Guest LucaAltieri Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Skeletor, this was a very important point. As people have said, it's not the right circumstances to be throwing it all at them, like you'd expect much earlier in the season. Not in my opinion, anyway. Frustrating, aye, but the key aim was four points and we're well on the road to that. He could have taken Viduka off, brought N'Zogbia on and moved Martins up front. More shape to the team but still with Martins threat there to win it. It's a decision that made no sense especially when many of our other players were knackered. Agreed... but with the emphasis on not losing I can see why he'd keep Viduka on as a player who can (in theory) hold the ball up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Fuck me, interviewing Lee Ryder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Can't believe he took Martins off, alhough to be honest, I thought you lost the impetus before that. The match looked like what it was - two sides s*** scared of getting relegated. Very cagey indeed. N'Zogbia should have been on for Barton as soon as we'd scored, Barton is one of the worst footballers I've seen at Newcastle for years. Keegan blew it when he took Martins off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I like how Martins was reacting angrily to being subbed off, and he had his hands on his shirt (ready to take it off and probably throw it) but he thought better of it, and just stuck to the disgusted look on his face :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Geremi's corners and crosses baffled me because barely a month ago he was swinging in some fantastic crosses for Cameroon from the same positions. Just an off day I think although I though his overall play was good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Poor first half but we rallied second and I think we deserved to win the game overall, only a great save from Taylor stopped Oba giving us the lead. Geremi and Enrique the pick of the bunch for me. Only a point but I'm much more confident of staying up now. Enrique keeps impressing me with his cool head and how strong he is on the ball, shame he's not better going forward but it's something we'll have to work with him on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris P Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Just had a massive rage with the misses, because she wanted moisturiser rubbed in her back with fifteen minutes to go.. :shifty:c*** did you rub it in her chocolate starfish like? if i was doing that i would not be watching football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Skeletor, this was a very important point. As people have said, it's not the right circumstances to be throwing it all at them, like you'd expect much earlier in the season. Not in my opinion, anyway. Frustrating, aye, but the key aim was four points and we're well on the road to that. He could have taken Viduka off, brought N'Zogbia on and moved Martins up front. More shape to the team but still with Martins threat there to win it. It's a decision that made no sense especially when many of our other players were knackered. Agreed... but with the emphasis on not losing I can see why he'd keep Viduka on as a player who can (in theory) hold the ball up. Not in practise though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross magoo Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 A draw will do. It was more important not to get beat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goalfather Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 It was obvious from Martins' play (and reaction to the substitution) that he was regaining a bit of confidence. I've never seen a player as reliant on it. Absolutely clueless management!!!!! Martins should seriously start considering his options next season. The guy is struggling to get a game when he's clearly the best option up front. When he begins to get some confidence the managers usually do their best to destroy it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Unbelievable the Duke never knew Owen was free on his left and chose to pass to Martins. Agreed, Owen was the easier ball and a probable goal, Viduka was poor tonight, he looked totally unfit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Can I just say as well, as much as I despise Butt's ability, I have so much admiration for him for his performance today. The guy cares 100%, and as much as he gave the ball away today, he also won it back for us a hell of a lot. Was definitely the man of the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Viduka's over hit pass when it was 3 against 3 pissed me off more than Owen's chance, all it needed was a simple lay off to Martins and he hit it 5 yards wide of him. Most definitely. Was screaming and shouting at the tele for Viduka to pass it (actually, it was just random shouting, couldn't even utter any words), and he fucks it up so bad. Terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Unbelievable the Duke never knew Owen was free on his left and chose to pass to Martins. Agreed, Owen was the easier ball and a probable goal, Viduka was poor tonight, he looked totally unfit. He moves like that when he is fit tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulivye Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 A draw will do. It was more important not to get beat. this is where my math sucks...if this was a relegation 6 pointer, how does a draw figure in? what if we draw vs fulham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Can I just say as well, as much as I despise Butt's ability, I have so much admiration for him for his performance today. The guy cares 100%, and as much as he gave the ball away today, he also won it back for us a hell of a lot. Was definitely the man of the match. A lot better than he has been recently, but Martins was man of the match by a mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugsy Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I agree it was more important not to get beat, but given Viduka was well and truly knackered and Martins was more and more threatening, it was a very poor decision by Keegan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Unbelievable the Duke never knew Owen was free on his left and chose to pass to Martins. Agreed, Owen was the easier ball and a probable goal, Viduka was poor tonight, he looked totally unfit. He was pretty good in the first half, but looked totally knackered by the second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Viduka was our best player in the first half, which probably shows how badly we played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Can I just say as well, as much as I despise Butt's ability, I have so much admiration for him for his performance today. The guy cares 100%, and as much as he gave the ball away today, he also won it back for us a hell of a lot. Was definitely the man of the match. it would have been a close call if Martins had stayed on and won us the match though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I'm happy with the point. We didn't lose, which means we're still above Birmingham, in fact, we move all the way up to 13th. Much better second half performance. Same lineup and same intention that we showed in the second half, for the full game on Saturday, and we'll win comfortably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarralad Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Keegan just said he thought geremi was outstanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Keegan has just said Geremi and Barton were outstanding with no mentionof Butt or Martins. God help us ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Keegan just said he thought geremi was outstanding. I agree with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I am just so fucking relieved. Good point earned. Doesnt matter how it happened. A good point earned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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