Transfer deadline day is one of the most exciting day for a football fan, that is unless you are a fan of Newcastle United. For the Toon Army transfer deadline day is simply known as Friday.
Stupidly I am sitting at my desk listening to Skysports radio and constantly refreshing Twitter hoping for scrap of NUFC transfer news - however we have not been mentioned on Skysports and Twitter is full of angry, frustrated fans who are similarly disillusioned by our club.
Time after time we are let down by the leadership at our beloved club. On the field we are having a good season - 8th in the Premier league is more than we expected, yet again we have failed build on a good start to the season. Not to mention replace our talisman.
I honestly believe all this talk of bids for Clement Granier, Remy Cabella etc... was all just fabricated rumors and that there was zero intention to sign a Cabaye replacement. Nothing would surprise me from Mike Ashley and Joe Kinnear. We cannot trust or believe a word they say.
Luuk De Jong will certainly improve our squad and I am excited to see him play - though with this being another loan deal Newcastle United are yet to make a permanent signing in the last 2 transfer windows - surely a Premier league record and certainly not expected of Europe's 20th richest club. This is a disgrace.
Alan Pardew will be wheeled out in front of the cameras and have to put a brave face on and back his employers when no doubt he will be as frustrated as any fan. I really do not understand the abuse Pardew receives as he has zero influence on transfer dealing - he is simply a minion of Ashley and Kinnear who must work under whatever circumstances he is dealt. To be honest Pardew deserves a medal for the job he is doing with very little support of investment - can you imagine where he could take us if he was given a transfer budget of 20m per season - which is well within our means. Again this is a disgrace.
Transfer deadline day will come and go and we will just get on with things like we always do. How much longer will this disillusionment continue? If I was this disillusioned at work I'd get a new job, this disillusioned with my wife, I'd find a new one. Mike Ashley knows we can never walk away from our club and will continue to run / ruin our club his own way.
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