Articles tagged with "newcastle"
Too Easy
By Daryl | April 30th, 2009I thought being King of the North East would be incredible. But it's actually getting quite dull. After seeing off Middlesbrough with a 3-0 win recently ...
Hello Derby, My Old Friend
By Daryl | April 27th, 2009The Derby County of 2011/12 are not the Premier League abomination of 2007/8. With Paul Jewell still in charge the Rams are currently in 14th ...
The Special One Beat Me at Mind Games and All I Got Was This Lousy Blog Post
By Daryl | April 24th, 2009You may recall that Jose Mourinho hurt my feelings (cue violin music) before our first encounter by telling the press he had no opinion of ...
Old Pink Boots is Back
By Daryl | April 23rd, 2009Took a while, but have got my feet back under the table in my St James' Park office following the recent accidental sabbatical. And who ...
Newcastle United: Reloaded
By Daryl | April 22nd, 2009I've somehow gone six days since my last game with Newcastle. Which is a new record. But it's a good opportunity to share something that ...
I Rule the North East
By Daryl | April 16th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: November 18th, 2011 Progress: Joint top of Premier League (OK, 2nd, but only on goal difference) after 11 games. I might not rule the Premier ...
Me, Mark and Marking
By Daryl | April 13th, 2009Previously on FM Offside.... I was riding high in the Prem, second only to Arsenal after nine games, and having just beaten Everton with (even if ...
Where's the Love?
By Daryl | April 9th, 2009Why don't my players love me? First of all, please don't tell them I asked. That would make the dressing room a little uncomfortable. But ...
FM Blogwatch: April 6th 2009
By Daryl | April 6th, 2009I've been struggling with FM Blogwatch, largely because quality FM blogs are surprisingly hard to find (the FM community is very much focused around forums.) ...
Match Recap: Sheared.
By Jack | April 4th, 2009Alan Shearer came. But he couldn't conquer the Blues. It remains to be seen if The Messiah will, in fact, be Newcastle's savior this season. On ...
Elbows Can Be Dangerous
By Daryl | April 4th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: October 25th, 2011 Progress: 2nd in the Prem after eight games (and only on goal difference) vs Blackburn (away) I took Mike's advice and switched The ...
Rant Box: Chelsea v Newcastle
By Jack | April 3rd, 2009What. The. Hell? Could we be playing Newcastle at a worse time?. The Messiah (Alan Shearer for those of you who have been living under a ...
Weekend Predictions: Shearer's New Manager Smell Should Guarantee a Point
By Daryl | April 3rd, 2009International week is over and so it's back to the bread and butter of domestic footy. All eyes will likely be on St James' Park, where ...
Football Lessons Given and Received
By Daryl | April 2nd, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: October 7th, 2011 Progress: 3rd in Prem after six games, still alive in CL Addictedness Rating: "A week is a long time in football" (huh?) Two ...
Why Alan Shearer's Newcastle Appointment Actually Makes Sense
By Daryl | April 2nd, 2009So Alan Shearer really is taking over at Newcastle and it's not all a big April Fools' joke. Or if it is, then they're taking ...
Is Alan Shearer to Newcastle an April Fools' Joke?
By Daryl | April 1st, 2009Big news today is that Alan Shearer is taking over at Newcastle, and will attempt to save them from relegation. Or is he? Exciting stuff if ...
Spot the Difference
By Daryl | March 30th, 2009Apologies for the brief hiatus, was licking my wounds after TSO handed me that first defeat. A league game at home to West Brom looked like ...
The Special One Has Never Heard of Me
By Daryl | March 26th, 2009I was looking forward to a possible war of words with Jose Mourinho (still Inter boss in 2011, and surprisingly happy). But seems I'm not ...
Red Cards and Clerical Errors
By Daryl | March 25th, 2009vs Hamburg (away) Champions League 3rd Qual Rnd, 2nd Leg (3-0 on agg) It took Fan Bo exactly 54 seconds to score his first goal for Newcastle. ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Money Has Been Spent
By Daryl | March 24th, 2009After all the umming and arring about which defender to buy and how much to pay, some decisions have been made. May the Toon Army ...
The Search for the Mythical Pacey Centre Back
By Daryl | March 24th, 2009Russian Super-Keeper Igor Akinfeev finally signed on the dotted line, and all it took was a bit of flattery. Well, that plus £95,000 per week. I ...
The 50(+) Highest Paid Players In World Football
By chris | March 23rd, 2009'Tis that time again. Futebol Finance, a Portuguese site concerned with all things moola as it relates to the beautiful game, unleashed their unofficial 50 ...
Splashing the Cash. But Not All Of It.
By Daryl | March 23rd, 2009The Newcastle board finally dug deep and offered me £53m to spend, provided I could guarantee European qualification. I took it. I took it so ...
Newcastle 1-3 Arsenal: the highlights
By travis | March 22nd, 2009As is customary, here are the highlights from Saturday's game: Newcaslte United v Arsenal Back tomorrow with a full match review.
So, What Next?
By Daryl | March 21st, 2009So I'm finally in the Champions League (qualification pending). And have built myself a pretty decent squad. I think. But how I buy and sell this ...
The Chaaampioooons! (League) (Qualifying Round)
By Daryl | March 19th, 2009So as you may have heard via Rafinha, Newcastle are now a Champions League team. All I have to say about that is: YES! FINALLY! We ...
The Difference Between 4th and 5th
By Daryl | March 19th, 2009Transcript of phone call to Schalke 04's soon to be out of contract Brazilian right back Rafinha, dated 2:30pm, Saturday May 28th, 2011: Rafinha: Hallo? Me: Hallo ...
Complainiola vs Pink Boots
By Daryl | March 16th, 2009Remember Saviola? Javier Complainiola? I said goodbye and good riddance to him in January when Birmingham sucker manager Alex McLeish offered me £3m for the ...
Insane in the Membrane
By Daryl | March 14th, 2009As you may have read, the Newcastle manager (that's me) is in love with his new tactics. The same tactics that have so far delivered ...
Good Idea, Bad Timing
By Daryl | March 13th, 2009Opinion seems divided, but I'm sticking with my new tactics. However... in hindsight... maybe starting my new regime of two up front attacking football away to ...
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