FFP May Block Newcastle From Buying Elite Status & Alan's Sleep Ruined by Piano Couple | EP 82

In this episode, delve into the challenges of Newcastle's financial limitations and hear Alan Shearer's hotel horror story before his biggest game. What’s it like when the worlds of football and Hollywood movies collide? Which football moments made our hosts fall in love with the game? Plus, join Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer in a lively debate as they discuss the best Irish player they ever faced on the pitch.
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00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Alan’s Hotel Horror
04:27 - Favourite Football Moment
07:58 - Newcastle’s FFP Trouble
10:59 - Best Season As A Player
12:00 - EURO 2024 Player Shocks
13:00 - Alan’s Acting Debut
15:30 - Favourite Tournament As A Pundit
17:12 - Big Characters
18:00 - What Irish Team Was Better
19:25 - Liverpool’s Greatest Striker
20:16 - Dream Player To Player With
20:50 - Presenter 5-A-Side
21:55 - Pep Or Fergie?
23:55 - Best Irish Player Played With

[@heighleybaily8037]

Well I didn't expect that outcome from the opening story Alan 😂

[@macurlyfries]

It’s usually micha that has all the wild stories 😂 this was hilarious

[@olivermcleod1]

Where do we send the questions? This is a weekly joy for me listening to you guys. Absolute class.

[@CoolGuy55000]

Haven't watched Goal in years so I'll always remember it fondly. Don't want to ruin my memories by watching it again!

[@Kugann]

elite film, both were

[@andrewharrison7767]

@@Kugann theres 3 lol

[@Kugann]

@@andrewharrison7767 the less said about the 3rd the better.

[@samherraghty4448]

1st and 2nd were genuinely good for the time.holy fuck though the 3rd was bad 😂

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

*Class show lads, as always's.The infectious humour, *Genuineity, and humbleness is, for me, makes this show to be the success it is......

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

@@CC1984_ no, I'm a cyborg

[@pjduff7577]

My earliest memory that had me mesmerized was Spain 82 and the greatest team I've ever witnessed BRAZIL ,what a team

[@ElectricSoulShow]

I agree totally what you said about Brazil 1982 side. What team they were

[@Joker66623]

I was 13 when Goal came out. I thought it was the best thing ever made. I watched it years later and thought this was really quite bad. The way he kicks and runs with the ball is terrible 😂

[@Kugann]

the actual in game stuff was bad, but most of the film was off the pitch and it was pretty good, never been a film similar to it

[@Joker66623]

@Kugann Totally agree. I really liked Goal 2. Great cast in both films.

[@neilmiller6214]

These 2 are quality, legends!

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

Paisley won 3 European Cups, 6 leagues, The UEFA cup and Four League cups this was in a 9 year period. Fergie was manager for 26 years at utd.

[@jonathanburn4388]

The sponsorship deals coming in the summer are a game changer for us! I believe Eddie Howe gets the money he needs to push us on next season but we must get Europa League minimum to attract the players we need

[@frasierfreak92]

Not when you have to prove market value.

[@Abidon88]

Thanks for all the insight guys!

[@paulkitala2545]

Came up straight away!!! Gary you the best

[@garyvalentine8081]

GOAL was brilliant

[@jordanhynes1612]

Love the podcast boys! The chemistry is unreal! My question is outside of teammates who are the non playing staff that have left the biggest impression on you for the right or wrong reasons and gave a sneaky feeling big Meeks may mention a certain Les Chapman 😊

[@chrismiller6317]

You have to tell Micah on the show he will be laughing all through the show,Great Pod as always lads,Keep ‘em coming 👏👏👏

[@absurdist9609]

My first memory is Ronaldo at the 2003 World cup. But I truly fell in love with football during the 2006 World Cup and the whole story arc with Zidane. I was 10 and watching Zidane do the things he did just left such a string impact on me.

