Jonas after his miss
This happened to me once before in Chang Rai in Thailand where instead of watching an FA Cup Final I ended up taking a ride on an Elephant with the wife.
Being so close to such a huge sweaty animal, farting and moaning all the time was a terrifying experience, but in her defence she’d had a bad Tom Yang Soup the night before and I thought the Elephant ride might cheer her up a bit.
So last week I managed to miss the Blackburn game. Yes, it’s difficult to accept that other people’s worlds may not revolve around the Toon. That they may not be the staunchest of supporters. That their satellite system may not actually have on it even a single channel dedicated to football.
You do come across these people now and again. Usually in the remotest areas of the Congo Basin. Anyway – enough of the whinging. Nobody forced me to visit my sister in Stocksfield.
Saturday afternoon was apparently the hottest day in a hundred years and no doubt we can blame it on global warming. It does make me wonder what they blamed that previously hottest day on a hundred years ago.
So – having just spent a week on holiday you’d think I’d be all relaxed, happy and generous with the ratings. Go figure. It aint gonna happen today.
Three points are never to be sniffed at (unless you are a cabinet minister and your license is getting full) so first of all it was a good result, and as a fan I’m happy – WOO – WOO – but it certainly wasn’t pretty.
Tim Krul – 8
Little Timmy played his cloggy heart out pulling off a number of cracking saves that kept us in the game early on. A combination of Dutch courage ensured the victory.
Without any doubt my Man Of The Match
A couple of poor punches and a dodgy kick or two kept him down to 8
Danny Simpson – 5
I’ve got him down as largely absent. Maybe it’s the system we play, maybe it’s just him, but his lack of contribution was truly “Nolanesque”.
Steven Taylor – 6
Makes an impression when you see him throwing himself around the box, but more often he was spotted running back wrong side of both the through ball and their forward. Half a dozen times we saw him out of position, pointing to either Danny Simpson or Captain Coloccini, telling them where they should be to fill in his hole. Oooerr!
Fabricio Coloccini – 7
Not sure why I’m being so generous – I just want to give him a seven. Not a good game, too many blunders, but better than the rest of the back four.
Ryan Taylor – 5
Caught a couple of times by schoolboy dummies – committing too early. He was lucky that the disallowed goal was, well, what’s the word I’m looking for……”disallowed”.
He had no idea where he was, or, more importantly , where they were.
Caught ball watching more times than George Michael.
Yohan Cabaye – 7
Had a good start to the game but tired in the second half. Is undoubtedly a quality player, just the quality could have been higher on the day.
Cheik Tiote – 7
His work rate is up there with the best and I lost count of the number of times he was the last line of defence, behind both Taylor and Colo.
Made the second goal winning two crunching tackles
He’s solid but can be a little over complicated at times – giving the ball away too often.
Spawned the laugh of the day when Trevor Francis referred to him as Toyote , as in Coyote.
Jonas Goo –Teey – Rez – 7
Only a superb goal prevented this well know Argentinian mispronunciation from getting a 6. Francis not only had difficulty with the complexities of his South American moniker but showed he has obviously never seen him play when he muttered something about a goal being the expected outcome once “Goo-Tee-Rez” got a yard of space 20 yards out.
Nice to hear Jonas has signed a new contract that will keep him with us for years to come – just like Andy Carroll.
Gabriel Hobbiton – 6
Another victim of Trevor Francis efforts, he started off well but faded. We had a host of first half heroes, but with no second coming.
Demba Ba – 7
Another one who scrapes by with a 7 courtesy of scoring a goal. A couple of weeks ago I suggested we didn’t need another Shola, but Ba has a much higher work rate and has perfected the art of standing up AND going in the same direction as the ball, at the same speed. All things Shola has difficulty with.
But unfortunately he also tired and put in a disappointing second shift.
Leon Best – 8
I’m sure there will be a few who disagree but I thought Leon had one of his better games against Wolves. OK, no goals but he moved well, got on the end of passes and fed good balls into the box. Could this be the start of a quality relationship?
Peter Lovenkrands – Came on after 70 minutes and actually got a glimpse of the ball as the ref carried it off at full time.
Danny Guthrie – Came on after 88 minutes and saw Lovenkrands get a glimpse of the ball.
Alan Pardew – 6
No matter who is in charge, or who is playing, we have a well earned reputation for not being able to defend a lead. We have seen over the years that our goalkeeping coach or our attacking coach has left or been replaced, but I suspect our “defending a lead with minutes to go” coach is probably our longest serving employee.
