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Originally Posted by Dirty0900
I dont think they'll go down at all, media hype wanting them to do a Leeds and all of that. I can see Viduka retiring, Owen/Martins/Jonas/Bassong going. However, we have a very good youth system with plenty of youg kids doing well and if they do implode, they have people who they can bring in.
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Thing is though by all accounts they didn't have any relegation clauses in their contracts as Newcastle thought they were too big to go down. So instead of all those contracted players receiving a 50% pay cut (which is about the norm per a relegation clause), they're all going to be on the same money next year. So, as Andy Gray said on SS after the match, it's not that hard to believe a situation where several of their players are happy to stay at the Toon on their £50k+ a week contracts where the alternative is to sign for someone else on a lot less money.