12 WTF Moments In Newcastle's Disastrous 14/15 Season
2. The Excuses
When John Carver sits down in the summer to go over the promised inquest with Lee Charnley and the "football board" you have to wonder quite which excuse will be addressed first. Because at various times over the season, the excuses have been flat-out ridiculous.
It was the fans' fault for getting too excited. It was the fans' fault for not backing the team. It was down to the boycott. It was down to the weather. It was down - most amazingly of all - to Mike Ashley's own short-comings...
Even after the King Of Excuses, Alan Pardew, jumped ship the excuses kept rolling. It wasn't just that they were an insult to the fans' intelligence, but some of the things the club actually allowed to be released made Newcastle nothing short of a gaudy laughing stock.
And that much is unforgivable.