Now is the time to roll our sleeves up!
Posted on August 13th, 2010 | 190 Comments |
I had my little moan earlier, something I have tried to refrain from, but that caused me to think about a few things. This season is very important for Newcastle United.
Another relegation could have dire consequences as I don’t believe it will be as straight forward trying to gain promotion again should the worst happen. A lot of those players that stopped to help last time around will be off and our squad will be a lot weaker compared to last season. One thing will remain constant though – Our support.
I was feeling a bit sorry for myself when I wrote that article earlier. Down in the dumps, uninspired, but then I realised that whatever happens, I am still Newcastle United, and moaning about things isn’t the Geordie way, not the way I remember it anyway.
The Premier League consists of 38 games, and we have yet to play one of them. I’m not denying things are going to be tough, I’m not reassuring anyone that we will be fine as, quite honestly, nobody knows whether or not we will be.
We face adversity, but we should handle it the way we have always dealt with adversity. Let it slap us in the face, and come back harder from it. It’s the Geordie way, and by Geordie I mean being a fan of Newcastle United.
Quibbling about money and allsorts is understandable, it was bound to happen. But when has anything like that ever got us down before? Mark my words, we have been in far far worse positions than we are in currently. Other clubs had far far worse happen to them than we have, althoughadmittedly it doesn’t feel like it at times.
This isn’t some form of political broadcast, it’s not about trying to stir up that heinous ‘Geordie Nation’ malarkey that makes me cringe everytime I hear it. It’s about not letting circumstances beyond our control get us down. We have no money, or at least very little money, to spend. We can’t change that, all we can do is support the team.
I guess my point is to not let things that can’t be changed get you down. Things are far from over yet and anything can happen over the course of a season. It’s going to take some luck, guts and determination, but we are far from finished yet, so why are some people prepared to throw in the towel already? Haddaway man.
We are back in the Premier League, a place where a lot of people expected us not to be. Lets try to enjoy it!
You never know, you might like it!
P.S – I forgot to mention this earlier, but I reckon a poll for each game of the season would be a decent idea. Something to gauge opinions of how we wil fare in each game. I’ll put them up a couple of days before each match, so keep an eye out for them. Here is the first one.
A Geordie is not a fan of Newcastle sorry.
I can’t roll with that one in the slightest.
A Geordie is someone born in newcastle and surrounds not a follower of NUFC.