Newcastle United: Club Sold To PCP - Official

[Rayvin 5319]

3 minutes ago, Polarboy said:

Whinging that people like Reuben are doing PR for themselves by letting it be known that they do charity work is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Reuben gets PR, the foodbank gets PR, the foodbank gets an injection of money. It's a win, win, win surely. People walking round in sackcloth and ashes and not visibly doing charity work is little more than self satisfying moralising, which I think is worse than the self satisfaction that everyone gets when doing things for others. 

 

I agree on that bit, it was the political donations I take more of an issue with. Anyway, this isn't the thread for it really.

[Alex 35634]

1 hour ago, Polarboy said:

Whinging that people like Reuben are doing PR for themselves by letting it be known that they do charity work is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Reuben gets PR, the foodbank gets PR, the foodbank gets an injection of money. It's a win, win, win surely. People walking round in sackcloth and ashes and not visibly doing charity work is little more than self satisfying moralising, which I think is worse than the self satisfaction that everyone gets when doing things for others. 

I’m not whinging any more than I’m taken in by it tbh. I’ve said I’d rather he was doing it than he wasn’t but it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the public money he’s both taking them doubled down on by tax avoidance. Like others have said there’s nowt wrong with being realistic about the motives, etc. It’s a double edged sword because the regional investment is great and I’m not ashamed to say what they’re doing for the football club has a big positive impact on my mental health and how much pleasure I derive from it etc. 

Edited May 25, 2023 by Alex

[Alex 35634]

1 hour ago, Rayvin said:

 

I agree on that bit, it was the political donations I take more of an issue with. Anyway, this isn't the thread for it really.

Say sorry 

[Alex 35634]

 

[Polarboy 2311]

45 minutes ago, Alex said:

I’m not whinging any more than I’m taken in by it tbh. I’ve said I’d rather he was doing it than he wasn’t but it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the public money he’s both taking them doubled down on by tax avoidance. Like others have said there’s nowt wrong with being realistic about the motives, etc. It’s a double edged sword because the regional investment is great and I’m not ashamed to say what they’re doing for the football club has a big positive impact on my mental health and how much pleasure I derive from it etc. 

 

I was referring to the original tweet and article with my comment. Your comments have been reasonable, although I can't say I know much about the HMRC stuff etc. Sorry for the confusion. 

[Alex 35634]

8 minutes ago, Polarboy said:

 

I was referring to the original tweet and article with my comment. Your comments have been reasonable, although I can't say I know much about the HMRC stuff etc. Sorry for the confusion. 

Cheers, mate. Sorry for going off on one. Nowt personal

[Rayvin 5319]

58 minutes ago, Alex said:

I’m not ashamed to say what they’re doing for the football club has a big positive impact on my mental health and how much pleasure I derive from it etc. 

 

Same. Funny how much difference in makes in life to have something to be happy about on the football side of things.

[RobinRobin 11608]

6 hours ago, Alex said:

Cheers, mate. Sorry for going off on one. Nowt personal

Rayvin-like behaviour that 

[Toonpack 9995]

Leaving aside the fact that foodbanks are an outrage, bottom line for me is the foodbank has had £100k more than it otherwise would have had, plus additional publicity, to denigrate that is pathetic IMO.

 

[ewerk 31229]

14 hours ago, Polarboy said:

 

 

 

That article is the worst thing I've ever read, and I've read KCG's novella.

[RobinRobin 11608]

1 hour ago, ewerk said:

 

That article is the worst thing I've ever read, and I've read some of Fish's posts

FYP

[ohhh_yeah 2991]

        

 

 

I am spent! Brilliant porn. Hard to pick a favorite out of Miggy's contributions.

 

[Dr Gloom 22187]

39 minutes ago, ohhh_yeah said:

        

 

 

I am spent! Brilliant porn. Hard to pick a favorite out of Miggy's contributions.

 

it doesn’t a matter what happens in the future, this season will always be looked back on as one of the best.

 

A squad massively outperforming, players who played like donkeys under Bruce transformed.

 

Expectations smashed harder than Gemmill’s predictions. Returns even more impressive than CT’s crypto portfolio 

[Gemmill 46126]

Prediction: 66 points

Actual: 67 points

 

Feels like expectations were smashed quite a bit harder than what will godown in history as really quite an excellent prediction.

 

I think you might be looking for a MUCH bigger expectations gap. Maybe something like "Liverpool WILL win all their remaining games" compared to what actually happened.

[The Fish 10972]

19 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

it doesn’t a matter what happens in the future, this season will always be looked back on as one of the best.

 

A squad massively outperforming, players who played like donkeys under Bruce transformed.

 

Expectations smashed harder than Gemmill’s predictions. Returns even more impressive than CT’s crypto portfolio 

 

So many great games, great goals, surprising stalwarts (Murphy and Longstaff both playing way more than I think any of us expected) and some genuinely inspiring displays from Wor Flags. I don't think anyone expected Champions League to come so soon and part of me wonders if we've missed out on some fun 'progress' seasons. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't swap this bonkers season for 2 or 3 years of gradual improvement, but that's because we've had it. 

[Dr Gloom 22187]

9 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Prediction: 66 points

Actual: 67 points

 

Feels like expectations were smashed quite a bit harder than what will godown in history as really quite an excellent prediction.

 

I think you might be looking for a MUCH bigger expectations gap. Maybe something like "Liverpool WILL win all their remaining games" compared to what actually happened.

[Dr Gloom 22187]

8 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

So many great games, great goals, surprising stalwarts (Murphy and Longstaff both playing way more than I think any of us expected) and some genuinely inspiring displays from Wor Flags. I don't think anyone expected Champions League to come so soon and part of me wonders if we've missed out on some fun 'progress' seasons. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't swap this bonkers season for 2 or 3 years of gradual improvement, but that's because we've had it. 

it’ll be interesting to see what a summer of champions league spending on transfers does or expectations. The predictions thread should wait till august but I think we’ll be in the mix for top 5 whatever happens. 

[The Fish 10972]

Apart from a fairly standard start, Howe's Shithouse Mags never looked like repeating the kind of season we've become used to;

[ohhh_yeah 2991]

41 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

The hook, the line, and definitely the sinker.

 

 

[Tom 14013]

 

 

 

[Sonatine 11592]

[ewerk 31229]

[Sonatine 11592]

[RobinRobin 11608]

[Gemmill 46126]

 

Chelsea acting like pure fucking bellends this season and spending more than all the other leagues put together has brought a lot of this on.