So far another disappointing transfer has seen supporter frustration levels grow – levels which haven’t been helped by bizarre decisions like hiring Joe Kinnear as Director of Football.
However there is at least some welcome distraction upcoming. Not just for fans of United but for fans of every Premier League club. The new season brings new feelings so I’m just asking what everyone thinks about the new season, what their expectations are and so on.
To be fair, if you look at our opening fixture, it doesn’t make for good reading. Manchester City away is one of the toughest games in the league these days which doesn’t bode well when you combine that with our ability to just simply forget to turn up and roll over whenever we face them.
I call it a “gimme game” in the sense that I expect nothing from it so if we sneak a point or three by whatever means I’d be over the moon but the reality is that achieving that is going to be massively against the odds. If the expected happens and we do get best it’s important to remember that City will beat better teams than us this season and not to get too down about it.
In a way our season starts properly with the two games after Manchester City. Two home games against West Ham and Fulham and I’d be expecting us to take the bull by the horn in those games with us being the home team and, with the greatest of respect to them, both sides not being in the same league as a Manchester City.
I think those three games will give us a clearer idea of how things are looking. Football is unpredictable a lot of the time so all of it is an unknown really. I’m just wondering how everyone else is feeling before the big kick-off on Monday evening?
Your thoughts please…
P.S – Don’t forget that we’ll be cranking up the volume here on NUFC Blog the closer we get to the match on Monday so make sure you check back for match previews, stats and facts ahead of the big game.
What’s with all this Benny bashing, he’s not fat, he’s tucked the baggy strip into his shorts and its pressed out, he just forgot to straighten his top. Anyway he was supposedly running past defenders with ease in pre-season so he can’t have packed that many pounds.
Mark/Aussie/Richie
My mum warned me about peer pressure 😕 😆 , ok I’ll join.
Andymag(Quote)
It’s a mystery Kimtoon. Looks like Remy is out until mid September so he’ll miss a few games. So we have Cisse and Shola and I guess Gouffran can step in at a pinch? What happens if Cisse gets injured? What a mess going into our first game. What has Joe been doing? Do other team’s management just laugh when he calls asking for a nice deal for little dosh? It’s become pathetic again.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
GT
Could be that we never see him play if he’s injured till his court hearing.
Andymag(Quote)
Aye Andymag mate @378. It’s not the kind of immediate help we needed. It just looks thrown together, like our preseason games against poor teams. Have we got other targets we can afford? It just seems like each summer we have 2 or 3 targets and if the deals fall through we just sit and do nothing. 🙁
GeordieTwo(Quote)
I’ll be interested to see how Fulham makes out against Sunderland on the weekend. Very difficult to predict but to me Fulham looks the better side by quite a bit. Since it’s getting around to that time of year here’s my predictions for the bottom 10 at the end of the season:
20. Crystal Palace
19. Cardiff
18. Hull
17. Villa
16. Stoke
15. Sunderland
14. Norwich
13. Southampton
12. West Ham
11. West Brom
See, it’s easy (of course I did predict we would finish 8th last season 😆 ).
GeordieTwo(Quote)
G2 don’t worry pal go is on his way,once again don’t think he will be up to speed yet
icedog(Quote)
GOMIS,this bloody tablet
icedog(Quote)
is that another Ice-1st headliner 😎 ❓
mark(Quote)
Are you fairly sure icedog? I would hate to start getting excited and then be disappointed mate. Anything to report about a winger by any chance?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
G2….Maybe you should join the “predictor league”? 😉 😀
richietoon(Quote)
Underwhelmed probably sums it up!
Stuart79(Quote)
WTF Geordie2 is a secret optimist 😀
This is mine
20. C. Palace
19. Stoke
18. Cardiff
17. Sunderland
16. Hull
15. West Brom
14. Norwich
13. West Ham
12. Fulham
11. Southampton
I think we will finish 9th or 10th depending on how good Bony will be for Swansea 😛
Santii(Quote)
Santii maybe you should too
richietoon(Quote)
How do I join the predictor league Richie mate?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
G2 can never be sure where toon is mate,can I say 70%plus one who,haven’t got a clue,would not shock me to get no one,or once would not shock me to see more if some clubs cave in to toons price near windows end
icedog(Quote)
Ice you transfer teaser.. 😆
mark(Quote)
G2@389 see entry @280 comment mate
icedog(Quote)
G2… if you click on the link https://predictor.talksport.com/minileagues/home.htm and enter the code FC825-LCD then just follow the instructions
you’ll need to register then clik on mini league to join…..if ya don’t wanna put in any real details ya can just make them up(like I did) but obviously if ya wanna win any of talksports prizes it’ll need to be puka 😉
richietoon(Quote)
MARK ime not a wum so only say what a little bird tells me,wish it was a big bird lol,but remember jab a is known as the 48hr man so so can make mugs out of most people
icedog(Quote)
RICHIE might just join using Battys email,sure he would pay up when I’ve won
icedog(Quote)
@Ice. I know mate. but youre always first with goss so i’m a little excited..
