Deano123FMFAN

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Newcastle United, The Magpies, The Black and Whites, The Pride of the North-East.

St James Park - Home of the most Passionate supporters in England, not just my opinion but from those all around the country a lot of fans will admit that St James's has the best atmosphere and passion in the country, rivalled only by Liverpool's famous stand : The Kop.

The past five years has seen three different managers, Sir Bobby Robson, Graeme Souness and currently at the helm Glenn Roeder. Last season Mr Souness took the team to new depths, in relegation battles a massive contrast to his former Sir Bobby who had put us in the Champions League with 3rd and 4th place finishes. Mr Roeder saved us from the frop last season and put us in a very respectable 7th place meaning an Intertoto Cup spot for the lads. Despite moderate success the geordie fans still crave for a trophy which they have done since 1969, so could you be the manager to give the passionate fans what they deserve?

FM07 Information

Nation - England
Year Founded - 1892
Status - Professional
Reputation - National
Chairman Status - Loves the club
Favoured Personnel - Sir Bobby Robson, Peter Beardsley, Steve Watson, Lee Clark, Jonathan Woodgate, Gary Speed
Fierce Rivals - Sunderland
Other Rivals - Middlesborough, Man Utd, Leeds
Finances - Okay
Estimated Value - 62M (Loan Debt: 37.5M)
Stadium - St James' Park, Newcastle
Stadium Capacity - 52,387 all seater with undersoil heating
Reserve Stadium - Kingston Park, Newcastle
Training Facilities - Top Training Facilities
Youth Facilities - Average Youth Facilities + Youth Academy
Continental Competition - EURO Cup (UEFA)
Media Prediction - 6th
Squad Average Age - 26
Squad Personality - Determined


Last Season proved a mega disappointment, with major signings in Michael Owen, the return of fans favourite Nobby Solano, it had looked hopeful but due to Mr Souness not knowing who to play or having any idea of tactics, the season looked like it would end in agony, however all was not lost and ex-West Ham manager and player (for us) Glenn Roeder took over as caretaker and lifted us beating Chelsea 1-0 on the final day of the season.

This Season with the signings of Obafemi Martins and Damien Duff there is strong belief this season among the Geordie faithful that we could end our 36 year trophy drought, so once again could you be the manager to do it?

Recommended Starting XI

Gk - Given
RB - Carr
LB - Bernard
CB - Taylor
CB - Moore
RM - Solano/ Milner
LM - Duff/ N'Zogbia
CM - Parker
CM - Emre/ N'Zogbia
ST - Martins
ST - Sibierski/ Amadonkey

With only 159K transfer budget there isn't much room to improve and only free transfers would be an option, I've decided to stick to the starting squad and will give you regular updates etc as my season gets on.

Best of luck to anyone starting

Cleon

Good work, added to the club thread :thup:

Hom3r

Parker will win the league for you tbh

Deano123FMFAN

Thanks, I hope more people realise there needs to be effort put into the opening posts as done in all of the club threads started so far .

ruud 3

Thanks, I hope more people realise there needs to be effort put into the opening posts as done in all of the club threads started so far . </BLOCKQUOTE>

Good start :thup: I'm happy my post in the forum ideas thread has made peope put more effort into opening posts.

Hom3r

Zurawski on loan probably a better option than playing Sibierski

Deano123FMFAN

He's at Everton .

LiverpoolSimplyTheBest

Given and Owen are your two World-Class players IRL(although they're both injured) while I think Duff and Parker are the level below ability-wise.

N'zogbia and Milner are good youngsters so you have a good squad. :thup:

On the game the Toon are pretty good too.

All you need IRL is:

a) To get rid of Bramble...pronto!
b) Get a better Manager - no disrespect to Glenn Roeder.

Anyway, on the game you have a good Squad so should do well.

Good first post too.

Deano123FMFAN

Thanks LSTB, Bramble if they renew his contract i shall personally sniper Glenn Roeder.

dabest

when FM07 comes out I'm going to play as Newcastle! Bramble is playing awsome on the demo, consistent 8's on my game :eek: