FA Cup action from Stevenage.
The competition itself started way back in August as semi-professional outfits and amateur sides battled it out to get through the qualifying rounds and into the competition proper. League One and Two sides were introduced back in November, but it is the third round that always grabs the spotlight.
It is one of those League Two teams that Newcastle face this evening as they head to Stevenage for what is a rematch of the tie that occured in the same round back in 1998. The match will be brodcast on ESPN here in the UK, and I believe it is scheduled for transmission in the USA aswell.
For those aren’t fortunate enough to be able to gain acces to a TV set to watch the game on, there will hopefully be some links knocking around where you can catch a stream. A quick look on MyP2P.eu would suggest that there are plenty of streams to be had, but if you find a decent link then please feel free to share it with your fellow Newcastle fans in the comments below.
For a more detailed preview of the match you can read my match preview where you can take in some team news and a bit of background about the fixture.
Newcastle have named a surpsisingly strong starting XI for the match, which indicates their intention to be professional, get the job done, and ensure that we are in the hat for the fourth round draw that will take place tomorrow afternoon.
Howay the lads!
Stevenage: Chris Day, Ronnie Henry, Jon Ashton, Mark Roberts, Scott Laird, Lawrie Wilson, John Mousinho, Michael Bostwick, Stacy Long, Peter Winn, Chris Beardsley.
Subs: Ashley Bayes, Luke Foster, Charlie Griffin, Yemi Obubade, Ben May, David Bridges, Rob Sinclair.
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, James Perch, Wayne Routledge, Kevin Nolan, Alan Smith, Joey Barton, Peter Lovenkrands, Leon Best.
Subs: Ole Soderberg, Tamas Kadar, Shane Ferguson, Danny Guthrie, Cheik Tiote, Phil Airey, Nile Ranger. « The awkward ambivalence of January. | Stevenage batter useless Newcastle. »
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Very strong team, good for Airey to be on the bench to get some of the first team experience. I’d only put him on if we were winning and wiing by a few, but tink it will be good for him
Stronger team than I thought aswell to be honest. Nee pissing about
I would guess the plan is to get the game sealed early and take off some players to replce them with the young’uns.
Lets just not get embarrased after thrashing west ham and making fun of the mackems
howay the lads! pub time!
Really surprised at the team but in a way im glad, looks like Pards wants to go for it or maybe MA has told him to go for it
Stevenage side: Chris Day, Lawrie Wilson, Scott Laird, Jon Ashton, Stacy Long, Mark Roberts, Peter Winn, Chris Beardsley, John Mousinho, Michael Bostwick, Ronnie Henry
Tell you what, I bet the streams will be shocing for this game. They will be full of Mackems fizzing and obsessing, willing us to get beat rather than looking at their own shyte house
We are wearing the blue kit tonight.
Kevin Keegan (working for television today) gets a massive ovation from the travelling contingent away to our right…he claps the toon army, exchanges a few handshakes and “There’s only one Kevin Keegan” booms around the stand behind the goal. Great scenes
a very nice £700 too collect £ 30 4 fold brum blackburn coventry torquay all too win , £20 goals galore preston doncaster brighton burton
So far this looks good
http://nutjobtv.yolasite.com/
Good old KK
No North East derbies to come in the FA Cup this season, who would have thought Sunderland and Boro would both lose!
just incase > http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=100734&part=sports
Game On – good name – who thought o’ that
http://lsh.livescorehunter.com/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=35115&tv_id=411&tid=4156&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=0
Alan shearer as pundit.
Another good thing is that Tiote must be ok if he is on the bench, anything on Jose
http://lsh.livescorehunter.com/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=35115&tv_id=411&tid=4156&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=0
Just ill, according to his Twitter. Never learns
hmm,why i can’t post link for match.
i have a great link,with ray wikins,alan shearer as pundit.
Although i can see the logic in hoping to get some goals early, and then changing it up i would have liked to see Kadar and Ranger start, especially with Perch at LB (if they get a goal i bet the attack comes down their right).
Don’t want to see Barton/Nolan have to play the full 90, andVuckic doesnt even make the bench either, is he injured?
Oh. my link appears after all. =.=”
They are up AOD. When the links are really long the site thinks it is spam so bins it off until it can be saved.
I’d expect to see Kadar, Ranger and Ferguson get game time should things go as we’d like them too.
haha
They’ll be very up for this, Prem team in their house etc but at the end of the day we definitly have the quality out there the night to win the game comfortably.
Can’t take anything for granted though, there’s always banana skins at these early stages in the cup…Oh, and how did the Mackems do the day?
