WEST  HAM  UNITED  -  NEWCASTLE  UNITED

U subotu Newcastle United ponovo putuje u prestonicu , gde ovoga puta ide na noge West Ham United-u.Meč se igra na Upton Park-u sa početkom u 3pm(GMT).West Ham je u sličnoj poziciji kao i Newcastle United.Alan Curbishley je baš kao i Kevin Keegan dao otkaz klubu zbog transfer politike kluba.Curbishley-a je zamenio Gianfranco Zola , dok Newcastle još uvek nije našao zamenu.

Povredjeni : Beye , Viduka , Lua-Lua , Carroll , Smith ,  Gutierrez , dok su pod znakom pitanja Martins i Enrique.Suspendovani su Barton i Guthrie.

Dakle za tim konkuriše samo 17. prvotimaca i ponovo će morati da uskaču u pomoć momci iz akademije: Given, Harper, Krul, Forster, Coloccini, Edgar, Taylor, Cacapa, Bassong, Geremi, Gonzalez, N'Zogbia, Butt, Owen, Ameobi, Xisco, Duff.

Sudija: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)


NUFC na Upton Park - Premier Years:

2007/08: Drew 2-2 Martins, Geremi
2006/07: Won 2-0 Duff, Martins
2005/06: Won 4-2 Owen 3, Shearer
2002/03: Drew 2-2 Bellamy, Jenas
2001/02: Lost 0-3
2000/01: Lost 0-1
1999/00: Lost 1-2 Speed
1998/99: Lost 0-2
1997/98: Won 1-0 Barnes
1996/97: Drew 0-0
1995/96: Lost 0-2
1994/95: Won 3-1 Lee, Mathie, OG
1993/94: Won 4-2 Cole, Lee 2, Mathie

Meč RTS naravno ne prenosi.

Mike Ashley je sinoć u Bahri Bar u Dubai-u ispijajući svoj Mojito koktel sa Arapskim investitorima javno rekao ispod koje cene neće prodati Newcastle United.Ni manje ni više ta cena je 860. miliona američkih dolara , što je dva puta više nego što je on platio za njega.860. miliona američkih dolara je 430. miliona britanskih funti.

Neki izvori tvrde da su Arapski investitori bili spremni da za Newastle United plate 360. miliona američkih dolara.Pregovorima su prisustvovali pored Mike Ashley-a i glavne mirodjije u svemu Derek Llambias i Dennis Wise.

Bojim se da Mike Ashley ovo namerno radi.430. miliona funti , za šta?Ashley želi da napusti Newcastle sa čitavih 200. miliona funti zarade za samo godinu dana.Šta je on to uradio da bi zaradio svih 200. miliona funti???Ostavio je klub bez manager-a , na samo dva boda od zone ispadanja , sa gomilom igrača koji su izgubljeni na terenu i koji jedva čekaju januarski prelazni rok da napuste brod koji tone.

Tipično Cockney-evsko ... da ne psujem ovde sada !!!

I have enjoyed sport since I was a boy. I love football. I have followed England in every tournament since Mexico '86. I was there to see Maradona and his hand of God. I know what it means to love football and to love a club. I know how important it is to other people because football is so important to me.

My life has been tied up with sport. It was the passion that I felt for sport that helped me to be successful with my business. That success allowed me to mix my passion and my business.

I bought Newcastle United in May 2007. Newcastle attracted me because everyone in England knows that it has the best fans in football. When the fans are behind the club at St James' Park it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It is magic. Newcastle's best asset has been, is and always will be the fans.

But like any business with assets the club has debts. I paid £134 million out of my own pocket for the club. I then poured another £110 million into the club not to pay off the debt but just to reduce it.

The club is still in debt. Even worse than that, the club still owes millions of pounds in transfer fees. I shall be paying out many more millions over the coming year to pay for players bought by the club before I arrived. But there was a double whammy. Commercial deals such as sponsorships and advertising had been front loaded. The money had been paid upfront and spent. I was left with a club that owed millions and part of whose future had been mortgaged.

Unless I had come into the club then it might not have survived. It could have shared the fate of other clubs who have borrowed too heavily against their future. Before I had spent a penny on wages or buying players Newcastle United had cost me more than a quarter of a billion pounds.

Don't get me wrong. I did not buy Newcastle to make money. I bought Newcastle because I love football. Newcastle does not generate the income of a Manchester United or a Real Madrid. I am Mike Ashley, not Mike Ashley a multi-billionaire with unlimited resources. Newcastle United and I can't do what other clubs can. We can't afford it.

I knew that the club would cost me money every year after I had bought it. I have backed the club with money. You can see that from the fact that Newcastle has the fifth highest wage bill in the Premier League. I was always prepared to bank roll Newcastle up to the tune of £20 million per year but no more. That was my bargain. I would make the club solvent. I would make it a going concern.