While everyone may be shouting about our defensive record, at 2 up they were rattling them across the goal, lobbing them into the box and pinging them over the bar near enough at will.
Our best defender by far was their inability to finish.
So why even consider defending a lead?
Short of pushing the midfield either backwards or forwards and telling everyone to “run fast” I’m still at a loss to describe our “tactics”. Feel free to chip in here boys and girls.
I suspect Best has been told to play off Ba which seems to be working well, but the apparent attempt at the occasional 2-4-4 formation just seemed to leave us short at the back.
Pardew gets a 6 only because we took 3 points.
Even if we are sitting in 4th position our defence still scares the crap out of me, though I have to say, once I’ve wiped my arse I enjoy watching our midfield, and our forwards are starting to look interesting.
It must be depressing being a Wolves supporter. Where as the Toon Army is seen as an intimidating sea of Black and White, the Wolves supporters are more akin to a puddle of puke. Probably why Wayne Hennessey, in his attempts to add a little more colour, took to the field looking like a tulip.
Howay the lads!
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An entertaining read – especially about the elephant – but rather grudging about a team that won away from home in the Premier League. This is Newcastle, remember? My advice is enjoy it whilst it lasts, hope it lasts long, and don’t start to think that we’re entitled to expect too much more at this stage of a new unit coming together.
Well done Archie. Missed this last week. I love a bit of humour
“Being so close to such a huge sweaty animal, farting and moaning all the time was a terrifying experience, but in her defence she’d had a bad Tom Yang Soup the night before and I thought the Elephant ride might cheer her up a bit.”
Not sure Colo deserved a 7 mind. It was his worst game in ages yesterday IMO.
Likewise Jonas, but I think he deserved higher than a 7. I thought he was excellent yesterday and was pretty much everywhere.
As for Ba. When he went off so did our attacking threat. Best tried, but no way was he any better than Demba.
Apart from that I pretty much agree with the ratings
Suprised at the defensive ratings as we had so many last ditch blocks etc playing away from home we are always going to come under pressure. I have to say agree with all the others!
Would love to see santon at right back to combat bale next week hba off ba upfront sorry best and then shift jonas to the right for bale and bring marveux in?
Archie quality stuff as usual
mclaren resings
I don’t want to detract too much from a brilliant three points, but it seems as if several of our players just cannot make it through the full 90 minutes at the moment. Surely this is something which Pardew needs to get sorted, bringing on the right subs at the right time and reshuffling the pack ?
MM – I think our shoddy pre-season may have had something to do with that. Not saying that they aren’t fit as the stats say they are, but they’ve played a lot of football (three league games unchanged) considering the bodge of a pre-season they had.
Cool blather fro SAF at Manure…
He added: “It’s all about team spirit.
“In a match, I only need eight of my players to be on top form. If the other three aren’t up to it, it’s not €serious. The other eight do the work for them.
“There has only been six matches where I’ve had all 11 players perform at their very best. It’s like swallows. They always fly together in a group, in a V formation, and those at the front do the majority of the work. And they alternate regularly.
“If one swallow flies out of formation, two others go to get him and bring him back into the group. It’s the same in my teams – sacrifice, friendship, and the giving of oneself to the team.”
easy innit….
Toonsy…could be. It’s already been proven apparently that wor midfield has covered more km’s than any other team in the league, that’s bound to take it out of them. Still somewhat worrying though.
Maybe the international break has come at the right time for once ?
Sounds like Fergie has been on the wacky backy there
No doubt it’s true, but it’s a bit of an “out there” analogy
Agree about Besty, he puts his self about, runs for the 90 mins and scores a few to boot. I have always said he will be a good striker for us as long as he gets a good run in the team.
Archie you must be a right laugh to go out with
you seem to be as hard to please as Victor Mildrew 
Toonsy maybe SAF had a few to many glass’s of vino, or maybe he has been hanging around with Cantona again.
Dave – Aye I must admit I thought of seagulls and trawlers as soon as I read it
What about Raylor’s outstanding block which prevented a certain goal, granted he is not a LB, but at least he put’s his life on the line.
Unlike Simmo who is absolute dog shite and can’t defend to save his life, constantly back’s off, WHY
TGS – Not a Simpson fan then no?
Toonsy,
I am as much a Simmo fan as you are a Raylor fan
The way that I see it is, Raylor is NOT a LB, Simmo is apparantly a RB and Raylor is doing better IMHO.
