Stoke City 0 - 0 Newcastle United - 06/01/08 - post match reaction from page 22

[Yorkie]

 

A good question, no doubt, but we can't be sure that he wasn't.

 

I know he's losing a lot of us at the minute because of numerous reasons, but surely a bloke with his reputation and standing as a player and manager in this game could see the same as what we see?

 

It's stuff like this that fucks me off more than anything, not having anything truly concrete to finger the blame on people so that we can FINALLY zap the right man. We need something more set in stone than the constant scapegoats. We've gone through umpteen players, numerous managers and we got shot of the previous owners... how much more can we realistically change?

 

Good points.

 

As if you got rid of my quote.

 

That's fucking favouritism.

[Guest sicko2ndbest]

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce, however, felt his side deserved to win, despite being put under pressure for much of the second half.

 

He said: The rain made life awkward, but we controlled the game well and just couldn't find the goal.

 

"I'm disappointed over the 90 minutes not to have won but it's a very good draw and we will try to finish the job at St James' Park.

 

"We dealt with their size and strength very well and but for 15 minutes they didn't cause us too many problems.

 

"Overall it was a satisfying performance. We should have broken them down better than we did, but still had many chances to win it."

 

 

[Mick]

I know its all about opinion on here but how people rated duff a 7 i will never know. Zog was just about a 7 imo, he beat people, worked his arse off won free kicks and had a few shots. Duff didn't create anything or have a shot that i can remember. can someone explain this?

 

 

Agreed but to be fair he's had a horrendous injury so did well under those circumstances.

[Jay Jay Sea]

Given - 8.5 - Kept us in the tie and marshalled the back four as well as he could. Some world class saves.

 

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

Taylor - 2 - Very poor.  At fault for the Stoke goal that was ruled out for offside. Lucky not to have been sent off.

Faye - 3 - Liability. Poor show all round. Bottled several tackles and Stoke's small front men and lack of aerial power still managed to cause Faye problems. Awful.

Enrique - 8.5 - Class. Composed and comfortable on the ball. Looks as though he's played in the Premiership all of his life. Pacey.

 

Duff - 2 - Obviously still not fit following recent long term injury and this showed having to be hauled off at half-time. At least 3 yards slower now than 12 months ago.

Butt - 8 - Another player who held it together for the Mag's today. Tackled all day and got into some fantastic shooting positions. Let down by team mates inability to pass to him when in goalscoring positions.

Smith - 8 - Played well but why did Sam take him off? Maybe he is listening to the fans who are seemingly unhappy with a player who has played consistently well this season?  Toon lost without him.

N'Zogbia - 3.5 - Headless chicken really. Uncomfortable on the ball. Gave far to much possesion away. Certainly top of my 'for sale' list.

 

Owen - 7.5 - Looking sharp and back to full fitness. Maybe gained a yard since injury. Service to him much better and is regaining his prowess in front of goal.

Viduka - 8 - Complimented Owen's running of the ball so well. Terrific lay of for the Owen shot that hit the bar.  A lethal partnership being forged.

 

Verdict - Good show by the majority and we are still in the hat! Yeah!!

[Guest neesy111]

deserved to win hahaha

 

they outplayed us 2nd half, which was an embrassment

[Rich]

 

A good question, no doubt, but we can't be sure that he wasn't.

 

I know he's losing a lot of us at the minute because of numerous reasons, but surely a bloke with his reputation and standing as a player and manager in this game could see the same as what we see?

 

It's stuff like this that fucks me off more than anything, not having anything truly concrete to finger the blame on people so that we can FINALLY zap the right man. We need something more set in stone than the constant scapegoats. We've gone through umpteen players, numerous managers and we got shot of the previous owners... how much more can we realistically change?

 

Good points.

 

As if you got rid of my quote.

 

That's fucking favouritism.

 

Think he meant the good points came in the areas that weren't directly pertaining to your original post, Sonny Jim.

 

[Guest microbar]

Lets just look forward to playing Sunderland in the championship next season.

Because we are only going to be relegated under fat sam.

 

Thanks sam.

[Rich]

Lets just look forward to playing Sunderland in the championship next season.

Because we are only going to be relegated under fat sam.

 

Thanks sam.

