If Newcastle win at St. James’ Park tomorrow we will be safe and usually it wouldn’t be too hard a task other than that the team has performed very poorly under John Carver this year – and we have literally hurtled down the league table these last three months, having taken just one point from the last 10 games.
If we don’t win and Hull manage to beat Manchester United at home, they will deserve to stay up – and we’ll take the drop.
John Carver – hopes for electric atmosphere
Carver hopes for an electric atmosphere at St. James’ Park tomorrow, but he also has to remember the fans are not at all happy because of the way the club has completely messed up this year, starting with not reinforcing an already weak squad in January when we had plenty of money available.
But since we were not in relegation trouble the hierarchy thought we could get by, like we did last year when we sold Yohan Cabaye in January and didn’t bother replacing him – and that hit the morale of the squad big time.
The hierarchy have been wrong this time, and it could all end up in a surprise relegation – and that’s only because of the pathetic way the club has been managed from the top.
It’s hard to even call it management at Newcastle, because Lee Charnley and company have stood by and done absolutely nothing as Newcastle have slipped into a full-blown crisis over the last 10 games.
From what we’ve seen, Charnley and company have simply hidden away – how’s that for executive leadership?
You cannot be timid and be a good manager – you need some courage and initiative, but we’ve seen none of that this year from Newcastle United.
🙁 🙁 🙁
This is what John has said:
“I’m expecting this to be electric. Our fans don’t want us to be in the Championship next season. I know for a fact for 90 minutes, it will be electric. I guarantee they’ll be behind the team.”
“That’s fine (the planned protest), they’re entitled to do what they want to do. But for 90 minutes – like they did against West Brom – I’d ask them to get behind the team.”
“Six years ago, it wasn’t in our hands. If we win on Sunday, we’re not bothered about anybody else. Hull would love to be in our shoes. “We’re in this situation, we’ve got to deal with it.”
“I feel like we’ve got to win. If we do that, we take care of our own business.”
John always talks a good game before any match and yes – all we need to do against West Ham tomorrow is win the game – seems so easy.
Unfortunately we haven’t done that for twelve weeks since we beat Aston Villa 1-0 at home, and we have only two wins in 19 games this year under John Carver.
That’s our big problem tomorrow and the confidence in the team cannot be high either, and they could find a way of losing (again) tomorrow.
However, on the positive side – it would be an excellent time to get our third win of the year and save ourselves.
That’s what we are hoping for.
Only one in six fans think we can win the game tomorrow, and the majority expect another defeat.
Comments welcome.
74 comments so far
Essex Geordie Bill
May 23, 2015 at 2:50 PM
Comment #1New thread, pity, I was enjoying the last one!
What’s happening on the Hull blogs, they probably care about our results. 😉
lochinvar
May 23, 2015 at 2:56 PM
Comment #2“I feel like we’ve got to win. If we do that, we take care of our own business.” by John Carver
” We feel like we shouldn’t have to win, If you and the team hadn’t put us in that position, then we it wouldn’t be our business” Well it would , it always is and always will be.
by 52,000 fans, The City Of Newcastle and Geordies word wide.
cyprus
May 23, 2015 at 2:56 PM
Comment #3Come on NUFC. One win.
WestOzMag
May 23, 2015 at 2:57 PM
Comment #4Yes hull prob do care as they are used to crap and want to hold their pos for financial reasons. They dnt have 52000+ every second week. We expect more hence why we are pissed off
firebug666
May 23, 2015 at 3:07 PM
Comment #5It will be electric tomorrow? Mmmm Shocking springs to mind.
jesperfuglsang - capt'n awesome of the lemon crew
May 23, 2015 at 3:07 PM
Comment #6Zzz zzz!!!
Essex Geordie Bill
May 23, 2015 at 3:08 PM
Comment #7WestOz
Actually I was deadly serious about the ISIL rumour, it was mentioned on a MSN news item. Apparently they have the money and some dodgy connections in Pakistan.
lesh
May 23, 2015 at 3:08 PM
Comment #8The Guardian also uses Carver’s words in an article today.