Come Jan, my wish would be to buy Pieters and then we will have two orthodox FB’s.
But heyho I am loving it at the moment
Toonsy,
Call me old fashioned, but when I was a kid playing FB. Me fatha used to say kick the winger into row Z or see how fast he limps, Simmo does neither
Has anybody yet worked oot why Lovenkrands was brought on?
Toby.
Cos he is bummin Pardew
TGS I agree that we need better FB’s but IMO take Jonas away and Raylor would be fuked, Simmo doesn’t have Jonas to comeback and do the work for him, and even if I think Obertan is doing a good job I dont see him helping out much at the back
Another thing couldn’t believe it in the stands yesterday when five minutes extra time went up. Where did that come from? Fergies watch
TLR I remember Pards saying last week that he felt bad that Lovens wasn’t getting a run out, and that he is a brill trainer and helps out with the younguns, so I guess maybe he just wanted to give him a run out to keep his chin up
Big Dave,
Understand where you are coming from, but quality FB’s don’t HAVE to rely on their wingers to bail them oot
TlR- I know. I couldn’t believe five mins where added on. I wasn’t as polite at the time
Not a bad evaluation, though i think you under-rated Saylor who used his body flinging himself about unselfishly and preventing at least two goals.
Yeah the sooner Santon can be introduced the better.
I just don’t get it ?, what has Simpson got to do to get any credit ?
Best , i have always said he both worked hard for the side and was a good poacher and certainly have to say, Ba’s goal showed a certain amount of bravery.
Obertan had a poor game and Cabaye disappeared in the second half.
Of course Tiote had his usual game, without which we are a very different side, even having a decent attempt at goal.
As for Jonas, yeah he got a great goal, but if any player in the side is frustrating to watch it’s him.
Tracking back constantly, guess you could describe him as the complete opposite to Robert, but having gained possession then runs the entire length of the pitch beating one man after another , only to eventually either lose it or waste possession by a poor placed attempt at whatever.
I would like to see him on the other side, as he is right footed and could cross from there, but constantly cuts in from the left, to get it on his right foot, which every defender in the EPL is aware of, aggghhh !
Well i think (depending on who we may bring in during the next window)
we have a seventh or eighth placed team here, with a bit of luck of course.
And hope we continue building with one or two players per season,(we need at least two decent defenders in this next window, get a striker in the summer)
Pards prob didn’t want Henry breaking ben arfas leg he is an absolute dog
Big Dave,
Re above, Irving Nattrass and Alan Kennedy had Terry Hibbitt and Stuey Barroclough in front of them, neither were renowned for there defensive qualities. We have been spoilt by Jonas protecting the LB position
Jose was also spoilt by having Jonas in front of him IMO
toonsy aye ya right
barton for england ,dont make me
TGS thats the thing that gets me when people have a go at Jonas he does so much for the team, and im sure that some fans watch out to see what he doesn’t do rather than see what he does do for the team, As for him haveing no end product I seen a stat the other day that showed he has more assists than Benny, but some seem to think that benny is a God and the answer to all our probs
Liam
The Wolves fans I spoke to yesterday (wasn’t too many who could hold a conversation) dislike Henry as much as we do. Absolute passenger who brings nothing to the table
All that glitters, is a mare’s nest.
Batty he wont be a happy chap tonight
Toby add in the mix he is a complete twat too.
Players like him and cattermole make me laugh absolutely no talent or skill just beat there way to the top. Makes me sick
Anyway we are 4th! Howay the lads and keep it up just wish these internationals buggered off cant stand them
Anyone else look at the league and think 7th place is well up for grabs? Take Man U, Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs out and there isn’t much to be worried about. In fact If we bring in a two or three decent players in January from a position of strength we could push 6th.
Big Dave,
You are spot on. Ben Arfa’s stats for goals and assists aren’t exactly impressive, despite his undoubted ability. I really think people’s hopes and expectations are too high for the bloke.
I mean, I have seen people expect 15 goals from him this season despite that being his career total of goals so far. The best we can hope for is he opens up space for other players.
funky what happend too them today ,looking bad
stu iam looking for champs leauge
hahahaha, top drawer missus gags Archie, just read yer article, and top notch innuendos too.
Step over Steve Harper, and let Timmeh take over…..
TIMMEHHHHHHH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmir1AURIE
Celtic? Europa League Syndrome.
Stoke have suffered the same thing too, play on Thursday, lose the next league game. We did it with Rangers and with Hearts.
