Man City 2 - 1 Newcastle United - 03/10/10 - post match reaction from page 33

[Guest Chris P]

I thought Shola battled well on his own, given his awful lack of support. I know Nolan was playing deeper, but still.

 

I thought Shola had a good game as well. Held it up well.

[Guest BooBoo]

Shocking decisions by the ref cost us a deserved point. All overshadowed by the horrendous injury to Ben Arfa, who we'll be lucky to see again play for us.

 

All the lads are worthy of praise today other than Nolan who yet again brought nothing to the party. Felt sorry for Shola who battled manfully without a trace of support.

[chicago_shearer]

I'd love a screen cap of Tiote standing over De Jong.  The Dutch fucker looked terrified. 

[Shak]

Just stood up and screamed "FUCK" quite loudly there a minute ago.

 

Lass thinks I'm gone mad.

 

Desperate day.

[Guest BooBoo]

Have to say the Toon charvas were out in force today. Mortal drunk by luchtime, topless and semi racist chanting.

 

Embarassing.

[Dave]

Just stood up and screamed "FUCK" quite loudly there a minute ago.

 

Lass thinks I'm gone mad.

 

Desperate day.

 

[colinmk]

I don't know what the hell Ronaldo is smoking, our tactics couldn't have been more spot on. We pressured high, defended well, controlled possession, nullified their midfield and should have won this match if the ref wasn't a corrupt cunt.

This.

 

Only player who didn't perform was Nolan imho.

 

Agreed.

 

Thought Barton had a poor game today too, gave the ball away far too much in the middle. You just can't do that against teams like Man City.

[Shak]

Just stood up and screamed "FUCK" quite loudly there a minute ago.

 

Lass thinks I'm gone mad.

 

Desperate day.

 

 

Fuck you Dave.

[womblemaster]

looked like the ref had a back hander today.  Was clearly biased.

 

Sadly am sure the people running the league are equally as well paid to keep quiet (

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9040924.stm

 

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton:

"We set the team up to play against their quality but key decisions went against us.

 

"My first impression was that it [the Tevez incident] was not a penalty, and that has not changed. The touch [by Mike Willamson] on the ball was outside the penalty box, and that was confirmed when we saw the replay at half-time. It was a dreadful decision on the same side as the linesman.

 

"Ameobi had his standing foot taken away from him, Lescott loses his footing, and it's an absolute penalty.

 

"We're pushing to get an equaliser and I can't fault the attitude of the players but we need things to go for us - and those two dreadful decisions have gone against us."

[Cronky]

I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking.

 

A fair indication that nobbling HBA was their top priority at the start of the game. No one has been able to get close to him in his previous starts, it was always a fair bet that other teams would try and take him out by other means.

 

Yeah. It was what in American football would be called 'unnecessary roughness.' I presume he wasn't out to nobble the player, but I think it was designed to hurt and put him off.

 

It was a similar tackle to the one that got Barton sent off against Liverpool, in that he allowed his trailing leg to follow through. De Jong was a bit more subtle.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking.

 

A fair indication that nobbling HBA was their top priority at the start of the game. No one has been able to get close to him in his previous starts, it was always a fair bet that other teams would try and take him out by other means.

 

Yeah. It was what in American football would be called 'unnecessary roughness.' I presume he wasn't out to nobble the player, but I think it was designed to hurt and put him off.

 

It was a similar tackle to the one that got Barton sent off against Liverpool, in that he allowed his trailing leg to follow through. De Jong was a bit more subtle.

 

I disagree that it wasn't designed to nobble him. De Jong went in to hurt Ben Arfa, as other thugs do to players week in week out.

 

Not for one moment saying he tried to break his leg, but the intention was to put the player out of the game early on.

 

Shouuld be banned for the length of Ben Arfa's injury lay-off - same goes for the likes of Shawcross, Henry, or any other player who seriously injures a player through a foul challenge

[Guest BooBoo]

Krul 7

Perch 6

Enrique 7

Colo 7 (Sol 7)

Williamson 7

Routledge 5

Jonas 7

Barton 7

Tiote 8

Nolan 4

Shola 6

[Cronky]

Krul's performance was a big plus today. He looked like he'd arrived. He showed composure and confidence, which is so crucial for a keeper. Not to mention some decent stops.

 

The other big plus was team spirit. It felt like Ben Arfa's injury bonded the team together. If we keep showing that, we should be all right.

[ikri]

I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking.

 

A fair indication that nobbling HBA was their top priority at the start of the game. No one has been able to get close to him in his previous starts, it was always a fair bet that other teams would try and take him out by other means.

