The incompetent Lee Charnley talks to owner Mike Ashley
We’re now this big of a club
Sunderland won 3-0 tonight against Everton and sent both Newcastle and Norwich down to the seocnd tier of Engl;ish football.
And that’s after we spent £82M on new players this season.
Incompetence reigns at Newcastle.
Here are some typical tweets on a somber night for Newcastle fans all around the world.
Summer clear out needs to start at the top. Ashley – if he doesn’t bugger off himself – needs to get rid of Charnley and Carr #nufc
— Ross Tweddell (@RWTweddell) May 11, 2016
Don’t deserve him but can only hope Rafa has seen something or wants to stay in the North so badly he’ll stay. He’d bring us back up. #NUFC
— Rob Schofield (@RobSchofield93) May 11, 2016
Mike Ashley a year ago: I’ll never let this happen again #NUFC
— Marc Patterson (@MarcPatterson89) May 11, 2016
Gonna go to zero #nufc games next season in protest
— The King (@JordanCooper16) May 11, 2016
If Benitez leaves.. Im scared for the club as a whole…. #NUFC
— Craig Keller (@Kellier69) May 11, 2016
Championship it is #gutted #nufc
— Dan Hanshaw (@Dan_H29) May 11, 2016
On the bright side, the season we were last in the Championship was one of my favourites. We won every week #nufc
— Christopher Steele (@ChrisSteele90) May 11, 2016
Sad day for the black and whites. Been there many times before. Bring on Preston, Leeds and Burton. We’ll be back! #nufc #wearechampionship
— John Baty (@BatyJohn) May 11, 2016
@premierleague Last time we were relegated, we got rid of passengers and made it back to the EPL straight away. Let’s do it again #NUFC
— Andy Hayward (@andyleawe20) May 11, 2016
Can’t blame anyone else. Simply not good enough this season. Time for a huge clear out and a fresh start. And hopefully Ashley sells #nufc
— David Kelly (@davidkelly_47) May 11, 2016
115 comments so far
The Newcastle Armchair
May 11, 2016 at 10:07 PM
Comment #1Okay so let’s look at the positives
Whoever we have as manager will have an eager and ready Adam Armstrong, as well as a young squad who have championship experience in lascelles, darlow, Aarons etc
The dead wood is off in Colo, sissoko, wiji etc.
We must come back up first time – finish first or second I’ll take either.
Signings must be made and I think Ashley realises his mistakes in not signing the right areas – charnley and Carr will only stay if Rafa goes.
This time the manager must be given a much stronger hand in deciding who comes in – that has to happen. Ashley has to see how Leicester have performed because they signed experience as well as fast players to play counter style football.
Cheaper season tickets and more wins this year, rally on Newcastle!!!
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
May 11, 2016 at 10:07 PM
Comment #2I feel numb the last time we got relegated I was close to tears but I accepted that we were down already my feelings really depend on what happens with Benitez !
Cisse
Krul
Tiote
Colo
Taylor
Janmaat
Sissoko
Wijnaldum
Thauvin
Cabella
Obertan
Marveux
They all need to be sold or released they have let the club down and should be replaced with young hungry British players , some Spanish youngsters and some senior pros who want to be here mixed in with the rest of the squad still here that would blitz the championship
Bambams
May 11, 2016 at 10:08 PM
Comment #3Ashley
Please sell up and leave our club to someone who actually wants to be involved in winning football matches
Lindisfarne
May 11, 2016 at 10:09 PM
Comment #4Mike Ashley things to do :-
1) sack the board
2) win the championship
3) sell
Tsunki
May 11, 2016 at 10:09 PM
Comment #5Even the BBC can’t help a Freudian slip-
A job well done
Sunderland 3-0 Newcastle
Posted at 21:44
I don’t think I’ve ever seen as much collective hugging as is going on down on the Stadium of Light pitch right now.
The Newcastle Armchair
May 11, 2016 at 10:10 PM
Comment #6Lcbp
Marv and ober are already gone bud.
Why do you assume Spanish youngsters would blitz the championship?
ShirebrookToon
May 11, 2016 at 10:10 PM
Comment #7Get the Rafa Benitez banners ready for Sunday lads and lasses
ToonMatt
May 11, 2016 at 10:13 PM
Comment #8ShirebrookToon get the Ashley out ones out instead!
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
May 11, 2016 at 10:14 PM
Comment #9@Newcastle Armchair
A combination of all 3 of the sets of players would blitz the championship if we kept Benitez (a big if) he would be able to get some Spanish players who would tear up that league !
