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    in General Chat

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    Changed mine back in late February. Contemplated a Tesla for all of about 5 minutes before coming to the conclusion the only redeeming feature for me was the farting indicators (if you know, you know) but i reckon that novelty would soon wear off.

     

    Also the fact I don't own my own place meant I could either fork out a shit-tonne on a charge point that my landlord would benefit long term from, or survive on trickle-charge made it even less appealing. 

    In the end I went for a petrol A-Class. Seems a nice car.

    VAR... really??

    in Newcastle Forum

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    10 minutes ago, ewerk said:

     

    It's a strange one that. We're happy for our clubs to go out and spend huge money on the best players in the world yet there's never been a case of us recruiting a foreign referee because they're one of the best at what they do. 


    The added bonus that it could help dispel any notion that PGMOL is a closed and controlled club as well.

    VAR... really??

    in Newcastle Forum

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    56 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

     

    I think Forest have got a point here mind. If Attwell is a Luton fan, of course you don't give him the VAR job with 5 games to go when the two are in a relegation battle together. 

     

    And if Webb didn't know, he's not really doing his job. But once he does know, he has to sort it out. 

     

    Cos now even if Attwell somehow really thought he got those decisions right, the whole thing still LOOKS like it reeks. 


    If Webb didn't know then surely Attwell was at risk of being given a Luton match to referee. 

    I'm not buying that he wasn't aware. Probably irritated that Forest queried the appointment. 

    Strengthens the argument in my view for more foreign referees with no team affiliation. If we're happy to have foreign players and coaches, why not officials as well - particularly, as the authorities keep banging on about, we've got a desperate shortage of British-based officials hence why the standards are dropping....

     

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    VAR... really??

    in Newcastle Forum

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    I'm probably in the minority but I've never advocated it in any shape or form - it over-sanitises to the point where it takes what is magic about the sport away. The moments that hooked us all when we were kids. 

    Look at the Coventry game yesterday, technically they were right to disallow the goal but in the spirit of the game it just felt like the magic of the cup was ripped away in an instant. Consider our CL campaign in 2002/03 when we got the last minute winner at Feyenoord to take us through to the next round and imagine that goal have been ruled out thanks to a fag-paper thin offside decision in an earlier phase of play. 

    Offsides need a review for me as well - make it so there has to be clear air between attacker and defender for it to be offside. That way we don't have this utter nonsense where you're offside due to a hand / toenail / etc.

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    VAR... really??

    in Newcastle Forum

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    1 hour ago, Alex said:

    Probably said this before on here but there should definitely be a time limit (say 30 seconds at the absolute max) and the officials doing VAR should own the decisions. They do for offside but for the other decisions too. I.e. they can clearly see the on-field ref has either made a mistake or missed something so the VAR officials reverse or make a decision. Or they can’t see that, so they stay out of it. Simple. None of this sending the ref to the monitor. It puts them under unfair pressure and you also get the ridiculous inconsistencies, like where they aren’t shown a crucial replay (or part of one) that the VAR refs have seen. It’s a fucking ludicrously simple and obvious improvement imo. Especially seeing as VAR would appear to be here to stay. 

     

    Didn't they do this initially though and everyone said it was ludicrous that a bloke behind a TV screen in Stockley Park was making the decisions rather than the on-field referee who to that point had ALWAYS had the final say?

    There definitely needs to be amendments if it's to remain as it's ruining the game. I'm still in favour of each team having a limited number of VAR challenges per match (3 each maybe) and once they've burned them that's it - it's down to the on-field referee to decide.

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    Sandro Tonali

    in Newcastle Forum

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    1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

    He looked a hit when he was playing tbf. The period training under Howe won't have doje him any harm either. Common sense will prevail here and he'll be lining up at the start of next season. 

     

    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.

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    NUFC Pictures - from days of old.

    in Newcastle Forum

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    On 10/01/2024 at 15:34, PaddockLad said:

    Interesting comments on this from some Gooners… apparently they were out to get Ginola after Arsenal had played PSG in the CWC a couple of years before when DG was still in Paris. They don’t say what it was though :cuppa: 

     

     


    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.

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    What mood are you in and why?

    in General Chat

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    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. 

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    Eddie and Mad Dog's Snail-Like Slow As Fuck Starters v Ça plane pour Mappe, Ça plane pour Ekitike, Ça plane pour moi, moi, moi, moi, (Hou-hou-oou-oou!) ça plane pour PSG

    in Newcastle Forum

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    Still buzzing ... hours later.  :nufc:

    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.  

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    This is the news!

    in General Chat

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    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. 

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