HWTL! Big win today boys! Let’s just hope we don’t draw ManUre next round…
HHHHooooooowwaaayyyyy
HWTL Come on!
The place sounds like it’s jumping to be fair to them!
Hey what does our injury situation look like? I still haven’t heard anything regarding Tiote, Jose, Carroll, Shola, or anybody else.. What’s their ETA back?
That was some smack he took
Geordie Deb-
Nice to see ya on here
Hope ya have a crackin’ day! God knows, a Mags win would make it all the better like!!
Gonna have nice shinna by end of game
Is Kadar injured?
Also Ranger really must be poor in training and in general application if he cannot get a start today.
theres plenty of Barton fans
Pitch must be really slippey our lot are falling all over the place
OHurley
Hows you mate good to see ye
You too O’Hurley. Keep your fingers crossed today. FA cup third round and lower league opposition always makes me very nervous…
Im gr8 Davey! Just graftin and keepin up with the game on this here blog
How’s u?
I tend to find the fact that Barton is universally hated quite amusing if i’m honest. Especially when our lot pipe up with “One Joey Barton” the moment the grief is being handed out.
We’ve started alright, nice ball to Barton at the back post from Danny Simpson like, similar to the quality he showed for Ameobi at Wigan. Also, thats going to be a belter for Nolan! Might even see it starting to bruise quite nicely by half time, haha.
Good mate will be a lot better with a win
I seen you asking about here but couldn’t really say owt 
Reet. Wtf happened between you and worky? Sounded like he was bein’ a proper plonker!
Also- how do I get an avatar pic attached?
http://www.gravatar.com
Ya gonna put an Orangeman up OHurley
Richie
well mate glad to be back
“Dirty northern b*stards”
I hope we smash feck out of these horrible little plastic kunts.
Toonsy there is a good way to shut them up
er…No Dave
Bloody hell the usual Smudger booking
Heard that, they’ve given that line to both Nolan and Smith now. Were they singing something about Shearer there aswell?
I enjoyed the fact Alan Smith gave one of their lads a look to say “are you serious” when he squared up to him, lol. Before laughing off a yellow card for a ridiculous tackle that is. Could get quite tasty.
guys anyone got a link to watch or radio please? cheers
I hope we dont get drawn into a dirty game, as we will come off looking worse in the eyes of everyone else.
I think if we score soon it will settle it all down
http://nutjobtv.yolasite.com/
Scrappy game thus far.
well they’ve held their own for the first 25 mins. They might not have created any solid chances on goal, but since Barton’s effort at the back post neither have we like.
Cardiff… this link Big Dave put up has been working well for me
http://nutjobtv.yolasite.com/
come on Lads
Best needs to be careful when he jumps. A few times already today he’s jumped with his arms flailing all over the place and has given a few people a knock.
didnt like interview with there manager like,seemed to be saying they would be quite happy to “kick”the over-payed toon players
Is there a lad called Stacey in their team? Haha, unlucky for you big lad.
Ice I think thats their plan
Why is krul always hitting high balls.
Their Fans arn’t really coming over in a good light
Well really need to up our game and teach them a lesson
Jez this is one scrappy game so far
They don’t really need to kick us about at the minute, we’re not exactly running rings round them! They’re getting the better of it like, have done so the last 10-15. Their fans certainly seem to think they’re something special though.
Catchy song’s aswell…”wohhhh, la la la la laaaa laaa”…sort of.
We’re not doing anything productive going forward just now like. Amount of times we’ve just pumped it up towards Best and have failed.
Nah mate, my family is all Fenians
Ross we are making them look good
Long ball, long ball!
That’s unbelievable. Classless. What a mug.
we dont really look as if we are up for this, more as if we just have to turn up
We are, given the fact that we’re determined to play long ball, yet they’re at least trying to pass it around when they’re inside the final third. I dont mind long ball stuff like the pass we just saw from Barton to Routledge, but we’re not doing anything productive going forward, we’re just hoofing it forward towards Best, who has won little or nowt in the air and our continuation of doing so makes you wonder if we have a plan b.
skum will be clapping there hands looking at this display
Maybe we should all join in silent prayer and positive thoughts…?
Idk… they DID just lose to Notts County lol
your right me old bean
Bit poor first half! I need a big score… 500/1
For us to win 7-0
Now i know why krul was drop to bench.
Ice that Batty one isn’t looking his £100 back is he ? after the winnings he has had today he should just let you off
Nathandio good luck mate going by the way we’re playing you might have better luck in the replay
Has NUFC been told that they can only keep the ball in the air? Best not up to it tonight. Is Smith actually on the pitch? Is Nolan? Poor Barton, asked to play left wing. Time for some changes at half time. Smith, Best off. Ranger, Ferguson on. Get Barton in the middle, it will work then.
