maze Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Allardyce to spend £30 million-ish, fail to qualify for the CL and get the sack next summer. Expectations are always nice, though reading everything you guys write, gives me a mixed feeling. As for the qoute above, from page 1, and together with most of your 'dreams' (not trying to be too harsh ), I think we need to be more realistic and down to earth. We are a medicore-side, surrounded with fans that often have quite unrealistic expectations. If we want to succeed in the long term, we need to be consistent in our decisions (that goes for both signings and appointment of managers). The current situation at NUFC is very influenced by the media, we are not in deep sh**, as they claim. But years and years of bad business- and sportsdecisions have left deep traces in our club. For me the appointment of Allardyce was a (truly missed) sign of ambitions from FF, and now that M.Ashley is on the verge of fully controlling our club - well, that hopefully helps the financial aspects. Personally, I would like Allardyce to stay for a long time (Just look at Man Utd and Arsenal, it's been awhile since they changed managers ). Now, people would most likely argue, for different reasons. My point is however that consistency is important for long term success, and honestly, consistency is something that definitively aren't synonymous with NUFC. Further, I support those of you saying SA should use his cautious approach in the transfer market. Again, consistency is far more important than flushing millions on 'big names' and so-called superstars. at the moment Newcastle don't need superstar and big names, we've signed Emre, Owen, Duff, luque (the list is endless) and none of them has really lived up to the expectations. (Think about this; our (the fans) expectations or the expectation related to their potensial- and/or current ability?) One guy in here wrote something else, that I agree with (and I think most of you also agree with this) ; At the moment we need to focus on getting a squad that works well together. CL and UEFA qualification, cup titles, and even the league title, is something I'll leave out for the moment. I'm just glad to see us finishing 10th or 11th, higher ? .. sure if possible... but I'd be happy with 10th or 11th as long as Sam, Mike, and the rest of the staff, focus on consistency and plans for the future, not just for the next game (or season, for that matter). That is, building up a decent infrastructure, a good side, invest in youths and so on...the rest? small steps makes big steps later on.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Expectations fo rnext season - 8th or 9th, if we get a few more players in, and the expected ones leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 simple question: when does the transfer window shut this summer? is it August? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 simple question: when does the transfer window shut this summer? is it August? 31th Aug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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