Hopefully a better 2nd half this time.
West Brom are on the back of an away win against Blackburn, but apart from that they’ve looked a shadow of what they were last year losing at home to Wigan the week before.
Whereas Newcastle after a great start have struggled with playing the big teams and picking up injuries, we looked back to form against Swansea but we just couldn’t get that elusive goal to win the match.
Newcastle are sitting with 27 points in 7th place 3 points ahead of Stoke in 8th, our nearest challengers for the title of “best of the rest”. Our way superior goal difference to Stoke, makes it virtually a 4 point lead though.
West Brom on the other hand are sat on 18 points and in 13th, 9 points behind us. Last year they beat us up the table, but some fans think that this year it’ll be unlikely after a less than impressive start by the Baggies.
Over the last six games they’ve performed better than us with 7 points to their name, as appose to our 5. We’ve had a harder run of fixtures, and hopefully we can get back to winning ways tonight.
Early Team News
Newcastle
Newcastle are without Yohan Cabaye who picked up his fifth booking of the season against Swansea on Saturday. We’re also without Danny Guthrie who will be out for the next 4-6 weeks, Steven Taylor who is out for the season with an Achilles injury and Dan Gosling who still has 2 games of his suspension to serve. Long term absentee Sylvain Marveaux is also out, and Ryan Taylor faces a late fitness test.
That leaves us short in midfield and many expect Mehdi Abeid or Haris Vuckic to deputise alongside Cheik Tiote. That’s not what I’d do personally; this would be my line up:
4-1-2-1-2 - Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Fabricio Coloccini, James Perch, Davide Santon, Gabriel Obertan, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Leon Best, Demba Ba.
It may be a bit attacking, but at home I expect us to have a lot of the ball and if Gutierrez and Obertan tuck in and work hard it may prove effective.
West Brom
West Brom are sweating on the fitness of Paul Scharner, James Morrison and Yussuf Mulumbu who are all doubts for tonights fixture. They are also without long term absentee Zoltan Gera who will not return before the end of the season. That has lead them to recall Marc Antoine Fortune, George Thorne and Gonzalo Jara Reyes back from their loan deals, and they’ve been put straight into the squad for tonight’s game. Somen Tchoyi will not make tonight’s game either which is great news considering he bagged four against us in two games last year.
Referee Watch
Anthony Taylor will ref tonights game, he’s 45 yellows and 4 reds in 14 games so far this season. He last reffed us against Tottenham last December and sent Kaboul off in the 2-0 defeat.
Mini Stat Attack
We’ve not lost at home in the league to West Brom since the 1977/1978 season.
West Brom have already won 3 times on the road this season, and drawn twice.
These games are usually high scoring with the last 8 games at St James Park between the pair having at least 3 goals or more.
West Brom’s late treble against us last year cost us three places in the league, and around £1.5m in money from the Premier League, about the amount we were haggling on over Erik Pieters. Doh!
Official Line ups
Newcastle: Tim Krul; Danny Simpson, James Perch, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Davide Santon; Gabriel Obertan, Cheik Tiote, Haris Vuckic, Jonas Gutierrez; Demba Ba, Leon Best.
Subs: Rob Elliot, Ryan Taylor, Mike Williamson, Mehdi Abeid, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi.
West Brom: Ben Foster; Steven Reid, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Nicky Shorey; Jerome Thomas, Paul Scharner, Yussuf Mulumbu, Chris Brunt; Shane Long, Peter Odemwingie.
Subs: Martin Fulop, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Graham Dorrans, Craig Dawson, Billy Jones, George Thorne, Simon Cox.
Howay the lads!
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Vuckic will be a big player for us in the long run I reckon. Good to see him start.
No HBA, something must be up there
carnt be good for benny seeing the younguns getting a game ahead of him
He just doesn’t fit in tonights team, Pardew’s already said there’s nothing up.
I think that HBA will leave in January because he needs to play because he wanna absolutely participate to the EURO with the french squad. Even if HBA don’t run maybe 7 mile per game i think he can be very dangerous and really even at 70% he must play in this team. Pardew use to much the stats in my opinion. If you look good Messi is the guy who run the least in a game but when he runs it’s very efficient. But hope Newcastle will win 2-0 Ba and Best scoring.
Lets face it, Benny has been rubbish so far this season. He had a career threatening injury. It will take a long time for him to become physically and mentally up to it at the highest level again. We cant afford passengers in the meantime. He will jusy have to make do with snippets of 1st team action until he has proved he is up to it. Harsh but true….
I thought Benny would have started but Pards must have his reasons, so I will trust him that he has got it right
so where does benny fit in,he didnt fit in last game now this game.
fk that theres sumin a miss here
With a young midfielder in there could be two players being carried.
He’s got in front of a solid base.
Ok shamrock but if you never play, you can never prove nothing. And after you start playing, you miss a pass and again in the bench. If you look to some players in this squad what have they done in the team? Obertan has one decisive pass this season, Jonas nothing in the last 6 games… so maybe you need to threat all the players in the same way.. thats only my opinion
I expected a 4-4-2. I couldn’t see us dropping to one striker for this game, at home, so knew it would be Ba and Best. Benny isn’t a central midfielder, Vuckic is. No drama.
Plus if I was Ben Arfa I’d be willing to be patient with a club that has waited over a year for him to get fit enough to feature in the first team again!
Bore off with your moaning, Pardew has said why he’s not playing, get over it. He’ll come good in the end.He isn’t a premier league centre midfielder, nor do we really want him to be. He’s a no 10 who is not back up to speed after a career threatening injury. He’ll get a run out tonite at some point.
