@SkySports_Keith Understand Newcastle were allowed access to Black Cats Bar by Sunderland to ‘cover & protect’ the #SAFC branding & artwork on the walls ahead of the derby. #NUFC fans will be housed in the hospitality bar (£600 a ticket) & #SAFC were worried about their property being damaged. @SkySports_Keith Sunderland expected the Newcastle decoration to be ‘neutral’ and were shocked when pictures emerged yesterday. #NUFC branding has been taken down but the damage has been done. In hindsight, #SAFC should have paid to cover the walls and artwork themselves & big OG been scored.
Yeah that's what I mean, if it was someone within SAFC then surely it was naivety as opposed to self-sabotage. If it was a mag contractor, well, not much we can do about that other than swiftly remove it once it's found out which is exactly what we've done
OTR is in absolute meltdown, I've never seen anything like it. They've only just stopped short of demanding the stadium be burned down. Want the BCB shut permanently, all the staff sacked, KLD to sell up....... Tomorrow will go one of two ways imo, either the crowd will unite as one, and when SAFC fans unite, nothing can stop us, or it will completely divide the fan base and there'll be songs/protest against 'the board', especially if we go behind. Interesting times, as the Chinese say....
Imagine if this much energy was going into objection to sports washing and human rights breaches. What would the headlines be then? It’s like collective self harm
So naïvety and lack of supervision. The covers shouldn't have made it out of the wrapping. Personally I'd have left it all up, let them smash it up and then hammer them for the cost of a very expensive complete refurb.
Whose actions (or lack of action) made a second scenario possible? The blame only lies in one place here - the club.
Some will find any excuse to hate the club. Sure mistakes may have been made but after the last 7 years i personally think that KLD has more credit in the bank than some would give him credit for. Seriously appears that a few of our fans just want a reason to complain. Time they had a ****ing **** to relieve their pent up frustrations i think
Or a single person at the club Or a Mag who had the opportunity for a wind up and did it well Or a Sunderland fan who wanted to add fuel to the fire Or Luke o"Nein
The bottom two don't happen until well down the chain of events. Whoever let them in unsupervised is ultimate to blame.
"The club" isn't a single person though is it? There are layers of management within the business. Sounds like someone in the club was trusting of some contractors when they should have been more hands on
Thats a point. SAFC fans go ballistic when our owners have become too welcoming. Newcastle fans turn a blind eye when their owners....... Thats mental when you think about it.
The work was done by a contractor who works for both us and the scum but is an out and out mag so naively they let them get on with it let’s hope he’s shot himself in the foot and now only works for them
I still don't get the reason behind covering it up. I'd think people who can pay £600 a ticket aren't the ones who would do any damage. Same with the story of no red and white ties or safc pins on staff in case it causes provocation. They know where they are, they know it's our stadium, our staff, there's no reason (to me anyway) to try and hide that. Any damage caused would be more detrimental to Newcastle as a club than us as it would show their supporters up.
I think this idea just cos they’ve payed £600 a go makes them no different from the rest of them worse in some cases
Me too, its our home why should we take things down to accommodate them. It should be part of the away day experience for them drinking in their enemies territory surrounded by memorabilia and quotes on the wall.
