Shola Activity
By Number 1 | On 09 April 2016 - 21:09 PM BSTLascelles was the chosen player to go before the media and said a lot of the squad lack heart, desire & hunger, and that's pretty bang on - in the first half, nobody looked like they gave a shit. Steve...
By Poe | On 09 April 2016 - 19:12 PM BSTRemember when Shola said we'd finish 8th
I said we should be targeting 8th. If you spend over £100m you should be doing. - We've spent more than Stoke. West Ham and Southampton combined - its not h...
By BR. | On 09 April 2016 - 17:20 PM BSTDon't know where to start with that one.....
Newcastle have had a lot of awful managers in the past 10 years - is the conclusion.
Keegan>Hughton>Pardew>Roeder>Kinnear>Shearer>Souness>Carver>Allardyce>McClaren>Benitez
And Alan Shearer is a terrible manager imo
Does anyone get the impression Verse doesn't like Barcelona?
I'm looking forward to it.
By Based Jorge | On 02 April 2016 - 22:22 PM BST
AFCamden is probably the closest to an itk we get at our club and Vardy liked that tweet, very strange. Think the guy is defo dodgy as fuck and could be doing it to drum publicity but it could kickstart an...
Hearing that this season is going to be thrown out with Newcastle and Villa contesting a sack race to decide the Title?
By Suffolk Seasider | On 02 April 2016 - 17:57 PM BSTShelvey was immense for us in the Championship tbf.
That was Charlie Adams
By Number 1 | On 02 April 2016 - 18:01 PM BSTTypical NUFC to barely spend any money for 4 years, then spend tens of millions...
Although I'm not sure what I'd prefer getting rid of Sissoko, Janmaat, Wijnaldum & Shelvey immediately. Or retaining them and stuttering to 15th in the Championship - while they talk about how much they would like to play Champions League fo...
On the bright side. I'm glad it's out of the way early. Much rather go down now than on the last day. And at least we've done our best to take Sunderland with us I guess.
Anyway Benitez has taken one point from three games against Leicest...
By Ninja | On 02 April 2016 - 16:37 PM BSTReal Madrid manager to relegation inside a year, poor Rafa.
Would like to see him sacked.
I'd take John Carver now if offered.
Rafa very McClaren so far. - A step forward then five steps back when it matters - the midfield offering absolutely nothing.
Darl Karlow comfortably our best player - the referee theirs.
Transfers;
In the summer my first two signing were on free's Andy Williams as he's versatile and can play on the wings and full back - Billy McKinlay as he's absolutely miles better than anyone else.
After a few months I realised I need...
Browsing the internet at work the other week; I stumbled across Iain McInthosh's CM01/02 articles on TheSetPieces, and immediately felt nostalgic for the Showcase of Immortals; Championship Manager.
Cherno Samba, To Madeira, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour an...
Is Cresswell actually good?
He's been woeful the past two times he's been at Newcastle.
Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Drinkwater, Ulloa, Vardy, Albrighton don't really seem like the work of a omnipotent scout.
Villa's problem seems that they let Martin O'Neill spend £100m or so and give out massive contrac...
Good for Sunderland for doing the right thing. Sunderland won't tolerate anyone who won't pay agent fees. Sunderland are a honourable club.
I've tried to do my England 23 but still struggling.
I think the way England have to play is a 4-4-2 diamond. - And I feel Alli has to play behind Vardy and Kane centrally.An absolute mix of goal threat and work rate. I'd have to take Sturridge...
People always forget Cleverley and Vlaar - Villa were 17th last year and Sherwood was always likely to be a shot in the arm sort of manager.
I also find it unlikely 'Tactics' Tim Sherwood was a massive fan of Jordan Amavi and Jodan Veretout an...
By The Platypus | On 25 March 2016 - 20:09 PM GMTWhat do you call the characters in the original trilogy?
Luke, Leia, Obi Wan, Yoda? OMG how have u not seen Star Wars?
The last twenty minutes or so with the diamond and Kane and Vardy dropping wide looked class. Best I might have ever seen England look.
I reckon it's a great crop of forwards right now - Rooney, Welbeck, Sturridge, Sterling, Kane, Vardy and Carroll* is a pretty tasty strikeforce.
*Carroll obviously doesn't deserve to be there but would be a fantastic option.
Allardyce was poor - completely sat back and offered nothing - when I would have fancied them for a second. A point is fair enough result though.
Good to see Mitrovic score a proper strikers goal.
