Eurosport - Tue, 26 May 23:17:00 2009
Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor has accused team-mates of lacking commitment as the club were relegated to the Championship.
The former England U21 captain lost his place to Fabricio Coloccini earlier in the season but won it back and was one of the few Toon players to emerge from their disastrous season with any credit.
Before their final-day defeat to Aston Villa, Taylor, 23, insisted that he will stay at St James' Park whatever the outcome and feels that several others in the squad did not share his commitment.
"I don't care who you are or what club you've played for, you have to be seen to give 100 per cent in every game and in the last 10 months that hasn't happened," Taylor said. "It hasn't been good enough.
"There were over 3,000 of our fans at Villa Park and you realise what you are playing for. It has to be an honour to play for Newcastle."
Short-term manager Alan Shearer is expected to hold talks with the Newcastle board today, but he will only agree to stay on the condition he has complete control over who remains at the club.
One person Shearer will demand to keep is Taylor, who shares his manager's view about how the club should move forward.
"Massive changes will have to be made," Taylor said. "But we need stability too.
"Relegation is the worst feeling for any professional footballer, and for the lads and myself it has to be the lowest point in our careers.
"But now is the time to move on and look to the future. We need to make St James' Park a fortress again and make sure teams come here and fear us.
"Too many times this season they've taken too many points off us. We need more belief and to believe in one another. We just need that positive mental attitude back."
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p.s "A level Psychology" I had to laugh mate
Well done checkerboard it's very rare to come across such a narcissistic egocentric with such good insight into their own problems,could be hope for you yet.
p.s Have to agree with the comments about Geordie birds though. Q) How do you know when a Geordie lass reaches orgasm? A) she drops her pie.
Guys stick to football...... if you want to slag each other off ........f**k off onto MSN and play to your hearts content
to checkerboard500.... we dont all live in Newcastle you PRI*K so watch your mouth or you mind find it being re-arranged for you one day!
Rick Moth the only reason you say thicko geordies were ok is because you feel safer and more secure being around people even more stupid and simple then yourself.
Case in point Cameron said probably about 20 posts ago now that this is his last post. Yet still keeps posting. Do you see why you think they are thick ok? If they knew you liked them because they are that way then they might not feel the same way about you!
To Jack if i did visit my GP no doubt he would be impressed by Spurs still being in the Premiership. If I supported a championship side like Newcastle he would probabley be quite disgusted and tell me to support a team that wasn't just relegated in such a pathetic manor.
Also I studied A-level Psychology thank you! I know all about the models of therapy Biological, psychodynamic, behavioural , cognative etc and I know all the different types of Schizophrenia, paranoid, residual, Catatonic etc.
When I have been to Newcastle and St James park I couldn't help but notice 10 out 10 people I met and spoke had some form of a mental disorder! There was definetly a look of the lights are on but no-ones home. Cameron is case in point here.
All they kept saying was in their stupid accent was 'Way aye man, I'm from Newcastle like!' What a bunch neaderthal cavemen! Most of the women were ugly too. All inbred no doubt!
If Alan 'chose the wrong club' shearer dosen't stay on then it makes this great joke true
whats the difference between Alan Shearer and NUFC?
Shearer will be on Match of the day next season !!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
So will Spurs and Sunderland!
checkerboard5000 have you considered a vist to your GP recently? there are some very useful drugs available such as chlorpromazine,flupenthixol and Thioridizine that he could prescribe to help you.Reading between your lines I think you've probably had some considerable psychiatric involvement in the past but if not, there is help out there for you.You're a cockney who supports Spurs,now although this sounds a very serious condition there are others out there like yourself,you are not alone.With the right behavioural therapy and medication,one day you could return to mainstream society and enjoy football for what it is i.e a sport,game,leisure activity.I think once you reached this stage of enlightenment your friends,real,imagined and otherwise would feel a whole lot safer around you.Failing this I recommend a very large dose of insulin,it's painless and would do everyone a big favour.
cameron w some of your lads came South to work and when you get to know them they are decent people.Wish you well in The Championship.
Rick Moth,
Nice one mate: good luck to your team in the Premier League & Cups next season - i've a feeling they'll do very, very well!
It's funny on this thread people keep denying they are Newcastle fans yet keep defending them. What are you doing here then? Now thats suspect! Too ashamed to admit it online? Wow it must be shamefull ha ha ha ha!
