With West Ham being beaten 3-2 at home by Tottenham tonight, Newcastle move one place up in the league table – and we go there by having scored more goals than the Hammers, as we are on the same points and same goal difference of -10.
Gareth Bale - another brace at Upton Park tonight
And West Ham were beaten by a certain Mr. Gareth Bale, who scored two great goals – and the winner in the 90th minute after he had even been fouled.
But the referee had waved play on – Gareth was given the ball back by a Tottenham player, and he moved to his left (what other direction?) and smashed the ball into the back of the net with the fantastic left foot of his – for another brilliant goal.
Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the other Tottenham goal, and Andy Carroll scored from a penalty and Joe Cole got the other West Ham goal, in what was a very exciting game.
Former Newcastle captain and West Ham skipper Kevin Nolan had to go off in the first half with what seemed like a calf injury.
I had initially thought West Ham would have to lose by two goals – but Newcastle have scored more goals than West Ham (38 vs 31), and that’s the third decider – after points and goal difference.
So Newcastle are now 8th bottom (that’s one way to put it), and we have moved up the table by three places since we got our five Frenchmen in last month – and we are still only 3 points out of 10th place and Stoke City, who we meet in our next home game after we face a tough game at Swansea on Saturday afternoon.
Gareth Bale must be the best player in Britain at the moment, in his current form.
Let’s hope Newcastle’s surge continues at Swansea on Saturday.
Howay The Lads!!
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1 morocco0015 // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:15 PM
can anyone remember when we were in for Bale when he was havin a bad time at Spuds, if only !!!!!
2 Spuggy // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:16 PM
A win against the swans would be epic. Can we do it?
3 nick_9 // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Swansea have my permission to celebrate their cup win all week, I hope they take it. If Benny is back is it only Ryan Taylor and krul we have out or am I missing someone?
Latter stages of Europe and Top ten finish must be the targets now
4 Spuggy // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:17 PM
Bale is the perfect example of how to use pace intelligently, not just run into the corner :/
5 Spuggy // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:20 PM
Harper and vuckic are out too
6 morocco0015 // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:22 PM
Spuggy
out of the equation methinks mate??
7 Graeme // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Poor old Fat Sam went all quivery lipped after that last goal – he was convinced he was going to win it!! Aint life a bitch eh lol – couldn’t happen to a nicer chap!!
8 bollance // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Another goal for Campbell for u21. He needs to be on the bench especially now we are capable of scoring 1 or 2 in a game. Worth a go once we have a 2 or 3 goal cushion. Forget bringing perch on. That is why perch has been dropped lol! So pards can bring him on to see out games.
9 bollance // Feb 25, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Needs to be on the bench now we are capable of scoring more than 1 or 2..
10 bollance // Feb 25, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Gareth bale the new Ronaldo?
Man utd should forget about signing the real Ronaldo (not the fat Brazilian) and buy the next world star.
11 JP...from The Rock // Feb 25, 2013 at 11:10 PM
@post#1 – I remember that very well, it was between Bale and Nathanial Clyne if I am not mistaken even before he went to Spurs we had our eye on him. What a player we missed out on! Oh well, you win some you lose some. We were looking at him for our LB spot. Amazing career this young lad is having, and will probably go to Real Madrid in the summer.
12 Transfer Sage // Feb 25, 2013 at 11:17 PM
This season for bale is the time ronaldo got 42 goals in 47 games for man utd so he still has some way to go.
However man utd dominate more games and have better players which helped ronaldo so bale is stepping up nicely.
There is no reason bale can’t be the next world star, he has it all just needs to hone his talents further and continue to improve.
I can see a summer move to man utd for it though. I think they will want him the same way they wanted van persie. I genuinely believe ferguson wants one last crack at putting together the perfect squad to win another treble or champions league.
13 Troy Stavers // Feb 25, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Good to see the anti Pardew brigade have crawled back under their stones.
14 Troy Stavers // Feb 25, 2013 at 11:38 PM
Pards will be lauded as the messiah by the end of the season by the same people who criticised him.
You’s know who you are.
15 brian kilclines pony tail // Feb 25, 2013 at 11:50 PM
@Troy – no manager should ever be given the messiah tag, its a ridiculous thing that sky made up, if applied it could lead to a false sense of security which could lead to the undoing of the previous good work which got them the ‘messiah’ tag.
I dont think padrew is a great manager, he is average.
the majority of toon fans realise that now, he is far too negative with his ‘sit back and see if we can nick one’ tactics for me.
