Whitley mag

Can’t see any of these young Brazilians joining until PIF buy a 2nd club to farm them out.

Great to see hopefully tide is starting to turn at youth level, we seem to have been whipping boys for scousers and mancs at this level for a good few seasons.

Sounds a bit like someone we sold in the summer.

Not sure if the young lass at the front trying not to laugh, or the Man U execs at the side thinking what the fuck are the best part.

8k at Old Trafford this Wednesday should be a good barometer of our current away support. Should be all standing and relentless noise regardless of the team we put out…..let’s see aye.

Happier times for Ten Hag even managed a wry smile back then. https://x.com/NE5westend/status/1718573507838185609?s=20

Rows of empty seats knocking about again according to people who were there. This may well indicate corporate if true, but there’s always been spares for away games over the years due to people pulling out for whatever reason, it can’t be right that these tickets now must go unused and leave empty seats in the away end. If corporate tickets are just going unused for away games when thousands would snap them up something is very wrong. Think Silverstone in charge of ticketing and bringing in sponsors is a disaster. The blokes got history with Arsenal and needs to be held accountable for these current issues by NUST particularly. https://x.com/stevewallwork/status/1718349503533563911?s=20

It was ok prior to this season and ticketing falls under his control as far as I’m aware, happy to be corrected though. People also complaining of empty seats again yesterday, another fall out of these ID checks, absolutely crackers that if someone falls unwell and can’t go, the only option is an empty seat and 1 less person being able to support team. Its draconian and the fact their corporate clientele isn’t subjected to this is discriminatory and leaving a very bad taste.

Very difficult to judge strikers in the Dutch league seen a couple of his goals this season and looks good, but for every Van Nistelrooy there’s a Kezman and De Jong.

Absolutely crackers why would you help the away fans create an atmosphere, Silverstone might be fulfilling his remit of bringing in sponsors, but him and his minions have no idea about ticketing, or fan consultation. Having read bits on the internet around Arsenal’s ticketing, it seems he has previous for it becoming an absolute shit fest with empty seats and touts.

One player had access to 8-10 tickets today ? I’m presuming he sourced some from other players who didn’t use their quota ?

Seems to me like the home support who sat passively during the Ashley regime and were just happy for an afternoon out, have now decided they fancy doing aways since we became good. Coupled with perhaps 20% corporate, staff and players family, the away end has turned to shite to match the home support.

Rumours that more and more being siphoned off. https://x.com/Thomas_C22/status/1718194439649157374?s=20

Completely agree would have taken at start. Thought we were the better team 1st half and finished the strongest despite playing in Europe.

Surely we could have got Kephren Thuram for 50 million, hindsight and all that, but this looks the worse business in the club’s history at this point when taking into account the fee.

Not so sure the club won’t be bothered if Wor Flags decided to wrap it in, they use images of this supposed great support to promote the club. Lots of regulars are currently pissed off with the whole experience from not being able to choose a seat, zero atmosphere in parts of the ground, ID checks, corporate ripping away tickets off and a generally shit match day experience. From allowing away fans to bring drums in, more rail seating in the away end than home, look after your own supporters first you cunts.

Hopefully the board see the yellow wall when we go over there and think we fancy a bit of that in the Gallowgate. On Wor Flags I think there in an excellent position to push for changes to improve atmosphere, it’s become a major media attraction the club wouldn’t want to lose. The club needs to realise us legacy fans are fucking pissed off with the current match day experience.

If we could get that 7k together though it would create a great atmosphere. Plenty in level 7,NE corner and Leazes trying to give it a go on Wednesday, but folk are just dispersed and sitting on their own etc.

Would take watching on the box over that experience last night, absolutely morgue like in the Leazes End and you can barely hear Strawberry corner from their due to poor acoustics. If the atmosphere’s shit I don’t really feel I’m missing out, as still get to see the game from relative comfort instead.

No idea on numbers but clearly not all taken by season ticket holders as people have scored tickets in their through ballot. I’d be in favour of this suggestion though as the Leazes End is currently embarrassing in terms of atmosphere, would never sit there again after last night. https://x.com/Nusc2023/status/1717319425626382481?s=20

We looked very open defensively last night, masterclass from Dortmund getting in behind Burn and Trippier frequently in 1st half. Well drilled outfit much in the mirror image of ourselves, thought they out gunned us in midfield first half and Joelinton was exposed technically. They got at our back 4 far to easily, last night was a game we missed having an out and out defensive midfielder for me. Saying all that we absolutely deserved a point in the end.

Not just in here folk aren’t enjoying the match experience. The club need to make the Gallowgate all standing and clearly badge it as a singing enclosure. Didn’t enjoy anything about the atmosphere last night, apart from a couple of Geordies renditions the whole ground just doesn’t get going anymore, the Blaydon Races used to always carry right around the ground. Really loving this team but a big part of going to the match is the atmosphere for me, can’t say I’m in any rush to go back following last night. https://x.com/paarsons/status/1717483130477494324?s=20

I was in the Leazes End under the cunts and a drone is the right fucking word, they make a canny racket but it does nowt for me in terms of atmosphere.

Really poor but sadly not surprised, bar the odd match think it’s been like that for a good few years.

Do you think the mackems would pay the prices we do, history says they rock up when tickets are free or cheap.