Big 4 now the Big 5?

Chong Warrior · 23 Jul 2007 at 23:43

sandy10 said:
Well, what have Spurs won POST premiership and champions league?

Please enlighten us.

Even though during this period it's one of Spurs lowest in their history and highest in Newcastle's history.... still more than Newcastle!!!!!

red11 · 23 Jul 2007 at 23:46

lemonkettaz said:
Nobody likes newcastle.. and newcastle fans...

we need to stick up for ourselves

I like Newcastle and Newcastle fans.

Howay the lads!! Anyone fancy a bottle of Newcastle Ale? But seriously, I do like them and I know plenty of Newcastle fans I can joke around with and they do the same with me.

sandy10 · 23 Jul 2007 at 23:46

Chong Warrior said:
Even though during this period it's one of Spurs lowest in their history and highest in Newcastle's history.... still more than Newcastle!!!!!

Save that for the Newcastle fans then.

Chong Warrior · 23 Jul 2007 at 23:46

lemonkettaz said:
Nobody likes newcastle..

Actually you're wrong. I love the way Newcastle used to play football, especially under Keegan.... the loon of the toon

lemonkettaz said:
and newcastle fans...

Hmmm, work with a geordie and he's mad Newcastle. He's cool, infact most are and probably all are in the pub. Internet forums seem to bring the very worst out in you lot more than most though for some reason.

lemonkettaz · 23 Jul 2007 at 23:49

I think its safe to say internet forums bring out the worst in any hobbie/interest/discussion sometimes.

Every team has their flaming fanboys trolling the net spamming

All i can do is agree that Newcastle and Spurs have good potential in the following season

Chong Warrior · 23 Jul 2007 at 23:56

lemonkettaz said:
I think its safe to say internet forums bring out the worst in any hobbie/interest/discussion sometimes.

Every team has their flaming fanboys trolling the net spamming

All i can do is agree that Newcastle and Spurs have good potential in the following season

Agreed on all points

NokkonWud · 24 Jul 2007 at 01:52

lemonkettaz said:
Nobody likes newcastle.. and newcastle fans...

we need to stick up for ourselves

I was under the impression everyone bar Middlesbrough liked Newcastle?

BaZ87 · 24 Jul 2007 at 01:54

NokkonWud said:
I was under the impression everyone bar Middlesbrough liked Newcastle?

Me too, i would want Newcastle to win any final (shame they can't get to any

) unless it was against Liverpool obviously.

Chong Warrior · 24 Jul 2007 at 01:57

NokkonWud said:
I was under the impression everyone bar Middlesbrough liked Newcastle?

BaZ87 said:
Me too, i would want Newcastle to win any final (shame they can't get to any ) unless it was against Liverpool obviously.

As much as I like them, they're easy to like as a 2nd team, there's something amusing about such an obviously big club having won $@%& all for something like 500 years... go on admit it

weringo · 24 Jul 2007 at 01:57

lemonkettaz said:
Nobody likes newcastle.. and newcastle fans...

we need to stick up for ourselves

I like Newcastle fans! My dad is one. I just love their optimism season after season

BaZ87 · 24 Jul 2007 at 01:58

Chong Warrior said:
As much as I like them, they're easy to like as a 2nd team, there's something amusing about such an obviously big club having won $@%& all for something like 500 years... go on admit it

Of course its that

. Its that British thing of supporting the under-dog.

NokkonWud · 24 Jul 2007 at 02:01

I believe it all stems from their 96/97(?) season where they finished 2nd but played the best football in the league by attacking constantly with the motto 'We'll score more than you'. I'd say it wasn't too dissimilar from the style Man Utd played last season.

NokkonWud · 24 Jul 2007 at 02:02

weringo said:
I like Newcastle fans! My dad is one. I just love their optimism season after season

Indeed, it's very much the blind leading the blind every season

. I think big things will happen over the next 5 years for them though,

BaZ87 · 24 Jul 2007 at 02:06

NokkonWud said:
I believe it all stems from their 96/97(?) season where they finished 2nd but played the best football in the league by attacking constantly with the motto 'We'll score more than you'. I'd say it wasn't too dissimilar from the style Man Utd played last season.

Can't believe they were 12 points clear at one point and blew it. The 4-3 vs Liverpool that year is undoubtedly the best EPL game there's been; not just the drama but the standard of attacking football that year, possibly the best attacking sides in the league that year (don't think you can usually say that there have been 2 better attacking sides, than Utd, in an EPL year, but that was 1).

NokkonWud · 24 Jul 2007 at 02:07

Scary thing is, the other 4-3 is probably the second best

.
And befitting of this thread, Man Utd's 5-3 comeback over Spurs is also up there for me.

BaZ87 · 24 Jul 2007 at 02:11

NokkonWud said:
Scary thing is, the other 4-3 is probably the second best

The 2nd 4-3 only had the drama not the football to go with it, we battered them then tried our best to throw it away in the last 10, only for Robbie to save us.

lemonkettaz · 24 Jul 2007 at 02:12

We have given the premiership some entertaining stuff...

those few seasons with Keegan was awesome time... as a wee kiddo its what made me find football as a good sport

i remember listening to the 4-3 game on the radio... lol, was epic.

Its a shame we got nothing for our efforts... and yeh i agree that man utd last season was like how we came 2nd... just score a shed load of goals. thats why probably man utd were actually liked last year... i enjoyed watching man utd last season more than any other team...probably more than watching newcastle because i knew there was no pressure or stress involved

But those days are gone... after we done nothing since bobby got us a bit light headed at 3rd...

Surely sam can do something, sam and the whole new regime going on.. i think surely this year more than most a sense of optimism is justified

Bigpig · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:13

A survey by European Football Statistics shows the top 20 Most Succesful teams in the last decade. Among those teams are English clubs Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Newcastle, once and for all defining the best teams of the past ten years.

The list is as follows:

Team / Points
1. Real Madrid 192
2. Barcelona 182
3. Manchester United 177.5
4. Bayern Munich 169.5
5. AC Milan 155
6. Valencia CF 148.5
7. Inter Milan 148
8. Liverpool 145.5
9. Arsenal 145
10. Chelsea 136.5
11. Olympique Lyon 133
12. Juventus 132.5
13. FC Porto 130
14. PSV Eindhoven 116.5
15. Lazio 111
16. Parma 108
17. AS Roma 106
18. Galatasaray 95.5
19. Newcastle United 95
20. Dynamo Kiev 94.5

http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-27798.html

Granted we have been poor the past few years but that was down to Fatfred dodgy dealings. We showen what we can do with good managers like KK and Bobby with our money and pulling power. Even spurs superstriker has stated in the past that he would love to ply for Newcastle in the number 9 shirt

red11 · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:16

lemonkettaz said:
probably more than watching newcastle because i knew there was no pressure or stress involved

I love watching those types of games, the ones were you are not really attached to either team and you can just enjoy the game without swearing or throwing something across the room.

BaZ87 · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:19

Bigpig said:
A survey by European Football Statistics shows the top 20 Most Succesful teams in the last decade. Among those teams are English clubs Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Newcastle, once and for all defining the best teams of the past ten years.

But nobody is going to remember Newcastle for coming 2nd though, are they?

And there performances over the last 10 years (especially as the last 5 years they've done nothing) isn't a real method of judging how they will perform next year.