Pardew think Santon will be OK.
Alan Pardew revealed in the Sunday Sun that the Italian U21 international could even be in line to make his debut against Blackburn next weekend.
It was feared that Davide Santon would need to undergo an operation to “clean out” his knee joint, although perhaps operation is not the appropriate way of putting. The procedure would have involved keyhole surgery which would have meant that the recovery time would have been significantly less compared to a conventional operation.
Fingers crossed neither scenario will have to be used now that Santon has had fluid drained from his knee leaving Pardew feeling optimistic over the fitness of the young Italian.
“He’s had fluid taken from his knee and we think, fingers crossed, that will be OK. Maybe he’ll be available for next weekend,” Pardew told the Sunday Sun.
“If that doesn’t cure the problem we think he’ll probably have an operation in there where we just go in and tidy it up. It’s not a cartilage, just a little bit of scar tissue.”
I don’t know why I’m hopeful as, quite frankly, Newcastle have a shocking record of player injuries. Maybe it’s that previous that is making me feel ultra cynical about this supposed positive injury news?
I fully believe that having fluid on the knee is not a good thing. It got there somehow so if you don’t remove the cause of it then it will just come back. I’m not a doctor, but that seems relatively straight-forward to me.
Whilst I’d like to believe that Santon will be right as rain after his little fluid draining session (enjoy your dinner folks!) I have a sneaking suspicion that he’ll still have to undergo an operation. Put it this way, I’m not putting money on Santon making his debut against Blackburn although I’d love it if he did.
It’s not all doom and gloom though remember. Hatem Ben Arfa is still pencilled in to make his comeback against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday evening so, hopefully, we’ll be one player up by the time Steve Kean brings his funky chicken family to St James’ Park next Saturday.
You never know, maybe we may even be two players up!
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Can’t wait to see him in action.
Anyone watching the game? Who’d take Carroll back for 15mill? Dont even think he’s worth that anymore haha.
I would be so happy if the scum won today. 4th place with our next game Blackburn home? Yes please/
Carroll should be booked for that
Ref is right on at Liverpool. Good old Dogleash. You can’t criticise the establishment without some form of retribution Kenneth. You aren’t what you once were
well that sounds like good news, but not hold me breath.
Fingers crossed.
Will take a stoke/scum draw tbh.
Dont want the unwashed getting ideas above their station.
Hopefully they are trying to beat that lowest points record
To be fair,
Liverpool don’t play to Carroll’s strengths and when they do, the fans chastise the tactics, manager and team.
I have seen Carroll make more challenges in midfield in this game than the rest of the Liverpool team put together.
to be fair spuds are being given all the time and space.
L’poo not pressing the ball and getting stuck in.
TOONSY ime with you on the what is causeing fluid,,might just come to a head if he does play
cheating bastard suarez
typical L’pool
2nd red love it
Liverpool down to 9 men.
Just found this picture of Suarez btw
http://demeur.blogspot.com/2008/04/dedicated-beaver.html
spitting image toonsy
Tottenham 3-0 Liverpool
That’s them down to 8th as things stand
bollix shitus bumble scores for scum
can anybody confirm if Vuckic will return to training this week.
Then there will be no need to have Guthrie and Lovenkrands anywhere near the first team
double bollix 2-0 woodgate og
Scum 2 up
Very common thing to happen if you have had previous knee surgery, body over compensates for lack of movement in knee while you`re crocked but can continue to do so for one or two years after surgery.
From experience it goes one of two ways, can drain fluid if and when it happens again, just means a week out to let swelling go down, but if it happens continuously involves simple surgery to fix it, four weeks out max all goes well.
It is a small risk to play on in case you get a very bad tackle, can dislocate knee cap with too much fluid sitting on the knee, so to be honest I would expect him to have surgery on it at some stage, but it is not as serious as it sounds, just sore to play on and can cause swelling at times.
Oh I’m so pleased for Dagleash,Judas and Jose in equal measure long may it continue.
just two days ago AP said that this santon injury was definatley not related to pervious.. now they say its scar tissue…. i think like we all suspect, we had better take this fast recovery with a pinch of salt.
great result for liverpool, its just a pitty about sunderland thats all.
