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Would this work/make sense? Govt & FA follow the chi debate by introducing a rule that says all the tv money is distributed on the strict basis that it is spent for the club and evidence is transparently shown as to where it goes i.e. staff, stadium costs, wages, transfers, youth facilities. If a club wants to and is able to separately generate commercial revenue through sponsorship fine they can, but the big sky bt gravy train is ring fenced cash. That keeps money in the league and the game, keeps status quo so city etc dont reject it, but stops the parasites like ashley and maintains at least a constant and equal degree of growth amongst clubs. I'm no accountant so someone will probably find an easy work around/say its bollocks

Perhaps overly ambitious, but is there any chance of this group looking to identify/encourage a buyer for the club? Whilst i fully support protests, the endgame here is someone paying the fat man 400 mil. It would be good if supporters could be involved in that somehow, rather than him being driven to hand the club over to the venky brothers.

Thats a Keegan quote isn't it?

https://www.mytimesplus.co.uk/events/the-game-podcast-live-in-newcastle Not sure where to post this but got 2 spare tickets for the above talk in at tyneside cinema with rafa benitez/george caulkin. Message if interested.

The ticket system is a bit of a farce. For members online thee was a 2 ticket maximum for bournemouth game. I needed 3 so rang up box office - transpires there was no ticket limit so i got 3 in the leazes end.

https://www.bluesq.com/premier-league/carver-happy-with-newcastle-options-070215-9.html could pick any article from any source around that time and he repeatedly states how happy he was with the squad size. Now his hands are tied. Bangs on about the majority of people supporting him face to face, honestly who are these cretins? Elevator maintenance man again?

They're different people though. Everyone I used to see before or after the game, and a couple that I used to sit with have now all packed it in. i completely agree - the old crowd of even a few years ago are largely gone. The only solution in my view is a consistent movement against attendance, not only boycotting from the more enlightened amongst us but that group actively discouraging others to attend. Viable alternatives for entertainment, not just protests but actual football would be needed with a sustained message that we fuc*ing hate what we are watching within st james' park. Constantly lapping it up is exactly what they want. Will it make a financial difference? Short term no long term maybe, but at least it would state the point that we are not lemmings waiting to be ar*e ra*ed every sodding week.

What are any of the disillusioned fans going to do about it? All i hear i sick of this sick of that yet all i see is sell out attendances week in week out.

What a ridiculous point that is. Pardew made Krul the number one, Pardew turned a defence consisting of the Taylors (both massively criticised by fans in the past) and Danny Simpson into one of the tightest defences in the league. The other member of that back 5 he made captain, and Colo has subsequently revelled in a leadership role. You say "look at those players he has got to work with" yet most people's expectations of him as a manager and the squad at the start of the season was bottom half at best. He has done fantastically well and would do a hell of a lot better if certain fans stopped being so bloody pessimistic. He is not the best in game manager and frequently gets things wrong but so does everybody else. Get off his back and just enjoy one of the better teams we have seen walk out at SJP before Ashley wanders in with his sledgehammer again to ruin it.

he plays 5 and 7 a side football at the pits in gateshead on weeknights. I say play, more hobbles around really and his leg looks absolutely screwed every time i see him.

I like Hughton but if he has signed HBA as a player to rotate with Jonas and never intends on playing him in Nolan's position then he has gone insane.

Guthrie was out the back of Aspers casino at 4am last night. Maybe thats why he is unfit.

How do you arrange to do this? I have never heard of being able to play at SJP, is it on the club website or something?

The obvious answers for the winner are the usual big teams. I will be putting my money on an African team though. Its between Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast depending on which groups they get drawn in.

I would love a properly functioning fan ownership of the club. I would definitely put 20 quid in, and if the whole thing was successful and I was happy with where it was going would always look to put more in.

