Game On at St James’
The home side have drawn the last three on the spin in all competitions and will be looking to get back to winning ways knowing that three points against former manager Chris Hughton’s Canary outfit will catapult the misfiring Magpies back into the top half of the table.
I expect no tired excuses aside perhaps from our defence as this will be the third ninety minutes that some of them will have played within the space of six days. Add to that the travelling to and from Madeira and you can perhaps see why some of our defence may just be a little bit jaded, the poor souls…
Hopefully it doesn’t boil down to our defence and perhaps we can instead focus on some attacking threat? None of our big hitting attacking players made the trip to Madeira in midweek so I expect no excuses of tiredness from any of them, or anybody in our midfield for that matter.
If you choose to, you can read Shamrock’s most excellent match preview by clicking here. It’s full of fun facts and fascinating titbits regarding the history of both clubs, both in general and from when they have faced off against each other, with some sound and solid thoughts ahead of the game today.
Unfortunately this is a kick-off that has been moved due to our Europa League commitments which means that the game is not being broadcast live here in the UK. Instead Sky are fizzing themselves silly over another “Super Sunday” which has seen the “random” fixture computer schedule clashes between the bigger sides all on the same day. Funny that… Consequently if you can locate a stream and wish to share it with fellow NUFC fans then you can do so by posting the link in the ‘comments’ section below.
Which just about wraps this up. Team news, as ever, will be posted below as and when it becomes available.
Will it be happy returns for Hughton? Or will Pardew p*ss on his parade?
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Harper; Perch, Williamson, S.Taylor, Santon; Ben Arfa, Anita, Cabaye, Gutierrez (c); Cisse, Ba
Subs: Elliot, Tavernier, Bigirimana, Tiote, Sammy Ameobi, Obertan, Shola Ameobi.
Norwwich: Ruddy; Martin (c), Bassong, Barnett, Garrido; Robert Snodgrass, Johnson, Howson, Surman, Hoolahan; Morison
Subs: Turner, Bennett, Tettey, Pilkington, Holt, Jackson.
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So 4-4-2 today
CLUELESS CHRIS comes to Toon
Liverpool r down to 10 men.. Shelvy handed a red for two footed lunge..
Marveaux not even on the bench and no Gosling either ,those 2 have fallen well down the pecking order then .2 kids Sammy and Bigi ahead of them
dave that laugh is discusting
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/index.html
100% focus and commitment from the whistle today please. Too many poor starts to games this season. I’ll be deeply disappointed with anything less than a win today.
Nowt stupid at the back and looking for big games from Cabaye, Jonas, Ba and Cisse today and don’t really feel they have got started yet this season.
2-0 please boys
Scouse thug has just scored for the Bin Dippers
Surely Anita should play RB and Perch CM. Both are better in those positions, and in the positions we bought them for they suck.
Couple of links on here
http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-1.html
and here
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/
and hopefully this one will work
http://www.coolsport.tv/stream8.html
I fancy a 3 – 1 win today
Batty @ 6 now don’t be having a go at me
Andy I agree Anita at RB and Perch in MF
TGS I was going to go for that then I changed it to 2-1
I fancy 3-1
Yeah lets hope a high score win for us today
How long till kick off?
Yeah Perch really should be in the midfield…still maybe it’s to counter their physical wingers? Not that Snodgrass is that physical but…
8min Aussie
Aussie 8mins
Cheers Newkie, just came up on my tele now
Cheers Kim
Has anyone got a link up yet I have 3 but atm they’re all showing that dipper shit
Im stuck in work , sick ( not even hung over ) and no stream
Dave-Same
working stream anyone?
4-3-3 with Ba on the left according tot he telecast. A little message to Ba perhaps???
all streams STILL showing ads????
http://www.atdhenet.tv/51454/watch-newcastle-vs-norwich
Not sure if its any good like, but it is us
Newkie thanks
It does look like 4-3-3. at least jonas is looking central, Ba still looks very much forward but meh.
Choppy as fuck stream tho so hard to make out
Shit that was too close for comfort ,slow out the blocks AGAIN
feckin lucky there
They just went close with a chance whipped in…Bassong pulled his hammy now it seems.
Anita didn’t track his man…
Stream freezing a lot but at least it’s a working one
Manure in the lead now 2.1 up pen.
Richie come on sort this shit out your the link man
Basong out
yet another team to utilise a pressing game against us. Confident that we’ll either resort to hoofing it or give it away
dave…posted the links earlier man
Cheers for the link, Newkie.
Dave I’m on the lemon tv links, last one on the list, dont know if theres better ones cos not great but it was the first one to come on.
Great punch Harps
This is shit ,why are we letting them pressure us
we should run them over
Norwich easily the better side so far
Another sluggish start.
Any streams?
