jonny1403

Solid as a rock 

Random question - did any Season tickets go on sale at all this summer except to existing ST holders? I didn't see any communication at all on it. 

He’s having a second kid!

28 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

 

Emails don't get delivered instantly because it triggers spam rules in ISPs etc. 

 

But they should've sent this email out days ago to be received by today.  Amateurs.

I mean again, while it looks a bit sloppy it makes no difference if you get your email 30 mins after the ballot opens. You have 3 days to apply. 

2 hours ago, SteV said:

The argument is that the ‘type’ of people who are ending up with the tickets has changed. 
 

It’s an emotive argument because you start getting into the territory of who’s the ‘better’ supporter etc. and who ‘deserves’ a ticket more blah blah

 

And, I’m not stating any of this as fact because I/we don’t really know exactly what caused the empty seats / different type of supporters at Brighton.

Ah I see what you mean now, cheers.
 

In which case I’d say that falls into ‘who is the more deserving supporter’ debate, and when both ‘types’ of fan have zero points it’s difficult to complain about you and your mates not getting any because as you say they view themselves as ‘better’ fans.

1 minute ago, SteV said:

The ballot option wasn’t available.

 

The argument would probably be that people with higher points are now reluctant to pass them on to anyone, so the ‘networks’ that people have built up, and allowed them to become regular away followers have been taken away.

 

The theory being that people with lower points, will buy tickets and just sell them on to anyone, as they are desperate to build points.

 

All just supposition like, and the people in the pic might have got tickets perfectly legitimately.

That doesn’t seem to have changed at all then  

So some people with high points are less likely to sell on their tickets (whereas last season people with no points could get tickets from their high point mates).

And now those with low points are buying tickets just to sell on and boost their points (so those same people with no points can still buy tickets from those people).

So what has changed?

1 hour ago, SteV said:

Could have been ST holders that got them in a ballot.

 

Could have get them via corporate.

 

Could have bought them off someone.

 

Could have bought them off a resale site.

 

Could be ST holders with points.

 

 

 

But all of those options were available last season (arguably more so with ticket resale having less restrictions) - so I’m struggling to see the issue?

37 minutes ago, TheGuv said:

https://x.com/danmeyer2002/status/1698760118211334655?s=46&t=vdsN_AHh11-g3YCkSAx-2g
 

Holy fucking shit 

 

I have never, repeat never, seen that at an NUFC home game…let alone an away game. This is bonkers.

 

I’m sorry like. The Club can absolutely get to fuck on ticketing.

So am I missing something - how did those day trippers get tickets?

1 minute ago, Cf said:

 

Are CL fixtures usually symmetrical like this? Noticed the other groups are too. 

 

 

 

They were when we last played in it. Dortmund will be our Bayer Leverkusen. Two straight wins setting us up for our glorious final game v Milan needing a win to see us through. Scrape a point v PSG in one of the games 

What are the chances of getting a ticket for a home game as a member? Close to zero?

2 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

The only thing that makes me doubt that is Howe’s preference for inverted wingers, does he see Gordon as two footed and able to play on right, time will tell.

 

If not then Barnes is the signing with a question mark against it for me.

 

 

 

I think that's part of the reason we wanted Gordon, he can play LW, RW and CF. I think he's already played in those three positions for us. 

5 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

The only criticism there can be if any this summer is that we’ve signed 3 players, who don’t at first glance seem a shoe in for the 1st team. They’ve clearly prioritised bringing the age down and strengthening squad.

 

We possibly will pay for that this season but Rome wasn’t built in a day.

 

 

 

I think Barnes was considered a shoe in but Gordon has started the season brilliantly. It's a nice problem to have. 

3 hours ago, GideonShandy said:

Yes, dreadful cities. Paris is a notorious dump and Milan is like the Sunderland of Italy.  No culture, ghastly food and lots of the people there can't even speak English.  

You know there are large areas of Paris, in particular around the stadium that are indeed absolute dumps and quite unsafe to boot?

Milan has fantastic shopping, great food but not much else in the way of nightlife. Have you been to either?

23 minutes ago, pedro111 said:

 

Someone said it was shite?

The area itself is shite but Cologne and Dusseldorf are 30 mins away which are absolutely class

Without wanting to put a dampener on things, Paris and Milan will be two crap away days outside of the games themselves. Terrible cities for football. 

Dortmund is so good though 

Just now, Guybrush said:

According to the Euro Club Index the following group would be the toughest: (4), Real Madrid (2), AC Milan (15) and Newcastle (17).

 

That is mental reading that 

Only 3 clubs, can't be that hard to qualify.

Ooooff that's a headshot 

28 minutes ago, brummie said:

 

Endlessly signing players again.

 

The big Greek lad is doing what any of us would do given the transfer fax machine for our clubs, just spaffing money everywhere.

 

He's having the time of his life.

 

It's going to end badly when they invariably go down, mind.

They've signed less players than us this window.

17 minutes ago, Conjo said:

So he's took out his 19 year old brother and a friend for a night out. The brother gets a cheap shot to the throat as they are leaving and his friend is knocked unconscious and Lascelles is somehow to blame for anything?

This - absolutely mental takes from some people in here 

7 hours ago, Orphanage said:

 Its not professional in this day and age . 

Do you genuinely expect a group of mid 20s professionals not to go out and enjoy themselves in town and just stay in the house for the entirety of their professional career?

Currently having a medical according to SSN.

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

Sounds like he ran himself into the ground last season and we were lucky he held out until the second last game. 

Just now, NG32 said:

Did Ashley sign him up to a 5 year mega deal?

 

How long has he got left with us ?

Only one more season after this one. 

54 minutes ago, Conjo said:

 

Don't know in detail what you guys are discussing as I'm just jumping in on the last page but....

 

He's been here almost 7 months.

 

He's had a longer "pre-season" than anyone else in our squad by playing regularly and reaching the final in the U21 Euros.

 

Those two points you make are simply not valid.

And he's barely played in those 7 months. He's now starting games regularly and can be judged accordingly. 

23 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

You sign players…. For a squad. You judge a window by how it improves the squad. 
 

The ones I said. 
 

we have 3 left backs and I none of them would start for any other top 6 team. Liverpool will be targeting Burn (and Trips tbf) - he’s a weak spot in the team.  Targett isn’t fancied and should be sold and Hall is 18. I would love for Hall to cement his spot in the team come September but I don’t expect it.  We’re playing the long game which makes sense but on the pitch it’s a weakness. 
 

 

I could go on. You might be happy with Almiron Murphy Barnes and Gordon but I think that’s weak for the level we want.  
 

Howe is a miracle worker and we have a functional team unit and squad.  If we finish 4th or get in the CL it’s another miracle job. There’s a lack of quality in some areas and a lack of depth in other crucial areas. But overall we are a stronger squad this season than last and are well setup going forward.  
 

 

This is where we are on this forum. People a bit annoyed if you rate  a window as 7 out of 10.  That’s good. That’s progress.  But a slight hint that things could be a little better and it rubs people the wrong way.  

You didn't give a 'slight hint that things could be a little better', you said there were 'glaring gaps' in our squad when that clearly isn't the case.  It just comes across as hysterical exaggeration and a reason why our fans get so much stick.

There's room for improvement at RW and LB no doubt, but you could say that about every team in the league in certain positions. I find it hard to believe people still see Burn as an incapable defender when he was a key part of the best defence in the league last year.