One final time!
What’s that? Still looking forward to games in early May? A rare treat for United fans!
You see while all the talk will be on Manchester City and whether or not they put one hand on the title by beating us at St James’ Park, the fact remains that we have our own agenda to look after. A win today will see us jump into fourth place at the very least thanks to Arsenal and Norwich drawing 3-3 yesterday, in fact a win could even see us jump into third place depending on how Tottenham get on against struggling Aston Villa. It’s madness really!
It’s going to be tough though. Manchester City have the players to hurt anyone when they are on form so we will have to be wary of them. However that works the other way also as Roberto Mancini will have to task his players to keep an eye on one or two of our own crown jewels if he wants to take three points away from St James’ Park.
I just hope that Nigel de Jong isn’t tasked with looking after our players. Again!
For more background on the match, news of any injury problems, form guides and some fun facts you can peruse my match preview by clicking the blue text at your leisure.
The game is being broadcast live on Sky Sports 1 and via a whole host of overseas broadcasters so streams shouldn’t be too hard to come by. Having said that, if you manage to find a particularly decent one and wish to share it with your fellow NUFC fans then you can do so by leaving a link to it in the ‘comments’ section below.
That just about wraps things up for this. It’s our final home game of the season and I’m sure the players will want to send the full house home happy having secured three points and setting up a rather tense and interesting final day clash with Everton. However to do that we simply must win today.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Krul; Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon; Tiote, Gutierrez; Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Ba; Cisse
Subs: Elliot, Ferguson, R Taylor, Gosling, Marveaux, Obertan, Shola Ameobi
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Clichy, Kompany (c), Lescott, Barry, Yaya, Nasri, Silva, Aguero, Tevez
Subs: Pantilimon, Richards, Kolarov, De Jong, Milner, Balotelli, Dzeko
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Perch starting. I would say that’s our strongest 11 this season
Yaya, Nasri, Silva, Aguero, Tevez
Utterly ridiculous, hope they don’t win the title and we are the cause!!! Great to see Enrique play so well yesterday too
3rd here we come !
Moreno I would prefer to have Simmo and Saylor in there, but I still think we can get something from today
but as long as we give 100 % i’ll be happy
pity de jong not playing sure tiote would have liked to shake his hand
What do you think the formation will be? More of a 442 again? I think we’d cause more problems upfront that way against City. Two really good attacking teams today. Put a bet on 4-3 Barfa to score at some point. If it is – I’m going to need some sort of holiday to calm down.HWTL!
Can’t wait ,lets get it on and do these title owning wannabes
Oh hurry up the nerves are getting to me especially now that all the pundits are praising us and saying that we’ll be a hard game
Fuck, their attacking line-up is scary
…mind yee, so is ours!!!!
COME AARRRRRRNNNN!!!!!!
Really want a win here, but would probably take a draw. got a gut feeling with 2-2.
…in fact bollocks to the draw. Anything short of a win is a fail.
Come on Villa!!
(and us)
Ice – Aye, an Ivory Coast handshake
17 minutes…tick tick
Good shout on Taylor Dave, forgot about him!
Not a Simmo fan at all though
Beer in hand, online stream found, fookin come on!!
Would still prefer 4-3-3 for reasons I mentioned yesterday…still HWTL and in Pards we trust.
Well, at least until something goes wrong and its all his fault…
The key here could be midfield ,we need Tiote to let Toure know who the boss is in the first couple of minutes then give Ben Arfa the ball as much as possible . Hatem has a score too settle with Citeh . Our forwards are a match for theirs .
I haven’t been this nervous in god knows how long. Hope the lads fight n put on a good show. Howay the lads.
As long as we don’t play like we did at Wigan we should be OK.
Ba to bang one in, it’s been brewing. Reet I’m off, gona watch it at 8pm. If I start drinking now I’ll be farked by teatime.
TOON TOON!
HOWAY THE FECKIN LADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …………………………COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ………LALAS!!!!!
Richie only 3 mins left tick tock
Richie what stream you got
Niall Quinn commentating
going to be so biased its unreal
Dave…ya getting the hang of it
tick tick tick 
Any streams anyone? I’ll see if they work in my hotel room
http://www.nutjob.eu/
Cheers baldy
Anyone ele nervous?