Think we need to see Forster being given a chance next season, Krul looks so unsure again today.
Aye, not only did the scum bags lose to Notts County, but howay man 17,000 for a home FA cup tie, that’s a real embarassment. Probably 5000 County fans in there too !
Lets hope if Wor Nile gets a chance, he keeps his composure the night!
Right come on lads
well that was coming. They look far more up for this than us.
LOL’D. og.
Wtf
bolllox
Been asking for that.
FFS
After all the bum licking is best another pancrate?
Might start playing now.
Maybe know we will pull our fuking finger out
Not only do we look half arsed, we look void of ideas aswell given the fact the long ball didn’t work.
We need a win here, their fans sound a bunch of w@nkers.
Good goal and the way we’ve played, thats game over.
Oh flip.
F*ckin useless
words fail me
GAME OVER.
This would have been a nice little treble on the NE clubs.
Gobsmacked
Fckin ESPN has gone off!!!
The players should refuse their wages for this.
maybe the loss of transmission is a good thing we are total sh1te
Excellent, good to know you pay for a service and they can’t even go 90 minutes without f*cking up. I’m talking about ESPN but I might aswell be talking about our lads aswell.
Ross…these muppet fans are getting right on my wick…numpties..
We look devoid of ideas. Howay Pardew whats the plan now
toonsy
Posted January 8, 2011 at 6:50 PM
The players should refuse their wages for this.
It happens, it’s the FA Cup and it’s not just us.
Tiote on.
This is embarrassing from ESPN.
If only. Are Nolan and Smith still on the field? Williamson’s head seems to have gone since og
Ross – It’s probably that stupid fckin burger van they had Barnes and Keegan in before the game. It’s probably fell over!
True but I think we are more embarrassing
“shall we sing a song for you”..I wouldn’t mind if they did sing a song, so far all i’ve heard is “wohhhhhh la la la la la la” from their lot. I’ve considered muting it, worse than the f*cking vuvuzelas.
I think we need a couple of additions to freshen the squad up asap. Poor poor show. We weren’t ever gona win the thing but Christ we should be playing decent football. First half was a disgrace
Yet another game were the big players don’t turn up its a joke
Routledge is absolutely the only option we have today, we are freakin useless. Embarassing. Do we really have a heavyweight midfield of Tiote, Barton my god…we are way off the pace of the game. I feel sorry for the travelling fans having to listen to this taunting…ugly…
Does this work?
Sorry Stuart. If you are happy to settle for less than 100% application then fair enough. I’m not.
I can take bad results, but not lack of effert, desire, heart……
I thought John Barnes was there
Brilliant tackle Tiote.
fuk we cant even make simple passes
He’s off here!
Routledge off, Ferguson on the left, Nolan back to the right where he’s been good?
What are the changes we’ve made so far? Best off, Smith off, right?
He’s going off.
does what work?
Does what work FSOTC?
Well that is Tiote out for Sunday…….
This is getting worse
Tiote sent off for christ sake
We have to appeal that!
He lunged in, but he’s only gone in ONE footed!
Tiote’s a great player but he is often reckless and needs to settle the eff down. He’s a yellow card on legs on his best day. Maybe that card is harsh, but he’s earning that reputation.
Sorry, Deb, just my first post here and seeing if it posted. Clearly it did.
aye Stuart, should appeal it.
well well the referees arse caved in… Tiote off. Garbage. Quick put your spare 1000euros on Barton being sent off next…
At least the Tiote sending off will partially distract everyone from an absolutely gash performance.
FAOTC – no worries
Tiote is a tough tackler but alot of the tough tackles i’ve seen him make have been fair. For me, that also was fair. He may have lunged in to make up the distance but he went in one footed, his studs weren’t showing and he clearly won the ball. He’s been red carded for leaving the ground in a fair tackle. Has to be appealed.
Munich I agree 100% about the travelling fans having to take that shit all because our highly paid prem players didnt turn up
A lad just mentioned on facebook that all we have to do, is appeal the red and Tiote is good to go for the derby. something about you’re allowed to play the following match as they look at the appeal? Is that correct?
If we appeal and lose does his suspension get lengthened?
Tiote is a complete radge..
What on earth is Krul doing?
WTF did Krul think he was doing there
no idea Dave. He does not fill me with confidence
Yes it is actually. Never thought of that.
fsotc……they can lengthen it if they see it as a “flippant” appeal but it wouldn’t be so I doubt it
his kicking is poor generally
Well, very different opinions on the red card here, from the Guaridan’s Minute by Minute:
RED CARD! Ooh – that’s a very, very bad challenge by Tiote on Ashton. He jumped about five feet up in the air before crashing through the defender … and he has been sent off for his trouble. It’s not looking great for Newcastle is it?
