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You’ve got to feel for Alex Hurst though. He’d bargained on being an influencer who was given the inside track and delivering smugness about the behemoth that is Newcastle United. And now Staveley has fucked off and his rail tickets aren’t just standard class, he has to buy them too. And he’s just found out someone lied to him when they said the DLT look was cool. That’s before even mentioning spaniel chebs

Whereas they'd have left the women behind and got in the lifeboats with the kids.

Something big needs to happen this week on the transfer front. A big in (I don't really give a fuck what position), and a less big in, and probably a couple of outs to help offset PSR impact - we'll never shift anyone in Jan. I think if we aren't making some positive first team changes between now and next summer, we're gonna start seeing the big lads wanting moves away. They were sold "winning the PL within 5 years", not this easy does it approach. That's driven by the PL fucking us over with associated party transactions, and the PSR crackdown, but that's not Bruno and Isak's problem. We are easily the best years of their career and more away from even a runners up spot.

PSR is the travesty. The sooner it’s binned the better

get in, another goalkeeper.... https://x.com/JacobsBen/status/1827995552811762063?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1827995552811762063|twgr^6d4cd727167f1f066db63e129e876ba4e9c878e8|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewcastle-online.org%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontroller%3Dembedurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FJacobsBen%2Fstatus%2F1827995552811762063

Blatantly just shagged prime Ulrika that morning before heading down to the pool and bumping into the German Scouse apologist.

canny imagination there. sadly lacking in your match day thread titles.

There was some piece on SSN interviewing Shearer at Gateshead international stadium talking about people running for him in the GNR for his charity. Downie was interviewing him and in the background behind AS was some of good folk who'd volunteered for his charity you could see some of them but sometimes AS was blocking the view but one them managed to be in full view to the edge limbering up like the rest half looking at their fellow runners and half checking out the cameras with a sly look. Anyway, they got on the TV which is the main thing..... "I was on sky sports news? I didn't even realise it was going to be on TV?!"

Top Tip: On those occasions when Gemmill is wrong, avoid the risk of RSI from the typing of “Gemmill is wrong” by adopting “Gemmill is wrong” as a default position, only type “Gemmill is correct” on the rare (mythical even) occasion he is indeed correct.

haven't hurst and spaniel lugs both resigned their positions on the n.us.t. board too since the advent of the supporters liason committee rendered truefaith's baby the irrelevance it was anyway? the pair of them pack about as much of a punch these days as adam pearson. there's only really gemmill listens to any of the cunts.

I was right by the corner flag against Southampton and he was constantly on the side line and giving Tino loads of advice and keeping him right. Then loads of backchat whenever a Southampton player was about to take a corner / throw in He’ll look miserable because he’s just flushed his personal life down the shitter, but I have no doubt he’s still a top pro around the club.

Everbody else: "......" MLF: "The mags would've been the fust on the lifeboats on the titanic leyving the wimmins and the kids beyhind." Everybody else: "U ok Hun?"

Leave Gemmill alone. He's had enough.

"Rob. ROBBBB!!! Have you forgotten I've booked a special anniversary meal for us on Wednesday night?" "Erm, sorry love, I had this 'The real Robin Hood' convention and lectures booked in months ago. See ya". Thursday evening. Fuck, I miss away days.

I don't listen to ANY NUFC specific podcasts, actually, Uncle Grimace. Lineker's one is the only football one I still bother with.

Good game yesterday….. if you were a neutral….Our improvement in the second half obviously hinged on our substitutions. Which were good and positive. They also coincided with Bruno getting more space and time on the ball. Cook and Christie hadn’t given him any room whatsoever for an hour but they seemed to run out of steam and when Christie was subbed off that really helped open things up. I think teams now know if you put Bruno under a bit of pressure you can pretty much eliminate him from influencing the game to any great extent. Pleased with the point in the end after the abject first half. The VAR thing at the end is weird. It’s more an arm round Burns shoulders that appears to be the offence to me, if there is one at all. They seemed a lot fitter all round, which doesn’t reflect particularly well on our new “performance director” . Lots of reactive chat about team selection; someone reckoned Barnes starts in our first choice XI, this after lots of questions asking if he’s not scoring what does he contribute last season… fuck knows tbh. Still lots of players from the Bruce era who might have one decent game in three or four starts. The financial situation we’re in makes wholesale changes difficult though. We could be in for another season of huffing and puffing away from home. SJP is where we’ll be mounting any challenge for honours from iyam.