Really looking forward to seeing Vukcic in the middle, he runs the show in the centre for the reserves. Time to step up and take the chance. Anyone got any HD streams?
Hitman it could seem that way I suppose but if he was firing on all cylinders there is no way Pards would leave him out, we all know Benny has the potential to be a real special player and a match winner so if thats what he was atm he would be playing
What I don’t understand is why he hasn’t been playing for the ressies if he hasn’t been impressing?
he needs to play first,so he can get match fit
HBA – You must not watch Guti’s all around play? He contributes far more to the side than mere forward play. This is the Premier League, you cant carry a player for 5 to 6 games hoping they get up to speed. He has to continue to work hard on the training ground then take his chance to prove his consistency and contribution when he gets a run of 20 or 30 minutes. From that he will earn more game time. Until then, he sits out and rightly so.
As for Obertan, I personally do not rate him and have said so on many an occasion, so not sure what you are getting at. That’s only my opinion though
NEWKIE sure i read somewhere that he wouldnt play in the ressies dont know if that was rag shite i dont know
Oh jeez, he’s either rubbish or he’s so sh1t hot he’ll be off already in Jan!
Give the lad some time and trust in Pards.
And COME ON Vuckic lad in your first PL start
I think its to difficult to judge Ben arfa only when he plays against the 3 big teams in the league and if you are honest and judge an average performance of these 3 games he was very far to be the worst player in the team, so why not giving him at least 1 minutes of game in the last 2 games, i think something wrong there
Anybody know WBA’s key players and likely strategy? Is Hodgson known as a good defensive manager–solid teams, not much flair?
Looking at their team, I seem to remember Dorrans being a bother in our championship season…
SHAMROCK my thoughts too mate well at the moment ill hold off giveing a final judgement,what makes it funny is he isnt from overseas he knows what the PL is aboot
Ice-Any idea whether that was because Pards wouldn’t risk him or HBA himself thought he was too good for it?
Why’s everyone fretting over Barfa. He’ll come on as a sub.
Good to see Vuckic the man-beast getting a start. Go on Manimal!
Looking forward to hopefully seeing him do well.
COME ARNNN!!!!
Pleased to see Vuckic is getting his chance. I don’t think Ben Arfa is ready yet in terms of ability, he has only just come back from an injury that was very serious. Unless he’s had a bit of a setback again? That could explain why he may not be playing. I think Pardew will bring him in when the time is right, we just have to be patient. He obviously isn’t showing anything in training to warrant a place and until he does then I think he will be on the bench for the time being.
Anyone know a decent link for tonight’s game?
NEWKIE benny himself mate
Agree with Rodzers–likely we’ll see him in the 2nd half.
Links anyone?!?
Kin hell I reckon some of u must have smoked too much tak in your youth – bunch of paranoid micks!
Before Swansea the same people were saying Tiote had already agreed to go to Chelsea and had played his last game for us.
Oh aye and before that summit wasn’t right with Santon.
Pass the dutchie on the left hand side folks!!
zoe I use this all the time and its always smooth and very decent picture
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/1/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
zoe i always use this and its usually pretty smooth with really good picture
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/1/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
Pass the dutchie on the right hand side
Bong-bong biddley biddley biddley bong!
links anybody??
Pass the dutchie on whichever side has a link! I’m still looking but have got nothing. ANybody else?
Prem still trying to find one
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/2/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/2/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
Ice
Disappointing if its true. It could just be rag shite mind, but there are obvious questions over Barfa’s personality
Thanks Dave
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/
Right on, Dave & Skip. Thanks!
Cheers skip
Not a link to the match,but seens as you guys are singing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtLONl4cNc
Delighted for Vuckic getting his first start. Think 99% of fans of high hopes for the lad to be a great player. I know i do! Come on the toon!!!!
Link #2 on Skip’s works ok
….one here anarl lads ind lassies:
http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4eee200ea7978
…nowt up yet, but Veetle are usually good whenever they stream.
ME SAY LISTEN TO DEE MUSIC ME SAY LISTEN TO DEE BEEYAS
Looks like Vuckic is on set piece duty tonight
Rod
good one 
I got fkn Stoke on link 2
Well done Jonas there. Fair play.
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/1/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
I’ve just downloaded SreamDirectTV on PC to try and watch live feed – anyone got any ideas which channels are showing the match ?
I know it’s early, but Perch looks like a different player next to Colo
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/1/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
hit link 2
Good cross by simmo
but also some dodgy defending…looking pretty even so far.
woah great work by perch!
Santon is really good
anyone else keep on getting FUCKING ANNOYING ad boxes popping up over that stream link?
SANTOON TAKING CORNERS
couple of really nice deliveries from Vuckic already
All the time the same story and the same action with jonas
Santon looks class!
Rodz – Aye. Just look for the tiny ‘x’ things to close them
are you serious M??? the guy is like a ghost for the moment, he seems stressed wich is normal
Thanks Hitman
I am Toons, but their persistence is boiling my piss. I’m too easily distracted.
…on a hunt for another link while that one’s on mi telly..
That was great play. Oh so nearly a fantastic ball by Vuckic
that was very nice pass from Vuckic this guy has talent in his feet
pass by vuckic
what a ball by young harris
fk off
FFS
fuck
shit……..0-1
for fuck sakes fucking shit form
Brilliant Pass and brilliant finish from West brom.
