Quote Originally Posted by Trickytreesreds View Post
Stonewall? No it wasn't.
Lets be honest here, Newcastle didn't have one shot on target until they scored. they were piss poor. However, they are the Prem team so what is the excuse?
Romanis makes it sound like we salvaged it?
Considering the changes, they played much better, and 3-1 didn't flatter us.
However, we still haven't hit top gear yet and I don't believe we will, until October.

http://www.skysports.com/football/n-...wcastle/401659

Brereton.
Had the chance to talk this one through with some of the lads now.
In retrospect, it's better he's gone. Both for him and the club. Any player not happy, will rock the boat.
We didn't have to sell, he wasn't willing to fight for his place, so it says more about him than the club. Look at Cash right now. He's flying and is making a starting shirt his own. Yates is going out on loan to Rov Rum and knows he has a future here. This mentality will only do them some good. 95 Champs can say it tongue in cheek as much as he wants. But has Brereton gone to better club with a bigger future? No he hasn't.
£7M may turn out to be a bargain, or the biggest flop going for many years.
His hit rate was 1 in 6. Yes I wanted to see him fulfill his potential here, but he has to significantly improve on that to be a striker.
This was his home club and the pressure has never been on him here. Now it is and we will see what he is made of. BRFC will want a return on that cash asap, 1 goal in 6 won't cut it.
We can't complain, £7M for a player who cost sweet FA.
Karanka is building for the here and now, to wait for Brereton is a luxury we can't afford.

One for 61.
It must grate you a bit old timer, to see us keep turning out talent and sell them on for 100% profit.
Don't forget, there is better than Brereton coming through in Appiah and Gomis.
Well, that's the biggest U-turn I have ever seen. And 100% not what you where saying at first. Don't forget, its all here to read. And of course the racist rant you embarrassed yourself on our site, stating he would never be allowed to leave such a big club.

We stood our ground, and came back to offer the same amount you intitially turned down.
You are a good club. While I will say a lot in banter, you are.
You are extremely nieve if you think we are a nothing club going nowhere. Very nieve indeed.
You will eat those words, I will now make sure I remind you.
Nobody can tell what this lad will do. You would be silly to say either way.
What's ridiculous is you have gone from saying he was a gem to saying he is crap. I can only assume you have a child like mentality. No need to get all bitter, if he's crap, you would be glad to see the back of him right? So why didn't you just say that originally?

You are building for the here and now. That's fine. Lets see how you get on.

We are building for the future.

You cant say our way is wrong, your way is right? As you simply don't know.

From what I have seen with my own eyes, I know who I would prefer to be with as a professional footballer.
And we are above you for a reason. And this is not a side that is anywhere near finished.

I did tell you about Dack, you tried to laugh it off. But the fact remains, you WILL notice him more and more. You can be nieve, and pretend clubs like us do exist, are going places. But its a bit pathetic.

Good luck for the season, I really have enjoyed chatting to Romanis, what a decent knowledgeable fan he is.
We play you on my birthday, so I will bob back on to either gloat ....or take the flack!!