Steve McClaren

[The College Dropout]

How he made it to January. Pre-La Manga was our last chance and the donkeys in charge ruined it. In that 10 day period where we didn't sack Rafa and get rid of him - they sent us down for sure.

 

 

That was always going to happen. Should've sacked Pardew at least twice. Should've let Carver go earlier. Somehow stayed up each time. They did it again, waited too long and finally punished with relegation.

[Figures 1-0 Football]

How he made it to January. Pre-La Manga was our last chance and the donkeys in charge ruined it. In that 10 day period where we didn't sack Rafa and get rid of him - they sent us down for sure.

 

 

That was always going to happen. Should've sacked Pardew at least twice. Should've let Carver go earlier. Somehow stayed up each time. They did it again, waited too long and finally punished with relegation.

 

This.

[sempuki]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3585614/Newcastle-s-relegation-came-sticking-Steve-McClaren-example-gross-negligence-toxic-ownership.html

 

 

In the week before he was finally sacked, Fabricio Coloccini — his captain — remarked, 'we can't believe he's still here'.

 

Must have said it very quietly then.

 

The irony of him saying that.

Well-written by Craig Hope - our demise summed up well.

[BlueStar]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

[High Five o]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

Its the wins we have to fear, its pure fucking poison!

[GM]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

Really what's the point of speculative bollocks like this? Pawing over the dying embers of our Premiership status, mewling and whimpering about all the possible permutations of different "What if" scenarios? Doesn't change where we are now and I can't see how it changes where we will be a year from now or 2,3 4 or 5 years after that.

[Wullie]

Here's me being told that it is always sacrilege to want NUFC to lose.

[TRon]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

It's not like we didn't call it back then. Sleepwalking to relegation I think it was described as, on more than one occasion.

[Wullie]

Sleepwalking is too kind, that implies it's not effectively intentional.

 

This has been deliberate mismanagement to save money in the hope that everything will be fine.

 

I would say it's been more like drink-driving to relegation.

[Lush Vlad]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

Many said similar at the time, but this thought process from Ashley and Co, really fucked me off. 

 

I read similar before WBA and again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  To me, if you're giving your manager a game or two, before deciding on whether to sack him or not.  Then maybe, just maybe, he's not the right man for the job? 

 

How fucking short term is that?  Wouldn't put it past those in charge to have actually viewed it like this, as well.  As it kind of ties in with media reports.  The same was said before WBA.  We won and he kept his job.  Same again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  We lost both, looked obvious the players had downed tools (not many had their tools with them this season) and it finally prompted them to act. 

 

McClaren was a dead man walking, for months.  Utterly pathetic that the odd fluke result, ended up keeping him here so long.

[sempuki]

Could be playing against him next season - apparently applied for the Cardiff job.

 

[TRon]

Could be playing against him next season - apparently applied for the Cardiff job.

 

 

Maybe Cardiff will put his name in a hat alongside Carver to decide which top level manager to go for.

[Optimistic Nut]

Sure it's just said on SSN that Allardyce will be on Goals on Sunday this week...surely they're not going to still have McClaren on?

[Thomson Mouse]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

Many said similar at the time, but this thought process from Ashley and Co, really f***ed me off. 

 

I read similar before WBA and again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  To me, if you're giving your manager a game or two, before deciding on whether to sack him or not.  Then maybe, just maybe, he's not the right man for the job? 

 

How f***ing short term is that?  Wouldn't put it past those in charge to have actually viewed it like this, as well.  As it kind of ties in with media reports.  The same was said before WBA.  We won and he kept his job.  Same again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  We lost both, looked obvious the players had downed tools (not many had their tools with them this season) and it finally prompted them to act. 

 

McClaren was a dead man walking, for months.  Utterly pathetic that the odd fluke result, ended up keeping him here so long.

 

The ironic thing is if we had have binned him then Benitez wasn't available, so who would've we ended up with?

[khay]

Sure it's just said on SSN that Allardyce will be on Goals on Sunday this week...surely they're not going to still have McClaren on?

 

He's been relegated to next week.

[Lush Vlad]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

Many said similar at the time, but this thought process from Ashley and Co, really f***ed me off. 

 

I read similar before WBA and again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  To me, if you're giving your manager a game or two, before deciding on whether to sack him or not.  Then maybe, just maybe, he's not the right man for the job? 

 

How f***ing short term is that?  Wouldn't put it past those in charge to have actually viewed it like this, as well.  As it kind of ties in with media reports.  The same was said before WBA.  We won and he kept his job.  Same again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  We lost both, looked obvious the players had downed tools (not many had their tools with them this season) and it finally prompted them to act. 

 

McClaren was a dead man walking, for months.  Utterly pathetic that the odd fluke result, ended up keeping him here so long.

 

The ironic thing is if we had have binned him then Benitez wasn't available, so who would've we ended up with?

 

He would have been available if he got the chop after the WBA game.  I'm sure that was in February?  Rafa left Real Madrid at the start of January. 

[TRon]

Two wins that sent us down

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/12/newcastle-united-relegated-key-moments-that-resulted-in-the-drop/

 

Ashley, though, was underwhelmed by McClaren’s impact and Telegraph Sport had been told the former England manager was on the brink of losing his job ahead of a home game against Liverpool at the start of December.

 

Newcastle won it 2-0 and followed it up with a smash-and-grab win at Tottenham the following weekend. The team appeared to have turned a corner under McClaren, but all they were doing was going round in a circle.

Newcastle beat Tottenham

 

Those two wins meant Ashley and Charnley changed their mind about admitting they had made a huge mistake appointing McClaren. If they had changed manager then, Newcastle would almost certainly have moved well clear of relegation danger.

 

Many said similar at the time, but this thought process from Ashley and Co, really f***ed me off. 

 

I read similar before WBA and again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  To me, if you're giving your manager a game or two, before deciding on whether to sack him or not.  Then maybe, just maybe, he's not the right man for the job? 

 

How f***ing short term is that?  Wouldn't put it past those in charge to have actually viewed it like this, as well.  As it kind of ties in with media reports.  The same was said before WBA.  We won and he kept his job.  Same again before Stoke and Bournemouth.  We lost both, looked obvious the players had downed tools (not many had their tools with them this season) and it finally prompted them to act. 

 

McClaren was a dead man walking, for months.  Utterly pathetic that the odd fluke result, ended up keeping him here so long.

 

The ironic thing is if we had have binned him then Benitez wasn't available, so who would've we ended up with?

 

He would have been available if he got the chop after the WBA game.  I'm sure that was in February?  Rafa left Real Madrid at the start of January. 

 

Without a doubt relegation was self-inflicted, and what makes it worse is that it followed exactly the same pattern as last time we went down. Basically bury your head in the sand and hope it all turns out alright until it's gone too far to salvage.

[astraguy]

@lee_ryder  32m32 minutes ago

Steve McClaren will be talking about #nufc on Sky's Goals on Sunday for the first time since leaving St James' Park.

 

That'll be some nice p*ss and salt in the massive gaping wounds of relegation.

Cancelled?

[Ryan]

Aye, was only going to do it if we stayed up.

[toon25]

Sackless cunt.

[Mattoon]

Sackless cunt.

 

Like additional evidence was required to concrete that fact, you only need to look at his shit-eating grin to come to that conclusion!

[HaydnNUFC]

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[Ikon]

[NG32]

[Holloway]