Mick Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I couldn't care less what commentators say about us, I'm quite happy that they haven't got a clue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Murphy is absolute shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 He always sounds like he wants to top himself. Thick as mince Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 The media hate us because we dont accept our club just making up the numbers. How dare we want the most for our club. We should know our place and always be happy with 17th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Love how he hedges his bets by saying "I could be wrong". Can't remember the last time we "expected" to beat anyone in the league let alone anyone apart from the top 4. What a f***ing dildo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 The 'fan expectation' cliche. Don't particularly expect anything else from Danny Murphy though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Anyway I will be happy to see Chrissy Hughton doing well with Brighton. Next season is all about consolidation anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 We'll finish top 8 next season unless Rafa gets fucked over, anyone who thinks that is overly expectant or delusional is a nutjob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 We'll struggle due to a lack of PL experience Oh aye, okay then. Is that the same "experience" that meant Rafa wouldn't get us up from the Championship? Because he had no 'Championship experience'? The same pundits who claimed that we needed someone real quality like Steve Bruce (who did a cracking job at Villa) or Neil Warnock have now reverted back to the idiot stereotypes because they have nothing left to say as we're finally functioning as a proper club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Aye a kna. The one good thing is, the more people go on like this, the more of a siege mentality we can have. People expecting us to fail, and what not. Will make it all the sweeter if, in the next 3 or 4 years we consolidate and win something. For all Liverpool love Rafa and he loves them, it'd be absolute scenes if he won something here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Murphy obviously doesn't know we've been playing defensive/conservative/counter-attacking football for the almost all of the season, the utter cockwomble. Everyone I know personally who goes to the match has been complaining about it all season I think Murphy's got a point, tbh. Our fans are our best and worst asset. To be clear, saying NUFC fans want to be entertained is very different from saying they expect to finish in the top 4, 6, whatever. I think it's fairly cut and dry that that there's a problem at SJP with fans getting on the back of the team for not being 'attacking' enough. We've all witnessed huge groans when a player decides to keep possession by playing it backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 We'll finish top 8 next season unless Rafa gets f***ed over, anyone who thinks that is overly expectant or delusional is a nutjob. Call me a nutjob then, i'd be happy with a lot less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Why? Our competition have been shite, they need to improve just as much as we do. 49 points is the max anyone can finish on outside the top 7 this year. We were 3 wins and a draw off that when Carver was trying to relegate us. We were 4 wins off last season - the standard this year has been appalling. "a lot less" man, howay mole. Unless the league greatly improves anywhere outside the top 10 will be disappointing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 TBF like looking at the current league table Hanshithispantz has a fair point. Still think I'd be happy comfortably staying up though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Hans is spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 TBF like looking at the current league table Hanshithispantz has a fair point. Still think I'd be happy comfortably staying up though. Saying that now is different though. I think many would be happy with that now, but after a season playing shite (which we would have to do to finish outside the top 10, see Leicester & West Ham) it would feel pretty grim. Most people seemed to find this season disappointing until like the last 3 games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Why? Our competition have been s****, they need to improve just as much as we do. 49 points is the max anyone can finish on outside the top 7 this year. We were 3 wins and a draw off that when Carver was trying to relegate us. We were 4 wins off last season - the standard this year has been appalling. "a lot less" man, howay mole. Unless the league greatly improves anywhere outside the top 10 will be disappointing. Maybe i'm overly pessimistic but i'd be happy with anything between 12th and 15th tbh, i just feel like it's going to take longer than one summer for Rafa to get us to challenging the top 8. I'll likely be confident of top 8 the following season though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Call me a nutjob then, i'd be happy with a lot less. Same here, next season stay up and it's job done and we can then move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 If we spend anywhere near the £70m we're reported to be spending we should be aiming higher than a freshly promoted Sean Dyche managed Burnley imo. I don't think it's a certainty we'll do well or anything, I wouldn't be too shocked if we finished 15th, Rafa would have to make some pretty big errors for that though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 TBF like looking at the current league table Hanshithispantz has a fair point. Still think I'd be happy comfortably staying up though. Saying that now is different though. I think many would be happy with that now, but after a season playing shite (which we would have to do to finish outside the top 10, see Leicester & West Ham) it would feel pretty grim. Most people seemed to find this season disappointing until like the last 3 games It's going to be a big summer put it that way. I think I'll be positive going into the season regardless like. Simply because of Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I'd take being in that boring comfortable mid-table zone along with the likes of Stoke, WBA, Leicester & Southampton mind. Even that sounds optimistic given two finished in the top 6 last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 The thought of a PL Newcastle United taking the cups seriously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 You could argue aiming to finish 8th was only a little less realistic a target than aiming to finish 17th. Southampton are currently in 8th on 46 points and Swansea are 17th on 38 points. There are 10 teams covered by that 8 point difference. Outside the top 7 it is very close between the other teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I've just ordered Rafa's Way : The Resurrection of Newcastle United. I'm looking forward to receiving it in a couple of weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I've just ordered Rafa's Way : The Resurrection of Newcastle United. I'm looking forward to receiving it in a couple of weeks. Snap mate and also Mark Douglas' book too! Here are the links; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rafas-Way-Martin-Hardy/dp/1909245666 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Rafalution-Mark-Douglas-x/dp/1910335762 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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