Guest Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Quarter of the season gone, 7th in the league, top scorer in the league, potential future England number 9 etc. Are we overachieving at the moment or is this our level? Looking at that starting eleven I think individually the players on the whole are of top 10 ability (Jose. Colo, Barton, Tiote, Nolan, Jonas and Carroll especially), and don't see any reason why we shouldn't be looking at upper mid table if that nucleus stays fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Around mid table would be my guess. Which is fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I think we've found out best eleven, and best formation. It's not the prettiest football, but we do present a goal threat. I could see us finishing in our current position, but that's providing we can keep Barton and Tiote fit for most of the season. We don't have back-up for what they contribute to the team. Yesterday will have also have shown us how to win at home - plenty of aggression. We have home advantage, use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 "This group of lads" like any "group of lads" can take us anywhere, its all about knowing how to play togther, i thought our team that got relegated was MUCH better than this one but they just didn't know how to click togther, this team is decent and they seem to really do well when they click however when they switch off its disastrious, its all up to Chris really to make them produce the same performance week in week out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I can't even contemplate it until we've seen them do this a few times. Our form is just too erratic to say where we'll finish. I reckon it'll be clearer by Christmas. I will say one thing though. When on-form and all playing together with 100% effort, that team yesterday can beat anyone in the league IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I can't even contemplate it until we've seen them do this a few times. Our form is just too erratic to say where we'll finish. I reckon it'll be clearer by Christmas. I will say one thing though. When on-form and all playing together with 100% effort, that team yesterday can beat anyone in the league IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 To early to tell....... we need to compete with bigger better teams than the ones we have beaten so far this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 12th - we lack depth & a couple of top class midfielders we don't play well against sides who know how to hold the ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 To early to tell....... we need to compete with bigger better teams than the ones we have beaten so far this season. We'll find out next Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 To early to tell....... we need to compete with bigger better teams than the ones we have beaten so far this season. We'll find out next Sunday. Indeed we will... massive test for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Bigger teams? Not sure how the Arsenal game will show much. If anything we've done much better against the decent sides, we need to keep that form for the games we're expected to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 To early to tell....... we need to compete with bigger better teams than the ones we have beaten so far this season. We'll find out next Sunday. Indeed we will... massive test for us. Arguably our biggest test so far. Let's just hope the referee stays out of this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Between 17th and 14th imo. Great result yesterday though i just don't think we will be consistent enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I've said before the season we would finish in the top half. After those defeats to Blackpool, Stoke and draw against Wigan I thought we would be in relegation trouble. Not too sure what to think now tbh, but I really hope that with a bit consistency and no injuries to our key players (without counting Harper and Ben Arfa) we can finish in the top half which would be absolutely brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 With Roy Carroll up front, we can achieve anything... http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Newcastle-vs-Sunderland-Les-Ferdinand-believes-Roy-Carroll-can-become-a-legendary-No-9-article616837.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I would have been happy with staying up before yesterday but I think we can challenge for a top 10 place. Yes we will get beat a few times but I think a lot of sides will have problems playing against Carroll and Shola, and we finally seem to have got a functional midfield behind them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 WE'RE NEWCASTLE AND WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE LEAGUE! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 To early to tell....... we need to compete with bigger better teams than the ones we have beaten so far this season. We'll find out next Sunday. I fear a tonking, however Arsenal are away to Shaktar Donesk on wednesday in the CL so hopefully that long journey and game will leave them a bit jaded on sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Potentially we can finish in the top 10, however that is our potential. At this point I would still be happy with staying up, I would like to see us have atleast 20-25 points by the time xmas and the new year comes around which should put us in a decent position and maybe then can we build up something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 If we can keep our most important players fit, and by that I mean pretty much our entire starting XI from yesterday, we will finish midtable. I still have my doubts, as this afterall is Newcastle United we're talking about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Apart from injuries (squad not deep enough), it depends on how well we can move beyond recent inconsistency. On a good day, this lot seem capable of great things. But it's not always a good day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I think we'll finish somewhere between 16th and 12th. The squad has no depth and even the starting eleven has some glaring weaknesses. The likes of Shola, Nolan, Barton, etc, have not shown an ability to maintain a high level over the course of a long season for quite some time. Right now, things are good, but two weeks ago they were bad. Everything is fragile and at some point it will collapse. It is a question of how quickly we can build it back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 To be fair, if everything had gone for us this season with decisions, injuries etc we could have a few more points on the board. But then again, an injury to Carroll/Nolan/Colocinni and we would probably have a few less. My feeling is that we'll finish lower than we are now, around 12th-15th, which would be more than good enough. If we stay up, and go about it in a way that doesn't leave us shitting ourselves for the last couple of months, it will have been a great season and we can kick on from there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 If we're lucky: mid-table. What more could you ask for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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