Perch and Anita have swapped position
Perch and anita flipped again. Perch now in mf
So we’ve switched anita and perch already…why didn’t we start like that? Meh
Sorry toonsy im on a u.s. paysite
Get in Lad
GoallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Yesssssssdd
Baaaaaaaaaaaaa! What a pass by Ben arfa!
Beauty
feckin get in there
Ba you’re a legend
http://www.atdhenet.tv/51454/watch-newcastle-vs-norwich
http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-4/4/132/v-453297.html
Toonsy they’re a bit shit but it’s the best I can find
dave which link ya on?
Toonsy >Newkies link is good
Pure quality from HBA, as well like
We continue with this hoof ball from 40 meters that are useless. First time someone try to make a good pass and goall
Benny’s pass was a cracker
VERY CLASS CONTROL FROM BA in the goal
nice pass by Santon that
Benny seems in good form today
Much better play now. Stanton giving them problems
Cabaye could of done better with Santons pass
who is that on Pardews left (our right)?
I think Santon is getting better with every game
Santon has been very very good so far this season
I don’t care what anyone says I love Jonas he’s so commited to the cause like
switching Perch and Anita has been key
I want to see Cisse get on the sheet then maybe get back to where he was
Kim yeah Jonas is one of my favs
Want a 2nd before half time
2 great chances there
Still can’t find a stream
Cabaye is still a bit off from where he was, but he does seem to be getting there
Toonsy I just refreshed this one and its ok
http://www.atdhenet.tv/51454/watch-newcastle-vs-norwich
oh dear Cisse
Cisse need to wake up, he is again not on his game
Benny nearly put that through for Cisse
cabaye is our worst player at the moment whats up with him?
unlucky there
nice nuts by Benny and near setting Ba up
Dave – Keep getting the server not found message from it
Great work by Benny there ,so nearly a 2nd
Toonsy..try this one, not great like http://www.vipboxsports.eu/watch/71439/1/newcastle-united-vs-norwich-city-live-stream-online.html
Santon been very impressive
Dave@92
Rich – Nope
Cisse really needs to wake up because he is completely lost at the moment
Richie atlast your fulfilling your post as link man
@Instructatoon: 87- Cabaye is simply over rated. I have never witnessed his supposed talent the mob mentality preaches oozes from his feet. He is a Newcastle player I will support him but I will admit he is not talented.
my links just gone offline
Penalty
Pen
Penalty to us. Clear one too
penalty
Cisse what a miss
ffs cisse
Found one just in time to see Cisse fluff it
http://www.eplsite.com/stream9.html
Similar to the one in pre season
Omg cisse. That missed by a mile. Should have let Ben arfa take it
Why the fuck did they let Cisse take it. Fucking joke.
yeah very good Cisse, why not let this one to Benny so we almost secure 3 points.
One of the worst penaly I seen this year, what a shit was that
Was it as bad as his miss during pre season?
Seriously I’m so angry, I knew he’d miss. Just let benny take it if there’s problems between them two.
tell you what Norwich arn’t that bad even though they’ve got a clueless manager
Cabaye should of took it ,he took them for Lille
Jonho-Yup. Awful awful penalty
Toonsy..dunno then mate, most links on here…
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/ and here http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-1.html are working, might just have to work thru them
Johno yeah
What are they feeding him???
Cisse is totally out of form
Johno he shot it 10 feet over the bar
Cant believe that decision we would have nailed the points before half time and could have cruised the 2nd half.
Good half… pity about Cisse…. still there will be other chances……. I hope
My link went off line and I missed the build up to the pen
What happened ?
ffs cisse what happened?? but i got a feeling he will score today
Think its going to be a ferguson style hairdry blast from Pardew in that changing room ,why the fcuk did they let an out of form player take that penalty . It should of been HBA’s .
need to sort out a clear hierarchy for pen-takers – that was a shocking call to let Cisse take it
Toonsy this one is back up and Richie’s is off again as usual
http://www.atdhenet.tv/51454/watch-newcastle-vs-norwich
For those having trouble with links, lshunter.tv works for me and is usually pretty good:
http://www.lshunter.tv
Still Brendans one step nearer the sack
It’s not even just form. Cisse just can’t score easy goals, he doesn’t seem capable of it. Mentality I suppose. Tell him to shoot from ridiculous angles and from outside the box, leave the easy chances to Ba
So i basically miss the 1st goal and the penalty miss.
Cant find a stable stream at all.
Lads I think it’s obvious why they let Cisse take it
it just never worked, but if it had of worked then it would be seen as a masterstroke
Dave..mines on, always goes off at ht for some reason but refresh and it comes straight back on
Cheers lads , i feel ( or hope atleast ) once he gets one he will get them regularly enough.
Jonas probably doesn’t have the balls to pick the pen taker and piss the rest of them off
Feckin hell, it wasn’t harper taking the penalty, it was our striker.. why is that so strange?