16 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:11 AM
KK was quite rightly tagged the Messiah in his first coming. I’m sure he could walk on water if he tried.
Regarding Pards, I don’t believe he’s a top manager but I also don’t believe he’s as bad as many make out.
I believe he can get this squad back into Europe next season though.
Do you?
17 Jackel001 // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:21 AM
The people giving Pardew jip are the same people who were licking his hoop last season when we were doing so well. It’s been a bad season yes, but due to injuries it hasn’t totally been his fault.
The squad he had before January was MA fault for not bringing in anyone. As the saying goes, can only sh!t with the arse you have!
18 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:30 AM
@Jack
I do believe Pards overestimated the quality of the youths coming thru.
That said, the little big mouthed little people now have little mouths to go along with their little bodies.
19 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:34 AM
Reet, time to mow the lawn. The neighbours go ape shit when I get the lawn mower out at this time of night.
Tough!
20 Mister Tuff // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:35 AM
Some of the same people from last season continued their fawning adoration of Percy the first half of this season.
Hoop lickers all of you.
You’s know who you are.
21 brian kilclines pony tail // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:36 AM
I cant see it, unless we win the euro league, not 100% if they do that with the euro league, can someone please clarify that.
I know the champions league do since the liverpool situation a few years back but cant remember if the rule was extended to include the europa league
since we are 17 points off 5th and with only 33 points to play for we wont do it through the league
also since we never win anything I cant see us winning the euro league, i am sure we will choke at the final hurdle with the mighty roar of a mouse. its the way we are.
see our previous cup finals against man utd and arsenal and the trip to portugal under bobby.
I will get shot down for this but…..keegan was a fool, he gave energy to the club which will only lift you so far and has been found out in every job since, he left us with massive debt, no youth set up and didnt win anything, his toon teams played good football which made it ok.
i guess the word messiah means something different to you than it does to me.
a certain Mr Ferguson doesn’t even get called a messiah.
22 Tsunki // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:37 AM
And so the tide has turned. The dregs of the PL settle to their natural positions and after a few timely and astute signings we now assume the role of threat to the league as we show our intent to deal humiliation for next season. Fear quietly assumes its mastery over the mediocrity of mid-table as the terror of a resurgent NUFC rises from the depths.
It could be worse
23 Mister Tuff // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:54 AM
One or two posters seem to have a bit of a dig at Santon being caught out of position, when he goes forward -which results in an attack down the vacant wing resulting in goals against us.
I’ve posted previously, as have others, that Santon is clearly under instructions to carry the ball forward. When he overlaps it is clearly the responsibility of others to fall back as cover, so his position is covered. This is an elemental of football -clearly there are one or two (bloggers and players) who do not know this simple rule – normally first learnt in the playground.
I do however accept that he does sometimes “saunter” back -not a full throttle.
24 beefman13 // Feb 26, 2013 at 12:54 AM
Troy, i waa disgusted at the manager at the introduction of perch on sunday, i am sick to the back teeth of looking at jonas guttierez, we are playing one up front to accomadate jonas in the team, criminal at sjp.
I actually believe jonas is on the teamsheet before gouffran, perch before marv n anita is a real disgrace, we have the brilliant be arfa back soon god willing, hw has to go back in to the team bur u bet y he is a sub and dosnt start straight away, if he is fir wnough hw playa zimple as, no room foe awntimatw regarding guttierez,
If we continue to climb the table then brilliant but it will be beacuse thw players graham carr has brought in, Pardew will get plAudits no doubt but i reckon any manager in the prem could manage and tactically produce a team better to watch and a team that would gather more points.
A winger with one assist is the most pathetic stat even more than 273 corners without a goal created, why the hell are we not mixing optiona up at corners.
You wont get me giving him credit unless hw atopa thus backs against the wall tactics ans negativity as soon as we go in to a lead. We may yet put in a full 90 mins who knows, we havnt yet beacuse of his negativity, we have a aquad to be positive for the whole 90 donr mias Trick for ever Pardew, get your ego out of the way play rhw best players and stop cheating the paying public.
25 tdt // Feb 26, 2013 at 1:06 AM
So what league position gets Europa league qualification this year, since Swansea get one spot. Does that leave 5th and 6th place? If so, I think 6th place should be our target. Now I realise that’s a massive target, but it’s far from impossible when you look at our fixtures. We have 9 or 10 very winnable games left this season in the league. We’re currently 12 points behind 6th. It’s a lot at this stage in the season, but you never know. People say it’s the same as city catching united now, but it’s not: Everton and west brom aren’t as good as man united, obviously. Hence the chase is more do-able.
