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• 1 Penalty-Spot // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:23

  Many players these days don’t mind if they go down or not. They can just pick up another club at another vastly over inflated wage. Sigh….

  I still think we’ll stay up. No finger nails left, no nerves left, no swear words left, but I think we’ll stay up.

• 2 ronaldeano // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:26

  You are absolutely, spot on right Edd.

  The players we have KNOW, that they will be sold at the end of the season. They think……..

  Why do I give a flying FOOK if Newcastle stay up, or go down?

  There is no fighting spirit, no determination, no heart?

  All they give a shit about is how much money they will get in there bank account EVERY FRIDAY.

  The teams who are in the same shit as we are all DO give a fook about what league they will be playing in next season, thats why they are getting results.

  We need to get it sorted ASA FOOKIN P, otherwise we will realy be in the shit.

• 3 adam // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:26

  we have too many players who have won things long ago with previous clubs and now not giving a damn about us.

  it shows every week

• 4 Ashton // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:32

  We are in deep shit !

• 5 daiv // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:40

  Ed,
  Nice to hear you having a go at our socallled underperforming players. But Ed, they are not underpeforming. They are just very poor. Four points off the drop last season. Now they have a manager who cannot perform unless given multi millions to spend on stars. he thinks Smith is golddust. because of the manager, the team is doomed. He should be bollocking the players in public instead of wrapping players pn £100k a week incotton wool. They and him are pathetic. We deserve to get relegated. Bring back the triers on £5K a week. I’ll be there. Get rid of Smith, Butt, Barton, our illustrious and caring £11oK captain. I’ll be there supporting the youngsters next year. Clear out the leeches. I’m feeling better already… bring on the championship.

• 6 Mad_Magpie // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:47

  daiv - relegation certainly has its strong points, but I’m afraid to say that going down is good for us is just plain wrong. It could take a long time to get back up again, and who knows we could slip further! Even if it causes Owen, Barton etc. (you know the rest) to stay, premiership survival is absolutely vital.

• 7 ronaldeano // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:50

  I agree with you Daiv.

  But only about ONE thing you said on that last comment.

  You ALWAYS sprout pessamistic BULLSHIT mate.

  WHY?

  Are you a stinkin mackem?

  Cos if you are……

  GO AND POLUTE A RED N WHITE BLOG.

  PRICK

• 8 ronaldeano // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:53

  KK SHOULD be bollocking the players.

  THEY DONT SEEM TO GIVE A FOOK IF WE STAY UP, OR GO DOWN.

  There WILL be a MASS exodus in the summer and i cant fookin wait to see it happen

  The wankers can take a massive pay cut

  TOSSERS!

• 9 big pea ov the weab // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:55

  bang on there ronaldeano m8 its looking like were doomed but never say never in this great game

• 10 big pea ov the weab // Mar 8, 2008 at 21:58

  massive cull is wots needed we dont need players who couldent giv a fook about the toon my list for cull is as follows
  carr
  barton
  gerimi
  roz
  owen
  butt
  smith
  amiobi

• 11 ronaldeano // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:01

  You are spot on Big Pea mate

• 12 Mad_Magpie // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:04

  I don’t think many if any of those players will leave, (let’s face it, who wants them and their high wages?) but when we bring in some quality players (if we stay up) and create more competition for places they will be pushed to one side, no longer assured of a first team place they have now with our small squad. KK really needs to give the younger lads a go, even if it is one or two. They can prove how useless some of our current crop really are. Role on prem survival and the summer.

• 13 ronaldeano // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:06

  Fookin spot on Mad Magpie

• 14 nate dawg // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:09

  did anyone really think we would get anything from the game today? a better performance would have been nice and keegan dropping smith and butt , but birmingham is when we have to start playing .

  i think we should scrape it but only just and with luck. bolton have some real hard fixtures in line and most of ours are gone
  i think we should get the following results

  Birmingham,3, Fulham,3, Tottenham,1, Reading,3, Portsmouth,0 Sunderland,3, West Ham,1, Chelsea,0 & Everton,0

  even if we dont pick up the draws birmingham, fulham, reading, and the mackhams are deffinatly winnable that would give us 12 and well safe in time for chelski and everton

• 15 ronaldeano // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:11

  As long as we are safe before Everton and Chelsea

• 16 toonpolo // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:20

  Why does everyone keep criticising Butt and Owen, those two care about Newcastle. We wont go down if we get a win in the next two matches so we have the confidence to actually play. KK needs to play Edgar etc. if he does want us to stay up. Unless goung down is some sort of master plan to make us great again.

