Nigel Pearson “I think the key thing for us even in our darkest moments, and there were a few, was the players continued to support each other and believe in their own ability.”
If the Newcastle United PR department were running this story, they would say that statistically, in ‘recent’ times, every season at least one PL club who have 25 points or less after 31 games ends up surviving,
With the exception of possibly Kasper Schmeichel, none of these Leicester City players would have been considered by Newcastle United under Mike Ashley due to their age and lack of future increased resale value.
Leicester have a massive 54 point advantage over Newcastle United from their respective last 38 Premier League matches…why can’t Newcastle fans dare to dream of following their example?
I’m not sure whether Mick Quinn had taken on ‘refreshments’ before making that point about Leicester City, but to be fair, it isn’t a million miles away from what many Newcastle fans clearly think.
Twenty years ago, we, like Leicester City today, were daring to dream. We were leading the charge towards a castle in the sky and it was awesome. Tino had just signed…and nothing could possibly go wrong.
