Craig

I don't share your optimism. I think the scroats at the FA will use him as an example, and there'll evidently be considerable support from other clubs in the league. A great player he is but it does beg questions about the level of due diligence we did on the lad before spending £55m on him.

Still get angry watching this despite the many years that have passed. He was never the same player for us after that IMO. Read somewhere that he yelled “they just don’t want to let me play!” as he marched down the tunnel.

Been away for a while. As some of you are aware I've really struggled with my mental health this year. It culminated in me last month getting blind drunk and trying to take my own life. I am now tee-total and sporting a deep knife scar which I doubt will ever go away. The Samaritans were truly lifesavers and I thank the guy I spoke to for 2 hours from the bottom of my heart. My advice to all of you ... if ANYTHING is troubling you, talk it through with someone and absolutely DO NOT bury shit because it will come back to try and defeat you at some point.

Depends who you talk to but a lot on conjecture that the players did turn on him and blamed him. It's a crazy call if you ask me.

Sounds like Steve Cooper has been sacked by Forest with Nuno Espirito Santo expected to replace him. I know they've had a shocking run of late, but I'm not sure I properly understand this one - think they might live to regret it.

The previous car I have had Apple Car Play which I thought was going to be some gimmick. It's now a mandatory requirement for any car for me from now on and suffice to say my current one has it too. It's a complete game changer.

Unbelievably proud Dad

They’re doing a prequel to the film ‘The Equalizer’. It’s called ‘One Nil’.

Has to be in contention for the England squad IYAM.

Still buzzing ... hours later. As someone pointed out to me this morning Mbappe and Dembele were kept quiet by two central defenders Steve Bruce had at his disposal and intimated weren't good enough for the Premier League. Hope him, Ashley and Charnley were observing last night and acutely understood what opportunity they consistently overlooked.

Or this, perhaps?

A fuck load of middle-aged 'we had way more respect than the youth of today' comments are filling my head but, principally: 1. How the fuck is a 16yo getting his hands on a chainsaw 2. How is he getting himself to what is essentially a remote spot in unsociable hours 3. Where the fuck are his parents?! I get the point Wykiki is making, but it was more than just a tree. It was a tourist symbol of the North East, thanks in no small part to a film in the 1990s. MF called it right, the freedom of the area will be lost and whatever (if anything) takes its place it'll never be the same. It'd be like someone going to American and cutting down the General Sherman or one of the survivor trees for 9/11 or Oklahoma City.

Whichever cunt has done this needs their fucking heads kicked in! Raging isn't the word.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66841194 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66850422 Only the yanks can lose a fighter jet and ask the general public to report any sighting of it!

Massive congratulations mate.

Yeah, I've had worse weeks. Off to Barcelona in the morning as well - first overseas trip in 6 years.

Over the moon (again!) Was looking through my account on HMRC and spotted I was still paying tax for a company car I handed back 25 months ago. A rebate somewhere in the region of £4.5k heading my way! Seriously, if I grew a brain I'd be fucking dangerous!

Aye it's nothing to do with sitting in a circle and admitting I have an addiction. Heading up IT Service Delivery for them. Very welcome news as I'd just about had all I could take at my current place.

Over the moon. Been offered a role with the AA that means I'm going to finally be able to chip into the debts I've racked up in recent years. The relief is palpable.

That'll be him Saw him casually walking down the sliproad from Grandstand Road about 10 mins before we started, the mad bastard

He was just in the wave before me at the start, the crazy fucker. He was already struggling by the Tyne Bridge. TBF I did get my half marathon PB

It took us 90 minutes longer to get back to Newcastle than it did for us to run the bloody thing! Hugely humbling and emotional experience for me personally. Raised almost £1000 for Blood Cancer UK which is a charity so close to my heart. I appreciate some of you will be saying it's only a half marathon but I'd genuinely never ran more than 5 miles before in my life until the start of last month. Finished it in 2h 44m. Happy with that.

TBF he's going fucking nuts about it as he's trained for it for months. And no worries.