Richie @ 134
calm down lad
Dave…its gone off
Aussie @ 137 has Richie been giving you nasty pills
his confidence seems shot for some reason ,don’t understand it ,Ireally don’t.
Richie @ 139 so I was right
Seriously. Unless sholas playing it should Ben arfa or cab aye. Ba is terrible at them too
Dave-A masterstroke just because Cisse scored? I know people want him to get back on form and that malarky and maybe a pen will sort it, but look what’s happened now-he missed a penalty, now he’ll be suffering even more than ever surely? Plus him and Ba have already shown they’re capable of woeful penalties. You need the right player for them and it can win you a match. 2-0 and it was game over. Now Norwich are playing better, we missed a pen and they have their tails up.
Shite call.
Dave..nah, its back on
aussie
Because he missed one in pre season and since weve signed him two for senegal, he looks low on confidence. You dont fuck around at 1-0 trying to break runs. We did that with Ba against sunderland when ameobi and lovenkrands far better penalty takers were on the pitch and it flopped.
When we beat the mackems 5-1 nolan was on a hat trick but shola took it because the points are the most important thing.
here we go, now lets get it sorted early on
BD,na mate… I just can’t fathom the outrage that’s all…. plus I m always angry, I keep it in check on here
* since weve signed him hes missed two pens for senegal
well done Harper
Commentators are saying exactly the same. Dont’ let your mate take it, this isn’t a friendly. Win the game first and foremost.
well done harper
Harper is rally good
Why we never seem dangerous from our set play?
Cisse cannot score easy goals.-.-”
Or that his season starts in Jan.LMAO.
Now is ba back to scoring.
Neewkie @ 151 yeah hindsight is a wonderful thing if Cisse had scored they would be talking about how brill it was and how it showed team camaraderie
that drilled FK towards Willo that we seem to love so much is actually quite effective today
well done Santon
that was a good corner
Take that back Santon you fool that was going out
Dave-It doesn’t matter. He’s already missed a pen, so has Ba. Let more proven players take them.
I doubt they’d be saying it was brilliant. For me a penalty must equal a goal, anything else is very poor on behalf of the taker.
shit pass that, Jonas
good try Benny
Not a bad shot Benny
I thought Saylor had that in there
Bah first willo now staylor
Strolla must be coming on soon for Cisse
got to be Shola o-clock soon, we’re getting a lot of joy in the air
Cabaye must be wearing high heels today
If Benny doesn’t touch the ball we just no chance of creating some danger. It always him who gives us a chance to score
cabaye is shit to
cabaye has missed all this long passes what he tries to make, and lost all the balls drop him
Not much countering, seems we’re happy for the 1.1
Get Shola on
poor Cisse can’t buy a goal
1-0 even
Willo looking a real threat lately
Our set pieces have been better today.
They are actually finding Newcastle players
And we are threatening from them
hope perch is o.k that’ll be all we need
Does anyone think HBA39 likes Ben Arfa?
and again Cabaye a pass for anyone
Can’t believe Norwich are just hoofing the ball up
I expected more from Pep Hughton the way some go on
yes me
subs!
you se ben Arfa was really very nice and fair to let the penalty
was there ever a more dejected figure than Cisse in that last shot
I hope he finds form soon.
How can “an arm” look offside when the rules say it has to be clear daylight between attacker and defender?
Commentators
I know Cisse’s been poor…but obertan?
@ 181 Pep
Holt is one fat b******
Tiote for Anita..so Perch for RB? hmm
Spuds losing
City beating Arsenal
Tiote
Tiote = ouch
Bleeding heck Tiote! 3 game ban on another day!
this tactic of playing every set piece to williamson is ultimately proving fruitless as he isnt a footballer and directs them to nowhere and to nobody…still fuming we didnt get a CB and are stuck with him as back up
well done perc h
well done Perchy
Tiote is just mading some shit since he cames on
jez Tiote
Christ alive Tiote wtf get shot man
Tiote FFS
FFS Tiote is like a red card waiting
Tiote is being an utter fucking disgrace today like. Sort it out ya prick. Yes, that’s how important Tiote is to our passing game
He’s a one man crime wave!
wtf tiote
I really don’t see what most fans see in him, i’d rather play Perch. I see Oba backs out of yet another tackle
Look like tiote is also unhappy about some stuff i presume.
hba39 ,I do love your post
AOD @ 208 is that not his normal game
oba has no football brain at all just pass it ffs
Get rid of Obertan. Useless. Always makes the wrong decision.
crap performance, but 3 points. Can’t keep playing this poorly though.
