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There weren't any (in Ashley's mind). That's the issue.

I've been busy the last couple days and just saw this. What the hell?

I actually had a look back at that season as I knew the media version of Keegan having a breakdown after Fergusons mind games and then blowing a 12 point lead is overly simplified bollocks, but it was still all a long time ago now: Our home form was imperious for the whole season: WWWWWWWWWWWWWLWWWWD Away we were consistently average after a gentle run of fixtures at the start where we won the first 4 out of 5: WWLWWDDDLLWWLDLLLWD Man U were 12 points behind us before they beat us 2-0 in December. That was the start of a run where they won 15 of their final 19 games. We could match that form at home but KK’s team didn’t ever quite get to that level away from home. They had 2 class players who had been and done it all at each end of the pitch and I recall they carried them at times: In the 2nd half of the season Schmichael kept 13 clean sheets, and they won 7 games 1-0. I’ll bet Cantona was the scorer in about 5 of those games as well. It’s easy to forget how it really panned out in the final couple of months of the season. Heres how it went week by week after that home defeat to that Cantona goal: 04.03.96 1 Newcastle United 28 +26 61 2 Manchester United 29 +27 60 16.03.96 1 Manchester United 30 +27 61 2 Newcastle United 28 +26 61 18.03.96 1 Newcastle United 29 +29 64 2 Manchester United 30 +27 61 20.03.96 1 Newcastle United 29 +29 64 2 Manchester United 31 +28 64 23.03.96 1 Manchester United 31 +28 64 2 Newcastle United 30 +27 64 24.03.96 1 Manchester United 32 +29 67 2 Newcastle United 30 +27 64 03.04.96 1 Manchester United 32 +29 67 2 Newcastle United 31 +26 64 06.04.96 1 Manchester United 33 +30 70 2 Newcastle United 32 +27 67 08.04.96 1 Manchester United 34 +31 73 2 Newcastle United 33 +26 67 13.04.96 1 Manchester United 35 +29 73 2 Newcastle United 33 +26 67 14.04.96 1 Manchester United 35 +29 73 2 Newcastle United 34 +27 70 17.04.96 1 Manchester United 36 +30 76 2 Newcastle United 35 +28 73 28.04.96 1 Manchester United 37 +35 79 2 Newcastle United 35 +28 73 29.04.96 1 Manchester United 37 +35 79 2 Newcastle United 36 +29 76 02.05.96 1 Manchester United 37 +35 79 2 Newcastle United 37 +29 77 05.05.96 1 Manchester United 38 +38 82 2 Newcastle United 38 +29 78 In Keane’s book he says they knew there was no way back for us after their win at SJP, but looking at that we were right there until the point they stuffed Forest 5-0 in their 37th match of the season. The goal difference that gave them was the first time there was any real daylight between us. After finally getting a clear advantage Fergie went and wound up the Leeds team, although we actually got a rare win away from home against them. KK then had his rant after the match and it’s gone down in history as a “meltdown”. It just didn’t happen like that. Ferguson got a reputation as being a “master of the mind games” off the back of that. I’d hardly call it masterful. After playing Leeds on Monday night we had to play Forest on the Thursday (while Man U put their feet up) and Woan fired in a 75th min equaliser from miles out. There is not a manager in the game today who would not go beserk about player tiredness in that situation. We then went on to play Spurs on the Sunday, and that turned out to be a dead rubber anyway. In the end they were slightly better than us, and we were also a bit unlucky, but I genuinely don’t think it’s fair on KK to say he bottled it that year, and I’m certainly not one of those who says he can never do any wrong. Awesome post.

Regardless, he clearly had some mental issues. And I don't think he was 100% physically fit the entire season. Fatigued at the beginning and fighting various injuries the rest of the way.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-help-yohan-cabaye-2207019

Anyone wanting to sell Cabaye is crazy. He struggled mightily towards the end of the year, but it was obvious he was tired/hurting. Also, he was having his mental issues earlier on and I'm sure was still dealing with that. He's still without question one of the three most important players in our team. Would be almost impossible to replace.

That NUFC on the back is so tacky looking.

Not sure where else to put this... http://internationalchampionscup.com/

Worse...typical American Chelsea wanker.

Excited to be able to contribute to this thread. Ivanovic and Marko Marin in SoHo (NYC). My co-worker is a big Chelsea fan, so he got a picture with Ivanovic. He told Marin he doesn't play enough to get a picture. They were looking for a cab so he hailed one for them.

Football League Power Rankings. http://flpr.co.uk/ Anyone seen these before? A bit silly, but confirms that we really suck so

Whose fault is that?

Not entertaining, affordable. I picked this out too. Not entertaining and certainly not "bringing trophies to SJP," but affordable. That's depressing.

Big fan of this.

That would be pure genius, to be honest.

http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/5/21/4351942/new-york-city-fc-mls-expansion-yankees

NYC >>>>>>> Orlando Rich owners >>>> Existing fanbase Harsh, but true.

If we pay 15m for Carroll I'll be pretty pissed off.

Awful article on the whole, but it's amazing that people are allowed to publish stuff like this. It's like reading something a 10 year old would do. Standard practise to write out 1-9 in number form, and anything higher in text. [/lookatmeistudiedjournalism] It's in fact the opposite. In this case it should likely say 5th to 16th though some would argue the opposite.

So is this as dumb as I think it is? http://www.youtube.com/user/NBCSportsNetwork?v=LO8rTPH8fCc

Red Bulls need to rebrand. (not that NJ branded teams have thrived). Edit: Saw a suggestion on Twitter to just drop New York and be Red Bulls F.C. That's probably the way to go, but need to differentiate.

New York City FC confirmed. Majority owned by Man City with the Yankees (!) as operating partners. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/05/21/major-league-soccer-announces-new-york-expansion-team-new-york-city-football?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=NYCFC&utm_campaign=Unpaid

Can someone confirm (or deny) that Vindaloo (we're gonna score one more than you...ENGLAND) is tied to the national team and has little (or no) affiliation with the Premier League?

I could see this happening at some point. Too much money to be made. You might want to limit it to four teams though.