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I’d imagine without knowing him that well the biggest. Engaging the fans. I’ve followed NUFC long enough to know it takes a certain type of person for the fans to take to their hearts and it’s the ones they have have usually proven the most successful. Take off will only happen here if everyone is pulling in the same direction. It’s stating the obvious or maybe not but Klopp would be more of a success here than Pep. IMO.

Definitely, I’ve expressed the same on here. It’s a lot easier to fuck a match off if it’s on some industrial estate next to an IKEA, rather than the middle of a city centre, 5 mins from loads of bars and a night out Said this for years. So what explains our (certainly when I was still going) extraordinary away support, when clearly the opposite is true, considering our fans have got to travel much further than any others? Away following is a completely different phenomenon and metric of measurement to home support. They are simply not comparable. We'll always have a good away following because we have a core of 5k who will follow us everywhere, and travel anywhere in the country, and a good amount of southern based fans for more distant trips. In terms of home numbers, you can undoubtedly attribute thousands who turn up simply because it's part of a weekend routine of drinking. Once you move that out of the city and make it more than a 10 minute walk from bars, loads of casual support will simply not bother, certainly during tougher times anyway. Newcastle is such a small city as well, with limited spending money in the population. Taking the fans out of the city centre would be massive. If anything the club should be embedding even further... bigger and better retail, bars you can use all week, plenty of options. We always have great away support. No one saying there isn’t a hardcore loyal fan base like all clubs and ours being one of the biggest. So selling out the standard 3k allocation is generally no trouble if still economically very impressive. The myth is we are a big club in just Newcastle alone and that we are parochial when in fact there’s probably more Geordies spread around the country than a lot of perceived areas in the country. London games definitely attract a different fan base compared to some of the northern away trips IMO. As the song goes “Geordie’s Here, Geordie’s There...”

Sorry to end your birthday week on a low note Maybe we should have a quiz of champions with the questions set by the relegation candidates like me and Ian W[/member] to seek our revenge

Definitely, I’ve expressed the same on here. It’s a lot easier to fuck a match off if it’s on some industrial estate next to an IKEA, rather than the middle of a city centre, 5 mins from loads of bars and a night out Said this for years.

So pleased I convinced Optimistic Nut[/member] to not miss it so he beat ponsaelius[/member] When the results came in I could picture his rage

For every 1 hummingbird, how many swans are there? Two of course! Are we all free now?

Definitely should’ve went with an R.E.M. round

Was there ever a round where I wasn’t last?

Next Sunday. Takeover Talk

Here you go...https://newcastleuniversity.zoom.us/j/93052408761 Link to join above.

Good stuff. Hopefully you’ve still got Zoom downloaded so just click on link from Disco on previous page.

https://twitter.com/robismay/status/1254368251603226624?s=21

Playing in an league tournament on F1 2019. Also I'm sick of quizzes. No worries enjoy. Hope new steering wheel is making the difference

Good lad neesy111[/member] what’s your excuse?

Come join us. It’s only 4 rounds apparently so hardly taxing for someone with your knowledge

Doubt he could with FFP?

Doing what?

Fucking hell, man. I've only just wasted my life reading through the past five pages. Don't kick it all off again. I just thought it was an OMD reference Ah. Their third studio album. Souvenir being a particular favourite. Glad someone got it

Speaking of quizzes. I’m a big believer that there is no such thing as a stupid question. So after 10 years on here... how do you amend a thread title?

Fucking hell, man. I've only just wasted my life reading through the past five pages. Don't kick it all off again. I just thought it was an OMD reference

These last few pages Mind you while where at it I’m as big a Woody Allen fan as they come. Actually think he’s innocent to.

3 down and done. Well balanced.

2 down 1 to go...

1 down 2 to go...

Shame the myth of the Fergie mind games go on but can’t go against the narrative. KK actually went into the dressing room laughing about it minutes later.