Taking the positives from Villa Park
He was sitting very deep at Loftus Road and did not venture very far forward which limited the impact that he had on the game.
In yesterday’s game against Villa there was a notable difference in the way the Frenchman played. I noticed how Cabaye seemed to be playing in a much more advanced role which seemed to suit him a lot better than the position that he played against QPR.
Being in an advanced role such as the one that Yohan played in yesterday will reap benefits for Newcastle United. He found himself more and more involved in the game and demonstrated that he is a very talented player. The passes he made to his other team mates were accurate and enabled us to push further forward when we attacked.
Dreamboat Cabaye found himself in some very good positions to have efforts on Shay Given’s goal and he was unlucky not to have netted his first goal for Newcastle United. With these shots Cabaye was able to show the Toon faithful that he has a very good shot on him and I certainly think it won’t be too long before he finds his first goal for the club.
I was also impressed with how both of our fullbacks played. Ryan Taylor put in another decent performance to show that he is capable of playing at left-back, at least until Davide Santon is fully fit anyway. He found himself venturing further forward and put in several crosses that caused trouble for the Villa back line. It also seemed like Jonas did not help him out as much as he has done in the last few games which suggests to me that he has got used to playing there.
Danny Simpson put in a very solid performance in this game. I think that has been one of his better games for us this season and I thought he managed to keep Charles N’Zogbia at bay who can be quite a lively character when he is on song. It was great to see Simpson put in a solid performance as I have noticed in some of our previous games he hasn’t been up to scratch, however I thought yesterday showed that he is able to play very well at right-back.
Another positive from the game that we played yesterday was that Cheik Tiote almost looked back to his best. He seemed to be aware of his surroundings a lot more and was passing the ball around nicely. At times though he did slip into his old self where he turns in a circle and loses the ball. Other than that it was a big improvement in his play as in previous games have not been up to par. If the Ivory Coast international continues with the way that he played yesterday then he will be a fantastic player for us this year.
The partnership of Leon Best and Demba Ba looks to be one that will grow as they both learn how to play with each other. I thought that they linked well and Ba was able to play several passes into Besty which allowed for attacks to be built.
Leon Best again showed yesterday why he can become a top player for the Magpies. The goal he scored was a poacher’s goal although some may argue that he should have put away the header he had. However that didn’t matter as Leon Best knew exactly where the ball was and put the ball straight in the back of the net. That was his third goal of the season and I think there will be many more for him throughout this season.
Pardew also brought on Sammy Ameobi and Sylvain Marveaux towards the end of the game. And they looked very nifty in fairness. Ameobi had a brilliant chance dinking the ball over Shay Given only for play to be brought back for a free-kick. Sylvain Marveaux did contribute to our last effort on goal and played a superb cross over to Cabaye who was unlucky not to find his name on the scoresheet. I would think that both Sammy Ameobi and Marveaux will find themselves participating in the Carling Cup game against Nottingham Forest.
I was very impressed with how we played in the game, a whole lot better than we had done against QPR. We were very unlucky not to come away with all three points as we had many chances on goal and were the better team over the ninety minutes, but I’m not complaining! We are still unbeaten five games into the season and have a total of nine points which seems pretty good to me and yesterday suggested that this group of players are finally gelling together.
What observations did you make from the game yesterday?
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“The partnership of Leon Best and Demba Ba looks to be one that will grow as they both learn how to play with each other.”
Tee hee hee
dream boat eh ZOE i see has TOONSY boat sunk now then lol,maybe tiote enjoyed that little bit more room to work with ,ie didnt have to keep a eye on cabye he must feel for him trying to settle in,just a maybe like
Dreamboat Cabaye is mine. Hands off Zoe. Bitch
Haha! You can have him Toonsy!! Santon all the way for me and everyone hands off him Santon is mine!!
I thought Ba had his best game so far though he was still second fiddle to Best.
Toonsy I think you posed the question earlier today and I forgot to answer . Do we play our best two forwards or do we rest them in case we pick up an injury.
