Game On at The Liberty
Newcastle go looking or a fourth win on the spin, something not achieved for a good few years, but it won’t be easy against a team who have capacity to cause damage and who will be looking to get back to winning ways after two defeats in a row.
It’s an excellent game in prospect, with much being made of Swansea’s slick possession game coming up against our pacey and creative attack. We can win, but we’ll need to be on top of our game right from the word go to get something from a ground which has proved fruitless for Premier League “big guns” like Manchester City and Arsenal.
Of course something that may tip the balance in our favour is the fact that we have something to play for still, with Europe on the agenda for Alan Pardew and Co. Swansea are safe and have little to play for other than pride, so maybe that is something that can work in our favour? Maybe not? Who knows? It won’t be long before we find out though…
Team news will be featured below and will be updated as soon as is humanly possible. For a change I’m actually off today so Big Dave and Jobey and the rest can put their feet up and let the master take the reins once more.
For more background, build up, analysis, stats and facts ahead of the match you need look no further than our very own match preview. You might have missed it earlier as I posted another article about ten minutes later so if you haven’t had a read make sure you do so. Mind if that’s not enough then make sure you have a peek at NUFC_stats’ marvellous “Stat Attack”.
And that just about wraps it up…
Howay the lads!
Swansea: Michel Vorm, Angel Rangel, Steven Caulker, Ashley Williams (capt), Neil Taylor, Leon Britton, Joe Allen, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge, Luke Moore.
Subs: Gerhard Tremmel, Alan Tate, Garry Monk, Josh McEachran, Mark Gower, Scott Sinclair, Danny Graham.
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Davide Santon, Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse.
Subs: Rob Elliot, James Tavernier, Shane Ferguson, Ryan Taylor, Mehdi Abeid, Dan Gosling, Shola Ameobi.
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Happy with the team, doesn’t look much on the bench though to change the game if it’s not going well.
Fancy us today though, which probably means a defeat!
Perchinho is fit – great news. Hopefully they’ll play 4-3-3 with Jonas tucking in and Cisse, Ba and Hatem up front
interesting one santon in for guthrie
Newcastle United (4-3-3): Tim Krul; Danny Simpson, James Perch, Mike Williamson, Davide Santon; Yohan Cabaye, Cheick Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez (c); Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba
its another head versus heart.
head says draw 1-1 heart says a win by two clear goals.
What is it gonna be.
Seven cup finals
Ice – Guthrie is injured mate. Jonas into the middle to take Guthrie’s place and Santon at LB
Glad to see Jonas back in Centre Mid (surely)
i would of had the same team but put jonas left back and raylor on midfield! never mind lets hope santon has a good game
VERY attacking side.
…I *think* I approve.
santon has a bit pace like might just help
Canny line up, fancy three points today with Jonas tucked in the middle there… Howay the lads…
The line up is an improvenment from Sunday. Jonas back in his deserved place. Raylor or Santon doesn’t really matter which one plays
Stuart79 we have the legendary Shola Ameobi on the bench who will come on late on to hold the ball up and secure our win today…
no sinclair or graham on the bench good news for us
TLR – Exactly. I imagine Jonas is on the left of the midfield three anyway so will help Santon out as and when
Pleased with that line up , i have a feeling its going to be a game with lots of goals 4-2 for us Cisse , Ba x2 & Hba to all get on the score sheet .
Good side, the one I would have gone for, Santons pace will be required against their pacey customers-Dyer and Routledge, may help with our counters too. See how he does, bring on Raylor if things aren’t going well.
The way Swansea play could give Ben Arfa a field day. I think he’ll get alot of space when he gets the ball, so hopefully he’ll cause some havoc.
NEWKIE would prefer Ferguson to come on than Raylor , just because of the pace he has , Raylor struggles against speed merchants .
I love this setup!
HWTL!
And btw:
Check out The Dembas fellow national teammate Dame N’Doye.
Top scorer in The Danish league 3 seasons in a row, and a great buy in my mind.
Got tickets for the Wigan game. What is the nearest railway station to the ground
TLR – http://www.footballgroundguide.com/wigan_athletic/
TLR…http://www.footballgroundguide.com/wigan_athletic/#DW-Stadium-Wigan-Nearest-Railway-Station
Well as I said, Perch playing
Toonsy
Nice line up for today ,hopeing Santon has a good game too.
streams anyone?
M….few on here http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/
…and on here http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-1.html
thanks Richie
Toonsy / Richie
Thanks for that info. Not sure if to get the train or go with the fun loving back page travel
TLR….I think deep down, you know which is the better option
Axel-True, but to be honest i’m not any more convinced of Fergies defending than I am of Santon’s. Strike me as very similar players, natural wingers pushed into a defensive role.
oh, thy’re wearing the Brisbane Roar strip.