Ya welcome baldy but in denial
also 1 link here http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-1.html
and some here http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/
It’s time HWTL
Give em hell boys
I have a really good feeling about this lads
But I cant shake off the nerves 
Hopefully Webb has his man utd cap on
Perch just rinsed Tevez there, three times
wake up Cheick!
both teams seem a bit nervy
Benny’s over playing it…
Pards looks like a mafia don on the side line
all suited and booted with his silver mane. 
Richie @ 28 do you expect others to find good links
would you not be better finding the good ones then posting them 
Dave…I did, with the first one, keep up man
Feck me my hands are shaking and it’s nowt to do with the drink
Done well on them corners but they are threatening alright.
Richie @ 40 yeah im a bit more nervy than usual, I think once we settle and start passing a bit better i’ll feel better.
We have been getting the tackles in well
Kompany is a beast
Dave…I’m usually only like this for derby games
Nice one colo
Need to get hold of the ball more ,can’t get it off em long enough to get the break on.
Jonas has started very poorly
Tiotes passing is well off
M I didn’t think he has had much to work with so far
well held krul
Krul not letting us down as usual
dave @ 48 always seems to need 20 minutes before his passing works
you’d think a longer warm up would do the trick
howay man lads!
there are making inroads on the right…barfa need to work harder and perch need to stop ball watchin! ba looks very shaky so far, otherwise started well and all working hard
Jonas and HBS are not supporting the BA’s.
*HBA
feck me Krul
Well done willo ,we look a bit shakey here lads
nervy and crap, hope we snap out of it before they score
Front two need to work on their abilities to hold the ball. Simple passes come to them and they keep losing it
We have to remember who we are playing here ,it’s only natural the lads will be nervy what with the chance of 4/3 place up for grabs and all. If we can get to half time level Pards can tinker then if needs be .Keep the faith lads.
well done there Tim
that was a bit of a weak yellow
Micheal ,we ain’t getting enough time on the ball because the second Ba or Cisse get passed it Citeh are on them with 2 or 3 men really quickly .It’s hard to get control and set yourself up for a pass /shot when your crowded out .
We need to change to 4-3-3.
well done Benny
good try Ba
Come on Lads
Shit Tiote booked ,tightrope now for him then
Tiote needs to be careful now
oh
feck me, unlucky lads
Feck me whats Ba got to do to get a goal man.
come on lads get at them
Crowd rampin it up now
ba would have buried that two months ago!! really needs soemthin to go his way
Thats more like it.commmmmmmme on
Feckin webb
plenty of cards FFS
howard webb is takin the piss with all these yellows
Good play lads I just see our passing a little sloppy. Really hope we dont end up ruing missed chances
unbelievable atmosphere…need to keep this going for the 90
great play
fuk we’re starting to play a lot better now
Why does Webb always try to be the star of the show ,he always gets his cards out to quickly and fecks up the games flow.
Just got to a decent link. How’s the match been lads?
fuk that was close
Santon for the second game running your beauty
fook me, me auld hearts gannin like the clappas
YOU
the atmosphere is electric
Almost got Cardiac Arrest
oh hurry up and blow half time im fuking wrecked
Dave it is and its rubbing off on the lads ,like a 12th man.
Cisse! pass it man!
15 minutes of deep brething exercises required….dirty phone call time
*breathing*
Good half boys.. no stress
Anyone think Micah Richards would consider joining us? Zabaleta is looking like Mancinis preference for big games. Him at Right back with Ben Arfa would be unreal
Been an excellent half for Newcastle…
Every player has been superb. Have to say though, I think Ba’s desperation to score has made him a tad too selfish. The sooner he scores the better.
must say jonas has been incredible so far..fantastic scrambling by the whole team! cisse and ba are fighting but just need to show their quality a little more. we have made inroads, and need to get a goal as its likely city will at some stage
Well done lads ,little pep talk from Pards now and keep up the concentration levels 2nd half and try and sneak a goal at the death that will do me.
Three very soft yellow cards there. Hope they don’t cost us.
A very good performance though. Just need to get the ball moved quicker between Cisse and Ba.
Cities wide back men are not pushing too far forward now.. good work from Jonas & benny going forward.. got to keep clichy & zabaletta on the retreat..
Fook me. Heavy breathing.
Christ I want Ba to score ,its turning into a right monkey on his back.
Santon is doing well too
JJ-Aye that would be my only criticism as well…Ba needs to go for the pass more often..still, strikers will be strikers
Richie
Sunderland down 1 nil down to fulham
Come on villa…..
Inshallah Cisse will fire us to victory today… I have a feeling.