[@dakhoa]

It's the owners third season in the PL and they already played in the CL this season. FFP finally has some teeth. I really hope they do not become useless if they get changed. Since when are 3 seasons a long time.

[@shealey9763]

Watching the FA Cup final 1974 on the telly at the age of 13. Been a toon fan ever since.

[@williamhawkes8117]

FFP rules need to get stricter not softer. The money in football is silly, it's about time someone stepped in.

[@J3diMindTrix]

Teams are struggling with the FFP rules being as they are now, Everton’s point deduction being a prime example, Newcastle not being able to spend despite the recent takeover, and teams in general being hamstrung and not being able to build the squads they want … as mentioned as well the limit is outdated and needs to increase significantly, even still it punishes smaller clubs, how have Everton only breached it slightly and been fined 10 points during a season and yet City’s 115 charges aren’t even being looked at until the season is over? At least as things stand .. it’s absurd I don’t think many people would disagree that the money in football is silly but look at Saudi for example, all the money in the world pretty much couldn’t get players to stay there, Henderson didn’t even collect his payday he wanted to leave that badly (or at least that’s how it’s been portrayed) the problem is not everywhere will play by the same rules unless it’s enforced unilaterally so it would be hard to cut down the amount of money unless everyone agreed to it; if a rule came along saying salary cap or a certain percentage of a player’s salary goes to charity or something there would just be another China or Saudi situation so implementing it all over would be extremely challenging, though I don’t doubt many would like to see it happen

[@JAY1892]

Don’t lie Alan, you know you asked if you could join in. 😂

[@StephenCarrIsBald]

He was known for joining in so probs did

[@jarraandyftm]

He was stood in the doorway watching with his hat on.

[@JAY1892]

@@jarraandyftm 😂

[@matthewjamison]

Glad you mentioned Bob Paisley. People forget footie existed before the prem. It took Fergie 19 years to win the same amount of trophies Paisley won in 8 years (including 3 European Cups)

[@karmaascendant3936]

It’s not that people forget that football existed before the Premier League. It’s just incredibly difficult to find fair points of comparison the further back you go. Stuff like not knowing how many goals Pele actually scored as a professional is crazy to someone like me who’s grown up at a point where we can calculate the chance of scoring for literally anywhere on a pitch based on decades of data collected by organisations like OPTA. You’d need to be in your 50s/60s to actively remember Paisley which means you have 40 - 50 years of football to remember since.

[@matthewjamison]

@karmaascendant3936 Yeah, I suppose. I'm 41 & too young to remember Paisley. But because I love Liverpool & footie in general, I've looked into older generations of managers/players.

[@shanet5604]

He was favourite for the Ireland job then they suddenly went with Jack Charlton !

[@matthewjamison]

@shanet5604 I didn't know that. Jack done a great job with them players all the same. But it would of been interesting to see how he would of done.

[@shanet5604]

@@matthewjamison There’s the link dude ! Remember the lesser known story so was looking it up,I think he’d have done well,some players we had then and it certainly wouldn’t have been long fxxxxx ball !!

[@Thebinman1182]

GOAL is iconic, we just don't talk about GOAL 3

[@mr__OK]

When talking about greatest managers ancelotti never gets mentioned. I don’t understand. 4 champions league wins, titles in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and England

[@MrDankid88]

Totally agree 👍

[@janvanveelen]

Alan is spot on about 'the best ever..' question in programs: it is totally about the generation of the responder.

[@ZolaDog25]

FFP merely entrenches the position of the current 'big' clubs. The argument it protects clubs being loaded with debt by the owner can be very simply avoided by all investment by owners being equity NOT loans

[@ElBarcoGaming]

without it it'd make what you're complaining about even worse. There'd be a richer cartel of clubs at the top with an even more insurmountable gap to the rest. The Championship clubs coming up would have even less chance of competing or attracting investment as the chance to succeed is less. The same would happen around Europe. Inflation would be even worse, clubs would struggle to move on players anywhere else even more due to wages being paid by the state owned etc clubs which would be more and more. The only option for clubs in other leagues outside of a small handful to compete would be break away.

