Scoreboard82
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Europa league is probably the last thing on most peoples minds at the moment, given our PL struggle, but I booked the Thomas cook to kharkiv trip at £399. Had a curious look on their website today and new bookings are quoted at £419. Anyone shed any light on why? They haven't taken any money as yet, so I'm hoping I don't get stung for another £20.
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The money side of the game. Admission prices are off the scale. Premier league games regularly cost £40+. Wages are too high, resulting in players choosing clubs like QPR ahead of a well supported club with a beautiful stadium like ourselves. Not bitter eh? Also this season in general. It's not just what is or isn't happening at the toon. Its things like reading coming back from the dead v WBA, then Southampton coming back from 2 down at Chelsea. Sometimes seems like a conspiracy.
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Keeley and John Bird. f***ing hell.
Nattrass was playing when I started going to toon games, but I can't remember how good a player he was. Keeley however, even being so young myself, I picked up on how bad he was from my dad. He seemed to regularly score own goals. Nufc record own goal scorer perhaps?
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and QPR are no more likely to go down than we are, even considering they've only got one good player. There last three results, wins at Chelsea and WBA and a draw with Spurs, no goals conceded. If he was our manager do you think we would be going down. Answer is no, where with pardew there is a very good chance.
Calm down man. The league table says otherwise. QPR are more likely to go down because they are 7 pts and an inferior goal difference worse off than us. We may go down, they may survive of course, but they are more likely to go down. As for comparing results, we beat WBA and spurs. Their game at WBA was in the cup anyway. Don't forget we beat QPR too. They've had a bit of a lift, but i wouldn't swap our present positions.
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Charles green proposing an alternative league set up. Wish they'd just abide by the rules instead of trying to make the rules.
can't blame them for being unhappy since the league changes does render this season utterly pointless
Abide by the rules? The rules are that upon winning the league you would move to the league above and play a different set of clubs. The current proposal would mean after gaining promotion they would play largely the same set of clubs i.e not really a promotion.
If it happened to us, we would be livid. Whatever you think of them 40,000+ crowds playing basically non league fixtures is admirable from the support perspective.
If it's what the majority of Scottish clubs agree on then they have to follow the proposals, no matter how big they are. They aren't the only club in Scotland trying to get promoted and they can't make rules to suit themselves.As for talk of quitting the SFL to join another league, why should that be allowed? A club like St Mirren for example wouldn't be welcomed in England because they haven't got the same commercial pull. I don't think Rangers, 40k gates or not, should be either.
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Charles green proposing an alternative league set up. Wish they'd just abide by the rules instead of trying to make the rules.
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Booked with Thomas cook. Had a bit of a sleepless night because I thought my 1st payment attempt had failed. Went through the whole process again, only to find out afterwards that I'd double booked. £1600 for 2 of us. Frightening. Managed to dig myself out of it over the phone this morning. Lad on phone reckons we'll fly about 8am weds and straight back after game.
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Anybody used Thomas cook for the group games? Thinking of using them for the Ukraine and was wondering if they were any good.
You beat me to that question there. If i can get the Wednesday off work, i'm gonna do the Thomas Cook thing for Kharkiv.
Pricey, but compared to the tricky independent travel options, it seems the best way to go. Will there be enough interest to fill the plane though? Anybody on here booked it?
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Todays fergie comments sum the arrogance of Man Utd up. Whilst being angry, i take comfort in the hope that neutrals who didn't like them to start with, dislike them even more now.
We may be a "wee club", but it's the "wee club" that belongs to me. My local "wee club", not one i've latched onto because of success or stature. I love and am proud of this "wee club".
I believe Fergie's realized he was out of order, but in trying to defend himself has dug himself into a deeper hole.
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https://twitter.com/LiamHolister/status/284026492671893505/photo/1
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1921/aeqlxsciaaraw0.jpg
Strange logic at the SOS. Standing is a terrible offence that merits a ban, while pitch invasions,(In Derbies when they manage a goal) are more acceptable.
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http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20121218/united-to-take-part-in-torneo-di-viareggio_2281670_3013268
There's bound to be stiff competition in that torneo-di-viagra.
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Thanks to the Wigan, QPR wins i'm not too worried. We're as close to 9th as we are the bottom 3, with key players to return.
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Can't knock his achievements over the years, but he handled himself disgracefully yesterday. Yes, there was controversy that he had a right to air his views on, but at the start of the 2nd half, on the pitch, wasn't the time to air those views. He was standing behind the linesman, mouthing off as the game was going on 2nd half. Blatant intimidation of officials which could have impacted on decisions made from then on.
Like all the "big club" bosses, he spits the dummy out when it's not going his way, hence the over-reaction to the Van Persie incident at Swansea. Wenger and Mancini are big whingers too.
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http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=749043
What about post 20 in that thread. STERLING Albion? Among the most knowledgeable fans in the world are those mackems.
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I like it, but I think it's a real shame how it affects the preparation time between games. I love football, but the problem with so many matches is the lack of time to train and make progress that way.
Yeah, playing in europe might affect our chances of qualifying for europe.
The last quote sums it up for me. Why concentrate on the league when in doing so, the best we could hope for is to qualify for the Europa again? It's the format of the Europa that is the problem. 1st stage being a group stage instead of just a 2 legged affair.
