Syrette Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 spuds blaming it on tiredness now... must be their gruelling european campaign :roll: They do have a small squad tbf With more depth than ours. Hence why I was being sarcastic bluewink.gif Ah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon55544 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Newcastle United (3) 3 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Petrified by the blistering attacking pace of Obafemi Martins and Kieron Dyer, Tottenham merely succeeded in bolstering Glenn Roeder's burgeoning managerial reputation. Considering Newcastle's horrendous injury problems this season, Roeder has done rather well. So well, indeed, that Freddy Shepherd yesterday declared he would not swap his manager for Sir Alex Ferguson. After such fulsome praise from the chairman, sceptics might have expected Roeder's side to lose, but this is an improving Newcastle ensemble whose commitment to attractive, attacking football serves as a refreshing antidote to the safety first attitudes permeating much of the Premiership. Dyer's return from long-term injury has done much to help Roeder's cause. Finishing has not always been his forte but the midfielder made no mistake with the splendid low shot, directed into the bottom corner, which provided Newcastle with an early lead. Martins' through pass from deep released Dyer after Michael Dawson had failed to cut out a clearance from Nolberto Solano. A combination of electric pace and close control enabled Dyer to dodge Ledley King and beat Paul Robinson in front of the watching Steve McClaren. Much more of this, and he might really find himself back in McClaren's England squad. Spurs looked in defensive disarray and this was further emphasised when Martins swiftly headed Newcastle's second goal of the afternoon — his sixth in as many games and ninth of the season. The fact that Scott Parker, whose pass cued up the £10 million striker, had looked offside during a preamble initiated by James Milner's centre, failed to prevent the Toon Army from twirling their black and white scarves in celebration. Not that Martin Jol's side were quite done. Danny Murphy, who had been promoted from the substitutes' bench when Jermain Defoe dropped out of the visiting starting line-up minutes before kick-off, reduced the deficit after meeting Pascal Chimbonda's cross and seeing his shot deflect off Steven Taylor, flying beyond the wrong-footed Shay Given. With Dimitar Berbatov spurning an excellent chance when clean through, Newcastle took a turn at appearing dazed and disorientated before Parker assuaged Geordie nerves by heading them further ahead after Robinson had parried Milner free-kick into a penalty area melee. Critics of the England goalkeeper may say that Robinson, who experienced a worryingly unconvincing afternoon under McClaren's gaze, should have held on to that original Milner effort but, clearly benefiting from that coruscating pace injected by Dyer and Martins, Roeder's team were playing some good, slick-passing stuff. Even so, Berbatov missed another good chance at the outset of the second half, shooting wide when he probably should have done better. Indeed with Newcastle's on-going injury crisis primarily affecting Roeder's defence — in which Solano played out of position at right-back and 18-year-old novice centre-half Paul Huntington appeared at left-back, Jol's men might reasonably have been expected to give Given a few more frights. Infuriatingly inconsistent, Spurs are a real chameleon team, and a few of Jol's personnel belied their expensive price tags and much-vaunted reputations during an afternoon which further enhanced Roeder's managerial street cred. Match summary Man of the Match: Kieron Dyer: His blistering pace and adhesive like close control make the midfielder at times resemble an electrically powered toy. Scored the opener and petrified Spurs. Moment of the Match: Dyer’s opening goal. Scored on the counter-attack it arrived less than a minute after Steed Malbranque had threatened to give Spurs the lead. Moreover the preamble to his unerring low shot into the bottom corner made a mockery of both Michael Dawson’s and Ledley King’s lofty defensive reputations. Rating: 8/10 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/12/24/sfgnew24.xml :thup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 and 18-year-old novice centre-half Paul Huntington appeared at left-back blueconfused.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I haven't seen any of the action today, but does anyone think that that formation might be good to play for a few consecutive games? Was there anything noticably better about the teams performance, shape etc. in comparison to when we used the 4-4-2? That would be even better if Duff hits form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Great win, nice to see the ground full aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tobiazvanderziaz Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Quality bluebiggrin.gif Given - 6 Nobby - 7.5 Taylor - 7 Ramage - 8 Huntington - 6.5 Milner - 7.5 Butt - 8 Parker - 8.5 Emre - 7 Dyer - 7 (was not MOTM really imo, fair play to him though) Martins - 8 How can you rate him that good? Still think he is by far the weakest link of the defence (incl. Huntington) and he showed that again today by poor actions like when he gave Barbatov a one vs. one against Given. And every time he has the ball he pass it back to Given or kicks it forward to the other team...sooooo frustrating!!! Not his poorest game today but still below average for a PL player..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I was 15 minutes late to the game. blueupset.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Our goals are on the official site now, bedded into the Dyer interview. Loved Martins's celebration, dancing with Emre Enjoyed Parkers reaction too. Looked absolutely delighted with that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 whats funny is that even pav got a some mins while luque is still sitting on the bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I was 15 minutes late to the game. blueupset.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 whats funny is that even pav got a some mins while luque is still sitting on the bench Luque is shit in goal tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 didnt say we play him in goal bluebigeek.gif,watching pav getting his 7 min is enough for me blueyes.gif anyway,...,lets hope we get a decent price on him come january..otherwise he might stay bluebigeek.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 didnt say we play him in goal bluebigeek.gif,watching pav getting his 7 min is enough for me blueyes.gif anyway,...,lets hope we get a decent price on him come january..otherwise he might stay bluebigeek.gif He will be gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saint Andy Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 didnt say we play him in goal bluebigeek.gif,watching pav getting his 7 min is enough for me blueyes.gif anyway,...,lets hope we get a decent price on him come january..otherwise he might stay bluebigeek.gif He will be gone. yeah, no chance he's staying imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Im confident he wont be here by the end of January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Best part of the game was Emre celebrating with Derek Wright when he was "injured" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Loved Martins's celebration, dancing with Emre That was awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Anyone know why Babayaro wasn't even on the bench? Not that I care like. Would be nice to hear that he'd fallen out with Roeder and would never play for us again that's all. He has a hamstring injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amanda Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Really good today, 3 points and goals to match. Things are starting to click in place, crowds coming back as already said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeordieAce Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 http://www.gg-chat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=66129 Why can't the spuds just accept defeat? They always blame something for their soopa doopa team getting beat. If it's not the food they eat, its the f*cking cold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 http://www.gg-chat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=66129 Why can't the spuds just accept defeat? They always blame something for their soopa doopa team getting beat. If it's not the food they eat, its the f*cking cold To be fair when you are the best team in the whole widest world ever it must be pretty hard to accept defeat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Isn't it supposed to be colder down south than up north at the moment? Is he serial? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kinaldo Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 check out their Emre thread http://www.gg-chat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=66153 I love Emre and hope that account of events is highly exaggerated. Notice the high praise for Parker. Where are all the Parker boo boys today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 So bitter its pathetic, they really are cockney mackems! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 check out their Emre thread http://www.gg-chat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=66153 I love Emre and hope that account of events is highly exaggerated. Notice the high praise for Parker. Where are all the Parker boo boys today? What does it say? I'm banned from GG-chat for winding them up in the match thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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