16 Mar 2015 15:29:18
Just when you think things can't get any worse at Newcastle, our absolute joke of a club prove you wrong again. Getting beat off an Everton side, who hadn't won at Goodison Park this year, so comprehensively was bad enough. But for Collocini to get himself sent off at 2-0 down really does just take the p**s! Footballers are generally perceived as brainless these days, but ours would give most other clubs a run for there money!!
Collocini is hero worshipped at SJP and as far as I can see its for little more than performing at a little higher standard than the absolute garbage he's had alongside him in defence. And this for only some of his NUFC career so far. Who remembers how poor he was when he first arrived? He was excellent in the championship and was a very good performer in the season we finished 5th. The rest of the time - no sorry, not for me.
S. Taylor, when fit, flatters to deceive and continually turns us into a laughing stock by his 'gamesmanship'. His behaviour towards the opposing goalkeeper during an attacking free kick is a disgrace, by the way. If he cut out the bulls**t and concentrated on his own game then he MIGHT just become an average premiership centre-half.
Cheick Tiote. Don't think anthing needs to be said about him, apart from hopefully goodbye.
Papiss Cisse is having a stormer of a season in terms of goals to games but now finds himself for a significant number of games for the second time in 3 months. Like I say - brainless. Nowadays players can get away with nothing and would do well to remember this. If Cisse had not reacted and walked away, Evans would still have been punished with a ban from the FA and we'd have our top goalscorer available at a time when we need him most.
In my opinion a major overhaul of the playing squad is needed. Looking through it I would say next season I'm quite happy with our goalkeepers. In defence, I'd like to keep Haidara, Dummet and Janmaat. Get rid of Williamson and Taylor (both are an embarrassment!!). In midfield I'd like to keep Sissoko, Aarons, Abeid and Colback and chase Tiote, Gouffran, Sammy, Anita (honest pro but far too lightweight for premiership), R Taylor (too injury prone) and Obertan (brainless, headless chicken). Also, I'd thank Jonas for his efforts, wish him well and let him go. He's done excellently to get back playing again but even in his prime he was a winger who worked hard but offered little in terms of creating or scoring goals. Let's not let sentiment cloud things. In attack I'd be disappointed to lose Ayoze Perez and Armstrong. The rest, in my opinion, can go - as long as they are replaced. There, will no doubt lie the problem though!
Finally, as well as the Head Coach position to sort, hopefully something is done on the fitness side of the club. The amount of injuries we have suffered this season cannot purely be down to bad luck. For example Chelsea, who are competing domestically and in Europe do not have greater numbers in their squad than ours (don't believe me? Check for yourself). However for some reason their players are not picking up anywhere near as many injuries as ours, despite playing more games. I may be wrong but I am sure last season (when we harldy picked up any injuries) we had a lady fitness person working for the club. She left (I think it might actually have been to go to Chelsea) and this season has been a nightmare as far as injuries are concerned. Coincidence? Don't think so, and it desperately needs sorting.

1.) 16 Mar 2015
16 Mar 2015 16:51:42
Good post mate and I agree with you on virtually everything. Everything from top to bottom just needs a change. I genuinely think we have one of the poorest coaching setups in the prem. Carver/Stone/Woodman and Watson all need to go. They're dinosaurs in footballing terms. And as you say it cannot be a coincidence that 3 quarters of our ENTIRE squad is injury prone. Coaching IMO is a major problem along with some of the quality and attitudes of our players.

We play such awful football under carver (and pardew) and the astounding thing is, there is no logic in it. If you have a 5'10/5'9ish striker in either Perez/Riviere or even cisse, then what is the logic in getting williamson to hoof it to them every time he gets the ball. We never create anything from it, all it does is just concede possession cheaply and then the defence gets overworked (which I think is partly the reason why we concede so many) Graham Carr has bought in players over the last few years to play football on the deck, we have no target men, we only really have 1 or 2 out and out wingers in Sammy and Aarons (really hope we get his contract sorted out soon) and then you've got obertan who is such a clueless footballer.

I still think that Steven Taylor and Sammy have a place at our club, on Taylor's day I think he is very good ball playing centre back, he can win headers in both ours and the opposition's box, has a passion for the club, something that a few other players don't. I think he just needs the right coach to get the best out of him, same goes for sammy.

Cisse is a pure goalscorer, not a footballer if you know what I mean. Couldn't care less if he was sold.

Gouffran, watched him at bordeaux, and now he looks a totally different player. A track back player now, that pardew, carver and co converted him into.

Game against everton was an absolute joke. Embarrassing, humiliating, pathetic. So called captain coloccini getting sent off was when stopped watching.

Satka better get a start against arsenal, if he doesn't it will just show what a gutless man Carver is.

2.) 16 Mar 2015
16 Mar 2015 17:23:27
I see trouble ahead…. (there is a song about that), Janmaat to Liverpool, Sissoko to Arsenal, Aarons to Man City, Perez to Man City, Krul to Arsenal all have been rumoured and you wouldn’t bet on them going ether. Out of contract players most of whom I would want to go as well leaves Newcastle with nothing to build on. We all know that nothing will change until Ashley is out, so unless he is selling up in the summer (last time it was reported that he won’t consider this until 2016) we are in for darker times my friends. I have no doubt Carver will be our head coach next season and I doubt any major investment will happen ether. RELIGATION NEXT YEAR 100% if things stay the way they are! Are ONLY hope is someone buys out Ashley! Or fans force him out (which won’t happen cause he won’t leave unless he gets his money back)

3.) 16 Mar 2015
16 Mar 2015 20:59:52
Banch/jtoon - unfortunately its the fans who are the thick ones. we fork out hard earned cash to pay these clowns more in a month than most of us could dream to warn in a year.

Until Ashley sells we need to unite and stop buying season tickets. That is the only way he'll take action.

I see carver and relegation on the cards next season. how come our last 3 seasons follow exactly the same pattern?

On the injuries front, we buy cheap and there's a reason, they are duds.

anyone who renews their season ticket is 100x more clueless than collo, cisse or obertan.