NG32 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 From european lands scarcely known? France? This is a local club for local people !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Was the accompanying picture of villagers with pitchforks and missing teeth? European mainland an unknown land ffs. Who do they think Newcastle are? Sunderland? Pfft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 We wanted a team of players from Durham 10 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I wrote that piece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Well-meaning but hilariously bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 That concept, espoused up to a decade ago, was intended to supply the entire team, from 1 to 11, from the Durham County population. The-then owner, John Hall, was a coal miner turned real-estate entrepreneur. His coach was Kevin Keegan, the grandson of a Durham miner. This was the bit that got me! A decade ago!?!?! WTF. He's not even close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeToon Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You know, it's hard to maintain an internet persona of smug jingoistic American superiority when articles like this comes out... *sigh* U-S-A! U-S-A! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Jesus Navas on the wing that's bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Lands they scarcely knew existed. trololololol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Where is this "France" you speak of? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Wow, that is possibly the worst article ever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 A place where foreign types live and come from, Ian. I asked for a steak bake and the woman behind the till spoke foreign at me. Never again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Where is this "France" you speak of? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 One simply cannot walk into France and sign an international midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 told you we should've expanded the stadium to 200,000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sydneycove Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 One simply cannot walk into France and sign an international midfielder. Yep spread the word to the other clubs. There are no more quality players in France. If they want French they can come to us and we will do them a Kenny Dalglish special. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Aye there must be loads of people who didn't know about France until we signed a few footballers from there. It's not like we've got any history with them or anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 tbh....am sick of these ogres shaking mighty trees bastards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Its also a very cheesy article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 told you we should've expanded the stadium to 200,000 On a serious note, I want to see this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 To be fair, I did once work with a lad from Walker so thick that he didn't know where France was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You know, it's hard to maintain an internet persona of smug jingoistic American superiority when articles like this comes out... *sigh* U-S-A! U-S-A! Don't worry the article was written by a an Englishman in New Zeland... has nothing to do with US of A other than the fact that the NYT paid him for it and had the lack of sense to publish it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 "Paid him" might be an overstatement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sydneycove Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/alan-green/alan-green-newcastle-wonrsquot-crow-after-taking-on-premier-big-guns-16074538.html It may surprise some people but, honestly, I don’t get to choose which games I commentate on. So, it was entirely at the whim of BBC producers that it was November before I got to see the side who, for a couple of hours on Saturday, reached the giddy heights of second place in the Premier League. Until then, any judgment I made on Newcastle United leant on what I could glean from television which isn’t always a sound base to view from. ‘Highlights’, in particular, can be very misleading. I went to St. James Park with an open mind. Was it time to treat Newcastle seriously? Could they end up in a place that would see them qualify for the Champions League? I’m afraid I left without having my doubts assuaged. Oh yes, the facts speak loudly in favour of Alan Pardew’s team. Though Everton did score, Newcastle still have the best defensive record in the country having conceded only eight goals in eleven league games. While teams like Arsenal, Chelsea and, yes, even Manchester City leak too many goals, Newcastle know the value of clean sheets. And they haven’t lost in fourteen games which is their best run in the top flight for more than sixty years. That is testament to momentum and confidence. The manager speaks, rightly, of their hard work and their unity. No opponent has the ball without being hustled by at least two or three wearing black and white stripped shirts. I could see why Pardew promotes the case for Steven Taylor playing for England and why Fabricio Coloccini is suddenly being tracked by, supposedly, superior clubs. Yes, the defence looks sound. But Jack Rodwell’s header just before half-time wholly changed the atmosphere: Everton — this is the Everton that have lost five of their last six league games — became energised; Newcastle, and their fans, nervous. Pardew speculated afterwards about how far his team had come, about the importance of the Geordie fans in the light of Everton’s second half surge and about how unlikely it would have been for Newcastle to resist it had they been playing at Goodison Park. “Somewhere along the line, things will go against us.” Injuries, perhaps? Cabeye has been massively influential in the centre of midfield alongside Tiote. Both are now injured, as are Obertan, Best, Marveaux and others. While everyone is fit and functioning, it seems Newcastle could withstand the loss of key players who’ve left them during 2011: Barton, Carroll, Enrique and Nolan. Now?I’m not so sure. The international break (another one!) comes at a good time for Newcastle. They probably need a breather and certainly time for injuries to heal because, shortly, they’ll face an acid test of their ability to maintain a presence close to the top of the table. In order, they play Manchester City away, Manchester United away and then Chelsea at home. Want a bet that they’ll lose all three? Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/alan-green/alan-green-newcastle-wonrsquot-crow-after-taking-on-premier-big-guns-16074538.html#ixzz1d8mZZwA8 Cringe worthy parts in that article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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