Lenny Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Surprisingly negative spin on the performance from .com, no mention of Ben Arfa's performance either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Surprisingly negative spin on the performance from .com, no mention of Ben Arfa's performance either. Yeah, was reading it last night thinking what game they watched because it was a whole lot better than they've described it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Never know what to expect from .com. I thought they were going to slaughter us after the Wolves game but they were surprisingly upbeat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 let ourselves down I thought, should of put those misses away good result but would of been happier with better finishing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WashyGeordie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Just seen Woy's post match interview. f***ing hell warra' tit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Never know what to expect from .com. I thought they were going to slaughter us after the Wolves game but they were surprisingly upbeat. Yeah that's what I thought. Some performances where we've been shite they've not been too critical, but then we turn in what we did yesterday and it was pretty disappointing reading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 A Writer on one of the WBA Forums take on it. The match-day arrives and for once I don't have a rushed journey, so I can get to the pub early enough for a couple. Quite a few Geordies in, in good voice, so should be a good afternoon. Lovely weather, sun is shining, what could go wrong? Four changes as Andrews, Olsson, Odemwingie and MAF return. Well, the match started. That was where it started to go wrong! In the first couple of minutes our back four with their arms up in the air was a sign of things to come as Foster tipped over from the sheep impersonator. From the resulting corner, the ball fell to Gutierrez who's excellent through ball found Ben Arfa. Cisse was in the middle in an offside position but not interfering. The ball was crossed to the non interfering Cisse who, from what still looked like an offside position, slotted home. From our first attack, Newcastle scored again. Ben Arfa collected the ball on the edge of his box, played a one-two and then shrugged off Ridgewell. Another one-two with Cisse and we backed off like we usually do until Ben Arfa reached our box ( where we then can't challenge him) and he slammed it home. 2-0. After that, we played okay for about 20 minutes or so. There were a couple of chances for MAF which he didn't take. Then an offside goal. If Cisse was onside then so was MAF as JT played him in. He gets to the by-line and crosses for an easy tap in for Odemwingie but the flag had already gone up. We needed a goal, so no surprise when we went 3-0 down. I always arrive late and miss the pre-match awards when, I assume, we gave Ben Arfa the freedom of The Hawthorns, resulted in another flowing move ending with Cisse scoring. If you get the chance, watch Ridgewell track him back the whole way, watching him, checking to see where he is, then waiting until the last second to just leave him on his own. Brilliant! After the break In the second half and we come out in a more determined mood. Long and Brunt replace JT and Andrews. A spell of pressure ends with a great shot from Mulumbu that was heading in until blocked. That nearly led to Newcastle’s 4th as Cisse went one on one with Foster who made a great save. Then, a long ball by Mulumbu causes a mix up at the back and Long is on hand to tap home. 3-1. Our tails are up and another chance falls this time to Odemwingie who gets a shot in saved by Krul. Then, Morrison dithered and let the Toon in again and Foster made another great save. This time from Ben Arfa. End to end stuff now as Mulumbu again has a shot blocked. With about 15 minutes left we brought on Scharner for Mulumbu; not long after that we were down to 10 men as Morrison twisted his knee. With that went our last chance of getting back into this one. Two other chances fell to Ridgewell, but we were unable to add to the scoring. On reflection Poor performances from Morrison, Mulumbu and Odemwingie doesn't help our cause as we were getting overrun in midfield. MAF looked out of sorts and only Long looked like he was up for the fight. Had it not been for Foster, the scoreline could have been worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Cisse was clearly onside for his goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Even the most basic knowledge of the rules of the game should be enough for someone to know that Cisse was clearly onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Not sure where the offside stuff is coming from, it was clear as day he was on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Aye, absolutely no question that he was onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Cisse was clearly onside for his goal. Not whilst wearing glasses purchased in the West Midlands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The sheep impersonator Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Even BBC and whoever makes the review show for foreign audiences said it was offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Even the most basic knowledge of the rules of the game should be enough for someone to know that Cisse was clearly onside. you'd be amazed at how many in the pub were saying he was offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The first replay angle i saw of it, i text my Dad saying "offside?". But one of the later angles, where you can see the grass shadings, he's 100% onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I just remembered our performance down there last season. Such progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I just remembered our performance down there last season. Such progress. Yeah i prefer Pardew to Hughton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 They checked it after the match, he was onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 100% onside no real debate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Even the most basic knowledge of the rules of the game should be enough for someone to know that Cisse was clearly onside. you'd be amazed at how many in the pub were saying he was offside. looked it in real time, definitely on though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 a lot of people just understand that he was infront of the defenders bit of the offside rule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 a lot of people just understand that he was infront of the defenders bit of the offside rule. hmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Even the most basic knowledge of the rules of the game should be enough for someone to know that Cisse was clearly onside. you'd be amazed at how many in the pub were saying he was offside. looked it in real time, definitely on though even after several replays they were saying it, i've just posted about many not really knowing the offside rule in regards to the relative positions of the player playing ther ball and the player deemed on or offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 It's fucking amazing what a win like his does for you. I've been smiling all day today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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