Wolfcastle

Even I was surprised at how bad that was.

That's basically every season since I can remember. Even at Roker Park our school (50/50 area) got free tickets, you can imagine that was the same for a lot of schools.

Apart from similarly getting far bigger gates than we've a right to and more than anybody but Man United would get in the same situation, they're not similar at all for me. historical average attendances is Newcastle 95 Sunderland 21 and the gap was huge many a time.

I don't know how they keep finding people to bail them out and subsidise them mind - Drumaville, Short and now KLD. I mean you'd think they'd look at how much money the previous people lost to get nowhere and the thanks they got for it and go somewhere else instead, this one's been tried time and again, difference with us is the one time it was tried it absolutely boomed, so you can see the obvious attraction. Its a bit of a con cos they'll say they can (albeit very rarely) get X amount in gates - but wasn't it the case that their tickets are so cheap they actually make less than Norwich.

To be fair a lot of those people, especially kids, that missed out during the Keegan era weren't interested in going before Keegan. So I'd say we gained rather than lost people even if they couldn't often get in.

Cant look beyond a point with this one, would feel a bit too greedy to do so, besides the better opposition and injuries. It keeps momentum going. Hating these chip p*ssing on, fly in the ointment injuries.

Went from 22nd and 3 wins in 4 months and 1 win in 13 to winning 7 in less than three months, winning 5 of our next 9 From when Keegan arrived we had the same record as Leeds who won the league. Better record than Blackburn under Dalglish with a blank cheque book who finished 6th, Cambridge 5th and better than Manchester United's who were runners up. Was pretty similar to Rafa coming in for me. the nerves and All that was going to stop either one of them keeping us up was running out of games.

I felt a tinge of coldnes when KK talked about needing to move to a new stadium at the end of 95/96 and when the plans came out but find it harder now. SJP as was then had only been complete a year prior and only the East Stand was recognisable from 10years earlier. The distinctive nature of the grounds symetrics and steepness now will be a huge wrench. I actually hope they would replicate that in a new stadium rather than samey feel of most of the other ones. Is another tier on the Milburn out? Think that plus a Gallowgate extension, East Stand remodel and maybe have the East Stand/Leazes corner brought up to Leazes height could be in the region of 65k+.

Just forgetting their favourite ever things - 6 in a row, us getting relegted, finishing ahead of us and being competitive for the only times bar 99-01 since 1992 - all delivered by Ashley (what a complete coincidence), to promote Ashley as a potential new owner?! We were wrong to be upset by all that and as he was doing a good job all along, that ought to mean they were wrong to be so happy about things, yet wont. Could they be more mackem?!

You just move on from it though, we did the last two times we were very good. Teams that are competing with you for trophies, champions league places and power take over and arguably its more intense. Didn't miss them at all 92-99 or 01-04 and it was anything but boring. They were like what what Man City were to Man United pre Sheik Mansour to us 96/97 01/02 & 02/03 a local dispute of a game but not the biggest The curse of being a club going somewhere I guess.

This takeover with its resources is the only one where they can find a way of extending SJP. I hope they do but can only envisage incremental increases (remodel the East Stand, tier + on the Gallowgate) that probably won't be enough. Who even knows what would be enough anymore. Think were looking past 60k now. I'd want the stadium to be nowhere near the rest of the set up. Keep a "Saturday" only feel about it and city centre *I'd love the Gallowgate to match the Leazes but with an the extra capacity of an arch on top, with a green light on the front of the roof, replicating the tyne bridge.

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Ashley only goes where Ashley can make money. They're a loss making operation that at best made far less than us. Asset stripping is the only way he could ever make money there. I imagine at best they'd only get to the level we were at when Ashley was forced out. Lad on the radio crediting Blackpool for their boycott. There was a more local club that did that but as angry and upset and desperate as they are they still have the facilities to refuse to give NUFC credit.

That's it. Many are giving him benefit of the doubt as a new man in right now but the way they're describing how they played is how Bruce would play after 2games or 2years, its his style.

Actually yes. When I think about it. During the Sir Bobby years as great as they were I knew we'd never overhaul Man United (nor would anyone else)except in a one-off at that point, maybe cause a chain-reaction at Arsenal by pushing them down a place whilst limited by Highbury and claim 2nd was the dream. Under Keegan there wasn't any mental limitation, like now, even if it doesn't come to pass, its a very nice mentally freeing feeling.

Pickford should have gone to Dino's bar and grill instead

https://wbaunofficial.org.uk/showthread.php?tid=24141&page=6 "Deep back 4, huge gaps between the lines, isolated front 1/3 depending on the turnover position. Hardly any touches in the oppos box. Hardly any key passes. Predicable and boring, but that what we voted for." Yes, I'm familiar with his work

Still not won this season then, this c**t what's that eleven games now and the best he's had to face is West Ham!?

It was probably the run in in 08/09 when I was last on edge for as many games in succession but really this has been since Bruce was binned so I'd be looking at probably 02/03 with the title challenge and champions league latters stages combo. Shocked myself at being back to near that so quickly and like the players in the first few months under Eddie I feel a lack of training for this under the last regime makes it feel more torturous.

I'm sure the media will be as swift to point that out as they would if it had gone the other way.

F*cking injuries. Please tell me there's an international break coming soon to break this up a bit

Didn't even think of ours streaks against them 91-99 (4wins 2draws) and 01-08 (6wins and 3draws) as "in a rows", much like the 'top dogs' trophy (defunct nowadays apparently for some reason).

Dizzying heights of 59/41 in favour of staying up. Based on fear rather than logic

Happy to get the good record against Villa back on track after Bruce. 13 unbeaten before him and 8 losses out of 47 in the league in the PL era. Bruce was 3 defeats in 5.

Cliche but true to say he's a different player, but a different personality too. Would have cost nowt but effort and consideration for Bruce to get this out of him, but then that's the nub of the problem.