I’m I the only one thinking that this is a viable (and acheivable) target for the rest of the season? Plus doing well in our current European campaign too obviously would be nice.
26 brian kilclines pony tail // Feb 26, 2013 at 1:18 AM
@24beefman13 – I am amazed that jonas has only got 21 assists since he signed for newcastle, that is over a 5 year period which is no where near good enough and one of them was in the championship.
even last year he only got 3! and he was playing well!
i know these stats dont tell the whole story because he is good at tracking back and that is why pardew plays him.
given the choice pards will always air on the side of caution.
@tdt – according to wiki we only get 3 so swans will have one, 5th place will have one, and the FA cup winners. the only way it will end in 6th place is if man utd or chelsea or arsenal win it.
but there is no way the every team above us will drop 12 point and us have a 100% record for the rest of the season. or drop 15 pts and us only drop 3. thats just crazy talk mate.
27 Charlietoon // Feb 26, 2013 at 2:01 AM
Beefman 13 have you not noticed that Gutti has been shifted to the right recently so that Gouff can start on the left? When Ben Arfa comes back I dont think Gutti will be keeping him on the bench for long. I think it is a good move and shows Gutti where he is in the picking order.
I too did not want to see our defensive substitutions come on as they so often do and lets face it our two goals after that point were a penalty and an own goal so weve not yet really shown that ability to shut down an opposition in the second half though position instead of just sitting back,
28 ~ Phoenix Warrior Perch~ // Feb 26, 2013 at 2:48 AM
Aye, i would have preferred if Anita had come on before Perch did.
I think Cabaye coming off was a precaution, he came off against Metalist with a minor Injury, so I guess Pardew did not want to agitate it any further.
On the subject of Tiote, he had one of his better performances on Sunday. If he can keep that form, then I have no qualms about him starting.
The problem now is if he can be consistent.
29 pizzicatochan // Feb 26, 2013 at 4:33 AM
Yea, Anita may be more technical and talented, but Perch would be more strong in terms of defense and crash the Soton’s offense. I could see why Perch was on. Not necessarily 100% agree, but I see the reason behind it.
30 ~ Phoenix Warrior Perch~ // Feb 26, 2013 at 6:28 AM
The reason is clear, just felt that he should have come on at a later time in the game. With Anita coming on before him.
31 cornishman // Feb 26, 2013 at 6:35 AM
I have a cunning plan. Spurs to finish 5th, sell Bale to Barcelona, then we can brush the Spuds away next season. Simples
32 Les Grossman // Feb 26, 2013 at 7:02 AM
Troy,
They all scurried off at the end of January, as I said to them halfway through the window they would do just that, as they are keyboard warriors that are akin to jellyfish! No spine.
Rotonda the ficklest fan heights!
He’s a box jellyfish
33 nufcjohn56 // Feb 26, 2013 at 7:33 AM
europa league qualification for nest season.
3 places one from premier (5th), one from f.a. cup and one from league cup.
f.a.cup: winners qualify but if they are in a chmpions league spot there place is taken by the runners up,if they too are in a champions league spot then the place will go to 6th in the league, therefore this season man.utd or chelsea would have to play against man.city on current league placings.
if chelsea,spurs or newcastle win the europa cup they would qualify for next years trophy only if they haven’t qualified through the league.
34 dmac // Feb 26, 2013 at 7:48 AM
@cornish
Spurs have a ‘special relationship’ with Real Madrid which basically means you sell us all your best players (modric and soon bale) and we give you nothing (cpl of youngsters i believe). Bale is deff leaving but i put my house on it being Real.
35 WWYCD // Feb 26, 2013 at 7:54 AM
Watched the match last night nd Tiote was on fire imo great to see again didn’t over think and only ran into trouble once with his ballerina act (which was more to do with others than him tbf)
Debuchy was fantastic as was Cabs, Cisse, Gouffran and Sissoko. Really good match for a mag as we bossed 70+minutes. Also must note the ref was very good imo let the game flow which isn’t always the case
36 Assam Toon // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:03 AM
I feel ashamed when rumours(?) like Gunners and Manure monitoring Cabaye/ Liverpool for HBA etc. float around. We have a sound recruitment policy in place and its time we put a solid retention policy too. We shouldn’t be treated like Arsenal by other clubs and press. To start, if Manu comes looking for Cabaye, firstly tell them to f*** themselves. If they insist, ask something audacious in exchange, like Van Persie or Rooney on shared fee. That’s insane, but remember, no one messes with a mad man. Its no longer about silly money anymore coz stupid clubs pay that. Give indecent proposals by which they take our key player only if they give us their key player, and money. NUFC should built an environment where players don’t leave unless they themselves are desperate to leave.
