Newcastle United 5 - 0 West Ham United - 05/01/11 - post match reaction from p35

[ponsaelius]

Mate is a West Ham fan, been asking him for high fives all day

 

My West Ham mate texted like 10 people beforehand this:

 

"Best starting? You may aswell give us the 3 points now"

 

Seriously

[Guest Bartons_Bitch]

Nolan's goal is the type you concede when you're relegation bound: unmarked & passed it in from 18 yards with all the time in the world.

 

Worst team I've seen at SJP for years. Fuck them.

[merlin]

Finally got to see this game on Foxtel recording last night.

 

Apart from Best's amazing PL debut at SJP, the main plus was beating a team who are in the bottom 3 - it keeps them down and NUFC out of trouble. Probably 2 goals were the result of bad WH defending(Nolan's stands out for that although he took it well), but Best's finishing was great on the night ; his general movement is better than Shola's too so he offers us an alternative when we are down to the bare bones,

Only time will tell if the lad can keep it up but at least he took his chance when it arrived.

Barton ran the m/f with Tiote(what a miss HE will be if he isn't fit for the SOS), Enrique was great and Coloccini excellent.

 

Ranger's awful miss near the end will probably have a big effect on his future at SJP - he will now go one of two ways ; either he will buckle down and sort himself out as both Hughton and now Pardew have tried to get him to do, or he will end up being transferred to a CCC side. Its all down to him now and if he chooses to waste his talent, there is no-one else to blame.

 

Although the side didn't play as well as in some other games this season, they did the business and the 5 goals will probably be worth an extra point by the end of the season.....well done to the whole team for getting the much needed New Year results against sides they needed to beat.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Agree with you mainly merlin, but a bit harsh on Ranger surely? His progress has been pretty good so far, and I don't get the sense he isn't trying.

 

He's only been involved in very limited situations and for a few minutes at a time - a difficult thing for any striker, never mind one that's so young. The miss was terrible, but let's not overstate its importance... it happens to everybody.

[Benwell Lad]

Agree with you mainly merlin, but a bit harsh on Ranger surely? His progress has been pretty good so far, and I don't get the sense he isn't trying.

 

He's only been involved in very limited situations and for a few minutes at a time - a difficult thing for any striker, never mind one that's so young. The miss was terrible, but let's not overstate its importance... it happens to everybody.

 

Absolutely right Ian W, missing sitters is just part of any striker's lot and overall his progress is decent and he should become a good PL player.

 

I think a more general thing with Ranger has been his lifestyle tardiness and him coming off the pitch after we've been beaten, clutching an opponent's "trophy" shirt with a smile on his face.

These are bigger issues in his development than missing an open goal and it seems that Pardew is managing him accordingly.