  Given/Harper
  Beye
  Taylor
  Edgar
  Kadar
  Milner
  Butt
  Emre
  N’Zogbia
  Owen
  Martins

  If we cannot win with that team then we are goin down.

• 17 Mad_Magpie // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:27

  I’m just so relieved that generally the teams in the bottom half of the league have been complete kack this season. If we were in this position in previous seasons we would be in so much more trouble than we are now. At least we know in terms of quality we don’t have very far to go to get into the top half of the league next season. Europe seems light years away though. Lets just keep our prem status first!

• 18 Gooderz // Mar 8, 2008 at 22:27

  It’s yet another reason to bring through a couple of the kids. They’ll inject a bit of passion and then the remaining players should up their game, or risk being definitively found out as the slackers they are.

  Milner went off today. If he can get back quickly then play him centrally. He’ll give a bit of grit (even if his tackling isn’t great), he’s got the energy and can pass, and not afriad to try things. He’s also able to keep hold of the ball. Butt lacks these skills. This should then allow Lua Lua a route into the side. If we can get Emre in as well then great, otherwise push Faye forward, and pray Cacapa and Diatta remember their old partnership.

• 19 Michael // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:03

  Ronaldeno, the Barcelona forum is on another page. Initially I questioned your choice of alias and did not bother in trying to deduce from where you come. Your language is so distorted it may as well be a foreign tongue to me.

  Keegan again is useless but everyone seems reluctant to point the finger at him, you are even willing to point the finger at Sam, Roader and Souness sooner than you would acknowledge that Your Messiah, Kevin Keegan is tactically inept.

  “attack attack attack” is a Kevin Keegan philosophy. In this modern age of football we cannot have 10 men heck, 11 men all charging forward toward an opposition.

  Lets use our brains a bit here Keegan.

• 20 BILLY - B // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:39

  THE PLAYERS DONT CARE WHY SHOULD THEY,THEY DONT COME FROM THIS PART OF THE WORLD NEVER MIND THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.WIN LOSE OR DRAW - HAVE AN INJURY ANY ONE DOES - MUSCLE STRAIN - HAMSTRING WHATEVER IT DOSENT MATTER THEY WILL STILL GET THERE OBSCENE WAGES. AND THEN WHEN FOUND OUT MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER TEAM (AND THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER TEAM) AND DO IT AGAIN. LETS FACE IT THE FOOTBALL INDUSTRY IS THE ONLY INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD WHERE IT PAYS TO BE A FAILURE. SAM ALLARDICE (JUST TO NAME THE MOST RECENT) SIX MONTHS OF FAILURE NETS £6 MIL AND THEN SOME OTHER CLUB WILL TAKE HIM ON. HOW MANY PLAYERS ARE THERE THAT HAVE FAILED AT A CLUB BEING PUT UP FOR TRANSFER AND PROFITED FROM THAT TRANSFER. I LOVE THE GAME OF FOOTBALL BUT THIS PROVESIONAL NEPOTISM IS BEGINING TO SICKEN ME.
  I THINK SUNDAY MORNING YOUNGSTERS LIKE MY GRANDSONS TEAM IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE THE GAME I LOVE.YES I KNOW IM SHOUTING AND AFTER ALL THAT I WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK PROBABLY

• 21 Toon_Boy // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:40

  Just go Michael, please. Yours comments are about as much use to me as a chocolate teapot! Goodbye!

• 22 CJ // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:44

  Billy B - 100% agree and that i think will be the feeling of many people absolute sickening.

• 23 Gooderz // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:48

  Michael, we played two solid banks of 4 against Liverpool and frustrated them early on up until that absolute fluke of a goal. That kind of discipline helped us deal with Liverpool today, and it is something we haven’t had this season, or the previous few campaigns. This change could be down to Hughton, brought in by Keegan.