3 points in the bank
Could and should have been so much easier than that, 3 points non the less
Fuck me that was. But, pleased to call it exactly as it was
that was close*
I have a feeling Tiote was ORDERED to come on and put himself about. Norwich were very physical today and Pards may well have told him to give them some back to break up their mentality a bit. Just a theory but reckon i’m right.
yet another awful performance! this anita lad looks average enough at best…as for obertan, what a clown! no brain whatsoever! thank god for HBA, creating everything for us
Playing poorly and coming up with a win is a part of being a successful team. Man U have done it for years… It can’t always be pretty..
Next game against Man utd. Please play the youths and fringe for that. It might work like previous time against chelsea
Ugly, ugly win, but a win none the less. No such thing as a bad 3 points.
I’m giving them a break for now. We’ve got 8 points form 5 matches depite having two key players clearly out of form (Cisse and Cabaye) and 3-4 key players injured. We just need to hang on and get out points for now and then look to take off
Sham @ 218 if that was Pards fault then I think he should hang his head in shame because Tiote could have got sent off and cost us the game, he is a fuking tool sometimes and I do believe that he will cost us a game or 2 if he gets on like that which he will
cisse needs to get his act together fast,the lad just isnt the same as last season.
In all honesty I think “performance” wise this was a bit better. Ba played well, as did Benny, Harps, and Staylor/Willo looked better. The rest of the team did that they do, work hard generally, break up play…
Still it should have been much better and should have been a lot easier. At 2-0 I reckon the floodgates might have opened but at 1-0 we had to keep it cagey. 3 points is paramount.
Cisse was the worst player, although better than Obertan who was terrible when he came on. Can we just use fergie and Sammy from now on…
fookin gutted iv got fifa 13 but no twatin discs to put it on
Dave, he should have been sent off. I reckon Pards told him to shake them up and he took it a bit too literally
As for him costing us games, overall he has been a massive positive for us since he signed and saved us loads of points. He’s a big player for us and if anybody takes issue with that then i’m not having a discussion with them about it because they are wrong. Yes he’s mental, yes he’ll get sent off from time to time and yes he will get bans – but he stops opposition playing and gives us a chance to get a grip on games. Every team needs a Tiote in it.
Happy with the points but we are very very poor at present .We need Cisse to find form quickly and a bit more cohesion to our play as we look like headless chickens at times. Harps played well today I thought ,was also impressed with Santon too. Obatan is out of chances now his final ball/ pass is shite , he tries for glory when he should be passing .
. We won’t fair this well against the big boys unless we step up that’s for sure. Tiote was right on one too ,Shamrock I hope you are right about orders as if it wasn’t then that was alarming .
that was a must win game. Cabaye is not surprising me. I always said he was useless. Ben Arfa is our man. Anything to do with going forward has been all him since he became a regular starter. Without him we would have no invention going forward.
Cisse unless he scores goals we carry him in a game effectively playing with 10 men. His play outside of the box is no where. Pardew needs to have the damn balls to play him in Europa and Shola in the premier league until he finds his feet. I can understand why they let Cisse take the penalty but Cisse should not have been on the pitch to begin with due to his lack of form.
Shola cant play 90 minutes. He’s a sub, nothing more.
Pens should be HBA , Cabaye(took them for Lille) or Shola in that order.Just cause your a forward don’t make you a great pen taker as it takes a certain resolve and nerve. Both Ba and Cisse are shite at pens imo.
One point worse off than at the same stage last seaosn
Toonsy-Aye. And people forget how “poorly” or dull we played then as well
We’ve acually played “big teams” too! 
Toonsy , really
, it seems worse and we wern’t out the top 5 all last season.Just shows how lots of teams have stepped up this season ,Baggies ,Toffees, Fulham even West ham going o.k.
So we are 9th ,could be worse could be Liverfool
Kim
If Shola’s on the pitch he should be our primary penalty taker, if he’s still on the bench I agree with HBA, Cabaye. Reckon in training Pardew should set Ba and Cissé penalty practice, put Krul in goal and make sure they can take them better than they have been.
Yes @232. Chelsea, Spurs and Everton all ticked off.
Kim
If Shola’s on the pitch he should be our primary penalty taker, if he’s still on the bench I agree with HBA, Cabaye. Reckon in training Pardew should set Ba and Cissé penalty practice, put Krul in goal and make sure they can take them better than they have been.
Bah spurs ahead now, lucky bastards.
Andy – Like Kim pointed out, penaltiea are all about overcoming nerves whilst waiting to take that kick in front of 30k plus people. Training is not gona help that. I agree Shols should be 1st choice on pens though. He soakes it up.
Weirdest substitution ever. we are playing hoof ball and bring on obertan. Why. Why not shola
Woops sent it twice
, Tynemouth beach penalties will add an extra level of difficulty to it 
, was what my brother and I used to do with my dad when we visited relatives down south in the NE.
Shamrock
Make it a public training session then
@242 – A sensible solution!
