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As a Newcastle fan I have to say I've been surprised by the crowing of the Chelsea fans. It's a preseason tournament where the aim is surely just to give players game time, in a vaguely competitive fixture against decent opposition. I know Newcastle fielded players who likely won't play much...

Rice is an amazing player, even in the game we smashed them around the London Stadium he was one of the best players on the park. If Grealish is worth £100m then so is Declan Rice. There was a brief moment where we were linked with him and I lost myself in a little daydream of Joelinton, Bruno...

Not just your transfer spend, but going off reported wage bills, you've the 2nd lowest wage outlay per season in the Premier League. You and Brentford are bottom two for wage bill. Said it before, but both of your clubs should be the blueprint for every side outside of the established elite.

Aye, that's why the Saudis have invested in football, rather than, say, Cricket. The tribalistic nature of the sport means you've immediately got a legion of fans defending the club from any perceived sleight. Just look at the reaction to a potential Qatari takeover of Man Utd, there are already...

You're also making a bit of a mistake too. The part of PIF that is managing the investment in the Saudi league is disparate from the part of PIF that is managing investment in Newcastle United. The former parts of PIF aren't remotely interested in benefiting Chelsea, they're solely concerned...

I don't think it's that they're bailing out Chelsea, it's just that Chelsea happen to have a lot of players, on big wages, that they need to shift quickly and the Saudi's are suddenly cash rich and want to inflate the awareness of their league with 'big name' stars. All of this is with the Saudi...

Kind of but also, no. PIF own 80% of Newcastle United, I think they wholly own 4 clubs in the Saudi league. However, PIF is such a huge financial entity that the part of PIF that owns and makes decisions on those 4 clubs is distinct from the part that owns and makes decisions on Newcastle...

I agree that the Saudis are the worst of a bad bunch. No argument there. Unfortunately Newcastle fans don't get a say in who stewards the club. We should, as should any fanbase, but we don't. What pisses me off are the children and morons with Saudi flags on twitter, or those that leap to that...

I can separate the Saudi State from NUFC, just as I did with Hall, and Ashley, but I understand if you can't. I agree it shouldn't have been allowed to happen, but it has. Same for Man City, PSG, Chelsea and all that. The clubs are more and more moving away from the communities they were born...

To be fair that's fair market value for an ambitious club, with huge financial backing and a decent history/size/brand/whatever you want to call it. Where it's coming from is rank, but nobody would bat an eye if we owned by a hedgefund and they put their brand on our shirts for the same...

It's more down to letting the other teams around them doing the double over them, than going away to a team needing only a point to confirm Champions League football. Not gutted to see any of those teams relegated. Would have preferred to see Everton tumbling, but I guess we have to put up with...

There's a good piece in The Athletic about just how financially f***ed they are, whether they get relegated or not.

Really want Everton and Fat Sam to go down. Not that I've got anything against Leeds, mind you. If that arrogant, obnoxious, hoofball-merchant was managing Leicester, I'd want them to go down too. Everton have spent an absolute fortune while crying poverty, justifiably criticising anyone using...

Initially I was surprised at your line up, but I guess it made sense to rest a few key players so that your most winnable remaining game, had the best available players. Way more needle in the game than I was expecting, I guess with the stakes being so high for us the blood was up. Bruno and...

Like NUFC1 says, it depends on what you're after. There's over 100 pubs in walking distance of the ground and if you're staying semi regular there are plenty of opportunities to find the right one for you. Bridge Tavern is good for food and the terrace etc. The Forth is a personal favourite...

Soft red card? I don't have any real feeling towards Boro, they're like Hull or Darlington to us. Boro try to hype up the 'Tyne-Tees' derby but we really don't care. Our geographical rivals are Sunderland, but we've not played them in so long, even that's dwindling. Plus obviously our change...

Geordie in peace here, Why the enmity with Middlesbrough?

Khai Khai is a good Indian restaurant, Chili Padi, The Bridge Tavern. Latter is good for beer too. Pub-wise I'd recommend The Forth, the Town Wall, Tilleys, Rosies (Mr Alexanders), The Strawberry

Kind of echo what Acas said, I really enjoy watching Brighton play and have a huge amount of respect for the way you've steadily grown over the past 14 years or so. To get where you are, from where you were is incredible, to do it largely by playing entertaining, easy on the eye football is even...

When we played them at Goodison they were full of bluster and intent in the first half, to little effect. Then we scored and they folded like a [insert cliché here]. End of the day, they're not very good defensively, they don't have legs in midfield and they're shot shy up front. You shouldn't...