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The new Bellamy….

Not sure adopting that attitude would be particularly beneficial for us…

No, it’s not mate. Not sure why that would have been the case? I’d drop the box office an email, more bro make sure everything is ok with your membership.

Nah, nothing yet

Munich tickets on sale now: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/6932036/tsv-1860-münchen-vsnewcastle-united-saalfelden-1508-saalfeldenarena

Yes, that’s a fair point that needs clarifying. He’s not a board member - council members are volunteers that help out with stuff it seems. As opposed to the elected board members who are actually involved in any decisions that need making.

They are…. Tbf they might be holding them back a little so SSN can make a bit of a thing of it this evening. Or they might just have ignored the deadline again.

Just press where it says adult

Mainz fans are kicking off about playing us due to ‘Saudi human rights’. Trying to get it cancelled.

Sure you’re right. And overall we probably do pay too much in this country. I just rail against the idea that the ‘German model’ is some great panacea to all footballs ills.

And how do we crack that ‘cartel’? By allowing other teams (??‍♂️) to gain the resources to challenge them.

And as a result they have the most uncompetitive league in European football. But at least they can watch it cheap.

Are you in the ticket portal? book.nufc.co.uk

They’ll sharp open the upper tiers if the lower sell out

Depends which area and who the opposition are, but the middle of Gallowgate, is, I think, around £36 - £45.

This is the problem. A quick look a other PL teams pricing for friendlies against similar standard opposition shows £20 is about the ‘industry standard’ price (think Bournemouth are doing £15 v Sociedad). But we’re so used to everything about the club being de-valued by Ashley, that we just expected £10 tickets. And like anything in life, if you have to pay more than you were expecting for something, you’re not happy about it.

One of the current board members advocating a boycott of the friendlies due to the pricing. Suggest the Trust need to distance themselves from this and point out it’s a personal opinion asap….. Edit: Ah, he’s done that himself in a follow-up tweet….

They haven’t announced anything yet. Keep an eye on the tickets section of the forum and it’ll be posted in there when they do.

There was never an intention to buy a stake whilst Ashley was there. I realise that isn’t really the main point of your post, so I’m being slightly pernickety, but anyway.

10am

Link to that Hayden interview I mentioned. Can’t be arsed to find out whereabouts in it he speaks about players moving on, but it’s in there somewhere. Whole thing was a fairly decent listen anyway: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/if-newcastle-dont-want-me-or-want-to-sell-me-then-that/id1464558689?i=1000546871907

Ronaldo is ego-driven to achieve success, trophies and personal accolades. Granted, that’s massively contributed in making him the player he has been, but it’s not because of his love of the beautiful game or any particular club. Turns out Man Utd are shite now and probably unlikely to win much, see you later lads.

I think there’s a lot more to it than being about whether players will ‘take a pay cut’. I seem to remember Hayden speaking about it in that (good) lengthy interview he did with some podcast people I’d never heard of before or since. To paraphrase him he said people think it’s just like playing Championship Manager and you can just ship a player out whenever you want, but they don’t realise that players often have young families, so any move (regardless of finances) has to be right for them too. Are they happy to move away from any family/support network? Are they happy to move their kids school etc. Everyone was going mad at Clark not taking a loan move in January. But maybe he didn’t want to spend 5/6 days a week away from his kids (assuming he has some) just to play for a team for 5 months when there was a reasonable chance he might not sign for them anyway.

Looks like they’re still available?