Craig 6682 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Newcastle's long-suffering supporters were in a mutinous mood last night as they called for Freddie Shepherd to resign his post at St James's Park. The travelling fans directed their discontent towards the club's chairman as their side slumped to a derby defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough that has left them at their lowest ebb. A significant number of United supporters responded to Aiyegbeni Yakubu's 85th-minute winner by turning on the embattled Shepherd, who looked uncomfortable as he headed for the exit soon after. It was the first time that the St James's Park supremo had endured such chants since disgruntled fans demanded the removal of the club's board during a Uefa Cup tie with Heerenveen in the Netherlands two seasons ago. On that occasion, Graeme Souness' team came from behind to ensure the revolt was shortlived. There was no such salvation yesterday, though, as Boro held their lead to subject the Magpies to yet another league defeat that has ensured that the club's second-worse start to a Premiership campaign continued. "It's not good, obviously," said manager Glenn Roeder (pictured right), who insisted his team's 1-0 defeat at the Riverside was an undeserved outcome. "It has been a case of shooting ourselves in the foot too often this year and we have lost games and lost points that we should not have. The fact of the matter is that we must pick ourselves up off the canvas, stride on forward and start picking up points quickly." Newcastle have lost six of their nine Premiership fixtures this season and, having collected just one point from the last available 15, have slid to 16th place in the league standings. Only Sheffield United, Watford, Charlton and West Ham have made worse starts to the campaign than a United team who are just two points above the top-flight drop zone. A charitable Gareth Southgate insisted a draw would have been a fairer result and admitted he would not have complained had Boro been forced to share the points. It was a suggestion Roeder rejected. "Absolutely not," he said. "It is a game we should undoubtedly have won given our superiority in the first half in particular. We should have won but we didn't take our chances. "It's always in the back of your mind that it might come back to haunt you and it certainly did in the last few minutes. I thought we were in control in the first half, although I will concede that the second was a bit more even. But I am repeating myself when I say that goals change games. You fear you will get punished for not taking chances and that's what happened. The goal came so late that we didn't have a chance to get back into it." Boro's victory was only the club's second over United at the Riverside in the Premiership and the home side's manager could not disguise his delight at the final whistle. "We are always perceived as the underdogs in these games; a smaller club, a lesser club," said Southgate. "We had a point to prove, and I am delighted that we have proved it. The important thing for me is that we have had back-to-back wins. "The important thing for the fans is very different - I know how much it means and it is great to have given it to them." Roeder was joined on the Riverside bench for the first time by Nigel Pearson, his new assistant manager who has filled the position vacated by Kevin Bond last month. The 43-year-old former Middlesbrough defender was out of work following his departure from West Bromwich Albion, where he had been Bryan Robson's right-hand man. "I have been very patient, I didn't rush into anything and I'm glad I didn't now," added Roeder. "Nigel is someone who will help me greatly." Roeder's players will return action against Portsmouth in the Carling Cup next week. Should their participation in the competition come to an end at the first hurdle, the pressure would become intolerable. Source: http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcast...-name_page.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Roeder praising his own patience again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9737 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Roeder praising his own patience again. When all he did was waiting two weeks until to name a second rate man from a first division club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Roeder praising his own patience again. When all he did was waiting two weeks until to name a second rate man from a first division club... Bet he wishes the fans had some of his patience, he's history if we get beat next game. Wonder what the odds are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 He's worried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 He's worried So the club isn't happy and complains, aww diddums. I have a few thousand complaints that I would like to raise with the fat cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 174 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Crisis ? what crisis ? says Anal Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30297 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Crisis ? what crisis ? says Anal Oliver We're not Leeds so everything must be ok then. Fucking twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriscos 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Crisis ? what crisis ? says Anal Oliver oliver is too much up ff's arse. he thinks he is speaking for the fans, but i think he needs a reality check.... he dosent speak for me or any of the people that sit around me. Will we be in crisis if we get beat on wedsday and saturday? what will his reaction be then? give roeder more time, thats what west ham did and you saw what happened to them.... if win the next 3 games will that just paper over the cracks? ps im not the guy that sits in level 7 milburn with 500 empty seats around him when was the last time you ever saw st james not being a sell out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Crisis ? what crisis ? says Anal Oliver That interview is pathetic. "All this talk about 'crisis' and 'Shepherd must go, Roeder must go' is absolutely rubbish. Don't forget, when Roeder took over in February from Souness, the club was heading into the Championship!" And where exactly does he think we are heading now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Crisis ? what crisis ? says Anal Oliver That interview is pathetic. "All this talk about 'crisis' and 'Shepherd must go, Roeder must go' is absolutely rubbish. Don't forget, when Roeder took over in February from Souness, the club was heading into the Championship!" And where exactly does he think we are heading now? It's a laughable attempt at propaganda tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix 0 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Dont go to the next home game - OK The Fat Controller has our Season Ticket money , but huge gaps in the crowd will scare him. Possibly enough into selling up if we keep it up.Stop buying the Chronicle and let them know its because anal is a lying shit , when their sales start to drop you know who the editors will drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Micky Quinn joined in 1989 you sackless twat! And why the fuck does he talk like he's some fucking punditary expert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 It took years for Villa to get rid of Ellis, despite fans protesting all the time. Unfortunately I think we'll have to suffer Fatty for a good while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 It took years for Villa to get rid of Ellis, despite fans protesting all the time. Unfortunately I think we'll have to suffer Fatty for a good while yet. OK new tactic, hide all his pies and starve the bastard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkinthedog 0 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 no money to spend? Only a paltry £15, 000, 000 you zombie-faced gink! Shepherd out. should have gone after slappergate tbh. ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44425 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 The best thing about that video is at the end when he thinks it's finished and asks "was that alright?". I bet Shepherd's the one holding the camera and feeding him his lines, and that was him asking his master if he'd carried out his bidding adequately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30297 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I bet Shepherd's the one holding the camera and feeding him his lines, and that was him asking his master if he'd carried out his bidding adequately. tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9273 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Cracking article by Henry Winter Shepherd OUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44425 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 http://www.toontastic.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=9582 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9273 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 http://www.toontastic.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=9582 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I bet Shepherd's the one holding the camera and feeding him his lines, and that was him asking his master if he'd carried out his bidding adequately. tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 174 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I bet Shepherd's the one holding the camera and feeding him his lines, and that was him asking his master if he'd carried out his bidding adequately. tbh Photoshopped tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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