Rayvin

Man, we are fucking aligned on this one

This whole thing could be sorted by an amended process. Instead of yes or no calls on the decisions, just state definitively what the actual outcome is. So instead of 'yes that's correct' or whatever, you say 'Goal'. And this is what is then passed to the on field officials. There is no possible way that then gets misinterpreted. More widely than that, the officials clearly don't know what the recourse is if something like this happens - that's another procedural failure that needs to be addressed. How do we make this right in the immediate aftermath if it happens in future can absolutely be part of the conversation here. For me though, that's as far as this goes - what can we learn from it, how can we minimise the chance of it happening, on we go.

No way it happens, Spurs would fight that all the way.

I support the principle behind it but it does sound unworkable.

Really have no clue on this one myself but win or lose it's great to be playing some serious teams.

Sounds a bit like Exile from RTG tbh. You reckon Leazes might have switched teams?

I agree they're fucked tbh. Which I'm glad about given my intentions for this election. A 'have my cake and eat it' moment as far as voting outcomes go - I get to be a naive, principled twat without it costing anyone anything

In the mod channel I literally made this joke myself

My general rule of thumb here personally is if I watch the clip and end up sucking air through my teeth at a rapid rate with a look of disgust/horror, then it was a red card. This was a fucking red card

This is unfortunate and inevitable. And funny tbf. The thing with TT is, we don't care if anyone else shows up really, we're not looking to grow the userbase as such (if people join and get the place, great, if not, we're fine), we're just here to talk with a bunch of people most of us have known for over a decade. Over the course of the years that TT has been running it's developed a particular culture. You can't just drop 10 or so people into that culture out of nowhere and in total ignorance of said culture, and then take offence at it. No one was being harsh or mean to you, you just don't get how this place works. Keep reading the forum outside of this thread, see if you can insert yourself into a conversation or thread somewhere, and you'll find you get on pretty well IMO. None of us are bad people, none of us are children, we're all grown adults with jobs and families and whatever. We all care about each other. In earnest though even if we'd given you the perfect welcome with bells on, taking a community group that seems to be well connected to each other such as your own and merging it into another community with similar bonds and ties with no planning, conversation or attempt to understand each other was always going to fail. Sorry to hear about the blog and its owner btw. Good luck in whatever you do from here.

Are they seriously going to elect Suella? I can't see it, would be suicide. Would amuse me to see the Guardian have to line up behind a white male candidate against a female person of colour though. They might implode.

Tbf mate you've been very sound and I didn't grab any of that because I think city fans are particularly egregious for this stuff. You're not. And I'm sure if I went to Newcastle Online you'd see some of our fans coming up with similar shit about all sorts. I just happen to quite like going looking for it tbh. RAWK's CL thread last year was a real highlight for instance, along with a lot of the midtable teams who weren't ready for us to be good. Have seen far worse than all of that.

The way they're going on you'd think this goal was a matter of life and death. What can they possibly do here in escalation other than get a few people sacked and put the fear of God into the officials? They can't undo the result. Loathsome club tbh, absolutely pathetic.

Didn't see the game but just watched the highlights. Agree with sentiment on here but just want to call out that Bruno looked pretty damn solid to me. Some great touches to get our attacks going, great passes here and there too. Probably could have won that 5-0 and not felt lucky, but 2-0 and 3 points is more than good enough.

I can see how from the outside it could be viewed as 'just a tree' but it feels like a middle finger to the rest of the community IMO. It is well known and loved, it's part of the cultural landscape of Northumberland insofar as almost everyone in the surrounding areas have been to see it at some point. It's just crass and self indulgent to do this - done at night by the sounds of it too so clearly whoever did it knew there'd be an outcry.

Can't help but feel we're having a very harsh discussion on the guy less than 24 hours after he was part of a defence that kept a clean sheet against a very good team Yes he's not going to be first choice at any point, but last night demonstrated that he is capable of having a decent game for us in a good system. At least in my case, I'll be a little more confident about his cameos in future than I would have been before last night.

Why in fuck would someone do that? That is sickening.

Just looking at the response over on Bluemoon. In a nutshell: - They weren't arsed at all about the game beforehand. - When teams were announced they were supremely confident that they would win because our lads were mostly shite and their line up very competitive. - First half they were sublime and their players were gods. - Second half their players were all coming back from injury or kids, plus Newcastle were a really dirty team and that mean Joelinton was bullying them. They were now arsed about the game though due to the indignation of losing. - At final whistle, in response to Sky stating things like "famous victory" and "no one gave Newcastle a chance at the outset", there were comments about how they had made 8 changes, how no one should have expected them to win, etc. - Lots of hate on NUFC in general, but I picked out this one just because I think it speaks to a wider point that these fans aren't getting: The reason we are no longer likeable is that we are actually trying to win and compete. I'm sure if we went back to being the sort of side that their second string could put 4 past and call it a day, we'd be back to being a benign, pitiable club that simply wasn't important enough for anyone to have negative feelings around. Now we're kicking these clubs out of competitions, we're suddenly detestable.

Isak is a class act mind, confident as anything but also able to let others have their moment in the spotlight too. Really respect that.

Joelinton is absolutely massive for us. Possibly moreso than Bruno now we have Tonali.

Superb stuff. Really impressive, well done to the lads and great from Howe. Huge confidence booster that one, we're fucking back.

MF would be the subject of at least 3 accusatory editorials from the Guardian, I have no doubt.

Aye, think he might have wandered onto the field and ended up playing in their defence.

You do occasionally have to wonder how long TT would last if cancel culture ever discovered it

I'm still amazed by this response from GB News mind. They're suspending Fox for being misogynistic and saying it doesn't match their values. I mean.. what do they think their values are? This is their values writ large. It'd be like them suddenly panicking about Boris Johnson saying something racist. Surely this sort of thing is the whole point of their network.