Mags embarrassing themselves yet again

This is a strange one, but i think I know why....

I work in Elswick, and the ones i work with not one has said one thing about it to me.
Not one.
Most are just from the area, but some do go to games, yet not one has mentioned it.

I said I think I know why, and my theory is this...

Since the Saudis got them, all the banter we used to have at work stopped, there's just nothing there anymore. I don't give a ****e about them enough to comment any more, and they just don't bother either.

I don't think they quite grasp just how much of a pariah they have become. They thought they were everyones second favourite club, it hasn't dawned on them yet that most football fans hate them.

 

The very worst mate, be black and white days galore round here might **** off for the weekend

 

Agree with all of that......the problem is the media,who are always looking to ingratiate themselves with the mags....for some,as yet,unexplained reason.

 

Yeah agree.

 

And Bournemouth fans, I enjoyed both games as well

 

Am waiting to see how excited they are walking down Wembley Way after Liverpool have sorted them out....picture those glum faces...priceless.

 

Hope Isak doesn't get injured before the final

 

If I tried to wear a Sunderland shirt on holiday my missus would punch me in the throat.

Wouldn’t want that any other way.

 

I deny even liking football on holiday saves talking to absolute whoppers all week (unless I know they follow us)

 

I'm about to board the Newcastle train from Edinburgh, my Sunderland crest is hidden because I don’t want a two hour conversation from someone who actually knows very little about Sunderland …

… I get enough of that on here

Seriously I don’t even want to talk to someone who knows more about the club than me. I think people wear colours to invite conversations which is fair enough I suppose …

… funny how quickly they come off if their team loses

 

I’m cursed with having a ‘Geordie’ accent they just assume and latch onto me so I’m forced to either quickly correct them or tell them I hate football depends on my mood, they are easy to string along before dropping the red and white bombshell though

 

Oh dear, the fans are starting to revolt!

EXC - Newcastle facing boycott over cup final tickets with amid fury of feeling 'robbed and conned' https://mol.im/a/14394297

Newcastle are dealing with a furious backlash from lucrative corporate supporters who are planning to boycott home cup matches after their allocation for the Carabao Cup final was slashed, Confidential can exclusively reveal.

One box holder says he feels 'robbed and conned' after the 10 seats for which he pays more than £50,000 per season were rewarded with only four tickets for the Wembley final on March 16th.

Two years ago, for the Carabao Cup final defeat by Manchester United, corporate clients were given 10 tickets each and had expected the same this time around. They were not told in advance by the club that it could be different.

They were shocked, then, when an email landed communicating that they were eligible for just four tickets for the final versus Liverpool.

Angry phone calls to account managers followed and one of the reasons given for the cut was that the club has ‘more partners’ to satisfy compared to two years ago. We are aware of several heated exchanges in recent days.

Their fury intensified this week when an email then invited them to pay upwards of £3,000 to use their box for the forthcoming FA Cup fifth round tie versus Brighton in early March.

We understand a group of box holders are now planning to boycott this fixture and, during the next home Premier League game on February 23rd, they will lobby others to join their cup protest.

Confidential has spoken to several of those involved, and one supporter said: ‘I feel like I’ve been robbed and conned. If the club had been transparent at the start of the season then you can manage expectations or make alternative plans.

'As it is, I have taken up my box for every cup game and been to the away games in the belief that I would get the full allocation of 10 tickets if we made a final. They set a precedent for the 2023 final and the assumption was they would do the same.

‘People see the word “corporate” and think it’s all business and clients. I used to sit in the stands as a season-ticket holder and I’m lucky enough now to be able to afford a box. It’s not “corporate”, I see it as 10 season tickets for my friends and family.

'I’d told them we’d be getting our seats for the final. I’ve now got to choose between grandchildren as to who goes to Wembley. I feel let down by the club.’

Another box holder told us: ‘I understand it’s not easy allocating tickets for a game where everyone wants to go. The club were up front about the Cup Scheme for season-ticket holders at the start of the season and, because of that, they knew what was needed to guarantee their ticket for a final.

'So why, when myself and other supporters have paid thousands to be at every cup game, do we not qualify for all the seats we’ve bought?

‘I want to support the club. I want to invest and help them with PSR. It feels like money going towards a good cause and something I feel passionately about. And this is how the club reward us? I was horrified when the email arrived.

‘Now, staff at the club have gone to ground and aren’t returning calls. It feels like they are isolating us. Given the importance of corporate supporters if we move to a new stadium, this feels like a very short-sighted decision.

‘The club say all box holders - and supporters who pay for tables in the suites - will get four tickets each, no matter how many cup games they attend. So why should we bother paying thousands more for cup games this season when this is how we are treated?

‘The club staff are reading from a script when they say, “we’ve got more partners now”. But I’m a partner! Every supporter is.

'It has left myself and others wondering whether to renew for next season, this is how strongly we feel. It hardly bodes well for the future.’

The potential move to a new stadium is a pertinent point, given the club wants to maximise matchday revenue through corporate sales.

Confidential has spoken to Newcastle and they are aware of the situation and are sympathetic to any supporter who will miss out on a Wembley ticket.

The club say they are trying to maximise ticket allocation across the fanbase, but are working with around 800 fewer tickets compared to 2023.

 

It's the price they have to pay for being so successful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

72,000 Season Cards, what did they expect

 

So this “%no matter what, we follow our club” turns into “as long as I get the tickets I believe I deserve, I follow my club”

 

Get Chi to raise it in parliament. It's awful for them.

 

As much as it's funny, because of the club, it shows how football is going.

Clubs have a monopoly because they know we can't drop them and switch to another supplier like we do with our energy providers.

They can't get more paying customers, into their grounds, so have to expand/build and find ways to take more cash from each supporter.

That would all make sense, and supporters would tolerate it all, but the clubs waste what they've fought so hard to make.

They end up breaking financial rules, rack up massive debt and pay average players vast amounts.

The PL becomes less attractive the more they 'improve it'.

 

They call it progress

 

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