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What is sports washing anyway? I've been lurking here for years, but had to sign in to ask this. I understand the concept, but in practice the idea just doesn't bear out. If Saudi are trying to improve their image on the world stage, buying Newcastle is not helping with that. If anything more people are talking about their human rights abuses as every time Newcastle are brought up a bunch of jealous butthurt Newcastle hating tools start banging on publicly about their transgressions bringing even more attention to the Saudis, possibly even to people that maybe were not aware. To me this doesn't seem at all like a "sportswashing" situation and more like a prestige endeavour and local rivalry with other Middle East and Gulf nations. Every time I see sunderland fans banging on about this crap it just comes of as a huge amount of cope. Like Rayvin said in his beautiful soliloquy their entire world is crashing down and this is the only way they can cope with the increasingly large chasm between us. Over my 30 or so years of being a Newcastle fan it seems sunderland fans have been unable to present an identity of their own without it in some way being tied to hating Newcastle and its funny and tragic at the same time. Sorry for the essay, I'm just tired of hearing the term "sportswashing". Of all the criticisms being thrown around like "oil money" and "buying the league" it seems like the most ridiculous and implausible idea.

Sportswashed 👆

Now he's doing it for Man U too. Fucking hell.

Beat me to it, BD. But you're not quite right, she said, "Where eez zis famous Newcastle lover, Haw-Hee-HawmanHeyman? I want him to impregnate me or die trying."

I lived over there for a couple years, me french sadly isn't as good as it should be but there's definitely a bit where she says... 'I'd love to be absolutely ruined by that handsome fucker over there in safe standing a couple of seats away from the east stand wall'

Thanks Gemmill. Been a mad keen toon supporter since I was little. Mum's from Consett and I even got to go to school over there for a year in 99. Went to St Bede's. Was reasonably active on the old NUFC forum back in the day. I've been lurking here for a few years now.

4 days is a long time in Sunderland. They would have beaten PSG on Tuesday apparently

The latter more likely. 🙂

They say a picture is worth 1000 words.

The ultimate post match eh? post? Cute little grin.

"How's the Bald Fraud did you say?"

Through gritted teeth I have to say that's a magnificent result for the MLF hordes who aren't too keen on promotion. Fair play.

Sunderland have looked shite today. I reckon we"d give them a game.

BRUNO! https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/bruno-guimaraes-signs-new-five-year-deal-at-st-james-park/

Drive away anywhere for 90 minutes and then go back. 🙂

G’day ya cunt. Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

Welcome on board ya flamin' bunyip!

LTA right now:

What staggers me about mufc is the amount of pundits who seemed to think they were going to be top 4. They got 3rd last year and I still don't know how, some very tight one goal victories and the normal benefit of the doubt decisions they always get. The mental thing this season is they're doing shit and they're still getting those decisions, they have four points more than they should courtesy of Refs/VAR. Hope the Dutch divvy stays around a while longer.

Once again, it has been a very difficult week for Sunderland. Each one of those 4 goals would have hurt them. On another note, how did their match go?

Tbf, it’s difficult to motivate for this kind of matches when you are convinced that you can easily give PSG a game.

Cattermole"s a pundit here. Seems pretty clear he's still a smoggy at heart. Uh oh. Another one off the Xmas card list. Nar Cats for me marra.

People are still falling for Sir Michael Take because his pisstakes are entirely in keeping with the sort of thing the Tories are regularly coming out with

Does that mean blind? 🙂

So that’s what a gerontophile looks like.

It's a Toon sash, to pay homage to ewerk and polarboy 😜

I can tell I'm going to love it here. Monkeys fist of course I've seen a grown man naked. It's a coming of age ritual and obligation to do an outback walkabout when you turn 18. When this happens you run into a lot of naked cooked men. It's just a matter of avoiding them. Sammynb knows where it's at. South Australia is the only state not founded by convicts. We are sophisticated and nothing like the east coast riff raff.

What do you expect from Radelaide?!?? Fucking bible belt of 'stralia, the cunts! Welcome aboard mate, good to see SA finally sent a representative to help the guy from Hobbiton try to even up the numbers with those east coast cunts!

🙂

Welcome on board, @SouthAussieMag

Keeps him in a job, it's fine. They're still absolutely shite.

This is a great first post. Not a lot I can add, I fully agree. The term only entered the lexicon in 2015, and I can't remember it used until the Qatar World Cup was in the final preparation stages. Like the term woke, I just think it's a meaningless lazy coverall for people people who don't want Saudi investment and influence in the PL or just don't like Nufc. But for the reasons you describe, it just doesn't make sense in this case and the motivations I think are purely to use Nufc as a status symbol and an advertising board for various other Saudi interests, both national and the general PIf portfolio. Who knows, maybe eventually we could even turn a direct profit. I do have some sympathy for people who oppose Saudi BTW, the ones who can articulate why it is not good for the English game in general. Fair enough, I mainly agree tbh. But what I won't countenance is people who purely use it as a weapon to attack our club and fans. Those people can get fucked.

Eh? I can kinda see their reasoning but err....

They were billing it as The Coast Road Derby

Yes, something like that.

El Classico Eastendico.

Went to watch Heaton Stan v Benfield last night. I haven’t been to watch them for ages but was impressed by the standard especially giving the conditions. It had a bit of everything including a pen and a straight red. The home side were lucky to scrape a 4-4 draw in the end. I haven’t seen the official attendance but someone said there were over 700 there, which is fantastic for that level.

Philippe AlSchar.

Watched it once again yesterday and while there was outstanding performances all over the pitch, just can’t help but be so impressed with Gordon’s energy. He left everything on the pitch.

News organisation. 🙂

Can we call him a cunt yet? Asking for Gloomy. 🙂

Young Miss Fist asked Mrs. F. to get her some drinks to take to a party tonight. She’s previously taken fruit ciders, but said she didn’t fancy them tonight, but has no idea what else she’d like. Mrs. F. said “ Leave it to me petal. “ So, she’s off out with 4 cans of Pina Colada and 4 cans of Strawberry Daiquiri I have buckets, hair bands and her Insta password ready and waiting for her return.

Ah, the bra on the outside look,