Lets look at the facts shall we? We're pretty much safe, team spirit is strong and the lads has just put in a gritty and hard fought performance against the 'champions elect'. All seems rosy. Not for Mr. Mail Journalist. For him, this is one of the most worrying things that could happen. He feels like a man stuck in a desert who has just sipped his last sip of water. He's desperate and his usual source of sustenance (read: easy stories) has run dry. What I'm quite ostentatiously referring to is this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1378726/Newcastle-fans-change-Toon-faith-Alan-Pardew.html
It seems in a last desperate attempt to flog a horse which is not only dead but partially decomposed, the mail has attempted to have a pop at the fans, saying we're too quick to look for the negatives. 'Oh, Ashley isn't all that bad, stop crying you've got a lot of money now, who cares if Carroll (your top goalscorer) has gone to one of your rival clubs, at least you've got some money in the bank'. This is the kind of journalism (a profession I hope to enter one day) that makes my blood boil. Its just lazy, a simple solution because there was nothing too stand out or controversial in last night's game that will help what is a dying industry, shift some papers. Let's look at some choice pickings from the article:
'But here they were: Manchester United in town, 40 points on the board by full time and six places above Sunderland in the table. Happy? Of course not.'
Who said we weren't happy overall? We're annoyed about some things but overall, to be in the top half and essentially safe with six games to go is a great achievement and full credit to the players for that.
'Romance is still big business by the Tyne, though. That is why Shearer's appointment was welcomed with such fervour, even though it made no sense. It is why the economic logic of Carroll's departure seems to have passed people by'.
We're fully aware of the economic logic of selling Carroll, what we're peeved off about is the fact that he was sold hours before deadline and no replacement was found. Had we managed to get a decent replacement in January, we'd have probably not lost to Villa and might have nicked a goal last night, making us safer (something the Mail tells us we should be happier about) sooner and pushing for a decent top table finish.
This is my favourite part here:
'By all accounts, Newcastle are on a sounder financial footing, irrespective of the Carroll money. High earners such as Joey Barton and Jose Enrique are also expected to leave in the summer'.
What? Are you serious Mr. Journalist? So we should be happy that are two best players are set to leave in the summer because they are high earners? This is a football club, not a supermarket and worthy replacements to such good players aren't exactly lined up outside the job centre collecting their dole money. They are this season's (Tiote aside) best players need to be paid a fair old whack to stop them going elsewhere. This I have no problem with (especially when players such as Barton are willing to take a pay-cut, a fact totally ignored by Mr. Journalist), however, them leaving for a couple of quid and Newcastle having to find worthy replacements worries the pants off me. The article is so paradoxical is beggars belief. 'Don't worry toon fans, you'll be able to push for top ten finish next year with some investment, oh and by the way your going to lose you best place too but keep on smiling! Pathetic.
What annoys me most is the fact that its ALWAYS us who get treated like this. The mail would never dare call Arsenal fans deluded for believing every season their team of unproven youngsters will win the league and quite often look at Liverpool fans with pity, saying 'aww, they're so passionate despite not winning anything for years'. We, on the other hand, are a national laughing stock; the thick Geordies up north they see on Sky Sports News outside Shearer's (or whatever the hell its called now, a topic for another time) struggling to string a coherent sentences together and are always annoyed at their small little club which will never win anything. Just once, treat us with the respect we deserve; we're the Toon Army, and we love our club and it'll take more than the words of some jumped up, Oxbridge-schooled, toffee-nosed failure of a journalist to tell me otherwise.
Rant over. Peace.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1378726/Newcastle-fans-change-Toon-faith-Alan-Pardew.html
It seems in a last desperate attempt to flog a horse which is not only dead but partially decomposed, the mail has attempted to have a pop at the fans, saying we're too quick to look for the negatives. 'Oh, Ashley isn't all that bad, stop crying you've got a lot of money now, who cares if Carroll (your top goalscorer) has gone to one of your rival clubs, at least you've got some money in the bank'. This is the kind of journalism (a profession I hope to enter one day) that makes my blood boil. Its just lazy, a simple solution because there was nothing too stand out or controversial in last night's game that will help what is a dying industry, shift some papers. Let's look at some choice pickings from the article:
'But here they were: Manchester United in town, 40 points on the board by full time and six places above Sunderland in the table. Happy? Of course not.'
Who said we weren't happy overall? We're annoyed about some things but overall, to be in the top half and essentially safe with six games to go is a great achievement and full credit to the players for that.
'Romance is still big business by the Tyne, though. That is why Shearer's appointment was welcomed with such fervour, even though it made no sense. It is why the economic logic of Carroll's departure seems to have passed people by'.
We're fully aware of the economic logic of selling Carroll, what we're peeved off about is the fact that he was sold hours before deadline and no replacement was found. Had we managed to get a decent replacement in January, we'd have probably not lost to Villa and might have nicked a goal last night, making us safer (something the Mail tells us we should be happier about) sooner and pushing for a decent top table finish.
This is my favourite part here:
'By all accounts, Newcastle are on a sounder financial footing, irrespective of the Carroll money. High earners such as Joey Barton and Jose Enrique are also expected to leave in the summer'.
What? Are you serious Mr. Journalist? So we should be happy that are two best players are set to leave in the summer because they are high earners? This is a football club, not a supermarket and worthy replacements to such good players aren't exactly lined up outside the job centre collecting their dole money. They are this season's (Tiote aside) best players need to be paid a fair old whack to stop them going elsewhere. This I have no problem with (especially when players such as Barton are willing to take a pay-cut, a fact totally ignored by Mr. Journalist), however, them leaving for a couple of quid and Newcastle having to find worthy replacements worries the pants off me. The article is so paradoxical is beggars belief. 'Don't worry toon fans, you'll be able to push for top ten finish next year with some investment, oh and by the way your going to lose you best place too but keep on smiling! Pathetic.
What annoys me most is the fact that its ALWAYS us who get treated like this. The mail would never dare call Arsenal fans deluded for believing every season their team of unproven youngsters will win the league and quite often look at Liverpool fans with pity, saying 'aww, they're so passionate despite not winning anything for years'. We, on the other hand, are a national laughing stock; the thick Geordies up north they see on Sky Sports News outside Shearer's (or whatever the hell its called now, a topic for another time) struggling to string a coherent sentences together and are always annoyed at their small little club which will never win anything. Just once, treat us with the respect we deserve; we're the Toon Army, and we love our club and it'll take more than the words of some jumped up, Oxbridge-schooled, toffee-nosed failure of a journalist to tell me otherwise.
Rant over. Peace.
Look at Enrique's gunshow in the first pic
