Newcastle fan's open letter of apology..................

[Notters]

I maintain that Hughton is the best man for the job, not Benitez. Also not sure they've been winding us up, did I miss that?

 

[Peter Grummit]

[I"]As Newcastle fans, we can’t defend the underhand move of letting Rafa choose the transfers in and out, buying players that are needed, rather than continuing to allow the likes of Wise, Kinnear, Charnley and Carr to chase the ‘dream’ of buying bargain £XXm French wingers in the hope of them turning out to be future £130m superstars.[/I]"

I can only apologizes that your millions could not buy the best French winger in the division. WE'VE GOT KNOCKAERT.

Hopefully we will still have him when we play them in the New Year. This is very likely to be a rearranged midweek game given the FAC4 date currently. I fully expect the barcodes to sellout their allocation anyway, so fair play to them, I may even give them a little clap (if we are 3 nil up at the time).

A different point, but the fact that we turned down £10m+ bids for THREE players in the summer is also a statement to the rest of the Division that we mean business this year. Backed up so far by performances and results. But saying we are walking the League would be asking for trouble.

PG

 

[Peter Grummit]

Looking at the form tables, despite their great run, we have a better record over the last 9 games (W7 D2 points 23) than the Geordies (W7 D1 L1 points 22). So it's not over quite yet.

PG

 

[LamieRobertson]

This thread is definitely being noted for later in the season

 

[kjgood]

thought it was quite good actually

 

[dazzer6666]

Looking at the form tables, despite their great run, we have a better record over the last 9 games (W7 D2 points 23) than the Geordies (W7 D1 L1 points 22). So it's not over quite yet.

PG

Shhhh #undertheradar

 

[batch_91]

I was St James Park in August.

Had been looking forward to a chance to go to one of the biggest grounds, making a similar journey to the north east for Hartlepool a few years back.

Apart from the 2 goals going in you wouldnt have believed there was 49,000 inside. One of the worst atmospheres Ive ever experienced.

Library.

 

[Finchley Seagull]

What an odd article. The only think I've seen from our end about Newcastle is responses to their Knockaert comments over the summer where they assumed they could sign him if they wanted to and we would never be able to keep him.

Whether it is serious or a joke, it shows the arrogant side of Newcastle fans. They should win the league this season. Whether or not they made a profit over the summer, they have players that have cost more than many teams entire squads. They also have a Champions League winning manager (although so did Villa until recently). They should win the league by a distance and everyone else fighting for second. At the moment, they look like doing so as they are already six points ahead of third having lost their first two games. However, there is a long way to go and (as we should remember when talking about Norwich) nobody should gloat this early in the season.

 

[Mackenzie]

The only thing I don't really GET about the letter is the need for it. I don't think anyone begrudges Newcastle their position in the league.

In short it's a bit unnecessary, unless of course he's trying for humour (at which he's obviously failed).

 

[Trevor]

Enjoyed the article in fairness. I don't believe the title or even automatic promotion is anything like settled. Plenty of time to balls it up

 

[Bozza]

 

[Lifelong Supporter]

The hope is that Newcastle believe all the media hype and get complacent. We need to guard against this. There are fine margins involved in many games in the division.

 

[northstandsteve]

That's better!!!

 

[MattBackHome]

I was St James Park in August.

Had been looking forward to a chance to go to one of the biggest grounds, making a similar journey to the north east for Hartlepool a few years back.

Apart from the 2 goals going in you wouldnt have believed there was 49,000 inside. One of the worst atmospheres Ive ever experienced.

Library.

From www.htfc-world.com earlier this season.

 

[brakespear]

Written by Dean Wilkins

 

[Whitley Bayster]

Being surrounded by the buggers I can report that generally the Geordies expect to walk it. They are quite arrogant about their position and fully expect to win it at a canter. However they know their football and there's a fair bit of respect for the Albion. I get a lot of positive comments about the way we play and the way the club is run. They reckon they'll use their "failure money" to lure Knockeart away in January. I'm with Bozza.... I would bloody love it we did finish above them!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

They will hit 100pts

Maybe. But they will also hit a blip somewhere along the way, they will bed-wet bigtime and they will start holding up crappy bits of paper wanting the manager and the chairman OUT!

Looking forward to it already!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

When we played them in August Im still annoyed. Shelvey was given too much space. If Stephens played he wouldnt have but we had all that Burnley nonsense so had to play the largely anonymous whats his name. We froze. Also Baldock got sent off early doors 2nd half. Duffys first game having signed on the Thursday. What could go wrong did go wrong. But I saw enough to. The team at the back end of last season and the team NOW would give them a game. I maintain the Toon are there for the taking.

 

[SeagullinExile]

I've said it before, so will again....

They ain't Real Madrid FFS!

We're more than capable of matching them.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I've said it before, so will again....

They ain't Real Madrid FFS!

We're more than capable of matching them.

This. If Newcastle were really such hotshots, they wouldn't have ended up dumped on their stripey arses into the Championship in the first place. Even the mediocre likes of Sunderland have somehow managed to hang on in there WAY beyond their Relegate-By date.