Re: The laughing stock of football

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:33 pm

Se7en wrote:What club is the laughing stock of football in your opinion? Please try to avoid just putting the rival team in there, instead make a post explaining your reasons to why you think so

In my opinion, Newcastle is the laughing stock of football. Why? It's run by egoistical chairmen (ashley and Shepherd), useless managers (Pardew lol, Sounness, Allardyce), history of expensive flops (Owen, Xisco etc) Dalglish tearing up one of the most talented Newcastle squads ever :lol:And Joe Kinnear even being assosciated with the club

So much lol and fails, it's like Newcastle is trying it's best to fail rather than succeed. No offense to Mole, that's just the way I view Newcastle right now.

Souness was just as bad as Dalglish tbh.... took the team that finished 3rd and led it to bottom half Laughing

At least Dalglish as much i hate to admit it had some positives.... cup final and some good signings like Solano and Given for example.

No coincidence that the only period of success we have had in last 20 years have been during the Keegan and Robson era's who coincidently are good managers.

Now we have Ashley who has no ambition at all so no manager with any sort of ambition will touch with a 6 ft long wooden stick.

Its a shame because we have enough good players to build a good platform to challenge for trophies and despite popular consensus we do have money ( top 20 in Deloitte list last year) but the management is awful and we continue to make awful decisions but yeah we are the Circus of the football world with Ashley being the ring leader and Pardew, Kinnear etc etc being the clowns.

by CBarca Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:34 pm

If Newcastle had Levy Shocked

by Lex Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:35 pm

McAgger wrote:So because our team is backing one of our players in a hard situation, we are the laughing stock of football.

No, but signing Downing for £20 million is pretty laughable

by Cruijf Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:35 pm

Toronto FC :coffee:

by McAgger Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:36 pm

Lex wrote:
McAgger wrote:So because our team is backing one of our players in a hard situation, we are the laughing stock of football.
No, but signing Downing for £20 million is pretty laughable

That pic Neil used has nothing to suggest the poor signings we've made. The only thing I'm pointing out tbf

by Lex Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:39 pm

The Suarez saga hasn't done Liverpool any favours either lol

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:41 pm

CBarca wrote:If Newcastle had Levy

Seven short years ago we were earning 30 million per year more than you.... now you earn 50m more with a smaller stadium and less gate receipts Laughing

Just a joke

by Raptorgunner Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:42 pm

B-Mac MUFC wrote:Millwall, Lazio, Palermo, QPR, Toronto FC

City

by B-Mac Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:43 pm

ACMRox wrote:Toronto FC

by Raptorgunner Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:46 pm

Why are we so bad? I swear it so embarrassing to watch them. Montreal, Vancouver are all better than us and they just came to the league.

by Doc Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:46 pm

Why Toronto FC? Real Madrid would have been quite high in the laughing stock area (for me) if it weren't for the fact they actually are capable of making obscene amounts of money (to spend happily unwisely).

by ioilersrock448 Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:47 pm

Good call on TFC, also Wolfsburg; let's buy everyone.

by McLewis Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:51 pm

Roma fan I may be, but I don't agree with seeing Lazio in this thread. Their fans are a disgrace, but nothing new there. The club itself is fine. They just won a Coppa Italia after all so that has to count for something and they are consistently in Europe, while also taking that seriously. Their only problem last season was a lack of depth.

If anything, it should probably be Roma being mentioned more than them. We have very little to show for our new look the past couple of years. The football is fun, we now have bigger deals, lucarative partnerships and better appeal outside of Italy than ever before, but the results on the pitch have left a lot to be desired. I certainly don't think we're a laughing stock, but I'm surprised Roma have not been mentioned more.

by RealGunner Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:52 pm

by schrutebucks Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:27 pm

The two members of the biggest rivalry in the league DC United and NYRB both deserve lulz right now...DCU because of the club's current standing, NYRB because they're named after an energy drink and have won as many trophies as NYCFC thus far despite the excess of cash they've spent on DPs over the years.

by Gil Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:35 pm

Definitely Liverpool. Joke club.

by DeletedUser#1 Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:36 pm

If being the 4th most successful club in Europe makes you a laughing stock, then I'm all for being a laughing stock Smile

by Gil Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:37 pm

Liverpool

by schrutebucks Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:39 pm

McLewis wrote:Their fans are a disgrace, but nothing new there.

Pot meet kettle. No disrespect, just my $.02.

by VanDeezNuts Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:39 pm

literally every club has something hilarious their rivals usually bring up.

by DeletedUser#1 Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:40 pm

Gil wrote:Liverpool

5 times more CLs than Chelsea

4.5 times more league titles than Chelsea

Rape Chelsea in head-to-head fixtures on regular basis.

go back to bullying west London thugs Gil Laughing

by Gil Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:43 pm

Natalie Portman wrote:
Gil wrote:Liverpool

5 times more CLs than Chelsea

4.5 times more league titles than Chelsea

Rape Chelsea in head-to-head fixtures on regular basis.

go back to bullying west London thugs Gil

And despite all that you've let Man City, Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham overtake you. Laughing

by DeletedUser#1 Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:44 pm

Back on TOPIC, it's definitely Newcastle.
Just because they have a large stadium, they have this illusion that they are a big club, yet their history and trophy cabinet doesn't show a thing that backs it up.
Graham Carr is by far the most over-rated person on earth, whom some believe is the second coming of scouts, whereas not many of his various purchases have been a DEFINITE success.

Mole for example. I used to stalk him on NUFC forums before signing up. At the end of January, he was saying he's positive that with their new bargain French recruits they have a good chance of overtaking Liverpool and securing a top 8 spot Laughing

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:45 pm

Tbf raping Chelsea and having more leagues than them is not much of an achievement :coffee:

Spoiler:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:47 pm

Natalie Portman wrote:Back on TOPIC, it's definitely Newcastle.
Just because they have a large stadium, they have this illusion that they are a big club, yet their history and trophy cabinet doesn't show a thing that backs it up.
Graham Carr is by far the most over-rated person on earth, whom some believe is the second coming of scouts, whereas not many of his various purchases have been a DEFINITE success.

Mole for example. I used to stalk him on NUFC forums before signing up. At the end of January, he was saying he's positive that with their new bargain French recruits they have a good chance of overtaking Liverpool and securing a top 8 spot

Errr no we don't.....

Also all of Carr's major signings have been good its not the players fault they instructed by an idiot of an manager.

Also don't lie to the people i never said that at any stage.

by Uncanny Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:49 pm

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