Friday, January 19, 2007

A tactical drubbing?

On Wednesday, 17th January, I felt ashamed to be a Newcastle United fan while watching the FA Cup 3rd round replay at St. James' Park against Birmingham City - it was pathetic, disgraceful to say the least. None in the team had an apetitie for winning, rather, none actually seemed to be willing to play, and Newcastle lost 1-5, to a Chamionship side, humiliating themselves and all the fans infront of everyone.

And today, 19th January, the Belgravia Group withdrew from the take-over talks.

The script, if you look closely would seem to be -

(1) Belgravia wants to takeover the club
(2) Shepherd doesn't want to let go
(3) Newcastle lose pathetically to create a shock - and the players didn't seem to have any willingness to play (let alone win), and,
(4) Belgravia withdraws...

Just a coincidence? Is it only me who is seeing things? Call me paranoid, but where millions and millions of pound are involved, a tactical loss is nothing. After all, who cares about the fans?