  We were then undone by two good passes onto two great displayes of movement from two of the best players in the world. If that was done by Fulham or Derby, then I’d be worried.

  There are positives that can be taken from our defensive game today, and positives came from creating chances against Blackburn. Keegan should take those and gear the squad up for the Birmingham game and make sure we get a result there, where Martins must have his name firmly stamped on the teamsheet over Smith’s name.

• 24 richie // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:52

  hello all, irish geordie fan, d happily tae4th from bottm now.allardye ignings terrible,,

  outs:
  beye
  capaca
  butt
  smith
  zog
  duff

  ins
  bentley
  mcgeady
  barnes
  noble
  bridge
  brown
  crouch
  and most importantly atop tall comanding midfielder

  wat do u all think??

• 25 Gloryhunter // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:54

  The problem BB is that other teams in the same boat are doing just great. If we were doing great no-one would give a toss about the dosh, BSA or uncle tom cobblers and all.

• 26 Toon_Boy // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:54

  Gooderz i can see where you’re coming from but it was an awful display aswell!! We had no creativity and didnt threaten all game. Have you just seen match of the day or did u watch it? Our defence looked ok until the first goal then it just lost all shapre etc.

• 27 Toon_Boy // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:57

  tbh richie we need to make sure we will even be in the same league next year before starting to look at other players!! Positive thinking i suppose lol

• 28 Dragoner // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:58

  so glad we only got chelsea left out of the top 4

• 29 richie // Mar 8, 2008 at 23:58

  toon boy i thought we did ok up till the freak goal, but its central midfield where we are being bullied and this is why teams are dominating us, is there even any youth we could put in there cos its got that bad

• 30 Toon_Boy // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:00

  Thats quite a reserved comment from you dragoner, you usually have alot more to say about how awful things are going?

• 31 Dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:00

  i do not count everton as top four, it would be such a waste of a place if everton get into champions league, they are not good enough for europe

• 32 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:01

  ye i know im thinkin we might get 38 points and that could b enough, its not nice to see likes of jenas at spurs and even bowyer truckin for westham when weve got nothing going for us in the middle

• 33 Punk Skunk // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:02

  OH MY GOD!..

• 34 Mat // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:02

  Viduka- the scapegoat. “Ship him out he’s not good enough…”??? Ed, how can he not be good enough when hasn’t even played?

  ‘He’s always injured, doesn’t want to play, ship him out…”???
  Last game we saw him, he was on the bench, (obviously fit then). He also looked mightily pissed when he didn’t get a run, (obviously wanted to play then). Hasn’t played since coz of a ‘niggling injury’. That’s a KK euphemism for won’t play him cos he’s too fat and slow.

  So, we haven’t seen him since because Keegan won’t pick him. Rumours are that they had a run in over tactics, (well Keegan’s hardly impressed there) and that he’s too old and slow to start, (ffs, he’s 32 and has never been able to run - hasn’t stopped him scoring a 100 goals in the prem) He got offered the same money at Boro but came to Newcastle because he wanted to win trophies, but no, all he cares about, according to you Ed and fans looking for a scapegoat, is money.

  The truth is, Keegan’s not playing him because he’s too slow nothing more… and in KK’s simple mind that means he doesn’t get a game. The fat f*cker could still score half a dozen to a dozen in sh*tfull team to keep them up, has a track record of doing just that with Boro and yet one-dimensional simpletons like KK and others can’t get their head around that possibility.

• 35 Dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:02

  calmed down a bit, im not normally as pessimistic as i have been the last few weeks, just been gettin to me alot how badly we have been playing

• 36 Punk Skunk // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:04

  Aye dragoner, neverton aren’t good enough for europe, they got well & truely found out last week!..

• 37 Pele's Big Toe (right foot) // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:04

  And why do the players get obscene wages?

  It’s all down to us - the fans. We are the idiots that pay to whatch this drivvel (and before anyone says it I am one of those idiots & have been a Season Ticket holder for some years now).

  If people voted with their feet then the board, manager & eventually the players would realise that we are not going to stand for this shit any more.

