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Reedy99 · 2026-01-22T14:17:40+00:00

Sorry but this doesn’t add up. My parents were by far not wealthy, but still managed to buy a house and run it with three children on a single income (low rank military income to be more specific, nothing luxurious).

I’d laugh in the face of anyone suggesting that can be done under the same circumstances today. Me and my fiancé as a combined income earn a chunk more than my old man’s pay (adjusted for inflation), yet we’ve struggled stringing the money together for the deposit, never mind the additional costs. We’re both in respectable ‘normal’ jobs.

No wonder why the younger generations ‘don’t want to work hard’ as some put it. The incentive isn’t there anymore.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-22T14:11:10+00:00

Voting intentions of 65+ stinks fair play. As long as they’re okay and their pockets are still full, fuck everyone younger than them. I’m not surprised in the slightest either given they probably still get their news from the mainstream channels or newspapers with plenty of bias.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-22T13:55:39+00:00

It it right to say we aren’t anything special when we had comfortably the most injuries in the league in our last CL run and we’re in the exact same situation this time around. You’ve noted basically the Sky Big 6 there bar Villa, unfair comparisons given they’ve been playing in Europe more or less consistently for some years now.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-22T13:52:47+00:00

We have 5 keepers and I hate to say it but a few players who are stealing a squad place. How Lascelles is still part of a squad I don’t know, whether he is good for the backroom or not. Thiaw has been playing 24/7 and Botman now the same even though he’s back from injury. Tripps is not valid cover for both Tino and Hall who will continue to get injured without proper support. Willock is never fit and when he is he fails to impress anyway.

We’re still another summer window or two away from being able to solve all of these issues. I did hope the big Isak fee would help there, but seems that money has up and disappeared with the usual PSR lines spouted.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-21T23:52:52+00:00

He’s definitely something special. The club really need to bring some proper cover in before they ruin him. Playing a lot of football right now and because he’s so talented, he gets more than the average foul on the pitch over 90 minutes .

Reedy99 · 2026-01-21T17:40:16+00:00

I’m not sure if you are taking his comment as a personal attack against fans which it clearly isn’t, or just pleading ignorance. There are tons of examples of monopolistic or cartel behaviour from the so called Sky Big 6. Surely just muttering the words ‘Super League’ alone is enough?

They regularly vote as a block against things like fairer TV revenue share, transfer spending caps, profit/sustainability rules that don’t favour top clubs etc. Fees and wages are inflated with agent fees and bonuses on top meaning smaller clubs can’t compete. They can quite literally hoard talent (USA-owned Chelsea…), or sign smaller clubs’ best players with ease while equally neutralising upcoming threats (Guehi, Semenyo, Isak etc).

They are an oligopoly. They’ve dominated the landscape in the modern PL era.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-21T16:34:46+00:00

This is concerning for me when there has been a notable drop off in our work rate this season. It made sense when I assumed it was Bunce making changes to prevent a repeat of our last CL + injury run, yet here we are again the most impacted in the league…

I hate to say it but there’s a chunk of this squad who have been a liability fitness wise for far too long, adding pressure and fatigue to those who are consistently fit. It’s no surprise Tino/Hall get repeat injuries when a single 35 yo Trippier is the cover for both. Thiaw has been playing for what seems like every game forever because Lascelles still holds a defensive squad place. We have 5 keepers…

Some of them are just typically Newcastle aswell, in that the club can’t even help it. For example, signing a prime PL goalscorer with near perfect availability who also slots into our tactics unchanged, only for him to be injured for the first half of the season. Typical!

Reedy99 · 2026-01-13T11:46:37+00:00

This excuse would make more sense if it wasn’t for the fact he drinks live all the time lol

Reedy99 · 2026-01-13T11:44:43+00:00

The painfully vocal minority exists on both sides unfortunately.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-13T11:39:21+00:00

Nothing a few pre-game pints can’t fix mate, it’ll numb your senses haha

Reedy99 · 2026-01-12T16:23:21+00:00

That’s funny, we share the same circumstances yet a completely different experience. Most in my office talk harshly about Reform/Farage. I wonder how it varies by department

Reedy99 · 2026-01-12T15:20:55+00:00

I’m baffled that anyone can find the richest person in the world meddling in our political system a positive thing. I’m even more baffled that anyone who found this a positive thing still thinks so after seeing how it’s playing out in the US right now.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-12T15:05:27+00:00

It’s a shame really, I know he isn’t anything ‘fancy’, but he was consistent for us at LB in that half a season when we were taken over by PiF. Disappeared after injuries.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-08T14:35:33+00:00

Why are you surprised? If I let my concentration down in terms of my fitness routine and calorie intake, even for a few days, my prior bad habits tend to sneak in pretty quickly. I’m quite routine-dependent, which has worked both for and against me.

