SteveMc Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Best point of the match for me was the lad next to me piping up with "Demba is the black Pele, like." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Best point of the match for me was the lad next to me piping up with "Demba is the black Pele, like." :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 As I was heading to my seat before kick off I heard a bloke say to his mate "and One Direction can fuck off too!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Well worth that 'Hansen analysis', there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Articles titled 'Newcastle continue free fall'. As far as I'm aware moving up a place does not constitute falling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 first half was a question of 'when'. we didn't carry it on, could understand shola coming on. can't understand sammi and haris getting on before ben arfa unless there is more to it than tactics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBG Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Decent 1st half display, ineffective 2nd. Krul could have taken an armchair, Coloccini and Santon immense, Perch improved. Cabaye and Tiote did ok in the midfield, not much in the way of attacking intent but Tiote improved in the 2nd half after an initial clumsy spell. Obertan and Jonas were both shite, but Ba deserved a goal for his invention and Best's movement was top draw, we are a far better team with him on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 jonas must have the hots for santon as he wanted to be soooo close to him and constrict the play again like he often did with jose. poor poor game jonas given the amount of ball he had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Final score: 3-0 '8 Harewood (1-0) '21 Lovenkrands (2-0) '28 Harewood (3-0) Those were the days..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 An early goal would have been lush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Any goal.* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKSC Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Some of the nonsense spouted in here does my nut in. Ok, so we didn't win but the only thing I can think of that I would have changed was bringing Arfa for Obertan at some point. Jonas and Best getting some undeserved stick as well, both had decent games IMO, and we look a lot better with Best back up top with Ba. We absolutely dominated the game, they had settled for a point after 30 seconds and did their best to slow the game down and unsettle us for the rest of the match. The ref let a lot go early on which he could have dealt with and maybe they might have ended up with a man sent off. On another day with more luck we win that game 4-0. We played well and created chances, that's a good starting point as far as I'm concerned. We press the ball quickly, challenge for most of the loose balls, get it wide and try and get it in the box. The front two move well and hold it up nicely, not letting the back four get any rest. These are all positives in my eyes. Cabaye's set pieces were abysmal today, which didn't help, but with no Guthrie or Raylor on the pitch we had nobody else to take them. Obviously I agree Ben Arfa should have come on but for some reason Pards isn't seeing it with him at the minute. We don't know why, could be a little niggle, could be his legendary temperament causing problems, could just be that Pards doesn't rate him (the least likely I believe). We can speculate but none of us know what goes on at the training ground or in the dressing room. I don't get the Sammy thing either, but there's no use getting worked up over it, not likely to solve anything. In short, Chill Pills all round, it could be far far worse than it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 First-half was as good I've seen from us since we got promoted again, but we got stale around the 60-65 minute mark, Swansea began to look comfortable...that's when HBA should have been introduced. If we still couldn't get through then fair enough, but we would have at least tried to change things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Every team has at least one game like this a season, where you dominate a game but end up getting a point or sometimes nowt. It happens, there will be games this season (Wigan at home?) where we don't deserve to win but do. That's football I'm afraid. First half was the best I've seen us play in ages! Demba, Colo, Perch and Santon were the standouts for us. I said before the game I'd take 7 points out of the next three, so that target is still achievable, hopefully starting Wednesday night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 It was an incredibly frustrating match, but aside from obatan I thought we were brilliant and couldn't really fault anyone. I was really impressed with Santon's ability, but I think it was his effort that endeared him to everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Some of the nonsense spouted in here does my nut in. Ok, so we didn't win but the only thing I can think of that I would have changed was bringing Arfa for Obertan at some point. Jonas and Best getting some undeserved stick as well, both had decent games IMO, and we look a lot better with Best back up top with Ba. We absolutely dominated the game, they had settled for a point after 30 seconds and did their best to slow the game down and unsettle us for the rest of the match. The ref let a lot go early on which he could have dealt with and maybe they might have ended up with a man sent off. On another day with more luck we win that game 4-0. We played well and created chances, that's a good starting point as far as I'm concerned. We press the ball quickly, challenge for most of the loose balls, get it wide and try and get it in the box. The front two move well and hold it up nicely, not letting the back four get any rest. These are all positives in my eyes. Cabaye's set pieces were abysmal today, which didn't help, but with no Guthrie or Raylor on the pitch we had nobody else to take them. Obviously I agree Ben Arfa should have come on but for some reason Pards isn't seeing it with him at the minute. We don't know why, could be a little niggle, could be his legendary temperament causing problems, could just be that Pards doesn't rate him (the least likely I believe). We can speculate but none of us know what goes on at the training ground or in the dressing room. I don't get the Sammy thing either, but there's no use getting worked up over it, not likely to solve anything. In short, Chill Pills all round, it could be far far worse than it is. Every word Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 First-half was as good I've seen from us since we got promoted again, but we got stale around the 60-65 minute mark, Swansea began to look comfortable...that's when HBA should have been introduced. If we still couldn't get through then fair enough, but we would have at least tried to change things. Agree with this. Krul didn't have a single shot to save and i can't remember him even touching the ball in the 1st half. We ran out of ideas in the 2nd and introducing Shola was a nonsense, Best had played well and won everything in the air but obviously short of match fitness and i think Ben Arfa should have come on not Shola. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 First-half was as good I've seen from us since we got promoted again, but we got stale around the 60-65 minute mark, Swansea began to look comfortable...that's when HBA should have been introduced. If we still couldn't get through then fair enough, but we would have at least tried to change things. Yeap, seemed like such the obvious choice watching the game. All the more frustrating given that he did the same last week as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 The lack of service from our two wide men lately is Worrying. Two weak links at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Jonas has been outstanding this season apart from the last few games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I'm a big jonas fan, but his last good game was stoke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H09 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Jonas has been outstanding this season apart from the last few games. Correction... Jonas has been outstanding this season until he signed a new contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 For his last few games Jonas has seemed reluctant to go on runs up the wing. He keeps slowing the game down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spark Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Jonas has also forgotten how to dribble. Looks like he's about to fall over whenever he tries to run at someone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Jonas has also forgotten how to dribble. Looks like he's about to fall over whenever he tries to run at someone. The skill is still there, just that little bit of acceleration seems to be missing so it doesn't come off as well. Bit weird though that off-colour Jonas still seems to mean an off-colour Newcastle attack. Thought we'd moved past that, but there's only so much Cabaye can create centrally against deep-sitting teams and Obertan at his best is (so far!) the same as an off-colour Jonas. Neither quite as terrible has been made out, but obviously neither good enough to really cut and carve up a team defending for a point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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