Words to currently describe NUFC . . . . . .

[DubblyDubblyDubbly]

Walkovers

[TheGuv]

ESPN.

 

 

Whatever happened to ESPN Classics?! Sky just seemed to get rid of it :/

 

BT Sport shut it down.

 

[TheGuv]

Walkovers

 

I love your avatar

[Guest diddimz]

Reading this thread i've realised i must be the only person without a thesaurus.

[Away Toon]

yes I'm afraid that's true, and it makes you a dinosaur.

[Disco]

It's taken a few years, but Mike Ashley and his band of horrendous men have taken the joy out if this for me. And they'd be proud of that, no doubt, so credit to them I suppose.

 

Watching the games is really like it was when the Knicks were terrible. Putting the game on is just something that you do.

 

Shak is fortunate he has other sports/interests - as am I for that matter, imagine having just Newcastle Utd, like the kid who paints his face every game (and probably everyday).

 

God bless the supporters that only support Newcastle.

 

The poor wretched bastards.

 

I shouted myself hoarse at Wembley on Sunday and was on the edge of my seat as the Steelers drove down field in the last two minutes. I was filled with anguish that Roethlisberger would find a man open in the end zone, go for two and win the game. The relief when he fumbled was akin to the feeling Shak described, when Shola bundled in the equaliser against the Mackems. I didn't even watch last night, I had a load of chores to do at home so did then while watching breaking bad on Netflix.

 

Odd comments.

[Shak]

Yep, who does chores and watches TV at the same time?

[Mole_Toonfan]

Yep, who does chores and watches TV at the same time?

 

[Disco]

Meant all of them FWIW. I don't think it's necessary to feel for those who haven't taken it upon themselves to choose a team (something I'll never get) in another sport.

 

Watching football without such a bitter / NUFC twisted outlook on anything has done me some good.

[Theregulars]

Demoralising.

 

Found a pub to watch the game yesterday but watched the whole thing without getting animated even once. Might as well have been Hull v Southampton. Realised when Remy scored that I don't care anymore. Yeah I was hoping we'd get an equaliser, but even if we had I wouldn't have been jumping for joy. It was the same when Hull scored their third goal last week, my reaction was literally "Wow, nice goal."

 

Five years ago, hell even last year, I'd have been livid when that went in. Yelling at the TV, calling anyone within earshot a c***, all of that irrational, emotional s*** that makes sports worth watching.

 

I compare it with how I feel watching my NFL team, and honestly it's two completely different experiences. I still get mad, still jump for joy when we score a TD or make a big play.

 

Before one of my fellow NFL fans comes in and says "Yeah, well that's because your team are really good right now" I'm saying, hand on heart, that that's not it. I'd still care, even if they were struggling.

 

Why?

 

Because when I look at that team I see an organisation that is dedicated to being the best they can be, to giving me and the rest of their fan base their very best effort, every year, to winning.

 

Newcastle United?

 

I look at the club and see it being run by a bunch of odious c***s who treat their fans with utter disdain, who cut every corner to save every penny they can at the expense of being as good a football team as is possible. And it breaks my heart, it really does.

 

Newcastle was my first love, this should mean more to me than any other sport ever could. I still remember the absolute joy I felt when we beat Man U 5-0, the absolute agony I felt when Collymore closed in, how I lay in my room in tears when Graham Fenton stole the title away from us, how I lept around a PC lab in uni like a lunatic when Bellamy scored in Feyenoord. Even as recently as a year and a bit ago, chainsmoking my way through a horrible derby game against Sunderland in a dodgy little bar in Vietnam, then absolutely exploding when Shola bundled in an equaliser.

 

How can I care anymore though? We have an owner whose only goal is to advertise his other business, a director of football who belongs in a f***ing cemetery, a manager who is delighted to go along with this rubbish while endeavouring to play as tedious a brand of football as is achievable, and a group of players who don't appear to give a single f*** about the badge on their shirt (one or two exceptions aside).

 

I doubt I'll ever be able to fully detach myself from NUFC, there's too much history there between us. But right now, I'm just so deflated by the whole experience of following this club. Barely post in the football forum anymore, gonna be home for a few months soon but have so many other things I'd rather spend money on than taking a trip over to watch us. I haven't been in St. James' Park in years, honestly don't know if I want to see in the flesh with all of Ashley's s*** splattered across it.