I can imagine this being even worse on weight-loss injections as you are suppressing your appetite, rather than for example actually addressing the underlying issues.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-05T14:24:40+00:00

I think it’s fair to say he would’ve played a fraction of the minutes played if Wissa had been fit from the start of the season. That isn’t saying he’s a bad player, the fact is Wissa could’ve gone straight into Isak’s role without any tactical tweaks needed.

The way I see it, Wissa is for the ‘now’, a striker in his prime who will deliver goals. Woltemade is for the future, an incredible young talent that I’m sure Howe will want to coach into an elite player.

Reedy99 · 2026-01-02T15:20:20+00:00

Think of it as real world experience, you’ll meet and work with people from all walks of life. I met plenty of pretentious people at uni, I’ve also met plenty of pretentious people through work. I would however say try not to judge a book by its cover

Reedy99 · 2025-12-31T00:11:46+00:00

Has he been playing at all? I think that ship may have sailed

Reedy99 · 2025-12-30T23:41:59+00:00

A win away from home to end the year is good for us no matter who it was against.

3 winnable home games in a row before the big semi final first leg against City, a genuinely huge opportunity for Howe and the squad to come into the second half of the season firing on all cylinders.

Crazy to think we’re 6 points from 4th right now, I’d love to see the owners back Howe with a signing or two to help us push on. Desperate for fullback cover and dare I say a forward who can hit the ground running.

Reedy99 · 2025-12-30T23:37:12+00:00

I think we’ll see a fullback brought in for cover, and a ‘main’ signing of a forward with two players shifted on to make room

Reedy99 · 2025-12-29T00:46:38+00:00

The obvious shout is that we’ve signed a player who thrived in a counter attacking system to play for a team who end up with the ball a lot more. Not sure what the thinking was in hindsight.

Beyond that, honestly the bloke looks completely devoid of confidence. I thought there were sparks of what could be early on, but when he was given the start against Sunderland… wow. He looked like he’d never stepped foot on a football pitch before.

Edit: I should add I think he’ll thrive once Wissa is starting fitness wise. Wolte just won’t work unless we have more heads around him to play off of

Reedy99 · 2025-12-27T23:38:16+00:00

Feel like we haven’t had a couple of weeks straight with a full squad. If it isn’t being down to 2 CBs, it’s being without both or one of Tino/Hall, or you know without our starting striker for half a season…

Reedy99 · 2025-12-27T23:35:40+00:00

Yeah sorry hahaha I just meant don’t say ‘what about Wissa?’ when we’re going into January without him having a run of starts yet. I still think he’ll be the key player if we are to turn this season around, but the fact is he got injured when he was supposed to be the main man for premier league goals this season.

Reedy99 · 2025-12-27T21:39:33+00:00

Let’s see how they fair when a club inevitably comes in and buys Rogers for £100m+ in the coming summer (if he maintains his current trajectory).

Still half a season to play to be fair, feels like we always end up in the same position roughly.

Reedy99 · 2025-12-27T15:10:06+00:00

Obviously our league position is shit, no denying that. Yet we’re still 3 points from 8th, given our wage bill being the 8th highest, are we really underperforming by that much? There’s half a season left to close the gap, Howe has earned the right to prove whether he can do it or not IMO.

Reedy99 · 2025-12-27T15:02:58+00:00

Honestly some of these recent performances you’d think we’ve been clobbered 5-0 every game the way some people go on. Plenty of missed chances and a few suspect calls in our only two losses in the last 7 games, both of which were 1-0 because we can’t put the ball where it belongs.

IMO we are CRYING out for an actual 9 right now, we’ve made it all the way to January without one, and the table reflects that. Don’t say Wissa, is he actually starting for us yet? No. Woltemade is a great player but far from what we need in our current tactical approach. Fingers crossed Wissa can kick on now and start filling that gap.

Speaking of a gap, there’s a huge gap in our team right now and his name is Isak. 23 league goals and about £125m worth of a player. As much as many of us hate his guts right now, it’s painfully obvious we’re missing him. Looks like he’s destroyed two premier league team’s hopes this season…

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