Dr Gloom

great news. smith can take his place in centre mid

can't see martins still being here takeover or no takeover

what the fuck are we going to do if we end up with the same group of players at the start of the season, an owener still in charge of the club that doesn't want to be here, a crippling wage bill and players that would rather fuck off elsewhere too? it doesn't bear thinking about

that's what i'm saying. i assumed even he couldn't be this stupid and it would be sorted by now but that was based on common sense rather than what we've seen so far from ashley. deep down, i suspected he would let it come to this. i'm shitting myself about this new season.

the owner isn't doing a lot to encourage people to renew. honmestly, it's like he's trying to decrease the value of the club as much as possible. i don't get it

You must be in your element. oh yeah, i'm loving it

less than 3 weeks until the start of the season and still no sign of a new owner, a new manager or any new players. even if a deal does go through soon - and there's no sign that it will - at this rate we will be lucky to have any kind of pre-season in before the championship kicks off. had a sale been wrapped up earlier in the summer me might have been able to plan for a promotion push. as long as things stay as they are, i'll be more worried about relegation to league 1. absolute nightmare scenario is ashley still being in charge when the transfer window closes. the most depressing thing is the natural pessimist in me saw it all coming.

can't afford the cunt's wages even if we wanted to keep him

where's the 0 out of 10 option?

here's my prediction: Harper Raylor-Saylor-Edgar-Kadar Lua Lua-Guthrie-Butt-Duff Smith-Carroll that would be a disaster tbh

one of the few players we should make a decent profit on. he'll be off no doubt

i'd like warren buffet to takeover newcastle. i know, i think i'll pen a blog on it. fuckwit

i would take a lot of pleasure in seeing owen go to a club like wigan and then them releasing him because he isn't up to it anymore. knowing our luck though he will rediscover his form next season and earn an england recall

someone was right! i've got to admit, i never considered relegation at all possible until the nightmare transfer window closed and keegan walked. even then it didn't appear inevitible until after jfk was appointed.

Season starts in 52 days. We have an owner who wants to sell, no manager and an already depleated squad has only shown signs of reducing in size. What's more the current incumbents of the ownership of the club have evidently given up and are putting absolutely zero effort into sorting out the mess. All they want to do is sell - talk about rats abandoning a sinking ship. This club is by far in the worst mess I've ever witnessed in 27 years and quite possibly worse than at any time before save perhaps for when West End went bust over 100 years ago. IF (and it's a massive IF) we get sold quickly and have some time to rebuild then maybe I'll share your optimism. At the moment it's all looking too much of a mess though. it's a massive mess. rudderless ship as long as ashley is in charge, which sadly looks like being the start of the season at this stage.

it'll be a disaster if it isn't sold before the start of the season.

its more because of deluded fans like yourself. i'm not deluded. i know we're a crap football side. i don't think we have a divine right to win anything or even stay in the top flight. we got what we deserved. the jealousy over the fact that we have so many fans turning out despite all of this is the reason most supporters of other clubs give us stick. it's obvious

yes. someone like dave kitson would probably do a job

the average age of the team if we were to buy the targets listed in that slideshow would be about 22. i reckon you need a much bigger dose of experienced old pros to get out this division.

more teams so less chance of us getting relegated too

isn't because we think we have a divine right for success. we're not glory supporters. we haven't won owt for most of our lifetimes. the main reason is jealousy. other fans are jealous of the fact that we have filled a 52,000 for years despite being shite. most other clubs wouldn't get the gates we've had watching such consistently bad football. i suspect attendences will dip now - the blessing will be that attention from bitter, jealous fans of other clubs and the media will also slump

some of the comments here are harsh. yes he was frustrating but he's still been our best striker in the 3 seasons since shearer retired. i doubt we'll replace him with a better player. that said, it's obvious he has to go. we can't afford his wages post-relegation and we'll get some wedge for him - he would destroy most championship defences mind.

one good thing about us going down (hopefully), might be a lack of interest in us by the media and fewer of these ill informed and cliched articles

i think if we can keep taylor, bassong and beye, we'll have a good nucleus of defenders that can perform at championship level. can we afford heir wages though? i presume it's the attackers that are all on the massive wedge and they can all fuck off tbf