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Villa have always had a very fickle following. Wouldn't ever compare ourselves to them.

Their biggish crowds are negated by the fact they charge next to nowt for the fans to get in and flood the place with free tickets. For example their gate receipts are far smaller than the likes of Southamptons are as shown in the last set of accounts. Regarding the free tickets thing, a mate of mine works at Newcastle Uni and found out recently that the uni gets a load of discounted tickets for home games that uni staff can apply for. Never knew we did things like that, otherwise I'd have taken advantage of it whilst I was working there. They won't get "a load" which is the reason you were unaware of this but they will get some, which will be the case at clubs up and down the country. The mackems flood there university, all their local schools and many workplaces in the area with free and heavily discounted tickets which is why their gate receipts are tiny in comparison with other clubs in the league getting similar crowds and less than clubs averaging 15k less than them. Their last set of accounts showed a drop of 26% in their gate receipts despite an increase in attendances so it's clear they're having to give away more tickets than ever to get a crowd in. If it wasn't for the TV money and Ellis Short bailing them out they would be in administration because their fanbase certainly don't pull their weight.

Their biggish crowds are negated by the fact they charge next to nowt for the fans to get in and flood the place with free tickets. For example their gate receipts are far smaller than the likes of Southamptons are as shown in the last set of accounts.

Someone's bound to hate that idea too... Aye you can never please everyone all of the time. Must admit I've been very impressed with some of the stuff I've seen. My view is that anything is better than nothing. Let's face it SJP has been a soulless, sterile place on a match day far too long now (the odd big game apart). Something like this is long overdue so fair play to the lads involved for getting off their backsides and trying to do something about it.

Would rather we sold him to an English club. It would attract a £5m-10m premium doing that.

Fulham don't have many fans. They should hand over half of their ground to us for this one

The more black and white in the stands the better.

Whatever happened to the old Newcastle United?

That's it for me. Just say for arguments sake we get £20m for him. I would expect Rafa to go out and sign a better replacement for half that. You wouldn't even need £10m to replace him. So many players who are, in theory, worse deliver far more for their teams statiscally. If you looked at Sissoko's contribution, without knowing the players name/nationality etc, you'd never see an international footballer. I genuinely hope he leaves and feel the club will be far better off without him and his 'better than NUFC' attitude. You can tell by the players Rafa has recruited that we're no longer selling NUFC as a stepping stone club. In some respects we shouldn't expect anything more from this shithouse because him, and the likes of Cisse, Cabaye, Tiote etc were all sold the long term dream of using the club for their own gain. It's no wonder we've been left with a squad full of heartless c***s who care only for themselves. Rafa is very clearly going about introducing a new culture and I can't imagine there's much of a place for t***s like Sissoko/Gini etc, whatever Benitez is saying publically. I'm personally delighted to see these career vultures leave. Cisse, Sissoko, Tiote etc are all just Demba Ba's without the same PR Machines behind them. NUFC will be a better place without them, a healthier environment where new players will appreciate the opportunity and, I would hope, view playing for NUFC as an honour. Something most of the shitehawks we will ship out clearly don't. It all sounds so plausible, but not a lot of it really stands up under scrutiny. He's lazy - he's not. He wants to play in the CL - well most would, and he's been here for a few years now. It's not like he bailed out after 13 matches to f*** off to Palace. Rafa is going to introduce a new culture - true, but he's given no indication that Sissoko is a problem player, if anything he seems very keen to keep him. If he wanted shot he'd have bombed him out for £3m and that would be that. Get it through your skulls, if he leaves it will be at our price point and for a 24 yr old who just starred in the world cup final it won't be for peanuts. How old is £100 rated Payet btw, considering he flopped in the same tournament? I'd take Payet for £100 like regardless of his age.

That's it for me. Just say for arguments sake we get £20m for him. I would expect Rafa to go out and sign a better replacement for half that.

I'm confused. Everyone's 2nd team surely?

Think they're still processing renewals after extending the deadline. Then they're starting with the rebates.

Supposedly 30,000. It said in the chronicle the other week that we had already overtaken last seasons figure.

With a month to go before the first home game I'd expect sales to top 35,000 which would more or less guarantee we will never drop below 40,000 next season.

Sima and Fish must have some patience to bother with the utter s**** that the vast majority on there come out! they continue to call us 1992ers, even after Sima proved they are statistically more like 1997ers. What evers said, the mackem delusion shines on. That Zig81 guy is absolutely deranged. So much anger He'll have a heart attack by the time he's 15. Nowt more certain.

Scored against the beasts man.

A quick count up suggests approx; 10,500 Gallowgate 6,000 Leazes (not inc level 7) 4,500 East Stand 4,000 Milburn (not inc level 7) 8,700 Level 7 So that would be just under 34,000 sold (approx). I wasn't far off!

We averaged 43,500 last time we were in the Championship and that was when the club was at a very low ebb. As long as we're up there challenging we'll average more than 47,000 no bother. Fair enough, although hard to imagine that we'll sell 15k tickets on a match by match basis? Only had around 28k season ticket holders iirc last time we were in the Championship and averaged 43,500.

Yup although he should never have been used as a left back!

Level 7 already has a waiting list! Any empty seats will be in the away end or lower tiers.

Same with a few London grounds. Selhurst Park is a far bigger pain to get to and WHL and Upton Park are a fair hike from the nearest Tube Station. Agree the match is always awful mind! I can never understand people saying Selhurst Park is a pain to get to when it's within easy reach of 3 overground stations. Tube Kings Cross to Victoria Train Victoria to Thornton Heath Dead easy. Just seems to take ages getting there from central London. And as for going by road it's an absolute nightmare.

We averaged 43,500 last time we were in the Championship and that was when the club was at a very low ebb. As long as we're up there challenging we'll average more than 47,000 no bother.

"We do not understand. It was agreed that Moussa would stay for one more season with Newcastle to help the team. Which he did the best he could. "It has never been a question that there was a more elevated clause. The club has always said that they would let Moussa leave for between €18m to €25m maximum. "We hope that Rafa Benitez and the president will be more reasonable about Moussa’s future. He has always been loyal, he has always respected the club, the fans. There are clubs that have come to us and the club. We are perfectly aware of the approaches. We want everything to go well.” Had to laugh at the bit in bold.

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