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Nolan attacks the critics.

July 19th, 2010 | 28 Comments |

Kevin Nolan hits out.
Kevin Nolan hits out.
Kevin Nolan has launched a stinging attack aimed at the critics who are writing off Newcastle United’s survival chances already.

Nolan hit 18 goals and picked up the Player of the Season award last year as Newcastle waltzed the Championship, although I very much doubt that the same amount of goals will be scored by Nolan this time around.

The most scathing part of the criticism is aimed at some former Newcastle players, who have queued up and took it in turns to swipe at the team before even a ball is kicked. Former players like Malcolm Macdonald and Rob Lee have all been critical of the team and lack of investment, which is their opinion of course, but they seem to be forgetting anything positive that came from last season. The team was in a similar position this time last year with the critics rounding on them wanting failure to justify their newspaper columns and such, and look what happened! (more…)