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      Newcastle

      Give them an established PL left back for buttons.
      rodders0223 in Other Football
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      Battle for top half finish

      But you have it wrong! I’m in the stadium, chanting my heart out. I deal with the transportation issues, the poor food/beverage services, the cramped smelly toilets and now apparently increasing season tickets prices 10% for some of us, my mom 32% increase for a 77 year old. I’m there supporting with all my heart and my wallet. I therefore then have a right to come on here to discuss my thoughts. I support 100% when it matters and then come on here to discuss. I put my money where my mouth is, do the hours of journey, chant my little heart out. I’m giving him a damn chance like many others. We are there in our masses, sell outs every game and thus we are allowed to raise concerns on this little forum outside of game time. This season has been poor from Smith to Gerrard both in terms of performances and points. We’ve had little spells that have made the difference points wise but slogging 22 points out of the last 19 games just sucks. Watching yesterday on a Sunday afternoon a poor performance. Leaving home at 11.30am and getting back at 6pm, and that was a nice sunny day. Some of the poor stuff we’ve seen this season from night games or poor weather, sometimes you think why bother but we turn up and support 100% like we’ve done for decades. So a little concerning comments on this forum is the least we should be allowed to comment on.
      nick76 in Villa Talk
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      Steven Gerrard

      Newcastle's form this season since January, that month named after Janus the two faced god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings, could work against them next season, as there will now be unrealistic expectations on their team, as as soon as their form levels drop of, which is bound to happen because they aren't going to keep their current form up going into next season and then carry it on, no matter who they sign, Howe's job will be under threat. The ironic thing about Newcastle is that the form they're in now is probably the best form they will have for a while, won't be repeated next season, so in a strange way it's set them up for disappointment, at least in relative short term. In some ways I'm kind of glad we haven't been on some sort of amazing run, as I wouldn't want a false perception of our team whereby we think we're better than we are and that leading us to not strengthening as much as we need in the summer.
      useless in Villa Talk
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      The now-enacted will of (some of) the people

      They were so focused on it being oven ready, they forgot to refrigerate it and it's just given us the shits.
      Davkaus in Off Topic
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      The now-enacted will of (some of) the people

      "I'm an optimist". Well, you'd have to be, wouldn't you.
      Davkaus in Off Topic
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      Steven Gerrard

      We definitely had it under our owners at the time they took over... A lot has gone on since then to dampen the effect, although I honestly wouldn't change our owners for anyone in the world. I'm sure it can go the other way if your owner isn't expected to spend every single penny they are permitted to by FFP, but that doesn't apply to Newcastle. Gerrard needs to hope our signings establish some belief, and work to spread a PMA during pre season. Big summer ahead for him
      MrBlack in Villa Talk
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      Paddy's "Things that cheer you up"

      For a while I was a member on a forum for a different team (had to stop once they eventually got to the top table) and the difference between their forum and VT was about 40 years.
      choffer in Off Topic
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      Battle for top half finish

      It is draining, I know it’s not ideal but as you said our start impacted our season as much as our bad patches under Gerrard. It just comes across as personal with some people, as I said I’ll happily wait till next season to really judge him with anything definitive just like I did with Smith. I think Bruce and McLeish were the only two I didn’t give much of a chance, mainly because of the bigger sample size of how they play plus the connection with blues.
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