Game seems very stretched. Can only suit spurs. Villa need to calm it down and get in to half time
Fucking nervous as hell! Come on boys, keep the ball, pass it around. Get Cabaye a little further up the field, maybe? Or too risky?
Villa 1-0
Just been on the RedCAFE Manc forum ,strange to see Manure fans cheering us on like . Calling Ba all sorts of names for missing though
Villa 1-0 up
Dub ,That’l do nicely
Shay giving us a chance of villa win
Tevez you Prick
Villa a goal up!
That Kompany is a great player
C’mon lads Spuds 1.0 down it’s written in the stars C’mon
One of them lovely passes that Cabaye is trying to make is going to come off soon
Manc fans look well fed up
Lot of moaning from Citeh players ,frustrating em now .Crowd need to ramp it up again.
Nigel de dirty get coming on ?
I wonder if the ref will be watching for dethug when he tries to put a stamp on the game
Scum 2.1 down happy days
Benny nice try
bad luck benny
Colo been brilliant so far
lescot is one ugly fuker
Citeh defend like dogs ,just cant get through ,must not let them score as we’ll never get one back.
Yeah, not to be evil, but what happened to Lescott’s head?
fuck
ffs
FFS
I should not have spoken ill of Lescott’s head.
ahh fuck it, been coming
OUT OF NOWHERE ,we are fucked now for sure ,its too late and now they will park the bus .
reet come on lads
This team fights back. Come on boys. Lots of time to go.
yaya Toure is an excellent footballer
Kim we’ll score if we don’t let the heads drop
C’mon then Fergie and Shola .
he’s shit him like
fuking hell how did he miss
Cisse and Ba’s touches in the ball have been like they are playing with one leg For God sake.
Wouldn’t it be funny if FERGIE scored
I’m holding out for a Perchino screamer followed by a Willo header and a Fergie goal scored with his taint.
reet come on
OH Cisse
C’mon attack attack
Spurs down to ten
Webb is doin my nut in
Just not enough supply really, Ba pretty wasteful
Tiote of before he gets a red
Howay man! Spurs losing….this is our chance for 4th! Need a goal
Dub , typical of us to miss out on a chance to step up with spuds underperforming.
feck me
Goodness gracious, this should be what 0-3?
oh I thought the ref was going to give them a pen for a minute
Truth is we have been lucky today once or twice. I just can’t see us scoring though.
city trying to park the bus now
At least we aint been whooped 6.0 like.
unlucky Shola
Game over
Fuck.
fuk that
Meh
Whey, good effort… best team’s won
They have a great defence mind.
Beaten by the new champions….
no picking up men for that one
Unlucky Demba
Ba still trying
wee Fergie looks good today
No shame in losing to this outfit ,they will take the title and its payback to Manure for overtaking our 12 point lead . Ah karma don’t you just love it.
Shola’s probably caused em the most problems
ah well no real shame in that
all about Villa now
We need a miracle from VIlla and Fulham now.
Spurs equalised through a penalty….
And Spuds just equalized.
fair play manC – worthy winners
I’m aghast with Pardews subs – he got it wrong – and that was obvious 10mins before they were made – Ba has been invisible second half and taking Ben Arfa off he wasted a chance. Should have been Ba off and Shola on, as Shola links the play up well – so disappointed.
Spurs equalised as well, dream is over
A win at Everton required, Arsenal won’t beat WBA next week imo although a draw would do them
Proud of the team today. They gave everything and really pushed city at times. It took a moment of real class to get them the goal and from then on I don’t think we ever really believed we could get back in to it. Still an incredible season and can still become and unbelievable one depending how results go next week.
THe corpse ain’t even cold yet.
Spuds just equalised un bloody believable
Ba should have been off for Shola but at the same time Benny wasn’t having much fun. We need a better sub than Raylor to change a game though.
Still, not sure whether it would have made the difference.
The tactics today were so negative. We started playing this game the same way we finished at Chelsea defending as though we were defending a lead. You have to create chances for our strikers who could not hold onto the ball allowing the the mid to move up for support. Pardew is too limited in tactics that is his biggest problem. I would have taken off Cisse for Ameobi and kept HBA
Cisse today had been so poor. Not challenging for headers not doing anything when the ball comes to him always losing it I cannot count a single complete pass from him today. If he is not scoring he has nothing else to offer
Stardy I tend to agree with you benny was causing lots of probs, and Ba was pretty quiet and couldn’t hold on to the ball
A great effort – just needed a little bit more composure upfront with the link up play. I think the soft yellows in the first half also meant we couldn’t close them down in the second half.
