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…
MM i can remember the ankle hard toe cap boots i used to play in and had to keep changing the studs because you walked home in them owr the cement,and filing a couple to a point (just for grip like 😉 ) then putting dubin on them,could still do 11.4 owr 100yds with them on bloody things must have weighed a stone,players now dont know how lucky they are,all for ten bob too 😀 😀
icedog(Quote)
MM its just when we get over 300 comments on the mobile site its hard to post , sometimes i have to hit publish 5-6 times sometimes more and sometimes it wont publish so have to close the page down then re open it 👿 maybe its just my old brick 😆 i’ll have to see what type of phone sharpy has maybe he has an old S2 galaxy brick
Big Dave(Quote)
Batty has some cheap phones ganning sure to fix you up Dave 😉
icedog(Quote)
Ice it was Batty I got it from 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
AUSSIE MAGPIE FAN
July 21, 2013 at 13:07
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
Give me a break…
We have taken on a fitness trainer on a part time consultancy basis, Derek has fcked off because JFK came in, does that not tell you something?
Stuart79(Quote)
Icedog, I had a pair of dogs-bollocks Puma’s which also took dubin and had screw in studs. We never filed them down though mate, though know I realise after all those years why the tackles from the Canning Street mob were so painful .. 😆 😆
Icedog, I can picture you doing 11.4 owr 100yds with them on bloody things on, put can see you reaching Cowgate roundabout before stopping mate 🙂 😆 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Knew you wouldnt see any positives there Stuart 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Big D@377, as blog 2IC can’t you have a word with Toonsy to get it sorted ? …or get yourself a proper phone instead of buying Batty’s old stuff 😉
We can also unleash Troy on Toonsy when we get close to 900 posts 😳 😳
Munich Mag(Quote)
AMF, Stuart79 is the first candidate for the Aussie Mag Ashram of all things toon positive. You can get him turned around bud 🙂
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM knew you were a rich git,i thought Puma was sumit in the jungle mate,always stopped at cowgate the footy pitches there,its were the girls played 😉
icedog(Quote)
Icedog, I scored 4 goals at Stamfordham Road in the first half of one game. It was all down hill after that though 😥
Munich Mag(Quote)
Eminem 🙂 i might find an easier pupil to convert first up 😆 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
On kit.. my second last pair of boots were fila and they had kevlar as the top material instead of leather. They were like a running shoe with sprigs, loved them… also i would be safe if someone shot me in the foot
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF richie told me you lot always played in flip-flops as you didnt have to clean them after a game 😆 😆
icedog(Quote)
Ice 😆 they were a ******* when someone stood on the back of them when i would try and run tho, always breaking on me 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
MM being a winger i was more of a goal maker than scorer,mind being 6ft i sometimes helped owt in defence on corners,had nowt to do with my boots mind 😉 just my height 😀
icedog(Quote)
AMF aye mate thats bad not something i would do 😉 it hurts like hell standing on those dam bindys in bare feet,they come in handy like if you put them in someones boots not that i would dream of that 😀 😀
icedog(Quote)
I know you would do something like that mate 😯 😉
Feckin bindy 😈 did you encounter any double g prickles at all? As kids we would be running full pelt through the bush and those suckers would stop you in your tracks… feckers
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
AMF everything bit and stung me mate even some bloody trees,once i picked a fish up called happy moments,everybody rolls about laughing while you roll about in bloody pain hence the name bastards,dont know if you get them up your end but there rife in q/land,and wont begin to talk about those bloody stone fish
icedog(Quote)
Na mate, we don’t get them here thankfully.. you get used to the stings and bites after a while 😯 been bitten by a spider and that was pleasant… ***** 😈
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Aussie ,That’s why I will never visit OZ ,bloody terrified of spiders ,don’t know how you sleep at night ,especially in the spider season 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
Never thought id be sticking up for Kinnear but its a bit harsh aiming the jobs for the boys line at him when that happens all the time at every club, How else could Terry mcdermott last nigh on a decade here as a “buffer” whose main role at the club was telling jokes.
I’ve read that he’s coming to do the domestic scouting with Carr doing the overseas scouting, Its not really that wacky in all honesty…
CC(Quote)
Kim, it’s always spider season here. They normally run for cover when they get too close, the one that got me was while i was in bed 😈
It’s always wise to shake your clothes before putting them on..
Agree with CC.
