adios 717 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Tell it like it is, St. James a fortress is bull-shit, for sure Benitez got it all wrong, Anita the lightweight became a heavy, Dummett would be a great player somewhere else, rotation can be a violation, had a feeling the bubble would burst, Gayle should be for sale, goal difference slashed, promotion is anybody's guess. Have a word man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12449 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 How have you made it so far into life without topping yourself? In the last week we've played three games, 2 wins and a loss 8 for 2 against and you, and several others, sound like you're about to cut your bloody wrists. Aye I mean we're going to get clipped like this now and again. Rafa got done over today and he'll know that, the players also need to give their heads a shake as I think they sadly come in over confident after the QPR result. The consistency issues will hopefully get sorted out but we're inevitably going to get shitty results like this. We have to be more aggressive at home mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19748 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 We're still gonna walk the league. I don't know. We'll be around the top. Think it'll be closer than last time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToony 41 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 What the heck?! Been gone all day and this is what I come home to? Hello? Jamaal's jizz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneColdStephenIreland 74 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I don't know. We'll be around the top. Think it'll be closer than last time though. Nah we'll top the league. No need to panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Dear Andrew, I have got this far into life without topping myself because I have a high threshold for pain and discomfort which are necessities when being a Newcastle supporter. If you readily accept woeful performances without a murmur of dismay or admonishment then the force be with you. I'm entitled to my opinion and right to criticize, and like I said, I lost my rose-tinted specs, perhaps you're wearing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Dear Andrew, I have got this far into life without topping myself because I have a high threshold for pain and discomfort which are necessities when being a Newcastle supporter. If you readily accept woeful performances without a murmur of dismay or admonishment then the force be with you. I'm entitled to my opinion and right to criticize, and like I said, I lost my rose-tinted specs, perhaps you're wearing them. I understand you were having a bit of fun with the language of the post Andrew and myself were responding to, but there are degrees of reason. We're talking about the end of a 6! game winning streak, it's far from rose-tinted specs to think that's not the end of the world. Even if we are a little bit gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 This is a classic turn around result after a big win. Their minds just weren't right. Won't make any difference in the long run as I thing we have enough to win this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 So what's the average games lost in a season the champions and 2nd get, compared to the play-off positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 (edited) I keep hearing from people that Brighton (or Bristol, can't remember which) lost 5 games last year and failed to go up. They got playoffs but lost out. Obviously not great news for us. That said, it's a rather basic analysis and doesn't take draws into consideration. Edited September 18, 2016 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneColdStephenIreland 74 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Didn't Burnley lose 9 last year or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34193 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 If we've lost the games we've lost and are still towards the top of the league, it doesn't matter what teams have lost in the past, dipshits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Worrying all the same. This lot could do without putting extra pressure on themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3960 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I keep hearing from people that Brighton (or Bristol, can't remember which) lost 5 games last year and failed to go up. They got playoffs but lost out. Obviously not great news for us. That said, it's a rather basic analysis and doesn't take draws into consideration. Brighton did have a shit load of draws - a few runs of 5 or 6 wins with one defeat would see us through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 With form exactly like our first eight games we'd end the season with 86 points. And that would allow for about 17 defeats It's only been enough for auto promotion twice in the last 8 seasons though. I think the bottom line is we're likely to learn from this - it was clearly a display of complacency - and it'll probably do us some good long run. I think we'll end up with plenty more than 86 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12737 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Not sure it was a display of complacency, we were just shite and lacking in the ideas to break them down. Similar to Huddersfield really and that's going to be the game plan for teams this year. They were all shocking but special mention to Dummett who clearly doesn't want the ball and Perez who spent most of the time farting about and losing the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 For anyone shitting the bed, here's the Championship top 6s since our last season here of 2009-10. 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 NUFC to Score 0 - 1 - Kevin Carr's Gloves, wykikitoon, Holden McGroin 2 - ewerk, Ant, ohhh_yeah, @yourservice, StoneColdStephenIreland, McFaul , Kitman, The Fish, ToonMarshy, Dickie 3 - tooner, Rayvin, Andrew, Howay, strawb, scoobos, Jintsay, SpartaFC, rogerbarton, zico martin, CraigCooper, David Kelly, Dougle, StraightEdgeWizard, Anorthernsoul 4+ - Happy Face, MiddleAgeCool, Dr Gloom, Tom, vimalraja, TheGingerQuiff NUFC to Concede 0 - Happy Face, ewerk, tooner, Rayvin, ohhh_yeah, Howay, MiddleAgeCool, Dr Gloom, strawb, Kevin Carr's Gloves, scoobos, McFaul , Tom, Kitman, Jintsay, SpartaFC, wykikitoon, rogerbarton, The Fish, Dickie, Dougle, StraightEdgeWizard, Anorthernsoul, TheGingerQuiff 1 - Ant, Andrew, StoneColdStephenIreland, zico martin, CraigCooper, Holden McGroin, David Kelly, vimalraja 2 - @yourservice, ToonMarshy 3 - 4+ - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8953 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 The positives to take from this, We've a game tomorrow to put this disappointment right It's still early in the Championship season CT didn't get any points for his predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It was a truly dreadful performance, probably our worst of the season. A few of the players came out last week and said losing the first two games was the best thing that could have happened. Well I think equally, Tuesday's 6-0 was the worst thing that could have happened. I don't think their heads were right for this game at all. None of them turned up at the beginning of the game, and if you don't start with the right attitude it's difficult to change it as the game goes on. I also think Rafa deserves criticism for his team selection. I'm not concerned about rotation but I'm sure he knows that most teams are going to come here and just try to defend and hit us on the brake. He must have faced this at Madrid and other teams he's managed so he should be able to work out a way to counteract it. For me, starting with two up front would have gone a long way towards it. It would have but them more on the back front and we might have been able to get Gayle into the game more. He's going to struggle being up against two massive centrebacks (both of them seemed a good couple of inches taller than Mitro) by himself. I think he also needs to look at how he's using Diame. I still think he's finding his full fitness but I don't think where he's playing is helping him either. He's not a forward but he's playing as almost a second striker and it's not allowing him to be in the game enough. He'd be better off further back and I'm sure he'd boss the middle of the park. No need to panic at all like. Six wins on the bounce is great going and it's difficult for any team in any division to keep runs like that going. They just need to work hard and start again (oh and drop Dummett) which I sure is what Rafa will have them doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 The positives to take from this, We've a game tomorrow to put this disappointment right It's still early in the Championship season CT didn't get any points for his predictions. I predicted we'd concede 2 but as usual it didn't get counted. I'd probably still be top of the league if it wasn't for all this carry on. Not that I'm bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 CT, why didn't you just add your choice to the poll? I don't understand why that's not the solution to your vote not being counted Is it not possible to do it through tapatalk or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8953 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I predicted we'd concede 2 but as usual it didn't get counted. I'd probably still be top of the league if it wasn't for all this carry on. Not that I'm bothered. You got minus points for predicting we'd score 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 CT, why didn't you just add your choice to the poll? I don't understand why that's not the solution to your vote not being counted Is it not possible to do it through tapatalk or something? It was added to the poll before kick off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Ah you mean HF killed the poll before you voted? He was a bit earlier than usual but in his defence he did ask if anyone else could do it. Unlucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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