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Except you have already made up your mind that they would make a pig's ear of any new stadium. And this incident likely just suits your narrative about not wanting a new stadium. This is hopefully just a misstep, something that they haven't really thought through. But what is for certain though is that we need to keep an eye on them from here on in, as they clearly are not infallible.

It literally has no bearing on that whatsoever. This is simply an ill-thought out shit show of a plan and has no relevance to how a new stadium would be populated.

Nah, not a member. I used to be but became cynical about their motives. This was a while ago mind so I could be tempted again, especially if they manage to get this fiasco amended.

Coin as in reputation for how much clout they hold.

They really need to earn their coin here, and very quickly too. This is exactly what they were created for. I didn't think I'd see the day when the club come up with a worse idea than the dreadful Bond scheme of the late 90s, but they have somehow managed it right here with this shit show.

The old queuing system was better than this abortion of an idea. If there is no way of being able to choose your own seat with this new ballot then they need to go back to the old system, with immediate effect.

How do you go about doing it? I'm doing the same if this is not officially reversed within the 14 day cooling off period.

Your kidding right? People normally choose where they sit so they can be with like minded people. So from now on, you buy a ticket but cant have any say whatsoever in being in a "singing" section.

Well this ticketing fiasco is going to destroy the atmosphere at SJP now. If you thought it was bad last season, just wait till you see what its like this year.

The seats aren't randomly selected surely? That's got to be bollocks, and you get a chance to choose where you sit. Edit : just seen that they are actually randomly selected. Holy fuck, that is appalling.

Wonder how the SJP atmosphere will be affected by the ballot system... will it likely mean there will be different people in each area for most matches? Or has it been like that anyway with the old system?

Interesting. But for me Ginola was twice as good as ASM, as a player to actually watch anyway.

Your last sentence nails it. People imagine him becoming the player that he never will be.

I'd actually find that hard to believe, but whatever. David Ginola in his first few months at NUFC is still the most exciting player I have ever seen at the club. And after those months passed he merely went from magical to "just" fantastic.

That doesnt say much for his previous seasons then tbh. I go off what my eyes see anyway, rather than stats, and the only thing of note he did last season was the Man City performance and the goal at Wolves. Everything else I just found immensely frustrating and a general disappointment.

I understand the sentimental aspect of it completely. The lad was a beacon of hope in a time of utter gloom, but as the team has got better he has got worse. It's the wailing that we have made a huge mistake and have somehow let a top class player go that I have an issue with....not neceessarily on here, but on social media in general. But the simple truth is that he isnt good enough to make the next step up.

You'd think we weren letting peak David Ginola go, the way some have reacted.

Couldn't agree more.

In my 40 years of following NUFC he's one of the most overrated players I've encountered in a B&W shirt. The hysteria over this is absolutely mental. The gif below pretty much sums him up. Lots of fluff but not much end product.

Wow, that is outrageous.

Nobody knows. There are rumours of that but nothing confirmed. Personally I think there will be an announcement quite soon that the Qataris have got them.

The Man Utd takeover thread on Red Cafe is uncannily similar to ours was when everyone was going stir crazy. Hacks writing bullshit clickbait articles, Twitter bullshitters claiming to be ITK and lots of plane-spotting. Hopefully it takes the full 18 months like ours did, and they also get their "Saudis pull out" meltdown moment when all bidders seem to withdraw from the process, leaving the Glazers seemingly still there.

The Saudis aren't going anywhere, by the way, regardless of whether their league becomes the Super League. If all they wanted was to create a Super League then there was absolutely no need to buy NUFC. They want to own & influence as much of the west's treasures as possible, it's all part of their long term power-play. They have got their feet under the table now after a long slog and they won't give it up for a long time now. The EPL will always be one of the top leagues in the world and being a big player in it just gives them more power & influence.

Hahaha, dear God. Got to be one of the worst lines ever seen on this forum.

I'm sorry, but you are in denial. Yeah, people celebrated the departure of Ashley. But more significantly, they celebrated the arrival of vast wealth. Demand for tickets is high because of what the Saudis are (hopefully) going to do for the club. It's also delusional to suggest that any owner could deliver the club & stadium infrastructure that the Saudis have planned. Yes, Ashley could probably have delivered a similar season to the one we have just had. He could not have provided what is to come under the Saudis though. THAT is why people celebrated in 2021, and that is why the majority of the fanbase don't give a monkeys about the ownership either.