[@fehlstart]

Pundit 5: Kahn - Beckenbauer - Matthäus, Schweinsteiger - Rummenigge/Klose (?) Coach: Klopp

[@mkdisciple]

Anthony Gordon for England. Better than Rashford and Grealish. Deserves a call up.

[@olumidesheriffadams7917]

My ill always follow football moment was when I came on to score my first goal for my class in secondary school 😊it was a great header and we won two nil Science vs Commercial

[@Mr.PDF_File]

I was 9 supporting Liverpool in 2005, Istanbul isnt my earliest but it is the most vived

[@MrBuzzcuts]

I was 13 years old back then and it was one of the greatest nights of my life

[@frasierfreak92]

I was born in 93 and my first memory of us winning a trophy was the Treble in 2001. I thought it was always going to be like that 😂

[@Mr.PDF_File]

@@frasierfreak92 damn wish I had your memory 🤣 we had a long wait

[@erosion271]

I like FFP in concept but the fact newcastle are essentially being punished for overachievement is a flaw that needs to be fixed. They reached the CL, FFP shouldn't be stopping them signing players this past january. FFP should stop a newcastle NOT in the champions league from spending like they are a CL team. There's a big difference.

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

100%

[@ElBarcoGaming]

They've been one of the top spenders in Europe across the last decade. Just because they've spent up their budget doesn't mean they're victims. They can sell players high and buy low like everyone else has to and go again

[@beedee4504]

Guys, i have an idea for a pod! I was recently talking to my friend about Englands best 11 .. which pretty much picks itself. I did however claim that our 2nd string could compete for the Euros. So i am wondering ... what would be your England 11 excluding our best starting X1? Ramsdale Trent White Tomori Livramento Phillips Maddison Eze Foden Toney Grealish .. maybe i am forgetting some.

[@37jw]

Goal was a banging movie

[@stanbradshaw2258]

regarding question 2 and then, subsequently, alan's answer about the fa cup, i don't understand why NONE of the tv channels do an all day coverage like bbc/itv did bitd. me and my younger brother would be glued to the tv from 11 till 6 watching the coaches leave the hotel, the journey to wembley from the helicopter, how they got there, fan interviews etc. i know it's a different time. but that, for me, highlighted "the beauty of the fa cup". come on bbc/itv/sky.....

[@GIBBO4182]

I've been saying it for months, FFP unfairly favours the already established, more successful clubs. It's almost made it a closed shop up at the top of the league. The rules definitely need looking at

[@lambert8915]

Man United don't feel very favoured pal 😂

[@GIBBO4182]

⁠@@lambert8915they’ve been able to blow fortunes on rubbish like Antony and Sancho, without having to sell anyone to comply with FFP. They’ve spent over £400m under ETH, other teams simply aren’t allowed to spend that much under the current rules

[@Yourfuckinslow]

@@lambert8915 they don’t have to feel favoured the rules are the rules. Their reckless spending of money for the past 10 years is their own fault.

[@ronandyke6562]

But it aims to stop small clubs getting loaded with debt and then left to die when the owners fail. The big boys don't need that protection but the smaller clubs definitely do.

[@safebans1369]

If you have any sense youll be grateful for it when you see how quickly things can change for a football club like yours based on global politics. None of the finances that you want to access are being sustainably built by your club, they're a direct cash injection from an oil state. If that oil state gets kicked out of the international community and you have a wage bill the size of Man Utd's you'd be scrambling to stave off being put into administration. You should be lucky you're no longer fighting off relegation and remember it's blood money you're crying about.

[@Geokinkladze]

Alan Shearer: City broke the rules they need to pay Also Alan: The rules are broke, they need to go.

[@higgsboson2280]

Player from any era, Rooney! Great shout.

[@laurieryoung]

That Hublot Square Bang is horrendous looking.

