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Ah don't be saying that. ()

He's never rubbished stuff in a 'I'm not leaving' way. He's loving every second of this tbh. Yeah i should have used "played down" not "rubbished" I watched the video. He knows what he was saying/doing, otherwise why go through the trouble of going on TV and risking the wrath of the management the following morning? He's clearly frustrated about how things are going for the club atm but to basically have a go at the club in public is not the way to go (Cabaye too btw...). Cabaye had a go at the club? Or did Ba have a go at Cabaye? Cabaye basically criticised our style of play, saying it was too defensive and narrow. Basically what we're all thinking really.

Bleurgh.

He's never rubbished stuff in a 'I'm not leaving' way. He's loving every second of this tbh. Yeah i should have used "played down" not "rubbished" I watched the video. He knows what he was saying/doing, otherwise why go through the trouble of going on TV and risking the wrath of the management the following morning? He's clearly frustrated about how things are going for the club atm but to basically have a go at the club in public is not the way to go (Cabaye too btw...).

He did have a good game against City tbf.

Well this is rather pleasant news to come home to. I assume the thread title is up to date?

When I saw this thread bumped, all I could think was: "uh oh, Dave's going to have a fit"

Mind you though, Obertan playing in a side that is bereft of confidence is hardly going to do him any favours... Impact player off the bench is the best option for him atm.

Did Cabaye mention anything about the way we play? Too defensive and narrow.

All I got from that video was a negative vibe

Cabaye's interview was just a segment within the section about Ba.

Hmmm, to finish off that mini section about Ba, Ba himself made an appearance and said: "Will Demba Ba leave Newcastle? For the time being, he's not going to say"... then goes on to say how his first goal against Reading has been his favourite one so far.

Mark Douglas made an appearance in the video

I'm watching the video now. Will report back.

Uh oh.

Well then, this is not going to go down well at all with the management tomorrow morning. I doubt they'll give a s*** tbh. Probably not but I suspect Pardew will feel a bit let down. He has gone through all the trouble to get Ba playing in the centre and this interview will only sour things imo. But until I see a full transcript of the interview, I think it's best I don't jump to conclusions...

Well then, this is not going to go down well at all with the management tomorrow morning.

And this is the correct way to approach this. Press over here will have a field day about this tomorrow mind.

It seems to me that Santon actually prefers cutting in, it certainly adds to his attacking and helps him to beat a man. His end product is by no means the finished article. He needs to develop the confidence to whip it in first time when he does cut in, in addition he might as well have a shot at goal too. As it stands he's still my long term option for LB.

In a short space of time, Hughton has certainly learned a lot and has developed into a respectable manager. He rallied us back up to the PL, did a great job at Birmingham (considering their situation when he was appointed manager) and now he's doing a good job at Norwich. Brilliant bloke too so I wish him all the best. It has to be said that his sacking to this day was unjustified and pretty much uncalled for. He was completely mistreated by Ashley/Llambias, he didn't really do anything wrong, he just got on with the job. He didn't say a single bad thing about the club when he did get sacked too and that again just demonstrated his brilliant demeanour. Now, we will simply never know how he would have got on if he was still in the NUFC job today. Sure, his achievements at Norwich so far could be an indication of what he could/would have done here but there's no point in dwelling/thinking about it - it will just make things worse than they should be and then you'll ultimately become frustrated. I just don't see why people are going on and saying "Hughton would have done this/that and is better than Pardew etc." - it's a waste of energy. What's done is done (and one which I didn't agree with) so we have to move on. We've got Pardew now and that's the man we should be concentrating our praise/criticism on in terms of what's happening on the pitch - there's no point in bringing Hughton into it all (again). FWIW, I'm still content in having Pardew as manager - his acheivements from last season has earned him his right to be given the chance to try and turn it around and recent signs suggest that he's slowly but surely getting the formula right...

Be Ryan Shawcross. Tbh, don't know what it is about Shawcross but he's one of those players you just dislike. Hmmm, actually having thought about it, must be because he plays for Stoke.

Hopefully he can take solace in his performance today - should help to boost his confidence. A confident Williamson = a decent CB.

Whoopdie do.

Thought today's attempts were better than our previous attempts...Williamson had a mini chance that came from a set piece iirc. Still a shite way to set it all up mind.