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Or those who didn't qualify the criteria.

You're not counting people who did not qualify for the chance today though.

As I said you're entitled to your opinion, if St James can be extended fine (may cost less, but it will still be an extortionate cost due to the current location and the buildings surrounding it, the returns would not be cost effective compared to a new stadium either), if not then we need to move. Leave it there though as we obviouisly have different views.

Mind no other club takes as long when players have had their medical, I thought we would have improved this once Ashley had gone. I'm not saying he isn't still signing by the way.

The essential part for being a fan to me is the team and the support first and second with the ground third. Wasn't having a go at you as everyone is entitled to their opinion, and as I said if they can increase the stadium then fine (I think it will not be cost effective though). When you have so many fans who were going for 1,000 tickets and many more who didn't meet the criteria, then something has to be done (this is before anything major has happened also in terms of actual success). I was a season ticket holder from when the east stand opened until the season before Rafa left. Yeah maybe some will say I should have kept my ticket (even though I hated everything the club had become - most on here though were having digs at people who did go), but the fact I may struggle to get a match by match ticket never mind a season ticket due to the size of the stadium, means (in my opinion) that something has to be done. Look at the option of increasing the current stadium first, but if that's not feasable, then a new centrally located stadium needs to be found.

Not when people are missing out it's not though. If St James can be extended to 62,000 (I think the cost would be too much for such a small increase and we don't have a Wembley to totally redesign the whole stadium) then fair enough, but when supporters are missing out, then it's time to have a major rethink. I agree with others it needs to be central though.

Their average attendance in 2019/2020 was 45,036, take 10,000 free season tickets off that (counted in the attendance if used or not) and the truth hits home, the plastic bastards were only marginally better supported in the Prem than we were in Division 1. Mind in fairness I cant ever remember us having half a million outside, but the Ma. U. third round replay must have come close to that. I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago when the thick mackem cunts were going on about giving tickets away. For a start if you average out every game (including cup, which are not included within average attendances) the average is 45,897, without the cup games the average is 48,241. The actual average (Arsenal through to Palace) before Ashley's decision for free tickets (Everton first game) was 46,054, so where the fuck this thick cunt gets 10,000 free tickets taken from his incorrect average of 45.036, fuck knows - mackematics at it's finest. By the way that ACTUAL average attendances (46,054) before the free tickets were introduced, has only been bettered twice by the mackems since 1950 (about 700) in 2001 and 2002. The other great one is when they go on about attendances pre Keegan 1980s - 1992, they ignore the fact that overall averages were down throughout English football during this period (e.g. Man Utd averaged 43,000), but that we were also still getting higher averages than those fuckers during this period also (22,200 compared to 18,924). They need to do some research (and get things correct) before they try to mouth off. As I said mackematics at its very finest.

Personally wouldn't touch him with a barge pole.

Was just wondering that myself.

You maybe right, he's still absolute shit. If we're relying on Wood as backup to Wilson again and Wilson gets another long term injury, then it's going to be a long frustrating season. I think it's a massive gamble (niave at best) to rely on Wilson being fit. We will see what happens come 1st September though.

Personally I would be looking at a player with at least the same standing as Wilson. Unfortunately you cannot rely on Wilson to be fit. I would also be looking at a younger player also. Whether that happens I can't honestly say, we will see at the end of the window (possibly not). Your last point sums it up perfectly, players have to realise the club is looking to progress and will therefore look for a higher level player to replace/compete.

What if he misses half the season though again. Say we get a promising young striker, but is then thrust into being a regular as a result of Wilson being off long term again. Very dangerous position that mind as the exact same thing happened with Jon Dahl Tomasson.

He doesn't even sit on the bench half of the time and that's the point.

Yeah fair point.

They would have had a chance though.

Were you able to purchase more than 1 ticket? Good for you if you were, but surely if there is only 1000 tickets it should be only one per person. Or are more than 1000 tickets for sale, but only 1000 people can buy those tickets?

I can honestly see in the not too distant future that legal action will be taken, most likely us also

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/nufc-sportswashing-summer-2022.1582603/post-36346362

I see they're having another faux outrage meltdown about the new sleeve sponsor

Was that cunt actually signing an autigraph there

In what way?

I don't listen to any of the reporters as they're usually a lot more wrong than right. I just can't see no investment in at least two areas (I think 3 CF, RW, CM) with a centre forward who has missed 50% of games and a team, that even under Howe struggled to get over 40% possession and not prolific in goals scored.

So he is far off then as he initially said the budget was only 50 million. Not having a go at you, I'm just saying the bloke talks utter shit and try's then to justify different measures when he's made to look like the bullshit merchant he is.