McFaul

So our ground rights are worth four times as much as Arsenal's? It's irrelevant anyway as the figure was picked out of his arse and it's guaranteed that we will never have a paid for stadium sponsor under Ashley. That deal was signed before the ground was even completed in 2004 or 2005, to put it in perspective Man City's deal is worth FOUR times their's, obviously it's an artificially enhanced deal, £400m over ten years, but both of these grounds don't have the history or iconic pull of SJP and for us to have a deal a quarter the size of Man City's is reasonable. This is 2011. I mean for fuck sake Tottenham get nearly the value of the Emirates deal just in shirt sponsorship, was a poor deal by Arsenal.

Hmm so I guess it depends on how our sale is structured then... now if it's £150 minus the debt i.e. £100m then that doesn't seem that unreasonable... you cost about double that but obviously have an excellent stadium and a good revenue stream. On the other hand if we are actually asking £150m + the debt then it makes it roughly the same as you were sold for except we need a new stadium so the real cost is way in excess of what Ashley paid for you. I'd bet on it being the latter knowing our luck and if it is then we have absolutely no chance of being sold any time in the near or distant future and it would explain why clubs are being bought left, right and centre yet we're still stuck with Bill Kenshite! If it's 150m plus the debt its a little bit more than Ashley had to pay. If that is the price you'll never get sold, like ever. You haven't got the infrastructure that we have and it would take 5 or 6 years to sort a new stadium etc...increase the fanbase to 50,000 regulars etc... Basically if that is the price the owners want to hang to it and are taking the piss. I know Everton are a much much bigger club than Leicester but they get crowds 7-8000 less than you, have a new stadium, one club city and it went for £30m I think.

As I keep saying, the £10m figure being bandied about is inaccurate. It's closer to £4m. Well, in fact, to be totally accurate it's closer to fuck all given that no PR consultant is going to recommend anyone to actually buy the rights. No it's not, any guesses as to what it is, is pure speculation. I don't know what we can do as fans, but fuck not going the J69 method of not going works if you live in Chelmsford, Dublin or Oslo but not if you have a NE postcode. Seeing as though Dekka quoted £8m-£10m for the annual fee of owning the stadium naming rights, if we can't overturn this, Ashley should plough £10m from his Sports Direct profits straight in to the club as a business transaction, otherwise he's getting a freebie the fat cunt. It's irrelevant that he owns both companies. The £8-£10m is the fee for both the shirt sponsor and naming rights, it is not £10m of brand new revenue. Our shirts sponsor should realistically be worth around £4m per season. Leaving £4m for the stadium sponsor. Your loose relationship with facts continues. Where is it made clear that that's fee for both? Could you show me please. Your relationship with talking pish continues to flourish. It's in the BBC Newcastle interview, have a listen. I can't listen now but it's quoted in print about £8m-£10m additional revenue. Additional revenue on top of the shirt sponsor which is taken as a given.

As I keep saying, the £10m figure being bandied about is inaccurate. It's closer to £4m. Well, in fact, to be totally accurate it's closer to fuck all given that no PR consultant is going to recommend anyone to actually buy the rights. No it's not, any guesses as to what it is, is pure speculation. I don't know what we can do as fans, but fuck not going the J69 method of not going works if you live in Chelmsford, Dublin or Oslo but not if you have a NE postcode. Seeing as though Dekka quoted £8m-£10m for the annual fee of owning the stadium naming rights, if we can't overturn this, Ashley should plough £10m from his Sports Direct profits straight in to the club as a business transaction, otherwise he's getting a freebie the fat cunt. It's irrelevant that he owns both companies. The £8-£10m is the fee for both the shirt sponsor and naming rights, it is not £10m of brand new revenue. Our shirts sponsor should realistically be worth around £4m per season. Leaving £4m for the stadium sponsor. Your loose relationship with facts continues. Where is it made clear that that's fee for both? Could you show me please. Your relationship with talking pish continues to flourish.

As I keep saying, the £10m figure being bandied about is inaccurate. It's closer to £4m. Well, in fact, to be totally accurate it's closer to fuck all given that no PR consultant is going to recommend anyone to actually buy the rights. No it's not, any guesses as to what it is, is pure speculation. I don't know what we can do as fans, but fuck not going the J69 method of not going works if you live in Chelmsford, Dublin or Oslo but not if you have a NE postcode. Seeing as though Dekka quoted £8m-£10m for the annual fee of owning the stadium naming rights, if we can't overturn this, Ashley should plough £10m from his Sports Direct profits straight in to the club as a business transaction, otherwise he's getting a freebie the fat cunt. It's irrelevant that he owns both companies.

When your liiiiips touch mine it's the kiiiiiss of life I naa I naa its a little bit frightening, wu might as be playing with lightenin.

The most famous football journalist to come out of America by a mile. The most famous football journalist in a country of 30m football fans, the only English speaking authority on Italian football. Tell me a more famous football journalist worldwide. I tell you what the kraut is the best I've ever seen. He is the only German who's English accent is so good you think is he really German? Honigstein, brilliant journo.

I've never committed criminal damage in my life, well once when I was young and daft but no one ever found out, but I'm telling you now. The sign on the wall beside the stairs on Barrack Road, St James' Park, if they put Sports Direct Arena there I will go down and pull it down and I will. See, this is where they've been a bit canny- the exterior signs are too high to be defaced. My guess is that the big sign earmarked for the Gallowgate will have the words " Arena" , "Direct" and " Sports" prominently placed. Again, too high to be vandalised, impossible to miss. Utter, utter cunts. This is where you have the chance to make a name for yourself though. Nothing is to high for you, coupluh ropes nee bovva at aal. I could get to them, getting off the ground would have to be done sharpish like. Problem is that entire ground is covered by CCTV. You going to stand my bail ? We could start a fund on here. Free the Benton One.

