The opinions continue to flow into The Mag, as Newcastle United fans debate the various issues regarding our club..
Always plenty to talk about with NUFC.
Newcastle United fans with the latest collection of opinions below.
On this occasion, specifically following on from the derby match on Sunday.
Contributions are sometimes too brief to make up into a full article and so we have gathered up a number of recent views sent in, (if you would like to send anything in, long or short, regarding Newcastle United, then contribute@themag.co.uk is the place):
Dear Mag,
Pretty critical stuff by Steve Pearce (‘I’m sorry but it is time for Eddie Howe to go’) on The Mag this morning.
True, Newcastle have not looked at their best this year, but still in enough competitions and not worst place in the league for things to change before season ends.
Look, apart from Arsenal (even them dropping points lately), all the top clubs have gone through a bad patch at some stage this year and after all Eddie has done for this club. To call for him to go on the back of what was a really poor display against the mackems, seems to harsh to me. It was bad because it was sunderland .
But take heart, because as bad as we were, the mackems were no better. Virtually no attempts on goal and won by an own goal .
But see how delusional they are, as they celebrated like they’d won the Premier League.
I say to them, make the most of it, because from here on in, I think that’s as good as it is gonna be for them.
Realistic Geordie
Dear Mag
I will try and keep emotion out of what is essentially an emotionally charged business, masquerading as sport; football.
Maybe that is the problem here, the reason I feel impelled to commit to a written page, why a man should lose his job.
Newcastle United is such an emotive football club, that perhaps an open top bus parade for winning a second rate domestic trophy, in the only country which has two domestic trophies, attended by thousands, is the issue.
The squad members are put on pedestals, worshipped, and adored. yet the return for such adoration is appalling.
For example, Liverpool FC have won 34 (thirty four) major trophies between Newcastle winning trophies. that’s right, 34 (thirty four).
We travel all across the country, book trains, planes and automobiles, throw in a hotel or two, and you nearly get what it is to support a football club. we support the toon, well you can’t help who you fall in love with, can you?
This is the time to quote Sir Bobby, climbing up the steps, well all know it.
So here’s the thing.
We are not paying nice guy rates. we are not turning up every week to accept an excuse, a period of reflection, an overused cliche in a pre or post match press conference. even from the spoken mouth of a nice guy, it starts to wear thin.
We just want a plan.
Where talented individuals can cohabit in the same dressing room towards a common goal. Sunderland managed it on Sunday, with far less talent, man for man, than the expensively assembled squad that we possess.
The recently departed Mitchell was ostracised for comments made about transfer policy; not fit for purpose. Eddie Howe is a nice man, so the press, who love Eddie Howe, turned it into Mitchell v Howe. well, only one winner there.
But here’s the thing, Mitchell was right; ramsey £43m, wissa £55m, elanga, £55m, gordon £45m, where are we at? £200m and none of them, £200m worth of talent(?), have kicked a ball for us in the Premier League this season. None of them.
Listen, read, digest the words of the captain after sunderland, remove the emotion, then ask if we have the right man steering the ship.
I’ll leave it there.
Mark Lawrence
Dear Mag,
We could be on the verge of 3 finals in 4 years.
What do people expect / demand?
I work at home so not having to walk into my old site and face the mackems was a real blessing though.
Mal
Dear Mag,
I went to bed on Saturday night dreaming of Nick Woltemade scoring the winning goal in Sunday’s derby.
Perhaps I should have been more specific in my dreams !
Sunday provided a lot of negatives.
Obviously the result but equally the manner of the defeat.
We are used to seeing Eddie Howe’s teams out working and out battling the opposition, but On Sunday, it was Sunderland who had the greatest desire (that was difficult to write).
We lost not through lack of skill but lack of desire.
But although players ,supporters and management are low at the moment, this was the normal position before Eddie Howe arrived , it is just that our expectations now are much higher
Sunday can not be resolved until the two sides meet again, but hopefully it will give everyone a desire to push and play with confidence and commitment, starting on Wednesday.
Time again to pull together and see where we end up, if anyone can pull it around we have the man to do it.
Regards
Rob the exiled Geordie
Dear Mag,
Am I the only one who thinks the player recruitment last summer has been utter rubbish.
None have really pulled their weight and none look worth the money we paid.
I think the club should closely look at their recruitment team as well as Eddie.
Tonali is playing like his mind is elsewhere, back in Italy, and Eddie looks very tired and void of ideas.
Glenn.W.Dawson
Dear Mag,
We know how poor Newcastle played on Sunday,
Keep it in your memory for the return match.
This bunch of players will remember the elbows in the back and the sly tackles.
But what they should really keep in their minds is the mockery after the game.
Photos on the pitch and the crowd reaction rejoicing in Sunderland, plus the London press once again having a field day,
I and all my fellow supporters everywhere will be there, even if it means standing outside a packed St James’ Park.
Doddy
Dear Mag,
It was two teams playing really poor to average football on Sunday.
Neither side had a serious effort on target.
Nobody deserved to win and I felt sorry for any neutrals watching it.
Sunderland got lucky, that is all.
They can enjoy their win, have their moment.
However, we lost the game simply due that freak moment, Sunderland didn’t win the match through anything they did.
JT