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http://jobsearch.trinitymirror.com/jobs/job/Newcastle-United-FC-Writer/4829

 

Would imagine it's Neil Cameron's replacement. If only it were Lee Ryder...

 

Ryder should be sacked for the mere fact he can't even meet the description for a job he currently holds.

 

"The job involves delivering masses of high quality, well-researched, accurate and brilliantly-written football packages on a daily basis to agreed deadlines as directed by the NUFC Editor, to whom you’ll report."

 

Absolutely robbing for a living. You are a c*** Lee.

Can't believe he gets paid at all.
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Off on a tangent like but, can anyone post an image (sick of trawling fruitlessly through the the net) of the cartoon magpie with the cigar that's leaning on a stick which was used on vintage programs etc? (It's a tattoo thing)?

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Leffe, what's your appraisal of Pochettino? I was talking with an Espanyol fan yesterday and he believes he's done great. I think Kane's explosion has masked a rather indifferent season though.

 

I'm hoping that it's too early to tell.

 

Conditioning and fitness have clearly improved - we have one of the best injury records in the division for the first time I can remember. He has shown some faith in youth - we have comfortably the youngest first team in the Premier League. The one might well have led to the other. In certain games, we have looked terrific: the home games against Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton were excellent. We simply outplayed Arsenal, and took Chelsea apart. You could argue that the emergence of Kane baled (arf) him out, but Poch did coach Kane, picked him (eventually), and built the team around him.

 

There are just too many issues to ignore, however. He persisted with several players who were clearly out of form/ability/position/energy. He saw what worked so well tactically against Arsenal, and ditched it (and Dembele along with it). We were poor for long periods - not all that surprising given the number of young players. Substitutions were mixed, at best. We let in loads of goals, and I think much of this is down to issues in front of the defense. IIRC, he had similar problems at Southampton.

 

Ultimately, he finished 5th. Our spend is 6th, therefore you could argue we're slightly above par, and this was his first season with somebody else's squad. We spent pretty much nothing in the Summer, and pretty much nothing in January, so we have plenty of money available and plenty of dead wood to clear out. Next year will be the test. On face value, he has been fairly successful, but some of the specific decisions he has made have been unfathomable. That's our major concern.

 

Thanks, he was a bit hard to appraise in Espanyol too. He had stretches where they were brilliant combined with ones where they were useless. He didn't have the players that he has at Spurs, though. I guess we'll wait and see. :thup:

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I'm impressed with them being in tune and not going a million miles an hour. That looks like loads of fun.

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