thebrokendoll

your reply prompted me to have a read about the lagavulin distillery tour alex, gets absolutely cracking reviews but sadly would be wasted on me. I'm not a spirits drinker at all and whisky in particular, instant heartburn. on a more positive note, for company yesterday evening we had oystercatchers, ringed plovers and choughs. swimming just offshore we had a group of about 5 seals and could clearly see the fins of 3 dolphin. and then just before it started getting dark a golden eagle being mobbed by gulls. the Eagle started flying back towards where we're parked up and was suddenly joined by its mate! fucking tremendous!

no takeover on the horizon. an owner who doesn't give a shit. looking increasingly likely we'll start the season with a weaker squad. a clueless manager who takes every opportunity to belittle us. a football governance seemingly hellbent on pampering to the whims of the big, big, huge clubs. struggled to sell 10,000 v sheffield utd. apparently still to shift 13,000 season tickets. counteracted perhaps by the lure of being able to attend games again following 17 months of pandemic restrictions? I reckon 42,000 v west ham and I won't be among them.

on the north of islay by ardnave which is basically 2 houses and a farm. took the dogs for a walk and spotted what looked like a dead sheep on its back all four legs pointed skywards with 2 lambs stood nearby. went to investigate and the sheep was alive but very distressed, shitting and pissing itself. abandoned the dog walk and went to the farm and told the farmer what we'd found and explained where roughly it was and off he went zooming off on his quad bike. he came back an hour or so late really pleased as he reckoned it would've died within an hour it was that bloated with gas. anyway, he told us we could drive through his farmyard, go through several gates, follow the little map he drew us and park up on the headland where nobody else his access to. we now have our private beach, not a person, building or vehicle to be seen for miles. view from a sidedoor.....

not anymore, things have moved on, they're now.... "We have to wait for the big huge clubs and see what they do." we're the sticklebacks in brucie's pond.

bunch of miserable fuckers in the morning!

not a joke as such I suppose, but I thought it was hilarious, watched it 3 times in fact and it improves with age even though you know what's coming. enjoy!

you've got the big, big, super giant massive clubs like his beloved united. then you've got the big, big clubs like mid table arsenal who might loan players out. then you've got the big clubs like norwich and brentford who can spend money. then you've got the tiny teeny weeny weeny clubs with fuckwit head coaches with no self respect.

I'd be hoping for a rare but very satisfying double knockout.

made me laugh that did yesterday. patel given a vote of no confidence by a bunch of cunts who are institutionally corrupt. the pair of the fuckers deserve each other.

I know mate, I don't think for one second n.u.s.t. would hand over money to ashley or that anybody would've contributed to a pledge thinking that was a possibility. was just a general feeling that supporters on the whole are taken for granted by football club owners (ours in particular) and that fan involvement in clubs is viewed as a token gesture, whether they've paid for it or been given it voluntarily. or at least that was the case. it really upsets me stating this but, I have nothing other than admiration for what man utd supporters achieved a couple of months ago through direct action. they managed to get abandoned arguably the biggest fixture in world club football. it had a huge impact media wise and very probably with the glazers too. I don't expect for a second n.u.s.t. to incite a riot, however I'll hold my hands up and admit I'd love too see something happen spontaneously along similar lines for our opening game next season. if master's and his mates want to take the piss out of us for getting on 18 months, then we can take the piss out of a televised premier league game too. I might be being overly nostalgic about 70s/80s newcastle support here but I honestly don't think that generation would've accepted being fucked about in the manner we have like this generation seem resigned to. it makes feel really rather sad.

agree largely with both the above posts. my gripe with n.u.s.t. is I believe they need to be more militant. while the share scheme might be a reasonable idea I think it's almost certainly doomed to failure and more so that if we're likely to be stuck with ashley I reckon the fat cunt would relish its success. I'm sure he'd be rubbing his hands with glee at the prospect of being handed over £6m to completely ignore any input from a supporters group. as it stands I'd be much happier to see money spent on four stand size banners highlighting premier league/big six corruption for the opening game against west ham. the gallowgate covered with the face of masters stating his wish to see charity, then, no comment, no, comment, decline to comment. maybe the leazes with masters face and then the comment 'the six clubs have agreed a voluntary contribution of £20m for plotting to destroy the football pyramid. that sort of stuff.

I relayed my musings to the wife. she called me a twat and I really don't understand why?

this is outrageous. don't these women realise that the sports governing body just want to create greater exposure. really, if they decided that lady's beach volleyball should be played topless then the norwegians should be happy to embrace that idea too. (apologies if already posted) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/handball/57890430

I wouldn't believe a word that came out of master's mouth or ashley's. the only winner is bruce, who keeps a job he doesn't come anywhere near warranting.

hang your head in shame Fist, the world's greatest debut album and bruce's scrotum should never be referenced in the same sentence!

just waiting for n.u.s.t. to announce they hope they came to this decision with their masks on.

mike ashley, richard masters and steve bruce currently in the most grotesque manage a trois imaginable.

steve bruce checking he's got some bollocks, on account he's never seen the fuckers for 30 years....

steve bruce is a stand out reason for watching television in normal resolution.

if he put his full weight on it he'd end up midway between the earth's core and adelaide.

aye. mind you, the majority of me hopes he carries on in this vein, it might just wake up the zombies in the ground to give him hell. plus I really quite like hating him!

see brucey was giving his usual bollocks about the giant clubs again yesterday. we've got to wait on mid table arsenal to see if we can feed off their scraps. worse then pardew,, I despise the minging fat cunt.

im quite moved, we've got a caring club after all.

he'll have done it because he's thick as pig shit. think the number's irrelevant really.

the fucking mind boggles.