West Brom are miles better than Swansea, they look a good side to me
Colo got caught out there like
Colo’s fault i guess. can’t really argue with that ball, the run or the finish though
ballicks
fuck off
eh ?…wtf …offside….that’s a freakin mystery tbh…
Best was offside like
I have to say, that was a very good WBA goal. As for the Ba goal, it was the correct decision.
we lack subtelty in the final third….. WBA have more trickery and movement than us…
We are gash at the moment….ball watching and playing without fight…really poor…
again the same action Jonas with the same result
NO linky gone
Play so much hoofball still. Envy WBs passing and movement.
Anyone else having trouble with that game commercial that starts of during the stream? The sound effects keep blasting and it cant be turned down
We are chasing shadows and when we do get the ball we cannot retain it.
picking us apart on the counter.
The fans are starting to turn
2 upper mid-table sides…. and they look better than us
Valle-probably just a box open somewhere, look for an X.
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/2/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
This is a good link, though you have to regulrly cancel the ads which are popping up…
We CANNOT retain the ball FFS
I said it last week that we are in a slump. Failed against teams below us and are doing so again today.
hoof to best, hoof to best, hoof to best. Ugh
Why are we suddenly playing a long ball game these last couple of fixtures? Come on lads, you are better than this!
Obertan doing well so far
thats it done with the links,il go the old school way and bang the radio on.
get in there son
GET IN BA LAD
Goal!!!!!!!
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa WHAT A FUCKING GOAL
how fucking good is demba!!!!?????
Brilliant
what a strike BA BA
fucking AMAZING GOAL
I LOVE DEMBA BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Demba Ba…1-1…what a get out of jail card !
Smashed that in. We are going to severely miss this lad when he goes to ACON…
wot a rocket from Ba!
Hitman…try this mate….
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/2/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
mACKEMS 1-0 UP
Tiote have been awfull in possesion so far, i wonder if his head is turned a bit?
We need to bring Best on…
MM i put that link up moons ago.
but cheers anways
I was thinking that VALLE. Hopefully it’s just a bit of ring rustiness.
Oba’s proving what arseholes the boo boys are. Great stuff from him. Jonas is a handful too.
And yes, Tiote’s been a bit of a flid by comparison. He’s allowed a baddun.
Valle….give ower man will ye
http://www.realtvsport.com/channel-3.php
take a touch David!
Eh?
West Brom look tricky when the push right up onto our back four
Cabaye’s absence is really showing. Big hole where he should be, and longer passes needed to get to the strikers. No shame on Vukic, but it’s not the same.
Brom, by comparison, are compact, quick and organised in the final third.
Dammit.
ah ffs
fucking fuck sakes what the fuck. need fucking williamson.
fuckK
Hairy fucknuggets.
shite goal
fk
Colo marking nothing again
the marking there was shit
We will be well lucky to geta point here. They have WAY too much for us I’m afraid. We CANNOT keep the ball longer than 10 seconds…garbage…
fk me harris lad
unlucky
Vuckic was near there
Bugger me with a spoon. What a shot that was.
Toonsy maybe Colo’s head is somewhere else
Man…what a disappointing performance….
i hope pards gives the players a reet going owa here,we arnt out of this game
the stream are fuking shite tonight a bit like our marking
Timmy’s kicking is a problem
Dave – Wherever it is it ain’t on the fecking pitch. He’s been woeful this evening. Surprised nobody else has pulled up on it. If it was Perch he’s have had 50 comments saying how shit he was. Double standards. Tiote has also been wank.
Can we take Best off just so we stop playing fucking hoof ball?
Toonsy-Agreed, was at fault for the first one, our whole defence was shite for the second though-three unmarked Brom players four yards out?
am i the only one that thinks Krul was to blame for the second goal ? he seemed too get caught in 2 minds . He hesitated when going for the ball and they headed back for their player to score .
WTF was the second goal about??? What is our system at defending??? Christ that was poor poor poor defending! Gotta love Ba’s strike – beauty
don’t know what to make of that
2 awful goals to give away in a game we`re clearly on top in.. great hit by Ba, unlucky Vuckic, the lad has done alright but you can see the difference Cabaye makes
I agree with you whupie. Brom look really better than us they are dangerous and they play better than us with short passes and good combinations. We really use to much long balls and our wingers and Best are really not dangerous, they just run with the ball and lose it at the end.
Munich… I dont know wtf that means but i reckon that you are talking sh*t, fact is that he has played allot of balls straight to the WBA players.
Ba should get the number 9 he is pure class .
Vuckic and Obertan have been great though, hopefully we will score a few in the 2nd half, but heartbreaking so far.
Still, 45 mins to go. We aren’t outta this by a long shot. We’re missing Cabaye, but to be honest on the evidence of this evening I’d play him instead of Tiote!
Obertan has been impressive but there is too much space in the middle and it’s too easy for them to do through balls. Tiote needs to sit in front of the bacj 4, he is playing too high
Meh. Will predict a loss, we seem to do better that way,and at least i’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Agree Colo doesn’t seem himself tonight
tiote has been floating at the top of the boil for the past few games.
his head has well and truly been turned
Well not lose this draw at worst…
we need to sort out the defending as we cant keep expecting Ba to score for the defence to just switch off.
Yeah Colo has been poor and yeah if it was anyone else they would be getting hammered for it
Next goal scored is the 20,000th Premier League goal….
put Shola on for best second half and we will win .
