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Newcastle United 1 - 0 Wigan - 22/10/11 - Post-match reaction from page 28


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Positive defensive montage about us!

strange as the main bit was when tiote had dropped back as taylor was getting treatment..........we'd been playting 3 at the back the previous few minutes and various players were trying to drag someone back to make it a 4.
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Our defence is f***ing solid tbh. That piece on it just shows how well organised they are, best in years. More proof that it isnt luck or good fixtures that has us doing well, its our quality.

it's not the defence but the defending.
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Guest Roger Kint

What are we now? 12 points better off for the same fixtures last year? Fuck this easy fixture list there has been improvement, fair enough the next 5 will show what we can hope for but we are doing well regardless of who we have played so far.

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Fixture list explanation is shit tbh. We've showed superb consistency and played well against Spurs and Arsenal. Outplayed Villa away and taken big wins at Sunderland and Wolves. Yet - not been tested? Doesn't add up for me. If being tested is only playing Chelsea, Man City and Man United then you get tested six times every season.

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The stuff about the fixture list is clearly bollocks, but where we have been lucky so far (particularly so for us) is the lack of injuries.

 

Agreed, central midfield & central defence in particular are areas where our backup is nowhere near the ability of the starters. Need Williamson fit sooner rather than later for starters. Obviously losing Cabaye and/or Tiote will be a huge problem, nothing convincing about Gosling's ability or fitness so far and Guthrie, whilst tidy, isn't even half the player Cabaye is. Having said that it's not like you can except to have superstars playing backup, so having young players like Gosling & Abeid as back up in there is quite smart. Just not Smith, ever.

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Thought we were average today and at one point I didn't see that winner coming, Wigan's tactics in the first half were very good of playing long diagonal balls to take advantage of our lack of pace at the back, still a win is a win and some good results for us this weekend so far too.

 

The reason I thought we struggled was down to Tiote and Cabaye being awful, neither could get hold of the game and Cabaye went completely missing after the yellow card until the last 15 minutes with Tiote dazzling us with Parker like pirouettes while getting caught in possession time and time again.

 

Krul - 7

R Taylor - 6

Coloccini - 7

S Taylor - 7

Simpson - 6

Obertan - 6

Tiote - 5

Cabaye - 5

Jonas - 7

Ba - 5

Best - 7

 

Ameobi - 6

Ben Arfa - 5

Marveaux - 6

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