  It’s not just us but when you look at our squad & the wage bill & the full ground every home game why should they try - win or lose, play well or play shit, there will always be a full or nearly full ground.

  I wonder what Ashley, Mort, Keegan or the players would think if at the next home game less than 40k fans turned up.

  Somehow I think then they might sit up & listen…

• 38 Toon_Boy // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:05

  Think we will have 37 max Richie, just cant see any point apart from Mackems, Fulham & Reading. And Reading will be awkward at that!! And yeah i know what you mean about the central mids, we could do with barton back in there next week, not cos i rate him that much but hes got a little bit more pace than smith as well as being able to pass a ball.

• 39 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:05

  cahill and arteta would b nice summer sigings alright!!

• 40 Toon_Boy // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:08

  If only. . .if only!

• 41 Tom_Toon // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:09

  do you know who would be a nice summer signing? Mourinho.

• 42 Gloryhunter // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:10

  We’ve got KK for the next four years

• 43 Pele's Big Toe (right foot) // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:10

  The way we’re going we’ll be lucky to get Arther Scargill & Art Garfunkle!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 44 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:10

  ye get ya,barton is needed at the moment alright, id even keep him and see how he fairs in a better squad next season(if we survive)
  birmingham away id like t see martins start anyway

• 45 Dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:11

  i hope we buy 5 or 6 21 under 21’s in the summer. i want to see youth, not has beens, we need stabilizing

• 46 Gloryhunter // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:12

  Scargill couldn’t keep them out all season tho could he?

• 47 Tom_Toon // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:12

  Id be willing to bet my life that mr blobby is better than smith. Im better than smith, sign me and give me 2k a week.

• 48 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:13

  lookin forward to the summer abit and saying we do stay up wat cm could we get. i like noble

• 49 Dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:13

  funny how everyone expectations have slowly come down at one point of the season or another.

  first we had europe, then we had mid table, then we had finishing above the filth and now we have survival…crazy

• 50 Dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:14

  personally i feel if barton is out of trouble he should be our main english cm, we need another cm who is foreign and got a bit more flair and style about him

• 51 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:15

  youth owen garven for ipswich irish youngster cm great passer

• 52 Dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:16

  i read somewhere that we were goin for nasri….LOLOLOL

• 53 Tom_Toon // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:17

  nasri what a fkin joke, akinbiyi is too good for us at the moment.

• 54 Gloryhunter // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:18

  Here we gan

• 55 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:31

  lets pluck a cm from the resys better than smith and butt

• 56 GP // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:45

  Why go for Nasri when we could put a bid in for Xavi. We’d get the same results either way.

• 57 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:54

  who u reckon we can get gp to sort our midf out

• 58 Gordon d // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:56

  As much as i’d love to see Xavi at SJP it will never happen.

• 59 dragoner // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:57

  check out this prick

  http://www.blue-blog.net/news.php?item.64.3

• 60 Gordon d // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:58

  I’m assuming he meant Xavi fron Barcelona or is it Xavi Alonso

• 61 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 0:59

  someone n the mould of carrick would b ideal….check owen garven from ipswich

• 62 GP // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:01

  Yeah no sh*t Gordon.

  And about that Everton blog, did anybody else see the massive irony in a Scouser saying all of that? Has he ever taken a look around Liverpool? Bloody hell.

  And yes I meant Xavi from Barca. While we’re getting those two let’s bring Messi in too. John Terry for CB sound good?

• 63 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:03

  ye that everton thing pathetic leave them at it the goerdies will back.teveryone haven a go at newcastle ..anyone watchgame on setanta,that commentator goin tru my head wit hs comments on the team

• 64 Tom_Toon // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:05

  Its xabi alonso anyway not xavi alonso.

  i hear of a swap deal, alan smith for zlatan ibrahimovic.

• 65 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:06

  offer smith and 5 mill for bentley

• 66 GP // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:07

  People always want to have a go because we’re an easy target, high profile. Even if Everton, by some miracle, manage to finish 4th it doesn’t matter because they’ll never be a bigger club than Liverpool, or even us for that matter, and I don’t care how many league titles or Cups they’ve won.

  Saying that I have met many Evertonians who were decent lads.

