HaydnNUFC

I think the Souness prem side was as bad if not worse. Burnley are a unit, they play for each other. I think with some of the lads here now and the way they get isolated by Rafa it cant help unity. You would have to be very thick skinned and ultra diciplined to be managed like this. Mourinho is similar with his players. If you cant handle it get out. It must frustrate the life out of some lads though that sit on the bench for 3 months for 1 bad game, while another player has numerous bad games and still gets picked, I think that would be the signal its personal then? No way. We had Shay Given, Nobby Solano, Bellamy, Robert, Shearer, Owen, Luque, Emre, Parker etc. That was a poor team in terms of performances, but it was mismanaged and badly so. Basically it’s failure was down to Souness. Every one of the players if fit and on form would walk into our team. If you could compare this squad to any it would be Hughton’s promotion side, but it contained a few players that stood out and had a very good spine to it which we lack at the moment. The then Harper, Colo, Enrique, Tiote, Jonas, Ben Arfa, Nolan, Carroll and even Routledge and Shola would get into this side. Even some of the back up players would be better. Sadly Pardew was given the best NUFC squad of players to work with under Ashley and he failed miserably. The then likes of Ba, Remy, Santon, Cabaye et al would transform our side today. Think he meant the team from 06/07. Just look at our team that beat Spurs 2-3 at White Hart Lane: a back 4 of Ramage, Taylor, Huntington, Pattison. Sibierski up front. Sibierski... scraping the barrel I know, but I’d have him up front over Perez or Joselu. f*** I’d have Shola ahead of them two. I'd have Gayle and Mitro ahead of them 4.

I think the Souness prem side was as bad if not worse. Burnley are a unit, they play for each other. I think with some of the lads here now and the way they get isolated by Rafa it cant help unity. You would have to be very thick skinned and ultra diciplined to be managed like this. Mourinho is similar with his players. If you cant handle it get out. It must frustrate the life out of some lads though that sit on the bench for 3 months for 1 bad game, while another player has numerous bad games and still gets picked, I think that would be the signal its personal then? No way. We had Shay Given, Nobby Solano, Bellamy, Robert, Shearer, Owen, Luque, Emre, Parker etc. That was a poor team in terms of performances, but it was mismanaged and badly so. Basically it’s failure was down to Souness. Every one of the players if fit and on form would walk into our team. If you could compare this squad to any it would be Hughton’s promotion side, but it contained a few players that stood out and had a very good spine to it which we lack at the moment. The then Harper, Colo, Enrique, Tiote, Jonas, Ben Arfa, Nolan, Carroll and even Routledge and Shola would get into this side. Even some of the back up players would be better. Sadly Pardew was given the best NUFC squad of players to work with under Ashley and he failed miserably. The then likes of Ba, Remy, Santon, Cabaye et al would transform our side today. Think he meant the team from 06/07. Just look at our team that beat Spurs 2-3 at White Hart Lane: a back 4 of Ramage, Taylor, Huntington, Pattison. Sibierski up front.

Should do. Leicester (h), Everton (h), West Ham (a), Brighton (h) should be fixtures where we get at least 6 points. Aye just glanced myself. Need six points minimum I'd say, obviously nobody has a clue who we'll sign in January but regardless you want to be around halfway there going into that. Shame we're in this situation yet again, and needlessly yet again, but we all knew it'd be an up and down season when it became apparent this was the squad we'd be using.

He had two better options sitting on the bench though. Its not like he was forced into doing it He obviously thought that Shelvey, against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, would not provide the defensive work rate required in the centre of the park to stop us getting overrun. Hayden played 80 minutes on Tuesday and probably decided to rest him, and you can't drop Merino as we'd have no quality in the the middle if we did. The first 20 of Diame's game were promising yet he disappeared again, but I can see why he started him. But the fact that those are his options at CM is a disgrace. None are really good enough Merino aside.

Should do. Leicester (h), Everton (h), West Ham (a), Brighton (h) should be fixtures where we get at least 6 points.

He was alright for the first 20 minutes, then reverted to what seems type. Him starting for us at Chelsea away is kind of telling of just how much Rafa was fucked over in the summer.

I'd keep him in for Leicester.

As optimistic as ever, SUPERTOON.

They're used to playing on the break when they play, especially away from home. I reckon we should approach this game similarly to the way we approached the win over Stoke in September, give a side who aren't used to having the onus on them to break teams down the onus to break us down. Need Lascelles back to be organised more effectively at the back though, so hopefully he is.

I see yer da has signed up to Newcastle-Online.

Not necessarily.

125th birthday, 5:30pm kick off, massive and quality flags display planned. Atmosphere should be class, hopefully it helps the team onto 3 points.

Tired of the "if this was Pardew/Carver/McClaren" line, like. Fucking tedious.

Some of the stuff being said not just on here but on social media is fucking outrageous, man.

t That's because he is as weak as p*ss I absolutely despise the little s***, yet he is lauded by some on here. Hes an absolute imposter of a footballer and just one of many things that is rotten about this squad Fucking hell. Because the other options to play at #10 are so much better.

Were incredibly average after we scored, stopped pressing them.

Chelsea fans booing Rafa's name when it got announced by the announcer. They're so fucking weird.

Sourness with his usual craic, hardest job hes ever had, fans too demanding, need to be big player to play there, crisis always around the corner One of the worst managers we've ever had saying it was difficult. Shock.

Just Teasy talking bollocks and bigging up Diame. Supposedly he had a good game defensively when Watford humped us. Dear me.

Slept in. What bollocks has been spouted about us? Do we still demand Europe?

Did us a huge favour last game he had with us not sending Yedlin off.

He has aye, haven't you heard? Fan buyout lead by the True Geordie & Lee Lawler.

West Ham's next three are Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal :lol: It's us after Arsenal isn't it? Those three, then Stoke, then us.

West Ham's next three are Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal :lol: It's us after Arsenal isn't it?