Gutierrez' suing the club. - If he wins could this not basically change football?
ie any injury prone or aging player can just claim discrimination?
Why isn't that a red for Lukaku - He's kneed someone in the head after arrive a second too late.
But yeah par for the course - super football manager Roberto Martinez holistically kicking people in the head.
Zoet and Oblak - not good at the penalties.
By VP. | On 15 March 2016 - 09:54 AM GMTHas Jonjo Shelvey ever completed a forward pass since joining Newcastle? All i see him do last night was pass the ball backwards all first half and then he spent almost the entirety of the second collecting the ball...
Preparing for the Championship with some Championship standard refereeing.
On the whole much, much improved performance. Leicester didn't create much - and I don't think they had a shot on target aside from an offside goal. Newcastle probably s...
Is Man City's problem more that they're central midfield isn't very good?
By Vercoe | On 12 March 2016 - 13:34 PM GMTShit's going down at Middlesbrough.
When u here McClaren is available.
Whoosh
Anyway Benitez making them come in on their day off is a great start. I'm delighted - Benitez seems to have an aura about him, and I don't dislike McClaren but unfortunately it just wasn't working.
And it got much worse. McClaren&#...
By Ninja | On 11 March 2016 - 18:44 PM GMTTo be fair, they might be.
If Benitez keeps them up theres no doubt in my mind that he'll be a success there, but the keeping them up is a the big if. As far as I'm aware Benitez has never managed a clu...
By King Luis | On 11 March 2016 - 17:44 PM GMTHe also won the Champions League with a squad containing Djimi Traore & Igor Biscan
Proof sharing is caring. - Was Benitez as good once he got rid of those guys and replaced them with Morientes and Jared...
Reminder Benitez spent a summer trying to sell Alonso and get in Gareth Barry
Can't believe were getting rid of never relegated McClaren, and replacing him with twice relegated Rafa. Joke!
That said Newcastle fans are complaining about appointing a manager they want, who is seen as a massive upgrade.
Keith Bishop represents Hulk Hogan.
WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN NEWCASTLE AND HULKAMANIA RUN WILD ON YOU!
God Charnley is ballsing this up. I know its sort of hard to get in a replacement without sacking the manager first - but you've already made McClaren's position untenable.
Anyway can't wait until someone calls Benitez 'out of his d...
Is there ever been anything that looked like more of a disaster than Benitez and Newcastle?
Benitez is always the 'fans' choice despite being everything Newcastle fans hate in a manager.
Margaret Byrne resigned. Good riddance.
I think the whole idea with McClaren is that he's a fantastic coach.
Charnley thought he would be the best man to mould the younger players Newcastle were aiming to sign into reaching their potential. While Charnley gets to keep playing Championship...
Edwards seems pretty sure. He's an absolute walloper and a thundercunt, but his sources are normally reasonably good. Apparently 'the board' is met today without McClaren.
I agree - Colback was more at fault he gave the ball away cheaply in a dangerous area. Shelvey still missed his tackle. Shelvey hides - he doesn't mark or tackle. His passing his often wayward, and is often extremely reluctant to go and receive the b...
A good pass. It's about all he did right in that game.
Let Gradel wriggle away from him for the first, stood watching for the second, and passed to Bournemouth for the third. And yes Bournemouth completely dominated us for 90 minutes. There is no tw...
By Poe | On 06 March 2016 - 17:21 PM GMTAbsolutely wrong in every aspect of this post
You're right. Shelvey hasn't been bombed out of his last two clubs. Shelvey wasn't criticised in public by his previous manager. Swansea directors haven&...
By Oba | On 06 March 2016 - 14:12 PM GMTErrrr he was our best player and has been since he arrived.
He's absolutely diabolical. Makes Sissoko look like a fucking workhorse. A true master of doing something extremely visible for two minutes - before...
Jonjo Shelvey with the absolute worst individual performance I've ever seen. He's an absolute farce of a player.
I think our only hope now is Ashley steps in and sacks McClaren himself. I think Charnley is just pretending this ins't happe...
Although in fairness imo the report is bullshit as they're still talking about the 'french contingent' - Is Moussa Sissoko really a 'contingent'? I don't think that Marveaux, Riviere, Gouffran and Obertan will have that much...
By Poe | On 05 March 2016 - 02:50 AM GMTIt's hilarious how he's trying to accuse journalists of 'having an agenda' against the club because they haven't printed anything positive in 5 months.
BECAUSE NOTHING POSITIVE HAS HAPPENED...