I hope there is no truth in the HBA/Liverpool or Cabaye/Manure/Gunner news.
37 ~ Phoenix Warrior Perch~ // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:11 AM
@WWYCD
It was deffo one of his better performances this season. The challenge now is for him to find consistency and not let that be a one-off performance.
If he can play at a level like that consistently, I’d have no qualms about him starting games.
I still have my suspicions that he will get into ‘trouble’ before the end of the season.
38 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Good morning,
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11915/8524828/Steve-McClaren-leaves-FC-Twente-after-disappointing-second-spell
Pardew out, McClaren in?
39 hotdog // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:13 AM
Killer – if you class keegan as a “fool” you are one fan that us hard to please!
Incidentally you take your name from one of his fine signing that kept us up but hey look at his era how you like. You will never change my view of the great man!
40 Ian Toon // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:14 AM
I see that it’s suggested. that Andreas Weimann is reluctant to sign a new contract at Villa. He’s 21 winger/ striker and experienced. Just the sort of bargain that could well light up MA ‘s eyes.
WWYCD– Foy was a homer. But who’s complaining!
Kilclines. PT — Emlyn. Hughes played rugby at school and achieved a hell of a lot more at Liverpool and. England than I am expecting from Sammy Ameobi. Hughes also starred on a question of sport. Your not into pub quizzes !!
41 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:15 AM
Phoenix…Tiote will almost certainly be in ‘trouble’ before the end of the season. Small steps, let’s see if he can stay out of trouble for two consecutive games first and then go from there.
Was good to see the Tiote of old back, however, tough tackling was and will still be part of his game, but there is a line.
42 WWYCD // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:20 AM
PWP
He looked a different player against the saints head was up and he looked settled, I think his performances dropped off because he tried to do more for the team when we were in the brown stuff now we have better around him and Cabs beside him for distribution as long as he remains calm I think he will keep this level up
And oh aye he’ll pick up a card here and there its his game to be fair but if he stopped that he is a worse player and now we have depth I have no issues with him picking up so many cards, I’d say every team needs a real enforcer and Tiotes one of the best for that plus I like that if one of ours takes a hit unfairly the culprit gets a lump kicked out of them
43 Ian Toon // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:24 AM
Kilcline- If you are planning to mount an anti Keegan campaign at least Do some research and get your facts right. He was twice European footballer of the year. His brand and style of football, growing up, guaranteed a lifetime of love for the Toon.. Try looking at his positive contribution, the list is much longere, otherwise your just a pale Ruddy Superfluous.
44 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:25 AM
@Beefman
Get a grip please. Perch Is a decent squad player and steps into the fold for Cabaye whenever called.
The others you mention are all of a similar standard. It’s not as if one is streets ahead of the other.
You may not be happy with Pardews team selection but others are. That’s football.
We won 4-2 and are now on a good run.
I’m sure if you were manager and made your team selection, many would be saying they were fed up with your crap tactics as well.
You can’t please everyone. But as long as we are winning then I see no need to criticise the way you do.
45 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:28 AM
@ian Toon
Aye, Kilclines assessment of KK was an insult bearing in my he brought the most exciting 5 yrs to SJP in my lifetime, over 40 yrs.
46 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:30 AM
No one keen for McClaren then? You bunch of know nothings.
47 WWYCD // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Ibiza
Only line is the ball boys…because they are Cabayes beating toys!
48 Graeme // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:34 AM
WWYCD – and who would voluntarily want lumps kicked out of him by Mr T??
49 Ian Toon // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Beefman — Another on a mission where your only fooling yourself. Your denigration of a mounting number of fringe players will not get Shane Ferguson a starting slot. He needs to go out on loan and learn his trade. He has wasted two seasons in the comfort zone and needs to gain competitive experience.
50 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:35 AM
Yo…Hang on a sec, I think you’ll find Simmo is a bit of a line specialist too
51 Ian Toon // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:36 AM
Troy – Do you seriously mow the lawn at 2 o’clock in the morning?
