Poll Poll: Will Newcastle go down this season?

[binomial]

Anyone else see it more of a possibility now than when the new owners came into play 3 weeks ago?

Battered at home to Spurs and Chelsea and barely getting a draw at Palace....playing terrible in all 3 games.

Still no news of a new manager coming in, odds still in Paulo Fonseca's favour.

What do people think?

I honestly think they will, no big name will want to go there in their situation right now.

Norwich are bankers.....then it's 2 between Newcastle Burnley and Watford.

 

[Modo]

Yeah Newcastle won't turn it around this season.

 

[MomoWASright]

It depends what they do in January. If they get 4 or 5 Origi/Gomez level signings then they’ll stay up.

That’s a big if. As some sensible posters have mentioned, they are going to struggle attracting top talent because it’s grim in the north east so recruiting players is going to be difficult. Mix that to a potential relegation battle, it’ll be hard.

 

[binomial]

Top players in Europe that never been to Newcastle wont know that. The reason they won’t go is because they’re winless in 10 games.

By the time the window comes around they’d need a miracle, they’re going to be 15 points adrift of safety way their going.

 

[MomoWASright]

Top players in Europe that never been to Newcastle wont know that. The reason they won’t go is because they’re winless in 10 games.

By the time the window comes around they’d need a miracle, they’re going to be 15 points adrift of safety way their going.

Have you heard of this thing called Google? I use it to find about things to do and what it’s like before going on holiday. Footballers wives will use it before moving house.

 

[binomial]

Have you heard of this thing called Google? I use it to find about things to do and what it’s like before going on holiday. Footballers wives will use it before moving house.

Think players are more concerned about how many 0's on the end of that payslip, who the other top players are at the club and what their ambitions are for the season rather than googling names of random Cities...they'd probably leave that to their agent to do anyway.

 

[MomoWASright]

Manchester clubs struggled getting players ahead of London clubs. Manchester is worlds apart from Newcastle. Players also care about Gucci, Louis Vuitton and shit. So do their wives. Have you not read any stories about players wives refusing to move to certain places?

 

[Brizzle]

If Leeds find form when Bamford is back then they are in serious trouble. I wonder if they'll start trying to get some loans in for the likes of Lingard, Sterling and others who aren't playing.

 

[Richey]

If Leeds find form when Bamford is back then they are in serious trouble. I wonder if they'll start trying to get some loans in for the likes of Lingard, Sterling and others who aren't playing.

Yes, that is very much their best bet in January. If they have a decent manager by then, as I suspect they will, and they get in a few decent Premier League players who want first team football then that should be enough to keep them up.

 

[Hyena]

It looks like Bielsa is going to singlehandedly save Newcastle.

 

[rurikbird]

It looks like Bielsa is going to singlehandedly save Newcastle.

Leeds won today, as did Burnley.

Other than Norwich, I don’t see a worse team than Newcastle in the Premier League currently. Watford and Saints have good, experienced managers and Villa have too much quality not to stay up.

 

[StevieM]

Newcastle are probably going to need 35+ Points from the remaining 28 games to stay up, which likely means at least avoiding defeat in roughly half their remaining games.

It’s an ask, but not impossible - and they’re going to want to start winning games soon - they’ll need to win about 10 and by the time the January window even opens... they’ll be down to 17 games left to save their Premier League status.

It really will depend on whether they can get a manager in now that will turn their fortunes round with that heap of shite squad (including the players we should be buying in a heartbeat).

I’m not sure some of the names they’ve been linked to are ideal choices to get them fighting to stay up.

Might actually be worth looking at Nuno if he gets the boot from Spurs - he might be better suited to getting more out of those Newcastle players than that pack of fannies he’s currently trying to coach.

But... in general... fuck Newcastle.

 

[Hyena]

Haha didn't think I'll see a season when I'll be cheering on Burnley to avoid the drop.... but here we are!

 

[Squiggles]

It depends what they do in January and their managerial appointment. I suspect they'll be smart enough to invest in an attempt to save a year wasted in the Championship and then another year establishing themselves in the Premier League.

It would be great to see them go down. I hope every team playing them raises their game as part of communal effort to get relegated.

