You’ll likely not find a more deluded sounding title with regard to NUFC this season, but in a sense the meaning behind the title is true.
This weekend saw the end of any lingering hopes with regard to Europe and will mean that the remainder of our season will purely be focussed on us getting the results to maintain our current league position and avoid getting into any trouble at the wrong end of the table.
It looks as though fifth place will be the only league position that will gain qualification to next seasons Europa League, which is going to be a stretch too far for us in my opinion. However, the fact that we have got to March without being eliminated from the Euro race, and the fact that it has taken some freak results in the cup competitions to rule us out, is an indication of just how well we have done this season and just how open the league table is this year.
I’m getting slightly fed up of people pissing on aspirations though if I’m being honest. Yes survival was our main aim for the season, but whilst we had a chance of getting to Europe we should have been going all out to grab it. We might not be good enough to have made it, but what is the harm in trying?
I keep hearing people banging on about survival and how we are in a relegation scrap yet we are actually closer to sixth place as things stands currently. Why not look up whilst only having a tentative look down? Are Sunderland and Bolton also in a relegation scrap then? Naturally it could all change and we could get dragged into trouble, which could be said for the two teams above us aswell, but one win and it makes it all look a little bit more rosy.
I’m acutely aware that survival is the main aim for the season, but at the minute we have a chance of finishing the season in top ten at the very least. Europe is gone, if it was ever on in the first place, which means that we just have to concentrate on winning football games. We may have nothing to play for in terms of qualification, but we still have everything to play for in the league.
A higher finish will hopefully attract a better type of player than we could get if we finished just above relegation, so in the short term there is probably very little to play for, but when you look at the bigger picture a strong finish to the season could be vitally important.
Drum beating over!
Howay the lads!
About toonsy
A lifelong Newcastle fan and current webmaster of this very 'blog who has the sole aim of creating a place by Newcastle United fans, for Newcastle United fans.
RICHIE oh ok name just rung bell a bell like 😉
icedog(Quote)
Nope .orgs out of bounds, Shame the last half decent nufcblog on its ****… 😉 😯
CC(Quote)
Fecking hell Toonsy mate, took my ages to comment on this article. IMO you should make this place easier to navigate around and a more friendly place to post 😉 😉
Jobey07(Quote)
me* ^^^^^
Jobey07(Quote)
Jobey07 – 😆
toonsy(Quote)
Ice I thought that was the same guy aswell
Moreno 😆 😆 😆 😆
CC 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
JOBEY,noboby else seems to be haveing any trouble
icedog(Quote)
Ice – Jobey’s one of the good ones mate 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
that last comment took 3seconds to show,how fast do you want it ❓
icedog(Quote)
JOBEY sorry m8 nee probs for me,
😉
icedog(Quote)
Ah, im only having a laugh.
Nothing wrong with this site 😀
Jobey07(Quote)
But Jobey, it’s really hard to navigate you know? I mean scrolling down is a massive technical step these days 😆
toonsy(Quote)
JOBEY just trying to watch toonsy back,some evil gits aboot,nee offence m8
icedog(Quote)
yeah, for some. clearly. is he actually wolfie? 😛
Jobey07(Quote)
Jobey – Did you know that this board has twice as many comments as the O/T board in half the time? Davey would like that titbit 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
Icedog- It’s alreet mate 🙂
Jobey07(Quote)
Ice down man Jobey Ice is the blogs No1 Guard dog 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
toonsy- i reckon you should go on and tell him, he’ll probably still be ready to argue with anybody online, as he has been all day
Jobey07(Quote)
Jobey – Dunno if it’s Wolfie or not to be honest. I’m guessing it is which is why he is saying that he hasn’t posted on here because Wolfie has and I’ll check it and hunt it down no probs. I might even **** about with his internet settings if I can get in to them 😆
toonsy(Quote)
icedog
Posted March 14, 2011 at 8:30 PM
JOBEY,noboby else seems to be haveing any trouble
🙂
DJG(Quote)
ICe you need to get your dog snarling in a pic and use that as an avatar 😀
toonsy(Quote)
I guess I will get the blame for .org being down 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Toonsy- Aye, that’d be a laugh. get the sadact off the internet for a couple of minutes 😛
How do you do avatars btw? am i just being thick?
Jobey07(Quote)
How come .org is down so much nowadays?
Must be the Toonsy effect 😀 😀
pearceet(Quote)
I heard Big Dave put a virus on worky server. 😀
DJG(Quote)
Ice or you could just put a pic of satan up as he looks meaner than Batty 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
ill have to take ***** off and put satan back on 👿
icedog(Quote)
is that lad on mad using a head wand to navigate this blog
🙄
hitman(Quote)
Jobey – Have a look in the FAQ menu at the top 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
jobey……..its easy….on other sites that are easy to navigate but this one’s a bit of a ***** so…. http://www.gravatar.com 😉
richietoon(Quote)
ahh, that Gravatar thing isn’t working at the moment, ill try again later.
Jobey07(Quote)
Hitman – Aye. It can’t be that hard as Batty seems to get around it alright 😆
toonsy(Quote)
I’ve tried it, hopefully it should work soon 🙂
Jobey07(Quote)
Toonsy that was below the belt 😆 poor Batty isn’t even here to defend himself 😀 but I would guess he will be along soon 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Jobey sometimes if you close the blog window down and open it again can sometimes work 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave – Batty knows I’m having a laugh 😉
Jobey – It can take a couple of comments to get up and running but eventually it comes along 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
ahh it’s sorted. Nice Laurent Robert celebration 🙂
Jobey07(Quote)
Against Liverpool wasn’t it that one?
toonsy(Quote)
Aye i think so.
cracking free kick taker
Jobey07(Quote)
Toonsy 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave – What’s the wink for? You flirting again? 😆
toonsy(Quote)
We ain’t gonna make Europe if 5th is as low as it goes but we can go for 6th if we can start winning instead of drawing or losing by odd goal – we are def as good as liverpool, bolten and sunderlandcif not better – consistency is the key
4411(Quote)
DJG aye batty telt me dave had put a virus in org so you could be reet 😉
icedog(Quote)
i said survival only at the start of the season,and i’ll stick by that.
we’ve got some tough games coming up,and i haven’t been that happy with the way we have been playing recently.the brum aside,who lets be honest apart from their slice of luck in the cup,have been struggling,so it wasn’t exactly a freak result was it?.
i still think we could get turned over a good few times,have some squeaky *** time moments,and limp over the line to safety.
stoke away is a big ask at any given time,blackpool away could also be dodgy,and liverpool away could put the tin hat on it,if andy carroll puts us to the sword,with the fat controller looking on.
TROJAN 69(Quote)
Ice I would probably get the blame anyway 😆
Toonsy my days of flirting are well and truly over 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
I’m not so sure about that big man 😉 😉 😉
New thread up anyway 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
Toonsy my days of flirting are well and truly over
dave ask batty he will fix you up with sumit to help you oot m8
icedog(Quote)
is org toast ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
Ice – Aye, it will be something that vibrates I bet 😆
Porvs
toonsy(Quote)
Munich – Nah doubt it bud. Probably just a server error. That can happen from time to time.
toonsy(Quote)
MM it wasn’t me 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Just read the comments about the guy on footymad, fecking spanner 😆 I’m not quite sure on this filling of the pie 😕
Jobey07(Quote)