I find it amazing that in the modern game fans are still criticising away numbers.
The price of football is a joke and as a Newcastle fan I was disgusted in myself for pressing the confirm button for a £50 ticket to go to your place on Saturday. Newcastle are good on ticket prices except for the bigger games, which is why for the likes of you lot coming up here - who pay ridiculous prices for away games - I'd never even think about criticising how many fans you bring.
I often enjoy reading forum posts of other clubs before games even though the majority don't know an awful lot about football and base most of their arguments around fifa. I also find comments from other fans taking the mick amusing also. However one subject that should never be raised is how 'good' fans in comparison to each other.
We may be bringing a smaller allocation than others take to your place, however I think it is important to mention that we do sell out our allocations, and unfortunately if NUFC don't ask for more tickets then we can't really take a larger number can we?
Besides that though, 1500 or 100 fans, comparing the support of teams should be a real no-go area in the modern game. It truly is the uneducated 'fans' that talk about this.
Yes we may come to your place and sing 'your support is F******* S***' for banter, like you lot do when you come up here, but that's clearly banter rather than a serious statement. Please let's stop this 'our fans are better than your fans', as it's down to bank balances now, not like it was back in the day. But anyway, besides that, I think for the price of tickets these days, a sold-out game is astounding, so well done to you's also.
Despite the £50 quid hole in my pocket, I'm still looking forward to visiting your place, likewise as i am for travelling to benfica next week, as away games give you a feeling that home games just don't have. For the privilege of that cost we'll probably get a thrashing like, but then again, it's not as if Newcastle fans aren't used to it....
The price of football is a joke and as a Newcastle fan I was disgusted in myself for pressing the confirm button for a £50 ticket to go to your place on Saturday. Newcastle are good on ticket prices except for the bigger games, which is why for the likes of you lot coming up here - who pay ridiculous prices for away games - I'd never even think about criticising how many fans you bring.
I often enjoy reading forum posts of other clubs before games even though the majority don't know an awful lot about football and base most of their arguments around fifa. I also find comments from other fans taking the mick amusing also. However one subject that should never be raised is how 'good' fans in comparison to each other.
We may be bringing a smaller allocation than others take to your place, however I think it is important to mention that we do sell out our allocations, and unfortunately if NUFC don't ask for more tickets then we can't really take a larger number can we?
Besides that though, 1500 or 100 fans, comparing the support of teams should be a real no-go area in the modern game. It truly is the uneducated 'fans' that talk about this.
Yes we may come to your place and sing 'your support is F******* S***' for banter, like you lot do when you come up here, but that's clearly banter rather than a serious statement. Please let's stop this 'our fans are better than your fans', as it's down to bank balances now, not like it was back in the day. But anyway, besides that, I think for the price of tickets these days, a sold-out game is astounding, so well done to you's also.
Despite the £50 quid hole in my pocket, I'm still looking forward to visiting your place, likewise as i am for travelling to benfica next week, as away games give you a feeling that home games just don't have. For the privilege of that cost we'll probably get a thrashing like, but then again, it's not as if Newcastle fans aren't used to it....