Not sure how a 3 day gap isn’t enough for professional athletes for apparently it isn’t.
funkyjesus
October 2, 2011 at 21:19
“You are spot on. Ben Arfa’s stats for goals and assists aren’t exactly impressive”
Problem with looking at stats is that they don’t really tell the whole story. How many of his games were played out on the wing? Will a go in the centre provide more for him to pull the strings of etc?
I’ve ranted on about him for year but Steven Taylor is not good enough. He is shocking. As I stated at the start of the year our once composed back line is all over. Last ditch tackles everywhere – no – that is not a good thing.
For example the penalty appeal / elbow in face. All Taylor had to do was show him outside – he had nowhere to go – yet he shows his idiocy and incompetence once more.
I fear for Colos reputation – he isn’t as composed this year – you can see he is jittery and can’t trust the line any more.
Steven Taylor needs to be dropped and sold. I pray for the day he is gone – we are surviving because of an incredibly hard working midfield. Without them we would have had a hatfull scored against us.
Only folk I know who rate Taylor have never played.
Stardy,
FACT 
Ya talkin shit again…………………….proved by the best defensive record in the league
Stardust, I think your StarSaylor EP is almost worn out. Could be time to change the record…
Rodzilla – couldnt agree more!! Timmmeeyyhhh
Toonsy but the stats for him being a winger shows that Jonas has more assist so not bad for someone with no end product.
Rod,
Are you on the grog
Thanks Archie, good read and a good laugh. Cheers, mate.
TIMMEHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Rod.
Make mine a JD & Coke
Stardy
your like a broken down record player you just keep repeating the same shit fella, your like an Ariston . You remind me of Worky only difference is that his obsession is with Pards yours is with Saylor.
TGS, it’s Sunday mate, and I love God. Hence the red wine, or something.
He can’t take his beer like, God. Might’ve created life as we know it, but was the first one to fuck off when the shit hit the fan.
Lightweight.
TGS, coming straight at yer with a make-believe quadruple.
toonsy,
Big Dave made the point, Jonas has more assists and has 15 goals to Ben Arfa’s 17 goals and Jonas has been played in defence at times nevermind on the wing.
I only say this to defend Jonas and hopefully make people realise that Ben Arfa isn’t going to hit a lot of goals nevermind 15 a season. This unrealistic pressure is going to result in people calling him a flop when he isn’t smashing teams like Messi or something.
See Wanky Tissues Nosher is floating around
Rodz – I know I’m a pain with my hate for Saylor – but he seriously is THE WORST example of a CB I have seen that happens to be praised by a section of fans.
God I hate how poor he is. I hope we get a chance of a run without him but don’t wish him harm, or a car crash, I just hope he accidentally eats a liferaft sandwich and it takes a few weeks to get all of its and his hot air out of him.
Stardy did you see who he let back on again
Satre dissed,
Your apparent hatred for Saylor confuses me, I must admit.
There has to be some sort of personal experience in there.
I’ve been watching him since well before he captained the U21s, and I honestly can’t understand why/how a Newcastle fan could diss him.
…yeah, fair enough, the infamous ‘sniper shot’ and the elbow in Ronaldo’s face looks dirty, but, for me, he’s irreplaceable. He pushes all the right buttons.
Lets not get personal here, it’s all about opinions and yours are no more valid in the readers eye, than the person you are deriding.
to being wrong.
There’s a way to convince people with a good solid argument, though some may not have enough understanding of the game to agree, or may be too hard headed to admit
But you can always make a good judgement of whats right or wrong by agreeing with me for the most part !
dave watch what ya tell strardust
ssssssssssssssss
Oi Dave – would say that was below the belt but we know Tissue would be happy to go there. Taxi for Thailand…
Not sure why some are doubting HBA’s ability and thinking were expecting too much from him. Ginola today has said he will be one of the best players in the league, was rated as one of the best players of his generation and Arsene Wenger once compared his skill with Maradona. High praise indeed.
I for one am expecting good things from this boy.
Chuck, I couldn’t agree mate.
Rods – he is the weak link in our team. He is so far out of position time and time again that everyone else runs around covering him, then because they’ve moved someone has to cover them etc etc etc. I hate it.
Hissy fit, hissy fit , hissy fit , knickers in a twist
Dave – I did – favours in kind me thinks – and a free flight
Shut up Stuart.
Steve Taylor has been mooted as a candidate for an England spot, that’s how bad he is !