Anyone wanting the match, I have been watching this http://sportbroadcasting24.blogspot.com/
all day, great stream of sky sports 1
Tottenham Hotspur 26(9) Shots (on Goal) Liverpool 3(1)
i wonder when will the loserfool fans call for their so called King kenny head.
IMO,Dalglish isn’t a great manager,he may won the league title with blackburn(cause of rich owner and shearer),and previous wins under liverpool,he might just lost the touch.
Thanks Keith for that, reassuring. Can’t help but be a bit nervous about these things as a Newcastle fan.
CC – did Pardew say that or was it the club statement? Either way it’s good news and sounds like something that probably wasn’t there at the time of the medical but can reoccur every now and then
both AP and club said it Dubtoon. i will hope for the best of course but as with everything that comes out the club these days.. will just wait and see as even though we are doing well, they are lying cnuts still.
Great for the mackem winning,making our position at the top remains. ^^
Fair enough. I think we’d all like to be able to have more faith in the club and the men upstairs
Angel
I would prefer to drop a place at this stage of the season and the makems get beat.
We should not rush him back , if it needs surgery then do it now and let him start getting back to fitness . Raylor is doing a decent job at the minute but would rather have Santon back for the big games against the 2 manchesters and Chelsea . Against the likes of Blackburn i now have enough faith in Raylor , and the more he plays in that position the better he will get .
Hate to see the 5hite getting anything, but it keeps Stokeis behind us.
Early goal for Stoke and Sunderland will crack. If they win I’ll pop over to their forum and remind them that’s its our cast off that got them the win
http://footyheaven.blogspot.com/2010/09/match-of-day-2-26th-september-2010.html
I wonder how we would feel if it was NUFC that had spent £50M on Torres?
Totally lost his form.
I’m luvin it
Can’t understand anyone wanting the mackems to win today even if it means dropping out the top 4.
I can only assume you dont live in the area?
ffs even Larson getting on the score sheet.
4-0
Go on Troysa wind them up…………lol
@TGS
I mean it. . . I get the feeling some fans just don’t get this Geordie / Mackem thing.
I can’t even listen to their accent for more than five minutes before I start wretching!
Sunderland were not going to lose forever. Stoke, on the other hand were getting results their performances didn’t merit. Look at their last game against Liverpool, Should have lost 4 or 5-0, but ended up winning 1-0.
I guess that means we will have the best defensive record by the end of the day, eh?
Man Utd have so much quality in the middle of the park that even Scholes doesn’t get on the bench!
I come out in an allergic rash if I come within 10ft of one. My wife is the same with dogs.
Mackem B45t4rd5 !!!!. Two own goals ! Typical Shite.
Troy you talk utter garbage 99% of the time, mate. This is when you are not talking about yourself. Nee body wants Sunderland to win but by them winning they have helped us. A bittersweet victory for them.
“…just because somebodys your captain in my book does not mean he should always play every game for 90 mins. Nolan was apparently nowhere to be seen today”
More gems from The Game’s Gone Crazy
http://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.com/2011/09/has-nolan-problem-replaced-parker.html
Hilarious
“Could Newcastle have been right? Could they have pulled a Wenger and unloaded a guy with the whole world wondering why, only to have been a step ahead?”
Haha!
The Kid – But Nolan would be better than what we have according to some, despite his now blatantly obvious, and very rapid I’ll add, decline.
Toonsy
The only people that think that are casual viewers. We are far better off without Nolan now. He and Carroll had a good p lose one yoartnership, so if you lose one you may as well get shot of the other.
Barton could still offer something to our starting XI, but he needed to go if we are to become a more fluent, continental side.
I eagerly await HBA, Santon and Marveaux breaking into the first team. That’s when we will have a proper side capable of beating anyone on our day.
“He and Carroll had a good partnership, so if you lose one you may as well get shot of the other”
Sorry. Dodgy keyboard
The Kid – Sticky keys eh? Say no more
good come back by fulham 2-2 FT
@lace
Strange. A few have already stated they would rather see the mackems beat Stoke.
If you agree, I would be surprised if you live in the northeast?
So please explain?
I have only ever been to Sunderland to see a pantomime and it wasn’t at the Stadium of Light (copyright Benfica, by the way).
