ajax_andy 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Haven't published anything about the Toon for a while so though it was about time... You can view the article here: http://thenortheasthub.com/blog/newcastle-united-a-safe-bet-for-fourth/ Feedback as always is welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Not bad, probably your best one so far. However I don't think it's a shockingly bad run in, there's only one game I don't expect us to win and that's Chelsea away, and that's not to say we're not capable of doing it. Man City at home 52000 there, we beat Man Utd with ease, no reason why we can't do it to these particularly as the title might be over by then. A shockingly bad run in would be something like Wigan's last three fixtures. I'm not making any predictions but we have a very decent chance. Tottenham look completely broken to me. QPR can do them desperate for points on Saturday, and say Arsenal-Chelsea is a draw, with us winning the table could very conceivably look like this on Sunday. 3 Arsenal 34 65 4 Newcastle 34 62 5 Tottenham 34 59 6 Chelsea 34 58 moving on to Wigan away, no guarantees but we'd be favourites for definite. Great chance, and as long as we don't decimate the squad we'll be back next season, it's not built on flimsy foundations this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35571 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Wigan seem better suited / set up to playing away atm so we've got a chance at the DW stadium the way we're playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think I also would rather be playing Wigan at their place. They will likely be under more pressure at home whereas going to OT etc can go with a nothing to lose attitude. Chelsea away and Man City home are my biggest fears. Everton wont be a push over either though we will likely have more to play for on the last day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 In 03/04, after 33 games we were also 5th (boooo), on 9 less points having scored 5 less goals, so this is an even better chase we're mounting than then. We were even on points with 4th (Liverpool) at that time as well, but we had a game in hand on them too. We only took 6 points from the last 5 games then though. Think we'll make a much better go of the run in as the underdog punching up than we did as the favourites scrapping to save face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Not bad, probably your best one so far. However I don't think it's a shockingly bad run in, there's only one game I don't expect us to win and that's Chelsea away, and that's not to say we're not capable of doing it. Man City at home 52000 there, we beat Man Utd with ease, no reason why we can't do it to these particularly as the title might be over by then. A shockingly bad run in would be something like Wigan's last three fixtures. I'm not making any predictions but we have a very decent chance. Tottenham look completely broken to me. QPR can do them desperate for points on Saturday, and say Arsenal-Chelsea is a draw, with us winning the table could very conceivably look like this on Sunday. 3 Arsenal 34 65 4 Newcastle 34 62 5 Tottenham 34 59 6 Chelsea 34 58 moving on to Wigan away, no guarantees but we'd be favourites for definite. Great chance, and as long as we don't decimate the squad we'll be back next season, it's not built on flimsy foundations this. Thanks I dunno I'd say Man City who have just hit form and trying to win the title is a rock hard game... Wigan have just beaten Man U and Arsenal and will be full of confidence, Chelsea are doing well under Di Matteo (spelling?) and are competing for 4th with you, and Everton will be a hard game even if we have nothing left to play for by the time we meet. I could quite easily see you dropping points in every single one of those matches so I think it's a really hard run in. I could also see you winning them all so I'm not saying you will drop points, I just think as every team pretty much has something to play for then it's not an easy run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Bar the odd spelling and grammatical mistake I'd say it was quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 By the way. On 11/01, this was the position... 3. THFC 45pts ... 7. NUFC 33pts Both had played 20. Fucking brilliant to be the ones clawing back a 12 point deficit since the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think I also would rather be playing Wigan at their place. They will likely be under more pressure at home whereas going to OT etc can go with a nothing to lose attitude. Chelsea away and Man City home are my biggest fears. Everton wont be a push over either though we will likely have more to play for on the last day. Did you see the five pundits in the paper. Rob Lee, Clarkie, Moncur and two others they all expect us to win there. I think if we play our normal game we'll have no problems. Everything probably hinges on Man City at home, because if we win that we could possibly afford to drop points at Goodison anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Not bad, probably your best one so far. However I don't think it's a shockingly bad run in, there's only one game I don't expect us to win and that's Chelsea away, and that's not to say we're not capable of doing it. Man City at home 52000 there, we beat Man Utd with ease, no reason why we can't do it to these particularly as the title might be over by then. A shockingly bad run in would be something like Wigan's last three fixtures. I'm not making any predictions but we have a very decent chance. Tottenham look completely broken to me. QPR can do them desperate for points on Saturday, and say Arsenal-Chelsea is a draw, with us winning the table could very conceivably look like this on Sunday. 3 Arsenal 34 65 4 Newcastle 34 62 5 Tottenham 34 59 6 Chelsea 34 58 moving on to Wigan away, no guarantees but we'd be favourites for definite. Great chance, and as long as we don't decimate the squad we'll be back next season, it's not built on flimsy foundations this. Thanks I dunno I'd say Man City who have just hit form and trying to win the title is a rock hard game... Wigan have just beaten Man U and Arsenal and will be full of confidence, Chelsea are doing well under Di Matteo (spelling?) and are competing for 4th with you, and Everton will be a hard game even if we have nothing left to play for by the time we meet. I could quite easily see you dropping points in every single one of those matches so I think it's a really hard run in. I could also see you winning them all so I'm not saying you will drop points, I just think as every team pretty much has something to play for then it's not an easy run in. It's alright going on about their form, what about ours?! We're the form team in European football 5 wins in a row, we could drop points in all of them, but we could win them all comfortably too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Not bad, probably your best one so far. However I don't think it's a shockingly bad run in, there's only one game I don't expect us to win and that's Chelsea away, and that's not to say we're not capable of doing it. Man City at home 52000 there, we beat Man Utd with ease, no reason why we can't do it to these particularly as the title might be over by then. A shockingly bad run in would be something like Wigan's last three fixtures. I'm not making any predictions but we have a very decent chance. Tottenham look completely broken to me. QPR can do them desperate for points on Saturday, and say Arsenal-Chelsea is a draw, with us winning the table could very conceivably look like this on Sunday. 3 Arsenal 34 65 4 Newcastle 34 62 5 Tottenham 34 59 6 Chelsea 34 58 moving on to Wigan away, no guarantees but we'd be favourites for definite. Great chance, and as long as we don't decimate the squad we'll be back next season, it's not built on flimsy foundations this. Thanks I dunno I'd say Man City who have just hit form and trying to win the title is a rock hard game... Wigan have just beaten Man U and Arsenal and will be full of confidence, Chelsea are doing well under Di Matteo (spelling?) and are competing for 4th with you, and Everton will be a hard game even if we have nothing left to play for by the time we meet. I could quite easily see you dropping points in every single one of those matches so I think it's a really hard run in. I could also see you winning them all so I'm not saying you will drop points, I just think as every team pretty much has something to play for then it's not an easy run in. It's alright going on about their form, what about ours?! We're the form team in European football 5 wins in a row, we could drop points in all of them, but we could win them all comfortably too. I posted a form table in the article, and then also said in my last post you could drop points or win every game... you're arguing the same points I made lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Areet. We'll beat Everton anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 If that's your best article I'd like to read the others! Nah, I think it'll come down to the final game and we'll be in the Champions League spots so it'll all hinge on us beating Everton, which we will do easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Areet. We'll beat Everton anyway Haha aye you probs will in all fairness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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