Despite overwhelming evidence which suggests I perhaps shouldn’t be as patient I still find myself waiting to be pleasantly surprised only to be let down again and again.
Until now that is…
There is very little I can do to change what is going on at the club at the moment. I’m still waiting to come into the kind of money it would take to buy the club myself like I’m sure many others would do if they had the means and opportunity to do so.
Unfortunately writing this article, or any article in fact, won’t change things either but it does at least give everyone a platform to express their views.
With the start of the season roughly one month away I feel that we are sleepwalking into disaster. That’s not ‘we’ as fans, I mean ‘we’ as a club because unfortunately, as fans, we are unable to separate away from the club we all love and are tarred together with it and the decisions that are being made on behalf of all of us.
Lessons were supposed to have been learned from last summer where a lack of transfer activity cost us dearly and very nearly ended in disaster. Yes I get that some of the flurry of January activity was brought forward from this summer, but it shouldn’t mean that our recruitment drive can sit back and relax.
There are positions that need filling, some more desperately than others. There was a chance to get players “over the line” before pre-season even began which is obviously the ideal time to sign a player to ensure they are fully settled before the season even kicks off. Any signings we make now will have to hit the ground running and if they don’t they will feel the pressure. That’s if we actually do make any signings for the senior squad…
We hear constantly about how good our transfer policy and scouting network is, but somewhere along the line something is going wrong as new players aren’t materialising. Derek Llambias carried a lot of the can for it, but now he’s moved on there seems to be little difference although I will, begrudgingly, concede that Joe Kinnear hasn’t had a lot of time to weave his “magic” in his new role as Director of Football.
I’m just royally pi**ed off at the moment. If last season wasn’t the kick up the backside those upstairs needed then what will it take? A good balance sheet is all well and good but it means little and will deteriorate quickly in the Championship.
Things need to start happening soon, not just for us fans, but also for the players and manager. A couple of notable first-team signings will lift the mood undoubtedly amongst fans, will show our current players that there is a motivation to improve as a club, and will also give Alan Pardew some tools to work with that he desperately needs at his disposal.
Sadly though I’m starting to doubt it will happen…
same old useless pardew same tatics,things not well ok throw shola on to save the day ffs 👿
icedog(Quote)
Ahh the Sabbath, the football transfer day of rest. 😆
How you going with that Cisse quote Troyster ? 😛
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Saw Manu yesterday v the A-League All Stars (a misnomer if ever I saw one). ManU won 5-1 and were a few classes above the All Stars. One thing that really became obvious was how slow the Oz defenders were. It made me wonder about Curtis Good – they used to say he had potential, but given the quality of Oz defenders on show it’s not surprising.
brisvegas(Quote)
Vegas, i watched Good in the under 20 cup and he is some way off.. he needs to go out on loan again..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Troy – Cabaye to PSG I think could be highly likely with Blanc having said he rated him.
But I don’t see Cabaye to Man U to be honest, I think that’s speculation by journos because they know they are in for Flabagast.
Aussie – I agree mate. Good needs time and even then he may not fully make it. He clearly has potential but we bought him for around 400k with little to no competition, so we should expect him to one day replace Colo or anything like that. That said, I think he could learn an awful lot from Colo and it would be worth putting Colo as his mentor I think.