Those of you suffering with that advert making gun noises, shrink to small screen then click the small grey x at the top of the advert at the bottom of the screen, works for me…
Why the fuck did Colo not even run with a striker? what’s up with that? Christ
Raylor on
Santon off
Hitman… Thats what i fear mate, you always dread that “flattered” response that players come out with when they are linked to someone else.
Start as we mean to go on..long ball.
someone understands Pard???? IRaylor for Santon i think Pardew is kidding us
my god!! i`ll slag him now so I can eat my words when he smashes on in over the wall… Raylor for Santon?? of all subs to make!
Raylor on for Santon
Chill peeps.Perhaps Santon is injured?
santoon off raylor on is that some kind of piss take like.
aye valle the lad is well gone
Got to be an injury.
what a waste of a good opportunity
Raylor??? WTF?
@177 may be right.. on the upside, Ba looks on fire, still a result in this if we can give him chances
Santon is not injured. Its the same than with Ben Arfa at Chelsea. Pardew has his preferences for some players. Raylor has not not been dropped after his first horrific half against Man city
Right call again unfortunately
Eeek
wow we were lucky there
HBA39 – Is it a fact that Santon is not injured? Or is just your opinion?
Through balls absolutely raping us.
colo AGAIN.
my lin k is awful, help anyone??
well played Long
Really fed up lads & lasses , links crap tonight bit like us to be honest. Why’s Santon off ? don’t get it.
credit Perch for forcing him to lift it
we are all owa the place…
Colo got rinsed again there….
I know I’ll get slated for saying this, but I’d much rather have Shola on than Best right now.
its a fact.
And We seem to be very strong defensively now with Raylor. Because Pardew introduce raylor because he wants to be more strong defensively and so after he can attack better but that is a very strange decision in my opinion
What’s up with Colo 2nite, and tiote looks well outa sorts too.
There will be more goals in this match. Unfortunately I can see WBA scoring more than us.
Where are Best and Obertan….
Marktoon they’re all shit tonight
Toonsy I think it was a niggle that Santon has had otherwise why waste a sub, Pards must be totally fuking clueless
theyre going to get us on the break at some point
HBA you are mental lad.
There is still achance to turn t around here, with or without Benny. We need to sit deeper though, through balls slicing us apart.
shola coming on
come on benny!
sorry benny
reet time for Benny to save us
Come on then Benny, showw us all what you are capable of.
Benny on
now thats more like it
Buggrit. This stream keep stopping. Anyone got a smooth, clear one?
good link please? now Hatem on my link down
…and people complain that Pardew has favourites.
Takes off the youngun and replaces him with the bloke who’s had one bad match in a season of otherwise stellar performances, and it’s a “joke”.
Put on the bloke who’s had one decent game for us and the world is saved.
Clueless.
Whumpie they’re all shit mate.
this one’s not too bad http://www.realtvsport.com/channel-3.php
Simpson FFS
Whumpie – Stellar performances? Not really.
Whumpie @ 213 the curse of the armchair managers
these streams have got to be the fkn shite-est streams I’ve ever witnessed.
Like watching someone playing ‘Sensible Soccer’.
I’ve resorted to Soccer Special.
Fooking hoofball.
we look a better outfit with benny playing.tuttut mr pardew
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99133/2/watch-newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
This link is great…
Nice try Benny
Why is Tiote shooting from 40 yards?
Dorrans on…. only a matter of time before the 3rd goal goes in..
We have too little class in the final third…
Shamrock: 2 MOTM performances, two match-winners, pinning some of the best wingers in the world, and being part of the meanest defence in the prem.
Yep, pretty stellar.
shola on
Toonsy – because the crowd told him to!
any chance of us getting back into this?
Johno I think the best we can hope for now is to sneak a draw
crrrrrrap
Tiote FFS
Gash….only one winner here, and it’s not us…
http://www.oleoletv.com/watch/live/stream/online/free/tv/video/channel/feed/link/broadcast/vivo/gratis/p2p/4/december/21/2011/14/60/v-346030/newcastle-united-vs-west-bromwich-albion.html
seems a bit better
Jesus, we’re so scrappy. Tiote is rusty and Vukic may have a fierce shot but just isn’t linking things up in the middle up front.
Whumpie, we all know he can shoot from dead balls but he is average at best defensively and needs Guti to double up with him on opposition to contain just one player. Santon was not having a bad game. Man of the match performances against who and who voted by? Stellar he is not. Worth a place in the squad yes, but top notch no.
Tiote been poor, can the fans stop telling him to shoot whenever he gets it as well
making us look like mugs ,no chance of even gettin a draw
Shola for Obertan was a bit of a howler, no outlet on the right now
For feck’s sake!!!
Just get an attacker in the middle and pass it to him. Someone needs to remind this lot that you don’t have to do passes that cover time zones and come down with ice on them!!
We got no chance of getting anything tonight. See Everton just put one pass the Swans .
Obertan was no outlet. Won the free kick but done nowt else.
And Colo has been a joke today. If there’s one thing we’re missing from last year its Barton to tell people how shite they are and to fucking sort it out.
Get in Ba
Shane Long is making Colo look like an amateur! Good player.
Fucking beaut again by Ba
This man is unstoppable!!!!
yes!!!! we are very very lucky
GET IN
get in
fck me what a finish
10 minutes to sweep up the momentum now and sneak the win. Come on!
Demba !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2-2…..
fucking boom. come on lads.
eh you bunch of negitive fkas
please dont bottle this collocini!!
