Newcastle United 2 - 1 Birmingham - 07/05/11 - post match reaction from page 24

[Ronaldo]

Shola and Lovenkrands were nowhere near a '5' man. They were both absolutely disgraceful.

[Conjo]

I'd crank Tiote up to 7. Agree on everything else.

[Beren]

Krul 5

Simpson 7

Colo 5

Taylor 6

Enrique 7.5

Barton 7

Tiote 6.5

Nolan 6

Gutierrez 6.5

Shola 6

Loven 4

 

[/iMO]

[johnnypd]

Krul 6

Simpson 6

Coloccini 6

Taylor 8

Enrique 7

Barton 7.5

Tiote 6.5

Nolan 5

Jonas 7

Loven 5

Shola 6

[Ronaldo]

[/iMBO] you mean.

[Incognito]

Foster and Carr best players on the pitch today.

Our best performers were Joey,Jose and Tiote with honourable mention to Taylor.

[JH]

Good - 3 points

Bad - the scoreline

 

We should have screwed them over after the sending off.

 

The last 20 minutes was gut-wrenching. I'd hate what itd have been like if that game actually meant something.

[Ronaldo]

5s and 6s for the strikers. You're all completely biased and insane.

[Beren]

[/iMBO] you mean.

 

Good one.

 

Extra marks for a well-taken penalty and imposing himself more in the second half, otherwise he would have been a four too.

[Beren]

You're all completely biased and insane.

 

[colinmk]

Krul - 6

Simpson - 6

Colo - 5.5

Taylor - 6

Jose - 7

Barton - 6.5

Nolan- 5.5

Tiote - 6.5

Jonas - 7

Shola - 5

Loven - 5

 

Ranger - 6

Nolan

[JH]

Special mentions to Shola and Lovenkrands for effort. Both deserve 7s IMO.

[Incognito]

:lol:

[Guest axel]

Krul - 5

Simpson - 5

Colo - 5

Taylor - 6

Jose - 7

Barton - 8

Nolan- 7

Tiote - 6

Jonas - 7

Shola - 3

Loven - 4

 

Ranger - 7

 

[geordiemonster]

Christ that was dull.  I feel like I could do with a sleep now.  No one really stood out for me today, but at least we got the result

[Revolution Number 9]

Today's itk - supposedly Barton and Shola had a fight before the game over the choice of music in the dressing room which ended with Shola calling Joey a racists.

eh?

dont shot the messenga!!! Impeccable source - someone who works at the club who text someone who sits near me

Fixed

[Guest michaelfoster]

Thought Enrique was ok, did nowt special just had an average game myself, was very quiet first half and was hardly getting forward

[TRon]

I'll take the points but it's games like these which show how important it was to get the points early on this season. We had 2 wins in 15 before today.

[Guest Flatline]

Question that needs to be asked is: was Ben Foster unplayable today, or are we rather tame when it comes to finishing?

[TRon]

Question that needs to be asked is: was Ben Foster unplayable today, or are we rather tame when it comes to finishing?

 

When the sum total value of our strike force is about £2million it's hardly any surprise.

[Guest Loven11]

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish: "Steven Taylor should have been sent off for an elbow at Cameron Jerome. Jerome could have ended up with a broken jaw."

 

Steven Taylor's response: "Cameron came in at the side as I leapt up for the ball. I spoke to him after the game and explained that."

[Pilko]

Krul 5

Simpson 5

Taylor 7

Coloccini 6

Enrique 6

Barton 6

Nolan 5

Tiote 7

Gutierrez 5.5

Lovenkrands 3

Ameobi 3

Ranger 5

[joeyt]

Ridiculous that it was Tiote's first and only foul in the game that he got booked for, yet Larsson was fouling and stropping about all over and didn't get booked til near the end.

 

I did enjoy Bowyer trying to tackle Tiote, with Bowyer ending up injured

[Pilko]

Never been angrier after a win that second half was a fucking embarrassment. We looked so disinterested, nobody wanted to shoot and the final balls were largely rotten.

[Incognito]

Tiote's yellow was a joke like.

He's definitely been singled out by referees.