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GeordieT

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  1. 5 minutes ago, gbandit said:

    Anyone know the legal side of it? Do footballers have clauses built into contracts where if they commit illegal betting it can be classed as gross misconduct? Would be a disaster either way as I’m sure we can’t recoup the Milan fee unless they knew about it 


    Curious about this too, but suspect we are in uncharted territory - IF - what is being reported is true. Chelsea taking legal action against Adrian Mutu for the unamortised portion of his transfer fee is the only precedent I can think of.

  2. Reported in the Italian press that as many as fifty players and officials are implicated. So this would appear to be the tip of the iceberg.

     

    Zalewski latest to be named. 

  3. Take this with a pinch of salt, friend - who is not a Newcastle supporter (although equally wouldn’t know there was any injury doubt etc so in it’s own way adds credence) - reckons he just saw him at the Nuffield in Jesmond.

  4. 16 hours ago, duo said:

    Am not sure where the best place to say it but something has to be done about the ticketing system to get into the ground.  It is becoming dangerous, now. Fights were about to kick off today due to the lack of any sort of organisation from the club.  The digital apps are causing delays - I saw multiple people trying to get it to scan and it not working.  Which in turn is causing huge queues of people trying to get in.  But the stewards did nothing to organise these queues so you had in some case two lines trying to get into one turnstile.  And tensions were getting raised as a result.  People need to complain to the club as there needs to be some organisation.  


    East Stand again, second game in a row - they just started waving people through without scanning the ticket. I don’t know what it’s like elsewhere, but on that side of the ground evident the infrastructure in terms of the number of turnstiles cannot support it.

  5. 1 hour ago, Joey said:

    I seem to see players every day I go into work (when I do go in), todays being Joelinton in his G Wagen and Isak in his RS6. 


    Hope not. He’s still serving a 12 month driving ban!

  6. 17 minutes ago, SteV said:

    Totally dependent on who the opposition is and the size of their ground.

     

    *there’s a theory that getting Shakhtar will be the one as they’re playing home games at Hamburg (50k+) and obviously won’t fill that with home fans (although there are huge amounts of Ukrainians displaced in Hamburg at the minute). So we could possibly get a massive allocation. 

     

     

     


    Equally is more than a couple of potential games where direct travel is going to be difficult and therefore expensive. More broadly will be interesting to see whether the likely cost of a couple of European away trips lowers demand for Premier League games between now and Christmas. Not a cheap endeavour.

  7. For want of a better thread to ask this question. Champions League away games, what do we expect the demand to be? Goes without saying they’ll sell out, but at what loyalty threshold?

  8. One suspects we are only a couple of years at most from digital tickets at all Premier League grounds - which will only serve to exacerbate many of the issues being described.

     

    The system and checks that have been implemented I think are fair, but could perhaps be amended to include the ability to [for one or two games a year maximum] forward a ticket, as with season tickets. But capped at that level to prevent abuse.

  9. Just now, MrRaspberryJam said:


    what did they order?


    No idea. But it would be disappointing if he didn’t go half and half. Having quite the culinary tour.

  10. Saw Howe and Tonali + girlfriend in Francesca’s last week. Couple of others in the encourage I didn’t recognise. Surprised I’ve not seen any photos on social media. Not where I’d take him but really speaks to the culture of the club and the desire to ensure he settles.

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