Disco Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Be interesting to see the reaction of people around these newly occupied seats towards their new owners. If they’re wearing Lonsdale slipons they’ll be well received. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 At least the existing fans will have a place to put their picnic baskets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 According to the Chronic most of these have gone now, utterly pathetic if true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 “White Conservative Mike Ashley makes thousands of dreams come true for disabled North Easterners.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Pathetic how far our fanbase has fallen. We’re 11th, the 14 seasons in the league before Ashley we finished lower than that only 4 times, yet people are lapping this up. There’s no fight anymore, Ashley’s dragged the club down to this but people continue to go and yet seem confused and offended when people call them out on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Pathetic how far our fanbase has fallen. We’re 11th, the 14 seasons in the league before Ashley we finished lower than that only 4 times, yet people are lapping this up. There’s no fight anymore, Ashley’s dragged the club down to this but people continue to go and yet seem confused and offended when people call them out on it. Potentially and financially top 10 should be the bare minimum, not the dizzying heights of achievement. The dampening of expectations and lowering of self worth are the hallmarks of this regime's ownership. We have to accept this is how it is now, we can no longer rub shoulders with the elite of the premier league, but why? This isn't some turning of the tide, an unfortunate predicament due to a lack of resources, the game passing us by because others are being bank rolled by benevolent billionaires, sure it is to an extent. This is a decade of self harm, the only resources offered to the club a self made glass ceiling, this is years of asset stripping and revenue siphoning coming to a head. 11th is not an achievement, it's an overacheivement for a club that sets the bar inches from the ground and a fan base that's so used to being starved it rejoyces at the shit sandwich it gets to feast upon tonight. Short memories that neglect to remember the past, revising even the last managers ability to placate a desire to "enjoy" the match day experience with their friends, away from the horrors of family life. They say we're a sleeping giant, but until the supporters themselves wake up we'll remain in this slumber, sleepwalking back and forward to the championship and hitting snooze on cup competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Mark Douglas “It’s not just the 10,000 fans this season, they have lost a lot of fans in previous seasons” Yeah Mark there were loads of spare seats under Rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 He’s shitting himself. So annoying. Very much so. The fans have effectively landed a punch and 10,000 of them are letting Ashley recover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Absolutely delicious how Ashley has basically rendered the value of a seat at the game to zero in one fell swoop. He’s telling his own personal little cash machines that he’s just as happy to give seats away as to take their 600 notes a year for exactly the same thing. Pay nothing? No bother, in you come. Want to pay me £600 to do the same, no bother, happy days. Subservient fucking mugs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Stop being horrible and respect their rights to help piss away the club for good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Pathetic how far our fanbase has fallen. We’re 11th, the 14 seasons in the league before Ashley we finished lower than that only 4 times, yet people are lapping this up. There’s no fight anymore, Ashley’s dragged the club down to this but people continue to go and yet seem confused and offended when people call them out on it. Yep. It’s fucking nuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Mark Douglas “It’s not just the 10,000 fans this season, they have lost a lot of fans in previous seasons” Yeah Mark there were loads of spare seats under Rafa Tbf we have lost loads of fans over the past few seasons but there have always been people there to take their place. Those people have been exhausted now. For anyone who walks away, there's nobody left to take their seat......... Unless it's for free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Mark Douglas “It’s not just the 10,000 fans this season, they have lost a lot of fans in previous seasons” Yeah Mark there were loads of spare seats under Rafa Mark is correct here. A lot of our long term hardcore fan base has been replaced over the last decade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Mark Douglas “It’s not just the 10,000 fans this season, they have lost a lot of fans in previous seasons” Yeah Mark there were loads of spare seats under Rafa Mark is correct here. A lot of our long term hardcore fan base has been replaced over the last decade. Think that's evident by the atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Mark Douglas “It’s not just the 10,000 fans this season, they have lost a lot of fans in previous seasons” Yeah Mark there were loads of spare seats under Rafa A quick Google shows we sold all of our season ticket allocation two year ago, and also sold more in the Championship under Rafa than we did under Bruce this season. Which is weird considering how much more entertaining the football under Bruce is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t00nraider Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The prices were cheaper under Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The prices were cheaper under Rafa. Clearly the one and only reason people aren't queuing up to watch Brewcie ball, obviously, undoubtedly. I mean, what else could it possibly be??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Some cracking comments so far on Chris Waugh's live Q & A on the Athletic about this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 The prices were cheaper under Rafa. Clearly the one and only reason people aren't queuing up to watch Brewcie ball, obviously, undoubtedly. I mean, what else could it possibly be??? Yep it’s the price difference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 My brother had to cancel his direct debt renewal at the start of the year haing been made redundant a few weeks before last Christmas so he's only been able to go once this year on my ticket when I couldn't make it. He's now got a ticket until the end of the season with this offer and will probably renew next year now he has a new job. Amongst all the people complaining about this offer there are some genuine fans who it's been good for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Hurray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I like Oldcastle the best, this Newcastle is fucking shite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Mark Douglas “It’s not just the 10,000 fans this season, they have lost a lot of fans in previous seasons” Yeah Mark there were loads of spare seats under Rafa . Tbf we have lost loads of fans over the past few seasons but there have always been people there to take their place. Those people have been exhausted nowFor anyone who walks away, there's nobody left to take their seat......... Unless it's for free. How people dont't get this is beyond me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Stop being horrible and respect their rights to help piss away the club for good. This. Actively funding the destruction of the club. It's not going to change either. I'm pretty much out I think. Fuck even wasting my time, let alone money, on this slow death by a thousand knife wounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Hurray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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