I would pour up to £20 million a year into the club and not expect anything back. It has to be realised that if I put £100 million into the club year in year out then it would not be too long before I was cleaned out and a debt ridden Newcastle United would find itself in the position that faced Leeds United.

That is the nightmare for every fan. To love a club that overextends itself, that tries to spend what it can't afford.

That will never happen to Newcastle when I am in charge. The truth is that Newcastle could not sustain buying the Shevchenkos, Robinhos or the Berbatovs. These are recognised European footballers. They have played in the European leagues and everyone knows about them. They can be brilliant signings. But everybody knows that they are brilliant and so they, and players like them, cost more than £30 million to buy before you even take into account agent commissions and the multi-million pound wage deals.

My plan and my strategy for Newcastle is different. It has to be. Arsenal is the shining example in England of a sustainable business model. It takes time. It can't be done overnight. Newcastle has therefore set up an extensive scouting system. We look for young players, for players in foreign leagues who everyone does not know about. We try and stay ahead of the competition. We search high and low looking for value, for potential that we can bring on and for players who will allow Newcastle to compete at the very highest level but who don't cost the earth.

I am prepared to back large signings for millions of pounds but for a player who is young and has their career in front of them and not for established players at the other end of their careers. There is no other workable way forward for Newcastle. It is in this regard that Dennis and his team have done a first class job in scouting for talent to secure the future of the club.

You only need to look at some of our signings to see that it is working, slowly working. Look at Jonas Guttierrez and Fabricio Collocini. These are world class players. The plan is showing dividends with the signing of exceptional young talent such as Sebastein Bassong, Danny Guthrie and Xisco. My investment in the club has extended to time, effort and yet again, money being poured into the Academy.

I want Newcastle to be able to create its own legends of the future to rival those of the past. This is a long term plan. A long term plan for the future of the club so that it can flourish.

One person alone can't manage a Premiership football club and scout the world looking for world class players and stars of the future. It needs a structure and it needs people who are dedicated to that task. It needs all members of the management team to share that vision for it to work.

Also one of the reasons that the club was so in debt when I took over was due to transfer dealings caused by managers moving in and out of the club. Every time there was a change in manager millions would be spent on new players and millions would be lost as players were sold. It can't keep on working like that. It is just madness.

I have put Newcastle on a sound financial footing. It is reducing its debt. It is spending within itself. It is recruiting exciting new players and bringing in players for the future.

The fans want this process to happen more quickly and they want huge amounts spent in the transfer market so that the club can compete at the top table of European football now. I am not stupid and have listened to the fans. I have really loved taking my kids to the games, being next to them and all the fans. But I am now a dad who can't take his kids to a football game on a Saturday because I am advised that we would be assaulted. Therefore, I am no longer prepared to subsidise Newcastle United.

I am putting the club up for sale. I hope that the fans get what they want and that the next owner is someone who can lavish the amount of money on the club that the fans want.

This will not be a fire sale. Newcastle is now in a much stronger position than it was in 2007. It is planning for the future and it is sustainable.

I am still a fan of Newcastle United. We, my kids and I, have loved standing on the terraces with the fans, we have loved travelling with the away fans and we have met so many fans whose company we have enjoyed. We have absolutely loved it but it is not safe anymore for us as a family.

I am very conscious of the responsibility that I bear in owning Newcastle United. Tough decisions have to be made in business and I will not shy away from doing what I consider to be in the best interests of the club. This is not fantasy football.

I don't want anyone to read my words and think that any of this is an attack on Kevin Keegan. It is not. Kevin and I always got on. Everyone at the club, and I mean everyone, thinks that he has few equals in getting the best out of the players. He is a legend at the club and rightly so. Clearly there are disagreements between Kevin and the Board and we have both put that in the hands of our lawyers.

I hope that all the fans get to read this statement so that they understand what I am about. I would not expect all of the fans to agree with me. But I have set out, clearly, my plan. If I can't sell the club to someone who will give the fans what they want then I shall continue to ensure that Newcastle is run on a business and football model that is sustainable. I care too much about the club merely to abandon it.

I have the interests of Newcastle United at heart. I have listened to you. You want me out. That is what I am now trying to do but it won't happen overnight and it may not happen at all if a buyer does not come in.

You don't need to demonstrate against me again because I have got the message. Any further action will only have an adverse effect on the team. As fans of Newcastle United you need to spend your energy getting behind, not me, but the players who need your support.

I am determined that Newcastle United is not only here today, but that it is also there tomorrow for your children who stand beside you at St James' Park.

Mike Ashley

Sunday 14th September 2008

NEWCASTLE  UNITED  -  HULL  CITY  1 : 2

Bez manager-a na klupi , bez gazde na tribinama , bez ideje na terenu , Newcastle Unied je još dobro i prošao protiv danas odličnog Hull City-a.

Caretaker manager Chris Hughton je na St. James' Park izveo sledećih jedanaest: Given, Edgar, N'Zogbia, Taylor, Coloccini, Geremi, Butt, Guthrie, Ameobi, Xisco, Owen.