[@DarthwRath]

Pep changed the way football is played and he did it every few season. His game style evolves alongside football itself. And he did the treble for 2 different clubs and the sextuple with Barça 2009 (strongly regarded as the greatest football side ever). Plus the foundation he built for Bayern which lead them to their sextuple. What Cruyff did to football was continued and polished up by Pep and not many can do that. To me he is ahead of Fergie.

[@shanet5604]

Yeah and was handed the best players and never,ever built one the way SAF did…

[@porcupineinapettingzoo]

Love the show but when we've got a man down why not sub someone in especially one of the recurring characters Mark Hughes, Mancini, Richard Dunne, Peter Breadsley, etc would be great to hear the other side of your stories.

[@AriesAdams-rb5lh]

Would love to see Kevin Keegan on, he broke my heart as a kid leaving Liverpool for Hamburg

[@jeremywilliams5107]

​@AriesAdams-rb5lh one of my earliest memories with the flags saying "Don't go!"

[@NoFrictionZone]

I would vote for Zabaleta 😎

[@chris9964]

They already changed the rules to allow owners to sponsor their own clubs, allowing state owners like Newcastles to offer over market value sponsorships. Not hating on Newcastle specifically btw, just how the FA/EPL is being bought out by countries. Have to disagree on Goal, maybe it’s because I was young when it came out, but it was a great watch.

[@mike4673]

Can't believe neither of you said Lewis Miley. He could easily replace Henderson and Kalvin Philipps in the England squad

[@ianrolfe2779]

Sorry about that Al...genuinely thought the room was empty

[@marty1459]

Alan calling FFP outdated which basically is him saying its not fair that Newcastle's authoritarian owners aren't allowed to buy up the league like Chelsea and City have. It's embarrassing because its the short cut way of doing it by being able to out spend all your rivals. What ever happened to a fair playing field Alan?

[@TJ_1611]

The first story from big Al is one of the weirdest story ive EVER heard from a footballer... FFS 😳🤣

[@paulrobinson4642]

Wishing you pair were up front for the Toon

[@neilmiller6214]

You can compare pep fairly with fergie once they have answered the charges, if they have cheated then his legacy is tainted! Fergie didn’t cheat.

[@hyywe240]

😂😂😂

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

Man 115, city

[@peterww3106]

Nice to see Alan in his shed. As a man gets older he needs a shed. Even if he’s not actually gonna do anything in there other than hide from her indoors!🤪

[@daggaboom]

Hang on a second...Gary saw Shilton playing vs man uniteds Best and then ended up playing on the same England team as Shilton?

[@magic1968]

Shilton played for England in his 40's.

[@bigmikez3199]

No he didn’t that is the same Peter shilton Gary is on about

[@Geokinkladze]

Shilton played in the same England team as Charlton, Moore and Peters as well as the same team as Barnes, Beardsley and Gazza.

[@daviebananas1735]

Shilton played from 1966 to 1997, but retired from England in 1990 after the World Cup, so never played with Shearer for England, as he made his debut in 1992.

[@Geokinkladze]

@@daviebananas1735 where is Shearer mentioned, I can't see who you're responding to?

[@Ryan-if7ny]

That film was quality! Haha I loved it. (Leeds fan)

[@NUFCm29]

FFP restricting clubs like NUFC & Villa while I’ve just been reading that Chelsea can spend another 200m in the summer it’s just wrong

[@Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiz]

FFP have let Newcastle go on a spending spree of £573million in recent years selling just £35m. Newcastle have been allowed to spend and rise. Financial fair play are rightly saying Newcastle after spending so much should have to sell more than just £35m. Financial fair play has rightly made Chelsea sell over £500million in the last year and a half. Financial fair play rightly makes everyone have to sell. It rightly doesn’t let clubs can just buy, buy, buy, buy and never sell.

[@Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiz]

Chelsea had to sell nearly their entire CL winning team. It’s a myth that financial fair play let’s the established 6 clubs like Chelsea just spend and never sell. And it’s a myth that it doesn’t let clubs like Newcastle go on spending spree and rise.