52 Rotonda heights // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Les
Keyboard warrior seems a bit strong. It’s a forum where people voice an opinion. I believe that’s the concept. I’m sure you would agree it would be extremely boring if everyone was like you. You can see that can’t you Les?
You may say fickle. I would say it’s being flexible and open minded. I don’t keep putting something down if there is tangible improvement as has obviously been the case.
In fact you’ll see I was a huge advocate of the 433 we played last season and was angry that was jettisoned this season to accommodate Ba.
Earlier criticism by myself and many others was entirely justified. Before the French invasion and even with injuries we still had a squad that was vastly superior to most teams in the bottom 10, yet we played awful hoof ball and had a dreadful losing sequence.
Being fickle is pretending that never happened. Being open minded is to appreciate the arrival of some excellent players, a return to a better system which suits our ball players and credit where it’s due to Pardew et al.
Only a moron would NOT realise we are in a far happier place now and would want us to keep doing badly just to make a point. I see very welcome improvement and a great team spirit.
I think Pardew will always have the potential to misjudge certain situations but overall taking a balanced standpoint on the evidence of the last month or so, ce fait tres bien.
53 WWYCD // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Graeme
Exactly element of fear is a good tool, Perch has it in his game aswell that little Wienmann found that out when he nailed Gutti haha
54 Graeme // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Ibiza – wasnt it Paul Merson who was king of the line??
55 WWYCD // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:39 AM
Ibiza
And how we will miss that when summer rolls around
56 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Graeme…I am led to believe he knew his way around a line or two.
57 Rotonda heights // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:40 AM
ce va even!
58 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:40 AM
@Ian Toon
Yeah, I find it therapeutic mowing the lawn during the night.
I sleep in the washing basket, which is another strange quirk of mine. I find it so comfortable lying on top of loads of clothing and towels and then closing the lid to the world. I’m posting from there now.
The wife will bring my a cuppa up shortly. She’ll open the lid, grunt, pass me a cup of coffee and close the lid.
Each to their own I say.
59 Transfer Sage // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:40 AM
I’m not a huge keegan fan…not anti keegan, think he did a lot of good at newcastle but it was all short term, nothing planned for sustained success which wasn’t his fault really.
If you have a board who say have money for stars or an academy not both most managers would have done the same…especially knowing the reputation our club had for sacking managers, you would think you only had a few years so would go for the instant success not a slowly built project.
60 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:43 AM
Yo…I know. I can’t stand to see the Geordi nations hearts ripped out in the summer. With Simmo leaving relegation is the only possible outcome….unless they break the bank and finally get us Paul that is. You know, the player whose surname you need not mention. There’s only one Paul and he is the messiah!
Clearly I need a break from the blog already. Bring in McClaren, doom if Simmo leaves and bring in Paul as our saviour. Yep, coffee time.
61 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:45 AM
Troy…Are you sure you’re not drinking heavily, mowing strangers lawns and then falling asleep in their washing baskets? And is that grunt and a cup of coffee actually a scream and coffee being thrown in your face?
62 Rotonda heights // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:45 AM
Dannyo
It was quite funny you saying people should go and look at Pards CV and then you typed West ham lost to Arsenal on penalties in the FA cup final when I think you will find it was Liverpool to a late Gerrard goal I believe. Pedantic I know.
63 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:46 AM
@ Transfer Sage
Keegans era was sustainable if the board had continued to back him.
Champions league football would have paid for his recommended investment in players.
Once the board withdrew his player funding, we dropped out the big money and couldn’t recover.
64 WWYCD // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:48 AM
Ibiza
Coffee or a padded room my friend (next door to kets though so ud have entertainment)
65 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:50 AM
@ Ibiza
No, I have many quirks that set me apart from the ordinary person.
I am the modern day superhero who goes to every home game in my wrestling trunks, wrestling boots and cape. I am the grandson of the late great Les Kellet, world wrestling champion 1967.
66 Transfer Sage // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:50 AM
troy
I’m not sure if it was….we racked up a lot of debt during the spell from his time until Ashley came in. They were spending above their means.
The problem was signings were more like trophy signings and not always the best option….combination of all managers around that time.
We would have done a leeds if we had kept going like that. We couldn’t have kept it up.
67 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Yo…Out of that scenario the only thing missing is the coffee. Brb.
Troy…Once again, are you sure you aren’t wearing skid marked y-fronts and a bed sheet? Please forgive me, but some peoples interpretation of reality on here can be a little skewed at times.