For me, we should be putting our strongest side out as we must be looking to win this cup as it’s our only hope of silverware.
Agree about Cabaye , Zoe . What a dreamboat!
Zoe, I heard Santon went weak at the knees when he saw you. They are blaming cartilage trouble but you are to blame!!
Toonsy – So immature
Troy, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Zoe another good one
Toonsy what is it with blogmasters do they all have a thing for men
Jobey – You know it had to be done
MSN?
Thanks Dave!
Troy touching on the ( Do we play our best two forwards or do we rest them in case we pick up an injury.)
I agree always play the best team to win, because if you worry to much about injuries otherwise we should start having very light training sessions incase of injuries.
I just dont think we should pick a team around injury worries
C,mon lads, let’s have less of the mutual admiration society and talk some football. We’re 4th for goodness sake.
Agree about Simpson by the way. Much imporved. Not sure on Raylor though, but then again I can’t remember him ballsing up and he kept N’Zogbia quiet so…..
Not getting the Marveaux love though in fairness. Don’t think he was anything special but he didn’t have a lot of time to do a lot. Good pass for Cabaye though.
On Cabaye, 90% of his passes found a team mate
TOONSY said before think marv will shock some,i think another top player given time,can he hack PL will have to wait and see imo
Toonanti > let’s have less of the mutual admiration society
Why do you think its wrong to thank someone and tell them they done a good job, for taking the time and effort to write an article ?
Ice – Not sold on him tbh. Think he may be too lightweight, but we’ll see. He won’t be worse that Routledge so I guess we’ve improved already
Zoë, so I see you played left back? Troy played the same position… Left back in the change room.
Troy, I truely think we need to rotate players. I would play Gosling, Abied, Sammy, Fergie, Marvauex, Inman and Kadar and rest Coloccini, Tiote, Cabaye, Best, Jonas, Obertan, and Guthrie.
They dont all haver to start but I would certainly like them all to get some game time.
you can get away with being lightweight “if” you have pace,think marv has that but lets wait and see
-10 on the predictor and moved up one place to 5th.
Richie,+50 points and top, you should change ya name to Mystic Meg. lol
Toonsy, if any of our players is light weight Its Ben Arfa, but I dont think size has any baring on how effective a player can be.
Just look at Gianfranco Zola. or Messi.
People say Fergie is too light weight for left back. But to me, speed and determination are the two more important factors. Unless your a centre back or midfield ball winner.
@JJ
If we lose I’m sure you’ll be the first to complain.
Don’t agree. Get the game sewn up before rotation starts.
@toonsy
I hope you’re not writing off one of our new buys off ?
It doesn’t sound much different to what I was saying about Cabaye and you hammered me for it . ??
Minus 70 on the predictor and somehow Im still 6th.
Still winning the fantasy league though. Rooney screwed me with his “fall on arse penalty attempt though”.
Troy,
If Colo, Cabaye, S Taylor, or Tiote get injured against Notts, Id be more upset…
JJ i see what your getting at they need some game time,but i say win the game first dont like the idea of chaseing the game from the off,which we could be doing with a less than the best team out first
Moved to 13th on Predictor League, well it’s progress every week
And I’ve went from 142 to 106 in the fantasy league! Woo hoo hoo
Great article, Zoe – and about time we focused on the good stuff. Great to see our old Tiote back (although without a yellow card – amazing) and Cabaye had it all going on.
As for being 4th – I know it’s early days, but sod it – I’ll enjoy it while it lasts!
With Benny coming back and Santon imminent things are looking pretty promising. I know we’ll get tonked now and again, but I can see us picking up a lot of good wins and draws this season where our inconsistency let us down last season.
HWTL… and well done Pardew too, who not only put his hands up for mistakes at QPR, showed how well he can correct them. Superb start to the season in very difficult circumstances.
Troy – Me? Never. Difference I know nowt about Marv and he’s only played a handful of minutes so I’ve not claimed to be privvy to the benefit of knowledge on him. In short he is unknown to me and I’ve not seen enough of him, nor have i built him up
Cabaye on the other hand I knew about which is why I was so adamant about his quality
@JJ
I think Dave is right IMO .
