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Yeah, I was there too. Been in most parts of the ground since the takeover and that was only beaten by the strawberry corner in terms of my experience and enjoyment. They really need to make a lot more safe standing in the ground.

Just a moment to recognise that touch for the chance he messed up at the end. It was like prime Tino.

Agree 100%. Miggy’s been a great servant and still an impactful player for us but he’ll be a squad player rather than a regular starter in the next year or two.

Growing in confidence with every game. His first touch is immense, so great to see a player come through with such potential.

I went to the club shop yesterday to get Bruno on the back of my daughter’s shirt that she’s getting for Christmas. They couldn’t do it because they had no letter ‘o’ left. The guy showed me the list of names available, top of the list was Dummett. Not quite the same mate ?

After the league cup final, I really wished I'd travelled to London, even without a ticket. Being in Newcastle was OK, just didn't have the build up/atmosphere I was expecting. It kind of felt like a regular match day watching in a pub.

I wonder if they'll announce the stop of the checks (if they were to happen) or if it will happen quietly behind the scenes

I’m sorry, what should they not do? One of ours got stabbed in the back walking home with two friends. It’s the most cowardly of your fans that you should be looking at. If that happened in Newcastle two games in a row we’d be kicked out of Europe for a few years.

You do realise Barca are the current champions of Spain? They’ve hardly done a Man Utd but are dodgy as fuck admittedly.

Whatever the reason, it’s clear that there are gaps and the atmosphere is worse this season than before. I also think it’s fair to say that the people running the club only have a very corporate view of the game. They need fans to voice opinions on how to improve the match going experience. We’re often told how great we are as a fan base but with no action we’ll be as shite as most other clubs in the league.

I would add to any arguments put forward to improve the atmosphere that it's in the club's commercial interest to find solutions to this problem. Our fanbase and atmosphere, for all its problems, are still major assets in attracting new fans. So give us a massive standing/signing section and let ST holders move/members choose their own seats. Fans are happier, atmosphere is better, more new fans attracted...everyone wins! Only downside is if we have enough fans to fill up these new sections. I was surprised to hear only 5k wanted to move to the Strawberry corner at the start of this season.

Another point regarding the atmosphere is that the new owners didn’t do enough/anything to engage the fans who gave up their season ticket to boycott Ashley. These are typically the more militant, noisy fans. Not that the atmosphere was always brilliant before, I remember complaints even when we doing well under Sir Bobby.

Not creating an excuse for the atmosphere, but I was sat in lower Milburn towards the Leazes and I couldn't hear the strawberry corner at all. This is likely because of that drum of the away fans and I think it played a part in songs not travelling around the ground. I was grateful for the few people around me trying to get behind the team but atmosphere was generally poor I have to say.

I did hear well before the Adidas deal was announced that there was a break clause after 3 years in Castore's contract with us.

Is there a Champions league font for the third shirt?

£60 for level 7 seats is no joke. Literally the price of success!

Must depend on who you buy off on DH Gate. Originally got the away 95-96 in my usual medium size, it was a bit tight so bought a large and it fits great. The review section usually tells you how many sizes up you need to go.

I know you can’t say for certain who is attending etc but the fact points are dropping further suggests many people who were buying them to pass on have stopped.

So the people complaining about people buying away tickets and not attending themselves are now buying tickets and not attending? But now the seats are empty rather than giving them to fans who have no other way of getting to away games. Unbelievable.

Yeah, I’m away with work, gutted!

Dates are possibly the worst for our group. Paris is looking most likely option but I’m guessing this will be the worst trip for ticketless fans?

So are we saying nowhere in the city serves alcohol on match day? Was thinking of going without a ticket, but being sober and ticketless is one step too far!

PSG home first would be the dream. Big atmosphere, get into them! Barca 97 all over again (OK maybe not quite)

They built it up as the big game it was, showed the first goal and then quickly moved on. Sums up the series i think!

Not going to lie, I've had both in my time