especially with this news, BT sport already on my tv 😛
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a506942/bt-sport-added-to-virgin-media-no-extra-cost-for-xl-users.html
mark(Quote)
@richietoon
youve sold this more than Pards has sold Cabaye. u on commission? 😛
mark(Quote)
MARK what’s the cost of a virgin set up these days mate??
icedog(Quote)
I have went for a 2-0 Newcastle win against City if i get that right i should just win automatically i think… 😀
Santii(Quote)
20. Crystal Palace
19. Hull
18. Stoke
17. Cardiff
16. Fulham
15. Sunderland
14. Everton
13. West Brom
12. Newcastle
11. Southampton
That’s my bottom 10. I simply can’t see where the goals are coming from for us. Short up top and on the wings for me.
Oblong(Quote)
Mark… I wish 😀
Santii….show some balls(not literally) and join the league 😉
richietoon(Quote)
@Ice. I pay £60 for XL tv, evenings and weekend phone deal + 20-30mb broadband. + I get unlimited mobile text and calls / 1GB downlwd for £12 extra per month coz im with them for the other stuff…
Wor lass has just told me that her sis cancelled exactly the same package as me and they rang her back 3 weeks later and reduced it to £20 a month 😯 I feel totally ripped nu 😆 😥
mark(Quote)
…and oblong 😛
richietoon(Quote)
Good calls there Oblong mate @400. Richie my registration has failed mate. I’ll try again later.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Richie refresh lol i did
@Oblong i like where your Everton prediction 😀 I kinda want Martinez to fail just because i really dislike him. Over-rated for keeping a shitty team in the PL (Barely).
Kinda funny that he gets his big move the year he gets them relegated like 😛
Santii(Quote)
qwarr look at what I’m missing on sky sports
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sexy-pictures-of-georgie-thompson-natalie-1323880
while BTSports has claire fu**ing Balding 😈 😆
mark(Quote)
MARK cheaper than sky mate,think I’ll just go back for a dream box,£15 month suits me fine lol
icedog(Quote)
Santii…seen…actually seen it in stereo cos I’m pissed 😆
richietoon(Quote)
RICHIE ref404,have you got it fixed already lol
icedog(Quote)
get Al Jazeera….13000 yep 13000 live games including all 380 prem games…bring it on
richietoon(Quote)
Ice…No G2 must have done summat wrong…I’m sure he’ll work it out he’s a clever(ish) lad 😆
richietoon(Quote)
@Ice lol
threaten to cancel m8. I got my XL package and a free HD box when I threatened to cancel..
I rarely watch the box tho, I download TV series more to watch than normal tv..
mark(Quote)
I thought Al Jazeera just showed beheadings n that 😆
mark(Quote)
@G2 and santii I like the style of football he tries to play but I do think he is over rated. He made some awful signings at Wigan.
What site is this league on then Richie? I need to join….someone has to come last 😆
Oblong(Quote)
Oblong…talksport see comment 393 😉
Mark 😯
richietoon(Quote)
Andymag@345, Augsburg is in Bayern mate, about 80km north west from Minga…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Done 😛
Oblong(Quote)
Munich…wie gehts? you don’t seem to have joined the predictor league yat, divnt be shy….and on that note. I’m done for the neet, laters
richietoon(Quote)
Feeling *****
batty(Quote)
What’s up Batty?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
BATTY nee wonder,sick of telling get somebody else to scrat in those bins 😀
icedog(Quote)
Ice we had standard sky and then they rang us and offered us sky sports and movies for an extra tenner a month for 9 months. Runs out in September.We always ring and get good deals.
AlbertsTash(Quote)
AS cheers mate 😉
icedog(Quote)
g2 we brought 1 crock in thats what up
batty(Quote)
So another striker bites the dust – Bent!
Our regime is so fcking negligent they deserve to be fcking relegated!
Just complete incompetence will be summed up with Cabaye being sold!
Use to it though so my total indifference to NUFC this season is really quite dissapointing.
Stuart79(Quote)
MM
Thought it might have been, are you situated directly in Munich or just in Bavaria?
Andymag(Quote)
Mark@402 😯 I have XL tv package ,phone and internet (no mobile) and pay £92 a month !!!!,WTF ,how come yours is so cheap ? ,Have you got movie channels too ? .I have and wondered if that’s why mines dearer.