 

Yeah. It was what in American football would be called 'unnecessary roughness.' I presume he wasn't out to nobble the player, but I think it was designed to hurt and put him off.

 

It was a similar tackle to the one that got Barton sent off against Liverpool, in that he allowed his trailing leg to follow through. De Jong was a bit more subtle.

 

I disagree that it wasn't designed to nobble him. De Jong went in to hurt Ben Arfa, as other thugs do to players week in week out.

 

Not for one moment saying he tried to break his leg, but the intention was to put the player out of the game early on.

 

Shouuld be banned for the length of Ben Arfa's injury lay-off - same goes for the likes of Shawcross, Henry, or any other player who seriously injures a player through a foul challenge

 

If the tackle had been made by some no-name British player for a mid-table team the media would be calling for his head right now but since the tackle was by an (alleged) cultured international footballer playing for a title-chasing club there's almost no chance that there will be any action.

[colinmk]

Krul 7

Perch 6

Enrique 7

Colo 7 Sol 8

Williamson 7

Tiote 8

Routledge 5

Jonas 8

Barton 6

Nolan 5

Shola 6.5

[Spider Jerusalem]

If a British player by the name of Joey Barton had broken another players leg today they'd have had the gallows built and had him strung up by half time.

[Steggy]

Have to say the Toon charvas were out in force today. Mortal drunk by luchtime, topless and semi racist chanting.

 

Embarassing.

 

Elaborate on the semi-racist chanting will ya.

[Ronaldo]

The little dickheads are embarrassing like.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

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Hughton describes the ref penalty decisions as diabolical. If the FA fine him for that he might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and just call the ref and his assistants incompetent or corrupt.

[JH]

Played brilliantly after the equaliser to half time. Again came out looking a bit like rabbits in a headlight. They were getting closer and closer to scoring, and we waited until they inevitably did before we changed things - poor timing again.

 

We should have had a pen, they shouldn't have had a pen, they were dirty cheating fuckers and HBA's injury was unfortunate but the challenge was unnecessary - we were cheated out of the game tbh.

[madras]

i'd also like to point out again that i've never seen a player get fouled so much without a reward as shola ameobi.

[J7]

Can the club put in an official complaint about the officials today. It was an absolute disgrace.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

http://football.fanhouse.co.uk/2010/10/03/man-city-2-newcastle-united-1-adam-johnson-stages-late-rescue-a/

 

REACTION:

Hughton was incensed by the performance of referee Martin Atkinson and also the challenge that left Ben Arfa with a broken leg:

"I thought it was a challenge that didn't need to be made. Everybody will have their own opinions, I'm quite sure, it's been shown enough times. But my feeling was, at the time, it was a challenge that didn't need to be made.

 

"I probably don't want to go into whether it was a foul. The best thing I can say was it was a challenge that didn't need to be made.

 

"The referee has made two horrendous decisions. My first impressions were Mike Williamson had played the ball and also it was outside the box. They were confirmed when I saw it on TV.

 

"Then my first impression when Shola Ameobi went down was that his standing foot had been taken away from him and that was confirmed as well."

 

On the apparently large number of reckless challenges in the Premier League this weekend:

"On a day like today I don't want to speak about challenges. The over-riding feeling for me is that I have got a team I am very proud of, that went about their business the right way and, unjustly, came out of it with a result they didn't deserve."

 

On his team's display:

'As the away team coming to somewhere like here, with the quality they have got, I couldn't fault any of my players for the commitment they showed. I thought we got the game plan right and at 1-1 I felt we were going to get the draw we deserved."

 

Assistant manager Brian Kidd stood in for Mancini who had flown home to Italy to be with his ailing father. And he heaped praise on the absent manager and Johnson:

"You've got to give credit to the boss. He wasn't prepared for a draw, he wanted a win and the second half tactics proved that. The ethics the boss has are it's not about individuals, it's about the squad, the team. Adam did well against Juventus in the week and again today he came up with that little big of magic he's always capable of."

 

On de Jong:

"We didn't realise how bad it was at the time, but everybody knows Nigel. He is as honest as the day is long. It's so sad when that happens but I don't think it was a rash challenge. There was no malice in it, definitely not. Nigel's not that type of lad. There is no malice in Nigel de Jong.

 

On the penalty decisions:

"That sums up this league. If you watched Match of the Day last night, or watch the highlights tonight, there will be decisions there; some will have gone for teams, some will have gone against. The referees can only give what they see and you take it, don't you?"

[M4]

Yeah SSN showing Kidd saying that right now... had to snigger.

 

When the same player does it that often his actions are what speak louder.