• 67 toon_boy // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:12

  yeah richie i could of killed him like, how much did he slag enrique? Then told us that our 1st new signing should be a left back!? All the setanta commentators talk utter shite mind, they dont have a clue.

• 68 GP // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:14

  Setanta is a joke, I only ever watch it when a Toon match is on or when they show the Old Firm derby.

• 69 Foxy // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:19

  The players that should stay should be….

  N’zogbia (If he stays)
  Taylor (Keep him on the bench good prospect for the future)
  Martins (Potential to be world class IMO)
  Harper (Amazing keeper and lots of heart)
  Feye (good utility player)

  Everyone else should go including Owen and Given….

  Owen (I like the guy but he has just lost it)
  Given (Amazing keeper just injured to much would be better for him and the club if he went)

  Everyone else I dun really need to give reasons for !

• 70 richie // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:20

  i couldn get over what he was sayin.givin enrique a hard time sayin to replace him and then almost gloatin at how poor we were!!hope he got a load of complaints the fool

• 71 GP // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:24

  Was he a cockney or something? Anyway mate just forget it, like I said those bastards love winding us up. F*ck them all, the southern media will write and say what they like, we have to stick together and focus on ourselves rather than worrying about the obsessions of some bigoted tossers.

• 72 Rob // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:50

  we need a attacking mid like we had rob lee in the 90’s and a good attacking pair like sheraer and cole back in the good old days

• 73 Rob // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:50

  we need a attacking mid like we had rob lee in the 90’s and a good attacking pair like sheraer and cole back in the good old days

• 74 obafemimartins // Mar 9, 2008 at 3:22

  why are those f**in everton fans takin the piss. they have nothing to brag about, any good player they have is good for a mid table team. i want them in the top 4 just so they can have their champ league football and hate every minute of it

• 75 Hadrian // Mar 9, 2008 at 4:06

  you must be minted Ed , got any share tips ?

• 76 ObaFan2 // Mar 9, 2008 at 5:20

  Dock their wages and give it to charity.

  That Everton blog, not even worth a comment.

• 77 paulthepom // Mar 9, 2008 at 8:40

  lets play like the old wimbledon for a couple of games .stick carroll up front with ameobi or viduka and just pump balls up to them.we are in a relegation fight and we are not creating chances for luxury players like duff and owen.we have no guile in midfield so pack it with ball winners.we cant do any worse ,at the moment we are trying to play football in our own half and giving the ball away every time.watch chelsea,they always hit long up to drogba.its only when they have the game won they play nicey nicey.

• 78 lee // Mar 9, 2008 at 8:50

  DUFF, BUTT,SMITH. are our problem…
  duff just goes missing for 90 mins, butt tries his best but he just gives the ball away …..
  and smith (forest gump)what can you say about him….. i would rather have marceleno or marich than him… he only gets a game cos ashly likes him… he can run though

• 79 toonbully // Mar 9, 2008 at 8:56

  The next three games v. brummies Fulham and reading are our crucial ones , if we don’t get at least six puntas from these fellow strugglers then we are probably down , its just a matter of maths against the other low teams …its too worrying , and it’ll cost us at least 20 - 30 million if not more if we drop . we can forget signing any body until we secure premiership safety…

• 80 Ian // Mar 9, 2008 at 9:33

  We didnt expect to win and didnt expect to get a draw and the result went pretty much as expected.

  After that game I go back to my original thoughts, we must start with Martins and possibly Ameobi alongside him or Carroll, we should bring on Owen at the 60 minutes to replace the other player alongside Martins definately not Martins unless he is tired or injured, we should play Gerami and Smith in the centre, Nzogbia on the left and Milner on the right, duff on the bench to replace Milner or Nzogbia in the second half if we need fresh legs to keep the pressure applied.

  Without Martins we are nothing, we have gone enough games now to prove that Owen cannot score the way we are using him now, I think Owen needs bringing on around the 60th minute to add danger to our striking, he will be good at that, if Carrol doesnt work he needs removing from the bench and Fabio should be tried now, it is pointless wasting time with strikers who arent scoring, Carroll had a chance while out on loan and in our first team, if there is no improvement we may as well try Fabio or another and see if they are willing to grasp the opportunity.

