Newcastle United 2013-2014: Judge Us On Our Signings

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soxfan121

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David Moyes anyone?
 
Experienced Premier League manager? Check.
Defensively inclined? Check. 
Used to working with little to no budget for team building? Double-check.
History of punching opposing players on the touchline? BZZZTTT.
 
Sorry. Doesn't fit the Newcastle mold. 
 

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David Moyes anyone?
 
Nothing matters with Newcastle until they figure out their management situation. Nobody worth anything will accept a job there when a new chairman could arrive at a moment's notice. They're well above the regulation line and still owe Pardew a ton of money. I don't understand getting rid of him right now.
 

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There is no better way to punish Pardew than to make him show up for work every day. 
 
Unless you were going to also leave scouting reports for players who could help the team on his desk with a post-it note saying "If only we had the money..."
 

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Vinho Tinto said:
 
Nothing matters with Newcastle until they figure out their management situation. Nobody worth anything will accept a job there when a new chairman could arrive at a moment's notice. They're well above the regulation line and still owe Pardew a ton of money. I don't understand getting rid of him right now.
 
I don't understand it either, but hey, it's Newcastle we're talking about here.  :p
 

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The bizarre part is if they wanted out from PArdew they got a free chance and did nothing.
But yeah I would take Moles with the french scouts and mvoe on with life.
 
I'm not holding my breath
 
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I have tickets to arsenal newcastle on monday and yet cannot be sure i can be bothered to go despite living in islington and being able to walk home. That's how ridiculous i find this team
 

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FWIW, there's actually discernable effort from the guys in the convict outfits today. They still aren't very good but at least they aren't mailing it in. 
 

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soxfan121 said:
FWIW, there's actually discernable effort from the guys in the convict outfits today. They still aren't very good but at least they aren't mailing it in. 
 
They will now.
 
EDIT:  And I believe that was offsides, but what the F ever.
 

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Yeah, it was offsides but everyone was in shock that Giroud could miss that TWICE that everyone forgot to call it.
 

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First it's offside not offsides
 
Secondly I was at the game yesterday and there was effort for about 30 minutes but it was the kind of effort to strive towards a 0-0 draw. They had absolutely no intention of pushing forward, and almost negative creativity.
The midfield is fucking putrid right now
 
That team, with nothing on the line went out to play for a draw and got spanked. They don't play players they need to decide on to proven average dross a run out.
 
It's a fucking disgrace.
 
If not for Krul the score would have been 6+ and that's WHILE PLAYING DEFENSIVELY! The organization on set pieces was laughable.
 
I can't believe that Pardew will go after they kept him when they could have axed him for free after the headbutt.
 
I can't even really blame the players the owners and manager mailed in the second half of the season for them
 

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So what happens this summer? All of the decent players on the team, Sissoko, Remy, Santon, Debuschy, Gouffron, Colo, Anita, Tiote, they should all want out, right?
 
On December 28, Newcastle was 1 point out of Europe, and 3 points out of a CL spot. And then they sold their best player, and bought no one, for the second window in a row. How long can you play for a team that has an owner who, after the team is contending for Europe, sells off good players and doesn't buy anyone? I think we are in for an abysmal season next year. You don't just suck all ambition from the players and then magically get that ambition back. 
 

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Oh, and Ben Arfa is giving his own unsanctioned press conferences.
 
Fat or skinny, he's the best playmaker on the team... and can't even make the subs.
 

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Infield Infidel said:
So what happens this summer? All of the decent players on the team, Sissoko, Remy, Santon, Debuschy, Gouffron, Colo, Anita, Tiote, they should all want out, right?
 
On December 28, Newcastle was 1 point out of Europe, and 3 points out of a CL spot. And then they sold their best player, and bought no one, for the second window in a row. How long can you play for a team that has an owner who, after the team is contending for Europe, sells off good players and doesn't buy anyone? I think we are in for an abysmal season next year. You don't just suck all ambition from the players and then magically get that ambition back. 
We all pick a different club to support?

It starts with Ashley. If they show actual ambition at the opening of the transfer window, there is hope. Otherwise there will be a mass exodus, and a relegation fight next season
 

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There's apparently a group of fans organizing #60minwalkout, when they will leave the stadium at the 60 minute mark. let's see if it really happens. 
 
Apparently it will happen at the 69 minute mark.
 
Get you heads out of the gutters lads, that's the last year Newcastle won a trophy.  
 

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According to the BBC, several hundred fans left, but not the mass walkout that was intended.  I suppose that's what winning the game does to you.
 

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Page 1 starts down, goes lower but Page 2 perks up and by the end of Page 3, we're at New Year's and things are looking good and then February happens and the final five pages read like an autobiography of a torture victim.
 
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