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The RMT union lobbied for Brexit, the stupid cunts. It's only British staff being made redundant, not French or Dutch, who are protected by EU non-discrimination rules. Then of course the government blocked the fire and rehire bill. It's a shit show all round, but this was the wholepoint of Brexit, to remove workers rights and environmental protections. So to listen to the fucking hypocrisy of the government - AND the RMT, is frankly nauseating.

Lincoln are owned by a shadowy cabal of Tyneside businessmen

En-suite bathroom!

Fucking hell, Andrew. I didn’t realise you were such a big fan of Mitro.

Lincoln CITY vs Sunderland TOWN **Laughs in shady Tyneside Businessman**

Absolutely crackers. Barely clinging on to 6th but still calling themselves one of the best teams in the division. And presumably the logic is that it's only these small teams upping their games against the mighty Sunderland that's holding them off the top spot. I mean, the penny will drop eventually, but it's been 4 years now and they still haven't got it.

So what you’re saying is that it was so unlikely and unusual that you can see a few other teams emulating it? Even though they haven’t looked like doing so and didn’t strengthen anywhere near as much in January and didn’t go from having an absolutely dog shit manager to getting a very good one? Cheers for clearing that up

I've just booked a few nights on the North Wales coast for the end of April, because I'm just that glamorous. Hoping the weather will be good enough for an assault on Snowdon, but secretly also looking forward to the seaside town delights of Llandudno and co.

I have no idea

I detest the Saudis behaviour & will never exalt them. Nor will I justify their capital punishment or war. However if my club have to be associated with them I may as well reap the benefits. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Fish, you have just been given a lesson in CONCISION. I suggest you revise.

Depends on the game I’d say. If you’re hitting teams on the break, I’d say Shelvey as he sees those passes quicker than anyone else we have. I still say Willock’s future lies further forward once Howe can get us playing the way he wants.

Yeah I think he does. But I also think we missed Shelvey a bit vs Everton.

Yeh as soon as they need access to a top club the issues will become a footnote. “Football Joe” were having a pop at us only for it to be pointed out that A. They’re profile picture is a PSG player B. A large part of their finance is Russian money. There’s always a tweet.

Oh that game was the moral nadir of the sport, not things like awarding a World Cup to Qatar who the proceeded to build all the stadiums using basically slaves in appalling conditions? Or countless other examples. Alex is spot on btw, they can scream hypocrisy about the Saudi relationship v Russian one, it is to a degree of course but that’s how foreign policy works. Countries align with certain other countries and have rivalries (for want of a better word) with others that’s ambitions encroach on theirs. Putin regularly calls out things the West does but is more than fine with the shit places like China and India do, hypocritical? Yes, but things just work like that and there won’t just suddenly be some moralistic impartiality taken for the sake of football. Do they not stop to think of the fucking embarrassment and insult SA would take to effectively being told by a bureaucratic body in the UK that they’re scum and their money is no good, while at the same time the UK government is openly encouraging them to do the exact thing they’re trying to do? Of course people can say they don’t give a fuck but the UK government, and general UK foreign policy would. They’ll sit on this moral high horse until we are up there with Manchester City tbh, maybe the regional point HMHM brings up will keep us as a lightening rod for it but it’ll slow down.

Agreed, they can fuck right off. The Guardian, for all its right on, moral affections, is particularly guilty of the kind of regional prejudice HMHM mentioned recently. Trendy Man City are sound (as were Chelsea) but it’s a different matter if the Geordies want nice things too. I’ve already gone over the reasons why the relationships between Russia and the UK and our country and the Saudis are not remotely analogous but how I still don’t condone the atrocities of the latter in any way. Did I mention the Guardian can fuck right off?

Tbf that applies to everything

Check out the state of this ....

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By all accounts Len White was a hell of a player.

More of this please

Indeed, post deleted, content edited out of your post, poster GONE.

Well I suppose that’s less embarrassing than saying you subscribe for Luke Edward’s content.

I’m going to guess that you’re lucky enough to have never been.

Depends if he’s got bewk learning or if it’s just what he’s been spoowin-fed from birth.

Poowah? How hard is it to say a normal word?

I know I'm basically repeating both of your points here, but... The WC Final was held in the Luzhniki Stadium, on the exact same turf where Putin held his batshit pro-war rally the other day. And there are thousands of workers in Qatar living 4 to a room in what amount to prison cells, who've had their passports taken from them, and who aren't getting paid the wages they were promised to send home to their families. All to build stadiums for a World Cup. Maybe Newcastle United being owned by Saudis isn't even CLOSE to football's actual moral nadir.

Absolutely, man. The bit about the moral nadir. Apart from everything that went on at Fifa under Blatter (and before) you have the next World Cup in Qatar (as you mention) and the last one was in FUCKING RUSSIA ffs!

I think we tried to be a bit more progressive v Everton. We’ve previously looked to sit and hit teams on the counterattack. I think that was because we could with the pressure off to a large extent and because Bruno was playing. But I think it worked against us in that particular fixture as the players were still adjusting to that style of play. I think the problem going forward will be playing Shelvey and Bruno in the same team. They’re not the same type of player but they take up similar positions on the pitch.

He’s a character like. What a player he looks btw, I think when we have players in front of him with real quality his passes will be devastating. I think he’s pass completion was in the 90’s or high 80’s against Everton and he’s always looking to make a forward pass, so it’s not like that rate comes from 100’s of 3 yard backwards passes (like Leon Brittain).

Pep is king as is Klopp. Chelsea's Tuchel is revered but Howe is simply not in their league so is easy meat. I would say that Howe would be fucking lauded to the hilt if he was doing shit and our fans weren't impressed with his performances but I fucking love the ignoring of the money abramovich spunked on Chelsea or the tetchy Guardiola getting a free ride. There absolutely is regional prejudice at play and it isn't limited to football, it fucking stinks and needs called out far more vigorously as it goes totally under the radar anywhere else in the country.

The Guardian view on geopolitics and the Premier League: time for a divorce Zero mention of the current league champions who are basically identikit to the Saudis. How many times have Abu Dhabi Group played Roman Abramovic’s Chelsea and how many times has it hysterically been called THE FIXTURE OF SHAAAAME

Tbf, that’s an urban myth. He was a guest on football focus when he was still PM and they played the quote (from a radio interview) and it was something along the lines of his being a fan of Len White and being lucky enough to see him play but Milburn being just before his time

A little less conversation, a little more spreadsheet action, DAVE.

Pretty much back at "before I was ill" weight now, definitely stronger than I was at that weight last year too

Terry Mac signed him by mistake again.

That's nowt, man. I pinched the rear admiral's hat in the good Friday Tyne Wear riot in 1901. Here he is before I nipped in.....

That’s nowt, I took the Fulwell End four years before I was born

Dave, two things. Firstly, this is a blunt tool designed to show how difficult it would be for us to go down from this position. Secondly, FUCK OFF DAVE.

Surely this is a wind-up?!

150kg deadlift is impressive 👍🏼