Dr Venkman Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Fair enough. I can't stand anything pro Ashley after what he's done to this club so I always end up getting slightly irate when people have a go at those who at least try to bring change. Making disparaging remarks about protest whilst waxing lyrical about the results of the protest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Rubbish. Those protests had a massive effect. The fact they garnered that much media attention tells you all you need to know. How do you know that? Has Ashley told you? Ashley only cares about himself, NUFC being relegated was a big concern for him - hence the summer changes. Why would Ashley give a toss about a very small group of supporters singing and holding banners up? The sit-in after the game, the group who stood outside Nine bar before a game (forget which one) were both awful and taken up by a very small number. The Tottenham no-show was probably the best, but was still not great. I wasn't there, and live overseas as it happens, but I don't think you can talk about only a very small number of fans having banners if stewards at the turnstiles have been photographed with large bin bags full of confiscated ones. Especially after the club claimed that it would do nothing to stop protests beforehand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Still being linked to Toivenen, who seems like poor man's SDJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleazy Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Interesting fact from one of the inbreds: Dick Advocaat has had 11 jobs in the last 10 years. He failed to make a full year in 8 of them. Walking is exactly what Advocaat does. Read more: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/when-we-sign-nobody-and-dick-slings-his-hook.1124863/page-3#ixzz3k1NCGJru Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Interesting fact from one of the inbreds: Dick Advocaat has had 11 jobs in the last 10 years. He failed to make a full year in 8 of them. Walking is exactly what Advocaat does. Read more: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/when-we-sign-nobody-and-dick-slings-his-hook.1124863/page-3#ixzz3k1NCGJru He's a fucking shit manager like, always has been imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I've had some incredible holidays in the last few years with the money I've stopped spending on NUFC/football. I'll be away during the next derby, probably on a beach during the game, not caring in the slightest about something that doesn't care about me. Life's too short indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Can this thread go back to bashing Sunderland rather than a discussion on whether you've given up on Newcastle or not now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I love the people that keep on telling everyone they don't care everyone. They just keep saying it all the time as they want everyone to care that they don't care anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I love the people that keep on telling everyone they don't care everyone. They just keep saying it all the time as they want everyone to care that they don't care anymore. Aye, given up and apathetic but can't get off the nufc threads and hashtags on twitter, almost as if there saying it to convince themselves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just agree to disagree and talk about the mackems aye? Who is this Gooch kid they seem to be impressed with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just agree to disagree and talk about the mackems aye? Who is this Gooch kid they seem to be impressed with? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynden_Gooch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 He was canny for Gateshead when I saw him there. Would really try and make things happen. Played too deep to score loads of goals though. He was much more enthusiastic than Adam Campbell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 When i was at school your 'gooch' was the bit between your ballsac and your arsehole, or indeed your c*nt and arsehole....So by that logic I expect him to slot in between larsson and cattermole. Edit: And wouldn't you know it, it still is! http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/gooch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I love the people that keep on telling everyone they don't care everyone. They just keep saying it all the time as they want everyone to care that they don't care anymore. Beats lying to yourself. They'll love you back one day. I promise. It'll be like the mid-90's again very soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Love reading this forum and don't often post, however:- I am 46 years old and can't remember the Joe Harvey days that well as I only went to reserve games with my dad back then. I do however remember Gordon Lee, Richard Dinnis, Bill McGarry, Liam McFaul, Jim Smith, Souness, Roeder, Sam, Pardew etc. etc. etc. By my calculation I have enjoyed 8-10 years out of 46 and lived through 20 years of sack the board under various regimes. Keegan days were unbelievable and Bobby days were great, the rest have had zero entertainment. I didn't want McClaren by choice however we are potentially on the cusp of something special - ENTERTAINMENT. I was less than a week old when we won the Fairs Cup and wouldn't be surprised if we never won anything in my lifetime but I only want to be entertained. I love nothing more than living in my 90 minute bubble at St James with my family, and being entertained. Last night and the Southampton game before gave me optimism that the McClaren set up is going to be fun. We have people continually posting about not going back, people who go