Who was it who compared HBA with Jonas?, it’s known as a strawman , introduced into an argument in order to prove a point that was’nt part of the original discussion.
An old well known debating technique.
stardust you know he always travels by yatch
Stuart,
I have not doubted Ben Arfa’s ability. All I have said is that Jonas has almost the same stats but no one would expect Jonas to score 15 goals a season – yet people expect just that from Ben Arfa, it has been said several times.
It isn’t an insult to Ben Arfa to say some fans are expecting things from him that he doesn’t offer. It’s like expecting him to fill in for Tiote when he is suspended. He doesn’t have that in his locker, as he doesn’t have a lot of goals.
Stu I was using Benny’s stats as a way of showing that Jonas gets to much unfair stick about not having an end product, but some of the same fans think that Beeny will over 20 times more, even though his stats show that Jonas has more assist than him and only 1 goal less.
he isn’t a grass is he
Batty are you trying to say that we have to watch what we say infront of Stardy
Stardy,
WTF 
AS A DEFENSIVE UNIT…………….ONLY 4 GOALS CONCEDED
I agree with stuart
Do I think Ben Arfa will get 15 goals for us? Nope, but I do think he will set up an awful lot and will grab his fair share simply because of the type of player he is.
I think its good to look at stats, but they only tell you what you want to read. Leon Best has stats that show he struggled to get goals in league one and now he is banging them in in the premier league. Go figure
Batty,
WTF is a yatch
Sturdy, we’ve played with a shit squad full of misfits and mercenaries for the last 15 years. The Champion Cobbler can only prepare the boots with the segs he’s dealt.
Toonsy,
Pretty much everyone wrote of Best too and a large portion still doubt his credentials for this team. It’s no different to me saying Ben Arfa won’t get a boat load of goals.
I am not sure how I am being painted as a Ben Arfa knocker here, all I’ve said is that he is a great player that just won’t score a lot, that’s all. I have said several times I am still not sure what blag we told him to get him to sign his quality to us in the first place.
Llambias must be one hell of a liar to have conned Ben Arfa and Santon into signing here, lol.
Batty I wonder if he ever has any bizzies on the yacht with him
FJ I know your not knocking Benny and can see exactly what your getting at
So, reading between the lines…
is a complete waste of feckin time
dave most probs m8 ,then we have the other stoolie @72
i agree with rich as he is never wrong
Richie, gan boil ya heed, ye gimp.
FJ Not saying you’re knocking HBA mate. Just pointing out that stars can be bent to suit certain cases unless its a like for like thing. Like citing stats for a player who is not going to play in the same position for example. Benny will be presented with more chances in the centre etc etc
Demba Ba, My Lord, Demba Ba, or Lord, Demba Ba
Demba Ba, superstar, how many goals have you scored so far…………….Toon Toon Black & White Army
I’ll get me coat …………………………..
Batty birds of a feather
Rod @ 80 I agree with ye
Rod….done, now what?
TGS, yiv got that wrang mate.
Demba Ba is so waiting for the Tenpole Tudor classic.
DEMBA BA
DEMBA BA
DEMBA BA, DEMBA BAHH!
(mebbees that’s just me)
Rod,
Stardust
You say the only ones who rate Saylor are the ones who have never played…
Um… WRONG.
Also, you seem to think you know more than most football pundits, managers etc, all of whom have played at a much higher level than you have.
I have no doubt we will concede heavily sooner or later. Buy our major defensive frailties are in the fullback positions.
JJ @ 88 do you know who your talking to there ? i’ll have you know that Stardy represented his School and BB right up to under 12s
JJ,
I can honestly say that I have played football with Stardy at Newburn Sports Centre in the year of our lord 2000……………….and he was utter shite, mind you Troy wasn’t much better
I was awesome
JJ,
I should add that Stardy is quite good on the old Karoke
TGS @ 91 I guess he has to be good at something
…good lad Rich, one one more thing though, just lower your balls into this blazing furnace. It’s DDA compliant.
TGS, Stardy would kick my ass in karaoke, hands down. Be fucked if I took away his 80s pop card though.
Rod….done, had to shave em first cos me pubes gan all straight when the get wet……..made me eyes water a bit though
Not talking about pubes………………………….night night folks
Richie, as far as pubes go, you de man bro.
Best pubes in Newcastle, FACT!
Stardy I get some of your criticism for Saylor, he isn’t the most disciplined of defenders when it comes to positioning. But people keep banging on about the weaknesses of him, Simmo and Raylor and tbh if they were all that shocking, it wouldnt matter how good the midfield was, we wouldve shipped a lot more then 4 goals this season.
