Big Geordie

It was just an excuse from Pardew, Dave. Should know that by now - an attempt to deflect blame away from him and the players.

Nolan was binned because he spoke his mind. Not the most mobile of men, but a great captain and scoring goals from midfield.

Another poor performance on Saturday and I can see the crowd turning on him quickly, as will the media. They will be on it like a flash as a crisis at Newcastle makes for good copy. This one has been festering for a while, regardless if Kinnear and Ashley.

Pardew clearly been sniffing glue, judging by his post match interview. He's been hung out to dry. Question is how worse will things have to get before he decides to walk? No way will Ashley sack him, it's all about forcing him to leave of his own accord.

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Taken from FB; Some Arsenal fans in meltdown already., judging by other forums.

Willian - aye, right. I know it's the Mirror, but this has Alan Oliver written all over it.

Might have mileage, if .com are running with it.

Have a read fellas. Hard to disagree with anything that is said here; http://onbarrackroad.com/2013/08/16/the-big-lie/ Who had heard of him? Did we even care? He had that word in his name… “Billionaire” The phrase “better the devil you know” has been thrown about a lot recently, particularly in regards to Pardew’s end of season popularity off-set by Kinnear’s unwanted presence. But in the case of our owners it does not apply, the phrase itself only appears when one isn’t happy with the current situation, it suggests settling rather than trying to better oneself. Of course settling with Shepherd wasn’t exactly where we were heading as he’d managed to jeopardise our future through the Summer of Souness before allowing Sam Allardyce to buy a series of has-beens for the princely sum of far too much. Not forgetting the secret Gibraltar offices and ludicrous salaries in the name of nepotism. Without them however, we might not have had the beauty of the Keegan teams, the confidence of Robsons’. They helped shape the club through the Premier League era, it just leaves a sour taste when the surprise debt Mike Ashley acquired, is almost the same amount of money the Hall’s and Shepherd’s walked away with. Coincidence? But six years on after the most lucrative television deal in the history of the game, after nearly getting relegated, we find ourselves on the eve of a season having spent money on no one – A youngster and a loanee are the only additions, both of which may never play a senior game. The Journal newspaper ran this in March, “The Journal understands that Newcastle are hoping to dodge the long-running “sagas” that have blighted them over the last two close seasons, and are preparing bids for young players and the three “purples” that they want to add to their squad this summer.” and “Boosted by the club’s excellent financial results he is set to put a significant chunk of the TV windfall behind efforts to return United to the top eight next year.” You’ll find the Journal often begins stories with “The Journal understands…” but it is abundantly clear that the only thing they understand is how to maintain contact with the man who peddles Mike Ashley’s rhetoric that we are club that can not compete. It’s a pointless rag, a waste of chip wrapper. The constant and constant suggestion that we can not compete with the top six on a financial footing was bad enough, but for our manager to suggest we can’t compete with Southampton and Swansea is a step too far. The issue is that we can’t compete because we aren’t allowed, shackled by an owner who wants minimum spend and maximum publicity. It’s not about success. For the last three seasons we’ve been humiliated in the FA Cup by Stevenage and Brighton, twice. A humiliation that soon became disbelief as our manager blamed unprepared youth products and fictitious European slumps. The man lies, he is a liar, why does he talk about honesty so much? He recently claimed that he has never blamed the players or the fans, though his post-match interviews after Brighton and Reading respectively would argue otherwise, maybe he’s just forgetful. The integrity of the man as a manager is close to non-existent, but what do you expect from someone who finds himself in a position he doesn’t deserve, peddling lies from the top keeps him employed. I believe his job description is to keep the club in the Premier League…nothing else. We already know how they feel about Europe. It’s a burden that reaps no financial gain in the Europa League format, so why risk relegation again with such a nuisance as travelling to the likes of Lisbon, Brugge, and Bordeaux. His main concern is selling the big lie, and to not get found out that he has no control over anything. He’s the Joesph Goebbels to Ashley’s Hitler if you will. The big lie involves the idea that the masses are more likely to believe a big lie than a small one, whilst never admitting that you’re wrong, pass blame onto others, and repeat. “We can not compete” “We can not compete” You ********. He has stripped us back to bystanders, he wants us numb to his actions and it’s happening. When normally anger would be my go-to feeling at the current incompetence, I now feel flat, helpless, devoid of hope and optimism. The romanticised vision of supporting clubs is that sense of belonging, to your city, to your team. It’s not ours though, it never was, but at least we weren’t constantly told we were less than what we were. Publicity through minimal spend is Ashley’s plan. The sponsorship of Wonga is made all the more confusing after Virgin Money claimed they were not allowed to bid for the deal. Wonga as we know, has certainly caused headlines for Mike Ashley, owner of Sports Direct and Newcastle United. Wonga were the company that would cause a much bigger PR presence than Virgin Money, even if that publicity was negative it’s better than none. The club already had a number of ways to entice such a company in, and gain “approval” from fans. His renaming of the stadium to The Sports Direct Arena had the liars under his wing telling us that it was an advertising opportunity. Which it turned out to be, for Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct, until a much-maligned loan shark was allowed to pay to have it called what it always has been. The man got a company to pay money to have a stadium renamed to its name, a fallout from this is that arseholes will now call it “formerly the Sports Direct Arena”. Not to mention some gates that former owner and fan Sir John Hall so kindly SOLD back to the club thanks to Wonga…Who’s idea was this? Who are we supposed to be impressed by here? You do realise we nearly got relegated last year. As one of the top 20 clubs in Europe for income, and an attendance that features in the top 10, We can’t compete? Sod off. Newcastle United are an advertising tool for the owner of Sports Direct. He can’t make money directly from football, but indirectly his brand is mentioned almost every time our club makes headlines. A regular occurrence. His string of ****-ups and complete mis-management seems to have had no effect on the people who still cite, ‘but he saved us’. He saved us? Mike Ashley, owner of Donnay saved Newcastle United. What a hero!!! In his six years we have finished in the top half of the table once. He’s failed. Unless his goal was to increase the brand of Sports Direct, that have just posted record profits. Repeat after me, “we can not compete, we can not compete, we can not compete”

