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Canny article in True Faith which I think gives a lot of hope that we could get permission to build on Leazes Park if done right. https://tf1892.substack.com/p/a-new-stadium-in-leazes-park-not?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Osula seems a confident young chap.

2 wins over the Xmas period the times are a changing.

Rest easy mate it’s in the bag.

Have a bit of faith man you fannies we’ll get at least a point out of this.

A point will be a great result, as much as they can get turned over by Bournemouth at home, they can just as likely beat City, or Liverpool the following week.

Sorry Lee.

No it’s a Lee Ryder article so just badly worded.

Could probably sign Khusanov, Bah and Dibling for the price of Guehi, it’s definitely the way forward in the current financial situation.

It’s fine to be happy with events on the pitch but also to be concerned about the state of the atmosphere. All my best memories of SJP have been where the atmosphere is raucous, it’s a big part of the match day experience and the place is depressing as fuck these days off the pitch. The club is in great health in most areas, I’d argue even better than Hall’s era, however it won’t be a new stadium that kills the soul of the club, it will be losing the passion associated with the fanbase, it’s not just our club, but action is needed to protect the atmosphere with extended safe standing at the very least to liven the place up.

Not wanting to get carried away but starting to look like a player who leads a club to trophies.

Would take a point now where usually shite over the Xmas period.

How they can have PSR rules without considering level of debt should be enough to bring the whole corrupt system down.

Biggest myth ever in here that RTG isn’t a true reflection of them, it’s a perfect showcase for their jealousy, inferiority, paranoia and pathological hatred of all things Newcastle.

I would imagine these will go by the time game comes round, but telling that there not returns by Bromley so we’ve probably shifted aprox 46k with their larger allocation. Pretty impressive considering the opposition, however in a way it confirms my point about supply and demand, if this was Man U, Arsenal, Liverpool they would be not be slow moving tickets they would be gone. We are a huge club but outside Mancs, Arsenal and Liverpool not sure anyone in this country fills a 70k plus stadium regularly, possibly Spurs who have a huge waiting list. Taking this Bromley game as an example we’d now potentially have another 23.5k tickets to shift with a 75k stadium. The 2 NW clubs are in split city’s, but they’re significantly bigger population wise and more importantly surrounded by densely populated big towns packed full of their supporters. I agree Scotland and potentially Scandinavia, Ireland are areas we can benefit from in terms of growing our wider fanbase, but to the level of the 3 clubs mentioned will take years. I think outside the clubs membership data, it would be really useful if they created a season ticket waiting list to gauge what the demand is really like from fans who want to be there every week.

I could see Arsenal going bigger and possibly Liverpool at some stage, though that looks very difficult for them anytime soon, due to the number of streets they need demolished for the Kenny Dalglish stand. What worries me though is that they have huge international fan bases, with fans travelling from all over to watch them, they also have far bigger catchment areas locally, not sure how we fill 70k plus regularly if I’m being honest. Chelsea and West Ham could possibly end up over 65k, but again huge catchment areas and prime location to capture the football tourists. Possibly 70k but would need to really rethink their pricing to fill that up here in my opinion.

The sweet spot in terms of supply and demand is probably 65k for us, undoubtedly we could fill 75k for big games, but not sure 10k empty seats would be a good thing personally for some games. I don’t think only going to 65k justifies staying at SJP though, 13k extra seats with more Corporate boxes, better facilities, acoustics, sight lines and being able to host other events is reason enough to still leave and will still bring huge revenue uplift. In an ideal world we go to 65k, with the potential to expand to 75k if demand warrants it. Very tempting to just say build it so everyone can go when they want, but the reality of a stadium to big wont be good commercially in long term and could leave us with a white elephant down the line.

Nowt to see here think Ornstein gets a bit to much credit for being this super journo, no better than SUPERTOON on here in my opinion. As a side note Caulkin really gets on my fucking tits these days, wasn’t so quick to criticise when his pal Staveley was feeding him info all the time.

Would love to play Liverpool in the final and see our day with them, if where lucky enough to get the opportunity just hope the fans are up for it, fucking pathetic last time at Wembley and already defeatist talk by some. Big if, but if we get there fans need to start showing some fucking balls and be bang up for it, none of this nervous, expect to get beat so didn’t sing fucking spineless shit.

Be feisty this over 2 legs we’ll need to keep our discipline. But one to enjoy whatever happens, these are the type of games we’ve wanted to be involved in for years and where certainly going in with every chance.

It is a city the capital of UAE just not as touristy as its neighbour Dubai.

Sure Dibling bagged a few against us as a 15 year old and we tried unsuccessfully to sign him. I think Bakayoko could give us some flair and dribbling ability that we haven’t got, looks less manic than St Max on the ball and puts some decent balls in the box. Long term think Dibling could be a big talent though, possibly similar to Cole Palmer, if we could get him I think it would be a real coup.

Exactly, I’m sure Starmer who’s just been begging him for trade will put her straight, not sure what’s worse to be honest corrupt fuckers at the PL, or incompetent, hypocritical politicians making the rules.

Sounds loud on my radio as well.