Comments on: Newcastle United: The Writers’ Views - Part Two

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:43:18 +0000

I think Big Sam will plan to do well in the cups this season. He’s got a much better squad than at Bolton and more resources. He also knows that finishing 7th and winning a cup is enough to not only keep his job, but make him nearly unsackable for a while.I thnk Top 6 is the best we can hope for and try to catch spurs.
We need a whole new defence plus more, but it really depends who leaves.
Last season was a complete disaster and showed everything wrong about the club. Poor decision making, poor choices top down and ran by a pair of incompetant idiots.
I think with the Ashley funds and infrastrucutre we have the potential to beak into the top 4 in a couple of years.
I agreee a season without european footie will be a benefit. Europe has stretched our sqaud paper thin and probably accounted for a fair few injuries. Lets see how we can do without the extra games, i might ignite the fans passion for europe again, as we never filled our ground once in europe last season.

By: ChrisL

ChrisL — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:35:48 +0000

If I were a spurs fan, I would argue that it’s possibly a top five now after two years in 5th spot.

I think it’s important that we Toon fans don’t get carried away. There is a lot of work to be done to sort out our great club & personally I’ll be hoping for a top 8 finish. That may mean no Europe next season either, but what a place to build from the year after.

I have full faith in Sam.

By: Neil Flannery

Neil Flannery — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:58:04 +0000

I am positive about the future. I can see us finishing top 8 next time out then top 6 the year after, top 4 the year after, then challenging for the league. I hope in that period we can pick up a trophy like the FA Cup but I’m not sure we will be a great cup team under Sam. He seems to focus almost entirely on the league. If we get a quality rb, 2 cb’s, an lb and a dm, we may even progress sooner.