Ba stats: Demba Ba has scored the same amount of league goals tonight as Andy Carroll has all season
bloody ell, vuckic can hit em
vuckic has been awesome fairplay.
fuk Vuckic was close again
I fuckin love Ba i really do ,and i really love the fact that the MUCK have shipped 2 to go level now ha ha. WHOA NEARLY HAD ANOTHER THERE!
Ba for a Hat-trick
hoof!
fk off man
defending has been fucking jokejesus christ
ah FFS this is fuking shite
Keystone Cops defending again……2-3 shocking
We won’t come back from that
Long has had Colo in his pocket all night
Jesus. Where is Colo’s head? And boy, do we miss Saylor.
Fuckedyfuckedyfuckwank.
ffs , i give up
FFS!!
We don’t deserve to be losing here, it’s a joke…
what a stellar performance by raylor there
what the fk has happend to this team
Yep, I give up too.
we definitely deserve to be losing here
Proper gash lately. At least we won’t get relegated because there’s teams much worse than us eh.
MM @ 272 I think we do you can’t expect to win when you can’t defend
really need a result at Bolton now with Liverpool at Anfield and ManU to come……
I think colo has a pressing issue on his mind ,stay or go makey mind up time or his heads gonna be all over the place. Ba must be so pissed off ,keeps putting them away only for us to ship em in other end.
Collo has been poor tonite
Collo has been absolutely gash today….has been roasted umpteen times this evening
too many players had a bad day at the office. Collo/Best/gutti especially
WBA were solid at the back, we just couldnt get thu their wall apart from Ba who is superb.
If there ever was a player on the cheap we missed out on it was P Schawner
of course colo has been poor,hes being fked about with his contract..
Only positive 2nite Vuckic been sharp and looks good.
we got what we deserved
Fuming after that
thoroughly deserved victory for the superior side on the night
aye…you’re all right…we do deserve to be losing
Two new centre backs in Jan?
I said we are in a slump. These are our bread and butter games. Start this season was good but it seems we are returning to normality.
ffs!! Pardew out. Kean in
How utterly depressing. Everything we had up to November seems to have disappeared. Dreadful lack of bite.
Worst of all, Colo and Tiote looked far too much like Jose and so many others when their heads were already out of the door.
hopefully usnderland have thrown their win away
Heartnreaking watching that… Should have been 7 points at least from the last 3 matches on early season form. By this rate we wont even finish in the top 10.
Have to agree with you guys, the team is looking alarmingly poor. When Ba goes to ACON we are fucked if we dont sort ourselves out.
Its a slippery slope
with no one really to grab the players by the scruff of the neck and tell them to get their fuking act together
Kimtoon: Vukic did a couple of individual bits well, but as a replacement for Cabaye he was utter bobbins. He was the missing link tonight that led to a huge hole in the final third. The only time they did go via his bit of the pitch we scored. The rest of the time it was hoofball.
Again ba scores two goals and we lose at home??????? We are now in trouble.
Whumpie – re: Tiote & Colo, have to agree. Bit of a worry.
I think its fairly obvious we need defensive recruits. 2 CB’s. Why oh why did he take Santon off? HBA must play off Super Ba, and Vuckic has done himself no harm at all.
Tiote gash and may as well sell and get Kalou, Alex and Van Aanholt in Jan from Chelski
Sham @ 296 I was thinking the exact same thing
pardew has no plan B.
Krul – Couldn’t do a lot. Left exposed by the defence – 6
Simpson – Do do a lot – 5
Colo – Awful. That was Colo of old – 4
Perch – Amazingly the best defender on the night
– 6
Santon – Started brightly but faded – 6
Obertan – Much improved but still needs work – 6
Vuckic – Great debut from the young lad. Unlucky not to score, some great passing – 7
Tiote – Shit – 4
Jonas – Not the best – 5
Best – Shit – 4
Ba – MOM thanks to two great goals – 8
Raylor – Not the best really – 5
Benny – Showed flashes of skill but still not looking up to speed – 6
Col looked very ordinary tonight. Maybe not fit.
Tiote can’t pass or shoot for shit neither. Cabaye as holding mid from now on tbh.
Well this little run is not what i expected 2 p from 18 is piss poor like. Thank christ we got some early points on board , we seriously need to pick up all 3 against Bolton .
This just proves we are no better than mid table , forget about Europe and a top 6 finish . They raped us for pace , our defence needs a couple of fresh faces and upfront Demba needs a partner . The lad can’t be expected to do it all alone .
Raffo maybe Santon had a niggle
did you not think Colo was gash aswell as Tiote ?
Long roasted us for pace,we should have paid the money.Vuckic looked class tonight.
Oba and Jonas did ok, as did Simpson… some of the time. Ba was his usual brilliant self. Timmeh messed up for one of the goals, Colo looked crocked, Tiote couldn’t keep hold of his own hand, Best may as well have been a linesman and Vukic needs telling that he’s a fekking striker, NOT a midfielder.
