Depleted Newcastle United Squad

We now have just 17 players (and one of them isnt ours !!!!)
With all the players that have left and no new players signed the complete list of who we have left is below. Figure is amount of games played for Newcastle

153 S Amoebi
143 S Taylor (Target for Everton now Lescott is gone)
139 N Butt
121 S Harper
053 J Enrique
042 F Colloccini
038 Geremi
038 A Smith
029 J Guiterrez
027 J Barton
025 D Guthrie
014 K Nolan
012 R Taylor
010 A Carroll
004 Xisco
002 D Simpson (On Loan from Man Utd)
001 T Krul


Players that have left in the last 12 months
12m J Milner
9.0m O Martins
8.0m S Given
6.0m S Bassong
6.0m C N'Zogbia (Ryan Taylor included in deal)
4.0m D Duff
2.5m H Beye
2.2m A Faye

As well as those we also have the likes of Owen and Viduka off the wage bill so wheres the bloody money. Now news breaking that Lambias (chairman and number 1 lackey of Mike Ashley streaked after the Reading game. Yup an old businessman got bollock naked and ran across the pitch. Someone leaked it to the press who enquired and were met with rebuff and an official club statement saying it was rubbish. When said journo claimed he had proof there was an almighty turn around saying misunderstanding etc.

MA and DL are killing the club , either they really are that dosile. they are closet mackems or (and very unlikely but nothing would surprise me anymore) the rumours of MA getting a slap years ago outside of White Hart Lane by a Geordie.

Whilst not a sell out we still had 44,000 against Reading to watch a depleted team led by an inexperienced coach (who only found out David Edgar had signed for Burnley when he seen him on television being paraded !!!) and a twat of an owner. Note that is 4000 more than were at Sunderland the night before for the visit of Chelsea.

Holding our own in this league but if a couple more sales before the window slams shut will leave us proper fucked. Once the winter injuries start we will struggle to list a squad. Could well see the day when all the subs are all reserves who have never started a game for Newcastle.

Its never boring at St James Park. If no one hurries up and buys the club i might put an offer in myself. Don't need cash just mortgage the ground and training facilities. Worked for the Glaziers.

Recent Poker - Cashing is easy . Hitting big bucks is impossible :
This weeks games on stars
705 of 8,435 ($020) $3 rebuy $50k gtd
223 of 3,600 ($018) $5 F.O $12k gtd
150 of 2,100 ($008) $1 rebuy
050 of 3,600 ($031) $5 F.O $12k gtd
039 of 2,114 ($015) $1 rebuy
022 of 6,060 ($147) $3 rebuy $50k gtd


Althought tbf just hitting mammoth field form just in time for the wcoop.
Just gotta qualify for them :)

Next post is the Gatsby awards so as ever suggestions for nominations welcome
Good luck all and thanks as ever for reading.
Paul

Hitting The Bar

But at least Newcastle United arent :)

Played 1 game Thursday and 1 on Friday. Got in from Fat club on the Thursday (lost 4 lbs) and even walked home too (a good 1.5 miles imo) got in and didnt fancy the pub so settled down and fired up stars for the $3 rebuy $50k gtd (7.15pm start)

Good points
getting deep - finished 22nd of 6,060
enjoyed the game
won $147

bad points
so near but so far
took 6.5 hours to bust
nearly 9k short of what winner got
couldnt break the million chips again (920k was the peak)


Tried again the following night but this time played the 3,600 runner $5 freezeout ($12k gtd) pretty much the same as above finishing 50th of 3600. Would be nice to finally hit a FT but its coming and the break from online poker has got me keen again.

Newcastle are now top of the championship (ok joint top , ok second) after 3 wins on the trot. Forget how many mackems said to me a few weeks with games against WBA, Reading, Sheff Wed and Palace we were nailed on to be bottom. I think not !!!!

The Championship is definately the way forward. Confident players scoring goals, playing as a team and enjoying themselves. Hopefully we can just stay there as the Premiership is fucked.
The top 4 are pretty much set in stone. Man City might break it with the cash but no one else got a prayer. After that 5th - 7th is Uefa Cup but no English team wants to play. They all want to qualify but once they get there they chuck it by playing the kids.

