WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 As if it were possible to be set up more appallingly than last year. Cheers Alan. I've always thought Davide Santon was mint defensively and like you never once thought sunderland used effective wide men to create space. I appreciate your philosophy of playing to our own strengths before combatting the opposition. Xxxxxxxxx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 NUFC.com: The 150th competitive Tyne-wear derby ended in a deserved defeat for Newcastle on Saturday, as the mackems made it three successive wins over their deadliest rivals for the first time in ninety years. The last two derby meetings had seen dubious refereeing decisions leave United nursing a sense of injustice, but there was absolutely no doubt this time as a complete non-performance from the home side was duly punished. With Yoan Gouffran, Papiss Cisse and Loic Remy all absent, Alan Pardew opted for Shola Ameobi to lead the line, naming new loan arrival Luuk De Jong on the bench. There was never any hint of a breakthrough for the home side though, before the yellow-clad mackems burst into the area on 19 minutes. Vurnon Anita illegally halted the run of Phil Bardsley and Fabio Borini netted the resultant penalty with ease in front of the Leazes End. Before anything approaching a comeback was sighted, the visitors swarmed forward again and Jack Colback's shot was deflected for Adam Johnson to knock home. Entirely justified boos and abuse accompanied the half time whistle after a stunningly inept display from the home side that lacked strength, application, leadership, pace and desire. Quite simply, we did nothing properly. A raft of alleged international players not only showed little appetite and no desire to chase lost causes, but also a criminal lack of commitment and talent. Poor decision-making across a jittery back four was echoed by bone-headed attempts at crossing and passing, while the departure of our dead ball expert made free kicks and corners a total waste of time. De Jong replaced Sammy Ameobi for the second half with Ben Arfa switching to the left flank, but the improvement was only marginal - Mannone stretched on just one occasion when Tiote's shot was on target. Without building any momentum, United did contrive to deliver the ball into the mackem box on a few occasions. None of the half-chances created were converted though and a major let-off at the other end saw Johnson smack his curling effort off a post. Any lingering hopes of a late revival by United were then extinguished after 80 minutes, when Ben Arfa weakly surrendered possession on halfway and Jack Colback swept the ball home after an upfield break to give the mackems a three goal advantage here once again. Before the game could restart, one home fan made it on to the pitch and attempted to hand his season ticket to Pardew before stewards intervened. A second pitch invader then appeared to hoof the match ball away before being apprehended and a third received similar treatment following the final whistle. Some post-match confrontations between home followers and police in the city were reported, but nothing on a par with the scenes witnessed here last time thankfully. Statistics show a fourth successive home defeat in all competitions and a third in the Premier League without scoring, but beyond that lies an overwhelming sense of gloom across Tyneside following the sale of Cabaye and completely predictable failure to sign a replacement. The atmosphere was apprehensive and scarcely got any better on a day when a collective uplift from the team was desperately required. Those clad in black and white though chose to post a woefully clueless performance that wouldn't have been acceptable in a pre-season friendly, let alone a match of this magnitude. Here's another stat: in four games when they faced each other in the dugout, it's Poyet 4 Pardew 0. Sadly lacking in tactical prowess, the United boss again demonstrated that his motivational qualities are as poor for derby matches as for cup ties. God alone knows what those next to him on the bench bring to the party. Add in unconvincing attempts to defend his superiors and any credibility he had is draining away at a rate of knots. Were our current manager to disappear tonight and never be seen again, barely an eyebrow would be raised. The issues at hand are far, far bigger than him though and swapping him for the next out of work boss prepared to be hung out to dry by his employer. Ironically enough, that successor looked as if it may have been Poyet at one point between his Brighton exit and mackem move. And here's some more bad news - there's no more chance of Hatem Ben Arfa inspiring his colleagues and filling the vacant midfield creator slot than another busted flush Sylvain Marveaux, introduced here for his first league appearance in over four months. It showed. As was the case at the stadium of plight last October, a thoroughly average mackem side collected three points gifted to them by their generous regional rivals, earning their win thanks to a measure application and composure completely lacking by the team higher up the table. Toon fans can feel aggrieved by the transfer dealings (or lack of them), but a large chunk of blame has to lie on the field for a woeful performance. Lacking conviction to a criminal degree, this was simply shameful. Disco writing for .com now? Agree with all of that, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I agree with it on the whole too, and at last they've seen fit to have a pop at the manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Wow that was bad. Krul, Sammy, Dummet when he came on and Tiote and Anita can hold their heads up a bit, for their efforts. The rest were abysmal. The mackems weren't even great, but they moved the ball around well, took their chances well and didn't panic. We came out like frightened rabbits, hoofed it from the start and were shit scared all game. This was an easy victory for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tiote was ruddy minging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I would hate to imagine what