Wallsendmag

Exactly. 45,000 there in a 57,000 capacity stadium.

Agree but fair given the capacity of the stadium. Which begs the question 'why that stadium?' Makes no sense But what if the Semi Finals had worked out differently and it had been a Villarreal v Shakhtar final? I doubt both clubs combined could have shifted 10,000 tickets so UEFA could have ended up with a half empty stadium for a showpiece final.

Agree but fair given the capacity of the stadium.

20 goals is traditionally a target that the top strikers like to get and he never managed it. The likes of Lane and Vardy who don't have anywhere near the amount of PL seasons under their belts as he has have already done that. Just think that for a player who offered goals but not that much else it's a pretty poor return, injuries or not. Not a "great" in my opinion.

UEFA have allocated them over 10,000 tickets though with the probability of more which isn't too bad. Obviously how Liverpool want to disperse the tickets is down to them.

Imo the word "great" is thrown about too easily. When I think of "great" players who have graced the PL Michael Owens name doesn't exactly spring to mind. Also for a player who really only had pace and goals to his game unlike Henry or Shearer for example for him never to have managed 20 in any given season is a bit poor.

Tbf a lot of those entitled to the contractual supporters allocation will be genuine Liverpool fans. Just because they've got a few quid so can afford to pay for seasonal hospitality instead of sitting in the Kop doesn't mean they aren't true supporters. Of course there'll be hangers on but you get that anywhere.

Grow a goatee, it works wonders Bit late now. We kick off in 6 hours!

Other than the obvious one was finished by his late 20's and the other is still banging then in well into his 30's. Don't even think Owen was a really good Premier League forward. Did he even manage a 20 goal season?

Wish I shared your confidence. Ironically the last time I was really confident about NUFC winning a football match we drew 1-1 with Aston Villa.

Should have shook him by the hand and thanked him for keeping us in the Premier League for 5 seasons and taking us to a UEFA Cup quarter final.

Sure, a split of the fans down the half way line wouldn't work but I can't imagine the organisation would be any more difficult than any other club stadium. This is a european final we're speaking about. They'll just split Level 7 50/50 for the actual fans, the rest of the stadium will be sponsors and all that s**** Just read that this Europa final in Basel is in a 36,000 seat stadium, and Liverpool fans are getting 4,811 tickets They're getting 10,236 but apparently Sevilla are expected to return some of their allocation so there's the probability of them getting more.

It's unlucky man. Far too superstitious for this negative talk, it's going to rub off, they will sense the vibes and play negatively, mark my words I can just imagine all the players being glued to Newcastle online en route to Birmingham and thinking that Wallsendmag has got us down to get beat again. Let's play sh*t and prove him right.

Prepare to be slaughtered for going against the grain and not just nodding and agreeing with the majority.

Didn't quite use those words.

I'm not but this place just reminds me of the days leading up to sunderland at home when everyone had us winning it comfortably (not me) and it ended up with us snatching a draw it a few minutes to spare. If they'd had a more adventurous manager they'd have been out of sight by then anyway. I've got loads of confidence in Rafa, he's the best thing to happen to the club in years, it's quite a few of those on the pitch who've let us down time and time again that worry me.

Stop being so negative, man. The absolute cheek of you calling Brummie boring when all you do is trot out the same line every single week about how badly we're gonna do. Tbf if you look at the league table I've been proven right more often than not and as I said the other day the hypocrisy on here is staggering considering how negative this forum is in general. There's very few players, managers or board members on here who escape criticism. I don't get what this has to do with beating the worst team the league has seen for 8 years on the back of 4 games unbeaten. We couldn't beat them at home on the back of beating Liverpool and Spurs mind. Different manager and a different time though. Can't you see things have completely changed since then? Well we still haven't won away from home since 2015 and I was at the Crystal Palace match last week when a team with one win in 18 league games matched us (were better than us 1st half) and it took a world class free kick and a penalty save to beat them.

Stop being so negative, man. The absolute cheek of you calling Brummie boring when all you do is trot out the same line every single week about how badly we're gonna do. Tbf if you look at the league table I've been proven right more often than not and as I said the other day the hypocrisy on here is staggering considering how negative this forum is in general. There's very few players, managers or board members on here who escape criticism. I don't get what this has to do with beating the worst team the league has seen for 8 years on the back of 4 games unbeaten. We couldn't beat them at home on the back of beating Liverpool and Spurs mind. These are the reams we usually struggle against. Derby took 4 of their 11 points off us. It's just the way Newcastle are.

Stop being so negative, man. The absolute cheek of you calling Brummie boring when all you do is trot out the same line every single week about how badly we're gonna do. Tbf if you look at the league table I've been proven right more often than not and as I said the other day the hypocrisy on here is staggering considering how negative this forum is in general. There's very few players, managers or board members on here who escape criticism. I'm well aware of our position in the league. We're in our best run of form this season and Rafa's leadership and methods seem to be working tremendously well. If ever there was a time to be cautiously optimistic this year then it's now. Rafa = hope. Agree. This team would be already dead and buried if not for him.

Stop being so negative, man. The absolute cheek of you calling Brummie boring when all you do is trot out the same line every single week about how badly we're gonna do. Tbf if you look at the league table I've been proven right more often than not and as I said the other day the hypocrisy on here is staggering considering how negative this forum is in general. There's very few players, managers or board members on here who escape criticism.

I'll start you off with our recent derby record then. The game where you need more bottle than in any other. This group of players have failed to turn up time and time again. We haven't won an away game in 2016. Away games are those when you don't have the support of the home crowd to spur you on and so need to roll up your sleeves and do it for yourself. Time and time again this lot have failed to show the bottle needed on the road, a 45 minute spell at Anfield apart. Hopefully its just the nerves but there's not many players in that team I'd trust to just go out and get the job done on the road and let's face it, if it weren't for Benitez this group of players would already have us relegated

I hope the players have more bottle than you. Recent history suggests they haven't.

We're gonna get beat

No.

Bloody hell man I just said I don't find him all that interesting. The way some people are going on you'd think I'd just shot Bambi. It's more like you just punched Chihuahua you unfeeling b******.