Eat it up, Newcastle

[upsidedownwalrus]

ignore that - daft comment

 

[zoltan]

as someone with more time on his hands than me eloquently points out.....Every football supporter in the country will lay claim to the fact that they have the best supporters in the country. The more vociferous supporters tend to be supporters of teams who haven’t won anything of note since Geoff Hurst was a lad, a sort of small-penis syndrome. The worst offenders of this are Newcastle United fans, just listening to them and they would have you believe that they were getting average gates of 40,000 in the old Second Division. SKY are no help either, every time the barcodes play they go on and on about how loyal and passionate the Geordies are. Digging deeper into this you’ll find hysterical websites where some attention-seeking fans moan about the likes of me who dare to challenge the myth that Newcastle Supporters are the most self-righteous in the country. If they were the best there wouldn’t need to be an entire website dedicated to arguing the fact, or trying to, since for some reason it cites Luton Town’s attendance of 3,374 against Orient in the Milk Cup in 1984 as ammunition to argue their case.

My belief is that in their pursuit of being a “Big Club” all they have to offer as evidence is their attendances of over 50,000. However, scratching the surface of this will tell us that Newcastle as a football club is roughly 15 miles from their “nearest rivals” Sunderland and about 40 miles from Middlesborough. So basically there is no meaningful competition for support - even Geordies are bright enough to realise that supporting Newcastle represents the best option by some margin. Compare this to Manchester City who get average attendances of about 35-40K despite having two of the biggest clubs in Europe (Manchester United and Liverpool) within 40 miles plus other clubs in the Premiership like Bolton, Wigan, Everton who could all pinch potential support. Newcastle’s attendances are probably so big because there is nothing else in Newcastle other than to go and stare at the Angel of The North, drink bottles of Newcastle brown and bemoan the fact that in the height of Summer it appears to start going dark around 3pm.

Another myth about Newcastle fans is the supposed loyalty and passion for the club through rain or shine. Well, if moaning about your Manager every 12 months until he is sacked is showing “passion” then they can keep it thanks. Nicky Butt recently vowed to silence the Newcastle boo boys as apparantly those loyal and passionate Geordies have decided that a player who has a Champions League winners medal, FA Cup Winners medals and Premiership winners medals isnt good enough to play for their beloved club. In reality, Buttsy really won’t have to worry about it for long as it won’t be long before those sharpening their knives turn their attention to Glenn Roeder.

Newcastle now readying themselves for another crack at the title armed with a manager who has no qualifications, took West Ham to the bottom of the league despite having Defoe, Carrick, Kanoute and Di Canio in his side and whose striking options involve Shola Ameobi ready to perform his best Thierry Henry impression.

So hopefully those 50,000 continue to go to St. James Park ready to enjoy a season no different to the last 50 trophyless years - plenty of huff and puff but no end product

such an off the cuff extended rant ....I sense an agenda here

 

[Relahni]

ignore that - daft comment

don't worry - daft comments are the new black on this forum.

 

[zoltan]

I was going to nip across to Holland for the game yesterday, but when I did a bit of checking and realised that by the time the game finished and I got my arse out of the ground & either trained it or drove ( no drinking ) to amsterdam, the night would be over and everyfink shut down.

and whats the point of going to Holland for a night and no drink N Drugs ?

Ah fuck it - NUFC have problems and anyone with an interest in football and no provincial or personal axe to grind should see that the obese Chairman & his family are the greeedy scum that keep the fans hanging on in the hope of something - anything - to reward them.I could rant here , but the entire structure of the club is set up to make fatty and his clan richer by the year - indeed it could be said that the business plan depends on extended mid table mediocrity - winning something would change the stakes and require someone dipping into his pockets to maintain the success.

Unfort. the majority of the fans still cling to the mantra of "Geordie=good" and have fallen for the Titled parasite Sir John Halls verbal shite about a geordie club managed and owned by geordies and with a geordie team - this Provincial chest thumping has been taken to heart by most of the blinkered victims in newcastle - just cos theyse blinkered and gullible doesnt make them bad people - they cant see outside their own region thats all. They are not violent or vile - they are just in a world of their own.

They/We are are one worst enemies sometimes.

I could see yesterday coming - it is the result of a decades worth of manipulation and meddling - and now we are back on earth with a bang - beaten by a decently managed team with a professional approach to the game.Roeder is a nice bloke, but hes not a politician and knows he will eventually take the fall anf the whole theatre of appointment & failure starts again - the real culprits again & again deflecting the blame onto someone else withiout ever being made to pay for their serial incomptence and pocket lining


fact for today - I hate to even mention the Noxious L****pool, but MR Fredrick Shepherd, chairman of NUFC Plc takes home more in salaray and bonus each year than the entire L/Pool board combined - now thats a criminal act - and I cant mentuion ( for onvious legal reasons ) the situation with Shephereds family & their links with the clubs business on both Football & Non Football related business - its a closed shop.

Im depressed now.

 

[Iam]

don't worry - daft comments are the new black on this forum.

*celebrates*

 

[mrkikiet]

there was a henry winter article earlier this season that summed up everything that is wrong at Newcastle United.
and it si much like Zlotan said.

re: the Nicky Butt boo-boys, this season he has been a revelation. before he went on loan to Birmingham he wasn't, in fact, he was rubbish and looked like he couldn't give a shit, something he himself has pretty much acknowledged. Fans get on the back of people they don't think are even trying, see Luque.

 

[Iam]

Watching them last night, I don't know they're a long way short of a decent team.

But you really, really, really, really need some centre backs. Bramble's useless and Taylor's not much better.