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We're ripe for a cup shock against a lower/non league side at the moment.
Another one after Stevenage, Brighton.
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3 x 3 = 11
Alright. Your right, i'm wrong. I should know better than to take the alternative view on here. At the minute i'm equally annoyed by the reaction of some fans as the plight of the team.
Your view might be slightly different, that's up to you to decide where you stand. I'm not sure why fans reactions would annoy you as much as our plight, that seems weird.
I'm seeing the team boo-ed off every game. Granted it's frustrating to watch recent non-performances, but that doesn't help one bit. I'm seeing the crowd pouring out 10 mins from the end of games while away fans ridicule us with their "time to go" songs etc. Fickle sums it up.
f***ing hell.
That's football, it happens at other clubs when they are the s*** creek like we are now.
Fans pay good money especially in the difficult economic situation the region is still in so they are entitled to boo the team off especially if they had seen all 3 of those home games where we must have played well for about 20 mins maximum in those 3 games.
Sounds like your the fickle one pointing finger at the fans.
I can understand the frustration. You can't blame the fans for what's happening on the pitch. All i'm saying is i'm disappointed by how some fans are reacting. As i say, i don't think booing can help a team short on confidence. Fixed my previous "3rd" of the team quote. I was a bit wound up at the time of posting.
Out of curiosity, who do those in the Pardew out camp see as a would be replacement?
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Alright. Your right, i'm wrong. I should know better than to take the alternative view on here. At the minute i'm equally annoyed by the reaction of some fans as the plight of the team.
Your view might be slightly different, that's up to you to decide where you stand. I'm not sure why fans reactions would annoy you as much as our plight, that seems weird.
I'm seeing the team boo-ed off every game. Granted it's frustrating to watch recent non-performances, but that doesn't help one bit. I'm seeing the crowd pouring out 10 mins from the end of games while away fans ridicule us with their "time to go" songs etc. Fickle sums it up.
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Alright. Your right, i'm wrong. I should know better than to take the alternative view on here. At the minute i'm equally annoyed by the reaction of some fans as the plight of the team.
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Shouldn't even be discussing this IMO. He's had the squad disrupted heavily by a revolving door of injured/suspended players of late. He's hopefully realised the obvious in that our squad isn't deep enough, but he can't add to it until January, IF he's allowed to by the owner.
Absolute tosh!
Even with a depleted squad the teams we put out against Swansea, West Ham and Southampton were far superior player-for-player. We had home advantage in two of the three games and remember, the opposition didn't scrape lucky wins, they played us off the park.
To further strengthen my argument, take a look at the Maritimo game - we put all of our big guns out and got outplayed by a small-time Portuguese team.
I just think calls for his head are a bit knee-jerk in the circumstances. Even the loss of Colo, HBA and Cabaye is bound to play a part. That's about a quarter of the 1st team. I don't think there's a glut of great managers who'd be prepared to take over and work under Ashleys restraints either. Let's weather the storm until we get our 1st X1 back and hopefully he's given the chance to reinforce in Jan'. A bit of stability at the club is what's needed i think.
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Shouldn't even be discussing this IMO. He's had the squad disrupted heavily by a revolving door of injured/suspended players of late. He's hopefully realised the obvious in that our squad isn't deep enough, but he can't add to it until January, IF he's allowed to by the owner.
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A mackem rang radio Newcastle to say that was the best they had played this season, and that they tore West Brom apart at times. Must have watched a different game to the one i watched. Mignolets howler had me laughing loudly. Still frightening to think that as bad as they've been this season, a win would have put them above us today. Difference is they are struggling with their best 11. I know we're are a decent side with our best 11, and i think we'll turn it around.
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4 players sent out on loan today...blimey.
Not sure if mentioned but possibly more out in the near future? He said, risking the possibility of doing a "Giggs".
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The repetoire hit a new low point for me last night as well as the football.
Elevating the importance of Sunderland to us by singing about them constantly and as for slagging off Maritimos support as s*** WTF!
A couple of airings of the Blaydon races was the only respite.
It must be connected to the fact we have not won anything for so long that there is not much inspiring to sing about. We are quite pathetic in this regard compared to the likes of the Scousers, devastating though it is to admit.
If we want to appear as moronic by the neutral observer we are succeeding perfectly.
It should have been a good European night.
Agree completely. The "your support is fkn s**t" rubbish is bad at any time and, in its self says a lot about our own support. To sing it to fans who've travelled thousands of miles to follow their club is very wrong indeed. Hopefully it can be put down to excitable kids having spent their pocket money on a night out with their mates. After all that, the support they offered to our club was to boo at the final whistle. Granted the performance was terrible, but we achieved our goal of qualification for the next stage with a game to spare. It's about what you do over 5/6 Europa games, not 1 at this stage.
Jimmy "The Troll" Kebe: I'm joining NUFC on a 4 year deal... NAAAWT
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Regardless of how good or bad a player he is, its out of order. Reading should be disciplining him for disrespecting another club, not coming out with smart a**e comments. Shows the class of the club, and they're another addition to my ever growing hate list.
Reading, Kebe, Villa fans, Harry Redknap, Remy. Alex Ferguson, time wasting ball boys (should that be young men) trying to be clever and make a name for themselves. The list is growing rapidly.