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Interesting article about our finances if you're into that sort of thing; http://swissramble.blogspot.ch/2015/04/newcastle-united-in-rut.html?m=1

I would sat moderate success and hopefully something there to build on.

They're busy trying to raise £1000 to fly another plane over for the Swansea match saying "sorry for the timing".

So what happens now then? Are we going to the Swansea match on Saturday or staying away again? Personally I just watched yesterday's debacle in my local and enjoyed it far more than I would have had I been there so I'm tempted to do the same on Saturday.

Do one.

do the club not give the attendance as the number of season ticket holders plus casual cash/card buying fans as the place could be half empty but still post 48,000 including spuds fans Aye every club has to do that now as it's an FA directive.

“But I don’t listen to it. If someone comes up to me face-to-face and has a go, I can accept it because it is their opinion. I find it tough, but I accept it. Didn't he offer the fans out face to face at the training ground and then bottled facing up to the one fan who turned up to have a go?

That chant just adds fuel to the theory that we want everything 'Geordie' at the club from the media. Really pisses me off. I think the fact we all hate Carver ends that myth.

Marvellous. Can't see them shifting many more today. Wonder if Ashley is twitching a bit yet wondering if this could be a sign of things to come and that people won't just turn up blindly and take any old shit thrown at them as he originally thought.

That would be a good start. Thinking back to our season in the Championship though our lowest gate then was the opening game v Reading, around 36k or thereabouts so really it should be lower than that as that game wasn't officially boycotted just people pissed off about getting relegated.

Yet another email from NUFC sent at 6:06 this morning begging me to buy a Spurs ticket (despite me being a season ticket holder). They really mustn't have sold many tickets to members/general sale so they've played their part. Just a case of seeing how many season ticket holders play theirs.

As far as stupidity and bad timing goes it has to be in a par with the time they had a "green" day when they all turned up wearing something green to celebrate Niall Quinn and his Irish consortium buying them. Problem was their opponents that day were Plymouth Argyle who must have been given a huge lift thinking they'd brought 25,000 fans with them all decked out in green which undoubtedly inspired them to a 3-2 victory. Yes those mackems really are a thick breed.

When I first looked at that plane and noticed it's call sign (GAYMK) the first thing I thought of was gay mackems for some reason. Made me chuckle anyway.

And another email from them this morning (6.02am) about Spurs tickets.

· John Carver walks into a bank in Newcastle. He walks up to the teller and says: “I’d like to withdraw £5,000 please”. The teller replies “Certainly sir! All I need is to see some identification.” Carver, taken aback, replies “This is really embarrassing. But I don’t have any I.D. on me. But I’m John Carver. You can ask anybody around here. They will tell you who I am.” The teller replies sternly “I know who you are sir. But I still need some sort of proof of identification. I’m sorry.” Bemused, Carver asks “is there really nothing you can do?” The teller says “Well. There is one thing. A number of years ago we had this same situation with Obafemi Martins. Obafemi came in without any form of I.D. to prove who he was. So he said he would prove it by doing something an impostor couldn’t possibly do. He set a football down in the street outside. He then proceeded to kick it as hard as he possibly could. He kicked the ball so far, we knew it had to be him.” John replies: “Interesting. Were there any other cases?” The teller smiles and replies:”Yes actually. Not one year ago we had Hatem Ben Arfa in. Same problem again. So Hatem proceeds to put the ball on the floor, and starts juggling it with his feet. He goes on to do a number of tricks, and we knew it absolutely had to be him. “So Sir, is there anything you could do to prove to us who you are?” the teller asks. Carver stops to think for a minute. He shakes his head and replies “I can’t think of anything at all. I’m not sure if there’s a solution here. Honestly, I Dont have a clue..” The teller asks “Will that be large or small notes sir?”

How come I never get e-mails off the club?? Do you have an email address?

If the desperate emails I've been receiving off them all week (6 since Monday) telling me Spurs (and Swansea) tickets are still on general sale are anything to go by, ticket sales are very slow. Add to that the season ticket holders that don't show and the gaps will definitely be noticeable on the telly. It'll be interesting to see if Sky reference it. Can't remember looking forward to a match as much in ages and I'm boycotting it!

I'd take that in a heartbeat!

Tbf the writing was on the wall a few weeks back when Carver came out and outlined the plans for the summer and then yesterday said he's planning on a change of captaincy for next season.

I'm sure some people forget that Pardew was a recently sacked League 1 manager with more relegations on his CV than trophies when he arrived and he is the calibre of manager we will attract under this regime so it'll be someone of similar ilk in the summer although Carver getting the gig still wouldn't surprise me providing he can guide us to the holy grail of 17th.

You're assuming that he hates you as much as you hate him. A fair assumption I would say. An ego-centric assumption, I'd say. Oh well, here goes. To be honest, the boycott all feels a bit naive. Similar to the Sack Pardew campaign - a howl of anger rather than anything constructive. We'll soon be appointing a permanent manager, and I'm wondering what any half-decent candidate is going to make of the club. Despite the campaigners' opinion of his ability, Pardew's standing in the game was reasonably good and will only have been enhanced by events at Palace. Candidates will have seen the guy driven out by supporters and may well think twice about putting themselves in the same position. Similarly any waverers are going to be concerned about harnessing themselves to an owner who is subject to a similar campaign. So altogether, I expect that - as with the results of the Pardew campaign - we'll end up in a worse position. Ashley had always had a piggybank attitude to spending money, and he's now got the club in a position where there's some surplus cash to spend. Personally, I'd like to see what he's prepared to do this summer. People will say that we're reached the same position before, but the situation now is a bit different, and will be an acid test of whether he's prepared to spend on the team or try to recoup his previous investment. If you're expecting a half decent candidate to come forward and want to take over as the next manager, working under Ashley and all the constraints that goes with it such as someone who knows nothing about football in Lee Charnley having a bigger say in who the club signs then they do and constantly having his best players sold without even having a say in the matter I'd suggest it's yourself who's the naive one.

You're assuming that he hates you as much as you hate him. A fair assumption I would say.

Tend to agree with you and hope you are right. The only thing I would say though is it's difficult to blame a cigarette as the cause of the fire if there's nobody in the stand.

Exactly. Gate receipts is our 2nd largest revenue stream so I can never understand it when people say it doesn't matter anymore because they get more telly money now.

Same here. Ordered a TV android box off eBay last week and it works a treat so I cancelled Sky on Tuesday. Next season no money going to NUFC or Sky and I feel much better for it.