Sharpy17(Quote)
AMF to hell with transfers who cares??? whats the point this man pardew would ruin them anyway as he has with the few good players we have already he will still fall back on shola,jonas, oba, willo,the point of pre-season is to get players fit try diff players ect ect,he still sticks to useless players useless tactics,the hole show is pointless,waste of their time and waste of my time watching the clueless git
icedog(Quote)
Ice, even my hope for the best and positive thoughts are getting tested at the moment… I want Pardew gone as i think he is not good enough…but that would mean we will have to have a bad run and i don’t want that at all… very frustrating times mate..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF jabba is going to have to do something and quick you cannot live by past results we all have to move on in life or you stagnate,joe isnt up to it if only for health reasons,there has been talk of poyet a lot of fans dont like him but with jabbas budget its the best they can hope for he wont pay for a top manager but surely poyet cannot be worse than pardew Richie could do a better job than him and he only comes up for air a hour a day 😀
icedog(Quote)
Aussie@307 ,I agree we are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea at the moment. Much as I want Parsnip gone I don’t much fancy Joe Le Taxi either. 👿 Yesterday confirms all that I feared in as much as he still see’s Shola ,Jonas and Oba as players who can turn a game 🙄 ,Well I’m sorry they ain’t good enough and the only decent one is a fully fit Jonas imo. Our defensive woes are still all too apparent and it seems we are still unable to retain the ball .With no sign of quality reinforcements arriving anytime soon I think we are facing the drop next season.For me the jury is out on Gomis and Gignac ,not sure these guys will bag anywhere near enough goals to keep us up,add to that their complete inexperience of the PL and I’m very ,concerned. I would love us to try and tempt Spurs to let us buy Defoe ,I think he would do a brilliant job or us .Right now Bent is looking a decent addition if we can get him 🙄 but I think he’s Fulham bound now.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Ice @306, well said! Same old **** tactics – hoofball to Gouffran, subbed for Shola, players out of position arrrrrggggghhhhhh, it’s a reoccuring nightmare. I know it’s only preseason, but all the signs are that nothing has changed and never will under this clueless idiot. To be honest for those that only want to hang on to Pardew cos they think he will be replaced by JFK – could he actually do any worse than this imbecile?
I really don’t see the point of any new signings as he won’t know where to play them and how to get the best out of them. Before you know it they will have lost their confidence and be running around clueless as our manager does not have a style of play the players can relate to.
Geordie Deb(Quote)
Ice 🙂 Richie will be in the canteen while the lads are training so they will learn nowt from him tactically other than how to eat 5 courses in one sitting 😆 😆
Poyet – no thanks…
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Agree Kim and think Defoe would be a good option.
Geordie Deb(Quote)
Look, it was a pre season friendly… you try things to see where players are at.. i can understand the oba comments because he is trying to give the lad a boost.. we need everyone to have a run out regardless of what we think of them…
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF so what are the payers learning tactically now pleae tell me??? oh yes how to hoof the ball,good tactic mate worked quite well in the 1930s
icedog(Quote)
http://thespectatorsview.com/2013/07/21/newcastle-united-to-take-legal-action/?
icedog(Quote)
It’s about getting minutes into legs mate, we have training sessions to hone tactics.. match fitness is important..surely the players starting and coming on are aware of how we are set up to play…
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Aussie ,Honestly mate Oba has had more than enough chances ,If the great Sir Alex can’t make a footballer out of him then that plonker Parsnip has no chance. The lads got loads of pace but zero football brain sadly ,he should of took up athletics he’d of been **** hot at that. As for bringing on Shola ,for goodness sake ,he’s a busted flush at PL level now and really needs to move on ,oh but now he’s injured and will be going no where 🙄 ,should of sold him to the Boro but now he’s stuck on the wage list 🙄 .
KIMTOON(Quote)
GD imo some fans are happy to let things jog along and everything in the garden is rosey, not me if it upsets some so be it 😉
icedog(Quote)
LOL – is Joe still on his sun lounger? He better get a move on if we are still after Bent
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2372264/Fulham-ready-beat-Newcastle-5m-Darren-Bent.html
Geordie Deb(Quote)
Mick Harford? What is that all about? I cant get my head around this one
Johno toon(Quote)
As much as i don’t like Pardew, there is no way he would be advocating hoof ball.. hoof ball happens due to poor passing skills and mid field players going missing or playing to deep..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF@321 well whos to blame for that then???,think maybe you should join the coaching staff, you seem right up pardews street 😀
icedog(Quote)
Johno Toon @320 ❓ what you on about .
KIMTOON(Quote)
Kim according to sky news Mick Harford is setTO join our baco room staff to support JFK.
Johno Toon(Quote)
Mick Harford as coach now eh? If we need another coach why not the Dutch guy who left Man Utd? I’ll tell you why – because Harford is cheaper!
NUFC – No class, no ambition, no pride and just a complete shambles.
What’s the point?
Stuart79(Quote)
Ice/AMF – 1000% agree. Pardew is hugely flawed with his tactical nouce. Played 4-2-3-1 last season which didnt work yet when changed in the last few games we looked far better. With the same squad of players he’s playing this same formation which still doesn’t work.
My first choice wouldn’t be Poyet, but he would play better football than Pardew IMO
Sharpy17(Quote)
Johno ,Ah right ,I haven’t got SSN on so was a bit puzzled. Yeah that’s the cheap option isn’t it 🙄 . Just get a decent manager for this level in Jabba ffs,how hard can it be.
KIMTOON(Quote)
AMF@321, did you really write that big man? Pardew is the manager of our club, what we see on the pitch is at least 75% of his doing. They are HIS players, communicating HIS tactics. We have a team filled with internationals mate 😯 😯 😯
Munich Mag(Quote)
Crisis meeting called for Sunday morning at NUFC. Shola is injured and one of our main negotiation “dominoes” has just been taken out of the equation.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Derek Lambias to Sunderland 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM i have sussed AMF hes of the same mind-set as our great managerment set up,poor sod feel sorry for him really
icedog(Quote)
It looks like a few more are catching on to Aussie’s all in the garden is rosey spin on all things Toon 😆
Hope we get someone in soon to get a new thread up as im struggling to comment from my phone
Big Dave(Quote)
Ice & Eminem, the reason we play hoof ball is because we sit back and let teams come onto us… that is not Pardew saying, “right lads lets hoof it” his tactics are **** but please, hoof ball as a game plan, your having a laugh…
Big Dave, as opposed to your every single thing is ****** in the garden spin… it makes you a cheery fella to hang out with 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Icedog, by all accounts our starting 11 just got battered by a team which finished way down the Portugese league. 👿
By all accounts this is a typical pre-season friendly atmosphere and that needs to be taken into account. Granted, these things can happen.
Proper clubs want to win ALL games, even pre-seasonfriendlies. it’s a question of pride and standing. If Ashley is not looking in and wondering what the flock is going on with his investment, then he is dummer than I thought.
A shocking start, to a poor pre-season preparation. I’m looking forward to what Pardew has to say about it all in the press. Kinnear is also probably interested to hear what he has to say about it too. 👿 👿 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
Woohoo…32°C in Minga. Brunch in the garden 🙂
Munich Mag(Quote)
Pardew will tell you it was a good work out and pre season’s not about winning. It was hot out there etc.
Can’t stand the bloke.
georgio(Quote)
Surely the manager picks his own coaches? Isn’t this another constructive dismissal case in the making? After all, Ashley has spent more on paying off managers than buying players.
Top regime…
Stuart79(Quote)
Aussie if the regime deserve credit I will give them it, its just that they very rarely do owt good as its normaly one **** up after another, but dont let me stop you defending the regime as your doing such a good job 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
POYET 2-0 PARDEW, imo Poyet is a improvement on Pardew.
terry(Quote)
Pardew couldn’t even beat stevenage in the fa cup
terry(Quote)
i would be happy with poyet as manager but i really want mclaren as boss.
terry(Quote)
cheer up people, 7 more years of pardew to look foward too 😐
stem(Quote)
😯 Big Dave, i don’t support constant negativity that’s why i will raise counterpoints. I don’t have any affinity for Pardz or the regime, i just dont like it when people blame them for absolutely everything bad and get no credit for the good. We win at Motherwell = no credit given as we played a **** team 😯 . We lose in Portugal and suddenly it is all our fault..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Aussie 😯 It was Motherwell and even then we couldn’t keep a clean sheet. 😳
I just think it’s madness to keep defending the indefensible 😉
KIMTOON(Quote)
Aussie – Please tell me what the club have done in the last 3 months tht is worthy of positive comment? The negative comments are due to the negative actions of the club.
