Tonali

[Tutfoster1892]

£160k a week and he’s sat on the bench, not because he’s physically unfit, but because of the off-field crap.

We are not going to be paying him by all reports

[GBruno]

Big applause for Tonali when he came on.

Sorry, but this support for Tonali is pathetic. It's like the guy who finds his best mate sleeping with his wife and continues to be his friend.

Absolute cuck territory.

We aren't gonna see the guy again for at least a year by all accounts.

This reminds me of those powerful celebs who get into trouble and no one does anything because of who they are.
Imagine the different attitude of the supporters if this was a lesser player.

I'll say no more on this **** now. Sick of it. No values, no principles. We've been completely done by this clown and blind loyalty won't change it.

[Xamand]

In regards to the earlier comments about corruption scandals in Italian football, one of the reasons why it keeps coming up is due to the way the Italian legal system works and because they have a history of aggressively investigating things. The Italian mentality is to assume there is corruption in everything and therefore it gets looked into, as opposed to here in the UK where the assumption is that because we are British there cannot possibly be anything underhand going on so there is no point in investigating anything. In Italy it is the judges themselves that perform investigations on their own initiative (which outside of football can be for political reasons but that is a different story) as opposed to the football authorities (FIGC/Serie A etc.) so there is no thought of damaging the image of the game and burying things under the rug

[TheOtherTerryMac]

Big applause for Tonali when he came on.

Sorry, but this support for Tonali is pathetic. It's like the guy who finds his best mate sleeping with his wife and continues to be his friend.

Absolute cuck territory.

We aren't gonna see the guy again for at least a year by all accounts.

This reminds me of those powerful celebs who get into trouble and no one does anything because of who they are.
Imagine the different attitude of the supporters if this was a lesser player.

I'll say no more on this **** now. Sick of it. No values, no principles. We've been completely done by this clown and blind loyalty won't change it.

So you would have preferred it if the 50k supporters had all stood up and booed him when he came on.

[GBruno]

So you would have preferred it if the 50k supporters had all stood up and booed him when he came on.

I wouldn't boo the guy at a game no. But applause basically says it's fine what he has done.

We wouldn't applaud a player who has made a wreckless challenge and got himself suspended for 3 games, but we applaud a guy who has knowingly come to us with a very lengthy suspension looming.

[Zippity]

Yep, Terry's right.

He's made a massive mistake and he's definitely dropped us right in it BUT...he's our player, a young man who we can support as a club and a fanbase as he works through his problems.

The deed is done and a huge punishment is inevitably on its way. So, the question is, what do we do. Imo, nothing would be gained by having a go at him, exiling him, etc. The way to move on is to support him and help him and I think we will ultimately reap the rewards whrn he comes back.

it's a shit situation that we have no choice but to make the best of.

[GBruno]

Yep, Terry's right.

He's made a massive mistake and he's definitely dropped us right in it BUT...he's our player, a young man who we can support as a club and a fanbase as he works through his problems.

The deed is done and a huge punishment is inevitably on its way. So, the question is, what do we do. Imo, nothing would be gained by having a go at him, exiling him, etc. The way to move on is to support him and help him and I think we will ultimately reap the rewards whrn he comes back.

it's a shit situation that we have no choice but to make the best of.

I get all that, but why did we have a different attitude towards Ryan Fraser? Fraser was seemingly disruptive and he was rightly outcast. Tonali has negatively affected our season. He has made us weaker. He is a distraction and an expensive one!

[Cannylad]

I personally want Tonali to get on his knees and apologise profusely to the club and the fans for the way he signed on for the club knowing he was in this kind of sh!t and how it would affect the team. Hopefully we can all draw a line under this charade and he can show some humility and get his head down and prove just how good he is, or not.

[toptoon]

There’s still a lot of questions to be answered before a firm opinion can be made on this saga.
As the dust settles, though, I want to happen whatever is best for NUFC even if it isn’t so good for Sandro. I think the manager, club and supporters at the game have done the right thing as it’s likely to be the best for the club. If we can’t get compensation for the time he’s banned then we have nothing to gain from ostracizing him. I hope it’s only 8 months so his next season isn’t screwed too much and then I’ll pretend he’s done his cruciate to make me feel better!
Therefore, if we can legally get away with cutting his wages during the ban, I’d be in favour - again best for the club.

[Tutfoster1892]

Big applause for Tonali when he came on.

Sorry, but this support for Tonali is pathetic. It's like the guy who finds his best mate sleeping with his wife and continues to be his friend.

Absolute cuck territory.

We aren't gonna see the guy again for at least a year by all accounts.

This reminds me of those powerful celebs who get into trouble and no one does anything because of who they are.
Imagine the different attitude of the supporters if this was a lesser player.

I'll say no more on this **** now. Sick of it. No values, no principles. We've been completely done by this clown and blind loyalty won't change it.

Joelinton got in his car and drove whilst under the influence of alcohol.. it is estimated that between 240 and 280 people were killed in collisions in Great Britain where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit last year..

How many people have been killed from illegal betting?

Do you support Joelinton... would you cheer him if he scored.. did you state the disrespect to the public of England and especially the public in and around Newcastle where he was driving was there to be seen?

Or is the fact that Newcastle United didn't suffer so its all ok?

I can check through your posts around Joelinton on here for that particular event to see how much disdain you had for him at the time...

People make mistakes.. I would 100% say Joelinton's is worse than Tonali's.. tell me I'm wrong?