The phrase “I’d drive him to his next club” is currently a mantra on Championship message boards as fans hope their clubs will offload unwanted stars before the Autumn Equinox. Certainly overpaid and without question over here, it’s possible that quite a few of these miscreants are oversexed as well – only without the bonus of coming to our assistance in wartime like the GIs who originally provoked the phrase. Stephen Hunt’s departure to Hull – his garb would have fitted in well in the Only Fools and Horses episode featuring that city – will be a relief to most…
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What lies ahead?
Taken from the quite brilliant Black & White & Read All Over, the following homespun assessment of the Championship’s most high-profile club paints a less than salubrious picture of the summer’s goings-on at St James’s. For what it’s worth, I think that it’ll get worse before it gets better…Back in May, with our Premier League dream in tatters, I set out what I thought needed to happen to stabilise the ship and give us the best chance of returning to the top flight at the first available opportunity.To briefly summarise:1. We needed a new broom to instigate root-and-branch reform.2. We…
Tales of Two Magpies
Championship related activity has been on the increase over the past week and although friendlies are as sure fire a way of divining what the season won’t bring as anything, two results at the weekend nevertheless stood out. First came, multi-million spending Nottingham Forest’s 2-1 tumble to their Trentside neighbours County. Although Tricky Trees’ fans will remind us (yawn) that Derby are the real enemy, the presence of a large contingent of red shirted hordes in the away end might suggest otherwise. Of course the whole affair was presided over by a bespectacled gentleman from Scandinavia, unless the whole unlikely…
Primrose Nation
Are Newcastle United going to provide Barnum and Bailey style entertainment this coming season? Several indicators would appear to point to this. No manager yet and precious little news: the fog on the Tyne is a full blown pea souper at the moment. Opposing fans will be hoping that Fabricio Coloccini stays, but amid the uncertainty, the club have come up with a great way of keeping us all entertained by unveiling their new primrose away kit. I can’t really describe it any better than Ben on the superb blog Black & White and Read All Over.
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