City Raider said:
there's 4 newcastle related threads in first 10 on here and i've noticed since i joined the abuse we give them - is there something i'm missing?
i remember being in their position and wouldn't wish it on anyone - so what if they think their a better club than they actually are - what footy fan doesn't....
Well I don't think we're any better than we are - I always turn up at games fearing the worst, whether it's away to the Rags or at home to Lincoln. Many City fans are eternal pessimists and possess gallows humour when things go tits-up. Who could ever forget the "Are you watching Macclesfield?" chant at Stoke when we got relegated to Division 2 in 1998?
The vast majority of Newcastle fans on the other hand are amongst the most deluded on the planet - could you imagine them singing something similar in their darkest ever hour? I can't. I'm not saying we're any better than any other club's fans but compared to Newcastle, we're realists and they're total fantasists. The influx of money might have sent a few blues into Giddy-land but once the initial euphoria of those events of September 1st had died down, it was almost a case of as you were. And as for not wishing their predicament on anyone, fuck that. Like it or not, the reality is that 3 teams get relegated every season - would you rather have no teams relegated?!! That's not going to happen so what divine right have Newcastle got over any other club to stay up? As for this bollocks about them being most people's second club that, to put it bluntly, is total bullshit and is based purely on a couple of seasons of decent football they played under KK during his first managerial spell there. Nowadays, few people give a shit about them - every non-Newcastle football fan I know wants to see them go down.
Sorry for the rant but it's how I feel lol ;)