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jimf May 8th 2012 1:57 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048000)
Say what you like about Steve Kean, he lacks nothing in confidence in his own ability. Who else would be so sure if himself after taking his team down after a solid year of the fans calling for his head...:eek:

“I believe I’ll be here, yes,” Kean said. “I’ll sit down with the owners and discuss a plan about building a squad for next season, so we can bounce back up straightaway."

“We’ve lost a lot of experience over the last six months in particular, so we have to keep the majority of the squad together as best we can.

FFS, take a reality check man. You are the manager who agreed it was OK to sell those players!
I seem to remember when Kean was appointed after big Sam got the sack Kean and the Indian owners were resetting aspirations for Champions League. Instead big Sams new team could be swapping places with his old team.

JamesM May 8th 2012 2:33 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048000)

FFS, take a reality check man. You are the manager who agreed it was OK to sell those players!
Did he?

It seems under the new owners they have become a selling club. If you are not allowed to retain your best players and are not given any resource to replace them then why should you be blamed.

The fans aren't happy with anything up there and they shouldn't be- but is it really this man's fault? He is a victim of poor circumstance just like Hodgson was at Liverpool.

iaink May 8th 2012 2:59 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by JamesM (Post 10048160)
Did he?

It seems under the new owners they have become a selling club. If you are not allowed to retain your best players and are not given any resource to replace them then why should you be blamed.

The fans aren't happy with anything up there and they shouldn't be- but is it really this man's fault? He is a victim of poor circumstance just like Hodgson was at Liverpool.
Right, but hEs always full of this "the owners and I have a plan" crap. If he didnt point out that selling the best players and not replacing them was going to likely result in relegation, then he should be fired for negligence. If he went along with it as a good idea then he should be fired for incompetence. If he pointed it out and they went ahead anyway, and he thinks anything will change now, then hes even more delusional than I thought, and I didnt think that was possible. He is the most delusional man in world football. If the owners are undermining him then really he should have walked while he still had any credibility left.

I used to feel a bit sorry for him, but its too much now.

Oink May 8th 2012 6:51 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Come on you Reds. :thumbup:

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 7:16 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10048650)
Come on you Reds. :thumbup:
+1

Oink May 8th 2012 7:22 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048682)
+1
And then 'come on the hun'. :)

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10048692)
And then 'come on the hun'. :)
2-0 after 22 minutes.

iaink May 8th 2012 7:29 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
I seem to have stepped into some parallel universe where people are rooting for Liverpool. I'll have to go sit down for a few minutes now I think...

Tangram May 8th 2012 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048708)
2-0 after 22 minutes.
Now 3

iaink May 8th 2012 7:30 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048710)
I seem to have stepped into some parallel universe where people are rooting for Liverpool. I'll have to go sit down for a few minutes now I think...
Definitely a parallel universe.
Spoiler:
3-0??? at home???, Henderson scoring??? the other side hit the woodwork for a change????, what the hells going on!

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 7:35 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048716)
Definitely a parallel universe.
Spoiler:
3-0??? at home???, Henderson scoring??? the other side hit the woodwork for a change????, what the hells going on!
dunno what's going on but John Terry's going right off. You can smell him from here.

Tangram May 8th 2012 7:38 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048716)
Definitely a parallel universe.
Spoiler:
3-0??? at home???, Henderson scoring??? the other side hit the woodwork for a change????, what the hells going on!
And Carroll seems to be moving around the pitch.... very strange.

Oink May 8th 2012 7:39 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048710)
I seem to have stepped into some parallel universe where people are rooting for Liverpool. I'll have to go sit down for a few minutes now I think...
Don't get too carried away. I think the current wave of support is rather more instrumental than emotional. :)

Tangram May 8th 2012 7:40 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10048730)
Don't get too carried away. I think the current wave of support is rather more instrumental than emotional. :)
After the season we've had, we'll take whatever. I'm also practising my rendition of 'Deutschland Deutschland'.

iaink May 8th 2012 7:43 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Tangram (Post 10048728)
And Carroll seems to be moving around the pitch.... very strange.
Its almost like he's realised that Newcastle have moved on without him, and no other bugger will buy him as is, so he might as well give a damn now, isnt it?

Either that or the fact a nice long summer break is just around the corner.

I hope this bodes well for next season, but that light at the end of the tunnel is more often than not a train coming the other way:eek:

Tangram May 8th 2012 7:46 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048740)
Its almost like he's realised that Newcastle have moved on without him, and no other bugger will buy him as is, so he might as well give a damn now, isnt it?

Either that or the fact a nice long summer break is just around the corner.

I hope this bodes well for next season, but that light at the end of the tunnel is more often than not a train coming the other way:eek:
True dat

Oink May 8th 2012 7:49 am
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Ha ha ha, Carroll cheating and Downing still can't score. What a bunch of mugs.