For all he was good last season. I have witnessed the worst display from a centre forward in many a year
brings a whole new meaning to a kick about on the beach that Andy
A well earned 3 points today I think. Norwich gave us a game to be fair. Pleased Ba scored and took it well, but I’m annoyed that Cisse was allowed to take the penalty to be honest. I understand they were probably trying to get him off the mark, but a 2 goal lead was more important at that stage of the game. The miss seemed to give Norwich a lift and seemed to have an adverse effect on Cisse.
I know this sounds stupid as well, but I don’t like Jonas hair!!
I was pleased with Harper today, but still think Colo is a big miss at the back and not sure what was going on with Tiote when he came on like?!
A pleasing 3 points but still some concerns for me like, including a fairly ineffective subs bench.
We got 3 points today and that is the main thing. Cisse is starting to worry me a little but think a goal will change his fortunes. I know we won’t get much time on motd but looking forward to see how we done.
Well that was uncomfortable. We still aren’t firing on all cylinders.
Cisse- I predicted he would be given the penalty but I never felt comfortable with him taking it. He has already missed a one for us and this one was miles over the bar, not inches. I can understand that the want him off the mark but still, it was the wrong decision IMO. Fair enough at 2-0 or 3-0; but at 1-0 the game is still in the balance. If we had not won I think Pardew would be fair game for the critics. Cisse seems to me like he scores the ‘hard’ ones and chances in the run of play, but if he has time to think about it he is knackered, and he looks an awful penalty taker. Hopefully this is lessons learned, but I think they knew this already tbh.
Jonas- Put a real shift in and did a lot of the donkey work, well done.
S.Taylor- I think he had a poor game today
Harper- Had a good game and should take a lot of the credit for the clean sheet.
We got the 3 points but we made hard work of it, I still don’t think we are near hitting the form of last season.
Shamrock
, apparently Shearer used to do it as well, and when we signed R. Lua lua Bobby Robson took the team to play on the beach. We just bought lua lua for like 8m or something and he decided to backflip from the pier onto the beach(quite a drop), Robson almost had a heart-attack.
I thought so too
Kim
When my dad was younger we used to stand on either sides of the beach and pass it in front of each other while we ran from one length to the other.
Some people are just poor penalty takers, its nothing to be ashamed of (well, it is kinda, but you know what I mean
)
Some have the confidence to score shots where there’s plenty of time and pressure. Cisse can’t even score normal goals where he has time and pressure so why he was given the nod is beyond me. Ba is a better shout but even his are average. Still, better than Cisse, but Cabs/Benny for me-SHOLA every single time he is on the pitch.
one thing for sure if benny hadnt been showing a bit of form we would have been donald ducked imo
cissie needs one to go in off his backside or sumit to get him going
2 things from this game Williamson (and i am not his biggest fan by a long shot ) was great today and Anita should start as RB and Perch DM , at least untill Simpson is back . Untill now Anita looks better in the RB position than DM ,remember though he has just joined us and needs time too adapt too the premiership . Perch imo is becoming along with HBA our most valuable player .
It’s strange as quite a few caught the eye today Harps, Santon ,Perch, HBA ,Ba ,Jonas even Willo ,yet together it’s not quite clicking yet somehow.
Maybe it’s just the balance is off tilt with so many missing and a few off form like. 
I think Perch says to the manager, ‘Boss, I am a defender’. Anita say to the manager, ‘boss, I am a midfielder’. Well, they aren’t, and once the game starts Anita switches to RB and Perch to DM where they are good players. Maybe they need to stop trying to kid themselves and admit where their real position is??
DJG , Thing is when Anita was in talks about signing he wanted reassurances as to where he would play. Now it may be that he wanted MF not fullback ,if so that may cause resentment long term ,we have to hope Simmo is back soon .
People now starting to get on Cisse’s back, just as they got on Ba’s back towards the end of last season.
We really do have some shit fans.
JJ-And just as you get on Shola’s back every single match he plays no doubt
They take the plaudits when they’re doing well and they take the flack when they perform poorly. Cisse has been poor, since preseason actually. I don’t see anyone calling him a shit player though?
JJ- Some (opposition) are calling Cisse a one season wonder! I wouldn’t say that, I would say he has started poorly this season though. Shola and Ba are honestly a better partnership atm if we are going to go 4-4-2 IMO.
I would be pretty certain that in training Cisse and Ba would both put 8-9 out of 10 pens away, as someone said it’s the nerves of taking one when everyone is quiet and the eyes are all on him. Even as it stands Cisse has still got a good goal to game ratio and i’m pretty confident that once he slots one away he’ll be back on form.
Cisse will reignite. It was right to give him the penalty to get him off the mark. Too bad it backfired.