Perez if we keep him will probably dominate the league as he will get a lot more time on the ball
We actually dont need to really be debating if that would come true because its unlikely Benitez will be here
Stuart Pearce , Steve Bruce or Tony Pulis will be our next manager ………
Tsunki
May 11, 2016 at 10:14 PM
Comment #10I hope we don’t get a ticket – salvaging video again. If Mikey spurts out more of his pork-fat spattered nonsense and keeps the fat kid and his grandpop in the driving seat, and Rafa replaced by some perennial lower league haunter then I will not purchase anything Mr Ashley has to sell until he clears off out. Even if we drop to league two to get him to go, so be it. I have a pet theory that some rich dude is waiting for Mike to lose his oversize shirt and then they’ll jump in for a bargain. More of a dream.really.
ShirebrookToon
May 11, 2016 at 10:15 PM
Comment #11Toonmatt, nah man leave them we need to persuade Rafa to stay and bring us straight back up. Ashley out protests can wait for now
Tsunki
May 11, 2016 at 10:15 PM
Comment #12Is it #boycottspurs time again?
Yo-yo
May 11, 2016 at 10:16 PM
Comment #13Hi JIB,
Tonight the last one of your major season’s predictions – that we would survive with ease – followed the rest of them into the rubbish bin.
I cannot think of a single important prediction you have made that has been correct.
Congratulations marra, your nemeses – Tsunki, Jail and all the others have at least got a decent % conversion rate.
This means you are the lowest points scorer on the blog have the highest goals against and are now relegated to http://www.nufcblog.co.uk
Enjoy !
YoungMagpieFromBurnley
May 11, 2016 at 10:17 PM
Comment #14Gutted, but already accepted. Fair play Sunderland, emphatic win under the circumstances, a game in which we would have choked.
Tsunki
May 11, 2016 at 10:17 PM
Comment #15Photo caption –
“So Mike if you look at your SD hoarding through my fingers, that’s how big it look on telly. ”
“Hmm. And I paid £85m for that did I?”
LGFUAD21
May 11, 2016 at 10:18 PM
Comment #16This one hurts more than the last. Largely because I and many in here could’ve collectively run the club and done better.
Ashley needs a head check if he thinks this is the blueprint for a club.
If fat man stays charnley and Carr at the least have to go. Our most recent flops weren’t even cheap.
jimmysmith
May 11, 2016 at 10:19 PM
Comment #17I suppose 50,000 turning up to serenade Rafa might do the trick, but how desperate and humiliating when you think about it. I’d agree, sack the board, keep Rafa, bring us back and then sell, if not at least the first three, then hound him out for good this time.
YoungMagpieFromBurnley
May 11, 2016 at 10:19 PM
Comment #18Yo-yo
Point scoring on the blog at this particular time is extremely pathetic.
Tsunki
May 11, 2016 at 10:19 PM
Comment #19Yo-yo – 😀 cut him some slack he’s had a tougher season than the team ha ha
andrew84
May 11, 2016 at 10:20 PM
Comment #20The positives as I see them:
1) Coloccini, Taylor, Janmaat, Sissoko, Wijnaldum and Cisse should hopefully never darken the dressing room doorway ever again.
2) For any fans renewing their season tickets, better banter with better fans from Championship clubs.
3) That’s about it…
lesh
May 11, 2016 at 10:22 PM
Comment #21The photo on the previous thread, those two grinning idiots, makes my blood boil.
A caption might read – ‘There you go Mike, I did it!’
Bstards
Mister Tuff
May 11, 2016 at 10:22 PM
Comment #22Folk might have hoped for a different outcome tonight but I think most in their heart of hearts probably knew what would happen tonight.
Penfolds weasel statement is designed to curb any fan dissent for our last game. Working out what went wrong – what a laugh – what went wrong was a knacker like you and your cronies trying to run a club on the cheap and with el zippo football knowledge.
Thump
May 11, 2016 at 10:22 PM
Comment #23Fear not lads: Sunderland have done use a favour. In a few seasons time we could be challenging for the Johnston’s Paint Trophy. How’s that for ambition?
Tsunki
May 11, 2016 at 10:22 PM
Comment #24LGFUAD – isn’t that the truth! World plus faithful canine said we needed certain players, certain Manager, and they still went ahead and did the opposite. How can these clowns gave earned so much money with the the sense or judgement? Bananas.
Lanzatoon42
May 11, 2016 at 10:23 PM
Comment #25NOW ALL OF US TURN UP AT SPURS MATCH AND JUST SHOUT FOR RAFA TO STAY!!!!!
YoungMagpieFromBurnley
May 11, 2016 at 10:24 PM
Comment #26I’d say the most gutting thing is the fact that we could lose Rafa. Then I’d say the amount of money that we would be missing out on, but then again, how much would that have been wasted on flops.
