By Seaford Sluice: Exiled Toon Fan

Being a Geordie but having lived away most of my life you'd have thought I could easily escape the hubbub of Tyneside football frenzy, but you'd be wrong.

Dancing the Geordie Jig

My son made sure all his mates got to see me in full fervour couple of seasons ago jigging around at home watching the PSG game at SJP on SKY chanting to no one in particular, "We want 6, we want 6" videoing and sharing it with them.

I bloody loved it.

But being remote maybe does give me a better chance to offer some constructive advice, who knows!

My takeaways from this season;

1) Not being in the CL next season is NOT a poisoned chalice.

Remember, and never forget, both Mbemo and Cunha, 2 of Eddies top targets, chose a diabolically abysmal Manure last season when we had CL secured.

Two other strikers went to Chelsea and have had pretty poor seasons, one barely getting a kick, and the other with an awful attitude problem so a fag paper away from another Chelsea red card at any minute.

We should stick all this into our talent hunting schpele in CAPITALS to counter all the bull we inevitably get thrown back in our face during transfer negotiations.

2) Try our best to keep a lid on all the frustration we are all bound to feel as the poor untouched (rest of the country) try to wind us up about whose leaving us for which big 6 club from now until the summer transfer window closes.

They confuse our intense passion for stupidity and it only gees them up.

Don't give them the time of day! We are not stupid as we love and expect a style and class of football a la Keegan as shown at home to Man U and Liverpool where we mesmerised them with 10 men, Chelsea and Quaraba away etc etc.

We know where its at with football so just blank all the dog poo comments thrown at us and do not react back to them.

3) Looking at the slick passing and silky movements into space making our defence looking stiff and awkward against Sunderland last week just shows what our new Sporting Director needs to discover, negotiate, and bring in, as he did last year at Forest,

His Brazilian and Serbian centre halves cost just £20 - 30M. I

f he can find 6 players averaging £25M each in the 18 to 23 age range including GK, CB, WB, midfield and striker for Eddie to do a Hall on wed be well on our way NOT to have to keep sending the same 11 out week after week after week.

Crikey if we can see how shagged out they looked so often how do you think the likes of BDB feel, and maybe what's speeling whantawayitis amongst Eddies best.

4) From what I see Anthony Gordon is a real gem and real tryer,

Barnes has a great eye for scoring goals, Elanga is starting to come good.

Woltemade has the makings of an amazing striker (a one off Wynn the leap Pop Robson hybrid) etc so yes let half a dozen older players go but probably not them, or Schar, and IF we lose a prime star then let if be just one and get an Isaac level amount for him

By blog member Seaford Sluice

This was actually a comment that I thought was such a good read that I decided to add it to the posts.

The Geordie Jig during the PSG game reminded me of watching a Toon game in Dublin's Temple Bar - the pub was packed and there were a load of Japanese tourists in front of the TV.

When we scored I jumped out of my seat hollering and the tourists - totally unaware of the match - started diving for cover! It took some explaining until they calmed down.

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