Thats a hell of a lot of work on your first day Thats what I like to see a hard worker, you'll get my vote when the day comes. To be fair it would only take a day to rectify some of the horrific errors that the club currently endures. Thats providing I could pre-book the crane to tear down that hideous sign. If I had time before taking office as President, I could have the staff already researched, so it would just be paperwork in terms of getting them in. Paperwork and a hell of a lot of cash to pay up the existing staff's contracts and/or pay out on their unfair dismissal claims. I didn't say anything about getting rid of current staff - just that I would hire new ones to do the job properly . Thats going to be a frustrating element for any new regime looking at an overhaul. I am assuming that the Trust has an appropriate legal team lined up/already acting for them.

Thats a hell of a lot of work on your first day Thats what I like to see a hard worker, you'll get my vote when the day comes. To be fair it would only take a day to rectify some of the horrific errors that the club currently endures. Thats providing I could pre-book the crane to tear down that hideous sign. If I had time before taking office as President, I could have the staff already researched, so it would just be paperwork in terms of getting them in.

Hire top class staff on all levels. Every coach from under 10s upwards, every scout, every doctor, every physio, every barman, every toilet cleaner to be the best available within the budget. No jobs for old players, friends, or other incompetent wasters. I don't want to see the likes of Terry Mac slumped in his chair on the dugout, it should be done professionally with genuine coaches. A scouting system to rival Arsenal would be nice, rather than our Youtube watchers. Get the club right in terms of infrastructure first. Build it from the ground up and as long as the first 11 were competent to exist in the premiership short term I would not focus on them. I would upgrade training facilities and make first team sessions totally private, except for a fan day every month or something. Instil a level of professionalism which I have never seen at this club and we might start getting somewhere.

I have been reading the NUST website and still don't really get how it works for someone who doesn't have any money. If I can not afford to pay the fees, am I then totally ignored even if I go every week? I like the idea, its very very optimistic but its better than MA or like others said faceless corporations. I am just worried that if I don't have the money then I am not included and can't vote etc. I imagine there are a hell of a lot of similar fans who do not have the money. So basically my question is how does the voting for these presidents, decisions etc apply to people without the large sums of money required to acquire a vote? Sorry if I have missed something obvious in the blurb.

Oh well, I dont have 2,500 quid...or a pension...or any money for that matter. Guess its not for me then.

Does anyone know the NUST grand plan to take over the club/world or is it a big secret until next week?

I assume he realises that his signage about Sports Direct going around the stadium will just get vandalised? The only reason it hasn't been so far is that its too high to reach.

Does anyone think it would ever reach a point where a lot of fans give up and someone starts a new club in the same way that Man Utd fans did? The only 3 ways I see this nightmare ending are: 1) Enough moderately rich locals cobble the money together to finally buy ashley out 2) Mike Ashley dies/is scared off by violent hooligans of some description 3) We all give up and go and start a fresh Standing outside the Milburn reception going "booooo" probably won't do the trick unfortunately.

Great opportunity to play Ranger against a really weak defence and hopefully get him on the goals trail.

I think this is an important misconception that is a major reason we aren't happy with being top of the league. Football doesn't work like this. It's 11 against 11 and nobody has the right to beat anyone else, even the rubbish teams have physical attributes and movement that can make things difficult for us. It's interesting that we're able to simultaneously complain about how few good players we've got and also expect to win every game. I dont complain about how few good players we have. Our team is better than every other team in this division. Our players in the majority of positions are individually better than anything else in this division. What surprises me is how good fans and pundits make this league out to be. When we got relegated a lot of championship supporting friends suggested it was a tough league with loads of quality and not far away from the Premiership. They were wrong. I honestly think that the difference in our quality and the rest of the league on paper makes it like shooting fish in a barrel. Its funny to watch Ameobi waltzing through a defence, but at the same time I know deep down thats hes just not that good and thats what deflates it for me that tiny bit. It would be so much better to see it against the very best rather than the current bunch of crap we face week in week out. Our rapid demise also contributes to this. We all freshly remember European victories and being up there in the top 3 or 4. To go from that to this in a space of 5 or so years gives me that feeling of its fun but just not quite as good. You will argue against this no doubt and make some very valid points, but I just can not believe how rubbish some of the football is in this league.