clintdempsey

It most certainly is. It's outdated and not fit for purpose facilities wise. But, I honestly believe that 98% of footballer look for the money first (not that we're paying enough to lure them here anyways when other clubs are in for them), playing time and style, manager etc. before facilities. Our problem is, we don't have any of it to attract the right calibre of players at the moment. A state of the art training centre wouldn't help much with Ashley/Bruce in command and low-balling clubs and players.

Doesn't that article state the opposite though? " In truth, it is questionable how important facilities are in the grand scheme of things, especially in this day and age. “If you’re moving within the Premier League, you’re not going to be blown away by anybody’s facilities now because Brighton’s training ground is not far off Tottenham’s training ground,” says an agent. “No player is signing for a club based on the stadium or the training ground. You might be impressed by it but you’re signing because the deal is the right deal, it’s a bigger club than the one you’re at, or if you’ve moving down it’s a club that is going to give you an opportunity to play.” "

I signed up tonight as well. The more the merrier. At least a united front is a whole lot better than the individual pissing contests supporters are often drawn to.

Was the "socks blown off" a Freddie Shepherd special or Chris Mort special? Can't remember but feels like a summer transfer window special from a long time ago.

? Sounds great. #cans

Id still go for something like this. Blast from the past that is. A thing of beauty though.

What’s JV1 limited? Seems like it's a company owned by RB Sports (Reuben Brothers) set up at around the same time as the other companies. Same directors as RB Sports as well. Plus Staveley now.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-sovereign-wealth-fund-in-talks-to-buy-u-k-soccer-team-newcastle-united-11579950242?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/iFhbG0cUoL Here we go again. Staveley back in. ?

For all this talk about xG (which I agree is often a good indicator of form) there's one team overperforming even more than us. Hardly see anyone mention it in regards to Liverpool though which I find a bit weird?

I signed up at the introductory price and after looking around a bit it definitely seems worth it. Waugh's articles are a couple of steps above what he did for the Chronicle at first glance. It's just nice with a dedicated sports magazine online without any ads that just works and loads fast and so on. Looking forward to it!

I'd say that the 'different manner' comment relates to how it's communicated. Not through a Whatsapp conversation that is.

It's the same shit every time. Transfer window=Outrage, disappointment and hopelessness. But when it all actually starts I am all giddy and nervous again. I can't seem to stop giving a damn. And hoping. Most managers other than Rafa would probably have changed this though. Love the man! ?

As I said last week. There's absolutely no point in starting Steven Taylor over Lascelles. World-class manager or not that is the wrong choice...

Just because he's a class manager doesn't make him excempt from criticism. Selection today was poor, Taylor over Lascelles which in turn meant Mbemba had to play on the wrong side and Cissé over Mitrovic were the wrong calls IMO. And Sissoko should probably have started at left back after doing well there in his brief spell vs. Sunderland.

I don't disagree. But we've finished the games against both Sunderland and Leicester strong after a few tweaks and subs. There's no denying he's a class manager though.

His starting 11's starting to irk me tbh. This is as bad as anything McClaren's team served up. Has been good with his subs so far though so there's hope if we can hold on until half time.

This is awesome!

@skysports_bryan Newcastle manager Alan Pardew understood to be inside Wembley now. Independent Commission deciding punishment today. #nufc Posted half an hour ago.

I do, but I'm at work and she's at home. This is better than actual work though.

I did a quick calculation of long ball percentages for the Premier League. Doesn't look too bad in isolation. http://i.imgur.com/2Na35XB.png?1 EDIT: Nice spelling error on Southampton there BTW.

Clicked the wrong option. Mid-table mediocrity is my answer, not Pushing for Europe.

Since Villa away on January 29 we have played 19 Premier League games. We have won 8, drawn 3 and lost 8. This gives us a PPG of 1,42 which would equal ≈54 pts per season (38 games) or ≈60 pts per season (42 games). In 21 seasons of Premier League football this would have had us placed anything between 6-10 in the league. In 9 seasons we have bettered this, in 12 seasons we have been below this. (Or 10 seasons if we take out the Championship seasons). So, if anything, Pardew is doing a good job of keeping an average Premier League Club average if you look at the last 19 games. There's certainly a lot of room for improvement, but it's not as bad as its made out to be either. Performance wise on the other hand...

From whoscored.com http://i.imgur.com/JjdRfzU.png

That's Arteta and Britton territory in this league. Not too shabby...

Paul Dummett ‏@PaulDummett 14h Despite the poor result yesterday words cant describe how happy i was to make my premier league debut for the club i love #NUFC