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Was in the east stand and commented the same, reminded me of the old corner up there. Bring it back

I stopped going because I had zero loyalty to Cashly and refused to line his pockets any further. Rafa>Bruce was final straw. But it wasn't easy

Delete VAR

I was on that flight. Botman was actually on the plane for ages and walked all way to back of cabin. Didn't see a cat. They said there was a discrepancy with the number of people on the flight and the number of people they were expecting. It wasn't clear, it was annoying.

Agree in general but I would deffo blame VAR. The state of that Spurs game man! Surely this is not the direction we want football to go in.

Linesmen used to be decent mostly other than the odd thing. The 'luck' of it goes both ways and evens out in the end- Shearer scored 45 times for us from the spot. But at least we don't have these bollocks delays. We got a goal today and more people on the tele are saying it was wrong than right.. so what has it even solved?

Delete VAR. Problem solved.

Its quite an enormous space and nobody is using a megaphone. So unless people are really belting out a choon in unison it'll be unlikely to hear much over the massive background noise of chatting/moaning

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx3nxIfIaJ4/?igshid=M2MyMzgzODVlNw==

yeah hopefully

tweet deleted?

also horse nonce

Well I'm all Brexiteery too but hate the cnut does that make me not fit your stereotype? The worst thing about brexit isn't the monumental fuckup it's going to be, its how it's created an infixable us vs them devide across the country

I think in the middle of August you're also going to have ST holders being on holiday rather than boycotting. Having said that, which photos are you looking at? On the TV the cameras focused on large areas of empty seating. That coupled with the empty seats dotted all around the group would suggest low 40s.

Unrelated, but can anyone find the original boycoutt video?

Assuming full (enough) stadiums keep Ashley here, it's everybody's loss, not just those selfish and short-sighted enough to 'stay loyal'. Sick to the back teeth of reading shit like that Yorkie. I'm with you in principle, but people are entitled to do whatever they want to do. Doesn't make them selfish in the slightest. Just that they have a different opinion to you... it doesn't make them wrong. So fucking holier that thou. I'd say the same thing of a lot of people on the other side of the fence. You're right though, it probably is pretty condescending but I've got virtually no respect for anyone going to the game. And the situation is so deplorable that I feel fairly unconcerned about coming across as a complete dickhead. There's two categories really, I should have said selfish and/or short-sighted: / If you're going to the game purely because you refuse to make a sacrifice cos its MY club and it's MY day out and it's MY right to watch the game and Mike Ashley isn't gonna stop ME watching MY club... I think you're selfish. / If you're going to the game because you genuinely don't believe that a cumulative season attendance of roughly zero would accelerate Ashley's departure... I think you're short-sighted. I personally can't fathom how something as dramatic as 19 Premier League matches in a row, with a sheer vista of grey seats every single time (save for the away fans at the top, which, if nothing else, would be pretty comical) wouldn't force some kind of change. If Ashley himself wouldn't intervene by fucking off then at least it would alert the Premier League - and the world - to the wider issue of bad ownership. It would raise awareness of the fact that it is unethical to own a football club and then not treat it as a footballing enterprise, at the very least in addition to whatever other goals or reasons you might have for ownership. I realise that, by holding and publishing these views, I'm just perpetuating the supporter in-fighting which Ashley feeds off, but fuck it. Everything about the situation stinks and it all feels a bit hopeless so whatever. Dickhead unleashed. I appreciate all of that but you're living in cuckoo land if you think a boycott will ever truly take off. Sure, maybe 10,000 people won't show up to Arsenal... but 7,000 of them will return the following week. People who feel strongly about it and read every bit of news and dissect everything Ashley does... some of them will stay away. But the sheer truth of the whole thing is that 80-90% of the stadium leave the match on a Saturday and don't give much more thought about it until the next game. My wife is one of them, for example. She loves going to the games (even when we're doing shit) but couldn't care less about following all the ins and outs of it all outside of that. I would say the majority of the stadium are like that. I really do think the people behind AO, The Magpie Group, etc, fail to really understand that. The one and only time in the last 12 years when I've noticed Ashley lashing out in frustration was last August/September when his brands were getting attacked by 1000s of fans on social media, to the point where Sports Direct didn't tweet for weeks, and the PR machine will thrown into full force. That's where the focus should lie. It's hugely misguided and pie-in-the-sky to ever believe that a boycott will happen in significant enough numbers, and regularly enough, to make any significant difference. Idealistic, sure. Realistic, nope. Make owning NUFC an inconvenience for him and his shareholders... that's when he'll sell (IMO). The only problem with the boycott is there are too many people with the attitude "oh it'll never happen so I won't bother helping" It is this attitude why it won't happen. It's like not going to vote because your vote isn't going to swing a general election.

If people wanna turn up to Arsenal, and further games, then it's ultimately their loss. They're feeding the toxic cesspit that is Ashley's Newcastle United. My only regret is that I didn't pack in my season ticket sooner. Rafa gave me hope, with hindsight though, I wish I never had got excited by football (nufc) again. When Ashley goes, I will return.

It's hearing stuff like this which annoys me so much that our fanbase won't unite and drive this complete leach out of the club ASAP.

Maybe a couple hundred? I haven't heard anyone IRL talking about a boycott I had the unpleasant experience of listening to BBC newcastle for a little while in the car the other night when they had the football phone in. People ringing up saying "I know, I know people will be upset and that, about Rafa and that, but, but I just think you know, that we should give Bruce a chance and see how things go and that"

I remember feeling the same then too. But then Rafa gave us hope..

30,000 too many. I honestly can't understand anyone going to the game at the min.

You never know, he might change his mind after a few games after seeing how miserable the games are going to be now

We can only hope. I had just managed to get to 10.. I know that's nowt compared to some but still annoying

Not renewing my ST. Cheers Mike ☹️

In all seriousness, top post and how I feel pretty much too. Snap. I won't be renewing my ST if Rafa doesn't stay