have sold out to Ashley, Ashley out. Well face some facts - He's going to go when he wants to go and he doesn't care about whether we are there or not. Sir John Hall made in excess of 100m out of us in the 90's. What was the difference - Entertainment. The Keegan days lined Sit John's pockets and Freddy's pocket as did the Bobby times. All these guys are after the same end goal of making money, they just have different ways of going about it. I believe the manager is key to whether we enjoy it or not and I have rated 8 years out of the past 40 odd as being well managed. I do believe we are entering a time of further entertainment and I for one are going to ride the wave. 25000 people last night were entertained. Those who have decided not to go back it's your prerogative. Take note though. If it works well the ground will fill again and you may well miss your chance. The ground will fill with 52000 glory hunters and the 'proper fans' will end up bitter and twisted and forum posting because they can't get tickets. I am now waiting for the Sheff Wed tickets to come out to join the other 25000 fans who want enjoy themselves again and we will be in our seats for Arsenal. I haven't felt this way since Bobby left. It's great being positive again. It may be short lived but so what. We were no different then either. If I remember rightly the crowd wasn't any bigger when we failed CL qualification against Zagreb. Looking forward to this season and going to enjoy every minute if the promise of entertainment is borne out. Don't cut your nose off to spite your face. Stuff the hierarchy - support the team and let them put a smile on your face. I'm going to enjoy it - I might as well as I might be too old or even dead by the next time! Out of interest, were you full of this optimism (and insanity) when we drew 3-3 against Burnley in Carver's first home match, or beat Hull 3-0 away? I'm not saying that this is the same case, but it's not a million miles from it. I'm honestly not in the mood to go all out and try and fight the full anti-Ashley battle here, but I suppose yourself, like the vast majority of our fanbase, have their own priorities being entertainment for 90 minutes on a Saturday. Personally, I couldn't give a toss if we win or lose 4-3 or 5-6 every week, what I think of is the long term benefit of the club- the overall picture for Ashley's regime. For me I just cannot bear to give him any more money, whilst sitting in a sterile, soulless atmosphere in St James' Park, surrounded by Wonga shirts and Neo-Nazi's working as stewards, and to top it off be unable to escape from Sports Direct signage. That all to me, the latter especially, screams out that nowt is changing at the club. We have bought in some good players, but for every player we've bought, we've also let go a player- and among the exodus was Jonas and the treatment he received. The principles of the club remain. The football under Pardew was so, so, so dire that literally by us stringing more than 5 passes together becomes a major improvement in quality. I'm sure the football will be decent under McClaren, but I just don't care. I want Newcastle United back. I don't want to support Sports Direct FC. But, each to their own. I just depends what one wants from their football club- for me, it's to represent it's traditions and honor it's history, whilst treating it's people with respect. That is not what we are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Be interesting to see how they do against Villa now they have ditched the 4-4-2. Think the weekend will be a better representation of how they will do this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Can see Dick leaving after this weekends game if they lose. Especially with the end of the transfer window around the corner. Hopefully, this year their quick fixes of loans and changing managers every time they are in trouble will catch up with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Can see Dick leaving after this weekends game if they lose. Especially with the end of the transfer window around the corner. Hopefully, this year their quick fixes of loans and changing managers no Pardew every time they are in trouble will catch up with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just hoyed Total Sport on and they seem to be asking for a combined Newcastle and sunderland u-21 team. What the actual fuck? That has to be the worst idea ever. Oh, God. Now there's a mackem on. I'm gonna bang my head against the wall, that'll make more fucking sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 When i was at school your 'gooch' was the bit between your ballsac and your arsehole, or indeed your c*nt and arsehole....So by that logic I expect him to slot in between larsson and cattermole. Edit: And wouldn't you know it, it still is! http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/gooch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Right now I don't really begrudge people wanting to go to the games. I'm far from convinced - but there has been a lot of changes, we've started the season with promise, there's new players here and the standard early season buzz. It's the 30,000 that went to the Spurs game last season I had a serious problem with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Part of the problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Part of the problem Agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 What would stop a soopafan like you going to home matches, Liam? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I didn't go to the Tottenham game actually, just don't agree that those who did are harming the club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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