Vedder

The arrogance on Man Utd fans is off the charts like the Fergie years. I’m pure Keegan ‘love it if we be you’ after reading their thoughts on today’s game and our players. 

Black and white sambucas lined up would look the part!

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

 

I know what you mean. I've mentioned it a few times now but my emotions are up and down these days.

 

I've had brief spells of the intense feelings suddenly being reduced and that invariably gets me down a bit whenever it's happened. After we won at Spurs, for instance, I suddenly went quite numb for a bit. 

 

There's a few things which contribute to it, I think. It's a symptom of the damage left behind from so much time spent feeling apathetic or outright anti-NUFC during the Ashley era; there's the problematic nature of the current ownership; there's the fact I no longer identify with some of the fanbase (having grown up wishing I was a 'real' Geordie); there's the relentlessness of this season's fixture list (less time to 'miss' the team) and there's all of the other unlikable things about the nature of today's game at the elite level. Then there's this notion that NUFC, suddenly, are inevitably going to be successful - which, if you believe it, has emotional implications and philosophical quandaries given the 'why', and given who we might compare ourselves to if indeed the trophies do come along. 

 

Thankfully, there's so much that's good about what's happening - new characters to associate with and fall in love with, redemption stories, drama on the pitch, still punching above our weight despite the changing circumstances, the novelty of cup runs - that my fleeting spells of numbness get batted away without too much fuss. 

 

And there's nothing like a proper weekend-ruiner (like yesterday) to rejuvenate those feelings of anguish/disappointment/rage which are then repurposed as desperation to win by the time the next game comes along. If I needed it, my mindset about next week has been given a serious shot of nerves/excitement now that I'm less confident. 

I agree with much of this. Another thing for me is not having a season ticket after having one for almost 20 years before Bruce came. I feel more on the periphery  these days. Even more so with recent debates about who deserves Wembley tickets and ‘rewarding loyal fans’. Doesn’t help, when you can get tickets they’re are typically in the Leazes which doesn’t compare in anyway to the strawberry corner. 

12 hours ago, Vedder said:

All the above still applies I think. It is a case of take your pick and you can’t go wrong. The Hotspur is decent but usually busy. Bar Loco is good, also busy, but plenty of room outside so you’re not rammed in. 

Sorry, got confused here. Loco doesn’t show the game so ignore me. If you want to enjoy the match day, and we are at home, without going into the ground, to actually watch the game my friends often go to terrace bar and say it’s decent. Strawberry etc should be decent if it’s on tv. 

14 minutes ago, Holloway said:

Cheers for that, I get up a few times a season and never quite know where to head to for the match. I'm sorted for the final, it was a general question really ?

All the above still applies I think. It is a case of take your pick and you can’t go wrong. The Hotspur is decent but usually busy. Bar Loco is good, also busy, but plenty of room outside so you’re not rammed in. 

1 hour ago, Holloway said:

This question gets asked quite a bit over the course of a season ( good pubs to watch the games in) and it mostly goes unanswered . Does anyone here drink in Newcastle ?

Depends what you’re looking for: 

best atmosphere/most mental will likely be wonderbar

crow’s nest has big screens and will be busy

Shark Bar has a lot of screens, a lot of them side by side (pet hate of mine) 

Strawberry, Rosie’s, Three Bulls etc for more traditional pubs

Liberty Rooms looks decent but need tickets

Bar 52 for sports bar 

The Junction - average bar but good screens and tend to have a lot of staff on for quick service

Personally, barring a miracle and getting a ticket, I’ll be heading to The Riverside which is a former nightclub turned music venue. Hoping it will have a fanzone atmosphere but never been in there for football before. 
 

Hope that helps.

Always thought it would be best to keep the pond, purely from an aesthetic point of view. Build a new stadium down the side towards Barrak Road. Turn the existing ground into a park area and have an agreement that the club will maintain all the park areas around the stadium. The city gets a nice park and we get a new stadium. Win win! 

I haven't got a ticket but just think a sense of perspective is needed here. At no point did anyone say an ST guarantees you priority for cup final tickets. If you're P4 or 5, you've either got less than 25 loyalty points or went to less than 3 carabao cup games. There could be any reason for that but also you have had chance to move yourself higher up the priority list. 

There are many people in P6 who gave up their STs due to Mike Ashley and haven't been able to get them back. Remember the scramble for the few STs they did release in the summer. People who gave up their tickets knew this was the risk but decided to do it anyway.

But all this moaning that 'I'm in p4 and I'm furious that someone in p6 got a ticket' isn't right. For starters, if the club handled it differently, it would lock out any non ST holders from attending cup finals, possibly ever again. Look at Liverpool's way of distributing tickets, they give members almost equal chance as ST holders because they know they have to keep as many people involved as possible. Secondly, there's fans in p6 and p7 that have done the hard yards, likely much more than those in p4 and p5. They've stood at the likes of Bolton watching us get smashed 5-1 and turned up again next week to do it all again. 