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 7:50 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10048740)
Its almost like he's realised that Newcastle have moved on without him, and no other bugger will buy him as is, so he might as well give a damn now, isnt it?
Carroll was seriously good for a year and a half at Toon. It's been a (not too) secret pleasure to watch him struggle since, but I think Pool will get something for their 35M in the longer run.

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 7:52 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10048750)
Ha ha ha, Carroll cheating and Downing still can't score. What a bunch of mugs.
I see you tire quickly of travels through the multiverse.

JamesM May 8th 2012 7:53 am
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6th place for Chelsea. That must be their lowest finish in the top flight for quite some time.

Oink May 8th 2012 7:55 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048762)
I see you tire quickly of travels through the multiverse.
Downing is dog poo. I still want the bindippers to batter them more in the second half if only to hear King Kenny's post match interview. ;)

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 8:03 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10048771)
Downing is dog poo. I still want the bindippers to batter them more in the second half if only to hear King Kenny's post match interview. ;)
Nice comment here from Simon Burnton doing the grauniad MBM, "If John Terry wasn't John Terry, but was some 20-year-old debutant playing exactly as John Terry has played tonight, he would have been substituted after half an hour, and would even now be preparing for a summer free transfer to Leyton Orient."

:)

sw6blue May 8th 2012 8:04 am
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oh dear :mad:v

Greenhill May 8th 2012 8:05 am
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If Carroll thought before the match today "if I do my hair up in a ballerina's bun it'll give me more poise" ... it worked.

(But no need to act like such a girly twat by clutching his face, right in the view of the ref, when he took a minor elbow in the chest.)

And while I'm at it, why does he constantly have to wear that "I've had one pint too many" expression on his face?

Oink May 8th 2012 8:06 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048782)
Nice comment here from Simon Burnton doing the grauniad MBM, "If John Terry wasn't John Terry, but was some 20-year-old debutant playing exactly as John Terry has played tonight, he would have been substituted after half an hour, and would even now be preparing for a summer free transfer to Leyton Orient."

:)
He wouldn't even make a Sunday league team on this performance. I naffing hate Terry so I'm having a lovely afternoon. :thumbup:

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 8:09 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 10048790)
And while I'm at it, why does he constantly have to wear that "I've had one pint too many" expression on his face?
I'd have thought for the obvious reason. He is, after all, a Geordie.

Oink May 8th 2012 8:22 am
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This is getting funnier.

Although before KK and the rest of them get carried away Chelsea is resting a lot of its players.

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 8:28 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10048828)
This is getting funnier.

Although before KK and the rest of them get carried away Chelsea is resting a lot of its players.
I think they're unilaterally resting themselves.

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 8:55 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Final 4-1. That leaves Pool just a point behind Everton.

What's it worth to you Reds for Toon to beat them at the weekend?

Tangram May 8th 2012 9:09 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048881)
Final 4-1. That leaves Pool just a point behind Everton.

What's it worth to you Reds for Toon to beat them at the weekend?
Nothing really. That doesn't bother me ( Big fish small pond scenario )

Novocastrian May 8th 2012 9:12 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Tangram (Post 10048895)
Nothing really. That doesn't bother me ( Big fish small pond scenario )
Bugger. I was hoping for a bung.

Tangram May 8th 2012 10:57 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048902)
Bugger. I was hoping for a bung.
Although I did enjoy seeing goals scored at Anfield for a change and them being ours was an added bonus.

Mr Weeze May 9th 2012 12:35 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10048902)
Bugger. I was hoping for a bung.
They gave us a 35MM GBP one...

cheeky_monkey May 9th 2012 9:05 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
West Ham v Blackpool play off final...West Ham favourites to win???

Oink May 9th 2012 9:52 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 10051116)
West Ham v Blackpool play off final...West Ham favourites to win???
Not here they ain't. I hate the spammers. :thumbdown:

Novocastrian May 9th 2012 10:07 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 10051116)
West Ham v Blackpool play off final...West Ham favourites to win???
Whither Chris Hughton? WBA?

Tangram May 10th 2012 5:42 am
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Interesting post script to the Suarez affair

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18024212

I did like the tweet from FRankie Boyel about the Chelsea/Liverpool Final though

" I think this FA Cup Final is going to be an intriguing contest between two slightly different types of racism "

cheeky_monkey May 10th 2012 7:01 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10051207)
Not here they ain't. I hate the spammers. :thumbdown:
nobody's asking you:getcoat:

Oink May 10th 2012 7:23 am
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 10053202)
nobody's asking you:getcoat:
It'll be funny when Blackpool get promotion and the spammers go in free fall down a couple of leagues. How's empty is that Olympic stadium going to seem when you're playing Exeter City? :rofl:

Novocastrian May 10th 2012 12:18 pm
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Have a look at the Grauniad footie page today. They have the nominations for season accolades (5 in each category) including:

Player of the season: Tim Krul (Toon)
Manager of the season: Alan Pardew (Toon)
Signing of the season: Papiss Demba Cisse (Toon)
Goal of the season: both Hatem Ben Arfa (vs Bolton) and Cisse vs Chelsea (both Toon).

Just saying....


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