Toonsy: Match report is done for you
Absolutely gutted with that result, I think we really miss Steven Taylor tbh. Defending was poor tonight, we shouldn’t have been playing such a high line, plus if best and ba hadn’t been offside we might have won the game
This is getting depressing. Fair play to WBA, they took their chances and won, albeit they were only a threat on the counter which makes the defeat even more bitter. It didnt make it better that key players like Tiote and Colo had stinkers. Also we are freggin useless on set pieces, both defending and attacking. alreet will be fuming till tomorrow so better stop here……
Vuckic done well for his 1st start, Ba was quality as always, apart from that not many others come out looking good
II think we just need to admit that our first part was a little bit lucky. And if we look good in some games we don’t was so strong defensively, but the guys missed a lot of good chances (remember Manu) or Krul saved a lot of goals, but today the attack of West Brom was brilliant all the time they come in our box they were dangerous. If we finish in the top ten it will be fine. For the moment almost all our actions come from long ball and after deviation or try to fight for the second goal and Dema ba finish the work and is on fire in this moment.
i hope the scum didnt win
Santon showed why he’s not doing whole games yet. Colo did look like he’s carrying an injury. At least I hope it’s that and not carrying a deal to leave. Tiote’s rusty, as he was last time he had some time out.
We need someone to give the players a fucking lashing. Unfortunately not sure Colo can do that, and if he himself is shit then we’re fucked.
I agree with Newkie tonight. But Tiote has played well most games I’ve watched
fk off the scum have just scored
They sprung our high line really well.
Vukic looks really promising, but he doesn’t seem to do any of the defensive work that Cabaye does.
Ba. Wow.
Tiote was shite tonite….. gave the ball away too much… .and feckin 5under1and are winnin…. what a shit nite!
Whumpie i would have to agree Vuckic no match for Cabaye but on tonights performances Vuckic was one of our better players. Oh and just to piss us off even more Wes brown just put the muck in the lead
By the way, is Santon injured or not?
I seem to remember him getting caught way out of position once or twice. Was it that? Great on the ball, though.
Yeah Dave but Collo can have an off day. We need CB cover desperately. A bad day at the office, but we are in danger of sinking
Five weeks of shite leading up to christmas. Woo
Liverpool still drawing .
I think we should think about playing Vuckic upfront. Was having lots of shots and then that would allow Cabaye to slot back into his usual place of CM
Could be worse could be Fulham , just lost 0. 5 to manure.
Yes i like vukic to but we need to admit that he does no defensive work. I think its ok if you play upfront but in the midfield it is very important, how many balls he retrieves? 2 or 3? thats is very poor for a midfielder and so I think next game Pardew will put again Cabaye i think and Maybe Vuckic with Ba upfront.
Pardew seems to like to work things from the wings. Are we relying too much on that? There seems to be little threat coming from the middle–aside from Ben Arfa’s assist, that is.
Dunno. Probably misreading things.
Oh well, Disappointing with getting level twice to give away such daft goals
4-4-2 is still too open for my liking…
no doubt vukic can hit the ball …. really missed cabaye tonite ….. hope collo was just having an off nite
Well at least Cabaye is back for the next game , god we need him . Vuckic had a very good game for his first start . The Bolton game has now turned into a must win , if we don’t this season could start getting ugly .
When is it ever pretty with us in latter years Axel.Just really worry when Ba goes off to ACON . Read somewhere that we may not get a striker now untill summer that’ll be fun ,can’t score can’t defend come January.
For me our wingers are not enough strong offensively and its so at the end we try to pass from the wing and as we play with 2 guys up front we are very limited in the middle and so we just use long ball. Nowadays very very small number of teams plays with 2 strikers like we play in almost all the games.
Think I’d drop best now to be honest, nowt against the lad but we need more creativity on the pitch. Or drop Obertan for 4-3-3 with arfa and Ba playing off Best…dunno, we need a bloody revamp that’s for sure.
Wow! Mediocrity. Wow.
You can’t say I didn’t predict it.
Just got in , Toon were bad today no doubt about it from Krul all the way through the team including Colo !
really bad were Obertan Tiote Perch but the player that i want to talk about is Best imo he is not good enough for this league everything in his game is lacking apart from his workrate ! Ben arfa had been on the pitch 2minutes and done more than best had done all game have you ever seen best beat a defender ! let alone 2 ! no and you never will and his goal return is awfull aswell Vuctic did ok and has a great shot on him and Ba was good after 20 minutes or so , our wingers cant or wont put the ball into the box , why !
Ben arfa needs to start it is glarinly obvious , there is no substitute for good footballers .
I remember reading a blog not so long ago saying Best was exelent and his goalscring record amazing , imo never going to make it in this league .
Wolfie we need that 25 million and 4 players thats for sure roll on january
Arjuna, Leicester, via text: “Sir Alex Ferguson, please buy Cheick Tiote. Quality defensive midfielder and badly needed now – especially with Phil Jones injured.”
Obviously not watching our match today hah
Shane long 6 million if we dident have a shithouse owner we could have players like that !!!
good job wba didnt have there full team oot
From what I could tell from the shite streams the neet (hypothetically viewing as a narcoleptic watching someone play Sensible Soccer, 3-D from within the console in a Tron-esque rub-a-dub stylee) Vuckic deserves his starting place next match.
To be honest, this slump we’re going through shouldn’t really surprise anyone. We lost our spine (Tiote, Saylor, Colo, Cabaye) at roughly the same time. This is bound to cause a bit of chaos.
I must say, it was refreshing to see a NUFC team play consistent for so long, mainly down to Pardew picking the best team and sticking with it.
It’s cruel that we lost so many top players within such a short timeframe, but any cunt could tell this shit would happen. Any cunt, that is, apart from Fatty Tight-Arse.
I know we ain’t gona get involved in a dogfight at the wrong end of the table this time, but it fucks me off no end that the signs have been there for the last 3 years and we’re still fucking scrimping and saving.
Yeah Fatboy, you can piss about with midfield as much as you like as far as I’m concerned, and I’m sure we will with our 187 midfielders, but it’s the two ‘business ends’ that need addressing. And yeah I know it’s unusual to lose 3 centre backs at the same time, but if we had some decent fucking full-backs it wouldn’t make such a dent.