71 mins The commentary team on ESPN seem to think that was a harsh red card, on the grounds that Tiote did, just about, get the ball. I completely disagree. You just cannot allow players to jump into a challenge like that if you have any care whatsoever for player safety.
73 mins “Who is this numpty that claims that wasn’t a red card,” demands Ruari hickson. “Six inches further to the right and the Stevenage player’s leg is coming off. There shouldn’t be an IQ test for people to play football, but there needs to be for those who get paid to talk about it, for all our sanities.” I’m not sure about the last bit, but yup, disgraceful challenge and cannot understand how he’s even trying to defend it.
Flippin heck, with a bit of luck they could be 5-0 up now Stevenage..
Dock there wages the prima donna toss pots..
God not too good a prep for the derby is it!! I think best has been poor as has mclovin. We need the new options pards is talking about and fast. Best and smudge can leave for me
well according to the misconduct rules from Wiki, the decision on an appeal will be decided before the teams next game so unless it’s overturned, it looks like Tiote is out the derby.
The thought of the Derby without Tiote and Carroll isn’t a pleasant one.
At least with not too many people knowing about this place it will keep the arseholes off here tonight
Too late Toonsy I’m here
Neither is losing to Notts County at home…..
atlest thats one small mercy
“Six inches further to the right and the Stevenage player’s leg is coming off”
That’s just as embarrassing a quote from whomever made it. The fact Tiote wasn’t six inches to the right and he won the ball indicates it’s he’s timed the challenge. That’s like me saying
“how are we 2-0 down. If that shot had went 6 inches to the left of the post, and Mike Williamson was 6 inches away from the ball, it’d still be 0-0″
exactly Ross.
Present company excluded
Had the same thought there, Ross. Six inches makes a big difference (said the priest to the choir boy).
it’s alright once my takeaway gets here I’m offski
Ruari Hickson needs the IQ test when he’s using ridiculous analogies like that to try and prove his point. It’s essentially structuring an argument around “what if’s..”
I take it we’re concentrating on the league this season then?
Why did he not play the lads in this game, bad mistake oh well, need a new sky remote now
Fair play Barton, absolute belter.
had to turn the sound off, those numpties were doing me heed in ….
Aye if I’d pressed 6 inches wide of the “enter” key I wouldn’t have had to watch this crap
canny goal like
Richie I hope we concentrate a bit more on the league than we have tonight
Barton boy well done
Belting goal. Why couldn’t we at least try that earlier?
Massive gaps at the back. Dunno what we expect when we’re doing that. We’ve scored and switched off again. No excuse about players being up the field because we haven’t got the ball.
They done us there like.
lol
Munich-Like I said earlier it’s worse than the vuvuzelas. I dont know if I could support them, 90 minutes of “wohhhhhhh, la la la la la” would do my head in.
out fought out classed out muscled and out of the cup at the 1st hurdle
That’s got to be one of the worst goals against us I have seen. Can’t any of these soft puffs tackle like ?
whey that’ll teach us to laff at the mackems.
oh well yet another year we wont be winning the fa cup. crap performance
Yeah I think that was his biggest mistake. Playing this team. He should have rested some players, but instead they were tired and just looked off the pace. Not to mention some of them are not good enough for the toon such as Perch and Smith.
Well, no Tiote and potentially no Carroll for the Derby. Not good.
We were totally craptastic.
Pardew’s tactical choices? Pretty effing baffling. Obviously still early for him, but that was bad.
feckin disgrace.no heart,no fight.not good enough.fine em 2 weeks wages
I hope Pards rips our players apart because I didn’t see one tonight that deserved to wear the shirt
The late Chris Hughton wouldn’t have lost this.
So that is all North East teams gone at the first hurdle…..
I think the players should be taking the full blame for this
ditto that Big Dave. That was a gutless display today. The shocking thing is they seemed stronger and faster to the ball than us.
Still think we’re gonna win th FA Cup toonsy ???
Nee idea why it appeared that we went 4-5-1 with Ranger like. The entire 90 minutes was just embarrassing though. Been a long time since I’ve seen us look that lethargic, that uninterested. Reminds you of the Newcastle of old. Just when you think you’ve turned the corner and you have a group of players who are willing to fight for the shirt, especially given last season and the start of this seasons performances, you get a performance like that. It simply screamed “we can’t be bothered”. They deserve all the grief they get but I feel sorry for our travelling lot who were taunted by a bunch of cocky w@nkers in the Stevenage end.
