Newcastle United F.C Society Thread II

@Darth Vader, We have Feo who wants to be a striker, Yoa Kouassi Gervinho who goes to africa next year & Oxo who is better in CM. I wouldn't say we have "enough wingers", nothing on the level of Hatem, Wenger is a massive fan of the boy so you never know.

@MrPhil, Are we not a big club in England? champions league football on the spin since 98/99 season, always in the top 4, not a top club in england? you sure pal?

@Abbadon27, Many top players try and engineer moves to better clubs or to increase their pay, don't think maturity comes into the equation..

Anyway I don't want to make the Newcastle thread about Arsenal, you guys have had a great season, I have enjoyed watching Tiote, Cabeye, Colo, Ben Arfa, Ba & Cisse and would like to see the geordie circus grace europe again. I fondly remember Ginola against Fenesvaros, Tino against Barcelona, Bellamy & Shearer in the champions league and your waifer cup exit under Souness lool

You said 'top club', not 'big club'. Clearly you are miles behind the best in the business and are heavily reliant on Van Persie to score most goals.

Of course, you're still one of the best in the country. I'm just giving you banter in response to your attempted wind-ups about Ben Arfa, who I agree is class. And he plays for Newcastle as well, what a ledge. I like many of your players also on that note though!

Claiming Arsenal aren't a top/big club is bordering on delusiona. Arsenal will be challenging for the league next season, and when you consider we lost two world-class players last summer, that's nothing short of a miracle and a testament to the ability of our manager. Regarding your point about van Persie, you could say the same about Barcelona with Leo Messi, if they lost him they would be considerably weaker. I know it's not going to happen, but it's annoying when people make it seem as if it's a bad thing a club is reliant on a single individual.

Get your passports oot!

but i thought we need to rely on chelsea's progress in the champions league

Nope, not at all. Liverpool winning means that the FA Cup final will contain two teams that will qualify for the Europa League already. That means that the other Europa League spot goes down to 6th in the league, meaning that providing we finish top 6 (which is pretty much certain), we're in Europe.

The only thing Chelsea in the Champions League can do is stop us getting in the Champions League through the league, and to do that they have to win the thing (which is the most unlikely scenario for them).

Claiming Arsenal aren't a top/big club is bordering on delusiona. Arsenal will be challenging for the league next season, and when you consider we lost two world-class players last summer, that's nothing short of a miracle and a testament to the ability of our manager. Regarding your point about van Persie, you could say the same about Barcelona with Leo Messi, if they lost him they would be considerably weaker. I know it's not going to happen, but it's annoying when people make it seem as if it's a bad thing a club is reliant on a single individual.

Of course Barcelona are heavily reliant on Messi, but your squad is hardly amazing without Van Persie.