I've never committed criminal damage in my life, well once when I was young and daft but no one ever found out, but I'm telling you now. The sign on the wall beside the stairs on Barrack Road, St James' Park, if they put Sports Direct Arena there I will go down and pull it down and I will. See, this is where they've been a bit canny- the exterior signs are too high to be defaced. My guess is that the big sign earmarked for the Gallowgate will have the words " Arena" , "Direct" and " Sports" prominently placed. Again, too high to be vandalised, impossible to miss. Utter, utter cunts. This is where you have the chance to make a name for yourself though. Nothing is to high for you, coupluh ropes nee bovva at aal.

I've never committed criminal damage in my life, well once when I was young and daft but no one ever found out, but I'm telling you now. The sign on the wall beside the stairs on Barrack Road, St James' Park, if they put Sports Direct Arena there I will go down and pull it down and I will. Mug Mug? You're the cunt who was on about superior race or summik, you fuckin wrongun. Look at you man, 10 hours a day in the gym and you're still an ugly cunt. Im just edging out J69 in the "whos the prettier" contest though? Ok then big shite, what do you suggest doing to smoke the little rat out of NUFC? Its this or Rioting Tottenham style basically All we can do is vote with our feet and wallet and not show up, or show up in kitbag gear armed with big Kitbag banners. We The only time you've been to England is to get your photo taken beside Big Ben and see the Miserables in the west end when you were 10. You've never even stepped foot in Newcastle.

Marcotti is a great footy journo/pundit tbh... (iirc he's also italian but raised in the states and speaks like 5 languages, think he can get a break with milan pronunciation) where do you stand on shed-uale and sked-ule He's one of them people where it's popular to say he's good. He's fuckin shit. Well he is about English football and specifically Newcastle he should stick to what he knows.

I've never committed criminal damage in my life, well once when I was young and daft but no one ever found out, but I'm telling you now. The sign on the wall beside the stairs on Barrack Road, St James' Park, if they put Sports Direct Arena there I will go down and pull it down and I will. Mug Mug? You're the cunt who was on about superior race or summik, you fuckin wrongun. Look at you man, 10 hours a day in the gym and you're still an ugly cunt.

Agreed. Easy to say when you're sat in fuckin Norway 10 feet deep in snow and the sun comes up 30 minutes a day and theres penguins pecking at your window. If that cunt with the hook the muslim from Islington was our chairman we'd still go. Fuck them.

I hate any yank pronunciation of anything that's different to ours. I fuckin hate that fat cunt Marcotti when he talks about Milan. "The thing with AC Mlarrn is...." it's fuckin Milan you pizza scoffing prick. I wouldn't care the amount of wops in America and they still can't pronounce it like the proper Italians, which is Meelaaaan, or the proper pronunciation in England which is Milaaaan. Even Louey in Trading Places says Mlarrrrn when he's on about his watch and where it tells the time. I quite appreciate this is a pathetic pet hate, but it's one you need to get off your chest, and you can't say it down the pub can you??

I've never committed criminal damage in my life, well once when I was young and daft but no one ever found out, but I'm telling you now. The sign on the wall beside the stairs on Barrack Road, St James' Park, if they put Sports Direct Arena there I will go down and pull it down and I will.

Well said Darren. Newcastle and Everton fans have had a bit of friction since we came back up in 1993, but if they did that to Goodison Park, which like St James' is one of THE most historic venues not only in English football, but world football, I'd show the same disgust. It's been getting worse and worse this commercial side of the game since the Premier League was formed.

Who gives a fuck my poll established that most people think cricket is wank anyway. What did he threaten to fill you in for? I bet you piped right down.

Bang on most of it too. Harmy can fuck off tbh. He's picking up his £120k pa at Durham and refusing to play with made up injuries. Goes to St James when he's getting a free meal. He also threatened to fill me in a few weeks ago He would as well I'd only be even money against him he's a big fucka, and a nice bloke when I spoke to him up Ashington. My estimation of him going up by the hour.....

I honestly think there's a one in four chance Ashley reads this site. Surely sat in his mansion divorcee recluse with nowt to do he must be curious about what people are writing about him. That being the case is it that unbelievable he'll look at N-O or here first of all, I don't think it is. I just think he gets off on effecting peoples feelings. I can't think of any other reason. "THE SPORTS DIRECT ARENA STORY" I actually started laughing at how blatant it is, it's UNBELIEVABLE what he does, it truly is. Mike if you're reading next time you come up here I hope you do a Matthew Harding, I mean that as well, you're an evil force and an example what happens when someone who is thick as fuck with no qualifications ends up with an obscene amount of money.

Don't forget that tosser, Cuthbert. ...and that South Tyneside biggest of mugs Bede.

Oh dear

Well done Venkys pleased by this, a lot of people will pipe down over the next few months.

Bang on most of it too.

Aye two massively respected figures on Tyneside.

Listening to people on the street, it's clear that some aren't even football fans as well, they're saying why should some fucking southerner change the name of something which is part of the city, forget about football being played there, forget about football, what right does some thick fat bastard have the right to change the name of something in OUR CITY where we live? Something that is also the most iconic part of the city.