Howay me bonny lads.
Here we go then. Let’s gets into em and blow them away early ala West Brom
Lets get it on
Howay the Lads
The newcastle fans are loud.
Impressive.
Bloody hell
sloppy start
Lads any good working links ? as it’s a cert my sky go is atleast 30 -40 secs behind
AOD – that’s the swansea fans
BOOOM
YESSSSSSSSSSS!
wooo hooooo get in there cisse
The man is machine
Cisse
Assist for Cabaye there.
Unbelievable!
They do leave huge gaps!
excellent from Jonas too
Cabaye
Class is permanent.
BOOM
Bloody hell Cisse out of nowt get innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Dave ones at 27 and 28, I’m using the first one on the lemon tv links
Cisse is ridiculous, like Van Nistelrooy but can score from outside the area.
keep it tight for the next 5 mins then hit them again
They’ll be nervous at the back now.
Is it time to crack open the first bottle of Bud?
Long way to go yet mind
There is gonna be sooo much interest in Cisse by the big boys soon ,it will be really hard to hang on to him.
Cheers rich
KIM – Just burst our bubble, mate!
KimT….killjoy
…..if he keeps this up, we will be one of the big boys 
he’s a kin goal machine – looks like the plan is to let them have lots of the ball and counter attack
We need to break fast when we have the chance. Don’t try and play them at their own game, they’re better than us. Break and get a shot off like we’ve been doing the last few games..
Sorry guys ,it just came out
Benny’s had a few dodgy moments so far
Come on Benny, if in doubt etc.
I hate to say it but at times you wish Benny would just lump it out of defence
They aren’t getting much time/ball in the midfield. At the moment we’re winning that particular battle.
fans in good voice
The question is, can a team have so much possession and not score?
Kim we’ll let you off with it this time lad
Feck i thought we was on for another then
fucking hell Demba – big chance for u
Good team Swansea mind…probably the only time I’ll agree with Chuck
they do play some nice footie like
Swans are quick mind ain’t they
wahey, we’ve got the ball… how long will we keep it though?
Love the fact our strikers are now at the level that if they don’t score past two defenders and a keeper people get on their ba
ck
and… straight back to them
FFS can Krul not think of something different than hoofing it back to them again.
Pathetic
league table looks good at the mo, hopefully t’l look at that way in 70 mins
@Big Dave, agree, impressed by them so far, think Rogers and Lambert are the only two rivals to Pardew’s manager of the year crown
TOON TOON
Swansea play well, but Benny plays beautifully
Benny just rinsed that Neil Taylor there
demba was calling for that
Still think Swansea’s passing is over-rated. It’s easy to just tap tap tap the ball along the back our, into midfield, back along the back four…
75% posession alredy
ST I think Rodgers has it, if it wasn’t for him Pards would have it
M@76- I think we have to accept they gonna get the Lions share of possession ,that’s their game ,as long as they don’t score it matters nowt. It only takes a second to score as we proved on 5 minutes
BB….0-1
Or are people really agreeing with the stats that paint Leon Brittain as being better than Xavi, Fabrgeas etc etc
Ba and Cisse swapping positions…Ba unhappy then? Wanting a goal..
can we survive for another 60-odd mins without the ball?
wtf Tiote
Toonsy I have seen them out pass most and they are well and truely out passing us
Its Shola time get him on
we’ve got to pass to feet ffs
grrrr
Winning or not, this is starting to get on my tits!
Kim – Exactly. We knew it was going to be like this. They’ve done it all season, to teams higher than us, yet people are surprised
How many chances have they had though? And what does that stat in the top left say?
Toonsy-Agree with you, I’ve seen a couple of their matches and if i’m honest they can be bloody boring to watch. Passing along your back four under minor pressure isn’t entertainment. Look at their game at SJP as well, fine they got themselves a point but what a dull attempt
Still they’ve done some great stuff @ the liberty..hopefully not today though
when we get the ball we are panicking
Cisse… 8 goals in 8 games. that’s feckin ridiculous! The man knows where the back of the net is, that’s for sure!
Think either would be fair enough. Guess it depends just how high we finish
The only bad thing about Rodgers is he sounds like Lennon the devil
Don’t panic lads, have faith we Will get another Ba is due one you know.
Doesn’t help when players try the Hollywood ball, like Cisse did just.
Mind, I suppose that will be Pardew’s tactics again….
feck me
Well done Krul
Krul bloody marval man
there’s the one lad we don’t want to give space to…bloody sigurdsun
Krul
great save
Yeah good point Toonsy, it isn’t terribly exciting to watch, but the attacking moves they do create are pretty good.
Maybe the perfect highlights reel team.
Toonsy – in fairness I don’t think they’ve had 75% possession against many other teams, especially higher than us.
