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Chris

@kicka11.bsky.social
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NUFC, Northumberland, dogs, science.

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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
8th^
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Liverpool hasn't finished lower than 7th since what, 1962? Arsenal has never been relegated. What are the ups and downs to which you refer?
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Makes sense
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That's what I thought when I saw this logo, that it was about the Euros and setting things up for a stadium sponsor. Interesting that you've heard the new stadium may be dead / postponed.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What have you heard about them being forced to develop SJP anyway, given the access routes and concourses etc. The bits I've heard indicated even those upgrades could be 100m.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The contrived justifications can be so weird. Met a cockney recently who has followed Man U since the 1970s because "I loved George Best". He was born in 1974, the same year he left that club.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
have you ever thought of looking at the other clubs and maybe putting it into context? someone in their mid-40s has seen Liverpool win over 40 cups. That’s the original hegemony; similarly arsenal has never been relegated since moving from South London. The current rules ensure this never changes.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Robert Redford in All The President's Men
ALT: Robert Redford in All The President's Men
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
entirely predictable and dismal by Google as usual.
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Long-distance runner Brendan Foster training for the then-upcoming 1978 Commonwealth Games on the streets of Tyneside, by Tony Duffy. A quite wonderful snapshot of Seventies Britain.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*think^
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't get the sense the lad wants it that much, but hopefully I'm totally wrong. I loved watching the bits and pieces of him in Germany I saw, so was very excited when Newcastle got him. I don't his issue is a lack of talent, put it that way.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Has the feel of a lad who retires at 26 and releases an album then art installation in his late 20s.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah DAZN is utter dogshit. Their awful ads make me actively dislike watching the feed, it would be better just getting a dodgy US stream.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don't see many catches like Chism. Holy hell.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Things predicted to happen - in the future
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 30/09/2026
Byeeeeeeeee dickhead
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That Minecraft castle thing will look extremely silly blown up and even on a shirt crest. I wonder what they will use it for.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm sure you're right. The American hedge funds ideally want perennial guaranteed money and minimal risk. The trend will always be towards reducing competition and the clubs that tried to destroy the PL with the Euro league will see this as an opportunity.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Man city cheated on an industrial scale, or so it appears. But to me, this is about the corruption of the league over the past 20 years. It's been pure greed and hegemony, with Leicester an incredible and ephemeral blip.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All in favour of man city being punished. But we shouldn't delude ourselves, this will end up meaning it's 5 clubs that can spend and compete. It won't help any club trying and it will just empower the ones who cheated slightly less and in different eras. The drawbridge is up #nufc
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're doomed to these two clowns for years aren't we?
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
obviously a very good player, but after following him a bit from youth days, it's a shame he's become a DM in my opinion. He has all the skills of course, I always thought he would be an all action number 8, proper box to box.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Couldn't care less about England, but wasting Lewis Hall's weekend like that. The bald fraud.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know this might sound daft, but I really hope this is the PL bubble bursting. It's a bloated league, panders to foreign fans constantly, and it needs taking down several pegs. #nufc
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"may my ears grow to an infeasible size if I an lying"
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Keep your London wine you southern ponce
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
there’s people who do less time for murder.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
if Wirtz were 123 we might have an initial discussion. Absolute drivel from a site that entirely panders to yank plastics.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yes of course you're right, my point was probably badly made. Multi-million pound businesses can't be run so amateurishly. The effects of MMR as an adult remain fairly mild, he has 2 lads so has a personal duty IMO, but the club has more of a responsibility. Mackem home loss was directly linked.
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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I feel the rest of the world (Americans included) have no idea of how aggressively the US is pushing to make Latin America into a giant colony. Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc
Headline from one of Brazil's biggest newspapers that reads: 
Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) warns the government and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) about the 'critical' level of escalating US pressure against Brazil in the elections.
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Monovalent Measles vaccination has been a mandated requirement in Brasil since 1977.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes good point, it's significant.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some (otherwise seemingly nice) lads in front of us in the Leazes have performatively booed the 'taking the knee' for years. It's pretty depressing stuff, and clapping the players extra to compensate has achieved nothing.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Totally agree with all that. A lot of superstition and then algorithmic tripe on top of it, and elite performers. I wouldn't blame a player for being weird about vaccines, but I hope the club medics take this stuff seriously, about educating players.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Annoyingly excellent footballer.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There's a song about him in congo
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bruno and the mumps fiasco last season, ASM was really weird about vaccines. Players are delicate little flowers who love their cherry juice and socks with holes in, but often hate medicine. #nufc
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
His CV is far weaker than Steve McClaren's.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good family.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Presumably because he can see the field better. He will still end up a midfielder but I think he's shrinking from having the responsibility pushed on him. He needs Nico to become the dominant player alongside.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thought it was one of Barnes' better games to be honest. If he doesn't score he often does nowt. He set up a goal, he had the beating of his man. Second half was desperately poor but that applied to most of them.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Game entirely changed with this sub. Steur is Bruno for this side, and Wissa lacks both finishing ability and leadership.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Peter Bankes is on VAR. A truly awful official. #nufc
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Jeff Livingstone @defjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don’t know how United do on Saturday but Dowell, Alabi, Mills and Thompson make the England under 18 squad this week. Four players gets The Mags toe to toe with Man City and is the highest number of NUFC players that have ever represented the club at this level for their country.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pretty inevitable Isak would have some daft statement after his pathetic performance at SJP.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They're crying about people who abuse apostrophes
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thiago against Botman seems doomed. But he has proven me wrong before, each time I think he's finished.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
fully agree with all of this. I don't like wissa as a striker to be honest, but we have no one else.
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Chris @kicka11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That's a pretty interesting team to be fair.
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