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Aussie ,that’s what worries me ,sneaky buggers nipping you while you sleep!. Got stung by a queen bee once when I climbed into bed in summer hurt like hell and had a spider run up my leg another time :(. I hate them so much and they always pick on me it seems ,I try very hard not to kill them cause they eat flies which I loath even more filthy bastards.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Kim 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
KIM dont take everything aussie tells you them bloody funnel-web spiders chase you and if they bite you,you have half a hour or so to get to the hospital or your gone,and those bbq are a nightmare they have blow flys there which fly over your grub and spew maggots all over your food in a flash which you cannot see,kna no eating out doors there for me 👿
icedog(Quote)
then you have those trapdoor spiders which you cannot see in the grass and as you walk past on the grass they lift there lid and bite your ankles,hence trapdoor,i could go on but wont 😉
icedog(Quote)
Ice ,hells bells that’s minging . My cat catches flies and moths and eats them yuk.
KIMTOON(Quote)
takes a stong guy to live there imo,(dont go in the water) lol
icedog(Quote)
I saw a photo of a camel spider the other day ,Christ alive they’re huge 😯 Won’t catch me going anywhere they live either, think I best stick to Scandinavia like. 😉
KIMTOON(Quote)
Ice ,Bloody sharks, Jaws ruined every summer holiday I’ve been on since watching it 🙄 Won’t go out further than waist high now 😆 .
KIMTOON(Quote)
KIM your going out to deep mate in aussie they come in to two foot or less of water when tide is going out,not kidding you ive seen it and it was not nice thing to see someone be taken
icedog(Quote)
It might be something that has been addressed in the past but what do people make of Steve Wraith?
If I knew as much as him I would be worldly wise I think
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
TLR some cannot stand the guy others think he ok,have to make your own mind up on this one mate,sorry best i can do on this one mate
icedog(Quote)
Ice ,not much chance of that on the beach in Devon 😆
Toby @408 Isn’t he the bloke Troy rates as itk 😕
KIMTOON(Quote)
I think he’s a total bellend who’s appointed himself as the voice of the support. The SJP funeral thing was toe curling and his call today for Ashleys removal is laughable as if a petition will make him write off a £260m investment… 🙄
CC(Quote)
I’ve lost this article now having had me **** dragged around Beamish all day – but Mick bloody Harford?!.
I think the worst thing of all is that it comes as absolutely no surprise to me at all 🙄 🙁
Sharpy17(Quote)
Icedog / AMF, I’ll be down Melbourne way in March for 3 months. You better give me a list of do’s and don’ts otherwise I’m not gonna get oot of the hoose with all the scary stories your both spreading 😆 You’ve got Kimtoon well scared off regarding doon under 😆 😆 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Absolute joke of a club. I know many of you don’t rate Pardew, but seriously, pray he doesn’t walk. Pardew goes and we’re going down.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Still no transfer business done. Prepared to lose Cisse Cabaye Obertan Gosling and Williamson for 30 million bring in Remy Gomis Bent Ince and Sinclair plus any centre back.
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Jabba =Nero ,fiddling while Toon burns 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/exclusive-kinnear-prepared-mick-harfords-cv-for-mike-ashley/
😆 😆 you’d cry if you didn’t
KIMTOON(Quote)
MM nee worry tell me closer to your date,been there twice NSW,Q/land two and half yes,don’t take notice of Aussie mate,they bull there country right up,somebody has to lol,lots of nice things too like
icedog(Quote)
Mick Harford @harford_mick 51m
@stevewraith Stevie sonna, good to see you again. I think your days as panto baddie are over now me n Joe are in town!
steve wraith @stevewraith 40m
@harford_mick oh no there not
KIMTOON(Quote)
TLR I find Steve Wraith to be a decent guy that no doubt loves the Toon and knows a lot of what goes on at the club but I know a lot of fans dont like him, but I would say that amaybe some are jealous of him and his close ties to players.
