Recent content by TN Toffee

Perhaps there could be some sort of negotiated give and take from the government and TV providers. Allow them to broadcast 3PM Saturday matches in exchange for not broadcasting after 7PM Friday-Monday. That would alleviate a lot of the headaches for traveling supporters.

I think the only realistic way things might ever change would be for restrictions to be implemented at a governmental level, a la the 3PM blackout and away ticket price cap. Things like requiring the TV providers to either set the full broadcast schedule ahead of the season when they release...

Was looking at the resale site just to see what all was available for Newcastle this weekend, and there are a handful of side by side pairs up right now if anyone is looking. I know getting two together isn't always easy.

Your last sentence is the only thing that is sowing a tiny seed of doubt for me. We’ve been saved a couple times recently not by any sort of quality on our part, but by the promoted teams being completely useless cannon fodder. That’s not the case this year. All three teams in the current bottom...

I don’t disagree with that part, but Keane has started every league match so far this year and we still have the 8th best defense in the Prem. That’s getting the job done well enough for me. There isn’t a goal we’ve conceded this year that immediately springs to mind where Keane was completely...

Sign managerial contract in a hopeless situation with an impatient owner. Get the easily predictable results. Get the inevitable sack even faster than anyone could have dreamt. Profit. Actually an incredible piece of business on Ange’s part.

How is that a “careless challenge”? To even call it a challenge at all is a stretch. He just gets there first, takes possession of the ball and then stepped on the late arriving Chalobah as he turned upfield. Absolutely ridiculous to disallow that.

At least the lack of a priority window for displaced ST holders is something that, one would think, can be easily remedied by the next home cup fixture. Retooling the way the concourse is segregated is significantly higher hurdle.

I see Newcastle have gone full Saudi with their away kit again this season.

And that was nearly 10 years ago. Would probably be well over $2B now.

They didn’t actually say it was sound. Just said it wasn’t DOGSO which was the only reviewable part. Handling outside the box apparently isn’t. Palace got massively saved by a weird wrinkle in the VAR rules.

That's a good point. Quick look seems to indicate even the tiniest flats within the actual footprint of the old stadium are currently selling for ~£500k on the low end.

This is really best case scenario IMO. There is at least one full stand remaining that from the road looks almost exactly as it did when Arsenal still played there. Also has a park/plaza where the pitch used to be. It wouldn't be quite as impressive at Goodison, because to be honest the outside...

This is how I remembered it. However, after looking it up, it just happened to work out that way. Their final game at Upton Park ended up being the lone game on the Tuesday night before the final weekend to fit in a match that had to be rescheduled because Man U played in the FA Cup semifinal in...

Arsenal, Brentford, Chelsea, Palace and West Ham are all scheduled at home that week. If none of them have their match rearranged due to playing in the Cup final, it's pretty easy to see some of those games are getting moved to either Friday or Monday for policing purposes.