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More or less admitted his heads been gone since then.

Yes. I’ll bow out til Wednesday (?)

Yeah, I get you. I just think that the actual take up of the option to buy will be 85-90%.

Think 99% might be a bit optimistic like. It’s a canny expensive day out going to the final. I’d guess 85-90%.

Kind of. But if it was known that early round cup attendance got you a (better chance of a) final ticket, coupled with cheap tickets, the buy to sell would become massive.

I’d be 99% sure you’d be alright given the allocation numbers touted, so I wouldn’t worry. but…. Turning your argument on it’s head, there’d be loyalty points holders who would say “I would be pissed off that someone who doesn’t bother to go away now wants to go just because it’s a final, and gets a ticket ahead of me”. Like I say, no easy or right way.

Assuming we do get there (?) ticket distribution will rumble and rumble. There isn’t really a ‘right’ or ‘correct’ way to do it, and the vast majority of views are influenced by whatever position you find yourself in, but I can see multiple issues with basing it (primarily) on previous cup match attendance. My opinion (worth nothing) is it should go as: Loyalty Points Remaining ST holders on 0 points Members attending (any) matches this season Remaining Members General Sale (obviously would never get that far)

That would, partially at least, stem the fury.

Can’t see any issues when Jonny who’s been to two matches in his life (Palace and Bournemouth) gets dibs over a ST holder who only went to the Leicester match.

Modern football’s ruined everything

Anyone off here there?

Fulham claimed he did but there’s no actual evidence other than him being in the general vicinity for a bit.

How long do other teams take? We don’t really know because we’re not sat searching for grainy leaked photos of new signings holding the shirt up.

Ruptured achilles probably worse than an ACL these days. Probably not be back until a couple of months into next season at the earliest. Be interesting to see how they deal with his contract situation

Quite a decent article on the Athletic by their new Newcastle writer, looking at his stats, which from a defensive/pressing pov are even more impressive than Miggy’s. Not really an earth shattering revelation but just emphasises again that we’re targeting players that fit the team model, in direct contrast to the Ashley years.

His lass was well liked by Everton fans: https://twitter.com/nocontextscouse/status/1614352670164140033?s=46&t=nrAtiBzEBD-ADqVTvCcakg

Just in case anyone forgets why we should enjoy what we’ve got at the minute: https://www.nufc.com/html/2015-16html/2015-09-23sheff-wed-h.html

Think Sheff Wed brought about 5k when they beat us under McClaren. *apologies if this triggers anyones ptsd from being at that match.

Yeah, was about 6k I think. 2013ish Edit - yeah, just checked back and it was 13/14. Won 2-0. Cisse and Gouffran. What a bizarre season that was. Got beat away at the mackems. Then won 5 out of 6 (incl Chelsea and Man Utd). Had a run of not scoring in 7 out of 8. Back-to-back home game injury time winners against Villa and Palace. Lost the next 6 before the crowd fully went in on Pardew in the last home game v Cardiff (which we pissed 3-0).

Be interesting to see some quotes from that thread from 6/8 months ago

So in the not too distant future we’re likely to move on the likes of Darlow, Lascelles, Ritchie (dunno if he counts?), Shelvey, Lewis, Murphy, before you consider the likes of Trippier and Wilson who probably don’t have loads of seasons left. So, aye, you can see why, long-term at least, we need to be investing in young English players (and obviously why both Howe and Ashworth consistently reference “developing our own” players)

Forced into submitting a transfer request by his Boyhood Club. Shocking.

It’ll no doubt have been mentioned somewhere in here between him being labelled ’rat-faced cunt’ and the videos of him being chased down the street with pitchforks, but if we do end up in the CL next year, I’m assuming adding another English player to the first team core could be significant? Seem to remember us being light in that regard in previous discussions, albeit I can’t remember the details and required criteria.

Well they thought he was the second coming of Rooney 6 months ago, so…