Entitlement? Thy Name Is Newcastle United
John Wilson considers whether the idea of black and white entitlement is actually rooted in reality — how do you see it?
The frustrating thing is, in my opinion, they’re not even a very good team compared to us. We shouldn’t lose to them. Thus spoke Mr Anthony Gordon after Newcastle’s latest derby defeat.
The red and white media has been full to the brim these past few days, featuring clips from the past made by Mags’ fans of how we would face impending doom on our return to the top flight; of how wouldn’t even get to Derby County’s record low points tally and would be totally out of our depth. “An easy six points for the Visitors. ” There’s a clip of Alan Shearer saying those exact words before adding “I hope that doesn’t come back to bite me”.
Well, come back to bite you it has, Mr Shearer — and all Newcastle fans. It’s bitten you, chewed a bit then spat you out, as we don’t like the taste! OK, it’s rivalry; a bit of banter.
But is it? Is there something deeper that makes a lot of them insufferable, arrogant and entitled? Of course, there’ll be many level-headed and fair-minded Mags, so let’s not tarnish the whole region.
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