We should just be happy for those who have tickets and those of us who don't, find a pub with your mates and be glad you can experience us (hopefully) winning a trophy at long last. If you don't, your experience a week on Sunday could feel very hollow.  

What’s people’s thoughts on the Riverside to watch the game? Have they done anything indoors for the World Cup  before?

40 minutes ago, Paully said:

 

Totally agree - someone in four could miss out to someone in six 

I know people who gave up STs they've had since the 1990s with almost 300 loyalty points when Bruce arrived who are in pot 6. Some of the loyalest fans we have, just in case it makes you feel any better about who is getting a chance at tickets.

27 minutes ago, TBG said:

So assuming the developer hasn't calved out some land to keep, everything in green is the land the club will have bought back.

 

 

I'm assuming the small slithers of land is something to do with the metro lines though

Any idea why the square of red (amongst the green) isn't included? If that square, which on google maps looks like a combination of trees, car parks and steps to the metro, was included we'd have a decent chunk of land to use. 

12 minutes ago, El Splodgo said:

Check out this scumbag on eBay. Misleadingly selling the ticket stub for £100, but also inviting bids on the off chance he can’t make the game, prioritising those who can prove they gave up a season ticket during the Ashley era.
 

What sort of fan pisses fellow supporters about like that? Says he got it in P1. Wish the club could trace this back to him.

Not gonna lie, put a bid in, haha!

21 hours ago, Ketsbaia said:

Getting nervous about this now, like.

 

No way am I watching this at home but, after not looking over the weekend, is every big screen already sold out? Just seen the Life Centre one is.

We’re in a similar position. Anarchy Brewery might be best option but it’s obvs out of town. If we win I’d want to be outside SJP. 

My worst seats are the ones directly square on to the goal line, particularly low down. Shite view of the goal nearest to you, still far away from the other end. But these tickets are in category 2! Save your money and sit in the cheap seats.

Also thought they’d be selling some overpriced packages for the Bamburgh suite. 
 

hopefully they’ll shift the Wembley tickets and then announce a big screen in the ground. 

1 hour ago, Craig H said:

I’ve spoke to box office about ballot as was unable to locate the terms

 

If unsuccessful in 4 you don’t move to 5 and so on.

 

it seems that if you are in 4-7 you may have an equal chance. 
 

when you apply you fill in the ballot sheet online and then pray until the following Tuesday 

I presume it's because pot 4 is only a ballot because they cannot guarantee everyone a ticket. If you miss out in pot 4 ballot it will be because we've sold out our allocation and there will be no tickets for pot 5. 

Probably me being pessimistic as I'm in pot 6. 

8 hours ago, DoricGinola said:

It's on their FB page, call or drop in

Great, thank you!

6 hours ago, TheGuv said:

Where’s the tickets for that?

Any ideas on how to get tickets for Shearer’s?

3 minutes ago, Dancing Brave said:

Really ?

I never knew you could do that.

You need a lot of cash though

22 minutes ago, SteV said:

It just seems to me that we all know if they don’t hold any back, they sell out before pot 6. So what was the point of having that pot? PR to make it seem like they were including everyone? 
 

I don’t know, I just feel like they might hold a small number back to go each of the ballots.

Probably just to guard against the unlikely situation that some ST holders don't take up their tickets. Easier to plan it all out under one communication in case there's a few left over. 

Fuuuck, all the years of watching shite home and away and not to be there if we do finally win something is going to be hard. 

Jumping the gun a bit, for people unable to get tickets for the final, where is best to be, stay in Newcastle or travel to London? 

Conflicted on this. Happy to drive to London and have a refundable hotel booked but concerned we get dispersed across the city and end up in any old pub to watch it. 

On 30/11/2022 at 09:26, RodneyCisse said:

Depends what you want but Florida Print in the Metro Centre does Premier League numbers.

I went to Florida print last week for this and they've shut down. I'll check out the one of Clayton Street when I get chance. 

1 hour ago, La Parka said:

Sterling is a liability. 

 

Mount is fucking shit.

 

The gap between the forward 4 and rice and Bellingham was too far.

 

Not one of the centermids can pick a pass through the lines .

 

The pressing was utter shit, they'd be better off sitting in shape in a low block. 

 

Kane is our best player with the ball at his feet, but he's often too deep if saka and theoretically sterling get in behind.

 

Trips was shit. He misses almiron. 

 

The passing was ponderously slow, predictable shit. There was no urgency. 

Agree 100%.

if we’re playing Chelsea, I’m not worried about Mount or Sterling (this season) starting for them. They’re very average. 
 

Foden should definitely be in the team. 

On the positive side, Luke Shaw has been better than I expected in the two games so far. 

8 hours ago, Menace said:

 

I was there, 4-2 Villa away. Atmosphere was horrific. SBR looked gutted - I'll never forget that game.

Me too, made worse by some fans clapping Nobby as he went to take a corner and other fans taking exception at this. Then Nobby whipped it in and Villa scored. There was plenty of handbags going on after that!