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Elliot - 7 - did alreet

 

Santon - 6 - turns out he's not much better at RB

Taylor - 8 - solid and led by example

Yanga-Mbiwa - 6.5 - mixed up some brilliant defending with some unbelievable slack stuff

Haidara - 6 - naive but never shyed away from wanting it

 

Cabaye - 5 - poor, then went off

Tiote - 4 - atrocious on the ball, not much better off it

Anita - 5 - standard does a little bit but not that much performance

 

Marveaux - 8 - easily the best attacker, pretty much our only threat all night

Cisse - 6.5 - goal but nowt else

Sissoko - 6 -  easily nullified but persisted regardless

 

SUBS

Jonas - 7.5 - kept it ticking over well the shit bastard, sell him

Campbell - 5.5 - made some canny runs but an odd player to bring on

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Can't ever remember us having a goalkeeper playing it short as much as Elliot did today btw :thup:

 

His long throws are excellent.

His distribution puts Krul's to shame. That short ball to Tiote in the first half though. :scared:

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As much as i'd love another european trip I really wouldn't want to play Spurs or Chelsea in the final, would make Amsterdam ridiculously expensive and it could get a bit nasty, so knocking either out before then and relying on someone else to beat one of them would be ideal.

like them to draw each other in the quarters.
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Can't ever remember us having a goalkeeper playing it short as much as Elliot did today btw :thup:

 

His long throws are excellent.

 

His distribution in general is very good tbf

He was practicing his kicking during the warm up, its all he did.
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Loved Roberto Carlos running onto the pitch and smacking the ball.

 

Etoo was really good tonight I thought too

Aye, Eto'o was class tonight, much much better than last week.

 

I was gonna say he showed Cisse how to be a really effective striker.

 

But I'll leave that for another day

 

by scoring a goal?

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Looks like the Man City away match on 30th of Mar could be a write-off, I'd be happy to play a weakened team to keep our best players fit for the quarter final.

 

Relegation fight is not over yet...

Yes it is, we're fighting for a top half position now.

 

I don't think so: Wigan with a game in hands and a home fixture with us, if we lose and Villa beat QPR we are back at 3 points above relegation.

We need to get to 40 points anyway.

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Jonas MOTM simply because I thought we were completely f***ed when Cabaye went off injured. El Galgo put in a stunning performance in the middle of midfield (the only position he can play) that kept us on the front foot for most of the game.

 

Taylor had one of his best ever games in the shirt and put in the kind of performance that should have seen him called up to the England squad, and a starting place in the next two matches tbh. He was THAT good.

 

Mbiwa, Marveaux and Elliot complete the set of players who did very well overall imo. Cisse might have edged in there scoring the excellent winner.

 

Sissoko, Haidara and Anita were not at their best, but still put in a shift.

 

Tiote and Santon should take a long look at the video and themselves. Something needs sorting out in their heads.

 

P.S. This "shooooooooot" business when Tiote has the ball has gone a step too far.

Sod all the above though, what matters is we won!!! When exactly are we allowed to start believing we'll be in Amsterdam on May 15th? :indi:

 

Yes. Please.

 

Aye, it's becoming a bit of a parody now.....he did it once against Arsenal and has had a few other stingers that the keeper has saved.

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Looks like the Man City away match on 30th of Mar could be a write-off, I'd be happy to play a weakened team to keep our best players fit for the quarter final.

 

Relegation fight is not over yet...

Yes it is, we're fighting for a top half position now.

 

I don't think so: Wigan with a game in hands and a home fixture with us, if we lose and Villa beat QPR we are back at 3 points above relegation.

We need to get to 40 points anyway.

 

if we lose to wigan and villa win - we'll still be 6 points clear

 

 

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Looks like the Man City away match on 30th of Mar could be a write-off, I'd be happy to play a weakened team to keep our best players fit for the quarter final.

 

Relegation fight is not over yet...

Yes it is, we're fighting for a top half position now.