I don’t think personally you can concede so much possession to the opposition and not expect them to score.
Time for a 2nd about now please
reet lads come on we need a goal in the next 5 mins
Stuart – But where is the bulk of Swansea possession? Let them tap it along the back four. There is no danger when they do that.
Got to be disciplined and hunt them down in packs. No individuals
Don’t agree with Ba up front and Cisse on the wing mind, Cisse’s passing and touch and skill are all inferior to Ba imo, finishing and runs are possibly better…keep them where they do the damage, I don’t care if Ba is unhappy, wait till we’re safe
Benny is no defender
Ba is having a bit of a mare like. Not much coming off for him.
Ba’s playing like a plank today
man city had 75% pos against the scum and still lost
Ba is really off the boil passing wise
we are trying to get Ba a goal.
Forget that just get cisse on the ball
Man city didn’t lose against scum.
3-3 draw.
Seem to be lacking composure
nice Santoon
Nice by Santon there
well cut out by Santon there
fucking poor Jonas
AoD nar the match b4 that. 1-0
82% possession after 36 mins?!!!! what the f??
Regardless, Toonsy, you cannot score without the ball.
M-that was the last 10 minutes I believe. Also, chill.
Dave maybe we letting them run themselves out
weak stuff, hoping for a throw instead of putting a foot on the ball
Last ten minutes possession that was….
thats not a booking
Willo yellow
The other question, and this is pissibg me off, why do they seem to be able to win the ball back quicker off us and it takes us a fcking age to get it off them – even in our half.
we’re getting frustrated
boringggg geeze im falling asleep
Think Willo took one for the pair of challenges by himself and Perch there.
jeez this is getting a bit boring
They can have entire 100% possesion in passing the ball,by the time they tried to shoot. We already have 11men in our own half.
BB@ 140 BUT IT’S WEBB
good claim Timmy lad
Stuart-because they’re playing high pressing all over the pitch, we’re allowing them space up until halfway through our half.
sigurdson
i hate this barca wannabe team..so boring.if you dont want to attack at least give the opponent the ball to do so
Santon and Cisse, aint defenders
Sinclair is also on the bench and he can cause problems.
how congested is that
Cisse has the right idea – boot it
Can we have another Toon goal please
good old Gutti
45 mins to survive
fuck em
This is easy
80% overall
but then they can play about as much as they want aslong as they don’t score.
Lol, 80:20 isn’t pretty reading to be honest. Though territorial would be interesting, as people on here have said, how much has been in the final 3rd?
Still need to improve on that though, it’s a lot more tiring chasing the ball than having it.
Stuart@154 Aye don’t wanna see him on tbh ,He’ll have fresh legs and he’s well pacy.
Well 80/20 on possession, but they’ve rarely threatened apart from two shots from 30 yards and haven’t got near our goal.
Tactics working spot on so far. Let the have the ball as they do fuk all with it.
I reckon we’ll get up to 25% in the second half, but if we don’t I don’t give a flying feck as long as we get the 3 points
Dont really care what anybody else thinks but you just cannot concede so much possession to any team and expect them not to score.
People keep saying their possession is all between their back four but that is bollocks. They have had it all over the place. It’s just risky.
Not many goals are scored from the half way line. Give them all the posession they want in that area.
Do we have to be so deep though? Not sure if they have players who will run in behind us. But its working at present so howaay lads secure the points
Yeah, the tactics are working fine-the only thing is we need to be a bit sharper on the counter and find that extra bit of space, if that happens we can grab another. Difference is we can actually be incisive when we attack, unlike Swansea..
Aye Richie! Let them keep the feckin ball if they can’t break into our defense. We’ve got a goal, and 45 minutes should see us sittin’ 5th! Until Chelski dismantles Wigan tomorrow
Theory here: Ba, for whatever reason, looks pretty knackered on here, perhaps that’s why they’ve switched him to up top so that Cisse does the running on the wing till half time… Thoughts? Could we be seeing Pele on at h/t?
Don’t understand other time, Ba is much better in build up than Cisse and maybe vice versa on finishing.
Can we continue with this Rope-a-Dope, or will we tire and/or be broken?
Is Cisse playing double time at left back?
Cabaye is way up higher than usual.
Will Pardew continue to try to aikido this game or will he change it up at half time?
Swansea’s passing is fucking hypnotic!
It ain’t pretty but we’re maintaining our shape & limiting them to just passing it around in front of our defence, they’re getting behind us on very few occasions. We are losing the too quickly & need to retain the ball better when we get it. I suspect it’ll be more of the same in the 2nd half
Second half we defo need another goal just to be sure .Also Willo walking a tightrope now so please no all in wrestleing from him i hope.