To Rick Moth the diseased simpleton. Do you know how many decent amateur Boxing clubs there are in London? Not many you T.W.A.T. This whole North/south divide is a fantasy you fool. I'm from North of the Thames! Dosen't exist like it used to in the 60's/70's. Only in some of the council estate gangs. The lodge is only a 15 min walk from Westminister bridge anyway idiot. Incase you don't know the bridge it is on the Thames! Would you like anymore geography lessons? How can you assume also I have never read about the holocaust? I did history at school but I don't bring up these subjects when I'm angry unlike Cameron. Racism has no place in 2009 shame on you.
Also we have no evidence for camerons apparently special needs family (his words not mine) he is probably a hermit anyway with no life outside of watching Newcastle get relegated ha ha ha ha!
However we do have evidence for his racism and the fact he even brought up Gas chambers at all says it all. It's only a game cameron so just calm down yeah? Not all jews are bad ok? They certainly don't need reminding of the gas chambers so I would ask in future you learn to control yourself ok?
but back to the topic at hand. Whats black and white, s.h.i.t, useless and going downhill fast?
The Toon
Who plays in the Premiership?
Not the Toon!
Why do Geordie Supporters have Moustaches?
So they can look like their Mothers.
What do Toon fans and laxatives have in common?
Both irritate the absolute @#$% out of you
but it's great knowing we will be playing in the Prem next season. THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD! and your not a part of it anymore!
Get used to it!
cameron w that nutter definitely had a bad case of testosterone poisoning and his geography was suspect.Lambeth is South of the Thames.White Hart Lane is North of the Thames.North London boys didnt like south London boys.
Behave Jack: hey what about that nutter huh?
Jack, i like your baiting; that's the way it should be done and NOT his way.
I can see it's gonna be a tough Summer; i better get growing that thick skin huh?
p.s is the rumour true that Shearer now gets his wife to put black and white stripes on her face so she'll go down on him without putting up a struggle? . . . sorry couldn't resist it.
Cameron and checkerboard what can I say? you guys pretty much covered all the bases yesterday didn't you.We had holocausts,autistic kids,alligators in the sewer . . "Football isn't a matter of life and death . . it's more serious than that" ha ha you mustn't have had time to eat.
cameron w please accept my apology as not all Spurs fans are like checkerboard5000.His remarks are bang out of order and the more posts he wrote(so full of typos)the deeper the hole hes dug himself.I'm not Jewish but I have read about the Holocaust and Checkerboard5000 definitely hasnt otherwise he would NEVER have made such offensive remarks about children with "special needs".
my clubs bigger than yours,na na nana na.!gran
hey checkerboard5000 I'm not a newcastle fan you dimwit. the usual spurs assumption eh
Check out Youtube and newcastle related relegation videos! You think I'm bad? I'm a saint compared to the abuse the Toon fans are getting on that site!
Fans of all teams are happy your down! In fact in one cool video from a Villa fan at the game says in the desription as Villa celebrate the win and Newcastles relegation SO DOES THE WHOLE COUNTRY!
To which there are many comment agreeing from pretty much every team in the Prem!
Even I didn't realise the Toon were despised that much!
People always said the premiership was the best league in the world. I never believed that until Newcastle were relegated! Now I truly believe it is the best league IN THE WHOLE WORLD!
Shame you'll never be back in it ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
just clicked on this thread and WOW. Anti-Geordie comments racist vile comments too. THIS IS A FOOTBALL THREAD NOT A BNP GROUP.......LOSERS.
And checkerboard5000, not all geordies are thicko as you put it just as all southerners aren't inbreds too. I am a Geordie and proud of my roots but I'm fair minded about people and where they are from.
On the football well Newcastle were rubbish this season and deserved to go down and some of the fans are deluded if they think it's as hoe-in to bounce straight back up. I see a struggle next season
On a positive note it might weed out the Keegan supporters and let back in the true Newcastle utd fans
You are right Byronrube it is only game. It's a pity racists like Cameron can stoop to such levels. It's only a bunch of blokes kicking a ball about a pitch for crying out loud. Yet Cameron felt the need to bring up the Holocaust and Gas chambers etc. I wish Mr cameron sir that you could see through your hate and anger and know that Jews are people too and to bring up such sensitive subjects shows what venom you have toward them.
Shame on you sir. This is 2009 NOT 1945!
Think about that will you.
Yes Rick Moth I have had the unfortunate pleasure of doing so on a number of occasions. Found it very hard to understand what some of them were saying half the time. Certainly noticed a lower intellect typical of most Northern football fans.
It's an experience I care not to repat thank you.
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