Aye - lets aim to qualify for Europe again and if somehow we magically do - Pardew will complain about too many games, injuries and not a big enough squad. Rinse and repeat. Also expect some rubbish in the following weeks and months about targeting the League/FA Cups - before we inevitably bow out in the 3rd or 4th round, with the perma-usual away draw.

It does indeed. Won't take long for the wheels to come off, at all - if we don't get off to a good start. If we get a horsing at Man City on Monday night, including a meek surrender - the knives will come out quickly.

So, if this window passes and we have only signed Remy - does that mean Kinnear has failed in his job? I'd fucking say so!

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This one will go right to the wire on deadline day, but after more fannying about - it won't happen. Kinnear will then be able to trot out the well worn 'We tried' excuse. Remy will be on the only incoming transfer this summer - our business was done back in January.

Is the game gonna be on Radio Newcastle, or just the official site?

One word - corruption.

He's been a good servant to the club and whilst he's not PL class any longer, some of the stick he gets is little short of shameful. Still, the boo-boys need their pound of flesh don't they? Wankers!

As an aside - I bet all of our media stuff will eventually go through SD news.

Sycophantic tosh. It's when Pardew comes out with bollocks like this, that he is almost as bad as Kinnear. Also tells you what the ambition is - 17th or above will be viewed as 'success'.

A player and a half. As good a playmaker as there has been in the last 20 years.

Also towered above the Sky Sports reporter.

You like? Pictures then!! Some of us are in work.. Pretty please Wow... Hotter than I expected. Move out of the way boys. I've found myself a new Mrs Tisd!

I thought she was a transexual, but apparently not!

Ashley is taking money out of the club. This