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[Sylar]

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Club tickets are £100 and on sale now. You will be able to get upper tier tickets for £40/50 when they go on sale. Last year they had a family section with cracking seats for £37 per adult and for some reason you didn't need any kids with you . Think there were some complaints about it so not sure if they will do it this year. Keep an eye out on places like ebay as last year you could get tickets for less than the face value as it didn't sell out. Again though, not sure about this year as the glory hunters will be out in force .

I'm pretty confident that it will sell out this year, for the reason you point out - sadly, around the same time the NFL coverage on Sky exploded, we were on a run of Superbowl successes, resulting in a myriad of folks who previously didn't know a thing about us becoming "fans". A good test to a "proper Pats fan" vs a "Post 2002 Superbowl Fan" is by asking who the Pats QB was prior to Brady - it's a good starting point to sorting them out! These fans have no concept as to what it was like following New England in the 90's, when we were the NFL punching bag - I remember those nauseating days all too well!

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Will the regulars be revealing their superbowl predictions? I fancy Giants by 7-12 points with Eli Manning as MVP. Odds of 10/1 as a double.

I also fancy the Giants, but I reckon it'll be very close and will probably be decided by who makes the fewest mistakes

As good as our offense is, and I do think we'll score a few TD's, assuming Brady finds the form which eluded him vs Baltimore, our defense isn't going to suddenly be a group of superstars. As much as it stepped up against Baltimore, there were still holes.

The good thing is that we've seen New York both through the regular season and in the pre-season, so there's not much we don't know about their style of play. If we can get to Eli and shut him down, New York don't have much else in reserve, whereas getting to Brady will just remove one of our many offensive weapons.

I'm still not optimistic right now though, so I'll go with the Giants by 7-10.

Quite proud that, despite our poor defense, I managed to pick the AFC representatives well before the season started

[Gatecrasher]

30-27 pats Tom Brady with the final drive of the game , I still cant rule out the Giants though.

[Gatecrasher]

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Club tickets are £100 and on sale now. You will be able to get upper tier tickets for £40/50 when they go on sale. Last year they had a family section with cracking seats for £37 per adult and for some reason you didn't need any kids with you . Think there were some complaints about it so not sure if they will do it this year. Keep an eye out on places like ebay as last year you could get tickets for less than the face value as it didn't sell out. Again though, not sure about this year as the glory hunters will be out in force .

Thanks i will keep an eye out

[Haymaker]

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A good test to a "proper Pats fan" vs a "Post 2002 Superbowl Fan" is by asking who the Pats QB was prior to Brady - it's a good starting point to sorting them out!

Drew Bledsoe

[Gatecrasher]

NIKE take over as the kit supplier next season in the NFL, What you guys think of the College Style gloves, i love them
I posted most of the teams i think mpst people support on here, sorry if i missed any. see the link below if i have

http://www.solecollector.com/niketraining/?p=6831

[HibsMax]

Pats win.

[DH1875]

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NIKE take over as the kit supplier next season in the NFL, What you guys think of the College Style gloves, i love them
I posted most of the teams i think mpst people support on here, sorry if i missed any. see the link below if i have

http://www.solecollector.com/niketraining/?p=6831

Really like the Nike NCAA jersey's so hopefully the new NFL ones will be the same. Can't see them changing the designs to much though as they haven't really in the past.

For what it's worth I reckon the Patsies will run out winners on Sunday night in what should be a pretty good game. I'm going 31-20 IF Gronkowski makes it.

[DH1875]

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Drew Bledsoe

GOOGLE really is man's best friend . Seriously though, you forget just how long Brady has been there and even though he's a tosser, hats of to the guy. It's some career he's had and it ain't even finished.

[Calvin]

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NIKE take over as the kit supplier next season in the NFL, What you guys think of the College Style gloves, i love them
I posted most of the teams i think mpst people support on here, sorry if i missed any. see the link below if i have

http://www.solecollector.com/niketraining/?p=6831

Very smart.

As for the Super Bowl, I change my prediction every day. This morning I feel that the Patriots will come from behind in the last quarter.

[HibsMax]

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GOOGLE really is man's best friend . Seriously though, you forget just how long Brady has been there and even though he's a tosser, hats of to the guy. It's some career he's had and it ain't even finished.

What has Brady done that makes him a tosser? Or is it a clever play on words i.e., he is the QB therefore tosses the ball a lot?

I'm not looking at things through Pats-tinted glasses, I really can't think of anything that he has done that merits him being slagged off.

[Haymaker]

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GOOGLE really is man's best friend . Seriously though, you forget just how long Brady has been there and even though he's a tosser, hats of to the guy. It's some career he's had and it ain't even finished.

Google?! You insult me sir. I am a Wikipedia man!