Losing the game is one thing. Losing Tiote for, what, probably three games? That’s a big problem.
give ower man…divent talk bollocks.
+1
Shocking performance from us. Pardew included. Tactically poor today in almost every single decision made,
Where did I say we were going to win it? Please refresh me…..
Or did I say we should be aiming to win it, like every other club that enters…..
DJG do you ??
Barton on the left? After that good cameo from Ferguson the other night? Made no sense to me.
Well, that put us all back in our place. Funny this season when we have a string of good results theres always a shocker to wake everyone up. We didn’t deserve to win, was a waste of our time and we should have played all youngsters who were looking to prove themselves. Putting tiote on was stupid, I’d rather lose the match than lose him-and now we’ve lost them both, brilliant. We really should appeal on that tackle however, as the ref is a daft blind c*nt if he thinks its a straight red-yellow at best, Tiote got theball, and the “Injured” stevenage player was absolutely fine. Find it funny people saying the lower leagues are more honest-Stevenage cheated and cheated well, but deserved the win i guess.
I fear that this result will destroy our confidence. Carroll and Tiote missing, plus our defence looked the worst it has been for a long time. Really bad day all round.
Not looking forward to the makkem game now though.
They are celebrating like they won the league
give ower man DJG…divvent pick on Toonsy..
And rightly so.
Only three PL teams have been beaten by League 2 teams in the entire history of the PL. We are one of them…..
I hope to god Tiote’s red card is turned over. He won the ball, it’s the nature of the challenge that he was sent off for. Even then it wasn’t two footed and he didn’t go in high with his studs showing. Somehow given our past run in’s with the FA though i’m quite sure it will stand.
If that doesn’t work we just have to hope Carroll is fit.
agreed there mate.
About Tiote–we have to acknowledge, whether he deserved that red or not, that he collects too many yellows. He’s been one of our best players, even one of the best buys of the league for me, but that’s one aspect of his ability that needs sharpening and improvement.
Don’t know how you do that, though, without taking something away from his overall ability. It’s a tough one…
Well Im glad i stayed up till 3.40am to watch that – not! Pathetic, Hope they get a good rollocking and Pardew gives his head a shake re risking Tiote, regardless of the red card issue, he shouldn’t have risked him in that game. Krul looking more dodgey every game I watch him in. Well of to bed tata
Smith didn’t touch any ball in the middle? hahahas. Still wants to be CDM,oh gosh.
Let him have his moment. I’ll need proof I said that like mind, or else I’ll get radge. I’ve told him before about trying to pin shit on me that I haven’t said.
Hence the failcastle quote by my friend. always fail at curcial moments.
Ah well, who friggin cares. The league is more important anyway this season, we could get to the quarter-finals and get knocked out there, what a pointless task. No doubt they will have their giant killer t-shirts ect for the next 13 years but good luck to them they played well. We showed absolutely no respect to them tonight and as a result deserved nothing. At least the monkeys got beat at home by Notts County and Boro out aswell if thats any small consolation. I honestly don’t feel that bothered, I was gutted after the arsenal defeat but even if we went through there I suppose it was all if’s and maybe’s. The derby is more important, the double and this will all be forgotton instantly, and if you don’t think anything can happen in football just look at tonight.
I’m sure we would in their position.
The players were disgraceful. Dont know how you can blame this on pards. Fielded a strong side yet we were the team that looked newly promoted from non league footy. I like smudge but he had an absolute shocker today. We couldn’t string 3 passes together and they held possession well and deserved the win. Tiote’s red is worse than the loss for me. I hope pards makes them all walk back to tyneside to ponder this performance…
I don’t care about this match. I care about the Tiote suspension…
ahmed4nufc
Posted January 7, 2011 at 3:38 PM
It’s my first post on toonsy’s new blog. Must admit I enjoy reading your articles and good luck with this blog. I’ll be following it regularly and to answer your question for the thread I’m certainly up for it. Just hope the boys are tomorrow as well for if we expect to pitch up and win, it might not be as easy as we all think it’s going to be.
I did say yesterday in this post that the lads cannot just turn up and expect to win and I think that is what happened today. They were shocking. Perhaps this will make Pardew get a few more faces in?
If we play like that mate, we can throw any idea of the double out the window. What we had out there was the team that will start against the Scum bar 1 or 2 players. Granted they would be saying the same after their loss today as they had a strong team out, but the 1 or 2 players that would come into that team, are Tiote and Carroll. Both could be missing. The team that we saw tonight could be our starting 11 at the stadium of sh!te.
