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don’t think I’ve ever seen a keeper boot it straight at an attackers bonce and it ends up in the net

They also got deducted points and survived a last day of the season relegation threat with heavily soiled y-fronts and fingernails chewed to the quick All because they had the audacity to build a squad that could keep them in the top flight after getting promoted Every competitive silver lining has an anti-competitive cloud, it is the PSR way. NEVER FORGET.

First they came for the Commercial team And I did not speak out Because I was not in the Commercial team Then they came for the Stewards And I did not speak out Because I was not a Steward Then they came for the Members ticket prices And I did not speak out Because I was not a Member buying tickets Then they came for the Club Ambassadors And I did not speak out Because I was not a Club Ambassador Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me (apart from a squad of wasters who earn £3.6m per week)

It’s just a natural human reaction Same reason people stand when they go to see a band Sitting down is for observing, standing up is for getting involved

I think by referring to Standing sections most of us are assuming it’d also be an area where singers will be encouraged to congregate, so we replicate Strawberry Corner but in other parts of the ground I’ve stood in the back row of seating blocks at a couple of games recently, was plenty of others standing, but no one was making much noise Get groups of like minded people together in a few official Standing & Singing sections and I’d bet my bile duct that we’d see a massive improvement in noise

And Man Utd were lucky to even do that, they got battered off Southampton for the first 80 mins

@Froggy please tell me it’s not a total disaster and you won the all important xG battle today though, aye ?

Brexit Jim issued a “return to office” directive to all staff but the players rarely turn up on match day Magnificent

But if we’d kept Minteh and Anderson to make our squad more competitive, it would have been anti-competitive Never forget that. The financial rules exist to ensure that the league remains competitive

I can be a negative bastard who loves a passionate rant about things that I think are shite (Coldplay, Sketchers) or people I hate (Michael McIntyre, Clive Tyldesley) But I can switch it off when I’m in the ground. If Sean Longstaff isn’t a top tier midfielder, then hurling abuse at him and groaning every time he makes an error isn’t going to make him play better, it’ll make him even worse Save the slagging until out of the ground is my motto

One thing I’ve contemplated a few times is that people in the stadium are quick to be very vocal when they want to slag an NUFC player or express frustration if there’s a mistimed pass etc High volume, passionate negativity is very easy for many But people are rarely so keen to offer encouragement to players, or build them back up if they’ve made a mistake Is this just a societal thing ? It’s easier to be negative & angry than it is to be positive & encouraging ?

Man Utd are basing their plan on staying at Old Trafford, so their PR doesn’t need to contemplate fan outrage at the prospect of moving locations. It’s either revamp current stadium or build new stadium, but both in the current out of town site Not defending PIF, as I think they could be doing a much better job on comms But if the conclusion to their feasibility study is that we’re moving, then they need to manage the PR very sensitively and slowly start to prepare fans for the news Because based on chat in here, even moving a few hundred yards to Leazers Park will cause ructions

Totally agree that the club should indicate it’s a safe standing area But if you’ve never been to SJP and you didn’t know that it was Safe Standing up there and you get to your section and it suddenly dawns that you’re in Safe Standing, then just use some common sense and stand up Other people who are aware of the ground layout will have bought tickets in that section knowing it was Safe Standing and they want to stand Plus, if you’re capable of walking up to L7 you’re capable of standing for 90 mins

Common sense should prevail, but it doesn’t “Whoopsy, I’ve never been to SJP before and have accidentally bought a ticket in a section I never knew was Safe Standing, should I: A) stand up B) make everyone else sit down I know, I’ll go for B” And there’s plenty of kids in Gallowgate Safe Standing who seem to make it work and are able to enjoy the match, so the “kids can’t stand” argument doesn’t stand up to scrutiny either

They’re sitting down in a Safe Standing section though

I spotted that when I was in the ground Absolutely ridiculous Who are these berks ?

Seats aren’t randomly allocated anymore But because of the demand for tickets, going to the match now often means rocking up on your own to a seat you’ve never been in before and being next to people you’ve never sat with before And the ST residents of many sections of the ground have no interest in making any noise All of this means it’s not the optimum conditions for creating a decent atmosphere Introduce more standing and make those sections singing areas, atmosphere would immediately improve Some people with ST’s might have to move though, which would create ructions

Makes you think doesn’t it

That was a negative and right now I need two positives. One to cancel out the negative and another one just so I can have a positive.

Howe, owt ?