Nothing To Play For
Lack of ambition leaves Newcastle in crisis once again
as summer out-flux becomes increasingly plausible.
After another regrettable and
forgettable January, the fans of
Newcastle United yet again have
half a season to look forward to
with absolutely nothing to play
for.
!
Whilst it is obvious we should
remain theoretically ‘thankful’ for
not being amongst the struggling
clubs enduring half a season of
doubt about our Premiership
survival, for most it is the
seemingly never-ending
depression this club is caught
within that is the most worrying,
and it has no signs of coming to an
end under current ownership.
!
It still remains painfully clear that
with even marginal investment,
continuity and ambition it could
have been a totally different story
for the North-East’s sleeping
giants- out of all competitions,
comfortably mid-table and without
one of our lynchpin players yet
again it is all too
despairingly familiar.
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It is all well and good keeping
Pardew in charge as a statement
of long-term intent and stability,
but selling our best players, and
not replacing them, is just as
destabilizing as changing
manager every 6 months.
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Some of the stand-out names to
have changed clubs in January
included Juan Mata, Nemanja
Matic, Newcastle long-term
target Kurt Zouma, Nikici
Jelavic and Shane Long and
whilst a number of teams did not
strengthen at all during the
window for good reason, when
Yohan Cabaye was announced to
have been leaving Newcastle
mere days before the end of the
window alarm bells were
rightfully ringing for many.
With the deal said to have been
in place for Cabaye to leave in
January for en extended period
of time and perhaps even from
the end of summer, the club
were happy to disregard a clear
need to replace one of our
consistent performers not only of the
season, but of any successful recent
period, and leave a massive hole in a
weakened team who is now presently
finding it impossible to bring
anything