[DH1875]

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£100

im was hoping for about £50

Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10am. They've bumped the family prices up though.

http://www.nfluk.com/tickets-events/nfl-wembley


Interesting to see what's happening with the Rams and if they will be coming over after all. Also if they can't come I guess that knocks the Patriots out so you could be buying tickets for a game and not know who's playing.

[Gatecrasher]

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Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10am. They've bumped the family prices up though.

http://www.nfluk.com/tickets-events/nfl-wembley


Interesting to see what's happening with the Rams and if they will be coming over after all. Also if they can't come I guess that knocks the Patriots out so you could be buying tickets for a game and not know who's playing.

Thanks DH

No long to The Superbowl now folks

[hibsbollah]

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Thanks DH

No long to The Superbowl now folks

You know, as much as i love the sport, the superbowl as an event leaves me cold. All that overblown razzamatazz is actually the antithesis of what the game is really all about. For some reason i much prefer a Conference Championship game; a home and away team, usually in the snow, with noisy partisan fans and a winner takes all element.

I'll still be watching on Sunday of course :

[DH1875]

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Thanks DH

No long to The Superbowl now folks

No worries. Think they've suspended ticket sales though until they get the mess with the Rams sorted out though .

[Sylar]

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No worries. Think they've suspended ticket sales though until they get the mess with the Rams sorted out though .

Surely to God they knew the future of the Rams was a bit iffy when they committed to coming over, so I can't believe they agreed if there was any doubt.

I would hope it'll be New England vs another team, as there's no reason (as the away team) that we would say no, just because it's now not St Louis.

I'm going to go anyway this year - it's going to be our wee honeymoon after the wedding, as we have other things planned down in London that week anyway, so I'll go regardless of who it is in the end.

[Sylar]

I see you can still buy hospitality or club seats right now. I was tempted by the hospitality as a form of wedding gift, but nearly £900 for the 2 tickets. Ouch!

[Haymaker]

What's up with the rams?

[Sylar]

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What's up with the rams?

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/...-london-halted

[DH1875]

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Surely to God they knew the future of the Rams was a bit iffy when they committed to coming over, so I can't believe they agreed if there was any doubt.

I would hope it'll be New England vs another team, as there's no reason (as the away team) that we would say no, just because it's now not St Louis.

I'm going to go anyway this year - it's going to be our wee honeymoon after the wedding, as we have other things planned down in London that week anyway, so I'll go regardless of who it is in the end.

According to the commissioner the date of the game wont change so there's NO chance of it being the Patriots if the Rams can't come. Even if you could swap fixtures your still looking to find another team willing to give up a home game against you guy's. To be fair I reckon the game will go ahead as they will come to a deal with the stadium owners but I doubt they will be able to do the 3 year plan. In the off chance I'm hearing they are looking at the Vikings to step in so maybe have a look at who their playing next year.

[Haymaker]

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http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/...-london-halted

... Surely their management knew the clauses to their own stadium?

How strange.

[Sylar]

Bill Belichick shouldn't need to say very much tonight in advance of the game:

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/stor...team-sb-champs

[Calvin]

This is a good weekend for ESPN to be free. Four hours of Super Bowl countdown on ESPN America, much preferable to any of the British football matches on today.

[Gatecrasher]

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This is a good weekend for ESPN to be free. Four hours of Super Bowl countdown on ESPN America, much preferable to any of the British football matches on today.

It's on again at 8 pm

Superbowl Sunday ftw

[Haymaker]

Nervous is not the word.

[Gatecrasher]

The closer it gets to kick off the more I feel the pats will win

[Sylar]

Haha, I wish I shared your optimism Gatey - positively starting to get nervous and expectations are fading the closer we get.

I wish it was 6:30GMT, rather than ET this game kicked off.

[DH1875]

Heading out soon to watch the game. Hope you all enjoy your night, C'MON THE GIANTS .

[Sylar]

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Heading out soon to watch the game. Hope you all enjoy your night, C'MON THE GIANTS .

Hope you have a good night too, minus the result of course.

Whatever the outcome tonight, we've had a superb season - overcoming adversity on a weekly basis, dealing with one of the worst defenses I can remember, highlighting just how powerful our offense have been.

Once again, this thread has been great banter and whether the Giants or Patriots win tonight, I look forward to renewing all of this next season!

[HibsMax]

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Haha, I wish I shared your optimism Gatey - positively starting to get nervous and expectations are fading the closer we get.

I wish it was 6:30GMT, rather than ET this game kicked off.

Oh ye of little faith. ;)

I recall this fixture in 2008 and I was flying with confidence. This year, most people didn't even expect the Pats to reach the playoffs. Then when it became apparent that we would reach the playoffs, people said, "One and done.". I am quietly confident but I will get noisier as the minutes (and beers) pass! Our win against the Ravens gave me a huge boost because it showed that we CAN win games when the offense isn't firing on all cylinders. The Giants will be lucky if the Pats are that flat again.