You can blame ‘Pards’ for risking Tiote
The point is,that’s basically our 1st team players playing atm,and losing 3-1 to a league 2 team?
geordie deb, agree 100% with your comment regarding risking Tiote. There was a huge danger of him getting injured or sent off today, and sure enough thats what happens.
Now that is a horrific thought
Bingo!
The knives will be out for Barton as well. He could have broken that guys neck with that ball!
True FSOTC, but its the nature of the position in which he plays, like Smith or Butt, you’re going to pick up yellows when asked to show your mettle. At the end of the day, he’s said he won’t compromise his playing style and I can;t fault him for it really, the yellows come part in parcel with his undeniable skill, its up to us to find a more suitable replacement than smith. And at the end of the day-the red card was the wrong decision, can’t really blame Tiote for the F.A employing mongs.
You can also blame pards for playing Barton on the left, leaving Ferguson out and making the other cruddy subs.
What a masterstroke by Pardew to play the long ball game and try to outmuscle a low division team, the only elements they are good at…
Not just that. The balance of the team was poor. Long ball, clueless dross. Best off at half time?! I don’t get what he was trying to do.
I’m sorry, but Pardew and his players had a stinker today.
Wow, Shame about Tiote hopefully any one with a brain (short supply at the FA) will recind that.
Glad to see “Willo” back in place of that liability Taylor…
on a technical blog matter–I don’t like the “reply” button. You have to back track to see the replies and it disrupts the ongoing flow of discussion.
Obviously it’s very early to judge Pardew’s tactics, but I feel like he got them very badly wrong today.
People talking about appealing the Tiote red card need to wake up. That will NEVER get rescinded. It was a good tackle, but it looked extremely reckless and the player rolling around on the floor didn’t help.
Pull that one out slowly, i’l get the bandages.
Even I must admit that WIlliamson was shocking today. At fault for the first and third goal (although the first was just bad luck)
I agree–Tiote’s never getting that card taken off him.
Smith, Perch and Routledge out Ranger loaned.
Ah well, at least Everton got beat by a lesser side than we did, eh?
Smith has been a passenger at this level for most of his career. Not because of his work rate, which is excellent, because he lacks quality, a specialism, and just isn’t good enough. The fact that like C.H, now Pardew is saying he will stay leads me to believe his attitude and mouth is enough to con them into thinking a huge part of their wage budget should be spent on this man. This season he has done nothing to suggest to me he should stay at this fooball club and if Leeds made an offer we are FOOLS if we knocked them back.
agree
Why did Best go off?
Shrewsbury? Same level
Why play Smith? It is the equivalent of starting with ten men.
nee probs Toonsy…just a bad comment in light of the cuffing that we have just received from a second division side….Just bad taste mate..
Tbh that is the legacy of Hughton more than anything else and I think tonight we were just crap. Against West Ham we had far better football than this and it certainly wasn’t long ball.
Deb-A scary thought, but the Tiote red will not be over ruled. The only change from tonight that we’ll see at the Derby is Carroll for Best, providing he’s fit. If not? It’s the 11 we saw tonight.
Yes, BUT they are lower in the league… (this is where I would put a roll eyes emoticon, but I don’t know how)
Guys check this out. A Stevenage fan(I hope) one of his own players in the face :O
http://www.twitvid.com/I0Y1X
punching*
He was playing with a heel injury.
agreed there lacedaemonian. Smith must be laughing all the way to the bank. If we can get Leeds to take him in part exchange we should snap there hands off.
I’m just struggling to see the logic mate.
Shrewsbury are a worse team because they play at the same level?
I would argue that this is Stevenage’s first football league season whereas Shrewsbury are established already.
After tonights events, just how important were those 6 points we just got, eh? phew!
I turned off after the third goal did Barton have any hassle getting off the pitch ??
I somehow doubt thats a Stevenage fan lol.
case of mistaken identity ?
canny right hook like. Gives him even more to tell his grandbairns about..
It was a joke
was Barton on the pitch ? oh aye he scored didn’t he…
I’d rather Pards experiment with tactics in the Cup games than the League games. At least he now knows one more way NOT to win a footy match. Roll on the Mackems.
I don’t recall the last time I saw him contribute anything in a game. Is he not embarrassed to turn up to work?
Let him go for a free because he offers nothing but bad passes and poor tackles
Was that from today’s game, El?
sorry mate….! I’m not in a mood for jokes, quite bitter at the mo, non of these turkeys deserve to wear the stripes of my team..
Is Tiote really suspended for the Derby game? I thought if you got a card in a Cup game that it didn’t carry over to the League. ???
Of all the players i would blame he would be last.