this team would be like if they had ever made a cup final. Bunch of bottlers, led by a piss poor negative fuck of a manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tiote was ruddy minging. He wasn't good I know, but he kept going, tried to take the game to them and did his best out there despite clearly not playing his best stuff. Others simply shrank and disappeared, namely our entire back-four and HBA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tiote was ruddy minging. He wasn't good I know, but he kept going, tried to take the game to them and did his best out there despite clearly not playing his best stuff. Others simply shrank and disappeared, namely our entire back-four and HBA. Ben Arfa didn't disappear. He was the only one still running at them trying to do something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tiote was ruddy minging. He wasn't good I know, but he kept going, tried to take the game to them and did his best out there despite clearly not playing his best stuff. Others simply shrank and disappeared, namely our entire back-four and HBA. Ben Arfa didn't disappear. He was the only one still running at them trying to do something. Did you not see when he lost the ball in the centre and just stood there hands on hips looking at the ref for a foul that never was? He gave up/his head dropped towards the end of the first-half. He's probably thinking why the fuck should I bust a gut trying to be the player I am or can be when it leads to nowt with this manager. Like I said, he cannot win literally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Ben Arfa had 2 men marking him at all times when he got the ball. If anyone had bothered to support him, we could have made something of that. But we didn't, and just hung him out to dry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tiote was ruddy minging. He wasn't good I know, but he kept going, tried to take the game to them and did his best out there despite clearly not playing his best stuff. Others simply shrank and disappeared, namely our entire back-four and HBA. Ben Arfa didn't disappear. He was the only one still running at them trying to do something. Did you not see when he lost the ball in the centre and just stood there hands on hips looking at the ref for a foul that never was? He gave up/his head dropped towards the end of the first-half. He's probably thinking why the f*** should I bust a gut trying to be the player I am or can be when it leads to nowt with this manager. Like I said, he cannot win literally. I didn't but I'll take your word for it. I just think its unfair to single him out when other players were far worse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Let's not pretend otherwise here, Ben Arfa was awful today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Let's not pretend otherwise here, Ben Arfa was awful today. Agree. Needs dropping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tiote was ruddy minging. He wasn't good I know, but he kept going, tried to take the game to them and did his best out there despite clearly not playing his best stuff. Others simply shrank and disappeared, namely our entire back-four and HBA. Ben Arfa didn't disappear. He was the only one still running at them trying to do something. Did you not see when he lost the ball in the centre and just stood there hands on hips looking at the ref for a foul that never was? He gave up/his head dropped towards the end of the first-half. He's probably thinking why the f*** should I bust a gut trying to be the player I am or can be when it leads to nowt with this manager. Like I said, he cannot win literally. I didn't but I'll take your word for it. I just think its unfair to single him out when other players were far worse I'm not singling him out, he was poor as were most of them, but of them all, I'd excuse him for not bothering when it doesn't matter what he does, he still gets dropped or not played. The only reason he has started the last 2 games is because we've sold Cabaye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Let's not pretend otherwise here, Ben Arfa was awful today. Agree. Needs dropping. For Obertan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Let's not pretend otherwise here, Ben Arfa was awful today. Agree. Needs dropping. needs playing in a position and a system that gets the best out of him - not centrally in a team playing hoofball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Worst game of all time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 50 mile an hour winds and we resort to playing high hoof balls up to Shola Ameobi. I despair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Fucking embarrassing from Look North by the way, who towed the line of "nowt happened with the crowd" rather than "sunderland won 3-0". 9 months on and they were still looking to put the spin on people booting off than the winner of a big derby game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 They looked the most likely team to score at 0-0, 0-1, 0-2 and at 0-3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Worth pointing out they're going to win the cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Worth pointing out they're going to win the cup They won't like, Man City are outrageously brilliant and only getting better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Worth pointing out they're going to win the cup They won't like, Man City are outrageously brilliant and only getting better. As if that matters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Worth pointing out they're going to win the cup "cheesy chips on wembley way" :anguish: :anguish: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Worth pointing out they're going to win the cup They won't like, Man City are outrageously brilliant and only getting better. As if that matters It does man, the mackems are going to get smashed in that game surely. The Man Utd fan at my work was hoping they went out because he was terrified of a pounding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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