You can’t keep worrying about injuries. As you’ve seen with Santon, injuries can happen anywhere anytime.
We need a good cup run and it’s our only chance of silverware.
It’s tough one but I want to see us put our strongest side out.
I think Sammy’s come along and shown that utter muppet Ranger how it’s done. Keeps his nose clean, works hard and does a job when asked. Nile can go ‘hang with his homies’ all he likes; he’s blown it and I’m really chuffed to see Sammy taking over so well as one of our young supersubs.
Troy,
Ill be happy with any lineup without Shola in it. It was great to see us play with the ball on the deck and see our strikers and wingers with such good movement.
Really gave our midfielders to space to work their magic…
Whumpie
Actually think Ranger and Sammy have very similar styles of play. Difference is Sammy seems to have his head screwed on right. I suppose Shola has something to do with that, so I guess he’s not all bad.
Seem a good honest family.
Gotta be honest though, everytime I look at Sammy I think of Casta Semenya. Makes me laugh.
Casta Semanya
Well Im talking to myself now. Feel like Rodz.
Do I need o write a song now?
TOONSY ime just like you ive havent seen a great lot of him,but first things you need in PL is first and second touch, abilty to pick a quick pass long or short and good movement,ive seen that in the bits ive seen of him
She’s now a proper woman Toonsy. Dont mock our gold medlist. If Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport can play at Wimbledon as women so can Casta run!
I’ve lost my log in details to the prediction league, so i’ll be stone dead last
Just watched some of the match again, and Cabaye in particular.
Joey who?
Jobey @ 39
like your style, no harm in admitting defeat when its not your fault.
Ice I agree about Marv
Did anyone try the fuill download links btw?
DAVE @ 41 thats because you know your footy lol
Toonsy @ 42 ?
Ice we’ll keep them right mate
Full download links?
Ice – You saying I don’t?
Jobey…you’re actually joint 6th topscorer this week with nowt…..most scored in the minuses.
Richie – Hahaha
i’ve not predicted since the first week 
won;t let me log in 
you’re 20th
FSOTC- In here.In the text.
http://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2011/09/18/aston-villa-1-1-newcastle-match-higlights-and-managerial-interview-videos/
…….with zilch points……is there no option if you forget your password?
TOONSY all you x defenders are whack em types,not lovers of the finer arts of the game lol
Richie – Is it out of 20?
i;ll have a look tomorrow.
right-o. THanks. Just getting home to see we’re still 4th. Am I dreaming?
FSOTC just to make your day smith has a hamstring injury too
Jobey…25 but a few scored minuses this week, Man utd saved my bacon because I got 80 points from that one game and finished on +50
Christ almighty, Liverpool lost 4-0 to the spuds? Blackburn beat L’arse 4-3?Fulham hold City 2-2?!
The world’s turned upside down this weekend!
And Real Madrid beaten by fughing Levante?!
….and 10 man FC Hercules beat Barca ‘B’
Seems like Carroll’s having a hard time at Liverpool. Will he come good?
I was away at the weekend and missed the game/highlights…
I was a bit annoyed we were not playing 5 in the middle but it seems we did well…people think we should continue 442? I agree with what was said in the article on here about 2 strikers a bit ago…Id rather play 4-2-3-1, hold the ball more, allowing Cabaye, Jonas etc and Arfa when back to get more of it…
Any thoughts?
FSOTC……nope
ToonTom….I would have said a big no to 442 before the weekend, but we played well so I can’t see Pardew changing it, that said I still think with the players we have 451/4411/433 or your formation would suit us better…..maybe. I’m glad it’s not me deciding though.
ToonTom….highlights and full match on the link @50
Watching the game on Monday, seeing how unsued Cabaye was really annoyed me, we need to keep the ball better than that and as you say we have the squad for 451, Gosling,Arfa,Marveux all coming back. We will see, but I think defensively and going forward it is a bettr formation if we play it right…(I realise yesterday we played well 442 it seems!)