• 81 KEV // Mar 9, 2008 at 10:37

  out
  carr
  butt
  barton
  roz
  owen

  in:
  who ever the fook wants to join our team because with these results and the 3 points from religation who would want to come to us next season sure in hell i can tell you the next drogba and next ronaldinho that kk keeeeeps going on bout wont come why stuff up there career by coming to us a team that is struggling ha i laugh when kk trys to spin a positive he is running out of things to make uo

• 82 daiv // Mar 9, 2008 at 10:38

  Anybody think SMITH can go a whole season and not score a goal. KK will continue to pick him so it must be a decent bet. Just my luck he’ll score in the last game of season with a lucky deflection. But it would be some record wouldn’t it?

• 83 JJ // Mar 9, 2008 at 10:39

  Please play Martins and sell Owen, if the useless Englands Michael Owen cant contribute with goals then he cant contribute anything cos thats all he offers.
  Martins looked more dangerous in 15 mins that Owen has looked in two full games.
  Sell the guy please please and get a decent partner for Oba.
  Ps Tom Toon, Keegan is an attacking manager which is exactly what we wanted, its not his fault he has inherited a side without a creative bone like Smith, Butt, Taylor, Owen.
  Taylor will do alright as a no nonsense boot the ball into touch defender. but the others arnt up to scratch.
  I WOULDNT HAVE OWEN IN MY THURSDAY ACTION SOCCER TEAM, and thats the honest truth.!!!!

• 84 geordie_jordan // Mar 9, 2008 at 11:01

  oy! let’s be realistic here. i didn’t expect anything but a loss yesterday, although the commitment and guts shown by the players was shocking. our season starts next monday. howay the lads. keep the faith.

• 85 lee // Mar 9, 2008 at 11:09

  owen has been a good goal finnisher but thats all you got from him.. at liverpool gerrard and heskey done all his running for him. he got all the glory and hesky plays for wigan. im not saying i want hesky but… we need a bit more from our forwards… oh my god we have martins some should tell kk

• 86 Leo- HATES ALAN SMITHS AGENT // Mar 9, 2008 at 11:14

  i dont understand why people dont mention that faye is a great defender, people say keep him in the summer as a good utility player, he is a great center back in my opinion, without him we would ship in far more goals.

• 87 toon_boy // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:12

  Been watching sky all morning and nobody thinks we will go down, they all say cos we have players like martins who are special players we can stay up. . . one thing though. . .WE DONT F*CKING START MARTINS!!!!!! We actually have to start a petition or something to get him played up top with owen. Brum, Reading etc would be scared of facing those two up top im sure.

  And yeah its true, we didnt expect to get anything from yesterday but its just the fact that after blackburn we were at least upbeat due to the performance and im just hoping that we can play like that against the teams that count and not give a performance like yesterday!!

  TOON TOON TOON TOON!!!!

• 88 Plom // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:21

  i dont understand why the f**k martins dont start…
  he came on yesterday n looked lively…
  y the f**k does smith get the nod up front e aint scored in how many games..?
  just pathetic lets hope we cn pick up sum points in next few games..

• 89 Scott Hodge // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:28

  We definitely need creative midfield players, no matter what strikers we have if they get no supply they’ll never score. Keegan wont play any of the young guns and he’s said so in the press. I think Carroll, Edgar, and Lua Lua could bring some passion to the first team. I always watch the reserves and they have impressed me. I believe we will just stay up but need a huge clear out for next season. I’ve had a right old go at Taylor of late because I was a big fan of his but he hasnt developed as i felt he would, partly perhaps because he hasnt had good defenders working alongside him. Edgar and Taylor could have formed a good partnership but young Edgar’s face obviously doesnt fit, I dont know why??

• 90 cloudstrife // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:47

  the thought of relegation is depressing… but we wont be relegated!! wishful thinkin i know but… come on Toon!!!!!!

• 91 daiv // Mar 9, 2008 at 13:28

  Ed
  Smith runs around a lot and gets booked. Never scores. Not bad for £60K a week. Somebody will come on this blogg and say hes got commitment. Thats useless without pace and skill.

