To celebrate promotion weekend

[Lee]

I look at what the papers said in August

Newcastle United:- With the season beginning this week Newcastle are without a new owner or a permanent manager. They’ve lost Sebastien Bassong, Obafemi Martins and Michael Owen this summer while bringing in not a single new face. Their head coach has taken charge of fewer than 15 matches as a manager, and yet bookies and pundits alike are tipping them for promotion at the first time of asking. Given how little progress the club has made over the summer, and the scarring the squad would have taken after relegation it’s unreasonable to expect automatic success. Hughton is not equipped as a manager to get the side even close to the top six, and in truth the squad is hardly in the best shape either. The fans for once might accept a mid-table finish, as they finally abandon their ridiculously ambitious demands.

Nope got that wrong....hopefully the guardian can get it right

Newcastle United

Caretaker manager Chris Hughton

One to watch Nile Ranger, 18

The club seemingly no one wants to own, manage or take a relegation-related pay-cut for. The supporters will remain loyal and their team is sure to draw crowds to every ground they visit. Unfortunately that may owe more to morbid curiosity than the talent on show.

Prediction Mid-table mediocrity

Hmmm maybe Soccer pie?

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Everyone must be tired of the story that Newcastle United are falling apart. In a desperate attempt to sell the club as soon as possible, owner and president Mike Ashley cfabricio-coloccini-001ompletely gave up his work in the team like hiring a full-time manager (Alan Shearer is on the waiting list) or signing some new players to boost the team in Championship campaign. Caretaker manager Chris Hughton ris working with a blindfold, as he doesn’t know if any of his players will be sold or appear on training. Precisely that is what happened with Obafemi Martins this season, who moved to Wolfsburg for 9 million pounds and his coach had no idea about it. Sebastian Bassong (Tottenham) followed the steps of Martins and Michael Owen (Manchester United) a while Habib Beye (Hull), Nicky Butt and Mark Viduka (Portsmouth) are at the door.

Not knowing which of the players will be at his disposal Hughton has nothing to hope for on the start of Championship season. This chaos will cost the club dearly, as even if someone buys the club, it will be too late to make up for what they missed in the meantime. This is definitely the season when popular Magpies, as a really serious English club will aim to survive, believe it or not. As the breaking news is that Ashley will trust the bench with David O’Leary, my message to them is: Get used to playing in Championship, as you won’t get out of it soon…

Tip: 15. place

So lads and lasses lets raise a glass to the mighty toon army!

 

[Tastycles]

They all said that Fulham would struggle thanks to European football

But even if they did do alright in the league, they wouldn't last in Europe, just ask these guys.

 

[Lee]

You missed Hull

 

[Tastycles]

All Bullard, who is just about the only player to have been booed all season at Craven Cottage. Just a measure of revenge.

 

[Luther_Hull]

Yeah well, they all said Hull would probably go down.

Oh, wait...

 

[Lee]

If Hull win today and pompey get beat potsmouth go down today

 

[Luther_Hull]

Yeah, but...

 

[Lee]

Yeah he knows a thing or two abut getting relegated :|

 

[Luther_Hull]

That's pretty much all he's good for. He's won over the majority of Hull fans already though, y'know by beating a weakened Fulham side. He's a footballing genius now.

 

[Tastycles]

I actually think he's a decent manager, but beating a weakened team that wins about once a season away isn't exactly the hardest thing to do.

 

[Luther_Hull]

I'm positive Phil Brown could have got exactly the same results.