Match Day Thread نيوكاسل يونايتد v Sunderland AFC – Sunday 22nd March 2026 - KO 12:00

[Smug in Boots]

We are doing more to our stadium than they are,


i can see PIF selling in a few years

They're getting nowhere with planning permission on extending SJP ...

... and nowhere with a suitable site for a new stadium.

They've been foiled by a bunch of nature lovers, residents and Freemen of the city.

As they're used to bribing, bullying and blackmailing their way through these issues they must be floundering ...

... like a errr, flounder.

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[gelders pie]

Have we met?? Make sure you tell me who you are if not. Actually, tell me anyway as I’m useless!!!

We haven't , I'll look for you. Don't think there will be many in the Monkey with a guitar !

 

[Smug in Boots]

We haven't , I'll look for you. Don't think there will be many in the Monkey with a guitar !

No but there might be someone with an axe

 

[rowley]

Just watching the Sky coverage of our game.

So far Alan Smith has said, "The remarkable revival under Eddie Howe," and, "The incredible job Howe has done."

No context about the takeover by another country or the huge amount spent on players ...

... it's as if Howe took a bunch of cast offs, kids and journeymen then turned them into champions.

Absolutely mental degrees of bias and bullshit.

Just lazy, thick ex pros.
They have spent about £3/4bn and are currently one place below where Bruce finished in his last season.

 

[Hannah1989]

They're getting nowhere with planning permission on extending SJP ...

... and nowhere with a suitable site for a new stadium.

They've been foiled by a bunch of nature lovers, residents and Freemen of the city.

As they're used to bribing, bullying and blackmailing their way through these issues they must be floundering ...

... like a errr, flounder.

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but they were going to win the league...

 

[Smug in Boots]

Just lazy, thick ex pros.
They have spent about £3/4bn and are currently one place below where Bruce finished in his last season.

After a historic derby victory I've clicked onto the BBC Football site to find nothing about Sunderland ...

... but a long article about how financial restrictions are stifling Newcastle's spending plans.

A cynical person might think there's some kind of agenda

 

[rowley]

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Some bloke. And that, among other reasons is why he's still here. An immense example.

 

[The Legendary Tongue]

We are doing more to our stadium than they are,


i can see PIF selling in a few years

I’d rather it was proven that the original buy out was illegal in football terms, absolute corruption from the government side of things.

 

[Smug in Boots]

but they were going to win the league...

Imagine if the big clubs broke away, to a new Euro-League ...

... and Newcastle were left behind

 

[Smug in Boots]

I’d rather it was proven that the original buy out was illegal in football terms, absolute corruption from the government side of things.

Exactly mate and now there's absolutely no doubt.

The Premier League don't have 'legally binding assurances' at all ...

... any High Court would destroy that case in a week.

 

[young2077]

What the **** is going on with their lot clinging onto their goal should have stood?

 

[RTB]

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Just had a look at that, Edwards apologised and here are some of the responses

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[rowley]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp8dxz6173xo

"
David Hopkinson was remarkably bullish when taking on the role of Newcastle United chief executive at the end of last year.

The Canadian reckoned he could put Newcastle "in the debate about being the top club in the world" by 2030.

After Sunday's 2-1 home defeat by Sunderland, they are not even the top club in the north east in terms of the current Premier League table."

He's got, effectively, three and a half years to have that lot be the biggest club in the world, which is what he originally said. But let's just take him at his recent boast and have them be the equal of the biggest, by 2030.

About forty or so months. For a team in meltdown, who have over-spent on moderate players who couldn't believe the cash they were offered.

Who have almost none of the structure which almost all top flight clubs have for identifying, attracting and developing players. They have Howe and his nephew.

Whose training facilities have been criticised by managers and players for years.

Whose football ground, on rented space, is of uncertainty structural condition, and is hemmed in by listed park land and listed buildings .

Who have a large core of permanently, and wildly delusional supporters, who have swallowed the KoolAid and really believe the tosh they are told by a slavering media.

