The Fish

If you chat with someone from elsewhere about Newcastle, you can speak of the positives and when they suggest that there's thiings lacking, or not as positive most Geordies will agree. Some might make allowances, or offer mitigation, but no Geordie is going to stand there and claim Northumberland Street is as good as Milan, or that Byker is a great place for frothy coffees and smashed avocado. Try the same with a Scouser and they'll lose their fucking mind, insisting that their city is the bestest, most glorious settlement ever to grace the world. Best at music (have they had anything truly great since the Beatles?), best at football, best at humour, nicest people (are they fuck), best best best and absolutely zero faults. I've no problem with regional pride, as long as it comes with even a little fucking humility.

Could he be our Milner?

No doubt he kept his head down, and tried not to draw any attention to himself then.

I'm glad. That humanises you. With your chubby little tumtum.

You put on the Christmas timber already?

I wouldn't take that recommendation even if you made it

Ignore these cunts, where'd you get it from? We need a second tv. The one in the front room is too often playing kids tv shows, so we need somewhere I can watch my superhero stuff.

Just getting over an ear infection. Took 3 trips to the GP to get it properly diagnosed mind you. First time the Doctor was pretty dismissive, "I can't see anything just take some ibuprofen it'll clear up in a couple of days". 2 days without sleep due to the pain I go back, I see a different Doc who says she can see that it's an outer ear infection, she sends me off with a spray for the ear and some codeine for the pain. 2 more days without sleep I see an actual grown up Doctor and she sees bubbling on the ear drum, and the haggard look on my face, immediately writes a prescription for Co-Codaprin, Amoxicillin, no caffeine, don't get it wet, rest, hydrate, all that good shit. I've come online as much to get out of helping look after the 9 month old as it is to get some actual work done.

Did you know that Bill Withers had a brother called Bear? But he just wrote hold music

Back to Earth with a bump. 2-1 to Brentford

If we were to sell him for anything, it'd be pure profit. But it's unlikely he'd command any fee. We signed him for €2.9m in 16/17, in terms of PSR he's paid for 10 times over.

You're giving office etiquette advice? You are?

(but yeah, we're losing this one 0-2 or worse)

I'd want more than that for Isak.

That's awful mate. Sorry for yours mate's loss.

I do, if we have a few different ways to score that means we're harder to defend against and that would be good. If we rely on shit just falling into our laps... well I shouldn't have to tell you that would be bad.

1-1

Absolutely perfect that the anecdote begins in El Prat airport.

It baffles me that, when we've got talent like Bruno, Gordon and Isak, we're still chiefly using our defensive line to act as the creative side of things. Our top 4 for touches were Hall, Schar, Kelly and Livramento. Lloyd Kelly had more touches than Isak and Gordon combined. Compare that to West Ham and their top 4 for touches were Paqueta, AWB, Soler and Bowen.