Optimistic Nut

Rigg also on the England u19s bench last night while Miley started. That'll sting.

The NXGEN 50 has been released for this season https://www.goal.com/en/lists/nxgn-2025-best-teenage-wonderkids-football/bltc276755d27cb5f8c#csd8a162e0bab6ca94 Chris Rigg : 29th Lewis Miley : 25th

Will any future trophy ever come close to how we felt on Sunday?

We went a few times, really liked it there.

Hard Rock Cafe Newcastle closed down.

Amazing. Would be like Bentaleb having a former manager win a Cup with Sunderland in 18 years time, and us moan because he's happy for them.

"We must put pressure on the owners so they know this is unacceptable." "Okay, you going to start paying the going rate to watch a higher level Championship team/Premier League ready team, then?" "WHAT?!"

Absolutely battered them.

Did the exact same thing v Villa in the US pre-season tour, then battered them 5-1 a few weeks later. He's a genius.

I'm guessing "utter woke nonsense" has been mentioned a few times?

Will give them their dues, their new badge is pretty cool.

Everton's can go to about 60k once the 1 seat per safe standing seat rule is changed, which they think will be sooner rather than later, you'd think ours would go up naturally with that?

Alex Murphy seems to be doing well at Bolton, could he be ready to step in the Burn-role as LCB/LB cover next season?

Milligan's ftw.

Follow The Magpies. Actually we should start using that, would piss them off.

Several threads wanting Le Bris sacked. Unbelievable.

Going to need the midfield three to match/be better than their midfield like the 3-3, Isak to get a couple of chances, and hope TAA has one of his positional brain farts that lets Barnes in. Not keen on Tino going forward from the left but having a pacy right-footer might be well suited to handling Salah cutting inside since he'll be tackling on his stronger foot. I reckon we'll do it 2-1. Barnes & Isak.

Have they mentioned on RTG that their £12-13 an average ticket could be why they're not making as much as they could? Looked through their thread, must have missed that bit.

Perfect example of it last night. We had a free-kick in the LB area, for some inexplicable reason we go back to Pope, next thing you know it's a West Ham throw-in inside our half just in front of Trippier.

Thought before tonight it'd be 50/50 between Barnes & Willock for Sunday, think Barnes has won the spot based on last night. We're not going to have many chances on Sunday and even though he was quiet overall, he was the only one who looked like scoring or creating anything. Could be all it takes.

Don't suppose Liverpool fancy giving Kelleher the final again this year? Even when Liverpool seem to have an off day, Alisson seems to keep them in games with world class saves. The Almiron still hurts from last season, last night he was ridiculous. Would be typical Newcastle if Liverpool finally have a poor game but that cunt wins them it.

8 goals and assists in 7 games for Kuol. There's the RW answer.

Wonder if Slot went to the ref after the game saying if they win the CL now, it's because of him.

If the 2023 Cup Final had been mid-March (Pope available, Bruno and Isak fully fit) we'd have won that, and if the 2025 Final was end of February like that one (more players fit, more confidence, better form), we'd have been in with a shout there too. Newcastle, man. Even the football calendar is against us.

Luke O'Nien made his 300th Sunderland appearance at the weekend. Three. Hundred. Shola making almost 400 appearances for us is almost as bad, but deary me.