morla84 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Dont even think there'll be flames, we'll probably just vanish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Dont even think there'll be flames, we'll probably just vanish Think we'll get beaten senseless 32-34 times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 If we hang onto our goalie/defenders we'll be in the bottom six dogfight (as opposed to being adrift). Plus, at some point, we are going to sign some players who'll probably be of Premier League standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Unless we sign two decent forwards we'll struggle, without them we're 20th and miles behind everyone else. So basically we're fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Even with signings they’re fucked, Rafa made all our players look about 100% better. Even the defence could quite easily fall apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Most minging sentence of the year: it's wishful thinking to suggest we're going to finish rock bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Most minging sentence of the year: it's wishful thinking to suggest we're going to finish rock bottom. Maybe, don’t really care either way. Depends on how bad the promoted teams are, but again, will be trying not to follow it. They could quite easily get 15 points less than last season. Which is really bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Last season was a struggle and we are likely to lose at least 5 of our best players. Would be a miracle if we survived. We need at least 6 high quality players and another couple more quality first team players and a manager that can bring the players together. That's presuming we don't lose anyone else. Hayden, longstaff, Schar, Lejune, Fernandes, Dubravka, shelvey could all need replacing. Saivet and colback are going to get lots of minutes aren't they. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 BlufPurdi[/member] - do you still like to record poll results before we change it? I don't even remember doing this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Weve lost 23 out of our 42 goals last season so unless we can replace that we are absolutely fucked 45 points we finished on and many of them points were earned by single goal victories we could easily only accrue 15 to 25 points next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 BlufPurdi[/member] - do you still like to record poll results before we change it? I don't even remember doing this. Oh, who was it - remember replacing a poll and an admin asking where I'd saved the results of the last one. Ahhh, was a general chat thing https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=97070.msg6343320#msg6343320 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 As long as no-one else leaves, the squad is still alright until we reach the strikers. But if the takeover doesn't happen we're deep in the relegation battle, absolutely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Fewer points than Derby, imo. 100% nailed on. What's the record for fewest goals scored ? Don't look it up, we'll all know it in May. It's 20. That feels like a LOT. It is. We aren't beating that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 As long as no-one else leaves, the squad is still alright until we reach the strikers. But if the takeover doesn't happen we're deep in the relegation battle, absolutely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 We’re fucked in all places (esp with regards to strength in depth) with the exception of centre back and goalkeeper. Even then, it was Rafa that was able to get the most out of the players we’ve got there. The only ones with genuine quality are Schar and Lejeune. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Can we have a 100+ option please? 10 isn't big enough for me like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 We're fucked with no Rafa, Rondon or Perez. If we'd kept all three, improved full back positions, would've been confident of 10th-12th solid season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Even with Rafa, and with Perez, Rondon and the players playing his way to grind out the wins we still looked vulnerable and very poor at times. Now take Rafa and his gameplan, discpline and infleunce away, take away our two top scorers, add in Redfearn and a toxic atmosphere and Jack Colback and Joselu, and we could be relegated on record points. Not to mention we'll probably be losing some of our best players from last season in Hayden, probably Schar and Dubravka if they have any sense. Grim. 20th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 There's so much up in the air, its impossible to say at this stage. A disruptive pre-season is hardly an ideal start though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzgerald Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 You just know the likes of, Elliot, Lazaar, Clark, colback, Aarons, Saivet, Murphy, Joselu and Gayle will all be lined up to feature next year. So grim. They are championship level at best and some of them not even that. We should have moved on from them ages ago yet we are going back to players who weren't good enough in the PL 2/3 years ago. Comical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Could be another McClaren style season without Rafa coming in at the end to give us hope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 There's so much up in the air, its impossible to say at this stage. A disruptive pre-season is hardly an ideal start though. Do we have any other kind of preseason? Even when we were fairly stable on the management side we still managed to have players that couldn't travel because of unpaid dental bills and others stranded in far off climes. We're a shambles but we're a consistent shambles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Even in my current state of wanting the whole thing to burn, I cannot handle the thought of seeing Colback back in the side. It's just too deeply depressing. Like, just one step too far into nauseating depression. How can we be in a situation where that lad could be starting for us during the first game of the season? It just beggars belief. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I think the worst thing has to be that the transfer window now shuts at the beginning of the season. We’ll know how fucked we are after one game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I think the worst thing has to be that the transfer window now shuts at the beginning of the season. We’ll know how fucked we are after one game At least it's a nice easy start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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