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Aye sorry I’m just taking the piss

judging by the name it’s a lass… cheap shot I know but howay fkin Keelan

I think you have a fair middle ground here . It's sensible so most likely never get any traction

Lots of these people would just wouldn't have got the loyalty point...So yes I see your point. The Trust reneged on a promise to fight for the return of Loyalty points to those who jacked in STs under Ashley (including some of the people I mention in the post you replied to) - this allied with perhaps an unfair perception that some people are only interested now the football is better rankles a lot of people I know. No system will ever meet the current demand - but some better comms from the club, increased transparency and engagement will go a long way.

100% agree and unfortunately some people who are perceived as "newer" supporters have raised their heads above the parapet. It's unfortunate that someone has posted a picture on twitter that has then got the vultures circling. Ultimately regardless of how any individual YouTuber / Podcaster etc. gets their tickets people want some transparency. I'm not impacted personally but I know others with decent points (30-40 - for context you'd have had to do 50% of all aways for 4-5 years and had a season ticket to accumulate these compliantly) who will feel aggrieved as what they see as injustice / queue jumping so I try and be objective as possible whilst realising some of the changes we're seeing are an unfortunate by product of "success".

They should investigate then and publish the findings it would help build / restore confidence in the Trust. As I have heard similar to what @Wallsendmags said. Similar conversations cropped up in Milan about how she'd got tickets - it is possible it's due to True Faith or Journalist connections rather than from the club directly- but it doesn't sit right (if true) when ticketing remains such an issue among the fanbase atm.

Or be very friendly with a journalist

Exactly - 2 weeks off then Chelsea at home and are a lot of yous in Paris I’ll be honest now and admit I’ll be nowhere near the Louvre also not doing rubbers or ket spoons but if anyone fancies a pint give me a DM. howay the lads

I think people need to keep sone perspective- it’s one lad who’s now apologised. Tripps acted admirably as a captain whilst showing passion abs that he cares. Draw a line and move on. I wish people would stop calling our fans we’re not a homogeneous group we’re all different and tbf tge aways I have been to this season have shown there’s se changes occurring gir the reasons we’ve debated at length here. I still know most of the lads (and lasses) I know who’ve supported us for years are among the best people to share my non work / family time with. Social media amplifies the good and the bad. Many old farts (that includes me) are also recalling our younger dafter days with some myopia. Nostalgia I think they call it

young kid in palace end wearing a Man U top ?

just a feeling where there’s money there’s corruption and fraud. Boyd Weddel is still employed by the club too… I might be massively wide of the mark (not for them first time) but there’s always been insiders across all clubs exploiting their access to tickets.

I think some of them will be from within the club …

He’s a great lad helped me out when I was younger - to repay the favour I had contacts at GNER so managed to get him some reduced tickets when they were left stranded after delayed flights etc. He spent his exiled years following the happy cats and saw doctors touring so he obviously likes his travel as well as football /the toon !! Did anyone go on his Dortmund trip - if it included a hotel stay it was canny value?

Take her you get a free drink

The other Amanda took over from Keith - that’s very clever songwriting that!!

Aye that’s Keith

Yeah I know Priesty - assume you know Drew in the same profession and also the loon that is Ian McCallum!!

Yes great lad knew him well - was at his funeral. Been away with him for weekends away. Gone far too soon.

That’s spot on. You get older you shake your head at the laughing gas balloons and bags of toot / ket all over the shop, the overpriced clothes and youthful machismo / bravado but if you’re honest we were the same in the 80s/90s/00s .. there just wasn’t the preening and posturing for insta likes which does a lot of us middle aged old bastards heeds in

I’m fawdon but used to be in the Blackies every night when the other mike ashley ran it. Know Chopras cousins and him to nod hello too. He’s no solano tho who was a regular

Tell more mate?

does he kna gossy hi st Ladbrokes has closed .. used to see him in there all the time the staff used to watch his back cos the daft Shite would have )5k in cash on him and be getting it out in view of everyone. still set the 4-1 mackems win on its way then missed an open goal for them, helped various Tyneside families with cashflow injections so an all round canny kid! He’s actually alright tbf just never grew uo.

Agree to disagree mate but it’s easier for the younguns to go to OT than Dortmund and we’ve always had a drunken away following - Antwerp away in the KK days and Bilbao were something else. We’ve also had the oldest average age of season ticket holders in the PL. I’m not quite sure what point I’m trying to make but to misquote Homer Simpson “Never blame the drink”. For all regular attendees you can’t deny we have a different mix of people (rightly or wrongly) at aways compared to previous years.

* Clark you’ve been reading too much RTG they cannot spell for shit “Lee Clarke, Chris Houghton” etc

I think there’s definitely an element of that. I was at the second leg of Barcelona v Liverpool CL semi at anfiekd when Liverpool came back from 3-0 down in the Nou Camp to win 4-0 and go through. What struck me was how calm the crowd were when 1 goal from Barca would have sent them through on away goals . I put it down to being used to success - if that had been us at SJP the crowd wound have been whistling before the 90 mins were up and collectively shitting our pants.