Novocastrian

There are several of those, but I thought you were a Man U supporter?

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Good result from the Toon. Showed a lot of character this afternoon.

Novocastrian

Yeabut. I'm beyond caring.

If anyone is really really bored they can scroll back several years in this thread to find that I suggested Jurgen Klopp as a good choice as NUFC manager when they instead appointed Joe Effing Kinnear.

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From this result it looks like you had a lucky escape.

Novocastrian

Ho-di-ho. I lived in Mainz when Klopp was a player and later player-manager for '05. He took Mainz from the cellar of Bundesliga 2 to the UEFA cup (as was). When JFK was hired, Klopp was "on sabbatical", but ignored, he, no doubt reluctantly, signed up for the Borrusia Dortmund job instead.

Ah, well. At least we've still got Mike Effing Ashley.

Mr Weeze

What Novo said. I actually want to go down just to mess with Ashley's plans.

Novocastrian

I think the Guardian heard our plea, Mr. Weeze.

Sports Direct shares plunge as sales growth stalls | Business | The Guardian

Novocastrian

That Nice Mr. Ashley is having a bad day at the office today.... Court rejects Mike Ashley’s bid to have Rangers chairman Dave King jailed | Football | The Guardian

Novocastrian

And the beat goes on... Revealed: how Sports Direct stripped USC assets before it collapsed | Business | The Guardian

Finally some people outside of Newcastle* are learning what a scumbag he is.

*apart from his employees of course. They already knew.

jimf

A good draw for England .......... in theory.

Euro 2016: Michael Cox’s group by group guide | Football | The Guardian

Novocastrian

I thought S*********d were a bit lucky today. Only 0-1.

Shame really.

Novocastrian

Oh my! Sorry James but after last week that was a bit special.

It's actually quite nice to have Jose M looking up at the Toon.

JamesM

Watched it at the Wheatsheef with a Geordie.

Was pretty pissed. Especially with United losing and Liverpool drawing. A chance to go Top 4 missed.

Newcastle deserved it. They dug in in the second half and stopped Tottenham playing.

Lloris should have perhaps stopped the winning goal but there you go.

Merry Christmas from the southern softies.

BristolUK

MANCHESTER United has pledged to stop fans smuggling puzzles, games and books into Old Trafford to keep them occupied during matches.

The club has trained its security staff to spot a sudoku book being concealed inside a match programme and bags are being searched for novels.

Suspicions were raised during the team’s 0-0 draw with West Ham when a Marouane Fellaini near miss was greeted by absolute silence, except for a dispute taking place over a game of ‘Buckaroo!’ in the Stretford End.

A Manchester United spokesman said: “We will not tolerate fans being entertained.”

Season ticket holder Wayne Hayes said: “Since August I’ve read most of Dickens. It has been a literary feast, courtesy of Louis van Gaal.”

He added: “I’m taking my tax return to the Norwich game.”

Man United cracks down on fans smuggling sudoku into Old Trafford

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Well that cheered me up. "The miracle and the mess."