Wandy

Jesus. How are they even allowed? Seems as a club they just get away with doing whatever they want.

I doubt Gordon will get much game time, if any. The stakes might be too high for this particular moment in time.

Aye. They are basing it on the wins against Arsenal & Brentford, mainly.

Haven't seen any of that as yet. Plenty of talk of making it a bearpit though.

On Grand Old Team they seem very confident that this will be a repeat of last season and they will turn us over. The usual anti-Geordie/NUFC diatribe going on too. Please, please beat these cunts.

When you look at the complete transformation of this lad, it makes you wonder how many other players have had their careers ruined simply by playing under a terrible manager? I swear that Papiss Cisse is that kind of example. He never recovered from being Pardewed.

Well, in answer to your question...it's an unwritten rule. But you probably knew that anyway.

I'm pretty confident that we win this one after today. A massive question was emphatically answered after the Villa disappointment. That drubbing might just have given the remainder of the season the final push that was required.

Seriously, how long have you been watching football?

So basically, your benchmark is "all football grounds are like this now, so why should ours be any different". Sorry, but that's not good enough. The point you are missing is that fans are supposed to create intensity when games go flat. You are essentially condoning the support for simply reacting to what happens on the pitch, rather than them making a proper effort to have an effect on the events.

As I said right at the beginning of the thread....the issue is not that NUFC now has crap support, it's the fact that the stadium is too top-heavy with spectators/casual fans and the traditional football fans are unable to get back in, and the ones that remain are too interspersed around the ground. These are two issues that need to be urgently addressed by the club.

Exactly. And one of the reasons I started this thread was so that other threads with "good will" wouldn't get diluted with comments that highlight less-than-positive stuff.

No, sorry, the thread was created to debate the match atmosphere. Which is what is happening here. If it's putting you on a downer then maybe stay out of the thread for a bit. I'm over the moon about the result by the way.

Your know you've lost a debate when you resort to insults, yes?

This is the thread to do exactly that though. I've already said that everything else about the club is perfect. Despite that, I'm still able to see that certain important stuff still needs addressing. A 6-1 mauling of the opposition isn't going to paper over that.

That's the issue though isn't it? The crowd reacts to match events, rather than being a part of them. As soon as the manic first 25 minutes were over the place fell flat.

The stadium being full of fuckers like you makes me miserable, you are spot on about that.

Nah. It's times like this that highlight the problem more intensely. The club is magnificent in every way except for what is happening in the stands. If the people who run the club don't know there is a problem then they won't bother addressing it.

Well it's clear that you have never experienced what being one is, but in a nutshell....you make an atmosphere with songs & chants, no matter what the score and/or how that match is going. For better or for worse.

"Any sporting contest". You are a sports fan. Not a football fan,

I'm sorry like, but if your not alarmed at a lack of home atmosphere when the team have just magnificently dismantled their main CL-qualifying rivals then I don't what else I can say.

Been going to games just for the last few years have we?

Imagine the current lot at Derby County away in 1992 man. They'd all have fucked off home after 30 minutes.

Nah, I just know what a proper atmosphere looks like. You clearly don't. Your second comment confirms exactly what is wrong with our support. "I will only make a contribution to the atmosphere under certain circumstances".

Hard to motivate yourself to sing songs when you are winning convincingly? Is that a serious comment? Is that an extra excuse to add to the list?