Nolan said that the club offered him a deal but changed their mind in the summer. In hindsight the club have done the right thing. You do not waste multi millions of pounds on some notion of sentimentality. All the players leaving have tried to rub dirt on the owners but imo they have just highlighted their own greed and shown me what a bubble players live in. People focus on us getting players in in cheaper wages like this is somehow a bad thing. They ignore the fact that we have signed better younger players. I grow bored of the bashing of the owners, not because I am a fan of them but because it is boring.
Fulham 2 – City 2, might be hope for us yet when we play them.
Heard today that Torres will be going out on loan in January. There’s our striker in Jan. He’s just scored a cracker against the Manc Yanks too.
i wanted the scum down there at all times,we can look after ourself or we should,hate to see them draw never mind bloody win
Seems like a lot of people have lost points in this weeks prediction league? Oh and I’m hoping I’ll go up in the Fantasy League after Rooney and Aguero scoring and Young + Anelka assist
@lace
The fact you find an important issue like the regime as boring, just about sums you up.
Still never answered my question. I suspect you are either not a Geordie or don’t live in the northeast.
Which is it or is it both?
I grew up on Westgate hill and now live in Washington, not that this has any relevance. Your take on Sunderland is like something a 12 year old might say. I can only assume you have been drinking.
Ice and others. So, hypothetically, if we were in 5th and say, arsenal were in 4th (I know fantasy football). We had say 50 points and Arsenal had 52.
The games on the last day of the season are us at home to say, Wolves and Arsenal away to 5under1and. We are a lunch time kick off and win. We need Sunderland to get something out of their game so we can get CL footie.
You can’t tell me you wouldn’t want them to win.
Like I said fantasy football, but just sometimes you need you take a bit of pain to get what you want.
ffs.. who the fuck was pleased sunderland won ??? can you block this user toonsy
cracking penalty that by Rooney.
56… if it meant that sunderland went down if they lost i would rather they lost adn we didnt get CL footy.
MT kna,as i said you dont look to scum to do our own job,if that did happen which i very much doubt do you think the scum fans wouldnt rub our noses in it they got us into euro kna thanks
craig its an arguement (not a very good one tho) that we somehow benefit from stoke losing.
Personally would prefer the scum to lose all games.
The gobshites will be out in force at work tomorrow. Yawn.
I can’t believe ice and cc would both want that. Jesus what worlds do you live in?
@lace
Don’t tell me you have a Washington twang.
Woo hoo hoo hoo
No wonder it doesn’t bother you. It’s your accent that makes me wretch.
One thing further lace. From your answer I take it you are not a Geordie. Where were you born?
LACE you have been liveing in the concrete jungle know as washington to long owr close to scum land,gan back to westgate mate ;(
My accent probably is affected a little. Not sure how this effects my judgement though? I love the derby days too much to wish Sunderland to lose every game ever and go out of the league as some of you clearly wish. Winning the derbies and being more successful than them is what I want. God knows what some of you lads want.
@lace
You haven’t answered my question. Where were you born?
Micky…..but thats end of the season when you know exactly how a result would affect things.”Hypothetically” come the end of the season we finished 9 points above Stoke and the scum finish 2 points above us, would todays result have been better for us?
@Troy I remember these arguments on the .com years ago and how destructive they were. Ignorant folk like you driving a wedge between our fans. You are worse than Ashley and Llambias in your attitude to the club.
To answer your question and provide you with more ammo, I was born in the QE where my mother worked. I guess this makes me a Gateshead lad which would make me almost a Mackem in your books. I will allow you to conveniently ignore the fact that I grew up in Ravensworth terrace, literally a stones throw away from the ground.
lace.. i can say with hand on my heart that i hate everything sunderland and if all of them dropped dead tmrw or sunderland blew up i would treat my missus to a night out and toast their demise. its fair to say i dont much like them. It goes even beyond footy to me, i just hate them all, end of.
Lace….if they got relegated and we stay in the prem, then next season we’d be more successful than them every week
I’m back from my footy match
would be great news if Santon can play in the Blackburn match although I have to say I was impressed with how Raylor played yesterday. Thought our defence had a solid game. Really want to see this lad in a black and white shirt soon
It is funny that this has become a discussion about who hates Sunderland more and who was born nearest the Tyne Bridge.