Anyway, broken record time.
Fatty Santa Ashley, please get your cunt-faced owl-elf to sniff out for my Christmas present:
1 ‘Proven’ RB/CB
1 ‘Proven’ Striker
…that’s all I ask.
(and I’m sorry for calling you a fat cunt)
(you fat cunt)
ROD you havent got a pair of boots have you mate,we need help
Its mad how a run of a few bad results brings everyone down with a bang eh? Fact is if people were given this point tally at this stage of the season back in august i think most would of been over the moon with it. I don’t care what anyone says we have a good team here and we are slowly building a grid squad. We will beat Bolton Liverpool and draw with man utd and everyone be happy once again
JT your reet,love your faith
Rod @ 343 .. logged in to say ‘cunt faced owl-elf’ is fucking funny
what a rubbish game that was. Tiote had the worst game i’ve seen him have – wonder if all this specualtion is going to his head? Apart from Ba and Vuckic everyone was crap for us. The fact Obertan came off and Pardew put Shola on the right says it all for Obertan, really do not understand how he gets a game.
Pardew has to change it for Bolton, Obertan must be dropped along with Best and you could argue Tiote after that peformance – vuckic didnt struggle at all.
just got back lads… last 3 home games have been so frustrsting.
apart from ba i dont believe anyone else gave 100% and thats all i ask for. disappointing.
johnotoon , are you related to wolfie !
Ice, I can’t play football for fucking toffee mate, and to be honest my technical know-how is pretty non-existent. That’s just makes it worse though. For me, it is and has been for too long a shortage of quality in depth. It stands to reason. If you’re driving a cruise ship and your captain suddenly takes ill, the fucking chef is gona ram the bastard into the nearest iceberg, whether he wants to or not.
TP@347, thought I’d add a little festive spirit into mi insultations
The ‘cunt-faced owl-elf’ is a mythical beast feared by little due to it’s innocent appearance. But we don’t know how nasty it can be. Apparently.
….yeah, I fkn do. I’m it’s arch nemesis, the shit-faced badger-dwarf.
RAAAAAARRRRGHH!
haaaah aaaaaawwwwwwwhaaaaaheeeeeeewhoooooooooo well funny get owl-elf get him GET HIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!!!!!!!
owlheed saying today how well pardew has done,is that a sign
also how well “his”signings in the summer had moved us up 
No Keith Im not! Im also not bi polar like most on here
In all seriousness you have to take the rough with the smooth. We were never going to beat every team outside the top 6 and a run of a few defeats was always going to happen and guess what? Its gonna happen again this season! We just need to get back to winning ways starting boxing day
Rest assured TP, my highly trained squadron of cut-throat badgers are currently holed up and awaiting my orders. It is of course an advantage, my shit-faced badger-dwarf platoon are each blessed with the perk of telepathy, as well as telekinesis.
The diesel-coated elephants are on standby, awaiting elevation, they’re somewhat dazed by the fumes, but that’s besides the point, I don’t care. I have my dolphin archers poised in the Tyne with flaming bows at the ready.
All it takes is my final command, and the cunt-faced owl-elf is mine! MINE! MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA
Krul’s kicking was the worst I have seen so far this season, god awful.
Not sure why Santon was subbed? Looked good again.
Ba must be thinking what else have I got to do.
Tiote is just terrible at coming back from injury, this is a common theme with him.
Perch did great
Vukic was good too.
That’s all well and good Franky, but what are your views on creating monstrous chimeric beasts through alchemy, with the bodyparts of different animals; to achieve personal glory
…just curious.
We have to give chances to our young players (Shane Fergie Vuckic Abeid Kadar Sameobi) because Obertan Simpson Perch Best Lovenkrands Shola are not premier league players and what we’ll become when Demba Ba will go to ACN?? Tioté and Colo were poor but i think that’s exceptional to see them play like this. We miss Saylor! For the transfert window I think we need one striker one winger a central defender and maybe a wing back
Well Collo is patched up, aint that obvious from everyone to their granny or just me. No cover for a decent first eleven. We are trully knackered once both S.Taylor and Williamson are out. James Perch? Isn’t strong enough, can’t head the ball, cowers out the way of people in the box.
Pardew isn’t being found out. It’s this threadbare squad that is being found out. Well what you gonna do now Ashley? Blame Pardew. This is gonna be the finish for me, mark my words. Only so many turds will float in a sewer. West Brom came to play and good look to them, not got any problem with them at all.
Franky, my telepathic shit-faced badger dwarf Commander just passed me on your thoughts, so no need to reply to post 357 on the blog. You never know who’s watching
johnotoon @354,
ok then we will beat bolton away beat liverpool away and draw with manu !!!
ill keep that in mind , if only your extreme positive thoughts could be passed on to best and perch and turned into footballing ability.
Does it not worry you that we have no cover in important positions !
or our wingers cant cross the ball !
or our only goalscorer (who if removed would leave us in the bottom 3) is away for 9 games soon !
nah im being a neg positive thought and 100% workrate will get us those results !
im of to meditate Hhhmmmmmmmmmm
Keith, that just reminds me actually, a bought a reet pair of slippaz the day at TKMaXX!
Made ootov seal skin parintli, organic seal like, so it’s nee botha.
Stitching is FUCKING MINT! Real high tempered horse pubes from Giorgio Armani’s mule farm in Smith’s Park.