I havent watched those highlight…/the caveat about viruses scared me! I am crap with computers and wouldnt know how to check them!
Previous comments aside, I really like crisps.
Having said that I think I’d struggle to name the flavour supreme.
15 years ago, tomatty saas, hands down, nee question.
Tomato sauce flavour will always come up against a good pickled onion though. Whatever happened to them? Never mind.
From the blue pickled onion of Tudor, to the green of Walkers, all one can say is keep enjoying crisps. They need us as we need them.
Amen.
Toontom – It’s really easy. Just download them and right click on them then press scan
Tom- think we’ll see more of the 5 man MF once Ben Arfa returns. I think he and Cabaye will from a strong passing tandem. Don’t mind the 4-4-2 for certain matches though
Rod…..hedgehog flavour, just a fleeting appearance, but long remembered
Haha cheers Toonsy….
MDS, yes I think with Arfa back the mid could be really exciting. He is going right into my FF team when back!
marmite crisps are stotting
Sounds like the club might be on the verge of tearing up Rangers contract if he doesn’t get a grip soon
can they still do that
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_7186644,00.html
“He needs to sit down and have a good talk to himself because everybody else has talked to him. We are at that stage.”
FSOTC – was just about to say what a shocking time AC is having, seriously, the bindippers must be gutted .. he looks awful. Needs to be in black and white to give him the extra buzz to shift his huge frame .. not good ..
Equally as important @ Rodz – you were on top form last night mate .. very funny .. any more waxing lyrical on the pros and negs of lettuce n’gravy for uz tonight?
Richie, I can remember buying a packet of hedgehog crisps from a papershop on Whitley Road, circa 1986. Must admit, I found them a tad peppery, and was most unimpressed by what seemed to be pube within the packet.
BB, Marmite? Are you mad man?
I’d rather spread my own shit on a Ryvita.
Toonpeeps, only time will tell. I woke up on the couch at 9am today. Thank the lord I have Alan Titchmarsh as my personal trainer.
“I’d rather spread my own shit on Ryvita”
Quality
Would you have him back, Toonpipes?
mmmmmm I like twiglets too
glad you like Toons
…where’s Big Dave and his bum-chums anyway? Last I heard he was tattooing a big heart on Batty’s arse, with a nice portrait of fat Mike in the middle, mouth neatly positioned over ringpiece. Batty is probably too busy giving Stardust the reacharound at this time of night anyway.
I wouldn’t want judas back as we would have to change our style again to suit his play.
Not saying he’s crap but he’s not getting the service at L’pool.
£35M ??? Gotta be joking, so far anyhow.
Toonsy- i did download tje first half. Really good quality.
BB, as much as I was veritably pissed off at the sale of Gangsta Carroll, I must admit I was constantly pissing myself with pure yellow pearls of joy whilst watching them get rightly buggered by Spurs.
For me, it sums KD up. Nahs nowt.
Carrolls price tag was bumped up, big style, over 2 years.
Unfortunately for KD, AC’s performance was a result of many years of progression through NUFC. When he became our no 1 no9, the whole team had been built around him.
He’s nee Aguero.
HAHAHAHAHA
Definitely robbed.
…just a shame we ain’t seen ANY OF THE FUCKING CASH YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whumpie, yee been shopping in TK Maxx?
Nice short.
Ha Ha just realised in his post match interview, Pardew says HBA will be playing in the coca cola cup on tues.
Epic fail or what. I thought it was the carling cup
….having said that, I’d take him back for 10m
Rodzilla… Er… Eh?
Bit dozy tonight. Not following.
Coca cola/Carling, ahl gans doon the same chute.
Sorry Whumps, just commenting on yer jazzy new shirt (short, in Geordie). I.E. your new avatar.
How lads! Whumpie’s gora new avatar.
STAMPS!!!