So you have 3 sides trying to win the league
5 sides trying to get top 4
15 sides trying to finish between 8th and 17th
The imaginary thin line between the layers of the premiership is widening so we may as well stay in the Championship wait until everyone else goes bankrupt and then take our place in 5-10 years time :)

Still no full time manager there and arguing with a Newcastle hater at work i said we would one day have a big name again as no one rivals us for big name managers. Has any other club in England been managed by......


2 World Cup Winners (Charlton and Ardiles)
3 European Footballers Of The Year (Keegan, Dalglish , Gullit - Nearly 4 as Shearer was 3rd in 1996 and of course Souness was unlucky to not win despite winning the European Cup 3 times)
1 Greatest Managerial Legend (Sir Bobby Robson)


Apparantly there is an announcement on the clubs future on Monday at 5pm. Prob nothing special. Hope im wrong but Ashley seems convinced to destroy the club and maybe those rumours are true of him supposedly getting slapped at a Spurs vs Newcastle game years ago.

As we approach the end of the month. It will soon be time for the Gatsby awards. So let me know if anyone worthy of one. Done something special online. Hammered the field on the felt.
Let me know. Right thats it for now. Match of the day time.,

Thanks as ever for reading and good luck
Paul

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Newcastle win , Shola gets a hat trick

I only need to get off with Girls Aloud for the treble (ok well just Kimberley and maybe the Ginger one for the craic) Coz god knows the price of the first 2 would be massive.

Martins , Bassong, Beye have been sold with Duff just about gone and maybe Stephen Taylor going to Everton. Thats on top of Owen, Viduka leaving on frees and of course the likes of Given, Milner and N'Zogbia leaving during the relegation season. There is no new players being bought so its loan deals and reserves till something is sorted out.

Still a weaker team seemed to play with confidence and a smile on their face and Reading were easily took apart. No online gambling at the moment as i like to see how the footy pans out in August. QPR would have let me down surely last week and if im honest i would have probably had Aston Villa on the coupon today. I might have had a couple of first goal scorers though as i normally follow my fantasy football team and a good start with Shawcross and Drogba netting.
But someone once warned me to stay off footy betting in August and May (too many still in beach mode on the former and too many with sod all to play for in the latter)

I've hardly played any poker lately as either been out, been working weird hours or just not fancied it. Im prob going to play a couple on Sunday evening so no doubt a post soon about some badbeat after 6 hours that meant i won 3 quid instead 3 million. Well you never know.

In fact the only poker ive played recently has been live. Well half a game anyways as was totally hammered which aint big and aint clever kids. The dieting been going a bit slow and too much like a rollercoaster and i aint got the time or willpower to do it alone so decide to return to WeightWatchers. Because i want to do it properly i work out what points im allowed.
(so many a day - upto you whether you have 1 pizza or 60 apples etc but they say vary it and keep it reasonably healthy and the junk is a treat not a daily necessity)

Anyways because im going to have a decent drink at the pub poker i decide not to eat anything during the day. In hindsight not the smartest thing ever. Anyways im on the felt, the vodkas and cokes are flowing. I get dealt AA early - make quads but no one falls for the trap , although to be fair its hard for anyone else to get a hand on a board that reads A A K 7 4 as ive got the two bullets and apparantly we played without the King of diamonds for the first couple of levels !!!

Anyways never mind. i rebuy 10 mins later when JJ busted by AQ. I then get a little card rush in the next level and have JJ and QQ and both hold up. Also show a nice bluff with 52 to try and change table image or maybe it was the drink kicking in. There is a break and a chance to add on. I do that then hit the wine. Big mistake. Healthy chance of cashing becomes instant tournament over. Got too pissed so need to stick to pop next time if im still welcome to play. Maybe i should wrap it anyways and play my poker online.

Friday night was a duly quiet one with the hangover from hell. Saturday i worked and then went out for the match. Even stuck to orange and tonic water so i wasnt pissed. Shola did really score a hattrick !!!!

To wrap up for the night a warning to any facebookers out there. The story is available here
but the offending profile info is below....

Such a fitting quote

Goodbye To A True Legend

Defied advice and turned up at St James last Sunday to attend his charity match in person because he didnt want to let anyone down. He got to see 1 more game and recieve the adulation and ovations that he richly deserved. RIP Sir Bobby
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Website Of The Month

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THE SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION

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Live Poker Performance Of The Month - James Akenhead
Online Poker Performance Of The Month - Soap
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Other Usual Awards back in August