KIMTOON(Quote)
[email protected] that mate,i know your pushed for time sometimes but i would be shopping around no need to get your eyes took out
icedog(Quote)
Ice ,I’ve recently switched a whole bunch of stuff and saving a fair bit now ,but it never crossed my mind that VM were making prices up like that 👿 I know I got everything Sky sports ,Movies and all channels with the XL pack but bloody hell man . 😯 Gonna call them asap .
KIMTOON(Quote)
Aussie
I’ve signed up to your FF league, is there a way to see other people’s teams?
Andymag(Quote)
KIM good on you,give the feekers six nowt,tell the arseholes your changing to a diff supplier,
off now for the night talk later peoples 😉
icedog(Quote)
Dear Fans, I really hope we finish as champions next season! I will have no less from Newcastle. Your beloved director of football Joe x
Joe Kinnear(Quote)
There is, Andy, but only after the first game has been played 😆
brisvegas(Quote)
Cheers Bris, what’s your team?
Andymag(Quote)
Mine is
—————————Krul————————-
Ivanovic—Colocinni——Kompany—Baines
–Mata-==–Fellaini——-Silva——Ben Arfa–
————–Sturridge—–Weimann————–
Andymag(Quote)
@KIMTOON
no Ive got no movies or sports, just the free BtSports and espn. I pay 72 inc my mobile. I get bored and ring them all the time saying my neighbour reckons he’s paying such and such.. ask to be put thru to the cancellation department and tell them sky have offered you a much better deal. look up skys first tho just so you know what youre talking about. good luck.. 😉
mark(Quote)
Hey Everyone, I have set up a fantasy blog league for everyone on here to enjoy…the number is below..
939627-400530
Everyone likes to think they would make a better manager than Pardz… so let’s see what your made of!! 😛
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Here is the link to the fantasy league site… 😉
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
Register – create your team – then join the league…. 939627-400530
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Andy, nice one mate, unfortunately you will be in the relegation places with your line up at 435. 😉 😛
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Oz: joined, mate. A nice compact league, that one 😆 But let’s face it, if there are too many players in it most will be out of the running after about 15 games, and nobody wants to scrap for mid-table medicrity now do they?
Not like the head-to-head league, where you can win a game simply by out scoring your opponent on the day. Much more competitive that way.
Some of us are not afraid of competition (unlike Newkie) 😉
brisvegas(Quote)
Andy @ 435: I won’t be announcing my team until kick off. You never know who might poach them during the unlimited transfer window. 😆 But I’m so confident of a Newcastle win this weekend that I have 2 Man City players in it.
brisvegas(Quote)
Dear Newcastle Fans, I am really excited about the premiership this season. I really think we could win the league. Mark’s mad at me for being unable to sign Darren Bent but his not good enough for Newcastle. How do you think I won 7 LMA awards ( 3 consecutive). Mike Ashley has given me a limited amount of money to spend wisely. You guys should be so grateful to me for gracious sake. I’m the best there is! I can pick up the phone to Alex. I know you all love Me and Alan Pardew. Love Joe Kinnear ( Greatest Director of Football in World History Ever).
Joe Kinnear(Quote)
Vegas 😉 yep the league is in it’s infancy but I am sure that other will join 😯
I see you picked up on Andy’s rookie mistake… never reveal your team too early, blokes with very little footy nous like Richietoon will near on copy every player you have 😆 😛
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Aussie…I have all the footy nous I need, I predicted years ago that Shola would go on to great things…’nuff said methinks 😆
I thought Troy would have joined my predictor league seeing as all his predictions come true…maybe he’s not so confident in his mystical abilities 😯
Speaking of which, where is he? stuck in a box with a snooker ball in his mouth at his punk rock festival as the crowd shout out in unison “bring out the gimp” 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Richie 😆 😆
That’s a fair call in regards to where Troy maybe, it certainly seems plausible.. 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Speaking of predictions, I reckon we will sign someone today 😯
I am normally fairly accurate with these things 😆 **** it, I am feckin dreaming 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
You may be right ref your prediction 😯
I may even join your league what my heed sorts itself out, of course if you were any sort of bloke you’d return the favour…my saturation selling strategy worked canny yesterday like…and here I go again, you need to register your predictions by 5pm today if you’re after the Talksport cash prizes but you have until KO if you’re just in the league for fun soooooooo
don’t be shy,register for the private mini league I’ve set up on the Talksport, if you click on the link https://predictor.talksport.com/minileagues/home.htm and enter the code FC825-LCD then just follow the instructions
reet breakfast time 😛
richietoon(Quote)
Just checked the NUFC Blog fantasy league and the uptake is very slow 😕 … Come on everyone, it took me minutes to set it all up, so get on board 😈
939627-400530
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
😳 *once my heed*… case in point 😐
richietoon(Quote)
shameless self promoting 😆
richietoon(Quote)