Not the R word please
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Match Newcastle Away 1.30pm Sunday Sept 1
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Ange wins the title in his second season
Fuck it we have ruined better managers than him
If we have more than double the attempts on goal to Woolwich then yes I would expect to win with solanke upfront
We should have smashed them 
Not often I disagree with you my man, but I will here...albeit partly.
The players fucked it repeatedly up front and at the back, yes...but what do you expect from that lot? Romero, Porro, Udogie are massively overrated. Biss and Mads, our midfield leaders, are uber inconsistent. Sarr hasn't had a good game since the big bang. Odobert should be playing for Leicester or Ipswich. Kulu, Johnson, Timo...need I say anything? Sonny up front? Ditto. The squad has a whole has a glaring lack of heart, guts and intelligence. It ain't melting, it's a friggin reality.
But that suicidal defending week in week out for the past year and a bit? That's on Ange. That tiki taka slow, ponderous bullshit and that one trick of crossing it low to the 6yd box? That's on him too. Being happy with that squad? That's on him also.
9th richest club in the world. All that ballsy talk from our chairman and HC about being serious about winning. That's just fucking bullshit.
Could've lost to Leicester. Smashed the worst Everton side in decades. Beaten by the barcodes which everyone with half a brain knew was coming (and how).
Best case scenario: we'll finish 5th, with another 10ish league Ls, and might reach a semi in the domestic cup + quarters of EL. But we ain't winning shit or closing the gap on proper top clubs.
Ange tactics hung him out to dry.
Let's not ignore context - they were down to 10. Prior to being down to 10 they were well on top and had barely conceded any xG. Unless we're going to try and rely on another sending off for them, that isn't all that relevant. Brighton are also a good side, I wouldn't back us to beat them currently in a neutral stadium.
We can score against them but they can score against us, and their defence is definitely a lot more fucking stable than ours is.
I would donate my left nut for the other VDV in his prime
Looks like he's not trusting Dragusin more without VdV beside him.
.....I'm still waiting fella....how are you getting on finding these posts??....
He’s still upset at Rice getting sent off
When can we talk about Udogie. I think going VDV-Dragusin-Romero-Porro against Woolwich is the way
That is abysmal. In the second half Newcastle basically forgot how to play football and performance wise were on the ropes, and yet somehow won the game. They gifted us the ball in their third on like a dozen occasions, and we did nothing with it.
In the final third there is a total lack of reliable quality.
In our defensive third there is a lack of reliability and we're wide open at any given moment.
Basically every team now just knows to sit back on us, hold out, and we'll gift them something/many things eventually.
But everything is just great apparently. No real attempt to address issues tactically. No real attempt to address issues in the transfer market. And so round and round we will go.
In the final third there is a total lack of reliable quality.
In our defensive third there is a lack of reliability and we're wide open at any given moment.
Basically every team now just knows to sit back on us, hold out, and we'll gift them something/many things eventually.
But everything is just great apparently. No real attempt to address issues tactically. No real attempt to address issues in the transfer market. And so round and round we will go.
That ain't tactics. I doubt very much Ange or any manger trains the captain and supposed World Class CB to stand still, not track a runner then jog back.
I'm actually fucking raging at Romero right now I couldn't believe what I saw
I try to be positive, I'm not hugely ENIC out but fuck me I get so fucking bored of coulda shoulda woulda. One step forward, two steps back.
"Should have" seems to be a repeating phrase as of late.We should have smashed them