 

It's taken a few years, but Mike Ashley and his band of horrendous men have taken the joy out if this for me. And they'd be proud of that, no doubt, so credit to them I suppose.

 

Sums me up too man. It's shocking how little I react to goals etc when we're playing now. Just falling out of love with football in general mainly because of NUFC.

 

It's not about us winning or losing either. It's the fact that everything good about the club is being killed off and everything we're proud of is disappearing and there's nothing we can do about it. Ashley couldn't care less. He's ruining the club and he's going nowhere any time soon.

 

Same for me. I haven't watched any games this season properly, I might keep my eye on the score and I still get excited if we are winning, but while I always care, I've lost interest in putting myself through it. There's not even the hope that it's going to pick up anytime soon. The club that gave me some of my happiest days is long gone.

[Theregulars]

Oh, and "pitiful".

[Oakie Doke]

titular

[Guest TheGreatBeardo]

Gutless

[wyn davies]

old chestnut  "Sleeping Giant"  like a volcano Dormant until something explodes, problem is, will have to wait another 10yrs until this lot move on.

[Hanshithispantz]

We're not a sleeping giant anymore, like. We were when the league was a bit more balanced but we're no more likely to wake up than over half of the Premiership, and a few from below too. Regardless of Ashley.

 

Big club like, and a lot to be proud of, but the billionaires have pretty much ruined our chances of ever fairly living to our potential.

[Yorkie]

Interesting.

[merlin]

Interesting.

 

I presume you meant that in the Chinese sense, i.e.'May you live in interesting times'.....

[Beren]

Meant all of them FWIW. I don't think it's necessary to feel for those who haven't taken it upon themselves to choose a team (something I'll never get) in another sport.

 

Watching football without such a bitter / NUFC twisted outlook on anything has done me some good.

 

I wasn't talking exclusively about other sports teams, just FYI.

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Venereal.

[Guest icemanblue]

Meant all of them FWIW. I don't think it's necessary to feel for those who haven't taken it upon themselves to choose a team (something I'll never get) in another sport.

 

Watching football without such a bitter / NUFC twisted outlook on anything has done me some good.

 

Aye, odd reading that last page, like. Some strange comments from fans that 'love' this club. Even stranger that local, match going, Newcastle fans are becoming something of an easy joke on here. Can't quite get my head around it, but I assume it's because we're almost becoming a minority on this site.

[David Icke - Son of God]

Fucking shit.

[Foluwashola]

Meant all of them FWIW. I don't think it's necessary to feel for those who haven't taken it upon themselves to choose a team (something I'll never get) in another sport.

 

Watching football without such a bitter / NUFC twisted outlook on anything has done me some good.

 

Aye, odd reading that last page, like. Some strange comments from fans that 'love' this club. Even stranger that local, match going, Newcastle fans are becoming something of an easy joke on here. Can't quite get my head around it, but I assume it's because we're almost becoming a minority on this site.

 

Its weird like. I can't imagine deciding to support the San Diego Spunknuggets, profess my love for them, then go on to constantly bemoan them and abuse their local fans.

[SEMTEX]

Not sure I've seen any abuse of local fans like. All getting a bit precious.

 

I'm pretty much with them anyway, I just don't really care any more. It doesn't make any difference even if we do win a few games. We're not here to compete, we're here to exist. There is no point.

[Shak]

Meant all of them FWIW. I don't think it's necessary to feel for those who haven't taken it upon themselves to choose a team (something I'll never get) in another sport.

 

Watching football without such a bitter / NUFC twisted outlook on anything has done me some good.

 

Aye, odd reading that last page, like. Some strange comments from fans that 'love' this club. Even stranger that local, match going, Newcastle fans are becoming something of an easy joke on here. Can't quite get my head around it, but I assume it's because we're almost becoming a minority on this site.

 

I certainly didn't intend to have a go like, just saying how I personally felt. The "poor bastards" post was whimsical, don't take it so personally mate.

 

If anything I envy those of you who do still have that passion that I've seemingly lost.

[Deuce]

Meant all of them FWIW. I don't think it's necessary to feel for those who haven't taken it upon themselves to choose a team (something I'll never get) in another sport.

 

Watching football without such a bitter / NUFC twisted outlook on anything has done me some good.

 

 

The game is too enjoyable to be ignored simply because of Newcastle's current misfortunes. Which is to say, it's nice to enjoy football outside of Newcastle.