Rob Lee got it spot on all passing no penatration
Solano-Yeah Ba’s energy is a real disappointment, not sure why he’s tired but he looks it, or as if he’s not bothered. I know he wants a goal but jesus, we need to play for the team. Might need some pace on the pitch later down to hunt some swansea players down…
I would love Krul to release the ball a bit quicker, there has been a few times where he seems to wait for the swan player to get back into their position before kicking it
Dave…Krul’s just trying to get the possession figures up
off topic here but does anyone else cringe a little when you watch all the betting ad..
just need to make sure Willo doesn’t get a 2nd yellow
thought there was a hose pipe ban down there
Rangel getting behind Santone is the only danger in the second half. 80 – 20 possession is not pretty, but if we maintain our shape we’ll keep the three points. We’ll maybe even nick another one…
Tiote off? Oh fuck
Raylor on for Tiote? The injury is back?
balls, Tiote injured
Tiote off
Tiote off for Taylor
must be a niggle
Tiote hammy
Raylor on….bollocks.
Tiote off, tweaked hamstring, Raylor on….
Hamstring tweek, hope its not too bad
Hamstring injury to tiote.
In truth it’s been bloody boring but I’ll take it all day if 3 points are ours
I actually think we been playing below par and reckon we will step up a gear or two 2nd half.
Shit Tiotes hammy tweeked bollocks.
hamstring
I see this sort of game every week in the A-league. Brisbane pass the ball around and tire the opposition out and score late on.
Need to concentrate and not get frustrated. We’re doing well without the ball, though. Good defensive unit.
Howay the lads.
Well, we need another goal then..
wtf is up with tiote!
reet lads same again keep it tight for 5 – 10 mins then boom
That shouldn;t be a corner.
Shit that was close..
On another note-why do commentators think Raylor is a left back? Its embarrassing, do some research.
gonna be a longgggg 45mins
Yeah, worried we’ll tire out here, Bris.
It’s all been a bit chess like since the goal…
Cabaye still playing way up? We won’t know until/unless we get the ball…
Missing Tiote already he us essential to us
Already see a difference in Swansea’s approach. They committed six players forward then, all in the box!
Hope Pardew had a good half time talk to the Lads
Do we need to revert to 442 now or what lads
are we not sitting too deep here
we’ve got the ball!
I’d like to know what Pardew has told Cabaye today. He seems to be sauntering around in a no-mans land in front of the midfield
why’s that not a booking then
gotta keep the ball longer when we get it ffs
40mins to go
MM – Did you miss the fact that he set our goal up?
Benny man
Benny!!!
lol Benny
nice footy…. but what the fuck was that Benny?
We look a tad slow to me . Wonder if Tiote is out for monday looks like it
Feck that was close
fuck sakes clear it properly man
That was shit from Cabaye mind
I could hear Toonsy shout Raylor in my front room
I noticed Ba again look a bit un interested or maybe just worn out
The front three aren’t doing anything with the ball when they get it. They are wasting it and it’s just coming back at us each time.
Corner my arse
fuk we need to up our game they are starting to get at us
Sorry but nobody can say a goal isn’t coming here.
Just cannot allow all this possession to the opposition.
Toonsy, I missed the first 5 minutes and consequently didn’t notice the fact that he set up the goal. But that was over 50 minutes ago, since then I haven’t seen him kick the ball…
We really need a second goal ,they look really threatening now ffs
battered
Thought that was Raylor with the poor clearance.
Nerves ratcheting up here. Gotta get and keep the ball for a bit…
Shola time? Other thoughts?
Simmo is doing good
shola time
i think 3-0 the toon
MM – You can say the same about most of the team. I can think of players who are having a worse game than Cabaye.
Ba
Benny
There’s two for starters. I’d add Cisse but his goal saves him.
watching the clock
defo should be yellow for williams
ooh, Fergie – interesting
Fergie for Ba actually a decent shout…mobile, pace, close em down.
Ba is looking like a right huffy fecker
Ferguson on for Demba Ba.
fergie?
Ba off
Yeah Demba doesn’t look right
right come on Fergie make a name for yourself lad
Too right Williamson, give them crap for that man. Not one Newcastle player in the middle of the box ready for a knockdown.
Hmm. Fergie?
Did I see in the stats article that Swansea attack more down the right than any other team? Is that why Cisse was almost playing at LB for so long?
Is Gosling a possession player?
Abeid?
we need to get Shola on too, so we’ve got an outlet to hoof towards
What’s been up with Ba today, have the Toon run out of strawberry syrup?
We are so lacklustre at winning the loose ball….
Bit of running up that side from Fergie to keep them home and stop them attacking from that side?
BBC Live Update AND Sky don’t seem to know Ferguson is a winger who plays full back. They don’t seem to know half our squad.
Bastards.
Hey, were our fans also singing for Gary Speed earlier? I thought that was our crew and that the swansea fans applauded them. Am I wrong?
