bobbydazzla

Part of it is just being of a certain age, no doubt. But I think a big frustration for me is that because of safe standing there's the potential for the match day experience to be loads more engaging than it was from the mid-90s to 2020's. We're never going back to the match day experience and atmosphere of the 1980's but we could have it better than it's been since mid 90's onwards. But because of capitalist greed they've sterilised the experience. Most of the other things I complain about I can switch off from if I choose to, but if I'm paying fuckloads of money to go to football games to sit in silence and cringe and wish I wasn't there, then that's the dagger in the heart. Not being able to celebrate a goal because it might be chalked off following a 5 minute micro-detailed video review. Not being able to jump around when we score because I might knock someone's chicken nuggets out of their hand. Not being able to build an organic atmosphere because Onedek is blasting out Hey Jude / Freed From Desire with the volume cranked to 11. It's just grim.

xA is still very high, because I create excellent chances to attend and still put a ticket in my basket for every single game. But my actual attendance is declining, because I choose not to convert those chances.

This is at the nub of it for me, the game I watch isn't the game I grew up with and the discussions about the game I watch aren't the type of discussions I used to enjoy having about the games I watched. And I'm being asked to pay increasingly expensive ticket prices for a sterile experience that's becoming more aligned to the razzmattaz of wrestling than a game of football. Fucking pyro before a football game, people sat in their seats eating chicken dippers when match is being played, Cartels, Ballots, VAR, PSR, Jumbo LED's, flashy light shows, amateur stat nonces, amateur scout nonces, Twatter transfer shills working for agents, self obsessed YouTube wankers, mobile phone footage being more important than living in the moment, Freed From Desire at full blast when we win yadda yadda yadda The game has moved in a direction I really don't like, so I either grin and bear it, or stop going so the people who do enjoy it can go and enjoy themselves. And this season I've opted to mainly stop going. I'm happy to not be paying top dolla to be in the ground cringing at the state of modern football.

As long as 50,0000 punters keep paying the prices they’ll keep increasing the prices They’ll test what the maximum price elasticity is and at the moment the elastic is showing no signs of snapping

“The fans who walked away from a club they’d followed all their lives because they were unwilling to continue to financially support a zombie club that was being run into the ground by a parasitic owner are now being asked to cough up again and they get absolutely no recognition from NUFC for either their spend or attendance”

It’s the cumulative effect. League games 25% more expensive than 2 seasons ago, £65 for CL group, £70 for Qarabag, £74 for Barca. And then the little digs between the big punches landing, like the £790 tickets in the Leazes for the Makems remaining unsold when there’s massive demand. Anytime you log in there they are, staring you in the face. A constant reminder of how NUFC are taking the piss.

Much cheaper compared to member tickets and also member ticket prices rose by 25% over last 2 seasons whereas season tickets went up 10% It’s the members who are bearing the brunt of the price rises, but both groups are being treated like mugs £74 for the cheapest ticket for Barca is a fucking disgrace. Blatant money grabbing because they can get away with it and people will keep sucking it up. And to anyone thinking about bringing it up, please don’t bring the 10 year freeze ending into the discussion thank you please. We know that for those people went from £20 a game to £40 a game, but they knew the freeze was ending and they’d taken advantage of mega low prices for a decade.

@Groundhog63 This is a much better way to check the views from every seat https://preview.3ddigitalvenue.com/newcastle-united Plus the added bonus that the ground is full of computer generated clunge.

What was the name of that documentary series about a British hotel where the waiter was from Barcelona ?

He supports Newcastle, his name’s Ben Waine, He supports Newcastle, his name’s Ben Waine, He supports Newcastle, his name’s Ben Waine, Sunluns a massive club

Said this a few times this season. We’ve got better individual defenders than when our defence was formidable, but conversely we’ve ended up with a properly shite defence.

I liked it when our identity was to hardly concede any goals. When we had the meanest defence in the entire league over an entire season. That made me very happy.

Sonification Noun. To support the soccer player first, the soccer club they play for is of minimal importance. Origin: 21st century phenomenon of South Koreans making the pilgrimage to North London to see their national hero Son play for Tottenham Hotspur. The fans took South Korean flags with them and filmed the entire experience on their phones. Son was their focus, Tottenham Hotspur merely the vehicle that gave them access to Son.

Onedek would play the Terrorvision song

Popular usually doesn’t mean good. Coldplay (excluding Parachutes), Michael McIntyre, Mrs Browns Boys, Sketchers shoes All very popular. All are absolutely wank.

2 separate debates: 1 - is Freed From Desire wank. That’s entirely up to the listener. To me, it’s absolutely wank. Doesn’t mean I think everyone has to agree with me though. 2 - Should a wank tune be played at the end of a Newcastle United game.

Clearly that means nothing until we know how fast you typically drink a cup of tea and how big your flask is

Be lolz if you actually did go out tomorrow morning and spend an hour scouring your local Sunday league pitches looking for 10 lads who have better touch than a premier league footballer.

Fucking Status Quo soundtracking that despicable scene

I’d dropped out of DnB by 2007, dipped back in for Autonomic and Future Beats podcasts 2009ish but wasn’t out dancing to DnB anymore Was it Ride de Punanny by Bagga Worries ?

Des Wissason

Was hoping he’d played Ni Ten Ichi Ryu by Photek. But now my hopes are dashed against the rocks.

What did he play ? I’m a proper 90’s DnB nonce