Bellamy to Blackburn

picaraza · Jul 7, 2005

Well its finally over. There's a bit of disussion on the transer/rumours/bollox thread, but I suppose he deserves his very own thread. (It's the least we can do)

Nice commentary from NUFC.com that sums it all up.

One more "problem" player moved on then, another significant drain off the wage bill, further incoming transfer revenue.

No doubt that's the official view and there's also unquestionably relief at United - not least from Souness himself, who has averted the unwanted scenario of seeing Bellamy back among his squad.

Had the Welshman remained at the club - paid but unplayed - he would have cast a broad shadow across both the manager and players, his very presence turning the screw on Souness for every chance missed or point dropped.

Like Robert, it's all too easy to pick up a club DVD, flick through his greatest hits and sit bewildered at the fact another prodigiously talented individual has swapped life at Gallowgate for an inferior club.

But for every magic night like the one in Rotterdam, there were other too many other regrettable episodes on and off the field, inside the club....and outside clubs.

We don't propose to rake over the past again as regards Bellamy - as he's not our problem any more.

But for him to go to a team with an average crowd half of what we draw and who finished below us in the league beggars belief - if that's ambition then I'm a disco-dancing Dutchman.

What now for us then?

At the end of last season we would quite happily have seen the lot of them leave to be honest - a great proportion of our squad have failed to deliver in a black and white shirt when the time came.

We advocated a clearout, simply because that seemed to be the only way open to us to deal with the festering mess that was our squad - and by the way that applied whether Souness was in charge or not.

In the main, players and staff show no loyalty to the fans and Bellamy is no exception, his comments in January about walking back to Newcastle to play for us just the empty words of yet another over-paid, immature footballer.

To Craig:

Good riddance. PS Thanks for the memories.

To Souness & Co.

Half the job is done. Now buy your players, build your team. Your time starts now.

You may have got rid of a non-believer today - but there are thousands of Newcastle followers who remain profoundly sceptical about the future of this club.

Your future, your job depends on convincing them - and you now can't blame Bellamy.

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There's a bit more that I cut merely because we're not supposed to post complete articles. NUFC.com is worth a visit to read it in its entirity.

Now buy a ********ing striker already.

Dirt McGirt · Jul 7, 2005

picaraza said:

Now buy a ********ing striker already.
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Not just one

ISiddiqui · Jul 7, 2005

It's nice to see that we got 5 million pounds for him. That's more than I thought we'd get.