As Ice says you have to make your own mind up but I would trust most of what he says
Big Dave(Quote)
Icedog@418, I’ll come to you when I need to know owt mate :-). Melbourne is a great city, haven’t seen much else yet though…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Kim I think the worst ones in Oz are them rose tinted spiders 😆 they even love Jabba and were sad to see Lambastad go 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave ,Aye they are spinning one big tangled web alright ,gonna tie themselves up in knots by the seasons start 😉
KIMTOON(Quote)
Mick Harford over the line. Well that’s the striker we were hoping for 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Munich ,Don’t jest ,we might need him the way things are panning out. 🙁
KIMTOON(Quote)
MM well thats another positive signing in Aussies book 😆 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Big D, I’m fooking well peeved mate. Last season was pish, I fear more of the same this season. 👿 👿 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM I hope your wrong mate but im afraid to say that I agree with you 😈 I just dont see anything to be positive about
Big Dave(Quote)
Is it true that were set to miss out on Gomis as he’d prefer to go to Marseille?
Are we going to get any strikers in for this season?
Stuart79(Quote)
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Rodzilla(Quote)
…sensible words from BD@420.
Rodzilla(Quote)
Chucklebrutha Mansion, widely know for its frenzied popularity within the liquorice market, provides the optimum platform for modern gerbils within the higher echelons of the coconut monsoon.
And this is me…
Rodzilla(Quote)
*known 😳
🙄
Rodzilla(Quote)
who the f is mick hartford
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this club is a joke at the mo
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Big Dave @ 428 says – I just dont see anything to be positive about…..
Well that’s a turn up for the books 😆 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
@Big Dave
I forever fail to get to grips with people who slate Steve Wraith as if he’s an ogre.
All I ever see him doing is telling the fans his opinions how he sees the situation at the toon at that particular time.
Maybe it’s just me and my beliefs about the regime and that I agree with almost everything he publishes that I’m so defensive for him.
I know him casually but not as a friend, however, when I speak to him, I find him rational, friendly and most important, not over bearing as many imagine he will be.
If there’s one major point that he has made that makes people resent him, then please explain what it is, as I only see, a person who understands the situation at the club that myself and a select few on here agree with.
By the way, I believe SW gets his views from the Reality Train. 😛
Troy Stavers(Quote)
I’m really starting to believe that Pards will be sacked before the start of the season.
I’m believing, Ashley brought in Jokey to oust Pards by undermining him, expecting Pards to walk.
It did not work, it backfired and strengthened Pards’ position.
So I now believe Ashley will be forced to sack Pards and appoint Jokey as manager.
You watch! Aussie you may mock as you normally do, as you have your head in the sand, but I’m the best in the business of weighing up situations and you better hold onto your seat. 😛
A la Pardieu won’t walk but he will be sacked before the season begins. 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Troy says – but I’m the best in the business of weighing up situations and you better hold onto your seat….
😆 😆 😆 😆
I can’t believe that I thought this place was all doom and gloom, side splitting stuff from Troyster, nice work mate 😛
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x124bw8_rio-ave-3-1-newcastle-highlights_sport#.UeydCNJ8nRQ
Willo very unlucky to concede the pen – outside the box and debatable as to whether it’s a foul
M(Quote)
Thanks for the link M… Some of that defending was as comical as Troys last comment 😯
Diabolical defending, talk about standing about and watching the game be played around you..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Ahh Troy, much better (apart from the joke about being the best in the business). Opinion stated as opinion. Good work. I reckon if Ashley wanted Pardew out he’d just sack him; the manouvring you talk about seems far too convoluted – I believe in Occams Razor
It could be that Harford will be groomed to succeed Joe when the contract finishes, or in case his heart can’t keep beating. That would make sense. And it’s a much simpler explanation.
Got to say, though, I don’t think they have their priorities right. Surely the the team should come first. You’d think there’d be plenty of time to get an assistant after the season starts.
brisvegas(Quote)
Papers guessing what Hartford will be doing..
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-utd/mick-harford-to-find-bargains-for-newcastle-utd-1-5877607
I thought for a second that the club had signed Chael Sonnen to teach the players how to fight 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
trouble brewing.
roy cropper(Quote)
Oh well another day for umpteen barrel loads of ***** to be poured upon the heads of loyal Toon fans by the powers that be. Wonder what delights Ash has in store today.
KIMTOON(Quote)
You Aussie boys know I’m the best in the business at weighing up people. 😛
I’ve got you pigeon holed as Warldof & Statler from the muppet show 😛
Troy Stavers(Quote)
😯 , if your talking about the Muppets, I see you as Beaker !! 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Everybody loves you at Newcastle Joe Kinnear, if you can’t do it no one can!!!
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you’re the best around, nothings going to keep you down
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SSN , Mick Harford ,not to join up with JFK at Newcastle .He has turned us down.lol
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