[@cgdimension]

Newcastle fans often say they improved because they got Howe not due to money, but would Howe have taken over if Mike Ashley was sticking around, knowing there would be no money to spend, doubt it and they go down, so the takeover changed everything. You know they want splash the cash Chelsea style and will be looking for loop holes

[@Fatmantostrongman1987]

Bruce would still be there if ashley was still in charge

[@cgdimension]

@@Fatmantostrongman1987 and in the championship, with most of the first team sold off

[@Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiz]

The reason Newcastle have risen is because they’ve gone on a Saudi chequebook spending spree of £443million while only selling £35m. Saudi Howe has 9 over £30million signings. Ashley’s Newcastle used to have 1. Saudi Howe has a Top 7 squad cost and wage bill. Ashley’s Newcastle had a bottom 6 squad cost and bottom 6 wage bill. It’s a Saudi Takeover spending spree rise of a club story. It’s not a £0 managerial magic wand rise of a club story.

[@cgdimension]

@@Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiz not saying it is, I'm talking about that first few months as they climbed out of the bottom 3, the signings weren't stellar in that first window but Howe go the team he inherited playing well enough to avoid relegation

[@ViktorB1]

So the astonishing improvement of players like Shär, Joelinton, Longstaff, Murphy, Lascels and the 17 year old Miley is because of the fresh investments (that were basically close to 0 during Ashley) that the new owners spent? This shows how little you watch the PL and how little you know about the game. Take a break, like 20 years, from the internet mate 🤡

[@F.MNZ.91]

Do you think it’s possible in the current era, to find one club players such as Alan… given that a player such as Palmer quality still don’t manage to stay in there teams due to managers being scared…. And for smaller clubs player will want a transfer to bigger clubs

[@Montycat78]

You know Alan played for Southampton and Blackburn?

[@karmaascendant3936]

It’d be fairly easy if you’re a club like Crystal Palace who make enough money to hand out good wages, are a generally safe club but aren’t so impressive that their players would leave. I believe ward has been there for over a decade.

[@daviebananas1735]

Shearer was 26 when he first signed for Newcastle. He’d played 9 seasons at other clubs before this, winning the league with Blackburn. Indeed his transfer to Newcastle was the world record transfer at the time.

[@MrDankid88]

😂😂😂 cracked me up one club alan 😂😂😂

[@smasheditinthetoon5-074]

King Kev taking away in a helicopter on his final game wow never seen anything like it

[@hansgruber9093]

Why do you both assume the FFP changes will become more lenient? If anything they're likely to become stricter as the league looks to come in line with the UEFA rules capping all spending on wages & players to 70% of total revenue. Shearer is talking from the biased perspective of a Newcastle fan who doesn't like limits on state backed spending. But just because it's bad for his club doesn't mean it's bad for the game. I for one am not excited by a future where the Premier League is just a battle ground between which oil state can blow the most money on players.

[@shanet5604]

Imagine Shearer and Keane both missed the chance to sign and play together,3 times !!

[@footonabrick]

No mention of Big Meeks in your 5 a side picks!? 😂

[@DYL2020]

12:58 that was my favourite film when I was a bairn🤣 I think they should make a film called “goal living the dream” and make it about Dan Burns career, his story is absolutely incredible

[@Thai.Farang]

Why has Alan got an LFC cap behind him in the last two episodes?