I’ll add Jonas to the list of players having a shocker….
Fergie on to combat Dyer on Swansea’s right…
I am surprised with the sub of ryan taylor.
Dan gosling is more of tackler and mid is his natural position.
aaaah Benny… almost
Unlucky for benny
FSTOC….I’d guess both sets of fans would have been singing it.
FJ… par for the course I’m afraid
Christ, when Benny runs like that I nearly have a heart attack.
Some say Benny isn’t always on song but when he gets the ball he normally takes 2 of the other players out to stop him
getting a little more joy since the sub
They’re bringing Sinclair and Graham on now.
They can have as much posession as they like but when you have Cisse and HBA in the team you only need a half a chance and we’re playing to that tactic…
shit Sinclair & Graham
Graham is bound to score against us. Geordie curse
here comes Sinclair
dangerous
We’re pushing them up higher up….dangerous now they got sinclair and graham on.
More Cisse at LB.
What did I say fresh legs and pace
OH MY FUCKING GOD.
CISSE=GOD
Get in Lad
I don’t really know what to say!
OMG HE IS A GOD CISSE
Fekn get in Cisse …..though it means nowt without dominating possession
ha ha who need posession
Boom
Stick your fucking possession up your arse.
Another assist from Cabaye
that is… a fucking unbelievable finish
what a cracker
Wehey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cisse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brutal !!!!!!!!!!
What a pass by mom Cabaye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s what happens when you don’t concede as much possession.
Another Cabaye assist!
So much more dangerous with him up high, supplying the strikers. Wow.
Boom Boom Pappas Black and white army
Great play from Benny, Cabaye and Cisse, brilliant.
You see that Swansea? Its called incision! penetration! Learn some.
Still not game over yet lads.
reet lads this has to be the game for him to get his hat-trick
Now kill the game off.
how fookin cool was that dink
i dont know why you are all worried…if a team can play this shit for 3/4 of the game and still be in front … its just not swansea’s day. we cant loose this one. its all fate and pre-determined.
Jamie Redknapp’s finest piece of punditry ever:
Cisse works best when he just hits it, if he thinks, he messes up.
Insightful and true, instinct striker.
Man that was an unbelieveable finish…!
How good is Cisse?
Christ almighty what a finish!
I’m worried about Ba though. Did anyone else see just after the goal when it cut to a shot of Pardew celebrating with Carver on the touchline – Ba was sitting on the subs bench with a face like a smacked ass, not smiling or celebrating at all
young Fergie is fast as fuk or just looks fast
We was talking about the betting odds last night 80/1 Toon to win 2.0 cisse to score first!
Come on, now, boys. Keep the fughing ball for a bit and take the life out of this.
Wow, super recovery. Who was that? Willo? Santon?
cisse is bloody incredible! the most instinctive striker ive ever seen…i wasnt buying into the whole Ba being unhappy buzz but when the cameras changed to pardew after the goal, you could see Ba in the background and he didnt look happy in the slightest
Cabaye off, Gosling on
Gosling! no shola today…..
Probably a good shout, Cabby must be knackered. Now gosling, go out and crock some people
Finally dan gosling coming on.
gutti = pure class
Still a long way to go here so I’ll thank you to stop tempting fate, Mr. Chisholm.
Raylor that was fecking shocking man
thats it lads we are getting more of the ball now
That’s it, slow it down and keep the ball.
now who’s takin the piss eh
Passing it along the back four
We’re playing Swansea football
oh Cisse
All that possession got us nowhere, let them have the ball ffs
@310…. i said 3-0 the toon in the first half!! relax… jesus is a geordie
Cisse is so alike shearer in The early days.. Omg he is Hungry for goals!!
Rich @ 308 –
That finish, goal of the season
That really was an awesome finish by Cisse mind. Just watching the replay of it now.
If this holds, there has to be a lot of praise for Pardew today. The 4-2-3-1 with Cabaye just behind the striker, the orders to keep Swansea’s right side quiet, as evidenced by Ba and Cisse spending so much time back there defending, conceding Swansea their own half and totally congesting our half has worked very, very well.
On Ba: he could easily have had the goals today if those two chances from Cabaye had come when Ba was up top, no?
Think Gosling has done well since he came on.
williams the dirty bastad
“One Alan Pardew” being sung by the fans
I think the introduction of Fergie has taken the wind out of Swansea’s sails.
Gosling showing a bit his ability at last.
Fuck off Ashley Williams.
I have no idea how Swansea don’t have more cards, they keep possesion and if they lost it from a loose ball they charge down and generally foul the opposition to stop a quick break. Decent tactics for them maybe, but not pretty.
Need to keep a clean sheet
By the way, what could Swansea do with a Cisse in their team?