Speaking of reignition…
Bad Brains!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDZZkGfjS9s
Personally (as Shola wasn’t on) I would have instructed that Benny take any penalties. As he took a nice calm one against Spurs. No time for messing about IMO, penalties are a serious business that can win you the game and if someone can take them then they get another one. Hopefully the management learn from this mistake, and it was a mistake.
DJG what mistake should the management learn from
JJ, Cisse is not shit just seriously out of form at the mo and the pen was awful in all honesty. As someone said he just needs one to go in off his arse and he’ll be off again .Someone as prolific as he was last season won’t stay out of the goals for too long ,even BigAl had a dry spell for a while if you remember.
Giving the penalty to Cisse. Even last time they wanted Ba to take it (and he is not great) but Benny had to physically grab the ball and not let go and put it on the spot.
Good lad Benny. How many will Ba and Cisse miss before they realise I wonder. So for it is 2 and counting. Thats about all Shearer missed in his whole career 
He scored that amazing header at ACON, so he’s showing signs of life, I suppose. I’m very confident he’ll get back in soon. His lifelong goal ratio is great and even last season he went a few games without scoring and then had a few two goal games, even though that run of, what, 13 in 14 games sounds great, don’t forget there were little droughts too.
Think I heard yesterday that Lambert had scored 26/26 pens for Shampton. Not bad for a league one player
Equally Messi has missed loads. It’s not about the skill of the player, it’s mentality.
DJG I just don’t know why the management have to learn because Strolla is the clubs pen taker, and if he’s not on its down to Ba and Benny, it was the players that let Cisse take the pen nowt to do with the management
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/09/23/3397884/-?
Seems like it was the players that wanted Cisse to take it. He wasn’t the penalty taker. Hopefully they give it to someone else next time then.
FSOTC I have no fears as im 100% that Cisse will get back to normal service once he gets that 1st goal
Bollox. Penalties are crucial and if a manager does not tell his team who will be taking them then something is wrong. Unless the manager is cluelss of course – and lets the players manage the team Dave
Yes I’ve just read that as well Big Dave. It should be down to the management surely who is corner kick, free kick, penalty taker surely other wise what the hell is going on, is clueless Chris back in charge for the day or what. Will I go to work tomorrow and decide what I am going to do, not my manager?
DJG-That’s interesting. In a way that makes me feel a lot better. I would have been worried if Pards did want Cisse to take it, as he shouldn’t have. Good on that account. Similarly it show’s good ethic that the team wanted him to take the penalty-even if it was the wrong choice, made for the right reason I guess
By the sounds of it, Pardew gave clear instructions as to who should be taking penalties, but the players threw Cisse a bone. If that’s the case, I hope Pards gave the players a proper dressing down because that could have cost us. Cannot be allowed to happen again..
Sham + DJG the manager is up the stairs but the players already know who are the managers choice for pen takers, but they decide on the spur of the moment to let their team mate take it to try and help him get on the sheet
I really can’t see the problem 
Shamrock @270
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19694473
Dont know about anyone else but i am loving the fact that the bin dippers (whose fans reckons they are the greatest team on the planet) are in a relegation place after spending a couple of hundred millon over the last 3 seasons or so .
Sham @ 270 see thats why you should check things out or be sure of what your saying because it can make you look a bit foolish
if you’ve got it wrong 
My Dad always told me to make sure your brains in gear before opening your mouth
Problem is they get given orders and they should follow them Dave. The man missed and we took a slender 1-0 victory. If we had been winning comfortably then it would not have mattered, but we were not. No difference there than Chris Hughton being undermined by Nolan…. or not These are pro’s being paid thosands of pounds a week to ultimately score goals. It’s no joke. That could cost us come the end of the season.
Not sure what you mean Dave? Pards said he did not want Cisse to take the penalty, but the players chose otherwise. Clueless Chris strikes again in another form it would seem. Get Pards out, he cant control his players. You understand that right?
Well Big Dave my dad told me to get the engine running and put the clutch in before you put it in gear, have you tried that?
the players should get a kick up the arse if Pards told them one thing and theyve decided to change it.
It wouldnt happen under Sir Fergies rule so it shouldnt happen here.
a much needed win tho.
Toon Toon
DJG it was you that was going on about the management needing to learn from their mistakes for letting Cisse take the pen when it wasn’t even the managements choice
Sham I know what your saying and im sure from what Pards has said that the players will be in no doubt about who takes the pens from now on, but I can completely understand why the players did it, and yeah it could have cost us the game, but it didn’t and in a way i’m glad that they did it because it just shows how tight the team is that they were willing to try to help a team mate out.
I really can’t see your comparison’s between Pards and Hooters, but I guess your trying to point score because of my opinions on Clueless Chris, so knock yersel out lad
Dave, To be honest I agree with your summary of the penalty situation and hopefully Pards wont allow the players to make that mistake again. I like the point about team spirit – it’s a good sign
Oh, and i’ll take the point – but draw a line here and now 
@283, Well I thought it was the managements choice
It’s not the clueless Chris management. 
