No more heros!

I watch and wait but nothing ever changes. Up and down, but never quite high enough, then down again but never quite to the bottom. So what am I talking about you may ask, well my beloved, Newcastle United Football club, and one I have followed since I was a young lad living in the North East of England. A team for me that just don't have what it takes to be a great team, a good team at best but never a great team. Why? I have no idea, the investment is there, and they have had some great players over the last decade, and some good coaches and unquestionable loyalty from the many thousands of fans, but still no return of investment. No sliver wear, no trophy's and a very frustrated old firm of supports that have been waiting patiently for something that they can pass on to the next generation of supporter. So what has and is going wrong? I have no idea and although Sam the Man Allardyce, has pledged his guidance and management skills to get them over the finish line, this is still not working. Prior to the latest game against Reading, which we lost 2-1, Newcastle were in 8th position and had 2 games in hand, which if we had won, we would have jumped to 4th spot, right up there with the big boys and would have been the best start in the premiership for many years and really given Sam a fighting chance to prove he has what it takes to get the old dog going.

But anybody who thought Sam had solved Newcastle's age-old problems at the back were left to think again after what could be politely described as a shambolic performance by the defence. All the problems were expected at the other end for a Reading team who had conceded 11 goals in three games, but it was the visitors who did their utmost to gift Steve Coppell's men a goal.

Another problem is also with Newcastle's consistency, they can play some outstanding football one week and beat the top teams then fall by the way side in a crushing defeat against an underdog. It is not just frustrating it is painful to watch week in and out, always hoping they will become the great team they once were. The last piece of silver wear was back in 1975 when Newcastle were the Texaco Cup Winners and prior to that in 1955 as the F.A. Cup winners, but since then, NOTHING!

What has gone wrong and will Newcastle ever be anything more than a medioca club?