trophyshy

it doesn't taste the same tbh

you have to be extremely well off to raise kids here, unless you don't mind them getting stabbed of course.

I think my bro and dad are up for this, the latter is an IFA so can advise on the SIPPS stuff which I kna nout about. I do know that my pension has performed terribly since its inception and so I am none too worried about shoving a lump in here. Personally, and I appreciate I may be alone in thinking this, I will risk what I am prepared to lose because this represents such a unique opportunity to change the way football is. It was the people's game. It can be played by anyone with a ball costing less than a tenner. It has been exploited beyond all recognition. If us fans do not manage to wrestle something back now then when? If not us then who? If I have a couple of less quid a year when I am 70 because of this well I reckon I can cope. This is the kind of opportunity you would only regret not taking. If you took it and it went pear shaped, well, like I say – put in what you can afford to lose. 'Remember when we gathered enough momentum to buy our own club but it just didn't happen?' 'I heard about that, it was a couple of seasons before we were bought by McDonalds Corp wasn't it?' 'Aye, we used to have a Magpie as a mascot not that fucken clown y'kna' 'Really? Oh my dad would never talk about it like.' etc. If you view this as an amazing opportunity to create a genuine community club then invest. If you want to ensure profit on your pension or savings then look elsewhere. However all good portfolios have a diversity of stock and no other stock will give you as much interest and passion as this. We need as many fans as possible who are prepared to not just say No to Mike but to take it further and pay to remove this contemptible fool, invest in a sustainable future and build a brave new world together.

not like you to be so incredibly cynical CT.

But a country town in comparison Exactly. Far more liveable.

http://www.nust.org.uk/the-ultimate-protes...we-can-campaign On the basis of what is already there it looks well considered and professional. I am sure there will be a lot of questions and clarification in the coming weeks. Interestingly for me when Mike compulsory purchased my shares I had about £1500 worth in the club. This being the minimum investment anyway I will glady put that money back in and look forward to extending my interest further by having a voice. Failing a genuine billionaire in the mold of Abramovich this appears to be the way ahead for us. It would be groundbreaking, it is bold and it would be an exciting new era not only for Newcastle United but for football also. What I have to wonder is if we will be able to compete at the highest level? We may well be able to become the most sustainable club in the UK, but will we have the cash to compete? If UEFA ever exert some control over salaries then perhaps we will be well placed to benefit and perhaps we could become a hotbed for young talent once more with this approach. It would certainly be an interesting ride. Anyway as previously stated I am fucking delighted there is at least an opportunity for us to make the change happen. Thanks to NUST for having the courage and ignoring the naysayers to get this off the ground.

Tonight I made some paneer and added it to my chilli. Little nuggets of cool, subtle cheesiness amongst the heat. Highly recommended.

Gejon the bullstabber.

Melbourne is far better.

I have had an awesome time while I have been living here, but; It's full of cunts, mostly southern cunts. Money is almost all. Women are so far up their own arses their Gucci slingbacks are hanging out. First place I have had a physical fight since I was a teenager. There is a lot to do but once you have done your commute 10 times a week you aren't interested in slogging through the tourists at the weekend. I'm looking to leave tttt.

Mozza's big mates with MVB iirc.

I blame the fans

music is overrated imo. huge waste of human resource.

So downloading is out, long live downloading then?

how do you stream songs offline?

Ferguson is going to have a heart attack due to a 'poor' refereeing decision one of these days. Either that or Scanners.

We can't watch Hulu over here. Can have a transcript instead?

It would be hard to imagine fans more entitled than Newcastle's to protest. I would not think it unreasonable if they all invaded the pitch and stayed there until Ashley and Llambias joined them and committed Harikiri in the centre circle. Either stay away in protest or go as a raging ball of fury imo.

I would get some decent beer on the pumps.

If anyone could buy in at any time wouldn't that ensure ongoing funds or would the plan be to 'cap' ownership?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...ond-parody.html Mike Ashley's stadium renaming takes Newcastle United beyond parody Mike Ashley's renaming of Newcastle United's home as the sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium shows he still does not understand football supporters. By Jim White Published: 7:00AM GMT 06 Nov 2009 It is, according to Derek Llambias, the managing director of Newcastle United, a modern, forward-thinking name, one that demonstrates how commercial considerations and tradition can be happily accommodated in a single, catchy title. Well, that's one way of looking at it. From this weekend the towering white steel cathedral dominating Newcastle city centre, the place at which generations of local fans have gathered to pay homage and pledge allegiance to the Geordie cause, is to be known as the sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium. No, that's not its email address. That is, until the end of the season at least, its official designation. It is, perhaps, fortunate that Viz magazine has its headquarters in the city. At least its editors won't have to travel far to witness something that is beyond even their considerable powers of parody. Because now, following Llambias's announcement, the former Gaylord Entertainment Center – the home of the Nashville Predators ice hockey team – sounds a rather dignified name for a sports ground. In comparison to St James' new identity, FC Dallas's Pizza Hut Park is a beacon of understatement. Maybe Newcastle are attempting to follow their betters in making a few quid out of nomenclature. Chelsea too have announced that they are seeking to sell off the naming rights to Stamford Bridge. Not even Roman Abramovich, it seems, can afford Frank Lampard's salary without a bit of help. But what is perhaps even more astonishing than the ridiculous new label is the timing of its announcement. Last week, Mike Ashley, the man behind the Sports Direct retail company and Newcastle's owner, revealed that following his failure to accrue sufficient profit from his cack-handed tenure, he was taking the club off the market. He was now in it for the long term, he said. He said he hoped the fans would put aside their previous grievances and work with him to ensure the progress of the club. And then, within a couple of days, he proceeds to alienate the majority of the very same supporters by foisting this insulting new title on the stadium. What Ashley has consistently failed to grasp in his time at Newcastle is the nature of football support. Fans don't follow the board, they don't hero worship the chairman or chant the name of the principal sponsor. Their allegiance even withstands the passing of managers and players. It is based, rather, on something more spiritual: a sense of community, a fellowship of the stands, an association with the place in which their club is situated. There are only a couple of tangible points around which such affiliation can form. One is the shirt. At Newcastle that is already defaced by the logo of Northern Rock, an appropriate symbol of hubris. The other is the stadium, the last unsullied reference point of the club's history and continuity. Anyone with half an ounce of football sense would appreciate that you tinker with that at your peril. So what has Ashley, already the most unpopular man in the sportsdirect@St James' Park Stadium, gone and done to prove he is now with the club long term? He has sanctioned the temporary name change in the hope of flushing out a sponsor who might pay upwards of £3 million a year to have their own trade name incorporated. "We have to do something to maximise revenue streams," said his sidekick Llambias this week. "The club finances are in disarray following relegation." To which the response from the terraces is: and whose fault is that? As self-destructive acts of commercial judgment go, this naming decision is up there with Gerald Ratner's notorious assessment of his own product. With it, Ashley can now be classified as the clumsiest owner of a football club in recent memory. And given that that long list includes Oxford United's Firoz Kassam, Chester City's Terry Smith and George Reynolds at Darlington (or should that be @Darlington?) that is saying something. Ashley has demonstrated yet again that he is a chairman whose understanding of the organisation he owns is roughly on a par with an eight year-old's grasp of quantum physics. Everything he does seems designed to annoy his client base. Sure, football fans are odd, illogical and hopelessly romantic. But nobody was forcing him to buy into their obsession. And now he has he really ought to make an effort to understand them, to appreciate who they are and why they support his property. Mind, there is another theory spinning round Newcastle about the new name. It goes like this: far from displaying naivety, Ashley knows precisely what he is doing. Maybe by saddling the stadium with such a comedy moniker, he is trying to undermine the opposition before the rights are eventually sold to the highest bidder. Because frankly nobody could now argue against a name change; compared to the one he and his chums have come up with, almost anything would sound better. If that is indeed the case – and it seems the only logical explanation – then Ashley's cynicism deserves everything it gets.

you callin' me a fool Pud?

Good News! Congratulations!

when I get these emails from the club I always reply along the lines of; 'get bent cuntflaps' 'fuck off mike and decca you dickless retards' 'piss up a rope, fuckstick' etc I'm sure no one reads them but every little barb I can send back in their direction makes me feel a tiny bit better.