That said Man City looked great in the second half.
Can’t see why Arsenal won’t beat west brom either, their home form is very average and Hodgson is hardly a club legend hoping to end on a high, he’s now a very rich man and probably couldn’t give a toss about them.
They’re being beaten by Bolton for god’s sake, shocking team even if they are fighting for survival
If we can win next week and Spuds lose it could still be a great ending. even if they draw today it’s only one point ,just need them to lose or draw next week and we HAVE to win.
our first team is strong but our bench options are very limited, unlike, say City’s 463 international players on the books.
As gutted as i am it’s still been a brilliant season above and beyond expectations .
bollocks
Just my opinion, sorry for giving it, just like it’s your opinion saying the dream is over when in fact it isn’t as owt could happen next week
Can’t say I didn’t expect us to lose today, I obviously hoped we’d win but never expected it so I ain’t too down about it. It goes down to the last day for fourth if it stays like this but can’t see spurs losing.
Michael it’s good that you can share with us all your tactical knowledge because the manager that has put the team in it’s best position for 10 years is obviously an inept cretin.
The way that some people come on here is ludicrous. We just lost to the champions. We were not outplayed or spanked. Yes we could maybe have done one or two things better but overall we put in a solid shift and were outdone by a moment of class.
here here axel m8, played like fuckin lions but they were a step above us ……proud of the lot of them! HWTL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Howay guys, you’re questioning the players after they lost to the Champions Elect?
The boys worked their socks off today and were outdone by a team of superstars.
There’s still hope as long as Tottenham don’t win. All we can do is beat Everton and hope things work out, but to get on the team’s (or manager’s) back after the result today does not do a great season credit.
michael12
have some perspective mate! pardews tactics is one of the main reasons were challenging for top 4! we were NEVER going to over-run man city. we played spot on but lacked quality up top…cabaye was very poor today. his passing and set pieces were brutal! he was wrong to take off barfa but thought cisse and ba caused trouble with the limited service they had
fuck, man, Villa so close there.
Villa nearly got a second
doesnt really matter is spurs lose or draw! as long as they dont win either game then a win against everton will get us fourth! if they draw both games it means sweet FA!
Micheal ,how can you say Cisse was poor .He was back heading clear in defence all game . Up front every time him and Ba got the ball they were 2/3 man marked out the game and when they did get free to get a shot off they came up against a formidable defence and brilliant goalie in Harte. Leave off man ,we played really well against a team of superstars on megabucks and I for one am well proud .
They gave it their all. No shame in losing to champions elect. Don’t want man u to win it again.
Richie
Nah mate I’m not having a go at you. Standard bad mood yaknow how it is
Spuds need the win and still Harry doesn’t bring on Defoe
@Buddy I agree when you step back and look at the season as a whole Pardew has done a good job I am not denying that but he is very limited on the tactical front.
Today we started played like we were defending a lead all men at the pump backs to the wall. We invited the pressure rather than city pressing us into that position.
His subs today were not good. Cisse was so poor Ba was the better by a country mile, HBA also posed considerable threat. Logically up for a change would be Cisse for Ameobi who did more in his cameo role. If Pardew was looking for another wonder goal by Cisse today then he was his strategy today was to rely on luck. Cisse was poor today but looked at from the perspective of the whole season he has been great.
KIMTOON aye man your reet how many millions have spent phew,top c/h that kompany like,we have had great season and in euros,cannot ask for more imo
I don’t want United to win either, but I’m not happy that City get it either. The obscene money factor and all that…
Bolton, WBA, 2-2.
Six extra minutes at Villa… three to go…
Kimtoon not sure which game you watched. Look at the game with a more analytical eye and you will see all that I say is true. On the whole season it has been great there is no doubt about that but simple minds are never critical.
Michael12,
few teams if any attack man city with any luck! we coped very well at times and threatened on the break. cabaye was the most disapointing…all the set pieces came to nothing.i can understand leavin on cisse as he can score out of nowhere and i think thats all we looked like gettin..either him or barfa! Ba played well but i woulda subbed him for ameobi, and would have brought on one hte pacey wingers as opposed to raylor. Subs were poor today but we never had the quality on the bench to match city
C’MON Villa
The season is an accumulation of so many things, including tactical decisions. Over the season, you’d have to say Pardew’s got most of them right. He’s certainly not hidebound to one system and tries to mix things up. On the day, and the season, City’s money told more than Pardew’s decisions.
