Newcastle FC (june/july2019)

[Amaw]

Here's the thing. The best either of us could hope for at present is mid-table mediocrity (a world away for us at present I know). Rafa performed perfectly well in his remit to achieve that - I for one think he is a good manager. Mike Ashley to my mind has actually given him the platform with which to accomplish this also. So what is the point? To me, if you can remain reasonably comfortable in the top division, sign the odd decent player, put a few results together, you might actually come within grasp of achieving something in the cups. We went close in 2014. Ok it was only the League Cup and not the FA Cup, but if we had come away with that trophy I honestly think I could have died a happy Sunderland supporter. So my question to you is, after a couple of reasonably comfortable finishes in the Premier League, where was Rafa's ambition in those cup competitions?

I'm not entirely sure what more Newcastle fans expect to achieve in the current climate, but I don't think a cup run would have been too far fetched an idea. And I'm sorry like, but Mike Ashley is not the one to blame for you not having one.

I agree with you on managers not prioritising the cups, something I can never grasp. No it is not Ashleys fault entirely for this. However Rafa is not the first and wont be the last manager to play the kids in these cups, if you are the manager of Chelsea or Man U your squad is usually a little thicker with better players on the peripherals, clubs like Newcastle have a starting 11 and maybe a couple of good players sitting on the bench, but our squad depth is shyte (please no one say "its Shite") as is most of us lower Premier league clubs. So when you are in a relegation battle, as a Manager do you want to risk your stars getting over tiered (something I also disagree with) or injured, playing Bury on a cold December in a early round league cup game? As a fan I do, but Managers don't.
So with a little investment if we were not annual relegation fodder, our Manager might just risk a cup game. So that is where I put some blame onto Ashley, Ultimately though it's the Manager who picks the team.

 

[deleted user 785]

Moyes odds shortening. Make it happen Mike

 

[Cox Green Fc]

Honestly think mourinho would do about as good a job as someone like neil warnock at lower level club like the mags

 

[Stormo]

I actually think the Europe League is nowt but bad news for clubs outside of the top 6.

Will be interesting to see how Wolves cope with it.

(I think they are in it anyway)

 

[Deleted member 2014]

A new limerick thread should be started and all of these put in. Some absolute gerld on here

There's no point starting another limerick thread as the mods will merge the posts like they did yesterday.
Agreed there are some brilliant limericks kicking about in here. The limerick thread I started yesterday had loads of funny limericks, but the mods decided to lump them in here instead.

 

[peil]

Pardew was a better manager for you. Dress it up however the fuck you want. Fatty achieved fuck all. Apart from relegation.

Glenn Roeder as well, let that sink in

 

[DH1 Mackem JN]

There's no point starting another limerick thread as the mods will merge the posts like they did yesterday.
Agreed there are some brilliant limericks kicking about in here. The limerick thread I started yesterday had loads of funny limericks, but the mods decided to lump them in here instead.

Shame, tbh IMO there should have been 3 separate threads.
Rafa officially leaving, general mag one, then Limericks for comedy value

 

[Deleted member 2014]

Shame, tbh IMO there should have been 3 separate threads.
Rafa officially leaving, general mag one, then Limericks for comedy value

Agreed.

 

[The Muffin Man]

Moyes odds shortening. Make it happen Mike

This wouldnt just be the icing on the cake, it would be the cherry, some sprinkles and strawberry sauce too.

 

[Frankel]

You know what net spend really means? It means you constantly spend more on players than you claw back in sales. Our net spend under Short was something like £240m. Much good it did us. What Ashley does is refuse to spend stupid money on 30 years olds who go on a free 2 or 3 years later. Huge net spend to improve league position is the economics of the madhouse. Every one place improvement in League position brings in a extra £2m in PL money. That's £10m for 5 places, but you want Ashley to spend £100m+ doing it. Irrational. The ideal net spend is zero and to maintain you desired league position with it.

If you have a net spend of £100m every year, that means that over 10 years, £1bn has to be found from somewhere. Here's a hint - selling out a ground won't do it.

This.

It amazes me that people can’t understand.

 

[WhoAreYa73]

You saying all Newcastle fans automatically includes me in that group seeing as I am a Newcastle fan.

Again, where did I say it? If you’re saying all Newcastle fans.

Bit weird to call me thicker than a castle wall when you seem to lack even the simplest grasp of the English language tbf.

Yeah, there is polls on social media, it’s been on the radio and you will have said something along those lines somewhere. Unlike you I don’t spend my whole day on this forum, I couldn’t think of anything more boring than looking through your posts just to prove a point. You fall into the you all part because you’re just another deluded mag.

It’s abit ironic that someone from Newcastle is saying I’m not able to grasp the English language though

 

[Bulwell]

No doubt SEB but it took me about three looks to get it properly, brilliant.

Paddy Power on Twitter

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

There was a fat mess called Rafa
He was no longer wor gaffer
It’s upset all the mags
They’ve taken down wor flags
And @Sima still has terrible patter

 

[Secret Visage]

There was a fat mess called Rafa
He was no longer wor gaffer
It’s upset all the mags
They’ve taken down wor flags
And @Sima still has terrible patter

Last line nailed it.

 

[Amaw]

trouble is you could qualify for the Europa League then twist like fuck about having to go to Albania in July and field the reserves, then get knocked out by a French team in the first round, the Premier League is shite tbh and it really wouldn't bother me if we didn't get back

Aint that the truth NUFC V Azabackisistan (located in the middle of nowhere with zero transport links)

 

[mikemanc]

I think they missed the last couple of seasons and vowed not to go back while Ashley was there.

'Coincidentally' the rumours of a takeover came around when the Season Tickets came out.

That's a coincidence that occurs every season ticket renewal or transfer window opens. And they get so excited every time

 

[Bulwell]

Twitter

FFS

Just opened all those betting accounts whilst I picked up by brand new VW and drove down to Sports direct to get a new pair of Puma's before I go on my Thomas Cook holiday.

 

[Deleted member 2014]

Shame, tbh IMO there should have been 3 separate threads.
Rafa officially leaving, general mag one, then Limericks for comedy value

Just for the hell of it we could have posted some music, dedicated to yesterday's tragic news of Rafa leaving the Toon.


To all managers of Newcastle, past, present and future, I dedicate this tune.

 

[Sandboy]

Aint that the truth NUFC V Azabackisistan (located in the middle of nowhere with zero transport links)

happens every year - which makes the policy of fielding shit teams in the domestic cup competitions all the more baffling, it's the only real chance 90% of clubs have of winning anything. Even then you have to pray City don't make it and do what they did to Watford

 

[DH1 Mackem JN]

Just for the hell of it we could have posted some music, dedicated to yesterday's tragic news of Rafa leaving the Toon.


To all managers of Newcastle, past, present and future, I dedicate this tune.