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

I'll stand to be corrected, but I'm sure one of his family members is a scouser. That doesn't answer your question, granted. But could be a reason, as to why it's in the vaccinty... 🤷‍♂️

[@noooname2568]

So he can sneak in the home end in disguise for Liverpool away

[@abdulazizalshanqiti9124]

So after all the scrutiny during the tournament Qatar turned out to be the best? 😂

[@teaamate99]

So Alan praises ffp and says city needs to be punished for breaking rules but suddenly the rules are flawed when it comes to his dear Newcastle 😂😂😂😂

[@NotSoFakeTaxi]

He’s a shocking pundit. His bias takes over and runes it

[@Deencat_]

Well I reckon they could always just break the FFP anyway & then bog it down in the sporting courts through their lawyers shithousery which should allow them to get away with it. The Man City way....✊😂😂😂😂

[@TheUnluckyGama]

Tbf there's a difference between saying teams should be punished for breaking the rules over the last 15 years and saying the rules are now outdated, which they are as they don't reflect changing financial metrics

[@brun1006]

You do know that's 2 different subjects though don't you 🙄

[@ianlucas5647]

Looks like there's a Liverpool cap behind shearer.

[@bensouthwell1339]

Brazil in mexico world cup ............................................. Magic

[@Adamm357]

Does Gary snort itching powder before every podcast?

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

He can't leave his nose alone, I've noticed that. He needs to stay off the opiods

[@anthonymwendwa7076]

lad grew up in kenya and couldnt follow gor mahia instead? what a waste

[@Shin45645]

😂wacha hizo...Si pia sisi tunasupport Epl teams na tunaassume hizi za home

[@1jonrutherford]

Why has shearer got a LFC cap hanging up behind him ?

[@Newerasamearea]

5aside Ronaldhino, maradonna, cantona, kante, Martinez.

[@mujahidshazzad390]

That’s 6 buddy

[@Robinson14711]

U guys should do a one off special with the guys over at stick to football ... it would Blow up

[@petermchugh4743]

Months - where have you been? Everybody’s know for decades

[@lp1484]

I won’t take that GOAL slander. Soundtrack was great and the filming of the football itself is probably some of the better football filmed for a narrative film.

[@daviebananas1735]

I urge you to watch it with adult eyes. The football scenes are dreadful.

[@michael6401]

FFP just stops clubs from progressing ! And then the FA can stop clubs getting the best business deals through sponsorship if they deem it over valued ! It doesn’t make sense and all the FA will end up doing is weaken the premiership !

[@GravelordWrust]

Pep manages a team that has 115 violations to their name and spend whatever it takes to win stuff. He's a phenomenal manager, but with that hanging over City's head, and Klopp running them close on a much smaller budget every year, I don't see why he could be the best. We all know they can just go and cherry pick the best players, pay them inordinate wages, and coast... except when Klopp has been around.

[@jamiewood5797]

Pep or fergie? What about carlo ancelotti

[@johnhalliday719]

I’m the same as Andres, I chose spurs (from Maidenhead but family weren’t in to football so just chose myself) because of Gazza. Not sure why a 6yo me enjoyed Gazza with those fake plastic boobs so much 🙈

[@andrewharrison7767]

ffp is only biting because newcastle's revenue streams were thoroughly neglected under Ashley - when the season's accounts reset on 1st July we'll be much healthier financially, with £30 million+ per season from sela & other new sponsors; then add in £30 million from Europe & new deal with adidas for £30 million+; within 3 years our turnover has doubled, which is on top of having the 'free' £105 million losses spare because Ashley ran the club within budget - which was the ONLY positive of his tenure

[@brianlewis5652]

What is mad Gary is you say your earliest memory is you going to watch Leicester age 7 and Shilton in goal, the same Goalie at Italia '90 with you 🤣

[@matthewjamison]

Liverpool are 8th in spending in Klopps 9 years. If you get a good manager & your club is run properly. You can be successful.

[@davidwhitton9050]

@matthewjamison Liverpool can afford to pay silly wages to players it's not just about spending it's also about retention. Using Newcastle as an example if PSG come calling and offer to triple his salary he's joining PSG Newcastle cannot match that salary because of FFP, Liverpool could if PSG did the same for a player.

[@matthewjamison]

@davidwhitton9050 Liverpool can afford it because they sell loads of shirts in Asia, have money coming in from social media etc.. It takes decades to build up your brand like that. Man utd dwarf Liverpools spending. They spent £600M more than Liverpool over the last 10 years. But they earn it, so I don't mind. But I do mind when cheats like Citeh or Chelski (who don't earn it) do.