Ah! Funny you should call it that. This is what it comes from: http://whackjob.co.uk/store/bit-special-nipple-tweak/
Richie @ 68
I loved Hedgehog crisps, I had to stop eating them, as I kept curling up into a ball.
Toonale, obviously a prick.
Whumpie, that looks more like a Great Dane’s cock to me. Can’t see any nipples.
TORRES – 50M
hahahahahahahhahahaaaaaaa
…sorry, just watching manure game now.
Fernando Torres – 50m
Time to hibernate
…parintli Dolmio is on offer in the ker-op.
pund.
Toonale, the night time is the right time. Dig
eh
Phil Stamp
This weekend also makes me happier Barton has moved on. We are all talking about football, just read this good piece http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/18/yohan-cabaye-newcastle-united-alan-pardew, and others all quite positive about our development.
QPR also had a good result but the talk is all about Barton’s childish spat with Henry. If he was still here, our decent, stepping stone performance would have been missed and it would be semi-negative news again about what pot Barton has most recently stirred. Good player but good riddance.
I think I just saw the most rediculous interview ever. Mancini was complaining that he didn’t have the quantity and quality of players to compete with Fulham.
I am not kidding, he really said it.
Hmm, our french foreign legion starting to come together?
Tiote and Cabaye- we all know what potential is there. If Tiote gets back to his best, in my opinion he offers great protection to the back four, has excellent ball retention and almost has the mobility and presence of two players at times. Cabaye looks like a good all rounder to me, he can do the defensive stuff but also has shown what he can do getting forward; not every player is a dribbler and Cabaye seems the international quality ball sprayer to me, a sort of Lampard at his very best.
Obertoon- I think now that Barton and Routledge has gone and Guthrie is clearly down the pecking order Ober’toon’ has started to show some promise and if not the complete ‘trophy’ signing the fans hoped for, he has something to offer and has had a steady start. For one thing he offers the sort of pace that we have been lacking in Barton and the sort of ability to get a cross in that failed Routledge. He even trys a few sneeky dribbles putting the balls the other side of the defender; one of which came off on a rusty Warnock towards the end of the game.
Marveux- He hasn’t had much time apart from the last cup game, in which I thought he was a key player over 120 minutes. I hope we see more of him on Tuesday.
Benny- In my eyes this is the final piece of the jigsaw in our french foreign legion, Pardew has said recently that he is ‘capable of things of which no other player is capable of at this club at the training ground’. I hope he is introduced sparingly, if at all at Forest. We need him to come back slowly and ajust methinks. I would rather see him come on for 20 minutes against less physical teams to start with, we have to be conservative because he is a target for enforcers and quite a fragile player IMO.
HWTL!!!
GS, that is classic, would have liked to have seen that. In that sense, gotta give Pardew more credit for saying that it was probably he that got the tactics wrong against QPR, and not blaming it on not getting more players in, or on losing Barton etc.
GS, are u talking about when Mancini said, “We don’t have many players in the middle of the park. We have just Yaya (Toure) and Gareth (Barry), so if I had other players, I would have made the changes. We have too many injuries in that area.”
So apparently Toure and Barry are their only central options right now?! Mancini is Italian, so he wouldn’t dare try somebody out of the academy. Ridiculous.
If I was Mansour I’d question just why, after a billion quid has been spent, there are still holes in their squad. I mean I know there are holes in ours, but at least we have the excuse of not spending much to account for them
Well said Tony Pulis by the way. After the Sunderland game:
“We make no excuses about the effects of travelling to Kiev. When you think of what happened in South Wales and the deaths of the miners – it is ridiculous to make travelling an excuse.”
“We live in a bubble. My players earn more in a week than those men working underground do in a year and we need to burst that bubble to see what is happening in the outside world.”
AnndrewT:
Yes, I was paraphrasing because I saw it on Sky Sports and couldn’t remember his exact words. Thanks for printing what he said. I burst out laughing when he said it.
I don’t know the injury situation specifically, but surely Milner or Adam Johnson could fill in if push came to shove.
It reminded me of Harry Rednapp and him always being down to “bare bones”.
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