JJR99

Some bloke on RAWK:

Premiership Winners: Chelsea Runners Up: Manchester City 3rd-6th: Manchester United, Aresnal, Tottenham, Swansea Relegation: Hull, Crystal Palace, Stoke Overachievers: Fulham Underperformers: Everton Top Goal Scorer: Suarez Break Out Year: Wilfred Bony Season to Forget: Rooney PFA Player of the Year: Bale PFA Young Player of the Year: Lukaku Manager of the Year: Mou First manager to quite/be sacked/'mutual consent': Pardew Newcastle United Where will we finish?: 14th Top Goalscorer?: Cisse How will we do in the cup competitions?: LC - 4th round loss to Man City, FA - 5th round loss to West Brom How will we do in the derby games?: Away - Draw Home - Win Domestic Championship Promotion: QPR, Blackpool, Leicester City Championship Relegation: Doncaster, Millwall, Yeovil FA Cup: Manchester City League Cup: Chelsea Johnstone's Paint Trophy: Wimbledon Europe La Liga winner: Barca Serie A winner: Juve Bundesliga winner: Bayern Champions League winner: Bayern Europa League winner: Manchester United World Player of the Year: Messi Other Will Darren Bent outscore our new strikers? No Will Di Canio still be at the mackems come May 2014? No How many points will Rangers win Scots Div 2 by? They won't win. Will we field a team with 10 French players in this season? Yes. How will Moyes do at Man United? Solid first season, pressure put on after falling out at the group stages of the CL. RVP will carry them to the EL. Will the new goal line technology be a success? Yes, until it costs Liverpool a win against Everton and they petition for its removal. Will NUFC finally score from a set penis? Yes, week 5 vs Hull

TBF you could have sent any of the top 6/7 clubs there and ended up with a crowd that size.

It's like watching a fast forward of a lion killing an antelope or something on National Geographic. With the way he puts his hands up and they just fall away.

95446 at the MCG for the Pool game.

Bugger that, a fighting attitude is what is needed. Sure he overreacted, but I'd much rather see the captain show that the team shouldn't take bullshit from the opposition than allow it to continue unchecked. Hopefully he is less aggressive with it in the future though.

This makes me wonder more about the lack of planning that goes on within the club. Did it not go through the mind of Ashley and other management to check with the players if there would be any problems going with Wonga? Given we have a fair few Muslim players, asking about any objections should be part of the planning process when finding sponsors. If he is sold it is a massive kick to the guts. It is already a fairly weak area for the side, and Bent is apparently our only target at the moment. Not to mention that he has been a good bloke from everything we've heard for the community.

It's a matter of long term vs short term thinking imo. Winning a cup but going down is a big risk. There is simply no guarantee we would bounce right back up. As much as it would have been great to have seen us win the cup this year. 20-30 years from now it might have been nothing more than another Birmingham or Wigan, winning a cup and going down to be left in the mess that is the Championship. Whereas by staying up, we guarantee the best chance for us to improve the side. Which if done right may some day result in us winning a cup without any risk of going down. And heck who knows what the future holds, part of the excitement that comes from watching Newcastle comes with not knowing what is to come. We could finish anywhere from 4th (which we could have done last season with some luck) to 18th (which almost happened this season). We know that at its best this club can compete at the very top of this league. Sacrificing that just isn't worth it to me.