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And yet the Glazers still own Manchester United, they still run the club the way they want to, and FCUM still only play in the Northern Premier League, pulling gates of under 2k. So walking away; wouldn't change ownership, wouldn't change the owners approach, would hugely diminish the standard...

100% it wouldn't. Neither would a 1,000 strong boycott, or a march, or anything else really. To enforce actual change in that regime would take action by international powers. Not the crowd at a parochial English football club. That's my point. The Saudis are a vile regime who shouldn't own...

You're misrepresenting what I said.

And everyone involved in that should be punished to fullest extent of the law. I won't defend them, they shouldn't own a football club.

That's not a fair representation of what I was saying.

Can't we be both? Newcastle United have recruited well, shown ambition, made sensible appointments, without breaking FFP rules, or spending more than a midtable club of our 'size' normally would. That's what a football club should do. That's what Brighton do. That we're propped up by a barbaric...

Did you? Not saying this to be ornery, but I didn't notice any. I'm sure there were a handful, but definitely not loads. The people behind Wor Flags could do with putting a few more... provocative(?) banners, but it worth remembering, that this is all very new to us.

I didn't say where the boat was ;) No, I take your point, and I don't expect any sympathy from opposition fans when discussing Mike Ashley. From the outside he appeared fine, we were in the PL for all but 2 years, we bought some good players, we were finishing around mid table etc. etc. But...

I thought the protests were proportionate. We did the banners, the boycotts, ditching tickets all that stuff. But short of an empty stadium for several games, I'm not sure what else we could have done. re: sports washing. Does it work? Like, do you think UAE are a modern, pluralist, liberal...

I remember having similar thoughts when Man City were bought by Sheikh Mansour, in the very nascence of sportswashing in the PL. "How can they tolerate this? Why are they wearing tea towels on their heads?" Unfortunately, it's the nature of modern football. Everything is for sale. And when...

The relationship between the players, the staff, and the fans is what the club is. Right now, that relationship is better than it's been in decades.

We protested, walked out, engaged in media campaigns and all that. Did that for over a decade and Ashley wasn't going anywhere. Yeah, it's complicated. Where do we draw the line? boycott our own club? should opposition fans boycott St James'? Do we protest the Premier League and FA for allowing...

Saudi regime is awful. I'm not walking away from my club. I was here before them, I'll be here long after they're gone. I can see that it may seem a straightforward choice from the outside, but honestly me and my mates have had long tortuous conversations about it. Some have indeed walked...

For what it's worth I'm very pleased with a point. We weren't at the races at all, the midfield which has become quite reliable seemed way off the standard and Wilson barely had a sniff. I get what Shearer was saying about the Wilson chance and I don't think it was particularly dangerous given...

Match of the Day wasn't indicative of our dominance. I get it, they don't have time to even show extended highlights, but I wouldn't take their highlights as any kind of good representation of the game. But it was Forest. We battered them and it could have been 3 or 4-0 in the first half alone...

He's got form for stupid decisions. Look, we're all friends here, but I've not been so ****ing furious with the accurate application of the laws for ages. Wilson was definitely going to get the goal that brought the first win of the season. And, deserved or not, that win would have gone a long...

I expect they want to be 100% sure that they've the ability to provide a sufficiently competitive product, to enough customers, to cover the cost of running it. Would they bring in as much directly as they would from the myriad broadcasters who currently pay for their product? It's a risk. But...

The logical evolution will be a Premier League subscription. Costing more than either, but less than both. Get the content direct from the source. Sell highlights and simulcast 'big' games on other networks, but stream every fixture, every team, every weekend. Broadcast classics (which I assume...

Well, that was the most interesting few days in the football calendar for a while. If the greedy six aren't properly punished for this, expect to see a similar idea floated in the next few years. These are the same owners who lobbied Richard Masters to prevent the Newcastle takeover from...

One of the 5 :rave: I think the most impressive thing about your club is the joined up thinking and long term planning. If the unlikely thing happens and you do go down, you'll not panic and sack Potter, or bankrupt the club to get back up. If you did go down, I'd be very surprised if you...