Guest WashyGeordie Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Come on, their nickname is the Villans... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Most fouls in the Premier League so far: 1 Grant Holt Norwich City 15 2 Cheik Tiote Newcastle 13 ITS ON! Grant Holt didn't even start Norwich's last game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 haha. Oh, its so on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Football innit? Hope Solo's First Dance! - Dancing With The Stars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Curious as to why Man Utd keep singing 'Viva Ronaldo'. Fair enough if he was retired or something, just weird that's all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sydneycove Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 The Mr Men series of books have announced the release of a new book featuring Fernando Torres. It will be called Mr Sitter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 The Turkish football association has come up with a radical solution for tackling hooliganism - by banning men from stadiums. Teams sanctioned for unruly behaviour by fans are instead only allowed to admit women and children aged under 12 to watch games. On Tuesday, more than 41,000 women and children attended Fenerbahce's match against Manisaspor in Istanbul. The move followed violence during a Fenerbahce "friendly" in July. The Istanbul side was initially told to play two home matches behind closed doors after fans invaded the pitch during a game with the Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. But the Turkish authorities later softened their stance and decided to let women and children attend. Fenerbahce's 1-1 draw with Manisapor kicked off after players from both teams hurled flowers at the fans, while the visitors were greeted with applause instead of the more customary loud jeers. The home side's captain, Alex de Sousa, said: "This memory will stay with me forever. It's not always that you see so many women and children in one game." "We have to thank the ladies for coming to support us," his team-mate Joseph Yobo - on loan from Everton - told Lig TV. "It's difficult playing without the fans." Manisaspor midfielder Omer Aysan agreed: "It was such a fun and pleasant atmosphere." Before the game, fans were searched by all-women police officers. Speaking before the match, Yasemin Mercil, a female member of Fenerbahce's executive board, said: "This really is a historic day. "For the first time in the world, only women and children will watch a game. The women know all the chants. The same anthems, the same chants will be sung." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14998237.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Like the opposite of: monty python stoning clip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Curious as to why Man Utd keep singing 'Viva Ronaldo'. Fair enough if he was retired or something, just weird that's all. They're a bunch of weirdos, the lot of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Must be a great opportunity for the young'uns to be learning from the likes of Cabay, Benny and Marveax etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Curious as to why Man Utd keep singing 'Viva Ronaldo'. Fair enough if he was retired or something, just weird that's all. No different to our away end singing about Kevin Nolan last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Much easier to read if u click the link btw http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/lukeedwards/100019791/newcastle-united-are-benefiting-from-low-expectations-rather-than-suffering/? By Luke Edwards Sport Last updated: September 21st, 2011 From the depths of depression and despair to wild and unrestrained euphoria, sometimes all in the space of a week, Newcastle United have tended to show all the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. It is a rollercoaster ride you simply cannot get off, full of exhilarating highs and stomach churning lows, or at least it has been ever since Kevin Keegan gave the archetypical sleeping giant an almighty kick up the backside in 1992. In the 19 years since Keegan used Sir John Hall’s money to restore the club to something like its former glory, expectations have run wild on Tyneside. It is not true to say Newcastle supporters expect to win trophies, that is clearly misleading when the Magpies have not won a major trophy since 1969, a domestic one since 1955 and the league title since 1927. But they do expect to be in the mix, jostling for European positions, snapping at the heels of the super-heavyweights in their division and landing telling blows while they do it. And, they have, since Keegan, been expected to do it in an attractive, attacking style with the emphasis on goals scored, not conceded. Keegan helped transform a football club and, in doing so, helped reawaken several others. Having seen how much could be done with a little bit investment and momentum, the Hall-Keegan axis galvanised all of English football. Keegan, of course, did not win anything, but he turned Newcastle into a major attraction again, a force to be reckoned with and he did it with flair. His success has weighed heavily on the shoulders of all those who have followed him into the St James’ Park dugout. It says much about the magnitude of the challenge that only a titan of the game like Sir Bobby Robson has matched his achievements. Newcastle fans are generally viewed with mixture of bewildered admiration and begrudging respect, if only for continuing to turn up in their thousands to follow a team which persistently fails to match their expectations. There