Već od prvog minuta utakmice navijači su glasno negodovali protiv Ashley-a i Wise-a , kojih nije bilo na stadionu danas.Toon Army je bila glasna i u podršci Keegan-u pevajući omiljenu Keegan Wonderland pesmu.Ashley je pokušao sinoć u Londonu da vrati Keegan-a na klupu Newcastle-a ali su i ti pregovori koji su trajali više od dva sata propali.

Zatim sledi omiljena pesma navijača Newcastle-a u poslednjih nekoliko dana "Stand up if you hate Ashley" , na koju je reagovao ceo stadion.Bilo je mnogo zanimljivije na tribinama , nego dole na terenu.

Prvu priliku je imao Ameobi ali je njegov udarac glavom završio pored gola.Zatim je šansu imao i Owen , šutirajući glavom ali je golman Hull-a Myhill , danas bio odličan.

Na opšte zaprepašćenje celog stadiona u 34. minutu sudija Marriner je pokazao na belu tačku , jer je po njemu Nicky Butt u šesnaestercu Newcastle-a sapleo Halmosi-a.Budalaština od penala.Medjutim , to nije smetalo Marlon King-u da preuzme odgovornost i da on izvede taj jedanesterac.King je šutirao u donji desni ugao Given-ovog gola , Given je loptu čak i dodirnuo , medjutim na njegovu nesreću lopta se odbila od stative i završila iza njegovih ledja u golu , za 0:1 , minut 34.

Tri minuta pre kraja prvog poluvremena novajlija Xisco je propustio šansu da poravna rezultat.

Poluvreme: 0:1

Na početku drugog poluvremena stadionom je kružila parola sa natpisom “Cockney mafia out” , koja je propraćena sa velikim aplauzom.

U 55. minutu 0:2.Bila je to sjajna kontra Hull City-a.Ponovo se u glavnoj ulozi našao Marlon King , koji je u šesnaestercu Newcastle-a izvrteo N'Zogbia-u , napravivši mladog Francuza smešnim.King je sa nekih trinaest metara iskosa sa desne strane šutirao u suprotan ugao Given-ovog gola , lopta je završila u maloj mreži dovoljno za 0:2 , minut 55.

Na stadionu pomešana osećanja.Tužno je bilo gledati igrače Newcastle-a na terenu jer na klupi nisu imali pravog lidera u vidu Kevin Keegan-a.

U tim trenucima na terenu je postojao samo jedan tim , Hull City.Dodavajući se izmedju sebe , igrači Hull-a su od svojih pristalica dobijali ovacije u vidu španskog pozdrava Ole , Ole !!! Ponižavajuće , zar ne?

Ignacio Gonzalez sa brojem 15. ulazi u igru u 62. minutu umesto ponovo groznog Ameobi-a.Shola napušta teren uz jedno veliko boooo !!!

U 68. minut Bassong menja očajnog Edgar-a.

U 69. minutu Hull postiže i treći gol medjutim sudija Marriner poništava ovaj gol zbog navodnog prekrašaja nad Given-om.Faula naravno nije ni bilo.

Devet minuta pre kraja N’Zogbia je levom nogom uputio udarac ka golu Hull-a , lopta pogadja stativu , odbija se u polje ali na nju naleće debitant Xisco i sa pet metara je šalje u mrežu Hull-a za 1:2 , minut 81.Sjajan start u dresu Newcastle-a za mladog Španca.

Očekivao se uraganski završetak Newcastle-a ali ništa od toga.Jedino je Xisco mogao do novom gola četiri minuta pre kraja ali Španac ovoga puta nije bio precizan.

Sudija je pokazao da će se igrati još pet minuta u zaustavnom vremenu i igrači Hull-a sjajno čuvali loptu u svom posedu  za to vreme.Danny Guthrie je "zaradio" crveni karton zbog divljačkog starta nad Craig Fagan-om.Idiotizam.

Konačan rezultat: 1:2

Sastav: Given, Edgar (Bassong 68), N'Zogbia, Taylor, Coloccini, Geremi, Butt, Guthrie, Ameobi (Gonzalez 61), Xisco, Owen.

Man of the Match: Marlon King

Sudija: Andre Marriner

Gledalaca: 50,242

Posle meča hiljade navijača su izrazile svoj protest ispred Milburn Stand-a , noseći zastava sa natpisima "Wise and Ashley Out" i "Bring back King Kev".Zatim su se navijači uputili ka centru grada gde su i tamo demonstrirali protiv čelnika Newcastle United-a , koje se nisu udostojili ni da se pojavi na današnjoj utakmici.Jedini koji je na tribinama bio je smešni Derek Llambias , koji nema blage veze sa vodjenjem kluba.

ASHLEY  OUT !!!

NEWCASTLE  UNITED  -  HULL  CITY