Benwell Lad

Love it. Hahahahahahahahahahaha !!!

FWIW I know there is still a lot of ill feeling after our relegation day at Villa Park, but I reckon a similar thing could have happened elsewhere too and that many Villa fans didn't join in. I've always had a soft spot for Villa and I hope if anyone down there survives it's you lot.

Are we ging to boycoutt Spam like they did with Sugar Puffs etc etc etc ?

We're dead now? :'( Williamson was always a liability, but I do agree with some, maybe not to that extent mind. I don't think all managers are good time managers, better managers would identify and fix glaring issues quicker, I don't believe how we played at times earlier this season was just injuries, he had us playing terrible football, and didn't make any tactical changes to improve things for way too long. Right now he's doing alright, the team are playing well and the morale seems good, but this took new signings (which we admittedly should have had over the summer). The problem is there's no way he's going to lose his job any time soon, we'll have him next season, and there are positives to that, for instance his good relationship with some of our stars may convince them to stay (maybe getting too hopeful with this). Equally we can have a good next season under Pardew if we're not too injury hurt and get some momentum going. Big ifs maybe. His failure to motivate team for domestic cups (suspect he kinda wanted to throw them tbh) was pathetic mind. Don't know if you watched the games you mention but effort and motivation was not the issue, as it hasn't been in any game when Pardew was our manager. Against Brighton we were awful, inadequate and lacking quality. Against Man U we were weakened, but a tad unlucky. In neither game could effort or motivation be questioned. As I said a couple of posts ago, there must be enough valid criticisms to satisfy those with an anti-Pardew agenda without having to make stuff up as you go along.

Surely it must be possible to come up with a valid anti-Pardew argument without resorting to such nonsensical rubbish.

With our present squad and a couple of sensible additions we should have a very good next season. So credit to Pardew & Co. They've built the squad and have great belief in it, which seems to be reciprocated.

Fully agree with this. This is so deep-rooted i'm probably going to leave this thread alone. Me too. You won't miss much. Come back for a quick look in a month or so, or if you prefer take a look at about a month ago, it'll be no different. You could also set up a "change of ownership" alert, if that goes off then his situation may change.

See agent Danny is getting the McMenemie/Clarkie/Chopra/Brucie treatment already.

10,000 empty seats down at Pink Park again, despite a perfect Saturday afternoon, 3 o clock kick off and more free/cheap ticket offers than you could shake a stick at. Still, it consolidates their position at the top of the PL empty seat table.

WTF http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4820456/Nelson-Mandela-can-inspire-Sunderland-says-Martin-ONeill.html#ixzz2MKteZuyI

How can you hate Davide? Yes that really would take some doing. Hard to imagine a more likeable lad.

Shola has developed from looking like a basketball player to looking like a heavyweight boxer.

Dead right. Successful teams have leadership all over the pitch.

The thing is, their attendances are far from bad really for a mid-to-low premiership club, I honestly think if it wasn't for their obsession with us and our abnormally high attendances then they wouldn't have this obsession with attendances. Without a doubt. In the world of mackemdom everything is gauged by Newcastle. I'm pretty certain that if we had a good season again, or O'Neill had even the most tenuous of links to Newcastle, he'd have been getting the Bruce treatment long ago. At least Bruce tried to win games and attack the opposition.

Mackems are obsessed with attendance threads and routinely ignore all factual data to deny that the "mags" have much better support. There are saddos on RTG who would drive 50 miles to drag you along to the SoS in order to get one more arse on a faded pink seat, such is their desperation. Nowadays in their warped denial world it seems that not only did the "mags" have no supporters pre 1992 (despite holding the record highest seasonal average attendance for most of the last century) but it seems that they are convinced that in every town and village where support is split, all the macums attend matches while most of the "mags" have never set foot inside SJP. So how the fuck does that lead to Newcastle regularly playing in front of 52K sellout crowds, all of whom have paid for attending, while down at the Pink Park they struggle to hit 40K gates despite dozens of schemes to give away or sell cheap tickets to pad the place out, just stopping short of press ganging people into attendance, and have the highest number of empty seats per match in the league. That Iraqi information gadgey has nowt on mackem logic.

Although many will counter that statement with the new arrivals, I think you make a good point. The chemistry of the team looks better post Ba, and the general "meh" type reaction to such a brilliant player's departure probably indicates most fans knew that already.

Will most fans come from Dagestan or are they exiles in Moscow ? It's a real shame about the bureaucracy involved as a lot of NUFC fans would have loved to watch us play against a top team in Moscow. As it is, it will probably be our lowest away following ever.

I made a French colleague (big PSG fan) watch the Beardsley YouTube clips. A few months later he emailed me from Paris and told me he had been watching a weekend football programme, and Ginola was interviewed. When asked who the best players were that he had played with he listed Beardsley amongst them, and the interviewer didn't know who he was. My colleague was chuffed that he knew exactly who he was.... I like Hatem but for me Beardsley is the best I've seen in the last thirty years. My dad would say Tony Green (which is staggering considering how few games he played for us) but he was before my time. 1.HBA 2.Gazza 3.Beardsley 4.Tony Green imho.

... allegedly born within sound of the Bow Bells.

Just seen some snowdrops in the garden. It's usually about this time of year when they start to make the p*ss taking very easy for us. They've got the derby to start working themselves up about soon. Combined XI's The time 10 Mackems smashed up 1000 mags Mag on a bus is bricking it Alifie vs Sissocrap. It's gonna be a good few weeks It's AJ v Davigay Shitton I'm worried about. Only if it's a drinking competition.

Class

Just seen some snowdrops in the garden. It's usually about this time of year when they start to make the piss taking very easy for us. well ive already seen the usual, giving up hope for this season posts on rtg. just a few more weeks and next seasons certain success will be confirmed. ;D We really are blessed having them as our nearest rivals. A never ending source of mirth.

Just seen some snowdrops in the garden. It's usually about this time of year when they start to make the piss taking very easy for us.

Mathieu is just one of several reasons why I feel quite excited and optimistic about following Newcastle over the next few years.

Admire your rational thinking Stu, but barely a month ago having watched Reading beat us with what was probably the worst ever performance to end up with an away win in the PL, quite a few sane people in the boozer post match were really fearing the worst, and with some justification I'd say.