The penultimate paragraph of it though is an eyebrow raiser:
‘He [Carver] hopes everything [whether he gets the HC job] be resolved by Wednesday when he goes on holiday. Depending on tomorrow’s result his passage through Newcastle airport is likely to involve running the gauntlet of harsh stares and cutting comments or being greeted by supporters as the club’s saviour’
The club’s saviour? The club’s fkng saviour? Oh yes, I could visualise crowds cheering him for saving us – well, maybe Carver’d see it that way!
He’ll be toxic if he remains at SJP in any capacity and if Ashley’s got any sense, he’ll be kind to Carver and help him develop his career elsewhere – maybe as HR and People Development Director at Sports Direct?
giimps
May 23, 2015 at 3:09 PM
Comment #9I dont expect anything, i hope for better….a better manager ….who can spell words greater than one syllable, someone with tact and abilities at motivational speaking and one who has the ability to change a game (to our advantage) with substitutions and formation changes…..i can hope but dont expect this as expectation infers a right to have it….we will lose tomorrow as the Neanderthal and his pet dont have any of the required qualities to get us out of this mess, only the players can do this by ignoring the gonk and playing for their own pride (if he hasnt removed that totally from the team)…..we may not get relegated but only because Hull play Man Utd and have a minuscule chance of 3rd
HWTF
bettyswallocks
May 23, 2015 at 3:10 PM
Comment #10There gans wor John again talking Shyte and piling the pressure on.
There will be so much tension and nerves tomorrow, there’s no chance of a good performance.
Why can’t the idiot try and relax the players and eliminate the tension. I’m sure they don’t need that brainless moron reminding them what’s at stake.
I’m nervous knowing we have that dickhead orchestrating things tomorrow.
Catchy's Pet Lip
May 23, 2015 at 3:13 PM
Comment #11Essex Geordie
Wanna buy this bridge I have for sale?
bettyswallocks
May 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM
Comment #12Glimps……Spot on . Primitive and much too low down the evolutionary scale to be able to command any respect from human beings.
Essex Geordie Bill
May 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM
Comment #13Jesper
Aye yeh can pretend to be bored but I bet you are just as anxious about tomorrow’s outcome as anyone.
Me, I’m out tomorrow so might not even know what’s happened till MOTD.
That’ll be when the missus decides to go to bed early and avoids my possible bad language that the whole street can supposedly can hear. 🙂
Essex Geordie Bill
May 23, 2015 at 3:16 PM
Comment #14Catchy
Are you suggesting that I’m gullible, you’ll be telling me that the world is round next1 😉
John Tudor
May 23, 2015 at 3:18 PM
Comment #15couldn’t give a ff
lochinvar
May 23, 2015 at 3:18 PM
Comment #16The Mike Ashley , Chanley and Carver School of Management
http://cartoonsy.com/cartoons/employee-boss-job-work-problems-blame-1185
Thump
May 23, 2015 at 3:20 PM
Comment #17I’d ask them to get behind the team.
Again, you and your playing staff have to give us something to get excited about.
Six years ago it wasn’t in our hands.
We needed one point. It was definitely in our hands, and Duff put it past his own keeper.
silentdark1979
May 23, 2015 at 3:25 PM
Comment #18This is fast becoming the most negative blog I read. I read up on all NUFC news via newsnow which this blog seems to feature on and without doubt the headlines are the most negative. Yes things aren’t great but do you need to post and write about every problem?
BandB
May 23, 2015 at 3:29 PM
Comment #19The club confirmed its pre-season friendlies schedule and summer tour on the official website on May 11th last year.
Two weeks further on this year, has anyone seen or heard anything official?
bettyswallocks
May 23, 2015 at 3:30 PM
Comment #20Silent dark
Things aren’t great…….. That must be the understatement of all time. How worse could things be?
BandB
May 23, 2015 at 3:31 PM
Comment #21Another moaning minnie in the Telegraph….
“Reverend James W Errington, who celebrated his 100th birthday last Thursday, watched his first match at St. James’ Park during the 1928/29 season. This was shortly after the Magpies secured their last League Championship and it must seem like a lifetime ago now – largely because it was.
The Methodist Minister said:
“This is the most disappointing of all the seasons I’ve seen, for them to be in a relegation place. We’ve lost the passion, the pride that playing for Newcastle and playing in the North East meant.”