1-1 final at Villa. Still a chance…
Prediction Spuds won’t beat Fulham next week. If we can get a win against the toffees 4th is ours.
Well at least Spurs didn’t win, thought they would once they got the equaliser, so it doesn’t really make a difference for next week. We have to win and they have to lose
Question: Have we scored off any corners this season? Have our CBs scored any at all? Saylor used to pitch in with a few goals from CB, right?
With that,it goes down to the Final fixture battle between Arsenal,Spurs,Newcastle.
Who gets 3rd,4th,5th.
Newkie
bad analogy using the fact Bolton beating them, they have the same points as Wigan who hammered us, what did we do in the next game again? 
Newkie…you said the “dream was over” so surely you reckon it makes no odds next week how Le Arse and Spuds do? ……sorry couldn’t resist
KimT….I think Spurs v Fulham will be a draw….our game ain’t exactly a walk in the park though, will be very tough.
it’s nowhere near over yet.
we win, spurs draw, arse lose = 3rd place (for example)
Thought we gave it a good shot today. On another day Ba would have scored in the first half and we had a few good attacks in the 2nd half too. Overall they are just stronger all over, but can you really expect anything else?
So we need to beat Everton, then hope either WBA beat Arsenal or Fulham draw with Spurs. Still got a big chance!
M…..there’s usually a twist at the end of the season, hopefully it’s us that provides it
Richie-Aye but for me Bolton have been gash all season, not only did they play the worst football in both legs against us, they’ve never really looked a solid team to me anyway…Wigan though-they caused us problems at SJP even when we played well, and they always start playing well late on so the points shouldn’t be looked at really in my opinion……West Brom did come back and proved they have some spirit-but they also proved how shit Bolton are
I thought Spurs would go on to win it after equalising. Still possible but I still think they’ll both win or get a result good enough to see them through. I don’t think anyone could say we have an easier fixture………
Newkie…amazing season whatever happens now like, I’ve loved every minute of the last 3 seasons tbh.
Richie its not often your right but I agree with you it aint over yet
Dave….considering it’s not often I’m right, you seem to agree with me a hell of a lot
Yeah no complaints from me, absolutely fantastic season. Didn’t think we’d get CL anyway so there’s nowt really to be depressed about, regardless of next week’s result
Great season, but I dont share the opinions that we played great today. I thought we were even more nervous than city with much less on the line and our passing from certian players were non existant. Ben Arfa was the worst for me, but it aint over yet and todays result against the best in the country wont undo all the good we have done… Just disapointed we went into the game like that hoofing the ball up for the front two time and time again, resulting in City’s big rocks in centre def heading it right back at us… I mean, how come no one from our team began to see that? It was like they just said, oh well, it didnt work the last 99 times but perhaps it will now… It wasnt till the 80 minute we started playing our game and by then it was to late.
Have faith young apprentice
Reet off for some bait, later lads
Agree with Richie
We beat Everton and Spuds draw or Arsenal draw we go fourth. Still just as possible as its aways been.
I disagree with Michael12, I thought out first half tactics of breaking on the counter were perfect.
Also I think Cisse was good. If anyone was poor and nobody really was it was Ba. Only because he was a bit selfish in looking for a goal when a pass was a better option…
Anyways… There was an interview with Løvenkrands on Danish tv where he spoke about Pards… He said he was very impressed with pards knowledge and tactical nous, he said that AP is ALWAYS very well prepared and leaves nothing to chance (We all heard that before i know) But the best part for me was that he said the players had gotten to a point where they believed that if they just did as AP wanted them to, they would have a good chance of winning and results had backed that up. My overall impression from the intervied was that in his mind it was AP and not any one of the players who were the single biggest factor in our success.
Some of the opinions on here are an embarrassment.
Moaning about tactics? We were solid and it took a fantastic strike form outside of the box to open us up.
Cisse done nothing? Oh, I am so sorry, were you expecting him to win headers against the fantastic Kompany and ever improving Lescott? Cisse is not a target man and City restricted us to long balls. They had Cabaye well tracked for the majority of the game and it resulted in the in-form striker feeding off scraps for the majority of the game.
I am proud of the lads and the crowd today. They gave their all, but in the end we just weren’t good enough. City have too many fantastic players and one of them popped up with a real moment of class. That was the difference.
