Newcastle, Constants, and City

[The Voice of the Thorpe Area 0]

So down went the toon. Watching MOTD last night, I couldn''t help thinking that the BBC were showing Norwich, except they were in Black and White shirts.

The similarities between the 2 clubs have been pointed out by many over the past few days, so I shalln''t repeat the majority of them.

However, the relegation of Newcastle, Middlesborough and that of ourselves, Southampton and Charlton points at a glaringly obvious fact- that no-one in football is ammune from relegation. The reason? It lies at boardroom level. All 4 clubs, along with many more who have suffered the same fate''s over the years, are guilty of long-term mis-management of football clubs. The squandaring of funds, the shocking managerial decisions (to either sack, not to sack, or who they appointed), lack of ambition, etc. All of these are common factors in the failures of these clubs.

So how to fix these problems?

There always tends to be a ''constant''- someone or something who, no matter what else changed, was always there, overseeing the failure.

• Southampton failed to re-invest and sacked manager after manager- the constant? Rupert Lowe.
• Newcastle wasted ridiculous amounts of money, made some shocking managerial decisons, had constant boardroom unrest- the constant? Mike Ashley. There are many, many more examples to name.

So we come to Delia Smith and NCFC. Like Mike Ashley, no-one can accuse her of not investing vast sums of her own personal fortune into the football club. But the decisions that have been made have been made while she has been in charge- she is the constant.

If yesterday''s events in the Premier League have taught us anything, it''s that leadership at boardroom level needs to be strong for a club to succeed. Newcastle are an inflated version of us in terms of their great fanbase. If both clubs are to make it back to where they should be- they both need to remove those responsible for these failings at boardroom level.

 

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="The Voice of the Thorpe Area"]Southampton failed to re-invest and sacked manager after manager- the constant? Rupert Lowe.[/quote]Lowe was ousted by Michael Wilde, replaced by Leon Crouch who was replaced by, wait for it, Lowe and Wilde. Hardly constant is it?

[drurys dodgy knee 0]

there a several similarities between norwich and newcastle

both have ''fans'' as owners

both have made a string of bad management decisions (whether appointing the wrong man or getting rid too soon (referring to big sam))

both appointed ''legends'' as managers

both got relegated without a fight on the last day

[The Voice of the Thorpe Area 0]

[quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="The Voice of the Thorpe Area"]Southampton failed to re-invest and sacked manager after manager- the constant? Rupert Lowe.[/quote]Lowe was ousted by Michael Wilde, replaced by Leon Crouch who was replaced by, wait for it, Lowe and Wilde. Hardly constant is it?[/quote]

Lowe was in charge of their relegation from the Premiership and the Championship.

[William Darby 0]

[quote user="The Voice of the Thorpe Area"]

There always tends to be a ''constant''- someone or something who, no matter what else changed, was always there.

 

[/quote]I think you''ve been watching too much ''Lost''

[Lambo 0]

After seeing the rescue mission Sam Allardici (still one of my favourite post match comments ever by a manager) performed at Blackburn this season the Newcastle fan''s must be doubly gutted, even when Keegan took over they finished lower then Big sam left em.

[|BA 0]

How did any of those clubs show a lack of ambition?

[I am a Banana 0]

norwich and newcastle have done the same of late, just different size clubs!