BoSelecta Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Seems weird that I should be more gutted with today. Reality is, given our season so far, I can take this on the chin and keep grinning. Beaten well off a team at home, who've also beaten alot of big teams recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineBarrens Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 It was a disappointing result today no doubt, but this was against the same team who deservedly defeated Manchester United at home and away to Liverpool and Arsenal, and given the way the team have responded to set backs so far this season (Spurs and Fulham away, Swansea and West Brom at home), it wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility to get decent results out of the remaining three games. And even if we don't pick up another point this season, we'll still have finished the season in no lower than 6th position and european football assured with games to spare. Given the season began to a backdrop of negativity and uncertainty (Jose and co leaving, written off by various pundits) and having to cope without one of our first choice centre-halves since December, it's been a tremendous season and frankly one to leave you proud to be an NUFC supporter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Would put this down as a very bad day at the office. Doesn't mean you can just ignore your obviously major deficiencies today but equally it has certainly not been the norm for you this season. Wigan obviously had everything go for them today (Di Santo ffs ). Apparently you hit the bar twice in the 2nd half - were there any positives? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 No injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Pardew showed some reaction to Simpson being pish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Just back from a day in Scotland, glad i missed this by the looks of things!! really shocked about the result, we don't lose much this season but when we do its often an absolute destruction of us.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 A very decent 15 minute spell in the 2nd half. That and no injuries/red cards. That's about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/19603764.jpg Good, but.. ...At least have the decency to make it into a proper f***ing meme we can all play with. Dick. Eh? It is That's where I found it in the first place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skryp2nit3 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Wigan's biggest home crowd this season at 22187. Apparently 8000 Newcastle fans made it to the game. Is that true? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hobshobs Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Much as I love him, that was a major rick from Coloccini for their second goal. I would hate to see the reaction if one of our lesser lights had done that. If we'd managed to stabilise after the first then the game may have played out differently. As it was, it was two goals in two minutes and we were all over the place. Spot on, you could say the same for the fourth, Tiote far too slow to get across and close down. they closed us down quickly and pressed us when we had the ball and we didnt do the same to them. They took their chances, we didnt. Fair play to Wigan they did a proper job on us. Lets hope we learn from the performance. Good call, and we have learned from shitty performances in the past so lets hope we do again. The trouble is we don't seem to be learning, that's four MAJOR (45 minute capitulations) in two seasons. 4-0 down at half time, home to Arsenal last season, 4-0 down to Tottenham half time this season, lost 5 goals to Fulham in the second half this season. 4-0 down at half time today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Much as I love him, that was a major rick from Coloccini for their second goal. I would hate to see the reaction if one of our lesser lights had done that. If we'd managed to stabilise after the first then the game may have played out differently. As it was, it was two goals in two minutes and we were all over the place. Spot on, you could say the same for the fourth, Tiote far too slow to get across and close down. they closed us down quickly and pressed us when we had the ball and we didnt do the same to them. They took their chances, we didnt. Fair play to Wigan they did a proper job on us. Lets hope we learn from the performance. Good call, and we have learned from shitty performances in the past so lets hope we do again. The trouble is we don't seem to be learning, that's four MAJOR (45 minute capitulations) in two seasons. 4-0 down at half time, home to Arsenal last season, 4-0 down to Tottenham half time this season, lost 5 goals to Fulham in the second half this season. 4-0 down at half time today. I think this comes from the fact that our back four individually isn't great. Simpson and Williamson are massive confidence players and when low on confidence, are almost useless. Santon is new to the country and new to defending and therefore can slump a bit too. Better defenders and this won't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Can't believe we're sat in fourth after conceding four against Wigan, five against Spurs, five against Fulham and four against Norwich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Search Geordie. 'Deluded Geordie' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Simpson is a diabolical full back. I've goy say Cheik has been average for most of the season and we aint missed him much when he has been out tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonpete1892 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 No injuries. I said at half time I didn't mind what happened as long as we made it to full time without any injuries or red cards. I would have loved a goal for Ba too but at least the first bit happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Pardew showed some reaction to Simpson being pish. the only reason he got subbed is cos pards didnt want him sent off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 the players played like they were saving themselves for a cup final versus chelsea, whilst forgetting we needed the 3 points vs wigan. hence the lack of injuries. nah just messing. even if we spunk away the last few games, we still had a great season . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hobshobs Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Simpson is a diabolical full back. I've goy say Cheik has been average for most of the season and we aint missed him much when he has been out tbh. Totally agree on both counts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Simpson is a diabolical full back. I've goy say Cheik has been average for most of the season and we aint missed him much when he has been out tbh. Totally agree on both counts. Whenever I've seen you this year, Tiote hasn't impressed me that much. His passing has often been mediocre and gives away a lot of fouls, many of them stupid. Has his qualities, like most do, but could be one to sacrifice if you had to sell someone. Might just be a harsh assessment on what I've seen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Simpson is a diabolical full back. I've goy say Cheik has been average for most of the season and we aint missed him much when he has been out tbh. Right on both counts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Simpson is a diabolical full back. I've goy say Cheik has been average for most of the season and we aint missed him much when he has been out tbh. Totally agree on both counts. Whenever I've seen you this year, Tiote hasn't impressed me that much. His passing has often been mediocre and gives away a lot of fouls, many of them stupid. Has his qualities, like most do, but could be one to sacrifice if you had to sell someone. Might just be a harsh assessment on what I've seen? The fact that he's been in and out of the team this season (due to injuries/ACoN participation) hasn't helped. So he really hasn't had a consistent run of games this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 When Tiote's been good this season, he's been fantastic. Been a stop-start season for him. It's a testament to our form and current status btw that Wigan's play and the scoreline today is being treated with such incredulity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I didn't think the pressure affected us particularly. Wigan's pace and movement was simply better than ours. There's been plenty of games this season where that's been the case, and on this occasion we got punished. Williamson was beaten by Moses because as the ball came over, Moses just shoved him a yard away so that Williamson wasn't in the right position to make his height tell at the crucial moment. You could say that Williamson was weak, but Moses is as strong as an ox. I noticed later on that even Tiote was bouncing off him. Does Krul have a back problem? One or two posters have suggested that. I thought he was a bit slow in getting down for the 2nd and 3rd goals. Santon looked far more comfortable playing on the right, during the 20 minutes that he was allowed to. Pardew really should give him an extended try there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I didn't think the pressure affected us particularly. Wigan's pace and movement was simply better than ours. There's been plenty of games this season where that's been the case, and on this occasion we got punished. Williamson was beaten by Moses because as the ball came over, Moses just shoved him a yard away so that Williamson wasn't in the right position to make his height tell at the crucial moment. You could say that Williamson was weak, but Moses is as strong as an ox. I noticed later on that even Tiote was bouncing off him. Does Krul have a back problem? One or two posters have suggested that. I thought he was a bit slow in getting down for the 2nd and 3rd goals. Santon looked far more comfortable playing on the right, during the 20 minutes that he was allowed to. Pardew really should give him an extended try there. krul could have been at his best, wouldn't have mattered as we were battered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonpete1892 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 How many times have we had 'ponytail/pigtails' as the lines person and failed to get anything? I'm fairly certain we can add both the Fulham and Spurs away games to todays result, with all 14 goals being conceded in her half. I have a feeling Norwich away was her too. I'm not saying she gets the decisions wrong but she must go down as a jinx or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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