The Bard of Byker Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 3-1. Gouffran to score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/9842895/Alan-Pardews-French-connection-could-be-gamble-worth-taking-to-revive-Newcastle-Uniteds-fortunes.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Didn't know Debuchy was part Maori. Good column though, I like Alan Smith, sensible if not always insightful pundit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Yo is part Vietnameese too, read an article somewhere about how he'd like to develop football over there at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I quite liked this piece from Martin Keown too..... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2272236/No-need-pain-Newcastes-French-revolution--Martin-Keowns-Premier-League-bootroom.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/9842895/Alan-Pardews-French-connection-could-be-gamble-worth-taking-to-revive-Newcastle-Uniteds-fortunes.html Pundit in knowing something about our new signings shocker. Although he's had a week to research but at least he has an idea of their qualities compared with most "experts" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Sold out. Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Sold out. Get in. Take That in town? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Sold out. Get in. Wee club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Not even Harry Redknapp at Queens Park Rangers can rival Alan Pardew for the number and quality of permanent signings. That gives me a small sense of satisfaction, as pathetic as it may be. He fucked us over with Remy but ultimately failed to land any other real targets to strengthen his side as they ended up bumbling about like idiots on deadline day paying way over the odds for Samba and settling with Jenas and Townsend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 If it's the same Samba that left the league when coming back then there's pretty much no one better they could have bought regardless of the price they paid. Any premiership club would benefit having him in their squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 They paid £12m+ didn't they? He was a beast at Blackburn like, but he's an 18 yard box defender. Not that I wouldn't have had him here in a shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hopefully cech and mata have been rushed back and aren't fully fit. Could backfire on rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 They paid £12m+ didn't they? He was a beast at Blackburn like, but he's an 18 yard box defender. Not that I wouldn't have had him here in a shot. No doubt they've paid a premium, but the guy is a tank and also a danger at the other end. I'd be happy for Pardew to pump his set penis routine towards samba all day of the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Demba Ba interview: I loved playing for Newcastle, but now they're just another opponent Chelsea's newest striker is proud of his achievements for the Geordies but says his return is "only another game, three points, nothing more than that” The North-East furies may be unleashed on Demba Ba this weekend. But the Senegalese striker will simply not be blown off course. Less than a month after his move to Chelsea, Ba returns to Newcastle on Saturday, aware that he will not be the most popular man in St James’ Park. None of it matters, not a jot. For Ba, moving to Chelsea was not a choice - it was an obligation. “Newcastle is going to be a big game for me but I won’t let the occasion go overboard,” promised Ba, already a popular figure in SW6 after scoring three times for the Blues in his first four starts. “Whenever you join a club you look at the schedule to see when you can play the team you left. So I knew straightaway it would be coming fast for me to go back to St James’ Park. “But that’s not the most important thing. At the end of the day, it’s only another game, three points, nothing more than that.” Ba scored 29 goals in just 57 appearances for the Toon, not a bad return for a free signing from relegated West Ham. It ensures he goes back with his head held high. “I’m proud of what I did there, of course I am,” added Ba, who has 16 goals in total this season, 14 in the league. “I did some good things there, no question about that, and from the first day to the last one I gave everything. “The fans gave me 100 per cent from day one to the last day but I gave them the same back, 100 per cent. “But this is life in football, from one day to another you can exchange and it is part of the job. “Now I am at Chelsea, the next level. When you play, it’s to win, to win trophies. That is what it is all about and what is in my mind. “You know when you go to a club and you are a striker, that the people expect you to score some goals. That’s what I’m trying to do, every game. The players I’m playing with make it easier. They make football look easy, which helps me to do my job. “The thing I expect from myself, when I play, is to score, in every game. If I don’t, then it happens. But when you start a game, if you are a striker, you need to score. Don’t get me wrong. I am not playing for myself, for me. I’m doing it for the team and to win the games. That is what we are here for. “But even if we don’t win anything this season, sitting here today, I know I made the right choice to come here - and you know I’ve made the right choice because of everything the club is about. “When you have the chance to play for Chelsea, you have to take it. You know you are going to win things here. That’s what the club means - it’s a guarantee.” There have not been too many guarantees at Chelsea over recent weeks - Rafa Benitez revealing the European champions' dressing room was left shocked by the fateful last few minutes at Reading on Wednesday when a nailed-on victory became a draw. Ba, though, recognised a familiar pattern - one he went through at his previous club as well. “I was there for 18 months and I’m still very surprised at their position,” he added. “But what happened at Newcastle, where you’re dominating games and winning and all of a sudden you concede a goal and it all changes, has happened since I came here as well. “It’s not a lack of confidence but football is never finished until the last whistle. I was on the bench and after 75 minutes I was watching Reading and thinking, ‘These guys are done; they don’t even think they’re going to come back’. “You could see the body language of the players but all of a sudden we brought them back in the game. As soon as they scored they knew they had a big chance to come back. “Now we have to push on, to try to win everything we can win. You can be sure that’s what we will do. “Chelsea is a club which should be in the Champions League every season, which should finish in the top four every season, should be in the title race. This is the focus of everyone, to finish on top.” Nobody can doubt Ba’s focus. Nothing today will deflect him away from it. Demba Ba has scored 14 League goals this season wearing the adidas adiZero F50, the top scoring boot in the Premier League. All four of the league’s top-scoring strikers wear adidas boots. Join in the conversation: @adidasuk #goalscorerswear http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-vs-chelsea-preview-demba-1569185 I'd boo the fuck out of him if I was there tomorrow, I think the bloke's a complete prick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Don't think he's a prick by any measure but would most certainly give him the very worst abuse This should really be an absolutely awesome game. I'm in Newcastle too but none of the obvious avenues are yielding anything. Black Horse in Low Fell it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Wouldn't boo him like. Very indifferent about Ba, we knew what kind of player(even personality) we were getting when he arrived, and I'm not suprised he fucked off with the first oppurtunity ( more money) that came his way. He played more games and scored more goals then I expected, so fair play to the fucking cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I can't really disagree with anything he has said there tbh. The only bit that slightly annoys me is talking about Chelsea like they are a massive club when they're not, but you can't argue that they are all about winning trophies more so than us and that he will most likely win something there. I wouldn't boo him, but I probably wouldn't clap him either. He came here for a short period and scored an average amount of goals per season for us really, bar possibly this season if he had of stayed. Just another journey man at Newcastle really, we won't be telling our kids in 15 years about him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I've missed this feeling, that we might plausibly get something from a game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Sold out. Get in. Unless you've got a ticket - how do we get in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 “Now I am at Chelsea, the next level. When you play, it’s to win, to win trophies. That is what it is all about and what is in my mind." Sums it up. Dude will score against us tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
persy Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 tbqh, us playing on a Saturday doesn't feel particularly familiar this season with the Waffa and what not. I'd assumed this was a Sunday game before I checked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I've woken up in a fine mood. Looking forward to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 how disappointed will people be if an imperious Chelsea turns up, Mata turns us over single handedly and we lose? I've got my hopes up that we can win this considering their form and our morale improvement, but had previously chalked this game off as a loss (before the signings) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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