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Yep, we've just won 3 PL games in a row without (more or less) Shelvey and Gayle. Seemed unthinkable last season.

Izzet was as much English as he was Turkish. Tuncay was average. Tugay was good for a period mind.

Has there ever been a Turkish player that's been a 'success' in the PL? Emre's probably as good as it gets. Hakan Sukur was alright i suppose. Doubt this fella's on his level though.

Hasn't done Pickford any harm? He was 22 before he started playing for Sunderland regularly.

I don't share your certainty here. I was surprised to read it, but even under Ashley, statistically speaking the amount of players we have replaced still outweighs the amount of players that we haven't replaced. The hurt will never fade, but the odds are with us. Stay strong brother. You've also got to believe that Rafa's got control of incomings and outgoings in a way that no manager under Ashley ever previously has.

And North Korea will fire on Japan, triggering a nuclear holocaust and we'll all be dead by the weekend.

Think the header he missed at home to Villa goes down as one of the worst misses I can ever recall from an NUFC player. I know it was wet and that but christ it was a bad one.

We're blatantly not.

Already in the second round

If it's true that there's only gonna be 4K available for each game, it'd be advisable to get a ST holder off here to get you one as they get first dibs before members and general sale. I'd be happy to help for most games* *unless we do a 'Leicester' then every sod will be crawling out the woodwork trying to scavenge tickets.

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I think that's a fairly decent summary. Do Liverpool and Man Utd fans really have to do ticket pick-ups on the day with ID? Would be absolute ructions if that were ever brought in here.

Probably the latter you have to presume.

Whoever it was they weren't far off being correct. 2k equates to about 4% of tickets going on general sale. I'd be very surprised if the Liverpool and Man Utd games reach general sale this season, and the rest of the games you're probably looking at 5k tops being available.

Youngsters games in the NI Super (Milk) Cup, starting tonight (7:30ko) being streamed live by the BBC according to .com Should be available here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland

Suppose we'll see this season whether last season was due to the novelty of new grounds, or whether the fact we have a popular/competent manager creating a general 'feelgood factor' amongst the support has anything to do with it.

It's going to be bad enough for season ticket holders without a 100 points this season like. Already dreading the fight for Spurs away tickets. I don't think it'll be quite that bad. We've got less tickets for Huddersfield than what we'll get at most grounds and that's likely to end up going down to somewhere between 75 - 50. Can't see people falling over themselves to get to the likes of Stoke and West Brom. Agree there'll be no end of twisting and moaning when it comes to Spurs though. The Twitter arguments are painful whenever a sougjt after game comes around. People who've never been away crying over not getting tickets but unable to propose a system that would be any fairer. That's probably because there isn't one. Every system has pluses and minuses, so there isn't one that is definitively 'fair'. I'd probably say that ours is about as fair as it gets, yet at the same time I understand the argument from youngsters starting out that it's harder for them now than it has been for others in the past. But that's just the luck of the draw in that they're starting out when people actually want to watch us again.

It's going to be bad enough for season ticket holders without a 100 points this season like. Already dreading the fight for Spurs away tickets. I don't think it'll be quite that bad. We've got less tickets for Huddersfield than what we'll get at most grounds and that's likely to end up going down to somewhere between 75 - 50. Can't see people falling over themselves to get to the likes of Stoke and West Brom. Agree there'll be no end of twisting and moaning when it comes to Spurs though.

I'd imagine the only way you'll be able to get tickets in the away end is via Newcastle, and you'll have to be a member to do that. You might actually be better off getting someone off here to get them for you. I might be able to help actually, so give me a PM if you want me to try and sort something out.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-january-transfer-window-12147905 It is a sad fact of recruitment that many of the best-laid plans never come to fruition. Had Newcastle stayed in the Premier League this summer they were lining up a move for Islam Slimani, the Sporting striker who eventually moved to Leicester in a deal worth an estimated £28million.

The leagues and TV companies, who claim to have "the best interest of match going away fans at heart", have had our two trips to Brighton on a Tuesday night and 4:30 on a Sunday. Was planning on ticking Brighton off the list finally this season but that is a pisser of a time even when making a weekend of it. Surely 5:30 Saturday should be enforced for that kind of distance if they insist they want to show it. Problem with that is that BT have got the 5:30 slot. And there's some kind of pecking order on who gets first dibs for what slot. So if Sky want a fixture it's essentially either Sunday/Monday or 12:30 or a Sat (which is arguably even worse when you're doing a trek like Brighton).

Look at the first word of the thread title Look at the context in which he made the post.

Depends on your definition of "exciting"? Premiership quality players. Not Jacob Murphys. 6 or 7 might be pushing it. 4 or 5 I would expect given your criteria.

Depends on your definition of "exciting"?

Unfortunately the costs associated with staying in the PL for those 4 seasons, means it isn't quite that simple....