Perch and Routledge frankly i would be disgusted to see them in black and white again, Williamson would be on the first train back to Torquay and Smith would be allowed to go for nowt…
Does unfortunately
It’s anly the FA Cup man. Could be worse, could be a Liverpool fan. Tune in tomorrow folks.
CC aye…you’re right, I’m just being a bit bitter and twisted. At the same time, one should expect more from someone being touted as a must for the England squad…
I still look at it this way. Since he’s been appointed, Pardews lost 2 games, Spurs and City. Won 3 games Liverpool, Wigan and West Ham. Lost FA banana skin.
Would C.H have even won the 3 league games the way things were going?
I know Pardew getting a load of stick for this-but hey at least we know Barton can’t play on the left eh
Nah but if he was looking to mix things up for the future well, at least he messed around with formatio ntoday and not in a league match eh? Still I really don’t get why fergie wasn’t on, in either left mid or left back, propper weird. Regarding this being basically our first team, well Barton on the right, and the influx of Enrique for the scum game, Jonas will hopefully back and that shows that despite his lack of end product we actually miss him massively on the left, there was just no running coming from the team and he’s the only one who can do it. Routledge showed he’s not for this level. Staylor for a shaky Williamson, Harps for a shaky Krul, Ameobi for a terribly quiet lovenkrands and then we’ll be a totally different team….hopefully.
http://www.competition.dz/Actualite/Ziani-Newcastle-:-cest-acquis/
Just to take your minds off the bitter result today guys, it seems we have got Ziani in the bag….
You’d think that they’d have policed the away end slightly better so that none of our lads could get on the pitch. I seriously doubt that’s a Stevenage fan though sadly. Doesn’t make us look any better if that is the case. We put in a performance that is beyond pathetic and then one of our lot assaults one of their players on the field?
And who he can not rely on.
Munich
I suppose but why move him to the left where he can play those angled balls that have been so effective.
The thing im really disappointed about is Tiote we are badly lacking for the Sunderland match, If Larsson does sign im assuming we will move Barton back inside
Im not bothered about the result the performance was dire but i would have taken that embarassment to get 6 points from Wigan and Wham…
I’ve got an article on that coming up
I worte it during the football as it was more interesting than watching that shyte!
Canny punch though :lol
yes
A night to forget.
A couple of hours ago I was think hehe mackems, won’t happen to us. WRONG. Easy to forget just how good these teams are when they’re pumped up for it.
And terrible headlines. Tiote off for a tackle that the press will no doubt say was an assault in itself, they’ll tear our performance to bits and then they’ve got that to stick their teeth into. One idiot drags the whole club through the mud.
And how awful we are when we can’t be arsed!
Lads and lasses, just for info, there is absolutely NOWT on German text or tv regarding this issue.
nice toonsy.its bloody past 2 here and sat up watching that shyte.absolute waste of time,well except for the barton cracker i guess…..
That’s just the half of it. Barton will be slaughtered for throwing the ball in to the back of the Stevenage players’ head. The press will do their best to get him another 3 match ban for that. Silly, silly stuff. On the upside, Ziani and Larsson seem to be on their way. Tiote has gone for three game so Barton can play in the middle for a while. I suppose this is why, like Pardew said, we need players in urgently.
I think after a 5-0 win, it’s very easy to fall flat on your face if your not 100% proffesional like. It’s like when team get a heavy defeat the next game they come out thirst for blood almost. Tonight we looked a bit hungover.
the guy who swung the punch must be totally radged ! I have NEVER seen that happen before. Man we’re gonna get crucified over this.
Bingo!
Credit to Stevenage. They played well and deserved progression in the cup.
Some were getting annoyed with their fans, but it’s all pantomime really. It’s their one chance to really stick it to the so called, “Bigger clubs”. This is their moment.
Here’s hoping we’re more thirsty than the scum next week then eh.
And so it begins…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/wires/01/08/2080.ap.soc.stevenage.player.punched.0105/index.html?
(gulp)
Tiote suspended is a blow. We had no energy or drive without him, Jonas and Enrique. For me it showed how much they carry some of our lads with their running.
Doubt it. They have FA Cup humiliation + revenge for the battering we gave them. I would happily take a draw now.
Aye, they deserve their moment but they were going on at the game like they were gods gift. They played well but the fact we played terribly also can’t be denied. Branding everyone Northern w@nkers and such.
Sadly wont be believing anything regarding Ziani or Larsson until they’re both through the door. Barton will have to sit in the middle against the mackems and hopefully be able to run the game. If Carroll isn’t fit i’ll be gutted.
How long is Shola out for?
