Is this the same team that took us down?

November 8th, 2010 | 94 Comments |

But it is hard to start things off softly when something gets on you nerves as much as certain pundits get on mine.

You could argue that it is just them doing their job by getting a reaction.

I, however, would argue that their job is to give a reasonably detailed, reasonably accurate account of what is going on with various teams. So please forgive me for getting a little bit annoyed with various pundits who seem to have decided to label this current Newcastle side as ‘the same side that took us down’.

So as you may have guessed, I have decided to dispel the theory that these pundits, such as Andy Gray and Jamie Redknapp, have when they trot out the very lazy and tired line of us just being the same old team that whimpered out of the Premier League just eighteen-months ago. (more…)