Jib
May 11, 2016 at 10:25 PM
Comment #27From the club website
Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley has issued the following statement:
Tonight we are devastated at our relegation from the Premier League, as I know every single person connected to this football club will be.
I want to thank all of the fans for the support you have shown for the Club you love throughout the season, in spite of this massive disappointment and underachievement.
Your support throughout has been magnificent, but I want to pay particular thanks for the incredible backing you have given to Rafa and the team during the latter part of the season. Nothing more could be asked of you and I am truly sorry we have not given you the outcome you deserve.
I also want to thank every single member of staff here. This Club is their livelihood, but they are fans too. To go through the threat of relegation last season and then to suffer a worse fate this time around has been very hard for them. I know that each and every one of them has done whatever they could to help us out of the situation we now find ourselves in.
We know that supporters want to know what the future holds and will want to hear more from us as soon as possible. The process of scrutinising what went wrong and planning for what is to come has already begun.
Right now, of course, Rafa and the team must prepare for the final game of the season but after that, please rest assured we will communicate more fully with supporters.
Bobbybee
May 11, 2016 at 10:25 PM
Comment #28How many years have we been chanting Ashley out songs? He’s still here. If he won’t sell, we need Rafa in. If you can’t get first prize, concentrate on the next best thing. The knacka will go only when it suits him and not a second before. Regardless of us. Ashley change will do me for now. Surely he can see the wisdom of ‘You only get what you pay for’? After all, he’s run his little empire that way for years! The right manager is worth the price. Let’s hope the scales fall off his eyes in time.
Mister Tuff
May 11, 2016 at 10:25 PM
Comment #29In any other business involving mega millions this lot would be out the door pronto.
I’ll eat my hat if Penfold gets the bullet.
Folk should let him know we want him out -not doing any reviews as to what went wrong or planning for the future.
lesh
May 11, 2016 at 10:27 PM
Comment #30Thump
You might just have stumbled on something.
Didn’t Ashley say he wouldn’t leave until we won something? The Paint Pot sounds a strong possibility to help him go.
andrew84
May 11, 2016 at 10:27 PM
Comment #31Jib
That statement almost sounds like Charnley’s way of begging everyone for forgiveness, rather than telling us what the club are going to do from this point.
davetoon
May 11, 2016 at 10:29 PM
Comment #32Thanks Mike.
GS
May 11, 2016 at 10:30 PM
Comment #33Mindshaft from the last thread. They do show Championship games in the US but not the blanket coverage of the PL. When Ed started this we were lucky to see 5 or 6 NUFC games a year here in the US.
BEin sports shows quite a few now and I think they are increasing their coverage because it is on Friday afternoons and very early Saturday mornings. If we are doing well there should be about 15 televised.
lesh
May 11, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Comment #34LCBP
Pay attention at the back – Obertan and Marveaux were pedalled a couple of weeks ago!
gonufc (Newcastle United Sports Direct Advertising Club)
May 11, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Comment #35I’m thinking get rid of any outfield player over 26. Not that they’ll wanna stay though! That pay cut will see them down to London before the weekend….
BandB
May 11, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Comment #36REPOST
With regard to Charnley’s statement.
Please spare a thought tonight for the dozens of ordinary family women and men at the club who are about to get severance notices signed by Lee Charnley.
I imagine the terms will be pretty generous…….
They will have no choice to “make their voices heard” and little prospect of “bouncing back first time”
Bobbybee
May 11, 2016 at 10:31 PM
Comment #37All i want to hear from Charnley is that he’s resigned. Or not hear from him because he’s been sacked. The sooner the better. Night all.
Average_Contents
May 11, 2016 at 10:32 PM
Comment #38I’m with Jimmy.
Desperate and humiliating it is.
We shouldn’t have to beg for a decent manager. We should be shouting from the fcuking rooftops that what we’ve had to put up with is unacceptable.
But yeah, let’s serenade a manager instead.
Fcuk me what planet are you’s on. Our teams just been relegated again by gross negligence of the highest order.
No wonder he chose this club.
Mister Tuff
May 11, 2016 at 10:32 PM
Comment #39I see the statement as an atempt to subdue any protests at the Spurs game. – suggesting that there will be communications after that.
Most fans will not buy that and will voice their opinions.
I do not think Benitez will be frightened of by a vociferous crowd.
kimbo
May 11, 2016 at 10:32 PM
Comment #40Sissoko you are useless lazy shite footballer and hope you are dropped for the last game in the premier league but no doubt you will have a blinder and score 3 goals when it doesnot matter. Gini should be on the Shields Ferry back to Holland and never to be seen in the Toon again. I am not bitter but angry and hope the full board at Nufc are paraded at full time on the pitch instead of the players.