: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:16 am  

Danny 2 wrote:

i agree there robbie

think newcastle would be missed in the premire league

Newcastle being relegated would bring something to the Premier League that's been missing since Leeds - a big club going down that everyone could laugh at. Where's the humour in Stoke or Boro going down? There is none. But the geordies going down, taken down by their Mk3 Messiah, bloody hilarious.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:58 am  

The prospect of Leeds v Newcastle in the Championship next year is quite exciting. Plenty of other 'big clubs' in that league too, to keep Leeds company.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:10 am  

Leaf wrote:

The prospect of Leeds v Newcastle in the Championship next year is quite exciting. Plenty of other 'big clubs' in that league too, to keep Leeds company.

Leeds are not up yet

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:11 am  

Well done Everton to get to wembley with their path to the final is a great achievment, Phil Neville handed his penalty with great dignity and respect. I hope Everton win the cup. Fergie maybe did get hsi selection wrong, I think maybe Ronaldo on the bench would have helped massively, as for the penalty as keith said "you win some you lose some",

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:18 am  

Congratulations to Everton.

It wasn't a great game, IIRC 3/4 shots on target, but it was definitely a game where defences were on top. Vidic was an absolute rock, definitely my MOTM. I also thought Anderson played very well with Gibson in the middle. Scholes again looked a sad and sorry shadow of his former self.

As bitter as this will sound, the FA Cup was the "least" important of our remaining quests, although it would have been nice to win it at Wembley. I also said a few months ago that the FA Cup was potentially the hardest to win, as it was all on one game that could be decided by one mistake, one referee decision or like yesterday on penalties.

After Cahill missed his I thought, this is it, then Dimitar "Anelka" stepped up, shortly followed by Rio "I'll do the same thing" Ferdinand, which fooked our chances. Great penalty by Baines to set Everton on their way.

I personally thought Welbeck should have had a penalty but it's one of those that can go either way, and maybe, just maybe, Moyes' pre-match comments about the ref influenced his decision.

Slightly negative, the large crowd means that the semi-finals won't be taken away from Wembley any time soon, which is a shame for a number of reasons:

1) It's too far for two NW sides to travel.
2) It takes away the magic of the final.
3) It's too expensive.
4) The pitch is possibly the worst in England, it cut up after 10 minutes of the Arsenal/Chelsea game and it was fooking awful for our game.

All in all, although disappointed to be knocked out so close to the final, it will at least stop the press going on about the "untouchables" etc for a while, and the players can settle down and concentrate on the League and Europe.

Good look Everton in the final.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:24 am  

[quote="Nemanja"]

1) It's too far for two NW sides to travel.
2) It takes away the magic of the final.
3) It's too expensive.
4) The pitch is possibly the worst in England, it cut up after 10 minutes of the Arsenal/Chelsea game and it was fooking awful for our game.


/quote]


1) Very true
2) Very true
3) Very true thats why the FA rake in the money
4) Just like the Millenium Stadium when Wembley was being built

If 88,000 or so turn up for every Semi though it will never change....play in front of two crowds of 30,000 or so and they might.....so next year we need a Colchester v Chester and a Burton v Accrington FA Cup semi final....that will really stick it to the man!!!!!!

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:50 am  

Tyldesley NO1 Leyther wrote:

Like Ash said, the three home games are simply huge. Portsmouth is do or die. The problem is, we were phenomenally poop today for most of the match. Only with Oba and Smith did we look like doing anything. My hatred for Nicky Butt has only increased

If we beat Portsmouth at home and find a bit of form we'll stay up. We'll be relying on Hulls appalling form to keep us up. But I'm far from optimistic

There is nothing to be optimistic about really.

We have won 4 home games out of 16 so far, yet we are meant to win the next 3 from 3.

Hate to say i told you so guys, but i said back in December that with the way Ashley runs the club, i wouldnt be suprised to see us go down, that belief backed up by the rubbish we brought into the club in January to continue to 'shoestring' approach to running a football club.

It's all very well Ashley admitting his mistake to Shearer before Shearer became the manager, but it reminds me of 'shutting the gate after the horse has bolted'. He has ruined the club and taken us into an absolutely precarious position because of his ineptness.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:50 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Newcastle being relegated would bring something to the Premier League that's been missing since Leeds - a big club going down that everyone could laugh at. Where's the humour in Stoke or Boro going down? There is none. But the geordies going down, taken down by their Mk3 Messiah, bloody hilarious.

Agreed.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:52 am  

OoOGazOoO wrote:

There is nothing to be optimistic about really.

We have won 4 home games out of 16 so far, yet we are meant to win the next 3 from 3.

Hate to say i told you so guys, but i said back in December that with the way Ashley runs the club, i wouldnt be suprised to see us go down, that belief backed up by the rubbish we brought into the club in January to continue to 'shoestring' approach to running a football club.

It's all very well Ashley admitting his mistake to Shearer before Shearer became the manager, but it reminds me of 'shutting the gate after the horse has bolted'. He has ruined the club and taken us into an absolutely precarious position because of his ineptness.

The worst thing for Newcastle fans, if they do get relegated will be Ashley remaining there for at least another season as their value will plummet. There is no way he would get anything like the value what he paid for them.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:53 am  

OoOGazOoO wrote:

It's all very well Ashley admitting his mistake to Shearer before Shearer became the manager, but it reminds me of 'shutting the gate after the horse has bolted'. He has ruined the club and taken us into an absolutely precarious position because of his ineptness.

Is it really that bad?

So if you get relegated, you'll most likely come straight back up again.

With all respect, it's not like you're leeds. We got relegated.........with 100 million worth of debt.