Anyway, it’s still all to play for with the results going our way and at least we know what we have to do. Nothing less than a win at Everton will do and I expect us to go all out for it.
Fantastic season
@fans should own the club: That is my point the whole season picture Pardew has done better than even I hoped for he has done a great job with his limited tactical ability. It is none the less a good job I am in no doubt of that.
@The Kid while trying to argue my point away you have actually agreed with me. Cisse did do nothing. Make excuses but you are agreeing with me then. Even if it was not his fault that he could not do anything today the point is he did do nothing.
I too am proud of the team but we should be allowed to be critical. I am not insulting or attacking anyone im am just criticising pointing out where we went wrong and could possibly improve on.
Micheal ,out of interest who do you think pards should of swapped Ba and Cisse for then. I mean who was likely to have scored goals for us other than them. and who would of been more creative than Benny and Cabaye for that matter. Who on the bench were the game changers you would of bought on .?, not having a go just really interested in what you would of done in Pards shoes like.
Micheal @221 just seen this post of yours ! did you just accuse me of being simple ?
ashame about the result today and i thought the tactics were spot on but the subs wernt right for me i would have taken ba off and put marvaux on next week it would be nice to see us go all out for the win ! you never know stranger things have happened.
How did Cisse do nothing, he linked up play when he could and got in the box when he could, but unfortunately nothing quite came off for him. Largely due to the quality of the opposition…
Micheal where you gone ,this SIMPLE lass is waiting on a reply!
unlucky today.. all looked good first half, we started tiring a bit in the 2nd then they moved hightower up field a little, that made the difference.
We played the same against Chelsea, letting them play a bit, shame we didnt get chances but i’m not disapointed, great effort just a little short in the final third.
Hopefully next week we’ll come up trumps, if not, still a fantastic season..
Toon toon
If he is not scoring he has nothing else to offer
@Kimtoon: I would have swapped Cisse for Shola becase we played for a lot of the game a long ball from Krul to Cisse / Ba who were losing it every turn not giving the midfield a chance to to come up in support. Ba had a few shots on.
I doubt shola was going to score although he looked good when he came on but with Cisse vs Kompany and playing long ball it is a complete mismatch. Shola would challenge aerially keep the ball better allowing time for the mid to come up in support. Cisse played alot like he did against Sunderland where he could not even get into the game and when he did get the ball he always lost it with cute touch and spin move that was never coming off.
Look all in all we have done well this season I am not saying we have not. We are discussing this game and in this game I am saying we played very poorly for very long periods going forward.
A bridge too far I think. Although I though we contributed to a decent game their class told and they’re the best team I’ve seen at SJP this season.
Got to say though, I thought Santon was fantastic again today. Looked assured, defended well and supported well in attack. Think he’s finding his feet and with a good left back and centre half we’ll have a cracking team.
Who is this Micheal12 guy? Must be one of those who plays a lot of Football manager and wins it all then thinks he knows tactics and players. Balls.
Well done lads. Great season and good game against City. Now go out with a bang n beat Everton next Sunday
But Micheal Shola wasn’t gonna get us a goal today ,no one would with that citeh back line, As for the midfield catching up whilst Shola holds up the ball ,they were all over our midfield players everytime they got the ball ,same as our forwards so that’s a redundent argument. Look its easy to sit in front a T.V screen and be criticle but with the players at his disposal I think Pards did the best we could. AND their first goal was a stunner from long range the second happened cause we were chasing the game and it was a classic counter as we had just had a shot saved then they broke away and scored if I remember rightly .Of course I could be wrong because as you so kindly pointed out I am SIMPLE! .
We were beaten by a better team today but in fairest, there wasn’t that much in it.
Toure is an superb player. Barca sell him and are 7 points off La Ligue title, City buy him and are about to win the league for the first time in over 40 yrs. He’s a major player for them.
As for us, were still in the hunt for the Champions League heading into the last game of the season and could still finish as high as 3rd.
Disappointed about the result today but not the performance.
Let’s go beat Everton now.
Sharpy here here, sense at last
@Kimtoon: my argument is theoretical Shola has the attributes of a target man and has played in that role for us numerously. So even I could be wrong. Based on what we saw all of first half and a lot of second that would have been the direction I would have taken. I’m not saying it would have worked and that we would win but based on the pattern of the game that would be a logical solution.
I didn’t say you were simple. I have seen numerous posts by you and while I am no judge I would not call you simple.
