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Thought he was fine, I would probably have taken Miggy off and left ASM on until the end. Can’t really drop him this quickly unless he really is finished here. Wouldn’t be fair to him at all.

It’s a miracle we’re in the top 4, I wouldn’t be too gutted if we don’t maintain it. Really don’t care about specific league position as long as we’re playing well and progressing. I’ve spent too long being worried about whether we’ll finish 19th or whatever, now I’m just enjoying the ride. I still think we’ve got a good chance though, we’re really hard to beat.

Think the point about paying for a season ticket is interesting though. I would pay for a season ticket, so would thousands of others. We just can't. Having one doesn't mean you are a better fan or anything. I presume the theory behind loads of benefits to ST holders is to sell them, but we have one of those situations where they would sell themselves hundreds of times over. Just weird is all.

Well not quite, I got one for myself and one for someone else who is also a member. One per person. It's class how lots of ST holders help out other people with tickets, and you're absolutely right about barren years (without debating the Ashley situation). It's always going to be a difficult topic when we have so many fans and very limited tickets, hopefully you get the point I'm making about favouring ST holders above everyone else. The discussion could go on forever, if I had hundreds of loyalty points I'd probably be arguing the other side

No, in fact not 100% sure why you own them

No, I just mean the principle. In future seasons maybe we need to scale back the benefits of ST ownership a bit, so that more people can get tickets for games. Not that it will ever happen, I just thought it was interesting to think about the concept of ST holders getting everything.

Anyway, sorry for derailing the thread even more, should really be about the immense fact that we're in the cup final

Yeah exactly, separate ST and member so you can't be both. One ticket per person, either in advance via ST or in the sale via membership.

I was just making the point that season ticket holders get a huge advantage in general, which might not be fair in an environment where we don't need to sell STs. Obviously for this season we can't go back and change anything.

Not to prolong this debate, they already have one match ticket, it's definitely preferential to be able to buy an extra one. Obviously they could buy a membership as well, but you would need to stop that.

No, no idea. Not that it really matters because it would still take decades to get yourself up the queue

Well yeah, the benefit being extra tickets, the only people who can go to away games, the only people who have a chance of going to cup finals. Guess European tickets will go the same way. On top of the amazing basic benefit which is automatic access to every home game. The alternative would be to spread things out more and do it more randomly, there could be all sorts of mechanisms. If the aim was to allow more NUFC fans a fair chance to follow their club. I know this isn't how football works, but I enjoy theoretical issues like this. When you really examine it, we don't need to offer a small group of fans such a privileged position.

I think Pope is clearly our best-ever keeper, in my recollection anyway.

Why do they deserve more though? My point is that thousands of people would kill for the opportunity to buy a ST. They already have secure tickets to every home game, seems a bit unfair that they also get to monopolise everything else. I don't really see a logical argument except "that's how it normally works".

Technically the Saudi state are the messiahs, don’t want them on a banner though.

Think in future seasons we need to look into the benefits promised to ST holders. It’s already amazing to have access to every home game, not sure it should necessarily come with automatic first dibs on everything else as well. I know it’s conventional that ST holders get everything, but we’re in an environment now where demand is so high that it’s more a privilege than something the club ‘needs’, if that makes sense. We don’t need to encourage ST purchase because they would sell themselves a hundred times over. Philosophical question I know.

Maybe, yeah. Could just be random of course, but it's nice he chose a proper number instead of 87 or something.

Can't see 4 as a CB since Vieira.

Hitting the goal instead of hitting the post is a skill TBF, it's his fault that he missed the target

Maybe they consider Gordon as much an AM as a winger? Or he considers himself that.

Have to put a little faith in ASM I reckon, he's clearly been working hard and deserves a bit of reward for it.

Imagine he’s going to be available in terms of fitness, but I don’t know what the actual rule is.

I’d really like a slightly unusual one like New Balance or Hummel. Make it feel a bit different. That said, I’d be all over adidas or Nike if they do a good job on design.

It’s probably more that they’re trying to do it so they don’t get binned. Either way, they have to go. Relic of shitter days.

Lille’s quite small but it is nice, old town bit and park is worth a visit. Has a bit more old european style stuff obvs, but it’s hardly a metropolis.