The pundits are just doing their job and drumming up drama (as well as probably don't understand the current rules). As for you, KD and ATP, well I'll let you come up with an excuse. This is as plain as can be. You can't honestly believe that part of the ball has not touched anything on the red section in the diagram KD posted. If you say that you do then you're plainly just being contrary. In summary: The decision made by VAR was categorically correct. Part of the arm touched the ball which is not allowed in any way by an attacking player during a goal scoring action. You're demonstrably feeble minded if you honestly don't believe that.

That diagram takes into account the position of the arm when contact with the ball is made, but it's a separate consideration regarding attacking players when a goal is scored. if the ball strikes a goal scorer's arm while in the midst of a goal scoring move, regardless of arm position, intent, or any other qualifiers, a goal shall be chalked off. Clearly states if the ball strikes any part of the arm considered handball then it will be chalked off. That picture which is from the angle most favourable to the attacking player still shows the ball touching the handball zone for which the goal was rightfully chalked off. Further that image also shows a foul being committed against Dan Burn. And finally if the ball did entirely come off the "no handball" zone its trajectory would have been wholly different. This is the textbook example and execution of this rule and just goes to show that even when a system exists and is executed properly (which is sadly often not the case) people will still complain.

😂

I feel a bit sorry for this Greek lad we signed from Forest. He's now probably gonna be loaned out, having been used as a makeweight to meet PSR. This is a bloke's career being fucked about with cos of these stupid rules.

I have terrible guilt being a Newcastle fan, knowing that I put my life before my wife and kids in a ship disaster a century ago. And as for this, I see the error of my ways. I promise to sleeping with close relatives and seagulls, stop fisting horses, and will put my ISIS flag in the bin.

But that’s why you had all the daft last minute shenanigans. Other clubs in a similar position and other clubs aware of that. It is of course possible that they could have done it differently but it’s a really ridiculous situation, created to stop clubs breaking into the champions league places essentially. That’s why it’s not all on the club. It’s very frustrating, which is why we’re both pissed off. Having to sell Anderson and Minteh when the club only needed the money to meet manufactured criteria rather than actually needing it is mental really. Even if neither of them turn out to be all that good, they should have both been allowed opportunities here.

And maybe the biggest travesty (amongst its many issues) is the way in which clubs are pretty much forced to sell their own academy players.

looked accidental to me, and clearly simulation by the keeper. worse than the diaz/schar incident.

the more I watch the joelinton incident in injury time the more I'm convinced the goalkeeper should've been booked.

we’ve had folk round last night and the night before, basically all TNSPMPL’s mates. That was the forfeit. So am now even more of an expert on HRT and “main character” effect on scripted reality tv shows featuring women with a cash register where their soul should be

Could be worse

Let’s hope Gemmill is right for once.

Comparing Cage and Hopkins is like comparing me to messi because I did two kick ups with a balloon

I really like Barnes. As it stands, I'd start him ahead of Gordon v Forest, if there's an insistence they both have to play on the left. Give Gordon something to think about and give Barnes the chance he deserves.

Don’t fuckin worry Boycott, I’ll do the honours… ffs 🙄 https://archive.is/M58Zv

light a candle for dodgy firesticks disrespect of murdering red bin dippers.

And, of course, the genocide.

I noticed on the telly that he was doing the leadership stuff still. Even yesterday, despite them showing him with his head in his hands and what not. He might be a fuck up off the pitch but he’s still a model pro on it IMO.

How though? They didn’t set the limits or the deadlines. They can’t force other teams to buy the deadwood (especially last January). Other clubs are also playing a tactical game which suits their own interests. And the people running the club aren’t to blame for the years when revenues were allowed to slip mikes behind our rivals. There’s potentially room for criticism but it’s not all on them.

I always think Springsteen comes across as a good bloke but I’m not really into his music. I don’t dislike or have strong feelings about it in general. But I absolutely love that album. I think it was just demo tapes he did ahead of recording an album with the E Street Band and they convinced him to release it as was when they heard it.

I reckon Marty D is away, which is why he wasn't in the squad yesterday, and we want a proper understudy instead of an old man and King Poseidon.

how was the terrace talk in regard to your mate paul mitchell's transfer window achievements yesterday?

Or we can just acronymise it. GIWA.

I mean Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento, Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes at a combined total of £160mil were all signed in the last 3 transfer windows...

It's a bit like Chinese writing, I just can't understand it?

Regarding the other thread; Titles and results aside, one thing that has been correctly pointed out in this thread is that it isnt our next match. I will therefore remove the spurs thread TEMPORARILY pending the result of the the forest game. @Dougle