Toonsy @ 313 yeah it was a cracker
Tell you what lads imo Simmo has looked real good today
FSOTC @ 322 – Not a lot as they create very little for the strikers.
Yeah, I was thinking that after I put that comment.
I guess they need a bit more…
We should not read too much into Bas demeanor ,he may just be under the weather or have had a knock like.
I don’t recommend anyone read the live BBC text thing, some of the comments are pure ignorance.
Talk of Tiote, Cabaye, Ba, Cisse, Ben Arfa, Krul and pretty much everyone going in the summer. One twat even said “Ben Arfa has to go to a big club this summer, he won’t want to stay at NUFC”.
The muppet is a Chelsea fan, who are below us. Morons.
Dave…
ssshhh! 
Funny, if we keep the clean sheet, how many is that without Colo?
COLO OUT!
Our back 5 have been immense today, especially the full backs…
“Jose Enrique, we’re in the top 5″ class
Great interception by Perch
great interception Perch !
there can’t be much extra time today
Perch is having a stormer
Unsung heroes today perchinio and jonas. Cabbaye and Cisse will get the headlines
Come on… clean sheet, please.
A penny for Enrique and Carrolls thoughts…
Nothing created down our right or through the centre really, just a few problems down the left. Yet another solid showing from Simmo and Willo, Perch well, class is permanent
Think Williamson has been good today also. Not a lot has got past him.
Just thought I’d be unfashionable there like
Another textbook away performance
Stuart…you won’t get them for that price, Dalgleish paid £41m for them
Dippers fans piss must be boiling when they look at our £9M goal machine upto their £35m dud
FUNKY@328 BBC =Bloody biased crap
Seriously though Ba needs to chug some syrup down and chin up, his moodiness is getting on my tits
Hard to believe… we’re above Chelsea and, is it, two points behind Arsenal and Spuds.
Toonsy I noticed he wasn’t doing much grabbling today for a change
Possession stat: Newcastle 35% vs. Swansea 65%
Score State: Newcastle 100% vs. Swansea 0%
Newkie…all strikers are like that when they’re not scoring
There you have it lads and 4 points ahead on my points predition too 56 and climbing woo hoo.
Are you watchin Sunderland , mind the gap.
Get in!
Sunderland and Man City wins tomorrow, and a Wigan draw at Chelsea, would do very nicely thank you…
Kimtoon,
To be fair, it isn’t the BBC saying that, it’s the people tweeting their account saying those things. They seem totally ignorant of our players and are shocked at the quality and assume the “big teams” have a divine right to pick them up as if we are a feeder club.
I now totally understand how teams like Wigan, etc. feel when they find a real gem at a cheap price and some big team swoops in and takes them like we used to do a decade or so ago.
Glad to see the “modern manager” Swansea have got taught a lesson by out “inferior dinosaur” today
Cisse is just fucking amazing. 9 goals in 8 games. Every club in the world should sit up and take notice. Hopefully Fat Mikey will realise that he’s worth more playing for us than the 40mil we’ll get offered for him over the summer.
As many points in the last 10 games as Man City, keep it up lads, well done !!
Just realized that there is a high probability that we will end up in 4th by Easter. If Arsenal lose to City which is very likely, and we beat Bolton, we’re 4th
Great 3 points. Didn’t get to watch a lot of the game and any bits i did see were on my phone but I thought we played well. Yeah Swansea had a lot of the ball but thought we handled it well. Cisse is immense. Simple as.
Hopefully Cisse has shown Mike Ashley that while his penny pinching has worked so far, it DOES work to spend big money if you believe the man is right.
We can’t work on free transfers and cheapos forever if we want to really push to be top 6 regularly.
Will you all forgive me for wanting the sad mackems bastrads to win tomorrow
Richie-Nah mate we’ve got plenty of strikers that don’t score , Shola and Bestie don’t get that hissy.
Fair enough Best sometimes tried ridiculous shots, but Ba doesn’t even seem to want to celebrate anymore….and we shouldn’t be changing the formation just for him. Still, hopefully he’ll get another soon.
To be fair Toonsy, Swansea were very good, but pretty isn’t everything! Points are!!!
Thought Fergie looked quite good too – gave us a nice bit of balance.
Funky true enough .
Toby-we’re all in the same boat there mate. They’ll probably lose on purpose to spite us though!
So what do the neggers think? Still think you can run the club better than fatty?
Sky are talking up the Demba Ba problems now.
Not ideal press coverage.
TC….can’t possibly give pardew, Ashley, llambias any credit…it’s the tea lady, bar staff & car park attendants who are making the difference
I’ve just seen the stats for the match, it was as one sided a game in terms of possession as the game at SJP but in reserve (we dominated at SJP is what I mean) – difference again is strikers in form!!!