DJG it seems in your case your engine had blew a gasket so there was no chance of you getting it started or into gear
Sham @ 284 you never won the point
but it does say alot about the spirit that both Ba and Benny stepped aside to try to help him and I wouldn’t have really thought that Benny would have, I can understand Ba because he is a friend etc but not Benny so as I said i’m proud of them but I wouldn’t want them to repeat it. Who else was it with the 3 of them at the pen spot ? was it Cabaye
DJG @ 287 I said it earlier before the game was over
because I said when everyone else was complaining that it would have been a different story if he had of scored it, then it would have been a masterstroke and great for team morale
Psscht, that was a good point won fair and square
Anyhoo, I’m half way through re-flooring my kitchen and have work to do – so signing off for now. Night all
Sham be good mate and get that flooring done ffs you should have been finished yonks ago
Dave I spent all yesterday taking up tiles cemented to ceoncrete and then had to lift the boxes of shattered tiles out of the house. Thought my back was actually going to spasm! Bloody hard work. Just filling in the holes in the concrete now to level it off a bit then got some nice oak flooring to lay down. Done the kitchen bit already, just the dining area to do now. Right project this house!
Be lucky mate
Sham I know how you feel I done ours a few months back
but it was worth it in the end, and I would prefer to do that than painting the fukin whole house I hate painting 
John Terry has quit England.
England are going to win the World Cup now. The stars have aligned.
So, so glad we got the three points. Another win against Reading and the confidence should start to flow.
Santon’s been a star so far this season. Always been handy going forward, but is defending very well nowadays too. However, I do wish he would stop overrunning the ball around the opposition penalty area. It leaves us so open to the counter as he loses the ball 75% of the time.
Williamson had a good game and well, Steven Taylor’s shakey form continues. Again, he made some shocking decisions today when deciding to attack the ball in the air. Colo can’t come back soon enough.
Pardew keeps playing Anita as a holding midfielder, but he is more a Joe Allen type player. A player who should play alongside a holding player and keep things ticking. A midfield of Anita, Tiote and Cabaye would be very strong and the sooner that comes the better. Although the Dutchman does look good at full back.
Hatem Ben Arfa needs to have his contract extended at some point this year as his performances are currently up there with Hazard, Cazorla etc. He is the difference between us having 8 points and 3 or 4 points. We can’t afford to lose this guy.
The Kid whole heartedly agree on Benny .
The Kid-Agree with all of that really. Santon needs to figure out that last bit of his run, if a pass isn’t open he gets to the outside of the box, feints to shoot about three times and then loses it. I’m not sure if he’s got the power to score from there to be honest, particularly as he’s almost always stationary when he attempts a shot.
Staylor has been poor, mentioned it a few games ago, some people weren’t happy with that but I think people are taking note now, particularly as willow has actually outperformed him a few times now imo..
Agree on Benny, but I’m not sure if it’ll happen. He has real talent and ambition to match it, he could play for anyone in the league, and almost anyone in any league…
Cant see HBA wanting to sign a new contract, if we dont see some massive improvements in our football.
ffs we were absolutely bollix again today. If cisse doesn’t get dropped now and stuffed in the ressies to get match fit then something is seriously wrong.
HBA is our only form of attack and inspiration. Cabaye sucks dogs bollix too. wtf is wrong with him
Dont know if you picked it up off the telly, but the atmosphere was flat.
Did we even win one effing header in our own box ffs. Saylor cant jump anymore and has lost his timing completely.
Perch was very good again and Ba did canny too. Oh and high praise for Harper. He had a belter.
I thought Tiote was gonna see red too, crazy fool.
Dont want to criticise too much, but we were awful.
2-0 at HT and we would have been cruising. Madness prevailed tho.
Ah well, thank god or whoever, at least we hung on for the 3 points.
At the end of the day thats all that matters. A wins a win.
on a positive note, cesspool played manure off the park by all accounts, and still lost. LMFAO
we’re 4 points clear of the scum too. Normal service has resumed.
BB @299 >That’s the luxury you have with RVPin your team ,you get to play crap and still win.
Thanks for the Pardew interview Big D.
At least he’s honest, and not bullshitting, or making excuses.
I just hope we keep improving from now on. Once again, we have a chance of another 3 points from Reading next week.
HTL
I really hope you guys are wrong about Ben Arfa, but fearful you are right. He is not stupid and the likes of Spurs & Liverpool will probably come sniffing in Jan once they realise their current squads aren’t good enough for top 4 & the lil’ magician not only has the X-factor, but has also found consistency.
If HBA does leave, any less than £18million & I’ll be very, very disappointed.
