Whitley mag

Looking forward to seeing Anderson on the left and getting into dangerous areas around the box.

Those grade 2 listed buildings on boot boy alley still look like the major obstacle to me, alongside the cost of redesigning the Gallowgate. Hope it happens for those who desperately want to stay at SJP, still think East Stand is key though and reason that’s being looked at first. You can’t have a world class stadium with the East Stand in its current guise, think ultimately if they can’t do anything with that it’s back to the drawing board and re-location will be on the table.

The grey haired mackem in the beige jacket definitely ends up on his arse and a good few of their CP company and SI brigade look like they don’t want their jackets getting bloodied.

I’m sure before Liverpool redeveloped Anfield the new stadium they planned to build in Stanley Park had different stands and one big Kop end similar to the Spurs one. I’d hope they’d concentrate any further corporate in the East Stand and make the Gallowgate all general admission.

Entire stand similar to Spurs.

Looks like the East stand will have to contain a lot of glass, so a big window similar to those in Atlanta and Minnesota’s stadiums would probably look very futuristic.

Looks like they had their hands full off the pitch aswell. https://Twitter.com/Sunderland_GM/status/1710790689523667401?s=20

If they’re going to rebuild the Gallowgate it does need to be same height as level 7, however it needs a very different layout such as a single tier to preserve the atmosphere.

I mean can this week get any better.

NUFC now cease to exist in the eyes of MLF’s since we became good, need to get your family clued up they need new rivals.

Message from the big boss incoming today.

SunDelland

It’s actually quite glorious watching them try to kid themselves, let’s be honest though this would be fucking painful to watch if it was the other way around.

King Kev could commit murder and he’d still be the King.

Exactly get into the French cunts

Cheese and Wine in the Beehive pre match.

Precisely we could build something really iconic which would have people soon forgetting about SJP when they see it going up. The reason folk are having difficulty getting in the ground on the East Side of the stadium is simply due to access. The East Stand has always had lengthy queue’s that resemble a scrum, throw in digital ticketing and it’s no wonder it’s a shambles. Just another example of the poorly planned introduction of digital ticketing. SJP has had its day in its current guise much like Manchester United are realising with Old Trafford. Lets see what this feasibility study brings and I’ve got a feeling all options including a new stadium will be on the table when they announce its findings.

I don’t know anyone who likes the level 7 experience you feel detached and as many have said you may as well just watch it on the box. Which begs the question why are so many opposed to leaving SJP ? I get the tradition and history, but the reality is the atmosphere and supporter experience is sub-standard, especially for the prices being charged this season.

Right age and profile would be my top choice.

Seems to be the best loan we’ve had since Anderson to Bristol Rovers, would prefer it wasn’t Feyernoord that aside he’s under a highly rated coach who knocked back the Spurs job.

To be honest not a big fan of Burn at left back, he always seems to get burned early on in games but somehow manages to the stem the tide as match goes on.

Honestly man those in charge of ticketing and security need a fucking serious shake up at the club. It’s almost like they’re out to piss fans off this season on purpose.

If you have last seasons members capped at 30k as a ball park figure, with access to 7k tickets everyone would have roughly a 1 in 4 chance of getting one, not unreasonable odds in a ballot. If there was another 3k available for new members uncapped there would clearly be little chance of new members getting one. However, Arsenal have 200k members, maybe they keep them happy by offering other things with the membership, our members got nothing The alternative unfortunately now is that hundreds of tickets are on secondary sites at unprecedented levels. I fully acknowledge the club has to grow but it has to be done responsibly. If the club decided next summer to scrap all season tickets and make the whole ground members only, it would be interesting to see how many season ticket holders would just be accepting and say the club has to grow. Many members are loyal fans who’ve followed the club for years and only ditched it because of Ashley, now these folk are in the same category as any Johnny come lately.

If there were 10k tickets available each match 7k go to top tier, remainder 3k go to new members. You could still have a ballot but your rewarding loyalty of more fans who were here before. You don’t grow the fanbase by selling thousands of memberships where nobody has a chance of getting a ticket, let’s see how many renew next year. The cash grab this summer will look very short sighted if thousands say no thanks next summer, they should have grown the membership when they had capacity to house extra fans. Arsenal have 200k fans in their lowest loyalty bracket what entices them, can’t imagine they’re getting their hands on many tickets at the moment. Bottom line you don’t throw supporters who stuck by the club on the heap, at the expense of attracting new fans.

One man to blame for this shambles and it’s Peter Silverstone, he was responsible for membership at Arsenal from 2018 to 2022. It coincided with thousands of empty seats at the emirates for games that were supposedly sold out and an increase in touting. Now all successful clubs will attract touts and we’ve become a target, one quick look online will show you the lengths Arsenal are now going to cancel memberships and monitor dodgy ticket activity. With all his experience at Arsenal he then decides to make memberships unlimited and has opened the floodgates to the touts. Even Arsenal have a tiered membership as follows - ‘As things stand, we understand there to be 42,000 gold members (season ticket holders), 30,000 silver members and more than 200,000 red members. We’re not sure about the number of platinum members, but it’ll be small in comparison’. There was absolutely no reason this summer that last seasons members couldn’t have been given a priority in a tiered scheme. Unfortunately Silverstone made a cash grab and has absolutely shafted loyal fans. Get used to the touts and sold out games with empty seats galore.