To be fair to them, they haven’t thrown the cash around on “Galacticos” and have acquired on a sensible basis: the likes of Pope, Trippier and Botman are all sensible signings with the aim of building a side.
Actually, my point was that spending isn't enough, you have to spend wisely. You can't just buy the league, which is what the point I responded to seemed to be suggesting.
Agreed - but many within the north east detested the Mags before the glut of oil money slicking into Tyneside. It was mainly the delusions of grandeur and the superiority complex of what was essentially a bog standard, success less, 2nd division club that grated.
They may do now. They have champions league football & pots of foreign money to attract higher level players. I wonder if Mr Howe might find himself replaced by a bigger name foreign manager.........
One of the indicators of some sensibility in the Newcastle board room was the appointment of Eddie Howe in the first place, rather than bringing in a big name of the Tuchel/Nagelsmann/Guardiola/Mourinho type.
I was unaware that the rural hamlet of Moss Side in a nice quiet area that still has an open railway station with trains to Blackpool South had such a noted football team....
You should never forget your roots, and where you've come from.
Suppose the InterToto Cup in 2006 or the Championship in both 2010 and 2017 don't count?
You're forgetting Spurs coming 3rd in a 2 horse race, when Leicester won the league and Arsenal nicked second.
Nope - none are a top level trophy of the sort that such a ( checks notes) MASSIVE club should be winning. What is a MASSIVE club like Newcastle doing getting relegated to the championship for anyway?
Nope - none are a top level trophy of the sort that such a ( checks notes) MASSIVE club should be winning.
And the intertwobob cup was a certificate not a trophy
Is West Gorton the original "roots" area of Manchester City FC and is Clayton the area of Manchester in which they are now situated?You should never forget your roots, and where you've come from.
The club in question sometimes also alternatively referred to as the "Gorton Globetrotters".
Indeed. The club / church team was supposedly formed by a rector's daughter in c. 1880 as an alternative pursuit for locals participating in gang violence and alcoholism.
Believe the modern day stadium is built on the site of the old Bradford colliery in East Manchester. (The more-or-less contiguous Clayton area being a short walk away).
You know how football goes mental at the first sniff of success! Starts with the whispering: Can Howe manage "big names"? He lacks European experience. Is Howe a big enough draw for the kind of names we need to regularly challenge for trophies etc etc etc
Reduced service for engineering works too.
I’ve had a pint tonight with 3 SWFC supporters in London tonight (in their shirts) - so at least some of them are here already…
At least this season the kick-off times of the play-off finals are a bit more fan friendly than last year which required at least one night in a hotel for anyone not able to travel by car or club coach.
Yes I know a number of us who have already gone down, I'm heading down on Sunday, thankfully I'm avoiding the train!
Yes, going back quite a few years to Brian Clough/Peter Taylor at Notts Forest. Ok they did make Trevor Francis the first £million player and pay £250,000 for goalkeeper Peter Shelton but most buys were either free or relatively cheap. Clough & Taylor simply got them to play as a team.
Thanks for the correction, I'd been under the impression that all three finals were 3pm.
Oi that's my line!
I don't like Luton, would've rathered Coventry in the Premier League but fair play to them. They deserved the win.
Looking forward to seeing the prawn sandwich brigade walking through someone's house!
Poor family
Had he been alive to note the result, it would have made Eric Morecambe's day.
