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I know this is a rhetorical question, and I entirely agree with your wider point, but it's worth noting that the last train south avoiding rail replacement buses left at 4pm and I know of at least 2 silly sods/daft c***s that had booked on that. They'll have had to leave before the end after the injury time in 1st half. I wouldn't do it myself mind (for this exact reason!) Would have killed me to be in a position where I had to leave a game like that early.

20-ish minutes in the crowd picked up the energy and atmosphere and all of a sudden the team up the tempo and we're swarming them. I'll never buy into the idea that what the crowd is doing has no impact on what happens on the pitch. Apart from that 20-minute period in the first half it was pretty quiet. Could definitely have done with a bit more defiance and verbal encouragement towards the end.

I'm going to get pelters for saying it but the atmosphere is notably worse the more lasses are in the crowd. To clarify, I do know some lasses in the hard-core fanbase who know and sing all the songs. I'm not saying that lasses are inherently shit fans. It's maybe more the dynamic that when there's more lasses in attendance it means there's more people have come as a couple and people are less likely to be rowdy in front of their lass?

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I would honestly take that at the minute as I'd rather that than long periods of silence again. Baby steps, and getting people singing anything (and not at a speed that sounds ike they're amphetamined up to their eyeballs) would be a start.

I heard this from my left and assumed it was a witty retort from their fans after us singing about empty seats. Couldn't believe my fucking eyes when I turned and saw it was our fans actually singing it. The lowest point of a particularly grim afternoon.

Absolutely correct. What's worse than watching the team get beat 4-0 and not bothering? Watching the team get beat and not bothering whilst stood in silence. Sometimes you've got to make your own fun following Newcastle away.

That away end was awful today. Been to well over 200 aways and I don't think I've witnessed worse than that. Was in the top of the 3 tiers. Granted there wasn't much to sing about but it was silent apatht from pretty much the first whistle. Feels like players and fans have just downed tools until Wembley.

Could see the attraction personally compared to sticking around for another night. Not like the train back the next day would be a barrel of laughs itself.

Think IBAS can make legally binding judgements if a case is escalated there but I've heard it's a right carry-on and not sure how "independent" it really is.

They're businesses that want to maximise their profit margins at the end of the day. Betfair is the better option as can't gut gubbed on there.

Skybet are a proper bunch of fannies. Was winning on the horses a few years ago. Got up to 4 figures but nothing life changing or owt and I'm restricted to £1 bets. The bit in bold nails it- they all restrict rather than ban in the hope that you'll get bored and squander your account on the fixed odds shite.

His entire feed is either ridiculously exaggerated videos of him living the glamorous lifestyle or videos of him recklessly putting stupid money on a redhot favourite at 8/13 and then giving it the biggun when it comes in as if he's a genius. The only surprising thing about him being an Arsenal fan is that he could quite easily pass for being a Chelsea fan he's that much of an insufferable cunt.

I got a similar vibe around the trips to Milan and Dortmund- not so many familiar faces and even less who seemed to know the words to the songs. Edit: in fact, at the San Siro I bumped into someone who I'd ended up drinking with in West Brompton after Chelsea the last game of the previous season. Nice enough lad, but just didn't seem to get the concept that after not going for a good 20 years he shouldn't be at the front of the queue for things ahead of people who put the effort in. "But I've got more money than you." He wasn't being a dick about it and it was a very civil conversation, but he just didn't get it at all. As @TheBrownBottle says, if it was me in that situation I just wouldn't feel like I belong, which is half the fun of going anyway.

"There is naturally a temptation to write off Guimarães as a kind of street thug" Strikes me as an odd thing to write. Good read in general though.

Same. I ran down the steps to the walkway below, bounced along to the entrance to the concourse, gave a lass I used to sit near a smacker on the lips and a hug then returned to my seat bug-eyed to find out it was being checked. Took some ribbing about it, so when Murphy scored I made a point of standing silently until the kick-off was taken to restart the game then I went daft by myself.

Lewis Cook is a dirty bastard and it was better for us that Bournemouth lost. So on the basis set out above, it was a clear penalty in my book

The yellow card to Gordon for dissent was very harsh I thought, depending what was said of course. Wasn't shouting or gesturing or behaving aggressively, just seemed to be having a quiet word. No way he gives that yellow to a red team's player doing the same thing.

I wouldn't have been against Villa getting 2 extra games in their schedule, but this has to be the priority.

Neil Lennon refusing to accept what is a very very obvious penalty

Next team that gets a debatable red card knows the blueprint to follow now.

Surprised it has been overturned. I thought it was the wrong decision, but it wasn't outrageous and I don't think it was wrong enough to get overturned if that makes sense.

Even Le Tissier would be blushing at that level of ignorance 😂 given me strength

Reet. That's it. Outside now. I'm not messing about so make sure you bring your curling tongs. Shit. I mean straighteners.

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