aimaad22

A frustrating draw is on the cards here.

9 days to go..... BBC saying something about Arsenal signing Benzema and Di Maria? Surely Real arent letting them go considering Higuain is gone as well. The league's moved to a whole new level this year and we are going in reverse...

Still think the 02-03 one was the best though!

Didnt even follow club football before Nufc. Randomly saw the Everton thrashing from the 01-02 season on TV one day, and for some reason was hooked after.Not sure whether it was Shearer, Sir Bobby, the fact we were in the top 4 those days, probably a combination of all of them. Didn't even make the conscious decision of supporting the club, just found myself following the results week after week and before I knew it I was caught. Im still a freak down here, at that time nobody here knew even about Man Utd or Arsenal let alone Newcastle. Its a real pain explaining to all the glory hunters why I 'chose' to support Nufc

Aye, and I dont believe we would have had to witness some of the occasions where the who gives a fuck attitude has been on display by our players recently.

In all honesty he did try to hold it up once or twice but was never going to be successful against Kompany not to mention the complete lack of support from teammates. No doubt there's some things he could be doing better but I dont know what we expect from him when we play him alone upfront without another player within miles of him and then lump it up against the likes of Kompany and co.

Cisse had some poor touches and was weak on the ball but all in all I am not going to complain about him when there's no black and white shirt around him for 40 yards. Its been that way for a while now as well, he must be the most frustrated striker in the league right now.

I doubt if Ashley's ever been called the club's savior. Especially not after taking us down.

Wont happen again surely. Even we cant have luck THAT bad!

After which he might want profits

I'd take another two crappy seasons of finishing 16th if it meant Ashley twatted off. And still be delighted about it.

Just when you thought this thread could not get more depressing.

Spurs odds on to sign Willian and Lamela. Probably means Bale is off but I think in whole they've done brilliantly in the transfer market. Still remember the days we used to tonk them 4-0.

They've been scraping through to 4th place over the last few years. In their 9th year without a trophy, and a have a squad nowhere near as strong as the top 3. Chelsea, Man Utd and City are thinking about the title whereas Arsenal are under serious threat of dropping out of the champions league places. Aye I know 4th is pretty close to 3rd but as things stand the top 3 are in a league of their own.

Should be behind Mbiwa in the pecking order once Santon/Haidara are fit.

Precisely.

Agreed. Maybe comparisons to the Spurs model are not appropriate given they do spend quite a fair bit of money but teams like Swansea are managing to play good football, attract players and win the occasional trophy despite not being continuously successful. Funny how we now seem leagues behind teams that were a couple of divisions below us not too long ago.

Aye I was wondering about how the French players he apparently helped convince come here would be feeling after yesterday. Considering whats happening at Arsenal and how they are nowhere near the top 3 it would be a strange move for him to go there, but I wouldn't blame him one little bit if he went anywhere else. What player with an ounce of ambition would like to stay here under the circumstances?

Yay! Last night we had a 'fan' revelling in delight over Jonas' injury and now somebody's happy one of our best players whom we have no chance of replacing is off.

Aye. If we bought 5 top quality players tomorrow I'd still be fearful for the future as Ashely would no doubt find some way of screwing things up. Its hopeless as long as the fat one is here with his penchant for ultimate fuckery.

Cabaye money?

Yup I really thought we'd be incensed at the bid, reject it straight away and play the guy. I'd even gone as far ahead as imagining him score a 30 yard freekick and celebrate in front of the fans. Turns we WERE incensed at the bid, rejected it straight away and tucked him away nicely waiting for a bidding war to commence

Amazing isnt it. We had the platform to potentially push for something special. And look what we've done with it. Kudos to the fat one.

Is there any chances of the dressing room being lost completely here? The way some players, most recently Tiote, have been making noises. Not that there seems to be much coherence anway. Pardew looked like a very harassed figure to me yesterday.

Exactly. The way everyone was just getting shrugged off the ball. The way we left huge spaces on the pitch. The way nobody seemed to be within 40 yards of Cisse. The way movement off the ball seemed just non existent. The way we couldnt string three passes together. The fact we seem to worked on absolutely none of the problems from last season.