And on another note, on an emotional day of football I hope everyone spares a thought for a certain Jose Enrique, warming the bench in a relegation side
The Kid-thing is, he could play for better teams than Spurs and Liverpool as well, its not them I worry about so much. Think we’ll have him for a while yet, but a longer contract? We’ve got him for another 3 years after this have we? Sound’s about as long as we’ll keep him
Newkie
Three years is effectively one & a half because they will look to sell him before he enters his last year.
Newkie
Also, I agree he is far better than the likes of Liverpool and Spurs, but they are the teams who will be desperate come Jan and could offer a big lump some. We will see. I hope you are right and we have him for at least another 18 months. Love watching him play. I doubt he will be as adored the the next set of fans.
lump sum*
The Kid-Aye exactly…I hope the club are careful with him though, I mean, I know he’s grown up and that but he’s shown what he’s willing to do to get out of a club…I’m not saying sell him as soon as an offer comes in but we need to be careful or he could go for nowt.
Know what you mean, Liverpool will definitely be throwing the cash around…Luckily ManCity and Chelski are already stacked full of players but Manure, Spurs, Liverpool….money to burn
As long as he keeps the magic up and keeps us entertained/winning i’ll be happy, there’s no doubt he’s one of the best footballers in the world to watch.
The kid
Suarez went to liverpool for 23m ish, ben arfa is better and (if its within our league) going to someone we will play so should be 26m+ , clubs stupid enough to pay that can have him and we can reinvest.
Awful game. Good 3 points. Great goal. Fantastic pass by Ben Arfa. Pity about the Cisse miss but, hey, you guys have just spent a couple of weeks banging on about a lack of team spirit and shite body language then when that spirit shows itself – in a pressure situation no less – you dismiss it.
And I notice nobody mentioned that the first person to congratulate Ba on his goal was Cisse. Hmm, too much like teamwork that.
Bris-Aye. It was the wrong choice, but for the right reasons in regards to the pen.
Can’t believe that pikey on MOTD was going on about Ba being unhappy, then Lawro actually stood up for us and was like “well, is he unhappy?”
Didn’t show at all today like…
It’s painful to watch us struggling so badly at home. We have a lot of work to do. What is wrong with Cisse? He has been hopeless this season. Ben Arfa was brilliant and Ba’s finish was clinical. Other than that not much to cheer about. Perch played a decent game again, and Jonas eats up some possession. We will have to improve dramatically when we play Man U in the league cup. Probably not a bad idea to go out of that one quietly. Here’s hoping for better days at home in the near future.
Didn’t realise Harper had the assist to the assist as well. Surely needs to be our aim when our keeper gets the ball-roll in straight to Hatem
To date every team we have come up against has played well and has been up for the challenge.
We have yet to catch a team having a bad day so it says to me that teams are lifting against us and we are doing well to pick up points.Every teams form will ebb and flow this season so as long as we keep picking up points, I am happy. Norwich are a good team, they really push Spurs a week back and we unlucky not to win… But at the end of the day, Harper really only had to make one great save and the rest of the time he was tidying up thing as he should. Good result regardless of style 
Agree with you Aussie, every team seems to lift there own performances against us, and we end up struggling.
Typically, if manure were playing a championship team on wednesday, they would probs put out a reserve team. But against us they will most likely play the A team. I honestly think we should just let the younguns have another crack at it and not worry about the result.
We need a far better performance next weekend from our first team.
In saying that perhaps Cisse should play, also Tiote and Colo should have a run out too.
there are some interesting fixtures next weekend and we really have to take advantage, by beating Reading on sat. We could even end up back in the top 6 if results should go our way.
manure v spuds
arse v chelski
fulham v shitty
vile v wet brom
toffees v saints
qpr v wham
We just need to improve our own play and make sure of the 3 points against this seasons whipping boys.
Howay the Lads
Great to see Steve Harper in such good form today. He really put his body on the line on quite a few occasions. I loved the fact that last match he pleaded to the ref not to book the other player when they made contact with each other. He is a real gentleman and great inspiration for sportsmanship for all the kids watching.
Thought Ben Arfa was also stellar today.
I watched the game today on Foxsoccer2Go live then watched it repeated ‘on demand’ later. Costs $19.99 per month but shows a lot of matches and has a great picture and no adverts popping up all the time. I’m in the USA, I don’t know if it is available world wide or not, but I used to pay $15 per month for Fox soccer channel on my TV and it didn’t have many games. I got a free trial month with the code ‘Xoomfox’ and will def keep the subscription going. If you like to watch a lot of football, not just Newcastle, check it out. Cheers, Jilly Bean
Hi Jill, yes Harper played well, and with alot more confidence too.
Tim Krul wont find it so easy to get back in as number 1 when he comes back from his injury. Rob Elliott looked good mid week also.
Good competition in the GK department raises the performance of all of them.
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