Micheal @221 ” Kimtoon not sure which game you watched. Look at the game with a more analytical eye and you will see all that I say is true.On the whole season has been great no doubt about that but simple minds are never critical.”
Think you’ll find you did Micheal since that post was directed at me .
KIMTOON divnt bother you know its simples
ICE
But i’m having such fun man 
@Kimtoon: no no, I did not mean you. I meant those who are never critical
Micheal .Oh right ,i’ll put me rod away then.
Right of for some KFC YUM YUM .laters
KIMTOON chicken oot eh
stop being evil,mind it be-comes you 
Alright lads! I’m back again! My laptop had been broken and has had to be repaired but its working fine now. Also had a football game today too!
Toonsy: Hopefully you’ll have got my email, the match report for the Man City game is done
Kim just reading through and you owned him
you’ll need to get a bigger landing net 
Zoe return of the girl that always comes back,
hows you ? all good I hope.
Well Ice I think we done ok today, and I don’t like to make excuses for the players but it looked like the Chelski game took a bit outta them
Dave: Yeah I’m good thank you, just revising for all my subjects at the mo with my exams in June. Hope all is well with you
DAVE they all seemed to put a efford in that will de me,how many millions have they spend?we have had a top season and in europe,good job done imo
Well that was disappointing, was 0-0 everytime I checked (was at work) then when I checked 30minutes later we had lost 2-0
Zoe alls good nice to see you back on
Ice we could all find wee things that we could pick on but in the bigger picture we have to be happy with what we’ve done this season, even more so when you consider we have been missing one of our 1st choice CBs.
Dave…Agree it’s been a cracking season and bar Citeh we’ve taken points from every team in the league including 4 off Manure, we’re defo playing in Europe and going into the last game of the season still in with a chance of getting into the Champions league. Not bad for a team many pundits were tipping to be in a relegation fight, what’s not to be happy about?
Richie aye it’s pretty easy agreeing with me me old bean
Dave…aye, the odd time when ya right it is
Maybe todays game is a true reflection on where this team is , the lads gave their best and in the first half more than held their own against a very good team . Second half after they stepped up a gear and in the end were better than us . Too be honest its been a brilliant season and their is a lot too be proud of but investment is needed if we are too step up another level and truly mix it with the manchesters .
Well I don’t know about everyone else but I would much rather be a Toon supporter than a Man City one right now. All they’ve done is show that you can buy the title. Well we knew that already. They’ve just shown us how much for. Not one of their players nor the manager would be there if they hadn’t been bribed. They bare no connection to Manchester City anymore; you may as well call them Randomly-Assembled-Group-Of-Top-Players FC.
It all reminds me of when I was at school and we used to play this trading card game called Magic: The Gathering. It was fun for a while, then some rich kid started playing and just bought all the best cards off Ebay. Pretty soon everyone got bored of him winning every time and didn’t wanna play anymore.
ellooo everyone just got kids to bed and jumped on here for 5!!
gutted about today as i was sure we were gna beat city but clearly the best team won! they are a great team !! all in all this season has been one not to forget as ive loved every minute of it ! the progress the toon have made since last season is immense and i personally think we are only a few players away to challenging for the prem league!! we cant sell our key players in the summer tho thats a no go!
im over the moon city are close to winin the league as i cant stand man utd and there fans! lets go to everton next week and play our attacking no fear football and ive we get 3 points you never know where we will finish!! we are in europe lads and lasses and i cant bluddy wait for european footy back at st james park !! happy days
Citeh won, played well,they let us know what we need in terms of recruitment,but today was the first time i have been at a match when i saw a fantasy football team.Let them enjoy it because when the oil runs out they are shagged.Should we all buy electric cars to reduce their revenue stream
Still rather support the toon roll on next season year 3 of 10 of my leazes end tour.Anyone else think we need a Joe Harvey statue,loved Sir Bob,think Joe should have got it first, won trophy’s as skipper and Manager HTWL.
TOMMY GIBB its funny but i was thinking that about Joe Harvey the other day . He is the next one that should get a statue or a stand named after him , After all he was a winner and we haven’t had many of those these last few years .
Axel
Harvey, Sir Bobby and Milburn all fist-bumping, what they would have wanted
Next season they’ll be a golden statue of Papiss having his shoes shined by Shearer
I blame it on the Locust Abortion Technicians
(but less lower case, that would be n
better; nice)
_____
(on a sun lounger, relaxing, not giving a fuck)
I can’t believe it’s not Butthole Surfers
It’s got a lot do do with independent worm saloons.