 

[Brizzle]

It would be bloody marvellous if they do, the teams around them need to start winning to really pile on the pressure once the Jan window opens.

 

[jexykrodic]

Why does the poll not feature: 'I hope so' as a choice?

 

[binomial]

Why does the poll not feature: I hope so?

Because it was created after I'd had 1 too many shandy's.

 

[Brizzle]

Nuno to Newcastle?

 

[Hyena]

Nunocastle?

 

[rurikbird]

It depends what they do in January and their managerial appointment. I suspect they'll be smart enough to invest in an attempt to save a year wasted in the Championship and then another year establishing themselves in the Premier League.

It would be great to see them go down. I hope every team playing them raises their game as part of communal effort to get relegated.

The thing is, bringing in a bunch of expensive misfits from other clubs in January to save a club from relegation might not work - in fact it could speed up their slide into the abyss. The likes of Coutinho and Dembele would be the worst possible buys for a relegation scrap, this will be like Fulham a few years ago when they went down meekly after heavily investing in the likes of Jean-Michael Seri, Anguissa, Schurrle, Ryan Babel and even Markovic, I think. Their best bet is probably someone like Fat Sam or… Steve Bruce.

 

[mom]

Run this thread again post Jan after they’ve piled a ton into new players. They won’t go down. No way.

 

[mom]

The thing is, bringing in a bunch of expensive misfits from other clubs in January to save a club from relegation might not work - in fact it could speed up their slide into the abyss. The likes of Coutinho and Dembele would be the worst possible buys for a relegation scrap, this will be like Fulham a few years ago when they went down meekly after heavily investing in the likes of Jean-Michael Seri, Anguissa, Schurrle, Ryan Babel and even Markovic, I think. Their best bet is probably someone like Fat Sam or… Steve Bruce.

I see where you’re coming from, but that club is now mega loaded. I’d be surprised if they don’t spend hard and get in real quality. Not easy when they are where they are, but dangle a big enough carrot and players will come.

 

[peekay]

The thing is, bringing in a bunch of expensive misfits from other clubs in January to save a club from relegation might not work - in fact it could speed up their slide into the abyss. The likes of Coutinho and Dembele would be the worst possible buys for a relegation scrap, this will be like Fulham a few years ago when they went down meekly after heavily investing in the likes of Jean-Michael Seri, Anguissa, Schurrle, Ryan Babel and even Markovic, I think. Their best bet is probably someone like Fat Sam or… Steve Bruce.

There are premier league players who are approaching the end of their contract whom they could target - Origi, Tarkowski, Lingard, Cantwell, Azpiliceuta, Christensen, Sigurdsson, Gross, Nketiah. Add that to Wilson, ASM, Dubravka and a competent manager - that could be enough quality to keep them off the bottom three.

 

[ctlovesred]

Are these the players they would want for the following couple of years though? Maybe offer them obscene wages on short contracts.

 

[peekay]

Are these the players they would want for the following couple of years though? Maybe offer them obscene wages on short contracts.

I would say the immediate aim of Newcastle would be to avoid relegation this season and then within a season or two consolidate themselves as a midtable or the lower end of the top half of the premier league. I feel the players I pointed out could help them achieve that. Once they have done that, they can use that base to go after better quality players.

 

[ctlovesred]

True. And add in a million pound bonus for each player if they stay up.

 

[Halmeister]

There are premier league players who are approaching the end of their contract whom they could target - Origi, Tarkowski, Lingard, Cantwell, Azpiliceuta, Christensen, Sigurdsson, Gross, Nketiah. Add that to Wilson, ASM, Dubravka and a competent manager - that could be enough quality to keep them off the bottom three.

Don't forget the generational talent, Ryan Fraser

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I can't see how a team containing Lascelles, Lewis, Fraser, Almiron, Willock, Wilson and Maximin could go down.

 

[Hyena]

Run this thread again post Jan after they’ve piled a ton into new players. They won’t go down. No way.

Who is going to join a relegation bound side in January?

 

[mom]

Anyone wanting an enormous salary. Let’s wait and see in jan. they won’t get mbappe, but I’m sure they’ll get enough talent in to stay up.