Troy’s patter is the same every time.
I don’t see how where you live makes you any more of a fan? For what it’s worth I live in Washington and if anything that makes me hate them more due to the fact I’m surrounded by the unwashed.
richie,
How’s your predictor gone this week?
I have had a mare!
I am not sure why Troy is so impatient waiting for my responses. Tis not like this argument amounts to much.
Growing up in Washington I have had a lot of contact with Mackems and argue with them daily. I enjoy the banter and wouldn’t wish them dead like lol. In the junior school we used to have fights, Geordies versus the Mackems and there were a lot more Geordies than Mackems. Good times. I guess beating the hell out of Mackems everyday got the hate out of my system a long time ago.
@lace
Even worse. You are a Geordie in my book if you were born in Gatesheed but now your accent is tainted.
I’m with Craig. . I just can’t stand anything Sunderland and for me it’s probably that horrible accent that grates on me more than anything.
It’s a good job I can’t hear you. You’re posts are bad enough.
ZOE come on then how did you go,hope you scored mind
ICE: We won 9-1, didn’t score today as I had to fill in at LB.
You should step back and read your posts mate, it is almost like you are trying to give the impression that you have no charisma. I bet you have.
i dont think its about where you live but i do think its about where you are from though.. thats cos its still very tribal isnt it. I think there is only one ever ever time i would want them bastards to win a game and that would be if by them winning we stayed in the PREM and the team they beat went down. If that situation were to ever arrise i am very surethat would also be the one time their fans wnated them to loose.
If you are a geordie and move down to london and support spurs etc, you will never grasp the rivalry between them and arsenal, you might understand it .. but you would never .. FEEL it.
Torres 50 million…………….. wow!
@lace
In junior school you used to have fights? Geordies v Mackems. I thought you grew up on westgate hill?
I’m sorry but there are no Geordies in washington however some mackems may support the Toon.
I knew as soon as you mentioned that you wanted the Mackems to beat Stoke that there would be a story. Always is.
You just don’t understand , simple as.
Enough said on the issue.
Torres missed an open goal. Great play, but my God.
TGS….I’m in the minuses I think, my only hope is if man utd game stays at 3-1 as that was my prediction and I put my bankers chip on it
ZOE nee thirty-yarders from you then,9-1 great, hope it wasnt your fault they got one lol
Troy I was born in Durham, live in Washington and wanted Sunderland to lose today.
Troy find me the quote where I said I wanted Sunderland to win. I never said that. I said that ‘nee body wants Sunderland to win’. Did you notice that I didnt ask you anything about yourself? It was because I wasnt interested. You only asked me where I lived and was born etc so you could make the argument personal simply because your argument had no legs. Shame you had to make it personal.
Feel sorry for Torres. He has been fantastic today and that miss will set him back quite a bit, me thinks.
Dimpleboy – how can you properly support NUFC if you weren’t born on the banks of they Tyne? You are obviously not a true fan, you can’t be.
So Troy, since you have said it is enough on the issue it draws a line under it, doesn’t it.
How much more self important can you be?
I wonder what Sir Bobby would say….
Obviously Micky. I should have refused to come out the womb until my parents decided to go to a different hospital
ICE: Nope, hopefully I’ll get to go back to Left-mid for the next game. No it wasn’t midfield lost the ball and there was me and another defender left to deal with it. Midfield didn’t come back and help at all
Richie,
thats -30 right there…
I put my banker on Bolton
The talksport prediction game? Finishing the season in the + will be an achievement for me.
JJ…..think that put my score to +30 for the weekend……woeful
@lace
The fact that you said my take on Sunderland is like a 12 yr olds.
I would say it was a Geordie thing having been born and bred all my life on Tyneside.
You’ve already admitted your accent is tainted by living in Washington.
That says it all really. You know youre not bothered by Sunderland winning but I’m gutted.
You’ll never get it . You’ve either got it or you haven’t.
Aye you keep saying that and I took offence the first time. Do you intend on keep posting the same thing? I couldn’t care less about them tbh. Does your hatred trump my indifference? Does this make you more of a Geordie? A better fan somehow? Because your answer is yes to my questions this means you care more about Sunderland than me.