are some who mock their misguided loyalty, while Sunderland supporters can rarely mention their local rivals without the words arrogant and deluded creeping into the conversation, but generally speaking I suspect there is more respect than ridicule. Expectations, though, have perhaps never been lower on Tyneside and if Mike Ashley has done one thing successfully since he took over four years ago it is this. It is not necessarily a bad thing as Alan Pardew and his squad are starting to discover. Tipped for a relegation battle after an uninspiring summer which saw virtually none of the £35m Andy Carroll fee spent on transfers, Newcastle’s supporters headed into the new season with a sense of foreboding, or worse, apathy. With the club’s iconic number nine shirt remaining vacant after a mistake-ridden search for Carroll’s replacement, Pardew’s side were not expected to achieve anything more than disappointment and, with a bit of luck, top flight survival. The early signs are far more encouraging than that. The leaves are still on the trees so no need to get carried away, but for once nobody is. There is just quiet satisfaction because, for once, Newcastle are exceeding expectations, not failing short. Newcastle’s squad is small, but it is talented, while Pardew has created the sort of siege mentality every team intending to punch above its weight needs. Newcastle are well-drilled and well organised. They have shed the Entertainers tag, but have not suffered negative publicity because of it. In fact, Pardew has done what Sam Allardyce failed to do. He has made Newcastle, first and foremost, a difficult team to breakdown, difficult to beat. Stubborn, obstinate and belligerent, not exciting, expansive and flaky. Pardew, though, hasn’t shouted about it in every press conference and repeatedly told everyone how clever he is, as Big Sam had a nasty habit of doing during his short spell as manager. Newcastle do not have to play attractive, attacking football. Of course, it is preferential, but a win will be celebrated as a win, regardless of how it came about. This has been the subtle shift Pardew has managed to oversee. Where once there would have been excited chatter about a European push after an unbeaten start to the campaign, and even a shot at silverware in one of the cup competitions, there is just contentment things have not begun nearly as badly as feared. Newcastle still need a striker to fill the number nine shirt, regardless of Leon Best’s run of three goals in four games, and the squad only looks a couple of injuries away from being stretched in any department, but at the moment solid rather than spectacular is going down rather well. Jesus is that the first piece of accurate mainstream journalism of the fans of this club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Can't stand Edwards, but yeah, it's decent for a national. The comparison to Allardyce is doing Pardew a bit of a disservice though. Yes he has made us determined, hard to beat, obstinate, belligerent etc, but I don't think in the long term he'd want us to remain 'not exciting'. From what I've seen he enjoys attacking play and players that excite just as much as the rest of us, and given time, with the lads we've brought in we may see some expansive football yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Durham asking the question on TalkSport if NUFC fans were singing anti-Clough songs last night... Didn't pick any out myself or was aware we even had any?... Thankfully Forest fan claimed he'd not heard any... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I heard one, isolated chant along the lines of "Bobby Robson was better than Clough", but nothing more than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I heard one, isolated chant along the lines of "Bobby Robson was better than Clough", but nothing more than that. Same here. Nothing vicious or vindictive. If I remember correctly it was only being sung by about 8 blokes on the way out of the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 R.E.M. have split... My favourite band and always in the car for away games... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest schmuck Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 They come along for the ride like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Aye didn't know they were Toon fans like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Football: a sport for the working classes? http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/chelsea/82764/these-arent-just-prawn-sandwiches-these-are-chelsea-fc-prawn-sandwiches.html Saw this at Kings X. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 What was that football mockumentary film from the 70s/80s called? All I can remember is one of the player's nickname being shoes, as he once came into training wearing a new pair of shoes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Juiz Simulando Falta. Look it up on youtube Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Curious as to why Man Utd keep singing 'Viva Ronaldo'. Fair enough if he was retired or something, just weird that's all. No different to our away end singing about Kevin Nolan last night. "get him on a plane bring him back from spain viva ronaldo" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooonDoom Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Whats the story with the player bonus's that Pardew sorted out? Keeps popping its head out... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 What happened to Thespence? Doesn't post anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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