• 92 CRAIGG // Mar 9, 2008 at 13:36

  Some of the comments of the previous posts are ridiculous.
  Can i ask what some of you were expecting??
  A run for europe despite the fact that we have an awful run of fixtures and most of the easy points against Reading and Wigan away and Derby twice were chucked away by Porky Pig with his tactics of containment against that shit calibre of oppoisition.

  KK came in when the players were in disarray and the recent results were worse, yes weve passed up the odd winnable game

  We were robbed against Boro and Blackburn, Bolton never wanted to leave their 18 yard box and we had loads of injuries as well and what did you really expect against Man Utd at home, arsenal away twice, Villa away and Liverpool away ???

  Of course KK said we can beat Man Utd and Liverpool whats he meant to say
  “We arent anywhere near good enough”
  thats a good way of giving the players confidence.

  And some of the comments about Big sam and Roeder being better than Keegan shows what a bunch of wankers some of you are what know about our club some of you are plainly gloryhunting idiots (Unwanted idiots at that)

  The comments that annoy me the most are the ones like “i get laughed at in USA/belgium/london by other fans”
  So f***ing what go and support someone elses club then instead of leeching off ours when we were riding high under Kev or Bobby.

  If we go down me and one hell of a lot will still be there singing next season supporting us against plymouth, hull and burnley just like we were when we used to play against oxford, cambridge and southend BECAUSE THATS WHAT REAL FANS DO and if you dont like it the you know what you can do with your “Support”

  KK will see out his 3 1/2 years and he will have us back up 1st attempt as he is the master of winning divisional Championships
  (Div 1 with us and City and Div 2 with Fulham)

  If we go down we will probably at least come back up with a piece of Silverware at last because i remember when we last won the First Division Title 1993 and it was the best party i can remember.

  The best outcome of relegation is the overpaid spineless jokers can f*** off and well get some local lads and players with heart and pride who are pround to represent us and will fight for our club.
  Some the guys that kept us in Div2 as it was then hardly get any credit, Some got us promoted as champions and were flogged after doing the hard work and are forgotten and some of them started us off in the premiership and got us UEFA cup and Champions League and some of you know who they were if you passed them in the street.

  Im not alone when i say that The season in Div 1 under KK and his premiership seasons were easily the best and most pleasurable to fans due to the large local influance and die hard attitudes of the players, The most successful period since the 1950s and the amazing Entertaining football served up by the lads.

  If we go down sign up some Local Lads and some of the best the lower leagues have to offer and we’ll back back.

  MARCHING ON TOGETHER
  (Sorry to go all leeds on you but its the expression for real fans, we wont turn our back)

  LONG LIVE THE KING

  P.S. I still believe we will get enough points and stay up.

• 93 CRAIGG // Mar 9, 2008 at 14:16

  Relegation 11:

  Harper
  Stearman Edgar Kadar Tozer
  Campbell-Ryce Elliott Howard Parry
  Chopra Carroll

  Subs: Forster, Ramage, Lua Lua, Godsmark, Ameobi.

  I think we can keep Harper as he would be first choice at last. Give young lads a chance at the back and as subs and Carroll up top, even Shola and ramage would stay as i think they would be good at that level.

  Sign Marvin Elliott from Bristol City if they dont go up.
  Howard and Campbell-Ryce from Barnsley.
  Parry from Cardiff, Stearman From Leicester and Bring Chopra back from Scum as he was awesome for cardiff in the championship.

  And that will be a trophy in the cabinet,
  If we go down which i hope we dont and believe we wont.

• 94 mercinary // Mar 9, 2008 at 14:50

  does anyone remember a few years ago when lazio were getting the same passionless performances from overpaid mercinaries?
  the irriducibili stormed the training ground chanting ‘mercinaries’ and hoyin bricks at the players.
  the performances improved overnight haha…

• 95 mercinary // Mar 9, 2008 at 14:52

  maybe the training ground needs a few gremlins?

• 96 Kenneth Bassan // Mar 9, 2008 at 21:13

  Outs :

  Ramage
  Smith
  Barton
  Ameobi
  Roz
  Cacapa
  Butt
  Duff
  Viduka

  Let the younger ones play. I guess they WANT to play for Newcastle, and not just collect their weekly wages.

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