 

You are rubbish.

[Mick]

 

As if you got rid of my quote.

 

That's f****** favouritism.

 

I was just keeping the quote pyramid down, at least that's my excuse.

[Guest neesy111]

when will our next win come, probably next season the way things are going

 

1 goal in our last 4 games

 

2 wins in 13 games

 

simply not good enough and this is relegation form

[Mick]

Given - 8.5 - Kept us in the tie and marshalled the back four as well as he could. Some world class saves.

 

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

Taylor - 2 - Very poor.  At fault for the Stoke goal that was ruled out for offside. Lucky not to have been sent off.

Faye - 3 - Liability. Poor show all round. Bottled several tackles and Stoke's small front men and lack of aerial power still managed to cause Faye problems. Awful.

Enrique - 8.5 - Class. Composed and comfortable on the ball. Looks as though he's played in the Premiership all of his life. Pacey.

 

Duff - 2 - Obviously still not fit following recent long term injury and this showed having to be hauled off at half-time. At least 3 yards slower now than 12 months ago.

Butt - 8 - Another player who held it together for the Mag's today. Tackled all day and got into some fantastic shooting positions. Let down by team mates inability to pass to him when in goalscoring positions.

Smith - 8 - Played well but why did Sam take him off? Maybe he is listening to the fans who are seemingly unhappy with a player who has played consistently well this season?  Toon lost without him.

N'Zogbia - 3.5 - Headless chicken really. Uncomfortable on the ball. Gave far to much possesion away. Certainly top of my 'for sale' list.

 

Owen - 7.5 - Looking sharp and back to full fitness. Maybe gained a yard since injury. Service to him much better and is regaining his prowess in front of goal.

Viduka - 8 - Complimented Owen's running of the ball so well. Terrific lay of for the Owen shot that hit the bar.  A lethal partnership being forged.

 

Verdict - Good show by the majority and we are still in the hat! Yeah!!

 

Go back to General Chat where you're safe.

[Jay Jay Sea]

Given - 8.5 - Kept us in the tie and marshalled the back four as well as he could. Some world class saves.

 

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

Taylor - 2 - Very poor.  At fault for the Stoke goal that was ruled out for offside. Lucky not to have been sent off.

Faye - 3 - Liability. Poor show all round. Bottled several tackles and Stoke's small front men and lack of aerial power still managed to cause Faye problems. Awful.

Enrique - 8.5 - Class. Composed and comfortable on the ball. Looks as though he's played in the Premiership all of his life. Pacey.

 

Duff - 2 - Obviously still not fit following recent long term injury and this showed having to be hauled off at half-time. At least 3 yards slower now than 12 months ago.

Butt - 8 - Another player who held it together for the Mag's today. Tackled all day and got into some fantastic shooting positions. Let down by team mates inability to pass to him when in goalscoring positions.

Smith - 8 - Played well but why did Sam take him off? Maybe he is listening to the fans who are seemingly unhappy with a player who has played consistently well this season?  Toon lost without him.

N'Zogbia - 3.5 - Headless chicken really. Uncomfortable on the ball. Gave far to much possesion away. Certainly top of my 'for sale' list.

 

Owen - 7.5 - Looking sharp and back to full fitness. Maybe gained a yard since injury. Service to him much better and is regaining his prowess in front of goal.

Viduka - 8 - Complimented Owen's running of the ball so well. Terrific lay of for the Owen shot that hit the bar.  A lethal partnership being forged.

 

Verdict - Good show by the majority and we are still in the hat! Yeah!!

 

Go back to General Chat where you're safe.

Make me.

[Rich]

I'll be honest, I laughed. We could do with Jay Jay in here more often after performances like that.

[brummie]

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

 

I thought Rozehnal looked really poor, shaky and uncertain most of the time, I don't know if that can be safely blamed on Taylor (who I also thought was poor), though.

 

Hang on .... Smith 8?

 

On a general point, I actually thought you looked pretty good in the first half. Fuck knows what he said in his half time chat, though. "Switch off" by the looks of it.

[Dokko]

Given - 8.5 - Kept us in the tie and marshalled the back four as well as he could. Some world class saves.

 

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

Taylor - 2 - Very poor.  At fault for the Stoke goal that was ruled out for offside. Lucky not to have been sent off.

