OTF

Agree that with a tasteful sponsor the home shirt would actually be quite good.

A swing and a miss. That purple monstrosity could have been OK if it was a more palatable colour. As it stands it's worse than the banana special, best modeled by a portly Stevie Taylor. That strip became likeable because we had a memorable winning season in the Championship, there's no chance of that in the premier league. The home strip is right out of Pro Evolution soccer.

Shaping to be a really intriguing match, hope it's a spectacle that the best team wins, no penalties (during the game or to decide it). Will probably even get up to watch it, 5AM on a freezing cold Monday winter morning in the middle of a lockdown.

Yesterday one of my kids guessed what a reward was that he and his brother were potentially going to get. Immediately he was told that he could not tell his brother, which he agreed to. Within about 20 seconds I could hear his brother whinging about not knowing what it was. Instead of telling him what it was he immediately told his brother that he knew what it was. Which is the exact equivalent of this statement from the club. Reassuring to know the club carries on like a bunch of kids (8 and 5).

Surely they're just being unnecessarily proud by being upset about his appointment. Considering their poor performances and where they ended up on the table, given their spend on players, they can't be too unhappy about the departure of Ancelotti. If Rafa was a bad manager for Liverpool they wouldn't have disliked him as intensely as they do, so that's testament to his pedigree. There's so many things in his favour and he loves a project and to identify with and relate to the fans. I don't have a problem with Everton personally so I hope he does well there.

Yep, we're fucked.

Who did we sign in your dream? Haaland, Messi, Shola, Kuqi?

Which would be wholly out of character.

It seems a valid, yet petty point to make. It was obvious already to anyone following that the Premier League are doing anything they can to keep their books shut and the drama under the rug.

Segundo volante or mezzalo I'd heard, may bump Jonjo out of his role of fermo mostra.

I don't have a horse in this race, was just curious. I have since done a little reading on the recent political direction and legislation that has been passed there, which is disappointing, and just means that you need to include their political party and leader amongst the pack of cunts. Still maintain that directing opposition at football fans is somewhat misguided but at least it makes a little sense now.

Agreed. I'd say the media not bringing any attention to it is a good thing, as attention and reactions are exactly what they are seeking - seem to be getting it from you lot. Absolutely no problems with banning problematic miscreants who are using high profile sporting events as platforms for promoting their ill formed beliefs. What I don't condone or agree with is the blanket stereotyping of all Hungarians in that light when 99+% of the supporters are just out there supporting their team in a positive way. The politics of the leader also have nothing to do with a game of football. How would the English like to be judged by the actions of their leader, and/or a subsection of hooligans? Elsewhere it is being touted as a feel good story but some here are coming at it with an unexpected degree of vitriolic spite which I just don't understand.

Why single out a pack of cunts from one country? Every country has them in some form or another.

It also speaks to the progress on takeovers as any success will bring a swift end to his current role where he has been promoted beyond his ability and experience. For him keeping the club on limp home mode and in the top league is the continuence of his gravy train with some no doubt tasty financial incentives for doing it as frugally as possible. Regardless of whether he desires on some level for the club to do well there's an everpresent conflict of interest that is damaging to the long term welfare of the club. As if we needed any more conformation that Ashley and his men need to go.

"Carol? She the tea lady? Yeah, why not, sign 'em up!"

Pretty unbelievable where we will finish this season given how dire we looked for large parts of it. Between them Wilson, ASM and Willock can take much of the credit.

Gayle could sign for Fulham with finishing like that.

Against Fulham's terrible finishing might be able to get away with it.

"Jonjo will fight em on the beaches, he'll fight em on the the field and in the streets; he shall never surrender is what I might have said about this match if it meant something, which at some stage it could have" Ryder, 2021

Stand out often has been an effective way to describe his in game movement.

Clue: It's probably never, as this run for Willock was broken by the Arsenal game where he couldn't play and we failed to score.

And don't worry about Willock, how many times have we scored in seven consecutive games under Bruce?

7 in a row in is incredible for anyone, unbelievable for modern day Newcastle.

17th would equate to job done with upmost efficiency, ensures player and manager bonuses are kept to the bare minimum.