Opinions continue to pour into The Mag as Newcastle United fans debate the various issues affecting our club.
A number of different topics/topics covered.
Always plenty to talk about at NUFC.
Newcastle United fans with the latest collection of opinions below.
Contributions are sometimes too short to make into a full article, so we’ve collected some recent opinion submissions (if you’d like to submit something, long or short, about Newcastle United, please email contribute@themag.co.uk):
Dear Mag,
Fallen heroes.
After enjoying the Forest match and the result on Sunday, I was a little saddened not to see a minute of applause/silence for Willie McFaul before kick-off.
A man who does us a great loyal service as a player and manager.
McFaul and also the mighty Wyn deserved this moment for a great achievement: winning the only European trophy in the club’s history.
We as supporters also deserved this opportunity to show our appreciation for their efforts and time at our club.
From one supporter who saw that you proudly represented our club: thank you for your efforts. Never forget.
John Brennan
Dear Mag.
I am one of the Newcastle United members who rely on match-by-match tickets.
I must say that I now approach the outcome of each vote as I do the national lottery.
I still make the effort to check, BUT I have no expectation or hope for success.
I honestly can’t remember the last time I was successful (at the NUFC votes, not at winning the lottery…).
I think the last vote was very early last season when I managed to get tickets. I went to competitions in between, but only because friends helped me.
I find it shameful that the club refuses to be honest and transparent.
The owners of Newcastle United refuse to tell fans how many members there are, how many (how few!) tickets are available per ballot, where all the tickets go (I think schoolchildren in Dundee were just the tip of the iceberg)?
When organizations such as NUST have conducted surveys and the results show how few NUFC members are on average successful in elections, the club has claimed that the figures are highly misleading and do not reflect the truth. Yet they won’t reveal the truth… about anything related to ballots or membership numbers.
My experience with people I speak to who are also members is the same as mine, I don’t know anyone who gets tickets even for 10% of the votes.
L.D
Dear Mag,
A surprising and somewhat insulting question (asked about rumors that Man U could approach him if/when Ruben Amorim is sacked) at Eddie Howe’s pre-match press conference at Forest highlighted how certain journalists, along with many fans, find it difficult to contemplate any change in what they see as the natural standard of football clubs in England.
Why would Eddie Howe consider leaving all the good work he and his team have done to develop the club to where they are today – Carabao cup holders and competing in the Champions League – to join Manchester United, a club that currently has no management vacancy and has made major cost cuts behind the scenes in the not too distant past.
Eddie Howe is far too level-headed to be tempted by what was historically a big name because he thinks they have greener grass to offer.
Regardless of the crazy element that all clubs have, who enjoy criticizing everything the club does, the real supporters understand the great work being done and are behind Eddie 100%.
As supporters of the current regime, we need to have more glasses half full and fewer glasses half empty.
Rob the exiled Geordie
Dear Mag,
One of my biggest frustrations watching the Mags is the poor quality and waste of our throw-ins.
Do they ever practice it?
We now have a permanent coach and I believe these (throw-ins) should be regarded as potentially important as a free kick.
My problem is that when we take a throw-in, say halfway down the line, the thrower’s options are limited to our players around him standing static, while an opponent floats.
Watch the next game and count how many of these throw-ins are intercepted and what advantage is lost.
They can certainly work out some sort of coded system among themselves, allowing the ball to be thrown into an open space for the knowing players to run into, providing a quick, deceptive and potentially attacking option.
The Gallowgator
Dear Mag,
(ED: This was clearly received before the 4-0 in Brussels)
I first took my 3 year old son as a taster, just like you (was Sampdoria).
He lasted 75 minutes and was extremely proud.
He came out of the east stands – ran down, fell over and the tears fell. I was thinking, many more tears there, spirit pet…
Scuffed knee, but you know what, at age 3 it was there, he got it.
I wrote in (to The Mag) that I took my child to the final against Man U, how proud I was to take him to the final.
Then he went to Wembley against Liverpool alone with his mates, I met him afterwards, wow, we celebrated, left his mum by the way…
You know what, I’m going to Belgium with my baby, for me he’s still my little 3 year old who fell over on the cobblestones outside the East Stand.
Sharon Wilson
Dear Mag,
I have to say that on Sunday I thought it was a shame that the club did not have a fitting tribute to Willie McFaul.
The players wore black armbands, but why not a minute’s silence?
Absolutely shocking.
When you think about how we sometimes have a minute’s silence for people who have nothing to do with Newcastle United, including royalties and the like.
People like Willie McFaul are our royalty, black and white royalty.
Willie McFaul served our club faithfully for many years, won the Fairs Cup, then was manager after Jack Charlton let us down and did a very decent job.
But not even a minute of silence in tribute. unbelievable.
W Davison
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