Smirking_Saint

True, i suppose you are right. If you have an admin fee that is because of card transactions then of course this should count at the ticket office as it does over the phone. I don't know, i am not supporting the move at all BTW, just trying to make sense of why it is there. There must be a reason similar to that of box offices charging over the phone for card transactions however if I went to say the BIC for instance i could buy tickets without the card fee. Either way, you are right. If he really wants to discourage the walkup he should abolish the 'ticket tax' for advance bookings. Or (as i imagine would be more of a likely case) hide it away again inside the overall price of tickets.

Facepalm. I fear you were sucked in doddsi boy. Sarcasm aside i do agree with you, i've never found him to be a particularly great player, a few decent crosses here and there don't make a player. I do however have sympathies for him, it must be devastating.

Home kits ?

Why do people think that a factor which will allow people to advance themselves to enable them to earn more and more be free ?? I bet 90% of the students will never ever end up paying off all of the debt anyways.

No his response was the walk up fee, which i can sort of see his point with. I understand that there is a fee for all credit/debit transactions which is probably in use at every other club but hidden inside the overall ticket price. I think if NC really wants to stop the on the day walk ups he needs to make advance bookings more attractive. Either way, if this is just a transparancy thing then his intentions may have been right but it was always going to rile people. IMO he should rid himself of the advance booking fee and also reintroduce half season tickets.

Lol at moaning at police tactics when it is ok to break into buildings, attack innocents and throw bricks, snooker balls and other missles is obviously completely ok. 'Every action has an equal and opposite reaction' - Although i don't expect many of those so called students to know who or what that saying is about, mindless tools.

Strange this is what me and a few others were saying when the installment plan was kicking off, especially about reasons and the levels of installment plan uptake. Obviously SRS had done plenty of research and realised that this was incorrect so Cortese must be wrong. As for everything about the dinners i have been so so impressed by what Cortese has been saying and doing and i just hope everything he says is true. It also goes a long way to make up for his lack of PR which was one of his biggest failings.

Bet the last Labour crew are laughing, they cause all these issues and when the coalition attempts the clean them up they get slammed for it. FWIW i don't get what the big issue is, its not like they have to pay the money up front nor in many circumstances pay off the balance. I hate the fact that so many of us believe the world owes us a living.

Bless them, They really are proving what a great bunch of people they are. Also have you heard half of the interviews from the students ?? 'Its imparrin' are humin rites innit' Hardly sound like future graduates to me.

Ive put a tenner on Newcastle being relegated. Crazy appointment IMO.

Horrible little paper

Lol Well ok the difference was the company i work for paid the Uni directly to make a course to suit my job and so i got an electrical engineering degree paid for whilst also drawing a salary. And that is the way which i think it should be done, why should further education be free just because it is now ? Why should it be so readily available ? I would assume around 80% of those that go to uni do some sort of micky mouse degree and probably 50% of the 20% that actually do something worthwhile will never gain a job that has anything to do with their qualification. My god, some people think this world owes them a living, no wonder the country is in so much sh*t

He is probably stronger, better technically and definately has a better brain than a young Walcott. He has pace but does not possess that blistering pace Walcott has. All in all, Walcott was probably a better bet than Chambo at the same age however i would argue that Chambo has easily the potential to reach the same levels as Walcott and i don't reckon he is far off his overall ability at the same age.

TBF Burley got an international job and he wasn't good enough for either of us.

How DARE you

No one will really, especially not when they get to the ages of around 21 etc which is probably when 'development' slows down and players need to look for positive regular football IMO. However NC has his ideas (whether his or someone elses) in the right places, a strong and well built youth policy backed up with a full up to date and scientific staff/facilities goes a very very long way to selling yourself to youth players and their parents. IMO i think we will be in a good place to bring youth through in a few years as long as we are at least a top NPC side. Even if we keep a fairly youthfull and talented side that stays together until 21 or so we will be in a good place. Add to this fees gleemed from the players and it helps to make you self sufficient, in the future perhaps if we are looking steady in the prem we may be able to keep ahold of players but any outstanding products are of course going to leave. IMO as well, the south coast which is probably a much more attractive part of England except for the bussle of London must also pay a large part in attracting players.

One of my favourite albums this year has been Tinnie Tempah's TBF. But i don't really buy many albums these days, just compile playlists. Strangely i have seen my musical taste really widen and move over the past few years, i mean 5 years ago i was a massive classic rock, metal and grunge fan. Nowadays is rarely listen to it at all and have moved to R&B, rap, dubstep and trance. Don't know why really.

No, thats just my opinion, i am not forcing it on anybody, just never been my cup of tea. I don't really know much about the bloke as i have no interest in the beatles or mr lennon, but the little i have seen of him he seemed to be a very arrogant so and so. But there you go, my 5 eggs are in

I do think he is what we need at the helm aswell. Ok, he will and has trodden on a few people and upset some more but that is what business is like and football is as cutthroat as many of them. The man speaks positively, seems to thrive on success and aims very strongly towards achieving it. I have bought into his positivity and think that with him (sometimes bulldozing) making his way towards his goal i think we will make it. Better than anything we have had in the past 10 years or so.

TBF i think students have had it bloody easy over the past few years and need to start towing the line next to everyone else out there. Yes they are the 'future' for the country however they will get paid for the effort they put in so why should each and everyone of us pay them for the privilage of advancing themselves ? At the end of the day if all funding for students was removed then industry leaders will then gleam the pit of talent for the most potential and pay for them to be put through degrees anyways and thus filling the quota for the next engineers, doctors etc. Anyone that believes industry will just look around with their hands in their pockets wondering whats going on does not understand how business works. As a country we have been bleeding money for years and in times like these we need to cut out pointless and wasteful spending which includes coming down hard on those precious students and also the benefit community. (obviously i fully support those most in need). And before anyone says anything, i am a graduate.

I have never liked john lennon, the beatles or the mini-beatles (Oasis) In fact i would go as far as saying Lennon was a bit of a bell-end

I apologise if i was in any part involved in the hijacking. I am glad your grandfather has now been granted his wishes.

TBF, there has been hardly anyone moaning on this thread and the general consensus is that this is a positive move from Cortese. I too think his PR had left a lot to be desired, as did his relationship with the media (probably the same thing really) but i am hopeful he has learnt from the damning he was getting from the press etc. Also kudos that he is continuing with meeting the fans in those dinner meetings, i hope we see a thread about what was talked about.

I don't think anyone can really tell if they are lying without being an incredible behavioural expert or knowing a lot more about the person. I also personally don't think lie detector machines work.

This is true Oasis copying bar stewards