If its pissing down outside and I told everyone it was glorious sunshine people woukd think I was mad!
Stuart79(Quote)
Aussie I never said owt about the 2 friendles 😉 me old bean
Big Dave(Quote)
Harford in now. Flair players, Benny Cabaye make for the exit doors. A new version of hoofball can be expected
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Big Dave, i know you didn’t mate, i brought up those games as a point. The good stuff gets dismissed very readily and the bad gets everyone’s full attention..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Stuart, we took on a world class fitness coach, Derek ****** off, we signed a very promising young mid from France, our academy has achieved top status & we are still looking to build on our squad.. there’s a couple of good points. I know we haven’t signed players as quickly as everyone would like but what can you do… you probably see these as bad things anyway 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF@333. I never once advocated that “hoof ball is a Pardew game plan.” To be honest I’m not quite sure what you are trying to communicate at the end of the day mate. Where does Pardew come into the equation in your ant-negativity stance at all ? Does he get off scott free ? Has he lost the players, or is he failing to communicate his point ?
Does Pardew take the tea lady to one side and say something like “guess what Doris, I send all those top top international players out there with clear instructions what to do. We train for hours every day. We even have a French translator kicking around with us. I reckon we might start him at right wing next season, cos he looks like a canny lad, and he won’t cost much. Mike will be well happy. FFS Doris, we even tactically opted out of that dastardly Europa League so we could concentrate on playing good football. Would you believe it Doris, those bastards went and ignored everything and started playing hoof-ball. Would you believe it, I’m at a loss as to what to do”….
Meanwhile in the background, the legendary football oracle and fans favourite Joe Kinnear is assembling his highly qualified coaching staff ready for the coup of all coups.
What a pathetic debacle. Apparently Pardew hasn’t even managed to disuade Staylor for doing his knacker-like Village People dance in front of the opposing goalkeeper 👿 👿 👿 👿 I heard that Sepp Blatter wants to introduce a FIFA directive that says if Staylor does this in a game then ANY of the opposing players are entitled to punch his lights out without any danger of a yellow card.
Big Dave, get the printing press going for the “Neggar teeshirts” Can I have the one with Nr 1 on the back ? 😆 😆 😆
The lunatics are taking over the asylum at NUFC.
Munich Mag(Quote)
AMF, can you please let me know how I should positively react to the apointment of the legendary Mick Harford at NUFC ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
Eminem, i think Pardz is ****.. I’ve stated it many times.. i just hate people saying the hoof ball thing is his game plan.. it’s rubbish. He sets the team up with a lone strikes and the rest of the team is supposed to move forward as a unit.. it doesn’t happen, so the defenders and deep mids lump it forward when under pressure. Now it is Pardz fault for the teams failings but he doesn’t set out to play hoof ball…
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
The legendary Joe Kinnear is beavering away in the background pulling together a top notch group of men. He’s gonna call in Vinny Jones to teach the lads a few good moves while standing in the wall. He asked Gazza if he could also move in to help communicate the tactic, but Gazza is otherwise disposed.
There again, it’s probably a better tactic than the radgie-like Staylor Village People in-the-wall dance.
Bobby Gould is going to be put in charge of youth development.
The toon are looking at relocating to Milton Keynes so we can cut down on the travel expenses, a move which would be really welcomed by the 200 regular die-hard fans that follow the toon to away games.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Go have a beer mate 😉
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
ITS a top club for “jobs for the boys”ffs
icedog(Quote)
Aussie@352. Who’s fault IS the whole **** then, and how can you put a positive spin on the debacle.
Mate, believe me, I respect your stance where you let the heavy **** roll over you. However, you’ve probably realised that a lot of guys don’t, can’t or won’t accept it… 😆 😆 .