The clock is ticking. Under two hundred weeks. 2030 must have sounded a long way off when he said that. But it isn't like, it's round the corner.

 

[Hannah1989]

What the **** is going on with their lot clinging onto their goal should have stood?

coz we are the lesser the team, we should have let them win

 

[gelders pie]

No but there might be someone with an axe

Folklore aside , there could be anyway --- it's New kyo !

 

[Smug in Boots]

Just had a look at that, Edwards apologised and here are some of the responses

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Well done for sparing people’s sensibilities and only posting the polite responses.

 

[Hannah1989]

He's got, effectively, three and a half years to have that lot be the biggest club in the world, which is what he originally said. But let's just take him at his recent boast and have them be the equal of the biggest, by 2030.

About forty or so months. For a team in meltdown, who have over-spent on moderate players who couldn't believe the cash they were offered.

Who have almost none of the structure which almost all top flight clubs have for identifying, attracting and developing players. They have Howe and his nephew.

Whose training facilities have been criticised by managers and players for years.

Whose football ground, on rented space, is of uncertainty structural condition, and is hemmed in by listed park land and listed buildings .

Who have a large core of permanently, and wildly delusional supporters, who have swallowed the KoolAid and really believe the tosh they are told by a slavering media.

The clock is ticking. Under two hundred weeks. 2030 must have sounded a long way off when he said that. But it isn't like, it's round the corner.

depends on how this season goes,

and the summer and next season,

if by this time next year, they are in the bottom 10, out of the cups and Howe is still there, bed sheets will be coming out, wor flags will readying a new display.
some are already turning agaisnt them.


our entire squad cost the same amount they spent on Wissa, Elanga and Big Nick.....

 

[Daz]

"Every player makes mistakes", this is what I try to hammer home!

When Isidor was missing glorious chances, when Brobbey and Mayenda missed chances. Theres always a dissenting voice post match that goes too far, I usually say "have you seen Erling Halaand play?".

And obviously, it doesnt make it any easier for us seeing a player make a mistake to our detriment, but as with the Le Fee penalty, people do overreact.


Aside from all that, on O'Nien. I have been a quiet disbeliever this season, I was more than happy for him to play the cups and obviously, when hes needed there ain't no other option. But when I saw the team Sunday, my belief in us winning wained. Its a big pitch, whilst I don't doubt his ability, physically you think hes gonna get swamped. Fair play to him, I thought he was fine after that mistake.

Also, I am a big Luke O9 fan. For me, him and Rigg having that moment Sunday was part of the emotion of it all.

I'd argue that Alderete makes more mistakes than O9, certainly early in games with really poor passes direct to the opposition...its like he is trying to give me a heart attack!

 

[C Montgomery Burns]

Just watching the Sky coverage of our game.

So far Alan Smith has said, "The remarkable revival under Eddie Howe," and, "The incredible job Howe has done."

No context about the takeover by another country or the huge amount spent on players ...

... it's as if Howe took a bunch of cast offs, kids and journeymen then turned them into champions.

Absolutely mental degrees of bias and bullshit.

Alan Smith has just suggested that Gordon, after his 'great run of form' should be Kane's understudy in the World Cup ...

... can someone come round and knock on my door in case I've gone into a coma

Alan Smith is one of the worst and most biased pundits out there. No idea why but he's been up the mags arses for years. I remember him crawling after Shearer when he was still playing doing punditry on SKY one match, he was like Smithers in the Simpsons.

He was a lucky player who got into a good Arsenal team and benefited from having the likes of Limpar Merson, Rocastle, Michael Thomas and Kevin Campbell playing along side him. He only got England caps because of Graham Taylor's poor management. How the **** he's a pundit for so long I don't know.

 

[TheBronzeBummer]

I'd argue that Alderete makes more mistakes than O9, certainly early in games with really poor passes direct to the opposition...its like he is trying to give me a heart attack!

He probably does, its more to do with concentration for me though. He was locked in on Sunday, didnt do a thing wrong from my memory.