Kid Dynamite

Wouldn't be surprised if Dubravka went yet and Karius was out no.2

Got talking to an older NUFC fan in Spain last night. He said he'd been a season ticket holder for 16 years through the 90s and jacked his ticket in under Ashley. Him and a few of his mates at work did the same and now none of them can get to games anymore. It's sad and reminded me of the posts HMHM and TBD made a few days ago. I think I'm probably a bit blinkered as to how things were pre-Ashley. I was too young to go games on my own for most of the 90s, and then lived away from the North East until 2005. So the Ashley years are by and large my barometer as a match going adult. Apologies if I came across as being on the wind up the other day. I totally get why people sacked off the club under Ashley. Out of interest, would people be up for a new 80k seat stadium if it meant everyone who wanted a ticket could get one?

For me, the form of Gordon, Miley, Anderson and Ashby in pre season has shown us we are well covered on the wings, in CM and RB. Any leftover cash absolutely has to go on a CB. In a perfect world we would have a LB upgrade, but that might need to wait 6/12 months

When I was living over in Connecticut in 2005 I went to watch USA vs T&T in my NUFC top. Walked past a bloke in an SAFC top and smiled at him (half in a "hello mate" and half in a "ha, a mackem!" way. He told me to fuck off and kept walking. True story

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I actually LOL'd when he took a black light to the air conditioning unit. He probably jizzed on it himself to provide content

Man of Fire was quality tbf

Adam P branching out into Ross Kemp danger tourism territory with his latest video. His life was in danger apparently because he stayed in a Motel 6 which "lets people book in whenever they want, and could be used by kidnappers". He can smewwll the HIV in the air

No, but there's rich, and there's RICH 🤑

All joking aside, he's earning £109mil over 3 seasons, which will set up his kids and their kids for life. And we are all happily swimming in PIFs money atm so probably shouldn't be the ones throwing stones

The Equaliser that came out in 2014?

First episode of the new Black Mirror was shite and put me off the rest. Tried the second episode last night and it was much better (although the twist was easy to spot)

They've released a new FAQ about how ticket ballots will work for members . You can apply with a load of friends to get tickets seated together, but it only goes down as one number in the draw. Not clear if you could all do that (and what would happen if more than one of you was successful), or whether your membership number is only allowed one entry in the ballot. At least it will stop people logging on with 8 devices and bragging they got 12 tickets together (which I suspect is the plan)

He got a 3 year contract off Ashley when he knew the sale was agreed. £8mil golden handshake. He can fuck off making out like he did us any favours. He also referred to the Howe speculation as "the bloke who relegated Bournemouth", so I call bullshit on his claim he recommended him to the club

Hopefully Schar's injury isn't too bad. It's shown where the remainder of our transfer budget needs to go though. If it's a snapped hammy, then Lascelles is starting every game across 3 competitions until January. With our starting LB as his first reserve

Fair play to him. Not a bad way to see out your career. He might get decent game time if the Mbappe move doesn't happen too. He's also banging them in for the national team

Aye, the empty seats were a drop in the ocean for the club cash wise. Ashley sold up because he'd fluked getting promoted back to the PL twice. He knew the 3rd time might have ended up with us doing a Leeds and he was happy to get rid

Anderson, Longstaff and Miley must be 3 of the best academy prospects in more than a decade

Judging by the clobber the likes of Luke Edward's wear, sports journalism much pay fucking peanuts tbh

Aye, the Stack was ok tbf. Food, drink and a big telly/live music. I'm too young to drink in the bars on Grey street that don't play music, I'm too old to hang around the diamond strip, and I'm too stuck up to slum it on the Bigg Market. Ouseburn is canny, but not much a match day vibe going on!

Im flip flopping atm. What was your success rate last season out of interest?

I assume there will still be 5% or more that have to be held back for general sale every game?

Nah. Politics is in the gutter atm, but some of this stuff is cyclical. The Tories are out on theirs arse next year, and we just have to hope Labour have enough of a backbone to undo some of the damage, not just to the country, but the entire political discourse of the last few years.

I'm in Calpe atm for a cheap week away. Strikes me as being like Benidorm but with none of the Brits or English pubs