alexf

He does have something unique.

^^^^^ Goes without saying.

Well that was a nice surpise. Don't agree with how they go about making their money but if it benefits newcastle i don't really care. St.James' Park is back baby!

Could this not have just gone in the xisco thread? and yeah im with you in saying No he is not the answer.

Yeah but I mean later on when it was Ben Arfa----Ba-----Cisse. Could easily have switched cisse and ben arfa as cisse made no impression on the right wing.

i dont see why after from 10 mins onwards ben arfa was stuck on the left? I don't think we were gettin battered purely because of Ben Arfa. He would have been far more effective second half on the right.

I would argue that Drogba would have scored more goals than Torres in the current chelsea team.

Come on, someone has just gone to alot of effort and make a fake article right......RIGHT?

I knew it. I knew we would get something worse than the sports direct arena. Wonka FFS!! Can't stand that word or that scum loan shark of a company in the first place. Suddenly I like Sports Direct.

is he the only co-commentator espn have? Don't think i have ever watched a premiership/europa league game on there where he isn't commentating.

isnt that yellow arsenal strip like 2 years old?

cisse and ba are passengers in games like this.

I think Obertan has been better of late and I have more time for him now as he is showing signs of improvement. I don't think he took on buttner too much as he is pretty rapid himself. It's all about confidence with Obertan, just look at that europa league game at home where he beat his man within the first few minutes and then knew he would have the beating of him all night and went on to have probably his best game for us so far.

Yeah looks nervous to take anyone on. From what I saw of him before he joined (limited) he seemed like a pacy winger who would take on the right back but maybe the injuries have taken away his pace?

There is no way he lived in leamington spa surely? would take him about 4 hours to get to newcastle on a bus

That will have just dented Cisse's confidence even more. Stupid decision. Plus points. Ben Arfa, Ba and Anita put to right back when he should have started.

Shocking cisse. Knew as soon as he stepped up he was guna miss. It was identical to the one he took in pre-season. Even if he was on form i doubt he is our best pen taker. Hope we don't rue that.

We should always use attack as a form of defence when we have a weapon like him on the team. Opponents should fear us. I felt first half it almost compounded the problem down our right by him not being there as Baines could just attack with no worry about defending.

Needs one to go in off his arse. He had two moments last night where your would have put you house on him scoring last season (the volley in the first half and the spin half volley in the 2nd after the perch through ball) Still his all round game is lacking at the moment. Mis-controls, bad overhit passes etc. I don't know if he was still doing that last year and we just didnt notice it as much due to the goals?

love the pards fist pump. Does it after every goal but something about him being in the stands among opposition fans makes it even better.

is "we was" instead of "we were" a geordie thing? heard shearer saying it a lot.

I've not noticed any negative bias towards us either. Only times ive noticed is the 4-4 against arsenal he celebrated like an arsenal fan when they thought it was 4-5 only for van persies goal to be disallowed. The other time was the commentary when we lost in the last minute against arsenal last season and he was the co-commentator.

Love how much more candid Pards is in the nufc interviews. "first half, rubbish."

Easy to forget how good some of our attacking players are at times. We have some class players when they are on form.