David28 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Why did Williamson come on btw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Why did Williamson come on btw? Taylor had a hamstring issue I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Why did Williamson come on btw? Taylor strained a muscle, looked like a back muscle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Tomkins and Ben Haim in particular are accidents waiting to happen. Fucking rights they are. Well played lads for proving my point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Really pleased lovenkrands got his goal. He made the first two, 1st one playing the right ball (albeit he should always make that) but for the seconds was a very intelligent run and good ball. Played well all night. Best was jsut in the right place at the right time but still took his goals well. Tiote and Barton ran midfield with ease- West Ham were just so poor was unreal. Lets hope Tiote is OK for the mackems. Yeah, the good thing about Lovenkrands is that he makes the conventional nippy striker moves and runs. His goal was one that probably only he in our squad would have scored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Chicken Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Went our for afew pints to watch the Arsenal/Citeh match instead of watching the Best masterclass Sorry Leon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Why did Williamson come on btw? Taylor had a hamstring issue I think. Why did Williamson come on btw? Taylor strained a muscle, looked like a back muscle. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Your just a bunch of fickle scallies im going to bed,too many wine and sodas.nite xx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Great result - performance was decent as well BUT we didnt really need to try that much since they were shit Delighted for Best, certainly was not expecting that from him - took all of his goals well and his general play was canny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Your just a bunch of fickle scallies im going to bed,too many wine and sodas.nite xx Aww. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Harper - 7.5 Didn't have alot to do but got the job done when needed Enrique - 8.5 Some great runs through West Hams midfield and awesome as always defensively Thought his passing wasn't great though. Colo - 9 Made it look so easy in that second half. Rarely troubled but timed some challenges perfectly in that second half. Saylor 7 Had little to do but didn't put a foot wrong. Simpson 8 Attacked alot early on which was impressive. Don't remember Noble or anyone on the left getting behind him all game. Jonas 7.5 Took a knock early on which definitely hampered his performance but was good for his 60 minutes. Nolan 8 Good finish and was able to find himself in more space than he usually does in the centre of the park. Tidy in possession and Ranger should have finished off one of his great passes in the box. Tiote 9 Defensively it was a faultless performance. Passing was as accurate as always but looks despereate to score a goal for some reason. Barton 9 Controlled the game in the first half. Didn't have much to do in the second and did look like he was pretty tired towards the end. Lovenkrands 7.5 Got himself into good positions and will probably be credited with an assist for the first two goals. First touch was poor though. Best 9.5 Who would have thought Leon Best would be scoring a hattrick on tyneside? Apart from 3 well taken goals he won quite a few headers that were knocked down to Lovenkrands or another player. Top performance from a player most thought would be out of the club by now. Williamson 7 Little to do and it is great to have a CB of his quality as back up to our first choice pairing. Ferguson 7 Good to see him get some time. Laid a good ball back for Nolan and looked quick. Held his nerve pretty well against Ben Haim Ranger 6 Looked gangly, uncoordinated and missed a sitter. Needs time out on loan to get some composure on the ball. Great performance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Your just a bunch of fickle scallies im going to bed,too many wine and sodas.nite xx Aww. Was used for comedy purposes, wine tastes like piss tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Someone came into work earlier and told me Newcastle were beating West Ham 5-0 and that Leon Best scored a hattrick. I quite rightly pissed myself laughing and told him to fuck off and try it somewhere else. Wait... you what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Were all in on your mates joke. We really lost 0 - 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Your just a bunch of fickle scallies im going to bed,too many wine and sodas.nite xx Aww. Was used for comedy purposes, wine tastes like piss tbh. Quick, someone tell Messi and he can get his user name back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Sell Sell Sell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ferguson is the english Jose Enrique Northern Irish* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfmag Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Harper - 6. Suspect kicking as usual and not sure what he was doing with that disallowed goal. Simpson - 8. Attacked well, defended well. Taylor/Williamson - 7. Both did well. Coloccini - 9. Completely owned the entire West Ham attack. Enrique - 7. Good game. Barton - 9. Another fantastic performance. Tiote - 9. Bossed it. Nolan - 7. Decent performance with an excellent goal. Jonas - 6. Below-par, again, but not bad. Lovenkrands - 7. Played well. Best - 9. Superb performance. Harper 6? He made two terrific saves and kept a clean sheet man I honestly wouldn't give anyone less than an 8, as a team we were fantastic and no one had bad game. Aye, probably harsh on Harper. His kicking grates on me though. Brilliant, brilliant team performance - as you say. I wish Krul was still in goal but Harper's kicking is a million times better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Were all in on your mates joke. We really lost 0 - 2. I must admit, even after seeing the thread title I my first thought was 'quite an elaborate joke'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris P Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 any interviews anywhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 pardew deserves huge amount of credit for that - totally vindicated his decision to play best up front. as someone said in the prematch thread - he was arguably fighting for his newcastle career, having not scored a league goal for so long. i wouldnt go over the top and say he's done enough to make amends for a year of being crap - but you can't ask for anymore than that in one game. Barton and tiote were sensational in the middle. gap in quality between those two and west ham's bottlers was significant. And Colo and Enrique absolutely took the piss at the back - in fact they were more comfortable than in those easy championship games last season. west ham should go down playing like that. oh, and parker's s****. so embarrasingly over-rated in the media and by wham fans. Good Lord! The guy hadn't played yet Seems people actually convinced themselves the guy couldn't play football. So excited for Best. Been tough going sticking up for the guy on here. Aside from the goals, which were all taken very well and with tons of composure (always a good sign!), the guys all round play and workrate could not be faulted. He's physical and he moves well, far more co-ordinated than Shola for example. The best thing about Leon Best tonight was how much of a pleasure it was to watch him play. Doesn't have the knack for doing those senseless and infuriating things that are Shola's trademark. Great night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 any interviews anywhere? Probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Harper - 6. Suspect kicking as usual and not sure what he was doing with that disallowed goal. Simpson - 8. Attacked well, defended well. Taylor/Williamson - 7. Both did well. Coloccini - 9. Completely owned the entire West Ham attack. Enrique - 7. Good game. Barton - 9. Another fantastic performance. Tiote - 9. Bossed it. Nolan - 7. Decent performance with an excellent goal. Jonas - 6. Below-par, again, but not bad. Lovenkrands - 7. Played well. Best - 9. Superb performance. Harper 6? He made two terrific saves and kept a clean sheet man I honestly wouldn't give anyone less than an 8, as a team we were fantastic and no one had bad game. Aye, probably harsh on Harper. His kicking grates on me though. Brilliant, brilliant team performance - as you say. I wish Krul was still in goal but Harper's kicking is a million times better. I don't know why. The best keeper is in goal, that's all that matters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Harper was good tonight, made some class saves. Even when he looked like he had fucked up (came out, and missed the ball) he pulled his arms in not to give a pen away. Most vocal I've heard him for a while too, some huge audible claims for the ball that you could hear in the Gallowgate end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Excellant performance. Harper and Colo were excellant. Tiote just did what Tiote does well. Well done Leon Best. MOTM for the hat-trick. And congratulations to Ranger for winning the missed sitter of the season award. As Harry might say 'me old mother would have got that' Who was it he said that about again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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