It walked oot a paid twenny pund a pair, and given thil probli last iz 5 yors, Statto wud be pleased te nar that means less than 1p per day for comfy hoos-herld footwear! Cheap as chips!
Now THAT’S A bergin!
rod you put me off my meditating , however what a bargain i will have a look for them after work tomorrow cheers !
Keith, parintli they were ranked No. 2 in ‘Best Meditative Slipper’ category in last yors ‘Comfy Shoe EXPO’ (held in Brussels) – so ad say they were reet up your street. Givem a sniff.
keith
Thank god, another blogger that is on this planet! This season could be one of those nosedive seasons a la Blackpool, Hull and company. We are looking worse and worse every week at the moment. You are right, our wingers can’t create, our defenders have gone from best to worst, Ba is the only one who can score and is gonna be gone soon, best and ameobies are ready for the vets syringe to be put down.
13 goals now for Bemba, how many has Carroll got? Ba will go to Africa for 6 weeks, come back and still beat 20 whilst puffing on a cigar.
djg , yeh its a shame we have some good players there imo colo krul s taylor tiote cabaye santon ba and maybe vuctic ! but we have some very poor ones and people saying be positive and im happy if they give it 100 % well rod and his funky slippers make more sense than that , i said 9th this season and ill stick to that but its so sad a bit of investment and better player retention and we could do something .
ALL HAIL HARIS VUCKIC!
(he’s like a Gerrard in plate mail he is, oo-arr oo-arr ayy, oo-arr oo-arr ayy)
….”Haris Vuckic is like a new signing, yeah Tiote’s gone now, but we’re OK” – Alan Pardew February 2012
is kinda worrying to see that newcastle is having the same issue with arsenal of 1man leading the team.
Our fourth league defeat of the season left us in seventh place, while Demba Ba moved on to 13 PL goals in just 14 starts. He’s now scored our last five goals, which hardly inspires confidence ahead of his looming absence….
We’ve lost our last five Boxing Day games in the Premier League, while festive cheer could be in short supply at
Bolton away (3 points from 24), Liverpool away (1 point from 24) and Man United at home (2 points from 24).
Angel of Deeth, yeah, the funny bit there is Arsenal achieved their defensive fuckdness and ended up playing a back 4 of centre-backs, whilst we went the other way roond and played a back 3 of full-backs (with added Ryan Taylor).
Swapsies would seem the obvious fair deal there.
Vote Rodzilla for Football King of Fairness.
Can’t possibly predict our next games at the mermint like.
In freefall.
Parachute could kick in at any time.
Reet, amoff.
(pretends to go)
….this one’s for you, cunt-faced owl-elf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF3blrFjl-8
Well,irony isn’t it? Van persie leads arsenal to winning game by scoring goals. Whereas,ba keeps scoring yet still ended on losing end.
Would like to swap that as well?
I am actually gone now, and Rodzilla will vouch for that. So take it away, football connoisseurs, it’s all yours.
(can’t promise owt like)
….JUST (and again in lower case) just have to take time out to commend the ‘CORNED BEEF’ conglomerate for their perfectly timed interlude anyway.
Forever outside your frequency, yet ultimately appeased.
Goodbye Rodzilla,have a good sleep.
Anyway, Celestine Babayaro was sick today man.
Allergic to Penicillin apparently
AoD neet neet
SSSHHH, Howman, lads, divnt make it obvious but a think there’s a couple of shady looking charvas checking mi new slippaz oot……………(just doon there man, can ye see em?)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH8i4KiBU94
…..personally wouldn’t bother watching this either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzYykIA1xVg
If only Les Dawson could quantum leap into Judith Chalmers, oh what a confusing affair.
FOL-DE-ROL-FOL-DE-ROL
Manchester United are set to be without Phil Jones and Ashley Young for a number of weeks after both players picked up injuries in the victory over Fulham, Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed.
Injuries piling up for them.
The Football Association has confirmed that Luis Suarez’s eight-match ban could be extended if he appeals against the suspension.
Chances are there for Newcastle
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Mutilated lips give a kiss on the wrist
of the worm like tips of tentacles expanding
in my mind, I’m fine, accepting only fresh brine
you can get another drop of this, yeah you wish..
Cop a load of that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtTJMTbR6Lg
ALL HAIL THE NEW BOOGNISH
HARIS
…who ordered a pizza?
392
397
(see 399)
bollocks
shit-piston
heavy flange engineering
Belgium
Sort of Scottish detectives (ITV1/2…you name it Bro)
See 392
bollocks then
401
QUALITY DARTS!
It’s at this point I should probably aim for bed, on another day, fuck it.
….sail Brown Bay to Chocolate Town, and get yer punk ass back to the Dawwg Show
(said Peters & Lee)
(through a mirror)
Combo breaker??~~
Got to say, despite the moans and groans, it was a bit of a smash and grab win for West Brom. Newcastle had the better of the game.
Don’t think Colo played well but from what I saw in the highlights, Perch was just as much to blame as Colo for two of the goals.
Best and Shola are nothing more than decent back up. I think Ben Arfa or Vuckic would make far better partners for Ba up front.
Also, think Obertan gets far too much stick. He is less far more effective in possession than Jonas, who despite being great defensively, loses the ball so often its scary.
Also think our distribution from the back suffered because Saylor is missing. I hope the likes of Stardust see just how much of a difference he makes at the back now…
Too many long balls. West Brom’s passing superior to ours. Couldn’t see why Santon was taken off.
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