 

I don't think so: Wigan with a game in hands and a home fixture with us, if we lose and Villa beat QPR we are back at 3 points above relegation.

We need to get to 40 points anyway.

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When was the last time you looked at the table?

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Loved Roberto Carlos running onto the pitch and smacking the ball.

 

Etoo was really good tonight I thought too

Aye, Eto'o was class tonight, much much better than last week.

 

I was gonna say he showed Cisse how to be a really effective striker.

 

But I'll leave that for another day

 

by scoring a goal?

 

By getting involved in play more than Cisse even when they were down to 10 men.

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Looks like the Man City away match on 30th of Mar could be a write-off, I'd be happy to play a weakened team to keep our best players fit for the quarter final.

Relegation fight is not over yet...

Yes it is, we're fighting for a top half position now.

 

I don't think so: Wigan with a game in hands and a home fixture with us, if we lose and Villa beat QPR we are back at 3 points above relegation.

We need to get to 40 points anyway.

 

I'm not saying it's over, not by a long way. But being realistic, we are unlikely to get anything from Man City away, so I'd rather we accepted this and kept our players for the Europa game a few days later.

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Loved Roberto Carlos running onto the pitch and smacking the ball.

 

Etoo was really good tonight I thought too

Aye, Eto'o was class tonight, much much better than last week.

 

I was gonna say he showed Cisse how to be a really effective striker.

 

But I'll leave that for another day

 

by scoring a goal?

 

By getting involved in play more than Cisse even when they were down to 10 men.

 

would rather he played shit and scored rather than got involved and didnt get a goal

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Loved Roberto Carlos running onto the pitch and smacking the ball.

 

Etoo was really good tonight I thought too

Aye, Eto'o was class tonight, much much better than last week.

 

I was gonna say he showed Cisse how to be a really effective striker.

 

But I'll leave that for another day

 

by scoring a goal?

I'd forgotten Eto'o was playing.
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Sensational feeling right. Couldnt give a fuck who we get next round. QFs is a great acheivement and I reckon we can do any of the teams left in the competition.

 

Elliott - 7.5 Didn't have much to do tbf but did what was needed fairly well. Good distribution.

Santon - 7.5 Decent overall performance but final ball was a little frustrating.

Taylor - 11 Quite possibly the best performance ive ever seen from a Newcastle defender.

MYM - 8 Seems to be building a solid patnership with Saylor. Fucked up in 1st half but we got away with it.

Haidara - 7 Defended well but got caught in possesion a few times.

Cabaye - 6 Hope this ain't a serious injury.

Tiote - 7 Worked hard. Gave the ball away quite cheaply too often.

Anita - 7 Same as Tiote really.

Marveax - 8.5 Always looked threatening when he had the ball, felt his final ball let him down a few times though. Great cross for the goal though.

Sissoko - 8 Really looking a good player. Incredible engine.

Cisse - 7.5 Didnt really get much of the ball. Good header for the goal.

 

Jonas - 9 Shit meself when he came on, but he had a great game. Much better player when hes part of a midfield trio than when he's out on the wing.

Campbell - 7 Worked hard. Worked harder trying to get Etoo's shirt though lol.

 

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Elliot - 7 - did alreet

 

Santon - 6 - turns out he's not much better at RB

Taylor - 8 - solid and led by example

Yanga-Mbiwa - 6.5 - mixed up some brilliant defending with some unbelievable slack stuff

Haidara - 6 - naive but never shyed away from wanting it

 

Cabaye - 5 - poor, then went off

Tiote - 4 - atrocious on the ball, not much better off it

Anita - 5 - standard does a little bit but not that much performance

 

Marveaux - 8 - easily the best attacker, pretty much our only threat all night

Cisse - 6.5 - goal but nowt else

Sissoko - 6 -  easily nullified but persisted regardless

 

SUBS

Jonas - 7.5 - kept it ticking over well the shit bastard, sell him

Campbell - 5.5 - made some canny runs but an odd player to bring on

 

:lol:

 

I thought Santon started to look much better at RB second half, linking up nicely with Marv.

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