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You'd be hard pushed to make a case that their success this season is down to that. They've got good players and a manager that has wrung the absolute best out of all of them. Clubs like ours (and the Premier League in general) want you to think it's all about money but it isn't. Of course it helps but there's nothing (other than fear and defeatism) to stop a club like Newcastle doing what Atletico Madrid have done over the last three years - both are a very similar size in terms of stadium and revenue. Get the right manager and go from there. Bang on. Rodgers has them playing very well. And that's it. Why can't we appoint a manager capable of implementing a style of football & some belief from the players consistently?

Aye. Zabaleta too. Wow. Dat loss. £150m down by my reckoning. Enough to give Ashley a heart attack.

I just don't see it. Even looking at his interviews, he's talking about the players lined up to come in this summer etc, he's very obviously been given assurances from MA.

Another season of transition, then. Yep - you've got to think there could be upto 6-8 first team squad out and 8-9 in imho. Another season of limbo, 'settling in' and various formations, approaches etc. At least it buys dickhead some more time though.

I predict a charm offensive from NUFC this close season. I'd place good money on the local media being invited into the fold again and conciliatory gestures all round. Pardew will stay, we'll sign a few players and we'll lose a few players. We'll be bottom 6 by Xmas, sign more in Jan to keep us up..........Pardew eventually leaving next Feb followed by our relegation.

Arguably the best, most to the point, piece yet. Great stuff.

Change course.

Totally agree. Relegation written all over it.

Snodgrass Hatem Ben Arfa has no future at our club but we need to buy Robert fucking Snodgrass to improve us next season. FML.

Southampton are only better because they have a manager who is progressive. Can you imagine Pardew playing Lalana and Rodriguez? Lol Shaw, Lovren, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Rodriguez & Lambert would all walk into our team. And then straight back out again as Ashley sold them for the first decent offer.

What did it say? Don't know, it was like a fucking eye test.

Good zoom in on the banners at the end there.

Fucking told you. Mini-Maldini.

Who needs him? Fucking loser.

Sissoko with the touch of Myra fucking Hindley there.

At least he can say he spent the end of the season blooding the youngsters. Another good excuse getting lined up.

Did that fucking bellend just say 'well played' to Gouffran? Ha Ha. FML.

Someone's just let the Arsenal fans in. They seem up for it to be fair.

We're one goal better off than last year. Winning.

Bringing some Amish looking kid off the bench now.

Tiote struck a mishit in the first half straight at their keeper.

Damage limitation. 6 minutes left. Safety first.

Johns reaction the news the service station Greggs would be closed on the journey home wasn't good. He blamed Hatem.