They get Benfica, we get... relegated?


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its a load of bollocks anyway...until nufc actually win something the NE's big two remain an enigma. huge support, no trophies for 40 years. unique in european football.

but what is it about us? you would have thought by sheer fluke we might have crept into europe at some point in 40 years...
 
It's more the management side of things. We seem to forget that Short got MON on the advice of other people and in fairness it was a big move. But I think O'Neill hasn't moved with the times. He still has this buy British and workman like way of playing. Those days are gone.

What I'm trying to get at is ES has been almost perfect in his control of SAFC. MON is not working as we all would have thought yet, it may yet still work but I dont think SAFC could have done much more to achieve success under Short's ownership

3 points. 3 f***ing points.

and this, soon to be 0 points
 
and this, soon to be 0 points

4 seconds ago when we were ahead of them, there was not a single thread banging on about how incredible we were compared to them.

There's only one thing this board like more than moaning, and that's giving undue praise to the mags.

It's bizarre.
 
haway man mate,

"but we have had club representatives from plenty of clubs up here looking at our model."

"10year contracts etc"

give your head a shake

you dont think clubs talk to each other? i know for a fine FACT that we had representatives with arsenal, they had the best club system at the time and we copied it. they wouldnt obviously go into fine detail about financial things ect but they look at facilities, school models, training techniques, scouting policies. clubs talk to each other all the time.

newcastle has been making waves in the market of late, due to it being reletivly successfull and the fact we as a club are making a profit.
its obvious clubs are going to as how.
 
4 seconds ago when we were ahead of them, there was not a single thread banging on about how incredible we were compared to them.

There's only one thing this board like more than moaning, and that's giving undue praise to the mags.

It's bizarre.

I have been on here long enough to know we have some incredible bed wetters but of late the sheer amount of piss flowing through folks pants is seriously wrong.
 
you dont think clubs talk to each other? i know for a fine FACT that we had representatives with arsenal, they had the best club system at the time and we copied it. they wouldnt obviously go into fine detail about financial things ect but they look at facilities, school models, training techniques, scouting policies. clubs talk to each other all the time.

newcastle has been making waves in the market of late, due to it being reletivly successfull and the fact we as a club are making a profit.
its obvious clubs are going to as how.

What you won like?
 
you dont think clubs talk to each other? i know for a fine FACT that we had representatives with arsenal, they had the best club system at the time and we copied it. they wouldnt obviously go into fine detail about financial things ect but they look at facilities, school models, training techniques, scouting policies. clubs talk to each other all the time.

newcastle has been making waves in the market of late, due to it being reletivly successfull and the fact we as a club are making a profit.
its obvious clubs are going to as how.

f***ing hell, you believe it too? :eek:
 
4 seconds ago when we were ahead of them, there was not a single thread banging on about how incredible we were compared to them.

There's only one thing this board like more than moaning, and that's giving undue praise to the mags.

It's bizarre.

There was a lot of threads on here around Jan when to happy clappers were posting stuff about us been safe and they were going down. Works both ways.
 
due to the transferr market being reletivly successfull. buying players quite cheap but able to compete in the prem.

why would the clubs you talk of come to newcastle to find out how you scout players? and you seriously think there would be an open book relationship with a supposed competitor as to how you go about finding these players?

Why aye
 
Fair play to them, they've done well with a smallish squad to get to the quarters of a major European competition. I wouldn't bet against them either. They have players of the calibre of Tiote, sissoko and Cabaye, and play pretty decent attacking football, whilst I watch the turgid rubbish dished up by a dreary set of players and a manager with no ideas.

Same old same old. Am I jealous? Yes. In my 45 years of watching Sunderland, I can't really remember any time other than fleetingly for a couple of seasons when we've been better than them. They seem at the moment to have their club geared up to spending money wisely, doing their homework and getting value for money. We've consistently skunked millions on trash and employed dinosaur managers.

Time to go back to the drawing board Ellis, and although it sticks in my craw to say it, take a leaf out of their book. Get rid of this dreary manager and replace him with someone with ideas and a philosophy. Preferably foreign. Have a 3 - 5 year plan to get rid of the current squad except talented youngsters and replace them with quality. I've had enough of living in their f***ing shadow!!!
You know the old rule if you can not beat them then bet on them!!!!!
 
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