How much did pay for Cisse again?! What a steal that lad is!!
spot on Funky
Marvellous defensive display. Great organisation. The back line were immense and the midfield covered a lot of ground.I think we played an intelligent game without the ball, and that has a lot to do with the manager.
Over the moon with that win. Swansea just don’t have a playmakeror the necessary striker to make their system work. If they don’t get a few people next season I can see them struggling – everybody knows how to play them now. There are no more surprises.
Everyone down on Ba now .I really hope the media don’t make a big deal outta that .He may just of been feeling ill or something .To be fair he has always been first to celebrate with Papiss when he scores.Ba looked slow and out of sorts today but I don’t think he was in a huff,more likely unwell .
Newkie…. top goal scorers aren’t happy when not scoring, if it didn’t bother them then they wouldn’t be top strikers….as for Shola and Bestie, they are just happy to be at the Toon and they’re not top goal scorers/strikers.
@FJ
Yeah I really hope the media don’t brew up a storm, he didn’t look happy to come off but why would he? No players are thrilled to be subbed, and strikers are always disappointed not to score, it’s not like he threw a strop or anything. I’d be more concerned if he was ecstatic to be subbed!
Judge a player over a season, every player goes through purple patches and leaner patches, he isn’t on scintillating form but only THE very best players are constantly on top form. In terms of strikers in this league, we have 1:RVP.
Joe Allen was the MOTM? What a joke, do swansea enjoy watching painfully boring football?
Richie-I know what you’re getting at, obviously they should be disappointed and I can understand/respect that, it is a good sign like you say. But the slumped shoulders, the lack of running? To me strikers get hungrier, they don’t just “expect” the ball to be put into their feet and allow them to score. Just hope Ba doesn’t expect that from us after the first half of the season where we geared our game towards him.
Newkie….Possession football often is boring as fook
Newkie…..he’ll be fine trust me……though I did say he’d score today
Newkie
Couldnt agree more, for all the press about them being a modest barcelona, swansea couldn’t buy a goal, their attempts were generally rubbish.
Richie-Agreed. Spurs and Arsenal tend to dominate opposition and then slice through them, City were doing the same earlier, thats exciting. Barca keep the ball even more so but can turn on the magic. Swansea just seem to tap it around and expect a gap to open-well it didn’t happen against us and it didn’t happen against the other really well drilled team in the league-Everton. Strong hints for the rest of the league in how to play against Swansea.
But my main point, how can Joe Allen get it over Cisse for example
I do worry though, like those muppets on the BBC live twitter thing have said, what if big teams do come in and try to pillage our squad?
You could easily see Tiote, Cabaye, Ben Arfa and Cisse getting £20m bids at least this summer and along with Ba’s release clause – what do we do?
Can you see Ashley rejecting £100m plus transfers this summer or do you think he’ll sacrifice one or two to try and buy top quality for the rest of the team?
If so, I think Ba is the first sacrificial lamb in all situations here and his drop in form and attitude aren’t helping his case to stay. I only hope we sell him to PSG so he isn’t going to hurt us.
jesus the more i think about it…what a bloody good job pardew has done this season!! incredible…we also have three very winnable games to come which could be massive if we get 6 to 9 points our of!! must be favourite for manager of the season
Fifth place and even fourth is becoming a real possiblity because of Chelsea’s schedule the next few weeks…
Who gave MoM to Allen? didn’t see it.
Looking at a previous post were wolfie says the bookies have it at 80/1 for us to win 2-0, Cisse to score first
if anyone bet a tenner on it they would be very happy indeed 
Cabaye class. Hope the remaining neggers can now ustand why we need to sell players to develop and grow .. not always, but sometimes. It might be the case that we will sell Ba and replace him with someone else .. so be it .. have faith in MASH.
Andy…I put £9.99 on so I’m gutted
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Richie-Aye I hope so, should be fine. The one good thing I thought was that it would cool interest, well now it all seems to be on Cisse
Andy-exactly, don’t get me wrong the one touch passing shows good skill and their movement is good but its not that entertaining. Commentators purred about their patience after conceding a goal. Well I’d be fuming if I was forced to watch that “patience” translate into not actually penetrating the opposition defence with all that possession until the last ten minutes.
Richie-read it on the BBC mate
Don’t know if anyones posted this but just read it on the beeb’s live text:
M. Groomtings on Twitter: “Newcastle two points of Champs League, I’m starting to think we merely exist on the inside of Pardew’s Footy Manager save #BBCFootball”
@Newkie, it;s always given to the home player by the ground commentator at most places, bit warped but fair enough.
I really hope we don’t get dragged into Ba discussions on here, phrases like “attitude problem” when referring to him should be marked as spam, don’t want to here it. If people were expecting to maintain such form over a season they should get real and get behind him. Todays game aside he has been playing great despite not scoring.
