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[red devil]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Or, if he keeps the Mackems up, BFS would be the

> ideal choice to stabilise the club, give them time

> to walk before they run kind of thing...

By all means bring in him if we get relegated...

[Mick Mac]

red devil Wrote:

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> maxxi Wrote:

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> > Or, if he keeps the Mackems up, BFS would be

> the

> > ideal choice to stabilise the club, give them

> time

> > to walk before they run kind of thing...

>

> By all means bring in him if we get relegated...

There is a precedent.

[dbboy]

Benitez appointed as Newcastle Manger is going to make the last 10 games of the season really interesting at the bottom of the Premier League to see who survives and who gets relegated.The bottom eight teams could all be in the dog fight.

[Alan Medic]

I doubt it. More like 3 out of the bottom 4 will go.

[red devil]

It's gotta be 3 from the bottom 4, with Villa already sunk.

BFS to rescue the Black Cats, and send the Spanish Waiter to the Championship...

[red devil]

In McClaren's last 15 games he won 4.

In LVG's last 15 games he's won 5...tick tock

[dbboy]

McClaren is a loser, should never ever have been appointed. We all knew it would end in tears (or in his case a big pay off). Hope Benitez turns it around for them. Would be deeply sad to see such a great club drop into the Championship, but then with Ashley holding the purse strings, anything is possible.

[????]

I'm surprised Ashley hasn't employed a manager on a zero hours contract

[????]

BTW

"We're coming for you, we're coming for you...Man United, we're coming for you" :)

[Otta]

Scholes

"The last thing I want for Manchester United is to be happy with finishing fourth and winning the FA Cup. That's what Arsenal do."

Little boot in to Arsenal, but also making a big assumption that United can finish 4th and win the cup.

[red devil]

???? Wrote:

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> BTW

>

> "We're coming for you, we're coming for you...Man

> United, we're coming for you" :)

If you don't fill your boots this Sunday, you never will...

[red devil]

Otta Wrote:

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> Little boot in to Arsenal, but also making a big

> assumption that United can finish 4th and win the

> cup.

I read it that we should have higher expectations than that, which I agree with...

[DulwichFox]

No.. Not Calais... Millwall away at Swindon..

Just a small part of Police presence at Swindon FC

No alcohol sales to travelling fans.. Lol..

What a liberty...

Foxy

[????]

Well, I think we should have won that. Man U are a shadow of the team they used to be and I'm reasonably confident we'll do them at our place.

[Alan Medic]

Wenger hints at his replacement..........

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/12/arsene-wenger-i-would-have-to-be-god-to-satisfy-arsenal-fans/

Great goal by Payet btw.

[titch juicy]

dbboy Wrote:

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> McClaren is a loser, should never ever have been

> appointed. We all knew it would end in tears (or

> in his case a big pay off). Hope Benitez turns it

> around for them. Would be deeply sad to see such a

> great club drop into the Championship, but then

> with Ashley holding the purse strings, anything is

> possible.

Great club?

They've been up and down from prem to championship plenty of times in the last few decades. Not won a major trophy since the 70s (league cup), not won an FA cup since the 50s and not won the league since the 20s.

They've been a joke of a club since Keegan ballsed up their title run in the 90s. Good riddance to them and Villa.

[Jah Lush]

Oi Titch. Newcastle have never won the League Cup. Their last 'major' trophy was the Fairs Cup in 1969.

[Parkdrive]

Newcastle are a great club, great following 50 odd thousand through the gate every week, more then the vast majority of prem clubs get each week.

[Otta]

Great club, awful owner.

[Parkdrive]

And as for Villa, European cup 1982, one of a few English clubs to have won, lest we forget.

[titch juicy]

But why does number of fans through the gate = great club?

It is a small measure, but certainly doesn't define the greatness of a club.

[Parkdrive]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> But why does number of fans through the gate =

> great club?

>

> It is a small measure, but certainly doesn't

> define the greatness of a club.

So what does make a great club in your opinion? I'm guessing you'd claim your club is "great club" ?

[titch juicy]

You could argue that they were a great club in the middle of the last century when they won a few FA Cups or the first decade of the last century when they won the league a few times, but now they're just an average club with some very distant history and high attendances.

[Parkdrive]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> You could argue that they were a great club in the

> middle of the last century when they won a few FA

> Cups or the first decade of the last century when

> they won the league a few times, but now they're

> just an average club with some very distant

> history and high attendances.

I would argue they are still a great club, but I'll ask again, what do you think makes a great club?

[titch juicy]

No, we're in the same category. We're nothing like a 'great club' as it stands. If we embark on a period of success now, then perhaps we could be considered such, as we have at times in the past. I would say we're closer than Newcastle though.

If I had to define what makes a great club, I guess it would be; global and domestic fanbase (yes, it's a measure, but only a small one), recent (last couple of decades) success at home and abroad, youth/academy system and well run financially etc. The board are just as much part of the club as the players, management and fans.

For me, the only current great Premier League clubs are Man United, Arsenal and at a stretch Liverpool. They built their relatively recent successes on something other than massive debt. I know United now have large debt, but during their period of real success it was built on youth.