Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Darryk said: No argument there. It's easy to talk shite when you're at the top of the league. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 There was rotational fouling though - it's not a big deal, happens all the time, but it's fairly accurate to say that it occured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Howe has impressed a lot and his defensive organisation looks to have improved significantly from his Bournemouth days. His Bournemouth team played pretty football but tended to be way too open defensively. His Newcastle team plays pretty football most of the time and are also rock solid in defence. Newcastle will be that happier side - away from home against the most in form side in the league, and they executed their game plan to near perfection. We were decent enough in our game and won fairly comfortably. However, I do think we were a bit too open at times and a better side would've taken more advantage from the space between our lines. Ten Hag pretty much summed it up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 58 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Methinks Saudi Arabia is a few orders of magnitude more dreadful than Qatar. And I don't seem to recall their leader being directly, and very publicly, implicated in anything as horrific as what happened to Jamal Khashoggi. Anyway... Whataboutism. The last refuge of those without a leg to stand on. I see, there is a lower limit of evil that you don't have to stand up against. I'm sure that's reassuring to the (checks notes) thousands of migrants that died constructing the stadiums, their lives were worth less than one journalist. You specifically targeted Howe as if he is the only person in the game, when all your players were quite happy to support another corrupt and abhorrent regime, rather whataboutism than rampant hypocrisy. At least one of the managers knew how to behave better than a petulant child last night when the bad man with the whistle didn't give him the decisions he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: You specifically targeted Howe as if he is the only person in the game, when all your players were quite happy to support another corrupt and abhorrent regime, Citation required. Anyway, we're not taking about players. We're talking about Eddie Howe. Who knowingly went to work for a murderer. As for me personally, when Newcastle got taken over by the Saudis, me and my brother asked ourselves what we'd do if it was Arsenal. The answer was Leyton Orient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Citation reqiired. well, you did it quite clearly a couple of pages back, and they all went to Qatar with not a backward glance, do you need more than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: well, you did it quite clearly a couple of pages back, and they all went to Qatar with not a backward glance, do you need more than that? I think Rishi Sunak is onto something with this forcing people to study maths until 18 thingy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Spockydog said: I think Rishi Sunak is onto something with this forcing people to study maths until 18 thingy.... That weed is clearly too strong to be smoking it at lunchtime. Its making you cuckoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Newcastle got taken over by the Saudis, me and my brother asked ourselves what we'd do if it was Arsenal. The answer was Leyton Orient. Do me a favour. I can't remember the last time I willingly missed an Arsenal game. Because it's never fucking happened. Spocky cant make his mind up, is he the biggest superfan ever ever ever, or is he the most moral and most upstanding person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Teacher: Okay pupils. Here's an easy one. Mikel has 25 players in his squad. 8 went to Qatar to play in the World Cup. How many players does Mikel have left to work with? BFC, raising hand excitedly: None at all. Teacher: Get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Do me a favour. I can't remember the last time I willingly missed an Arsenal game. Because it's never fucking happened. Spocky cant make his mind up, is he the biggest superfan ever ever ever, or is he the most moral and most upstanding person? How about you ask me that when the club is bought by a murderous dictator who oppresses at least 60% of his population? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 A whole bunch of Geordies have walked away since the takeover. Quote Andrew Georgeson, who has supported Newcastle since he was eight-years-old, was one of the first supporters I spoke to about the regime change. And he is just one of many, who admittedly are in the minority, that feels conflicted. "It's possible that zero-hour contracts probably live in the consciousness of the north-east more than, say, the conflict in Yemen," he told Daily Star Sport. "But the murder of journalists, dire human rights record, Amnesty International releasing statements - these aren't normal. "We're a working class area. We've stood up to injustices, we've gone on strikes. I'm not sure these owners represent that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 19 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Brentford are about to reach an agreement with Freiburg about Kevin Schade. That's their new quick atacking player. Confirmed now. He's joining on loan until the end of the season with an obligation to buy - fee not yet disclosed but said to be a club record for Brentford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Moving on from Newcastle, can I just say that I hate Chelsea? If they buy Enzo and go after Mudryk, they'll have spent 500m pounds in a 12 month period. That's insane. They're literally just waiting to the a new shiny toy comes to market and throwing boatloads of cash at them and it's really annoying me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mexal said: Moving on from Newcastle, can I just say that I hate Chelsea? If they buy Enzo and go after Mudryk, they'll have spent 500m pounds in a 12 month period. That's insane. They're literally just waiting to the a new shiny toy comes to market and throwing boatloads of cash at them and it's really annoying me. If Mudryk chooses Chelsea over Arsenal I will eat my dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Mudryk may or may not prefer Arsenal, but Chelsea entering the race does strengthen Shakhtar's bargaining position, and they'll be more confident about getting a fee closer to their (reportedly) £85m valuation. Chelsea have been very fucking lucky when it comes to ownership. First Abramovich bankrolled them during the era of no financial restrictions giving them the biggest spending advantage of any football club ever. Then, during their sale, Abramovich was forced by the UK government to write off the £1.65 Billion owed to him while Boehly and consortium had to agree to the "anti-Glazer clause" i.e. committing to investing £1.75 Billion over 10 years while also agreeing not to take out any dividends during that time as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Really hope Leao signs a new contract with Milan. Would be a shame for him to leave for Chelsea or something when he fits so well at Milan and is the main man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Mudryk may or may not prefer Arsenal, but Chelsea entering the race does strengthen Shakhtar's bargaining position, and they'll be more confident about getting a fee closer to their (reportedly) £85m valuation. This. Mudryk might not chose Chelsea but Shakhtar can refuse to sell. Also, Chelsea is going to throw a shitload of money at Mudryk on wages to convince him. It's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 31 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Teacher: Okay pupils. Here's an easy one. Mikel has 25 players in his squad. 8 went to Qatar to play in the World Cup. How many players does Mikel have left to work with? BFC, raising hand excitedly: None at all. Teacher: Get out. They didn't not go because of a moral code, but because they weren't selected. Can you really not see the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 We're talking about your manager happily going to work for a guy who tortures and chops up journalists, and all you've got is to claim that all of Arsenal's players went to Qatar. It was 8. Anyway, as far as straw men go, this is pretty weak sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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