Newcastle United 2008-2009 Thread

[Limejuice]

Not that I'll ever admit to reading the Sun, hem, hem, but this was interesting and shocking:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2447919/What-a-bunch-of-wasters.html

Click the 'more' button where it says: 4 players on £50k-plus

It's appalling the money that the stupid bastards have thrown at players who've played for as long as it takes to cook a lightly boiled egg.

 

[pigsonthewing]

at the bottom of my road, the dene, not Freeman's.

i think there will be over 45,000 for the first couple of home games. and i know of people who are talking about getting season tickets now in the hope they are cheaper and then keep them when we go up....

I've heard that the season tickets are staying the same price because there's more games in the coca-cola league , but we'll see i supose the renewals will be through the door quite soon .

 

[London_Calling]

According to The Guardian:

Alan Shearer has demanded a £30m kitty and complete control to manage Newcastle until 2013

Based on exactly what experience and record of success?

FFS give him the contract !

 

[kained&able]

ahh dont worry. one paper is sying yor getting rid of 15 top earners and having to cut the wage bill bu 30 million.

One paper is in fact saying carlo ancellotis first chelsea signing will be jermaine pennent.

thats how fucking rubbish newspapers have got.


dave

 

[Corax]

Tuesday after a bank holiday. Back to work.

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[mrkikiet]

john carver back in. hopefully.

and rob lee = jobs for the boys.

 

[agricola]

From the Grauniad:

Alan Shearer was today ready to open talks about beginning his career as the full-time Newcastle manager and was given unequivocal support from within the club. The former England striker was at St James' Park today to meet the owner, Mike Ashley, and the managing director, Derek Llambias, who was keen to stress his desire to put Shearer in charge.

"We want him to be the manager 110%," Llambias told the Newcastle Chronicle. "He's very good at what he does and he's a straight-talking guy – we like that. He'd be the perfect appointment.

I especially like the emboldened text - what was it, four points from eight games?

You lot are doomed.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

From the Grauniad:



I especially like the emboldened text - what was it, four points from eight games?

You lot are doomed.

Yeah, its all shearers fault we went down huh.

 

[Relahni]

I think Newcastle and west brom will be missed. Calamitous errors in defence have sealed their fate.

What has surprised me is how well shearer has done. He has already got rid of Barton and he talks the truth. That's a good thing.

I think Newcastle should have got houllier when they had the chance a few seasons ago. All good teams have a good defence. Houllier would have sorted the defence out.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Not sure I would have liked houllier, but anyhow, Shearers done all he could, the team was already dead before he came in, this is obvious.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

One thing I'm encouraged by is the total lack of 'We'll come straight back up' from the Geordies. that kind of thinking is the graveyard of bigger clubs when down in the Championship.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Glad that's been noticed, RD.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Usually when a big club goes down the fans all immediately start trumpeting "We'll walk it". Very relieving to see that none of you are taking that attitude

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Anyone who thinks the championship is an easy league is an idiot.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The idiot bookies will still make Newcastle favourites.

 

[London_Calling]

Look at the contracts of the players. And the ages of them.

I can't think who would pick up Owen's contract so he might well be the Championship's first £100,000+ a week player. And Duff the first £80,000, etc, etc, etc. What an almighty mess.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Owen is out of contract anyway. Duff might be staying i think.

 

[agricola]

Yeah, its all shearers fault we went down huh.

No (though IMHO a better manager would have got more than four points from those games), but I fail to see how his record in those eight games could possibly justify Llambias (who after all has such a great record of appointing the right man for the job) saying "He's very good at what he does and he's a straight-talking guy – we like that. He'd be the perfect appointment".

Certainly from where I was watching Newcastle played some of their worst football under Shearer, especially in the second half against Villa which must surely be one of the most abject surrenders ever seen in such circumstances.

 

[mrkikiet]

I think the hope is that shearer has the clout to force Ashley to give back control of buying players and scouting to the management of the team, to ensure that ashley knows the investment that is required.

If he can bring in an experience number two, along the lines of Ten Cate at Barcelona when Rijkard was there then things should be alright, certainly Carver is a step in the right direction.

However Shearer hasn't started magnificently as a coach, he seems to be pretty good at sitting down watching a track-suited Iain Dowie jump around on the touchline. The second half against Fulham and the second half against Villa, when you hoped the players would come out all guns blazing were both feeble attempts. How much Shearer could do with a thoroughly un-motivated squad is questionable though, his man-management strategy with players like Barton back-fired only because Barton is an arse.

Ironically many feel our defence has been a strong point this season. Certainly if we can keep hold of Beye, Bassong, Taylor and Enrique there are goingt o be few better defences in the Championship. Confidence in the defence may only have come because the attacking has been so dismal and creativity in the centre of midfield non-existent.

 

[pigsonthewing]

From the Grauniad:



I especially like the emboldened text - what was it, four points from eight games?

You lot are doomed.

5 points .

 

[Gmart]

Hopefully, if NUFC is able to get rid of its high wage earners then I think they will be fine. From the sound of it Shearer and Dowie have turned it back into a proper football club, and Dowie certainly knows what he is doing.

A bit of patience and I would expect them to return stronger.

Go back to kids and revamp the team thru youth!!

 

[Limejuice]

Ashley says sorry to fans.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8069312.stm

 

[London_Calling]

Hopefully, if NUFC is able to get rid of its high wage earners then I think they will be fine.

But you can't. They're on contracts with years to run and they're shit players, why would would anyone take those contracts off you?

I remember Hoddle signed a two-bob Balkan on a big wage 5-year contract and you just have to sit it out if you can't find a mug.

 

[nino_savatte]

Ashley says sorry to fans.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8069312.stm

This has to be the defining image of the fall of NUFC.

 

[holteman]

i'm sorry in advance.. i've tried not to.. i really really have.. but i think if i get it out my system now i'l be ok...
just the one post then i'l let it go... just have to get it out my system.... here goes...

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as you were

 

[strung out]

what a pair of tits

 

[skunkboy69]

In talks about a takeover eh? Freddie Shithouse is coming back