68 TorqToon // Feb 26, 2013 at 8:58 AM
Morning gentlefolk !
Currently en route to my new placement club in St. Etienne and am doing a whole over review of the first and second string squads over the next fortnight.
All excited and then I read reports ‘linking’ HBA with Liverpool and Cab’s with anybody and everybody.
Firstly – the Liverpool link is ridiculous. Going off of quotes from months ago, before we turned our corner, prices quoted at being €8mil, £15mil OR HBA + £10mil for AC (depending on which crappy article you read!) As I said, simply ridiculous.
Secondly – Cabaye loves this club, he is our future captain and lives and breathes Newcastle utd. Yes there ALWAYS is a possibility that a bid could come in for him, but when I read the Man Utd fans would rather buy Cabaye than have to spend £30mil elsewhere…makes me laugh!! Cabaye would cost £30mil himself, as we could ask for any amount of money. However I don’t think he will go anywhere.
Especially if the talk of SDJ and Alderwield is true,
69 Charlie in the Gallowgate // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:01 AM
Keegan was a great time for watching the Toon, but the foundations were made of sand and when the Hall and Shepherd family decided float the club on the stock exchange that was the beginning of the end for me – robbing bas***ds.
Totals both families made from Newcastle United 1999 to 2005
Sir John, Douglas and Cameron Hall: £36,466,153
Freddy Shepherd and Shepherd Offshore: £ 8,351,298
Go to: http://www.nufc-finances.org.uk if you want to see how we were ripped off.
Give me Ashley any day of the week compared to the Halls and Fat Freddy
70 hotdog // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Why do I think troy is going to post a pic of him in his costume with coffee in the washing basket. Now that would be a photo
Morning Ibiza. Chirpy as ever mate
71 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Morning Torq,
Sounds like a fun couple of weeks work. Remember to bag any likely transfers and load them in to your van.
On Cabaye and HBA leaving, what will be will be, cannot allow myself to get wound up at this stage. If either of those two do leave it will be for decent money.
72 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Hotdog…That does sound like an interesting photo.
Always chirpy mate, sat upon my fence chirping away with the other birds, life is good.
73 Transfer Sage // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:07 AM
charlie
I’m with you on that…keegan was working for people who had a total disregard for the future of the club and cared only about the present, those two families are the ones who were in it for themselves…a lot of dodgy deals round that time with players too.
Ashley is much better, not a perfect owner but as he doesn’t have the personal wealth of city or chelsea’s owner he is trying to do things on a sustainable model which is great in my view.
We might never be league champions but when were we last anyway…not like he has ruined us from title contenders to nothing.
74 Troy Stavers // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:22 AM
@TSage
You are confusing the post Keegan era under Souness and Dalglish etc who wasted money.
KK had the magic formula at that time but the board withdrew their funding.
75 Transfer Sage // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:26 AM
troy
It was still never going to last though…he bought good players but the prices were still excessive and difficult to maintain.
The post keegan era with dalglish was terrible.
76 Charlie in the Gallowgate // Feb 26, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Transfer Sage
Cheers – someone on the same wavelength
Troy
Keegan was like a kid in the sweet shop If he did not get what he wanted he chucked the dummy out and left when he couldn’t get the money to spend he wanted. That’s my point a club built on Quicksand.
PS just got my Anji tickets cannot wait love the European games
77 ballerfan2 // Feb 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM
I’ve been reading this thread through and have to say that I agree totally with Troy, practically on everything. Would we have preferred, as fans, for the Keegan era never to have happened – NO, of course not. Having watched the Toon for over 50 years this period was probably the most exciting time in my memory, including the Fairs Cup triumph. And it was all down to Keegan (I always hated that Messiah tag). Dalglish and Souness spent an awful lot of money and had absolutely nothing to show for it. Keegan at least gave the club back it’s pride.
On the Cabaye/Ben Arfa rumours – we all have to take a deep breath and put some faith in Ashley. He must know he is on the verge of having a truly exciting team and having come this far will be reluctant to lose its most potent and vital cogs. He at worst will not sell unless megabucks are offered and we have seen what that can achieve, if it is necessary. Go back 12 months and all these stories were circulating then too but all they players we wanted to keep are still in Toon. I don’t think anything has changed – in fact with all the other French imports, we are probably in an even stronger position. Bottom line – Ashley will not be bullied by anyone. We should know that by now.
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