A draw would be a godsend. Without Tiote we’ll probably get destroyed like. I just don’t want us to be humiliated.
Bruce must have been ecstatic when he saw Tiote get his marching orders. Can just imagine his big, ugly, cauliflower looking head grinning from ear to ear. FCUK!
Still fancy a draw against the makkems. Keep the faith !
Even the jock commentator that hates NUFC with a passion (Craig Burley Andy Gray’s lovechild) said that the Tiote challenge was never a red card and that they might aswell start playing in pipes and slippers.
Shola played terrible.
Guys look, it was a red and white scarf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zrvvI1_cFA&hd=1
Hoping for
Harper
Simpson/Staylor/Collo/Enrique
Barton/Gosling/Nolan/Jonas
Carroll (Shola if injured?)/Best
grind out the 0-0 draw
Come to think of it, without Enrique and Jonas we looked utter shyte. Come back Jonas we will never mock you again, all is forgiven.
Haha so true…never doubted Jonas! quality player!…..
Talk about over reacting!
We were poor, we didn’t put as much effort in as usual, but that’s the cup for ya.
It only highlights the fact that we have a very poor squad that need additions. Having said that, that’s been the case for three years so I don’t see that changing.
Before we all start complaining about Tiote being out of the derby let’s not forget that their missing their influential midfielder too – Cattermole.
Its not all bad, we can get on with staying up as that’s our main aim.
Is that the wickywoowoo from the blog who stuck that up Toonsy? lol
toonsy
Did you notice who uploaded that youtube clip ????
Where is Batty anyway?
I did wonder
I think his slowed down drunk voice is the best thing in that video. Well done wickywoowoo never thought id say that.
How many other wickywoowoo’s can there be. lol
I think he was away to get supplies in for tonight big fight
Still running back to Newcastle. He hasn’t stopped since he lamped that player!
He was on here this morning at about 7am. He may be a kip or something.
that team had as much fight in them as star and stu have zero
Toonsy 310 post mate thats good
speak of the devil,
howay lads divent be too doon ,couldnt give a shit aboot this game ,as long as we get into europe
I wonder if Ashley had money on that game.
Batty I would like to think star and Stu would put a better fight up than that shower, otherwise you are going to get hounded for refunds. I have a funny feeling it will be called off
Is that how many there is?
I hadn’t even looked.
aye dave there more like lovers now adays m8
ah bollox the cups for puffs anyway
Terrible performance by all concerned but as Stuart says its all about staying up this year, the squads not good enough to cope with a long cup run imo.
Guthrie cannot get off the bench because of a couple of bad performances despite being our best midfield player last season yet Smith can continue to put in efforts like he has since signing and is ridiculously ahead of him in the pecking order…
World Cup….. Spain
Batty did you see the youtube clip ?
Well, I’m still upset about the lost game and Tiote’s suspension, but all of that is taking a back seat to the sadness over just how effing crazy my country is going:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?hp
yes, a congresswoman has been assassinated. Apparently some right-wing republican nut-job just walked up and shot her and 17 bystanders as she was meeting her constituents.
aye dave cant see it being a stevenage fan ,unles the guy had been shaggin his missus ,plus the same guy goes running back over after
did you notice it was our old mate that uploaded the clip
aye the turdey wicky
FSOTC mate that is really crazy shit, if they had a problem with the congresswoman sort it but the bystanders wtf did they do wrong. though it still dosn’t make it right like.
aye puffs the lot of them
…actually meant the domestic ones and only until next season 
Maybe he was just plain loony and I shouldn’t pin it on his political beliefs, but things are really insane over here… every half year or so, someone goes bat-shit crazy, whips out a gun and starts shooting.
It can’t help that the right wing networks and commentators are continually pumping up the crazy rhetoric about “socialist takeovers” and picturing Obama as a Nazi, claiming he’s not really American, etc.
Man, I’m gonna go hang my head in sorrow. Madness. Absolute madness.
divent worry aboot it man ,we have a prime minister thats trying too kill millions of us
defo loony
Yeah, definite loony. Well, I guess I’m signing off to watch the news and drink myself into a stupor of forgetting… later, all.
Jesus God Almighty, man. I just read that story. WTF are things coming to over here??? These freakin idiot right-wingers think the freakin world is coming to an end just because somebody wants to make some changes. Unbelievable. Why do we have to be so polarized?
I should backtrack from the “right wing” tag because I don’t know anything about the shooter.
But I have to admit that was my first thought because the climate is so polarized and rather scary here at the moment.
Evidently she’s still alive, though in critical condition. There are several dead and many others wounded.
Again… absolute madness…
Signing off. Good night all. Let’s hope for a better tomorrow…
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