da fazobetai： Unless a team are your derby rivals most football supporters would not wish for another club to drop out of the Premier League, but after the shameful antics of Newcastle United in recent years, it is hard not to feel that they truly deserve it.
da aposte e ganhe： The Magpies were once a club full of ambition who, like Tottenham and Everton, were willing to challenge the usual top four in an attempt to finally break into the Champions League.
Last season under Alan Pardew Newcastle finished 10th, which was a huge improvement on the previous year, but once again they have undone all of their gains and now sit just two points above the relegation zone.
Fortunately for supporters there are at least three other teams who have had a worse campaign than they have had so a drop into the Championship is avoidable.
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But that doesn’t mean the club doesn’t deserve the humiliation. Their supporters have felt humiliated all season and can’t even look forward to a fresh start in August because there is likely to be more of the same. That is why ex-manager Alan Pardew left for the safety of Crystal Palace back in January. Pardew was never going to make the Magpies Europa League contenders, but he was propping them up and it is no surprise that since his departure Newcastle have resembled a sinking ship, while Palace are undergoing a revival.
Although the players have been heavily criticised for below-par performances, especially in recent weeks, I can understand why they may have subconsciously given up.
When your manager of four years leaves mid-season and your club is labelled as just a money maker, not to mentionthat once again there is nothing more than a mid-table finish to look forward to, I’m sure football just doesn’t feel fun anymore. Of course they are all professionals who are being paid millions to entertain their fans, but football is about passion, and I can’t imagine that there is a lot of that going around St James’ Park right now.
Interim manager John Carver has done his best but one, he probably hasn’t got the qualities to be a top manager and two, his players are not giving him their all, so inevitably Newcastle keep creeping closer and closer towards the bottom three. The situation has gotten so bad this season that there have been several very public embarrassments for the Magpies, namely a protest by a section of supporters who boycotted their home game against Spurs, and also Carver’s quite honest accusation that his squad are probably not listening to him anymore.
The club appears to be imploding, which must be both upsetting and infuriating for supporters who spend their hard earned money to watch millionaires get beaten by less capable clubs every week.
And all of this could have been averted if owner Mike Ashley had put the health of his club before the money he has earned from treating it solely like a business. Most club owners will fight tooth and nail to hold onto their best players but not Ashley, who if the right bid comes along will happily sell them on. Every time he does this Newcastle have to learn how to thrive without a key team member and ultimately they get weaker and weaker.
Seeing as money is the only thing that seems to matter to Mike Ashley, then being relegated is the sharp slap of reality that he will need before anything improves at the club. But that probably won’t happen, so the only alternative as some supporters have suggested is to refrain from renewing season tickets, though no one ends up a winner there.
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