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Why don't we play like this against teams we can beat?

I predict we'll line up with a false nine, a fake defence, a pretend midfield and an imaginary goalkeeper.

My mistake, 4-0, 5-0 and 6-0 I mean!

Put a quid each on 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0 losses. 25, 66 and 175 to one respectively.

Why the fuck I'm dragging myself up to town to endure this I have no idea.

To an extent you can't blame players for not wanting to be here, but does he think Arsne Wenger is going to look and performances like that and go "The perfect addition for our Champions League campaign! This is the lad I'll get the cheque book out for!"

Oh, oh, ooh it's tragic! You know He was canny fast, now he's slow

Make them buy their own strips from the club shop as well, 5% employee discount.

He's cheapened everything about the club, cutting corners and putting the quickest, dirtiest buck for the least initial outlay above everything else at every opportunity - seeing things like pride, respectability, romance, fan appeal, entertainment as intangible childish folly that's not worth wasting a penny of real currency to maintain. But in doing things like allowing us to turn into a laughing stock, refusing to challenge in cups because they don't give you as much cash as finishing 12th in the league, letting us be sponsored by cunts, trying to sell the name of the ground, he's turned us into a club nobody cares about and nobody dreams about playing for or managing. And that apathy permeates right across the pitch, the training ground, the stands the boardroom and across the airwaves. He's destroyed the brand of the club, he's ruined the name of the club and turned it into a football business for whom football is not the number on priority. And because of this he's left with a desperate manager, uninterested players and disillusioned fans. In spite of what he thought when he bought us, the biggest asset the club had wasn't the stadium, the land, the advertising space or the players he could cash in on, it was the good name of Newcastle United, and he's filed that away to nowt to the point he now can't keep the team in the Premier League even by throwing a fistful of cash at it simply because it no longer has the spirit of a Premier League club.

Oh well, Man City and Chelsea next. We go again.

Where has the best odds?

Shef Wed just almost committed Harry Curry apparently.

At least the poor cunts in the stadium don't have to watch extra time.

Use match thread now please. http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,97249.0.html

NUFC: Krul; Janmaat, Williamson, Lascelles, Mbemba; Anita, Wijnaldum; Thauvin, Sissoko, Obertan; De Jong. Subs: Elliot, Coloccini, Gouffran, Perez, Toney, Mbabu, Barlaser SWFC: Wildsmith, Palmer, Loovens, Lees, Wiggins, Sougou, Semedo, McGugan, Helan, Matias, Joao. Subs: Price, Turner, Nuhiu, Bus, Lopez, Pudil, Bannan Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire) Attendance: 33,986 Final score: 0-1 76' McGugan Booked: Matias Mbabu Sent off: Post-match reaction can be from here http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,97249.msg5712332.html#msg5712332 Television coverage: None. Radio coverage: BBC Radio Newcastle PLEASE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DISCUSS, REQUEST OR PROVIDE LINKS TO ILLEGAL MATCH STREAMS. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE BANNED. See www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php?topic=19161.0 for more information.

Calm down, he might leave when we win something. Before you laugh and say it'll never happen, that includes qualifying for the Champions League.

Normally I'd demand we play our strongest team, but on their last few showings we might be more likely to win with some kids, reserves and misfits.

The derby is going to be like watching this

I know what you're saying like but it's literally stuff that gets better with a win. We're not reinventing football here, this is timeless stuff. True. Just one problem with that unfortunately

I'd hope it would get better with time, but unfortunately the lack of cohesion in the squad looked just as bad, if not worse than our first couple of games.

Was glad to see Perez in there, didn't have too many complaints before the match. I think watching yesterday made me think maybe the formation and team selection isn't as much of a problem as what seems like a chronic lack of morale, teamwork and drive amongst the players. They looked like total strangers who've never played with each other before in their life, no communication, no unspoken understanding of where to move or where to pass the ball - players feeding a ball through on the outside of a defender just as the player they were passing to checked his run and darted in to the middle, things like that. No-one was working for each other, there was no gestures of "unlucky mate" or hands up of "my fault, good idea". Conversely, the players didn't look comfortable enough with each other the criticise a wrong decision or bad pass, aside from some undirected looking at the sky. It's usually the kind of stuff I'd scoff at as being a bit David Brent, but it looks like these lads need to go and play paintball together and do some fucking trust falls or something.

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Scored his last goal for us. Even if we don't sell him in January.