ha ha cameron come on thought you had broader shoulders­ and thicker skin than that.I was merely making a valid­ comment that I don't think the reality has set in­ yet i.e the pill has not been swallowed, this is­ indicated by your bizarre statement that NUFC will be­ on tv more than us,truely bizarre.You might get some­ highlights on a weekend on 'The Championship'­ but sky will not touch you with a barge pole,hence the­ need for a parachute payment.Loss in revenue is­ estimated at £50 mill for NUFC next season

elephanstone grammer check derby games is small­ 'd' only a capital when it's Derby town,ha­ ha I to can split hairs.Think you're­ wrong,we'll improve next season,NUFC may have to­ consolidate and come up the following season.Stokoe­ played nearly 3oo games for the Mags,guess what,we­ don't give a flying@#$%,we don't care about­ Bruce's misguided youth either.

nellie the elephant so ur looking forward to­ championship derbys next in 2010 so u don't think­ u'll gain promotion next season and as for ur 52000­ crowds we shall see next season just how loyal ur fans­ are i expect u'll average around 40,000 no where­ near the 52000 u expect.All u newcastle fans have to­ throw at us is "u will not survive next­ season" when we got so much ammo to throw at u a­ badly run club with massive wage bill no leadership for­ sale to the lowest bidder heading for very tough times­ and worrying that they might do a leeds

jack torrance.. quote:premiership one is I'm afraid­ saddley ignorant of­ the situation you will find­ yourselves in next­ sea... It is simply: Sadly... Spell­ Check!
Secondly, I admire your faith in SAFC as they­ attempt to survive in the Premiership alone.. They will­ not survive, not with the BIG Managerial signing of­ Steve 'NUFC Fan' Bruce.. Look at his record­ Mate (Marra!).. Huddersfield, Sheffield, Wigan (twice),­ Crystal Palace, and a whole host of 'Cash­ Lucrative' positions.. none ever fully committed..­ either through failure, links with other clubs, OR more­ salient ..MONEY! He is a big, fat, flat-nosed­ Money-Grabbing Un-Successful Football Manager... I­ look forward to our Championship Tyne-Wear Derbys!..­ Where we will still manage to get 52,000 (Skunks) Arses­ on seats.. 51,999, If I have to work away!!

Tony K and Cameron
The banter has been a laugh. I am­ sure you will continue to remind us about how bad we­ can sometimes play when we lose a match next season.

cameron i know many fans boycotted but it still­ wasn't full as tony is implying and i know u've­ got great support but unless ur up at the top of the­ championship it won't be full next yr either

oh and heslop, the stadium wasn't full because many­ fans boycotted - as if that was any help!

jack, the nutter's back!
check out, the NUFC pages­ - 'Premier League - Toon fans demand­ influence'
He's having a right old pop at me;­ he's in the huff 'cause i've been ignoring­ him since last week!
The lad is seriously mad!

tony k just looked at ur gates for last season and u­ didn't hardly have a full stadium for any game i­ know u had bigger crowds than us but to say u had a­ full stadium is far from the truth

cameron don't think this was worst squad u've­ had ability wise just think that lack of leadership­ contributed to them not playing to their potentials and­ i include shearer in that he got 100k a game and took 5­ games to work out that 4 4 2 was ur best formation when­ all year long on motd he kept saying newcastle must­ play 4 4 2

jack how can it possibly be 'normal service';­ you've been relegated from the EPL THREE TIMES­ man!
And your comment about me and a 'bitter­ pill'; very, very harsh jack as i think, on­ reflection, you know yourself!

Cameron this is "normal service" now.The­ harsh reality of the situation has not sank in yet,not­ fully.No more top players,no more capacity crowds,­ vastly reduced tv appearances and therefore cash.To­ think a championship team will get more coverage than a­ premiership one is I'm afraid saddley ignorant of­ the situation you will find yourselves in next­ season.Unless sky sees the novelty value of you playing­ us in the FA cup or setanta is pushed for a game on a­ monday night,you will have to go to SJP to see your­ team,they will be treat like second hand goods by sky­ I'm afraid.I know this hurts,I've been­ there,but Newcastle V Preston Northend is only of any­ interest to people who live in those 2 areas.Whereas­ when we play Man Utd 1/2 the world that has electricity­ will be watching,it's really as simple as that.You­ and Tony have a pretty bitter pill to swallow,I think­ it's still stuck in your throats at the moment.

I TOLD YOU THE POPE HAD MORE CHANCE OF GETTING THE­ SUNDERLAND JOB.
I ONLY HOPE THAT THE RIGHT MAN WILL BE­ IN PLACE TO TAKE US TO A
HIGHER PLACE IN THE PREM.

Tony, let them have their moment; after all, they have­ waited an entire generation for it.
Within 5 years,­ normal service will be resumed.
They seem to forget,­ because they've been more interested in the goings­ on at SJP, that they have an apalling squad of players.­ Regardless of how bad NUFC was, and it was truly­ shocking, it says little for an safc squad that­ survived on a derisory 36 points, a mere 2 points ahead­ of arguably the worst NUFC squad in history!
safc hold­ the 2nd worst ever points total in the EPL, been­ relegated 3 times - honestly, you ain't got nothing­ to be proud of. Bruce, the Geordie, has a monumental­ task on his hands.
As for that plug who said it was­ safc's 4 points that got us relegated; what a silly­ thing to say!
Personally, i thought it was the 6 points­ liverpool took off us, or the 6 points that chelsea­ took off us, or the 6 points that arsenal took off us,­ or the 6 points that . . . . . . . .plug!
Oh and btw,­ just keep an eye out for which club gets more live­ games on Sky next season; even as a Championship club­ we'll have more pull than you lot, and more fans!

Tony K,
I think you are going too miss having a dig at­ us on these PREMIERSHIP comments pages. We may even­ miss you too as you gradually settle into exploring the­ CHAMPIONSHIP comments pages.

TonyK, as opposed to all the Newcastle fans who were­ throwing their season tickets in the Tyne river early­ on in the season, now thats loyalty isn't it? You­ won't come straight back to the Premier League, you­ will be down there for a long time with the smoggies.­ So you best learn to live with that. Your a­ Championship side now, Sunderland are Premier League.­ So whatever comments you have to say, when all is said­ and done, remember that Newcastle United are in the­ Championship, and Sunderland are in the Premier League.­ Oh what a great warm feeling that brings inside.

mac, you've been misinformed. Cricket ain't­ just for toffs. The proletariat can enjoy it too. Being­ blinkered and closed minded really isn't a trait to­ be proud of.

Tony K... Sunderland did play like garbage, but it­ wasn't a slice of luck that kept them up. It was­ the ineptitude of clubs like Newcastle.

Tony K
I agree with you that Newcastle play cr@p­ footlball.

However, there is absolutely no way that I­ can't help LOVING the fact that points in a local­ derby are the sweetest. Points from Newcastle are even­ better. Points that cause Newcastle to go down and­ Sunderland to stay up are the best. We all REALLY LOVE­ that.

Apparently, Newcastle might be sold for 80­ million which is a lot lower than the 200 million plus­ valuation he had before. That's the cost of­ Championship football. Nevertheless, it should make­ Newcastle a more attractive purchase. You should be­ thanking us for helping Ashley make his mind to sell.