Jack Flash

"We are struggling for rhythm this year, and are not playing with the same exuberance as last year and today was a sign of that. We can't rely on spirit all the time. No mistake, [Demba Ba's second goal] hit his hand. Shane Ferguson put the ball in a great area, and it hit Demba's head and hit his hand but it's about the delivery of the ball. Reading gave us a going over today, I have no worries about them staying in this division."

They're unbeaten in 17 games. Might be another painful watch.

Being at games is a huge factor in my enjoyment. I'd have left the ground today happy with the late equalizer whereas at home I'm not happy in general about the game.

That's all he ever does tbf. God knows what he's actually writing.

Jayson Llambias on the prowl again

We aren't playing as a team. Just relying on some individual magic to influence the result. Take out Ben Arfa, Ba and Cisse and we simply wouldn't win.

http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,92977.msg3954469.html#msg3954469

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We've played better as a team with Anita playing on the right than Perch. You could also say we've played better with Perch in the middle rather than Anita.

Anita isn't a right back.

Obertan preferred to Marveaux again.

Wherever he is right now, Tim Krul just smiled. Cabaye agreed to join us as he'd been told the team would be build around his passing game. Still to this day the ball goes over his head more than it goes to his feet

The constantly aimless balls smashed up to our non-target men strikers is this generations sexy football.

Fantastic post. Seconded. I don't think Pardew deserves the scepticism tbh. The guy has commited himself for the next decade almost, to try and bring us a trophy. At the end of the day he works within the parameters laid down by his bosses, the way we all do. He has been exceptional with what he has had at his disposal and I hope this new deal ensures we kick on from here... The criticism is about our playing style which isn't as good as it could/should be. It's effective, but he constantly, and literally, talks a better game than he delivers.

Till we remember that Anita seems to be better at RB and swap him and Perch, again Anita's positioning at RB is horrifying. He's blatantly not a full back.

5-0. Floodgates. Or we'll play badly and Ba will nick us a goal and spare our blushes.

Shearer maybe takes a chance? I'd be astonished if Shearer walked into that particular shitstorm tbh. The people running that football club are f***ing clueless. He has previous of doing exactly that. And how keen do you think he is about doing it again? I don't think his heart is in management in general. This would be a good gig for him as they're very likely to finish in the top 6 this year and have a chance at going up. But the owners though

Shearer maybe takes a chance? I'd be astonished if Shearer walked into that particular shitstorm tbh. The people running that football club are f***ing clueless. He has previous of doing exactly that.

There's a quick video on NUFCTV of Dezza.

Too much "we couldn't afford it" talk there. Nonsense, as we all know. So what's the real reason, then? Being far too cautious. This quote sums it up... "They worked on those glory transfers and all the dramas behind them - glory and bust, with no success. What was the success? It was basically. 'I've signed a player!' That has to end. It has." if they say we couldn't afford it then the reason we wouldn't have signed a player is cos we couldn't afford it. We pay our fees outright in one go and are trying to make the club self sufficient, if we have £6m in the transfer pot and the selling club says we want £6.5m then rightly or wrongly Llambias is going to walk away. i might not agree but wouldn't say it was nonsense. We spent about £3 million. That's not acceptable, regardless of any spin they may try to put on it. January should be interesting. £3m net spend's a pretty lavish window for us under Ashley if you look at it properly. While it actually is ( ) that doesn't help their case. The less we've spent over the years just looks worse and worse as the trend continues. Aye it looked awful last season. If only they had some kind of basis to the idea that they dont need to run the club at a loss to achieve success. A 5th place finish might back that up somehow. Wishful thinking though anyway. Lets ignore context and moan about how much we spent constantly. We sold our best player months before to fund signings and we'll possibly still be spending that money 2 years on. How's that for context, Derek? Bit of a random statement if im honest. You're like a kid at christmas, you could care less about the implications involved in getting the presents. You just want new toys. Good contradiction. I'm more like the child of fairly rich parents who got a mega drive with 1 game for christmas. "implications" ffs. Believe the spin.

Some want us to capitalize on this fantastic and unexpected opportunity and show some genuine ambition. Others are happy/content for us to go backwards and then have to do all the hard work all over again.

Too much "we couldn't afford it" talk there. Nonsense, as we all know. So what's the real reason, then? Being far too cautious. This quote sums it up... "They worked on those glory transfers and all the dramas behind them - glory and bust, with no success. What was the success? It was basically. 'I've signed a player!' That has to end. It has." if they say we couldn't afford it then the reason we wouldn't have signed a player is cos we couldn't afford it. We pay our fees outright in one go and are trying to make the club self sufficient, if we have £6m in the transfer pot and the selling club says we want £6.5m then rightly or wrongly Llambias is going to walk away. i might not agree but wouldn't say it was nonsense. We spent about £3 million. That's not acceptable, regardless of any spin they may try to put on it. January should be interesting. £3m net spend's a pretty lavish window for us under Ashley if you look at it properly. While it actually is ( ) that doesn't help their case. The less we've spent over the years just looks worse and worse as the trend continues. Aye it looked awful last season. If only they had some kind of basis to the idea that they dont need to run the club at a loss to achieve success. A 5th place finish might back that up somehow. Wishful thinking though anyway. Lets ignore context and moan about how much we spent constantly. We sold our best player months before to fund signings and we'll possibly still be spending that money 2 years on. How's that for context, Derek?

Too much "we couldn't afford it" talk there. Nonsense, as we all know. So what's the real reason, then? Being far too cautious. This quote sums it up... "They worked on those glory transfers and all the dramas behind them - glory and bust, with no success. What was the success? It was basically. 'I've signed a player!' That has to end. It has." if they say we couldn't afford it then the reason we wouldn't have signed a player is cos we couldn't afford it. We pay our fees outright in one go and are trying to make the club self sufficient, if we have £6m in the transfer pot and the selling club says we want £6.5m then rightly or wrongly Llambias is going to walk away. i might not agree but wouldn't say it was nonsense. We spent about £3 million. That's not acceptable, regardless of any spin they may try to put on it. January should be interesting. £3m net spend's a pretty lavish window for us under Ashley if you look at it properly. While it actually is ( ) that doesn't help their case. The less we've spent over the years just looks worse and worse as the trend continues.

Too much "we couldn't afford it" talk there. Nonsense, as we all know. So what's the real reason, then? Being far too cautious. This quote sums it up... "They worked on those glory transfers and all the dramas behind them - glory and bust, with no success. What was the success? It was basically. 'I've signed a player!' That has to end. It has." if they say we couldn't afford it then the reason we wouldn't have signed a player is cos we couldn't afford it. We pay our fees outright in one go and are trying to make the club self sufficient, if we have £6m in the transfer pot and the selling club says we want £6.5m then rightly or wrongly Llambias is going to walk away. i might not agree but wouldn't say it was nonsense. We spent about £3 million. That's not acceptable, regardless of any spin they may try to put on it. January should be interesting.