[@magnet1548]

Ok

[@Newerasamearea]

Suarez all day

[@olumidesheriffadams7917]

I don't think it'll be nice for Isak to hear club legend and a fellow striker like Shearer wants him sold out of @NUFC

[@Hhammer]

A lot of football fans loved Goal!.

[@NE1L279]

Alan 😂😂😂

[@frasierfreak92]

This Kobbie Mainoo stuff needs to stop. He’s had a few good games but there’s a ton of players who were great in the U21s who deserve a call up first. Curtis Jones, Palmer, Harvey Elliott, Bramthwaite, James Trafford etc who are playing every week and having a material effect on their teams.

[@Mandinka711]

Absolutely wrong Gary. Pep has walked into clubs that are already champions. What Ferguson did at United was remarkable by comparison. He built the club back up from an occasional cup winner to the powerhouse they were. It's no coincidence that when he left the success left with him. And.......they don't have 115 charges against them either. Pep's not really close IMO. He needs to win 13 titles to even be considered. United never finished lower than third once they got going. And Alan's hotel story edges Gary's golf story by ....a mile. I showed my American GF and explained who Alan is and she laughed hysterically.

[@mhoughProductions]

Goal was a brilliant film btw🫡

[@tvgcmma9215]

FFP isn’t perfect but it’s def better than football being dominated between Saudi Qatar and uae - a well run club with good stadium youth policy etc with that generating money can’t compete if ffp removed - and then if they get bored or find it’s not beneficial politically to own clubs they’ll then he in same stare as reading or worse

[@timrowley2963]

I have to disagree with both of you gentleman… GOAL was a class movie 😂

[@Scottuz]

It's Kobbie, Like Robbie! NOT Kobe. or Coby!!! Ask his Dad? Kobbie Mainoo is the future, imagine him Rice and Bellingham in Midfield? what Balance and Skills we'd have across the Park? but Gareth Southgate, is A ready salted Crisp eating, buttoned up waistcoat wearing T-Shirt tucked into his Underpants, type of Fella, we'll be lucky, if he doesn't take Calvin Phillips instead, because he has an Edgy hairdoo?

[@acornelectron1461]

Did Qatar buy your vote for favourite tournament for pundits?

[@HabibAbdellatifi]

Funny that you only adress this because it affects Newcastle When it's PSG, you only see it as a bad thing

[@kumarannamalai680]

Come on guys. Goal was a decent movie .

[@BrianMartin-ex3ur]

😂😂😂😂

[@Rezamvs]

🩵👏🏽

[@lewemooke]

Shearer knows everything about been relegated they class him as a legend and he got them relegated 😂😂

[@LeftWinger9]

Alan you should have give him a good hiding 😬😂

[@Dugiesrevenge]

Those moaning about financial play, are missing the point, it’s design is to stop hyperinflation within other clubs trying to stay in touch with newly found rich owners of rivals… most of the financial problems we have seen are a result of Chelsea‘s unbridled spending in the early 2000s… the greater good benefit from it, just because Newcastle don’t get a chance to buy a trophy. Tough

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

Haven't seen many trophies in shops lately. Might have a look on the Internet 😅

[@shanet5604]

This is what Covid created…

[@LeftWinger9]

Bruno's numbers are actually poor so I'd sell him and Isak and sign Toney and Toniali will be back

[@haroldkane9714]

Shearer did a boycott in his wife

[@HIYOJAYO]

More importantly.....Alan, where you in your underpants?

[@mark.j.stevens]

They never mention Curtis Jones these guys…just shameful…I hate the bias…they all seem to hate the scoucers in the LFC team…wow..thumbs down..

[@luton_gmanrock]

"When I was Newcastle manager".....zzzzzz, yeah for 8 games Al.............lol