IT'S NOT LOOKING VERY GOOD.

For years i have always said that if we get to the premiership we will survive and then kick on, but after recent results i am now fearing the worse, our last three home games should have brought us a minimum of five points, we couldn't have played the opposition at a better time, Southampton hadn't won in six games, Sunderland were bottom of the league and West Ham were there for the taking after their confidence had been shot to bits. We've ended up with ONE point, scored two goals and conceded seven, it's just about as bad as it gets from a football point of view. For me the entire blame lies at the feet of Malky Makay, just because he throws a couple of fist pumps to the fans doesn't make him excused for the football we have been dished up, this is HIS team/squad, he has spent over £35 million bringing together players who in general are not comfortable with the ball at their feet, Medel looks a shadow of the player who first came to the club and is certainly not worth £11 million we paid for him, Odemwingie looks totally out of his depth, Whittingham has become a liability and as for Cornelius, the least said the better, £8 million and £45k a week later he looks like a league one player. Malky was financially backed by the owner of that there is no doubt and now OGS has to try and turn things around in an unforgiving transfer window where players are vastly over priced,( but then we are used to that) good luck ole, you're going to need it.

Excellent post. I think Cornelius will come good too, he's a different option to what we have at the moment. Ole has his work cut out to change, what still is, a Championship squad. In all this Malky worked the press excellently and has gained the moral high ground because of the hatred of VT because of the red. But, he got enough money to build a team that could survive in the Prem but didn't. I think he was naive enough to think that we were good enough, this only shows how unxperienced he is at this level. If we do go down, the blame must go down to Malky for his poor teambuilding over the summer. If we stay up it will be adown to Ole! But MM took us up I here you say! The way he was backed by Tan it would have been a crime if he hadn't!

I don't think thats fair, and just a tad contradictory.

You are saying its Malkys squad so if you go down its his fault....but if you stay up then its down to Solskjaer? I actually think Malky would have kept you up, the football was dire but you weren't easy to beat, and thats key in this league.

Now? Im not so sure. Solskjaer is a good manager but too much money, too much upheaval and too much meddling for me - its going to be tricky.

Castro ---- he's a deluded arm chair fan from Scotland , go easy on the old fool .

Yourselves, Southampton and Sunderland turned the formbook on its head. All were by far the worst teams to visit the CCS but, the fighting spirit outweighed any class or quality, which would ordinarily get a win here-and that your Team was significantly lacking. So I call it a smash and grab raid. Wont be so lucky against top half teams.

so was it also malkys fault we beat man city, got a win away at fulham, drew with man utd, beat swansea etc. i certainly blame him for winning the league and that carling cup final appearance with a tiny squad. shocking

he actually signed 12 players..and inherited 15 who had represented our 1st team...........
over his time he signed 34..........only 6 of them started at newcastle..
34 players and ole has inherited a poor squad no two ways about this.

so was it also malkys fault we beat man city, got a win away at fulham, drew with man utd, beat swansea etc. i certainly blame him for winning the league and that carling cup final appearance with a tiny squad. shocking

he actually signed 12 players..and inherited 15 who had represented our 1st team...........
over his time he signed 34..........only 6 of them started at newcastle..
34 players and ole has inherited a poor squad no two ways about this.

Ole has inherited an utter shambles, no attack, a weak defence and poor quality midfielders. The blame has to be on Malky for a poor summer spend, I don't think he had the contacts to assemble a good enough squad to survive in the prem.

Very good post for me tan should have made the chop sooner give OGS time to change the style of football, Sunderland and palace where 9 and 10 points behind us looking like Certs for relegation now we look certain for relegation IMO

Sunderland made the decision soon enough to give poyet a chance and he has seriously turned round there chances of staying up, they may still go down but he's given them a fighting chance honeymoon is over at palace and still expect them to go down

For me going down at present is

Fulham
Palace and
US!

Signings need to gel quick this month but just don't think it will work we can write off this month now and we need to be in a better place football wise and player wise come next month which I see as a pivotal month in our survival chances

If we can beat 3/4 teams around us next month we have a chance if we take less I think we are finished

Ogs will bring in 6 players and turn it around

For years i have always said that if we get to the premiership we will survive and then kick on, but after recent results i am now fearing the worse, our last three home games should have brought us a minimum of five points, we couldn't have played the opposition at a better time, Southampton hadn't won in six games, Sunderland were bottom of the league and West Ham were there for the taking after their confidence had been shot to bits. We've ended up with ONE point, scored two goals and conceded seven, it's just about as bad as it gets from a football point of view. For me the entire blame lies at the feet of Malky Makay, just because he throws a couple of fist pumps to the fans doesn't make him excused for the football we have been dished up, this is HIS team/squad, he has spent over £35 million bringing together players who in general are not comfortable with the ball at their feet, Medel looks a shadow of the player who first came to the club and is certainly not worth £11 million we paid for him, Odemwingie looks totally out of his depth, Whittingham has become a liability and as for Cornelius, the least said the better, £8 million and £45k a week later he looks like a league one player. Malky was financially backed by the owner of that there is no doubt and now OGS has to try and turn things around in an unforgiving transfer window where players are vastly over priced,( but then we are used to that) good luck ole, you're going to need it.

Stop fekin moaning, grow a pair, man-up and get behind the team.

Ogs will bring in 6 players and turn it around

We have to admit we are right amongst it now, and with two Manchester away dates, we are not gonna get above the dotted line any time soon. Every point now is massive and it has to be about points rather than performances for the immediate future. We can't dwell on recent games, It's always about the next points available. Hope I'm wrong about the dotted line but I can't see it.