And to be honest, it was hard for most our attacking players to shine today, if Cisse hadn’t scored he would have been a lot more subdued and Benny was quieter than usual.
Rich but your not greedy
less than 20000 fans , but it sounded much more
Andy@385 That’s what I said earlier ,Christ I so nearly put £10 on this morning but had a niggle it might be a draw
Glad we won but really wish I’d placed that bet now.
There was a guy on radio newcastle before the norwich game who said he was going to back NUFC to win their next five games. If he put the bet on he will be watching the Bolton game from behind the sofa. Ando said it wouldn’t happen.
Newkie….It wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve went off who the stadium announcer said as MoM, lazy feckers
Solano-True enough it does happen most of the time, it just seems pointless. Maybe I missed out as I could rarely pick out who Joe Allen was, the only one I was worried about was Gylfi until Sinclair and Graham came on anyway
Dave…no point being greedy, you can’t take it all with you when you go
Richie-Aye probably, bloody nonsense like! God these self righteous hashtag twats on twitter really do my head in, the amount that comment to the bbc about how all newcastle fans are constantly unfair to Ashley…just give it a rest you’ll never understand
and i’m “pro Ashley” apparently.
have we played “anyone” yet
tiote and cabaye will be fit for monday says pardew,great
Hmm, reading quite a bit that Ba didn’t celebrate either goal, apparently 2nd one he just sat there like a sulk.
That’s not really on tbh, i’ll defend a player going through a slightly rough patch to the hilt, but they have to both be giving it their all (which i think he is) & not being detrimental to team spirit (not celebrating a goal is massively shit form).
I know some people will suggest his head has been turned a la Enrique but i don’t think it that. Fair enough if he isn’t happy at scoring but HBA has shown from the opposite flank that it’s not all about Cisse scoring.
So Ba has two options, one involves giving up and throwing a paddy, the other is to be driven enough like HBA to improve your form and how you fit the team.
@BB
Pundits eh
THREE MORE POINTS FOR OUR BEST POINTS TALLY SINCE SIR BOBBY
Here lads, read on from here. Some right pearlers in here
http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=689462&page=13
It’sthe thread that keeps on giving
Solano-that’s exactly what I was getting at. I don’t expect Ba to still be scoring at the rate he was before, and I don’t expect him to be pulling a blinder every match out on the left. But his lack of celebrating in goals just seems a bit strange-Papiss is one of his best mates isn’t he? And its still a team game. I don’t expect magic, but I still expect him to put himself about. We need all 11 men on the pitch out there for these last remaining games.
I think Ba is experiencing what is known as “Woody Syndrome”.
Papiss is Buzz Lightyear, he’s new, he’s exciting, talk of the toys(fans). Ba is Woody, old hero that is used to the lime light and has been somewhat shunned of attention by Andy and the other toys recently. What Woody needs to realise is that he is still loved by everyone and that he needs to get used to sharing the limelight.
Toonsy-quality. Was funny the amount that were saying he was shite after the derby match. Look at him now
Toby, I remember hearing someone betting on the toon to win the next 4 games (the last one being today to I think hes got it up)
Absolutely fantastic for him and us.
Bolton, Wigan and Stoke to come, this is getting mighty interesting !!
If we stay 5th were in Europe, If we win a couple of those then I think we will be, as long as we dont lose to Chelski.
I gotta say I never saw this coming but Im ever so glad I signed up for the 3 year then 10 year season ticket deal.
Winning games, Good football (at times) and possible trips to Europe and football on 5 (Im not proud ,thursday night football for the toon will do me fine)
Pardew seems to be getting the best out of his team and is changing games and doing his homework on the opposition.
Long may it continue!!!
HWTL
Under Saylor we had around a 33% clean sheet rate, under Willo it is closer to 50%, very vague stat open to interpretation obviously as we’ve conceded more with Willo, interesting though.
I think Saylor is the stand out grit and attitude performer in the team, fully believe it’s why we didn’t suffer any collapses of letting in 5 goals or anything with him in the team.
“I still cant get my head round how they’ve managed to sign 2 strikers that are better than anyone we’ve had since Phillips in one bastard season.”
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Ha Ha Ha. Classic
Great win today.
Swansea is really the borest team I’have seen this year. I just was affraid of Sigurson who was dangerous in his control and shoot.
Papiss is a killer before the goal.
I think it was our tactic to let the ball to the opposition they are really not dangerous. Our back four had a good game, especially I was happy for Santon. Hope tiote is no out for too long.
The difference is that if Swansea had benny and Cisse in their team they will be very dangerous but not with their player upfront.
Just hope now that Man city beats Arsenal.
And seems that Benny has improved his defensive skills, especially very strong when he is shoulder against shoulder with opponents.
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