Faye - 3 - Liability. Poor show all round. Bottled several tackles and Stoke's small front men and lack of aerial power still managed to cause Faye problems. Awful.

Enrique - 8.5 - Class. Composed and comfortable on the ball. Looks as though he's played in the Premiership all of his life. Pacey.

 

Duff - 2 - Obviously still not fit following recent long term injury and this showed having to be hauled off at half-time. At least 3 yards slower now than 12 months ago.

Butt - 8 - Another player who held it together for the Mag's today. Tackled all day and got into some fantastic shooting positions. Let down by team mates inability to pass to him when in goalscoring positions.

Smith - 8 - Played well but why did Sam take him off? Maybe he is listening to the fans who are seemingly unhappy with a player who has played consistently well this season?  Toon lost without him.

N'Zogbia - 3.5 - Headless chicken really. Uncomfortable on the ball. Gave far to much possesion away. Certainly top of my 'for sale' list.

 

Owen - 7.5 - Looking sharp and back to full fitness. Maybe gained a yard since injury. Service to him much better and is regaining his prowess in front of goal.

Viduka - 8 - Complimented Owen's running of the ball so well. Terrific lay of for the Owen shot that hit the bar.  A lethal partnership being forged.

 

Verdict - Good show by the majority and we are still in the hat! Yeah!!

 

Go back to General Chat where you're safe.

Make me.

 

[jimmymag]

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce, however, felt his side deserved to win, despite being put under pressure for much of the second half.

 

He said: The rain made life awkward, but we controlled the game well and just couldn't find the goal.

 

"I'm disappointed over the 90 minutes not to have won but it's a very good draw and we will try to finish the job at St James' Park.

 

"We dealt with their size and strength very well and but for 15 minutes they didn't cause us too many problems.

 

"Overall it was a satisfying performance. We should have broken them down better than we did, but still had many chances to win it."

 

 

 

What fucking planet is this man living on coming out with that shite!

[Ember]

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce, however, felt his side deserved to win, despite being put under pressure for much of the second half.

 

He said: The rain made life awkward, but we controlled the game well and just couldn't find the goal.

 

"I'm disappointed over the 90 minutes not to have won but it's a very good draw and we will try to finish the job at St James' Park.

 

"We dealt with their size and strength very well and but for 15 minutes they didn't cause us too many problems.

 

"Overall it was a satisfying performance. We should have broken them down better than we did, but still had many chances to win it."

 

 

 

What f****** planet is this man living on coming out with that s****!

Erm, the same planet as me by the sounds of things.

[Keefaz]

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

 

I thought Rozehnal looked really poor, shaky and uncertain most of the time, I don't know if that can be safely blamed on Taylor (who I also thought was poor), though.

 

Hang on .... Smith 8?

 

On a general point, I actually thought you looked pretty good in the first half. Fuck knows what he said in his half time chat, though. "Switch off" by the looks of it.

 

The confusement.

[Rich]

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

 

I thought Rozehnal looked really poor, shaky and uncertain most of the time, I don't know if that can be safely blamed on Taylor (who I also thought was poor), though.

 

Hang on .... Smith 8?

 

On a general point, I actually thought you looked pretty good in the first half. Fuck knows what he said in his half time chat, though. "Switch off" by the looks of it.

 

Aye Brum, Jay-Jay isn't being exactly serious... he's reprising the old Andy faux-player ratings brilliance.

[GeordieDazzler]

Rozehnal - 8 - left exposed too often by Taylor though was able to guide the back four through constant Stoke attacking.

 

I thought Rozehnal looked really poor, shaky and uncertain most of the time, I don't know if that can be safely blamed on Taylor (who I also thought was poor), though.

 

Hang on .... Smith 8?

 

On a general point, I actually thought you looked pretty good in the first half. Fuck knows what he said in his half time chat, though. "Switch off" by the looks of it.

 

[Mick]

Make me.

 

I thought I just had.

[Disco]

was Emre injured today or just not selected?

[Dave]

was Emre injured today or just not selected?

 

'Ankle injury'.

[Ember]

In talks with Monaco more like.

[steve_69]

Enrique pacy, Smith 8 and Duff 2!!!!!???