Maybe you can start the Aussie Mag Ashram where you can enlighten us lesser-beings into seeing the true Mike Ashley message ?
p.s don’t think about inviting Big Dave because he’s the Neggar Grand Master
Munich Mag(Quote)
Whose fault is the whole ****?? Please explain mate 😕
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
MM hey now nee picking on Dave mate at least he never squirts around things says it as it is,if people dont like it tough,dont worry Dave ill watch your back mate 😉 😀 😀
icedog(Quote)
Aussie me old cocker, I read your earlier comments as an attempt to exhonerate Pardew from all blame, as there is no way that he would advocate hoof-ball tactics. Then we play hoof-ball tactics. As a neggar I was just questioning where you would lay the blame mate ?
btw I’m as far as you away from the “reality train” … 😉
Munich Mag(Quote)
Icedog, if you don’t tell Big Dave, I’ll not tell Richietoon that you were on his case yesterday 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
Big D probably doesn’t realise how lucky he is having watching his back though mate, a top wing-man 😆 😉
Munich Mag(Quote)
How much does Mike Ashley hate Newcastle United?
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
The blame is with Pardz.. it’s more from setting up too defensively than setting up for long balls… we sit that fuken deep it is not funny…
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF@362, that’s a statement I can live with mate.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Aussie
The two are connected. If you set up to defend your 18 yard line then you have to play long balls. It is the chicken and the egg question. By setting up defensively he is setting up for hoofball. So sorry I don’t see your argument that we don’t set out to play hoofball
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Ice I know you always have my back, your like my stabproof vest 😉 .
MM I do realise just how good a job Ice does and how lucky I am
Big Dave(Quote)
Big D, see my comment @350, have you got the printing press rolling with the neggar tee-shirts ? I have laid a claim for the one with Nr 1 on the back… 🙄
Icedog is a top wing-man mate … 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Eminem, at the end of the day, i want to come on here, talk a bit of footy, talk a bit of ***** and have a bit of a laugh.. i enjoy it, but i don’t want it to be all miserable and down hearted on here… i can talk to the misses if i want that
😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
That’s alright Toby if you don’t see that, it’s fine..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
MM sorry for taking a while to reply but I get stressed when trying to post from my phone 👿 have you not allready got the tshirt ? Should be with you by tomorrow 😉
Aussie I too would like to come on here and have something positive to talk about, but im struggling to find owt positive, maybe a signing or something wouldmake it different but we’re still waiting 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Aussie@367, The Aussie Mag Ashram aint gonna be any good to anybody if you can’t take the neggars mate. It’s the nature of the beast for us lads and lasses born on the Tyne, and used to years of pish from our footy team. 😆 😆 😆 In the west end of Newcastle we only got indoor toilets and warm running water in the late 1980’s. Between the ages of 8 and 13 we were typically juggling paper rounds with hewing coal from the coal face to earn a few bob to make ends meet. I only managed to buy my first pair of Doc Martens at 38.
Aussie, don’t go falling out with your missus mate, cos she writes some brill articles for the blog and we don’t want her getting a lip on 🙂 The crack on here will definitely start to pick up once the team start doing the biz on the field, and the owner and his merry men start to prove us neggars wrong …
Munich Mag(Quote)
Big D@369, look forward to getting it in the post matey 😆 😉
I’m managing to spar wide of posting on the phone mate, much easier over my laptop. I can imagine how irritating it is though, I’m not a big fan of text messages either. Too much stress farting around with those small buttons 😳 😳 😆 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM aye mate you were well off,i had to fit a milk round before i done the paper round and nicked i mean bought a bit coal, Doc Martains you rich git,i had the baseball shoes with that bit rubber on the ankle bone 😀 😀
icedog(Quote)
Eminem 😆 i was almost waiting for you to mention working down pit 😆
Big Dave, yep a decent signing will do wonders for morale…
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Icedog, aye I remember mate. The Canning Street lot also had the problem of trying to run up hill on that footy pitch there. knackered me out mate that’s for sure, even wearing my designer John Tudor Puma’s 😆 😆 😆
Aye Ice, but did you have a pair of those Tuf shoes with a compass in the heel, and the imprint of a ferret in the sole which were all the rage in the 70’s ? 😆 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Aussie Mag @373, I’m not that old mate 😆 😆 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)