Troy @98:
It is not a Geordie thing, it is a dickheed thing with you. Are you telling me you wouldn’t date Cheryl Cole if she was from Washington?
I live in Chicago now. Is my accent “tainted”? It is beyond belief what you say.
Troy…. you’re an annoying poster on this blog. Why do u keep wasting everyone’s time trying to pick a fight.
Oh how I wish the jobless uneducated ones would stay off the blogs
marveaux and sammy gave us more balance when they came on..only luck in the last 10 mintues stopped us getting all 3 pts…with 2 better players 2 come into the side we take them chances soon..the team played well and plus points tiote and cabye got their fitness back..which made us attack villa..we can only get better and we will then make teams take note…
Asim we have the squad now to actually bring players on to change a game if needed. It is quite exciting, though like most fans I am disappointed they couldn’t bring a new striker in. Of all the players linked to us only Cisse and Gameiro had any sort of pedigree, the rest were cack. Best seems to have taken advantage of this opportunity though.
GS
September 18, 2011 at 18:23
“I live in Chicago now. Is my accent “tainted”? It is beyond belief what you say.”
Randomly I’m actually listening to Chicago right now. Not sure i wanted to admit it but it was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the word ‘Chicago’.
I’ll go get some taste in music then yeah? Drifters here I come
Wow anyone who wants Sunderland to win needs their heads sorted!
Re Nolan toonsy wonder who would rather Nolan than cabaye now??
Torres to be fair Liverpool did an even better deal than we did with Carroll who was rubbish today! Apparently Enrique was exposed too!
Shame the mackems won otherwise great weekend!
Re the thread can’t wait for santon to play.. Him and hba back…
Something bass going to happen at toon… It’s going too well…
*bads
LST aye mate kna what your saying,are we getting some luck for a change,eh doubt it
As long as it is not the Chicago soundtrack …
Calling someone a ‘dickheed’ in a Chicago accent would be awesome.
My step dad referred to himself as a born again Geordie as he was a Forest fan growing up and spent many of his adult years in Glasgow following Rangers. I have photos of him at the Bernabeu with the Euro cup when Forest won it. His knowledge of football surpasses that of everybody i have ever known. The day before he died he dropped me off at a friends house in Washington and he wound the window down to shout abuse at a Mackem going past. Uriah Rennie sent Shearer off later that day and my father was furious. He ended up in hospital that night and died the following day. Now his accent was a bizarre mix as you can imagine but I have never met a more passionate supporter of Newcastle United in my life. I remember watching an England Workd cup game with him and a pal. He was crying mid game not because we were losing but because he knew we were going to lose. Watching a match with him was something else.
@GS
There you go. You live in chicago and your accent is tainted .
You dont get it. You can rant and rave all you want. I said that anyone who was happy for the mackems to win today did not live in the north east or was not a Geordie.
Youll never get it. Deal with it instead of being defensive .
Nothing wrong in being a toon fan if you don’t live here or not a Geordie. But you won’t ever get the Geordie / Mackem tribal thing.
Instead of being defensive about deal with it. It’s true.
I honestly believe some people despise other teams around the country more than the mackems.
I tell the truth. Not my fault if you don’t like it.
New article up
Hmm dunno. Marktoon’s Dad was an all round top fella and he was a Sunderland fan. Mind you he also didn’t have a hatred of Newcastle really which is something a lot of them don’t possess
Toonsy:
“if you leave me now” is the only song by Chicago I know. I am leaving this blog now if you say you are playing Styx though.
I am watching the Chicago Bears at the moment, or as I like to call it – a bit of throwing and catching in between three hours of adverts.
I have read your blog for a while and it is usually good fun. Sorry for getting wound up by a wind up merchant.
Lacedaemonian, I am from Newcastle, just live in Chicago.
Wow we must be good if we can beat fulham and man city can’t.
Troy, stop winding up the plastic Geordies!
Have you just been to the tackle shop for a reinforced rod or something?
Lol.
You know they’ll just start telling us we should all just ‘forget about everything else and get behind the team’.
@pootle
It really pisses me off when they say that.
Stop being negative and support the team .
It’s the fact we support the team and care so much, that we tackle important issues which may involve criticism.
I’m assuming some of the fluffy people aren’t in the workplace yet.
You should get out more often, mate.
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