Wandy

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.

Not worried about today, or in fact anything that happens in a PL game coming up soon....and I fancy us to beat Milan & Fulham. I'm very concerned about the derby though, and fear for him if we lose that. We are so close to it, and our away form is so poor, that even going on a decent run in the next few games won't have me that confident going into it. Unfortunately this season is showing we are capable of going from a great performance in one game to an absolutely dreadful one in the following game. What happens in the derby is anyone's guess right now.

On RTG their ITKs are now adamant that we have been given 7k tickets and have got the whole North Stand, both upper & lower tier. Given how bad our away form is this season, this game is no longer a shoe-in. Anything but, in fact. It shouldn't be the case but lose this and I could see a section of the fanbase losing faith in Eddie. Not wanting him out per se, but just jumping on any setback going forward with a wild over-reaction. Times might have changed but, like it or not, this is still our biggest game of the season. We can't lose this match, not when we have such an obvious upper hand on the field...and definitely not when they've basically given us their entire home end.

Aye, from people at the match apparently. They've gone back from amber to red again. Very entertaining.

Latest rumour is 6,500 and all in the lower tier of the North Stand. Jolly good.

As expected. That thread will be deleted soon to hide the embarrassment.

A petition now. To stop something that probably has never been on the cards anyway. https://www.change.org/p/prevent-newcastle-united-s-access-to-lower-bowl-for-safety-and-fairness?recruiter=11942066&recruited_by_id=2fd99c80-4252-0130-c2ab-3c764e049b13&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium=copylink

That entire end is more than big enough to accommodate 7200 NUFC fans with segregation. Fair play to the local plod if they have agreed to the full 15%.

Yep. This poster claims to be an ITK. https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-mags-want-7k.1621347/post-39611684 Could be bollocks of course. And I'd be amazed if they just handed over their traditional home end to us.