If you can’t say anything positive Reverend……….
cyprus
May 23, 2015 at 3:46 PM
Comment #2252,000 people screaming their heads off, pushing their team and the players responded.
Hamburg isn’t going down, 2-0 up now.
Essex Geordie Bill
May 23, 2015 at 3:47 PM
Comment #23BandB
Funny you should mention the Summer tour but when I was in Orkney last week…………………..!
Mag52
May 23, 2015 at 3:48 PM
Comment #24BandB.
To be fair on the Rev. there aren’t too many positives around at the moment are there ?
Essex Geordie Bill
May 23, 2015 at 3:50 PM
Comment #25Negative who’s negative, a bank balance the size of a record profit, what is there to be negative about?
NezzaNUFC
May 23, 2015 at 4:09 PM
Comment #26if we play like we did against WBA we will win, I can only see Hull maybe drawing with Manure.
Manure won’t field their strongest players but even there weak players could outcome Hull to a massive win.
Just because we have played poor but you’s got to think so has Hull!
NezzaNUFC
May 23, 2015 at 4:10 PM
Comment #27Iv’e got a prediction of both Hull and Newcastle on a 0-0 and 1-1 scoreline.
NezzaNUFC
May 23, 2015 at 4:12 PM
Comment #28So then guys, who’s watching the Newcastle match and who’s watching the Hull match?
bettyswallocks
May 23, 2015 at 4:19 PM
Comment #29The best chance we have is if wor Andy Caroll has a word with his mate Kevin Nolan.
scout
May 23, 2015 at 4:36 PM
Comment #30Calm down lads well win tomorrow easy.
bladeuser
May 23, 2015 at 4:52 PM
Comment #31Nezza
if we play against w ham like we played against w brom we will win will we
absolute garbage we created nothing west brom should have won what planet r u on your just like carver
head in the clouds zero football knowledge
finally dont forget to clap them off after they lose maybe even try to get an your wonga shirt signed
elpaso_geordie
May 23, 2015 at 4:55 PM
Comment #32@nezzaNUFC
We were shite against WBA. They came on parked the bus and attacked on the break and crashed the woodwork twice…
If u think we were good enough in that game then u shouldn’t be watching premiership football which non of us will next season.
2_goal_tino
May 23, 2015 at 5:01 PM
Comment #33Right I have some insider info for the game tomorrow, family friend is the West Ham doctor apparently the players have all been out on the lash all week. They flew up to Newcastle today and are going out on the town this evening. Apparently, the players don’t really care about the match and are already on their holidays.Big Sam doesn’t really care cause he knows he is leaving next week.
Ron Knee
May 23, 2015 at 5:06 PM
Comment #3424 hours from now the farce will be over.
toonbrother
May 23, 2015 at 5:13 PM
Comment #35with colocinni in the mix relegation is guaranteed
sincerely yours.
the smartest guy in the room
Barton
May 23, 2015 at 5:14 PM
Comment #36Would not matter if they were on the lash up to 5 mins befor kickoff,they would still get the better of this lot!!
toonbrother
May 23, 2015 at 5:30 PM
Comment #37I remember predicting we would be relegated about 6 months ago when we let Mbiwa go
With Colo guaranteed a starting place relgation was a certainty
everyone said i was crazy
guess what? i told you so!!!!
Moral of the story is never doubt toonbrother again
Warm regards
the smartest guy in the room
hibbit
May 23, 2015 at 5:30 PM
Comment #38wrong ED it’s not newcastle’s problem it’s ASHLEYS ……ashley out………..wear no wonga PLEASE
toonbrother
May 23, 2015 at 5:36 PM
Comment #39I would love to see Colocinni in the championship next season that would be hilariously fun to watch
However Ayoze,Sammy, Cisse, Cabella, Sissoko, Janmaat and Haidara deserve to find themselves better clubs.
Here’s wishing them the best
xoxo
smartest guy in the room
sparky55
May 23, 2015 at 5:37 PM
Comment #40The third last paragraph of yet another mind numbing thread by Pardew’s agent and uncle (that’s you by the way Ed) is the most damning…we’re aiming for our third victory of the year FFS!
That’s how sh!te we are and that’s why we deserve to go down…because the owner has done nothing to make sure we stay up.
fat cnut deserves all he gets