Newcastle Thread - Real World Football - FM24/25 Update

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/nufc-training-ground-forward-thinking-or-smokescreen/

Great article here explaining why improving the training centre is a bad thing. And how Ashley and Kinnear are being evil.

Now lets hope Newcastle can 'paper over some cracks' and beat Swansea tonight,

Poe

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04 Dec 2013 15:50:43

I'm sick of the awful argument about not wanting Europe as it means we'll be shit in the league.

With a bit of investment in the squad doing well in both is possible.

Franck

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09 Dec 2013 20:39:23

This is terrible:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbEVdboIAAA3v5J.jpg:large

SMH. Interview with Gael Bigirimana (in a major British newspaper) accompanied by a picture of Vurnon Anita pic.twitter.com/awKvoumi6t
— jouracule (@jouracule) Permalink

Shola

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09 Dec 2013 20:45:59

It's OK, accidents happen, its not like they call themselves the 'intelligent tabloid' and post articles on how silly other people are when they make mistakes.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/joe-kinnear-radio-interview-line-by-line-1960189 (At least two mistakes in that article as well)

In other news, Joe Kinnear officially pointless

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbD9vvjIEAAgVM_.jpg

Must have been a repeat. I think EVERYONE knows he won manager of the year by now.

Poe

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09 Dec 2013 22:10:52

Won it about 5 times hasn't he?

Crane

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09 Dec 2013 22:31:08

They said on the program up to 2011, so it must have been a repeat.

Shola

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11 Dec 2013 23:55:12

By Poe | On 09 December 2013 - 22:10 PM

Won it about 5 times hasn't he?

He won the LMA (proper) award once. But he claimed to win 3 times, counting his Mirror and SkySports manage of the year awards. The media mocked him for it, but he clearly think it's an honour to beat Wenger/Ferguson and whoever else was around at the time...

Anyway Newcastle are trying to get newspapers to pay for some media facilities. I have absolutely no idea why print media gets anything for free at football grounds anyway.

Poe

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12 Dec 2013 01:20:41

After we banned them too

Superb.

Hope Shola plays at the weekend.

Ninja

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12 Dec 2013 10:43:50

By Shola | On 11 December 2013 - 23:55 PM

He won the LMA (proper) award once. But he claimed to win 3 times, counting his Mirror and SkySports manage of the year awards. The media mocked him for it, but he clearly think it's an honour to beat Wenger/Ferguson and whoever else was around at the time...

Anyway Newcastle are trying to get newspapers to pay for some media facilities. I have absolutely no idea why print media gets anything for free at football grounds anyway.

Is there anything you will criticise Newcastle for?

Poe

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12 Dec 2013 12:26:18

I've generally lost interest in the boardroom side of things at Newcastle until Mr Ashley leaves.

I retain my full support for Pardew and the team though - it's hard to get passionate about a man solely motivated by money though.

Shola is different though - he loves Ashley and Kinnear for some reason.

Slashman X

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12 Dec 2013 13:12:54

though

Eric Portapotty

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12 Dec 2013 14:02:46

Is Shola the new KM?

bluemoon.

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12 Dec 2013 15:29:57

By Eric Portapotty | On 12 December 2013 - 14:02 PM

Is Shola the new KM?

Not quite. He's the young KM, he's been around too long to be the 'new' KM.

Shola

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12 Dec 2013 18:35:42

I think Ashley on balance is one of the better owners of a club. He has made loads of mistakes. Most were prior to relegation. I have some criticisms of the club, mainly using SJP as a billboard and seemingly having his own company running the NUFC online site, (and no details of if NUFC are actually generating revenue or just Ashley) These are just extremely minor criticisms, compared to the 20 years or so of Sir John Hall and the Fat Controller. And Sir John Hall is a hero for some reason.

Kinnear is basically in my opinion a scapegoat, blamed by many for everything that goes wrong. I think Ashley just gave his mate a job. But yeah, ticket prices are apparently one of the best, the club were the first to do reciprocal prices for away fans, and the team is possibly at its strongest point ever. Go wave a bedsheet.

I just don't get why print media gets things for free which TV and radio have to pay for. I mean, I genuinely don't understand why, they get something for free to then sell.

Poe

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13 Dec 2013 00:00:43

Kinnear is also a joke, I wouldn't mind him if he wasn't so far up his own arse when in reality he's stuck in 1994.

Shola

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27 Dec 2013 00:15:01

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Simon Bird is still a wanker. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-uniteds-year-review-win-2958739

Number 1

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28 Dec 2013 12:14:19

Tbf, from a footballing sense, January-May was largely terrible. Thank fuck it picked up this season... more or less.

Shola

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31 Dec 2013 19:00:55

I'm not critcising him for criticising Newcastle or saying they've been poor. Just the complete bollocks he spouts.

As in he claims that Kinnear pronouncing players names wrong is a bigger low point than two of our best players apparently trying to walk out the club, losing to Sunderland and finishing 16th. And he mentions the interview twice in a short article. Definitely not bitter.

Although I just read Mark Douglas's in the Journal, even worse. Claims that Newcastle have underachieved this season..... and seems to be implying worse than 12months ago.

Also put Kinnear in his villain of the year, for trying to 'settle personal scores' before proceeding to settle scores by indiscriminately criticising Kinnear.