about selling away tickets for a start and can't bare the idea he could lose £40 on a unsold ticket at the expense of 1000 supporters not being given the chance to back their team away from home. He has no optimism our club could grow and attract the massive sponsorship deals the 'big clubs' (as Pardew likes to call them) can get. Maybe that's what gets us down more now compared to worse situations in the past? We are a cheap and nasty joke of a club with no respect for our past or our own support under this bloke.

I saw my first game at St. James' Park 30 years ago. We got beat 1-0 by Shrewsbury Town. I admire your enthusiasm though maybe you aren't as jaded as us knackers that have seen it all before.

Not sure I'm only getting odd texts from my mate at the minute as he's went up there. I spoke to him just before he left, they'll find out on Monday.

Its the bairn I feel for the most, there's no dad on the scene and they were living with my mate's folks. They haven't a nut to their name, pensioners, don't know what's going to happen with the young'un in the long run, my pal may have to take her in.

Just found out my mate's sister has died. Gutted for his family and the young daughter who has lost her mother.

How did you answer? Mainly 1's.......Afraid you're more Gemmill than Essembee. Mainly 2's....... You're at home with ewerk and the rest of the working classes.

On the other hand, we've recently read about one of our posters being tied up on a cart and being pelted with rotten vegetables on General Chat so perhaps the middle class haven't completely taken over yet?

Here's one I prepared earlier.......

I don't go anymore apart from the odd cup game or away game when my pal can blag a ticket from a ST holder. I agree some of the GC content has me wondering if it's me who's the odd one out?

Any good? Nah, afraid not, CT, Soccer AM is still shite.

Football is far more middle class than it was so it's no surprise this board reflects that.

Surely there's images on the internet that are public and don't 'belong' to anybody? I can't help you on that score, I've no personal photos of old games either as I never went to the match with a camera! Maybe Ajax Andy knows a bit on photo copyright stuff, he's an Everton fan who gets on here and a photographer I believe.

When you think of the money that's been paid to and for Savage then do you need any more proof of the insanity of modern football? He was very average in my opinion, busy at best, mediocre at worst.

I wouldn't trust him to be able to wind up my watch to be honest.

First game of the season, on the box and I'll be at work. For once I'm not too bothered although sods law I'll miss a performance from us.

Aye you're right. I know he scored against Scotland at Hampden and was the first player to do this outside the top division for donkeys years.

Steve Bull?

By luck I changed to BT fibre optic a month or before all this BT sports channel came about so I get it for nixy. Then again, is this a good thing? It has a large assortment of bell-ends like Owen, R Ferdinand and Carra, Carra, Carragher, McMannaman etc. (Nice to see the ex-Liverpool and ex-Man U lads get a gig on TV as they're under represented at present. Well done BT!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCO7X6OdpHQ

These Chefs who use home gym equipment after paying good money for them, does anyone use them or hang coats on them instead?

These Chefs who use a kitchen when cooking, does anyone else do this or use a takeaway menu from a drawer in their living room? These Chefs who use a kitchen when cooking, does anyone else do this or get the Wife to drive them out to their nearest hidden gem pub off the A184?

"Why do humans always want me in other human's minds?!"

Put on only two pounds after two weeks holiday. Amazed as I ate far more shite during the day than normal plus drunk more often on a night. Was 11 stone, now 11.2.