Wandy

We had better make this count mind. No excuses for a defeat.

Er, aye that's what I meant. Lovely typo from me there. He might do a good job in the long run but you can't deny that his signings have been crap for the money spent.

For a start he says that Man Utd have "way more resources", which is completely untrue. The opposite is the case, in reality. Isn't it Man U fans who are dishing out the flack? Red Cafe seem to collectively want him gone now.

I imagine they don't even need to be a member. What a farce. edit ; actually a ST holder can only transfer to a member. But surely a member can pass a ticket on to a non-member then?

Absolutely mental. A member can transfer a home ticket to another member but a ST holder can't transfer an away ticket to a member. Makes zero sense.

Exactly. No wonder these touting sites can offer tickets. They probably have multiple memberships and are entering the ballot and flogging them on for a big mark-up.

Thanks for clarifying. I'm pretty surprised that it's allowed, as it is a massive touting gateway. I honestly thought the main reason was that the club wanted to know exactly who was inside the stadium. Why on earth are they so strict on away tickets then ffs? What a shit show that is.

A quick question around memberships & tickets....my mate has got a ticket for Saturday - currently residing in his Apple Wallet. He got it by via another member winning the ballot, who then sent the email to him with the link to add the ticket to wallet....which it did with no problem. I was amazed that this had happened, but will the e-ticket actually work at the turnstile? If so, then this is surely an easy way to get a ticket from someone else. But wasn't the whole e-ticketing brought in to stop this kind of thing happening?

Eddie will be given time, and deservedly so. He will be given at least another 18 months to prove his credentials. Going out of the CL this season isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things. It truly was a free hit to get some valuable experience of playing at the highest level…something which we did remarkably well IMO. We’ve finished bottom but only based on some some fine margins. I’m not remotely bothered about missing out on the EL either. For this season it was correct to have an all-or-nothing approach to CL qualification. The next month is critical though. With players coming back we need to solidify a place in the top six and also absolutely MUST win the derby. Ideally we beat Chelsea too as a trophy win really needs to happen pretty soon to get the gigantic monkey off our back.

And yet some on here spout their shite that the derby coming up isn’t that important. Absolute bollocks.

Fair point. I don't know what the answer is then. Except maybe accept that away day atmospheres of old won't be coming back.

Mate, I've not been to an away game for years. But I do recognise the effort of all those who have through all of the shit years, and it doesnt sit right with me that lots of those people now cannot go. Your ideas aren't the worst I've heard.

Make them available through the old queue system then.

In a way though, we have, like it or not. This is a new NUFC...unrecognisable from the club before it. And I've been going for nearly 40 years, before anyone starts.

People who got tickets off ST holders (who bought the ticket to build up their loyalty points and then passed them on). They are the ones who are now locked out. They went to all the aways but now have nothing to show for it.

True. But the current system has shut out those who have been the most loyal over the last 10 years of shit (pre-October 2021).

I think you could start implementing it after a couple of years.

Lol, not at all. The club has essentially become a start-up club with everything starting again from scratch and ticket allocation should maybe reflect that. My main aim would be to allow those who have gone to aways on ST Holders' tickets (but now cant get a ticket at all) have a new and equal chance to get a ticket.

They could start balloting separate portions of the away tickets based on certain amounts of loyalty points.

Eh? How come? Everyone starts from scratch and builds loyalty points. When I say everyone I mean all members. ST holders should get no perks when it comes to away tickets.

Its not doing that though. Its basically a reset of the away loyalty points system with everyone starting from scratch.

Like it or not, the ST holders who put up with everything that Ashley did, including allowing Rafa to walk and replace him with Bruce, are the ones who are less likely to make noise at a game.

Yes. It would be better than the current system. But then start building loyalty points up from this new system.

Your talking about yesterday? Your mates got in through ST-holding mates giving them their tickets?

Seen a lot of people complaining about the lack of atmosphere in the away end yesterday. Seems to be a trend occuring whereby the big away days attract the spectator-type of ST holders who sit on their hands at games. The derby is going to be full of these types, unfortunately, and the Mackems will no doubt be pouring scorn on the lack of noise from the away end. You can just see it coming. Why ST holders get any kind of preference for away games is a mystery to me. In reality they should reset the loyalty point system to zero and make games available to all members equally.