chicago_shearer

The TV feed from this game in the US looks like something from the late 80s.

Newcastle don't do boring. I predict we'll lose a couple against poor sides, slip down the table, collectively shit ourselves for a few weeks, and then pick up the points we need against better sides after making things far more difficult than they need to be.

Too soon to tell. I'm guessing that the people who think we are cruising to 50+ points are either being lulled into a false sense of security by the number of clubs between us and 18th or just generally struggle with math. Slip up against Birmingham or Wolves and things could get very scary. You might see one of the bottom 3 or 4 crack under the pressure and go down early, but at least one team is going to get relegated with more than enough points to have stayed up in previous seasons.

I'm already sick of seeing that Wayne Rooooooonaaaaaayyy goal.

In the past, N-O have had threads about the limitations of Robert, Milner, N'Zogbia, Dyer, Duff...basically every wide player we've signed in the past decade. Laziness, never beating their man, not being able to cross.... Jonas isn't exactly world class, but there are some high standards on here.

Of all the possible lessons that you could take from this club's last decade, not signing expensive cast offs is probably the most important.

Eren Derdiyok from Bayer Leverkusen.

Just had a look... indeed. He also seems like he's just picked up all of Xisco's old gear http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/5433648913_99780d2141.jpg His knee looks sort of broken. But I hope he's the new Sibierski.

Er I don't wanna say nothing but we don't live in America. We don't have a captilist society we have a mixed economy so really there's no need to pay footballers so much so yay.

Professional athletes are typically idiots, whose natural physical talent is the only thing between them and a career behind a McDonalds counter. I don't begrudge them their enormous salaries. Especially when there are bankers and executives on similar deals who are doing a much better job of making me hate them.

Tiotesque

Just said on the US broadcast that this is the highest scoring weekend ever.

Unbelievable.

Lose 2-0. Cue more posts about "kneejerking" and not taking 17th place.

He's good in interviews though. Not boring.

Pardew is such an amazing manager. All the hard work has been destroyed in about 6 weeks. Sensational job. We lost 5-1 to Bolton. We beat Arsenal. This team were never that good. They just had phenomenal team spirit and work ethic that was largely the result of the manager. They over performed. We aren't getting hammered because Andy Carroll isn't playing. We are getting hammered because that team spirit has been destroyed through bad decisions. This was inevitable.

Pardew is such an amazing manager. All the hard work has been destroyed in about 6 weeks. Sensational job.

1-4 (Best '31, RvP '90+1, Arshavin '90+2, Fabregas '90+3, Walcott '90+4).

Shoal in a face mask woud at least add a comic element.

Love the American sports phrase "Franchise player" for me Carroll was ours. The concept of a "franchise" player is also contractual. US sports teams can basically prevent certain important players from being transferred through free agency. It would never be allowed in English football because the UK media have decided that there are 4 or 5 real football clubs and the rest are feeders. Can you imagine if English clubs could actually keep the talent they discover or produce?

He's a football player, not some comic book hero. And football players are almost all thick, young and greedy. NUFC were his employer, not his 'family'. A squad shouldn't be held together through fairy dust and local sentiment. The people that run the club have to demonstrate that they are serious about success by keeping the players (and the manager) responsible for making it possible.

It isn't a curse. Bad decisions have consequences. Fairly good players over performing and seemingly on course for safety. So you sack the man responsible for the team spirit, appoint a moron, sell the man scoring the goals, and fail to sign a replacement of any kind. Injuries aren't bad luck when you don't build a squad. Even Tiote's suspension can be attributed to a bad decision from Mk II

Who needs points when you have 35 mil in transfer fees.

At best, he's telling the truth and let every other club know to charge double when we come asking about their players. At worst, he's lying again. So good to have a proper manager, not a useless coach.

You are right. They overpaid by a comical amount. But who cares? I don't have any more interest in the finances of NUFC than I do the finances of Microsoft or BP. The balance sheet isn't entertaining, and transfer windows are only exciting for children. We have a bad owner and a bad manager, who won't replace him. Anyone with half a brain knows that to an absolute certainty. So 35 million, 1 billion, 500k....doesn't matter. A good player these retards inherited has been sold, and will not be replaced. Net income for them, 35 mil pounds. Net loss for us, 1 good striker.