Craig Bellamy recently took to the press to slate his former employers, claiming that the supporters 'expected too much', scoffing at the possibility of them being mentioned in the same breath as Liverpool and Manchester United. Newcastle supporters might have treated the comments with more surprise were they not just the latest in a long line of slurs and criticisms from former players. The club has been described as something of a 'goldfish bowl' in the past - although Jermaine Jenas has vehemently denied that it was him - but such is the pressure and weight of expectation that players find on Tyneside, the cauldron of chaos that is Newcastle United can often chew up the weak and spit them right back out. Of course, this has left the club open to bitter remarks from scorned ex-lovers, with certain players referring to their former employers as 'a total shambles' and - in the eloquent words of Joey Barton - 'numpties'. Take a look at the ten former Newcastle players who have since criticised the club. Bitter is not the word.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