I dont know what the stats are now after the wolves game, but before Krul had had to deal with the 3rd least shots of any keeper in the prem.
When it comes to defence it doesnt always matter about individual performances, it is about the UNIT.
@TGS
Classic! I still remember you at Newburn leisure centre looking for worms on the astro turf whilst Troy was nutmegging you!
woo hoo hoohoo.
To be fair to the Dustsheet who I have no respect for when it comes to football opinions , well he mentioned Steven Taylor earlier.
Let me say this.
Oh not about Taylor. But I once saw Dusty nutmeg TGS immediately after I had nutmegged him and back heeled it to dusty .
What were you saying TGS?
@salano
Dusty has a hidden agenda with Taylor.
Taylor is 6ft, dark and handsome.
Dusty is 5ft, dark and ugly.
Jealousy plays a big part.
Troy, you speak with fork tongue.
…but I speak in tongues anyfettucini, so what the wardrobe, fish aren’t even verb’s anywhey, times 27.
(turn around touch the ground, isolated forever)
….wake up, foreigners……..
Bris Vegas bums Koala Bears.
….and Big Dave bots goats.
…and everyone else from wherever bums their fucking wankers anyway, the bastards.
…and as many swear words as I can fit in, bollocks cunt shit fuck wanker bastard twat nob minge fanny dickhead cock.
Fucking SPAM filter bastard heads.
…and this is me:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Die_Eiche_Yggdrasil_by_Friedrich_Wilhelm_Heine.jpg/473px-Die_Eiche_Yggdrasil_by_Friedrich_Wilhelm_Heine.jpg
…..Gigantic, a bigger glove.
This man steals pigeons
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EPTtfZqMzWA/SUrN6IYpsbI/AAAAAAAAAGU/OXY-qQwuE1c/s1600-h/Picture4.jpg
….there’s a MASSIVELY obvious clue as to his motive, depicted within his tash. If only we could decipher the secret of the tash magic fox.
…it’s alreet, I’ve gone now.
Eh?
Toonsy, swear filter seems to be working top fucking notch anyway. Divnt nah why ye called iz oot. Nowt wrang with the cunt.
…fawaty fawa pund ye owe iz anyway. Calloot charge anarl that.
…er, eh?
Agree with alot, just one thing about Tiote. he faded horrendously, he was kicked about a bit by the wolves midfield at the end of the first half and didn’t really recover
. Might just be down to him being young but thats when we lost the midfield.
talking about stats and Ben Arfa in such a definitive way is patently daft – because he’s hardly played over here, there simply isn’t a Premier League sample size from which to derive any meaningful statistical observations. Let’s just see how he does this year, eh?
And no he’s probably not a 15-goal a season guy…. but who thinks that’s his role in the team??? He’s a creator and not necessarily always through direct assists
And Archie – i reckon you were too harsh on the defensive performance, the midfield struggled to retain possession 2nd half particularly after Ba faded and Pardew f’ed up his subs…. resultantly the ball kept coming back at us and their two wide players played well – Jarvis and that young fella Hammill
If there’s one thing that I figured out writing these reviews its that nobody is right and nobody is wrong – its all about opinion. Typical example is opinion on Stevie Taylor. Personally I think our defence isnt good enough, but I may be biased. After all, I have to clean up te crap off the recliner after watching them.
But what is also obvious is that everybody has a good review inside them.
Comments on the blog are great, positive and negative. In truth its the negative ones that make the read worth while. What kind of page would it be if I said great game and you all agreed?
Maybe some of you should try writing the odd review. Its a laugh. Interesting to see how egos and tempers stand up!
Archie I think most of us struggle to string a sentence together never mind write a review
Good read as always, don’t agree with all the scores as always and sounds like you married my ex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAsLR488srA
Great NUFC video!
haha, Archie – i thoroughly enjoy your reviews mate. Don’t worry too much if people don’t agree with u…. but it’s not as simple as other people being too inclined to view things with a positive bent – i reckon your midfield ratings were too high for example
anyway, to repeat… your witty take on things is always an entertaining read and your individual opinion is just as valid as anyone else’s
keep up the good work
The global failure of the team to “turn up” in the second half was unbelievable.
If I didnt know better I’d have said our midfield were out on the piss on Friday night.
Richie
Poor Barry struggles to string a word together.
There’s karma shunting me!
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