…and Rembrandt.
I wouldn’t go that far.
ye fkn heed the baal
I’m alright
I’m alright
Union Jack
Back when I was younger they were talking at me
Never listened to a word I said
Back when I was younger they were talking at me
Never listened to a word I said
Always yap yap yapping and complaining at me
Made me think I’d be better off dead
I don’t want to talk about it
I don’t want to hear no lip
Take your share don’t shout about it
That’s your lot remember you’re a kid
They would always teach me that to swear was a sin
Always speak your mind but not aloud
Think of something that you want to do with your life
Nothing that you like that’s not allowed
I’ve no time to talk about it
All your stupid hopes and dreams
Get your feet back on the ground son
It’s exams that count not football teams…..
And I’m running at the edge of their world
They’re criticising something they just can’t understand
Living on the edge of their town
And I won’t be shot down.
shit, I think I just out-cooled myself, excuse me…
…and anyone who doesn’t absorb this is clearly queer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTO7nXw4StY&feature=related
Indeed I remember those days in the holster, alternative oyster-like hoists on the bolster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-E7e08i_3o&feature=related
did fun internetd etch-a-sketch
….siports NUFC like, Jake Borns like, parintli
obviously a cunt then
298
…..(sneaked that one in there Ice, divnt say nowt
)
THHHREEEEE HUNDRED!
I win
(usual pick-up point
)
…aye, canny game like
Toonsy man, gera decent story up, this one’s babaaahhh
…plus some fucker keeps talking shit on it
skwatch, flaawpootle-flaarrp
..and flaarrp flaawpootle
JJ@ 243 – if Arsenal draw we can’t overtake em. their GD is like an extra point.
We must win at Everton and hope that….
a) Spurs draw or lose
OR
b) Arse lose
a) OR b) = 4th
a) AND b) = 3rd
Disapointed with the result but not overly surprised.
However, there seems to be one point from the game that hasn’t been mentioned (unless I missed the comment)
We played Chelsea on Monday night with the same 11 as we did against City.. 4 days between games is not a huge rest but City had an extra 2 days .You could visably see our players tiring in the second half and I reckon most of them had nothing left in the tank… Cabaye ran his arse off in the first half and ran out of legs in the second.. Benny looked tired as well… I am not making excuses as the best team clearly won but with a few extra days of rest, we would have run the game out better.
However, if we are playing Euro footy next year, we will need to learn to cope with kind of fatigue…
Hopefully we can win against Everton and see where the chips fall from the other games… Great season all the same..
Everton’s going to be a tough game, probably a bit physical too, hopefully the lads have one last big effort left in the tank to get a win and see what happens.
Read some of the comments above (excluding Rodz ramblings
) and I have to disagree that the tactics were wrong from the start..
Clearly they were spot on as we went in at Half Time 0-0 and could so easily have gone it 1 up if the luck had been with us.
The tictacs were spot on, and is exactly how I had wanted us to start against wigan.
However against a team of the quality that manc shitty have, you dont get many chances, so it is imperative that you take the ones you do get.
Both Ba and Cisse had chances to score, but missed them.
After that the writing was on the wall 2nd half. YY Toure cost city £24M and that 1st goal was what that kind of money gets you.
Mancinni is a good manager, far more experienced than Pardew, and he knew what to do to change things to there advantage.
We were visibly exhausted by the end and the 2nd goal was soft defending.
You have to give credit to shitty, but we gave them a tough challenge.
Thy’re not top of the league for nothing tho.
I was well proud of our Lads, ALL of them. The result was not a surprise to me, and I was just glad we had a go at them.
The shitty defence was superb too and Kompany is awesome
If we had scored first it would have been a totally different game.
We can hold our heads up high, despite the loss.
Everton better watch out, tho, because we want 3 points there to finish off the season.
Howay the Lads
I wouldn’t have said he’s more experienced than Pardew, Pards has been doing it for many more years than him. Only thing he had was better players to bring on to change things
Simon I suggest you have a look at Mancini’s career, both as a top footballer, and subsequent manager.
Look at all the cups and titles he has won in Serie A.
The only comp he has failed to win is the champions league.
IMO he is FAR more experienced than Alan Pardew. Particularly at this level of football, and it showed yesterday.
I was classing experience as in time doing it rather than what’s been won or where somebody has worked before
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