Ayatollah Hermione

Kicking and Screaming (the 95 one) - Loved it. Very apt considering it mirrored a lot of personal concerns I'll have in about 8 months but aside from that, very well written comedy. It's a bit like Clerks but less smug.

Tell you what, if nowt else, this episode has proved Deadman can swear like a champ.

I can tell you exactly which company erected the exterior signs. Local too, Tyne Valley based. PM, mate?. Me fatha works down the Valley and I live in Lobley Hill. Not in any of that business, just curious

Fucking hell, aye. My mind isn't working. I think we've got another big Xmas rush next year with spring 2013 for new consoles.

I don't see how much these consoles have got left in them tbh. We've got Mass Effect 3 and MAYBE GTA V as your major late-life releases but in the case of GTA V, I can't see that coming out when attention is largely focused on the new consoles. I imagine companies like Respawn, Bungie, Epic and even niche devs like Harmonix aren't going to want to push new releases for these consoles when new ones are round the corner. As Andrew says, it's all dictated by what their competitors do; the Wii U is launching next year and that's now got the power to do third party ports justice and stuff like Mario/Zelda etc are big unit shifters. Ah yeah, Bioshock Infinite is a pretty big game but I'm guessing Epic for example, want a new Gears of War game to be a launch title so they can really get the multiplayer numbers brought from that etc

Wouldn't surprise me to see these in 2013. Lot of the major franchises are wrapping up and they're going to need some of them left over for launches. They've already been stretching the systems to the limits with what they can offer (movie streaming, motion controls, HD re-releases). It was optimistic to expect these things to go for 10 years. Though I suppose the 360 won't be far off.

BTW, I bet Harry Redknapp has his say about this as he does with every other club's business.

And Lee Ryder is bent over so far he's licking the floor. Disgrace to journalism.

Spot on. It's a fucking disgrace. And people can say "but it'll aaalways be St. James like yinah" but you've got to think about 10-15 years into the future. Saltwater was right when he said people are quick to forget. You can forgive running out in cheap shitey Puma kits and plastering Sports Direct everywhere because you get the sense that such advertisement is part and parcel of football nowadays, as sad as it is. But to rename something that is deeply woven into the fabric of the city rankles people that aren't even associated with the club. You've got the likes of Danny Baker on twitter deriding it and he really should have no deep connection or ties either way. You're selling off tradition for 10 million, well not even that because no fucker with any sort of self-respect is going to deal with these two glorified market stall runners, and its symptomatic of the massive disrespect he's got for everyone from top to bottom. He's in a position where he probably despises this football club but realises its power from a brand association POV. And he hates the club because he routinely tears apart anything the fans have any true connection with. Keegan was fucked off, Shearer was fucked off, Hughton was fucked off and there's even players who we connected with because of effort, because of their passion showed that have been tossed aside with little to no respect from the heirarchy. The only way he'll fuck off is if his own spacker-footed stewardship degrades NUFC to the point where it's no longer in a position to give Sports Direct any advertising or reputation boost. But by then, there'll probably be no way back for us.

BTW, no "leading brand experts" would look at the suggestion, analyse the area and the context that the club is in and not go "you're a fucking mentalist" One of the best football stadia in Europe forever associated with cheap fucking Gola tracksuit bottoms.

Least the media are showing the hypocrisy of it all but it's not going to change anything. I think Llambias realises he's a fucking shit liar but doesn't care anway. Tom's point about the £35 million amounting to fuck all is a fair one as we were led to believe that it went on wages and agent fees etc. So, we get a player in on a 5 year deal, 30k a week, how much of this massive 8-10 million is gone?

Trophyshy has been hitting the nail on the head here. Sports Direct Arena, flogging our best players, replace with cheaper (probably not better) alternatives for the future.

Nobody in the media took SD@SJP seriously, they'll be calling it Sports Direct Arena though.

What a shite group of people

I don't understand how simply plastering Sports Direct over every part of the stadium is good advertising, it's just a horrible overload on the senses. The brand hasn't been improved by being associated with SJP, it's just managed to make something that's grand and historic into a classless billboard.

Ant's grandad was fucking nails.

Wow, Activision Tony Hawked Cal of Duty. Except no COD game has ever been as good as Tony Hawk 3. That's a fine game.

"difficult financial times" in which the club is breaking even. speccy cunt. It'll always be referred to SJP IMO, no matter what rubbish they put up.

I imagine Pardew sees these announcments and just sits there thinking "for fuck's sake, MAN"

Undone all the good PR again. Hopeless.

CBA to quote but you said Ben Arfa is still struggling for fitness so you suggested we send him out on loan. I agree he's struggling for fitness but think we're doing the right thing atm and that when he's back, he'll be a hugely vital figure, rather than him being a hugely vital figure elsewhere. You can point out how my reply has nothing to do with your point in your own time, CT.

Bring back the cornrows

Better not be 5 bastard year. I'd give him a year extension at most.

bastard

I know, I know but fucking hell, what a massive pile of bollocks.