Still I’m here now and the game is already on so you should be well into the swing of things by now.
In the build up to the match I struggled to get myself up for it, mainly because our season is lacking anything to aim for. I’ve even put on a few live bets to keep myself interested in the football outside of United although now the game is here I’m feeling a bit better about things. Mind you we’ve just gone 1-0 down so here goes hey?
Team news is already out and is detailed below while streams are available so if you haven’t already got one/found one then all you need to do is ask and I’m sure someone will point you in the right direction.
It’s not ideal having nowt to play for but here we are. All we can do is try and rescue some points and see where it takes us between now and the end of the season. As ever, all of your comments are always welcome.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim Krul; Mathieu Debuchy, Mike Williamson, Steven Taylor, Davide Santon; Yoan Gouffran, Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Sammy Ameobi; Luuk de Jong, Papiss Cisse
Subs: Rob Elliot, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Paul Dummett, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux, Hatem Ben Arfa, Shola Ameobi
Tottenham: Hugo Lloris; Kyle Walker, Younes Kaboul, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Naughton; Mousa Dembele, Nabil Bentaleb, Etienne Capoue, Paulinho, Aaron Lennon; Emmanuel Adebayor
Subs: Brad Friedel, Michael Dawson, Nacer Chadli, Christian Eriksen, Andros Townsend, Harry Kane, Roberto Soldado
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-pardew-angry-players-orders-6704034
9.45am 😯 gee whizz that’ll tell em 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
Stuart@300 ,I don’t think he has the backing of the whole team, you don’t perform like that for a man you respect and if you do you need to hang your head.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Stuart those players you listed are under contract and simply cant walk away like you have alluded to. Take it easy mate, you are starting to sound like Mark! 😛
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
I sat in the stands non plussed last night. There are few on here who know more than me. Could these people please say was our game plan last night and what we did when it didn’t work.
We really surprised them with our free kick routine but after the 7th I think they cottoned on.
So many men last night saying that was the end and direct debits being cancelled
Toby Le Rhone(Quote)
Aussie – don’t be naive! We know every player has a price and if they tell the owner they want out and a club comes in (which they will as they’re good players) they’ll be sold. I think these players are too good to be sat at a club with no ambition and if they want to leave they’ll be gone.
Stuart79(Quote)
Stuart, I’m inclined to agree up to a point, Colo will go as will Remy, he was never gonna hang around imo .As for Benny we will lose him for peanuts as no contract extentions been sorted and unlikely to be based on current form , Krul is a difficult one as I think he likes it here and unlikely to leave by choice, Sissoko could go but again not too sure as his value won’t be too high based on current form.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Stuart, please tell me what good players from last nights game that will be targets for cash rich teams?
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Players who are clear good players and will be targeted would be: Krul, Debuchy, Sissoko and HBA. All good players and let’s not forget Tiote and Remy.
They might have played badly last night but I think their confidence and spriti is being eroded by the regimes ridiculous running of the club.
Stuart79(Quote)
By the way, I’m not saying they’ll definitely be leaving – who can possibly say that with certainly but I wouldn’t blame them if they wanted to.
Stuart79(Quote)
Have we actually really played well at all this year, We haven’t really played anyone off the park that I can recall. The Manure result seemed good at the time but everyone is now able to do that to a seemingly cack team. 🙄 The stoke high score was only due to them being shown two reds as up to the first red they were arguably better than us. No cup games to derail us no Europa either, we should be flying really, there are no excuses but we look soulless and bereft of ideas .
KIMTOON(Quote)
Wow well that was a new low last night. We were shocking from the off and I remember Saylor and Santon being particularly poor in the early stages. I’m not singling those 2 out because I think maybe only Sammy could be seen as putting effort in.
4 straight losses and more worryingly that’s 6 out of the last 7 games where we’ve failed to score a goal!.
Pardew needs leaders at the moment. He needs a captain that he can work with and get the players back on track. Too many of them are underperforming at the moment and I think they need to sit down and argue it out.
This isn’t just a lack of form or poor coaching. Too many of the players look like they don’t give a ****, and making them run round a field or practice set pieces isn’t going to fix what’s broken at the moment.
Sharpy17(Quote)
The players are 100% feeling the same disillusionment as the fans. It seeped in last year, and it is all too obvious in recent games. Who could really blame them? It must be one of the worst run clubs in the league considering “the great white hope” of stability we have seen in recent years. What is in it for the players? Contrary to APs guff, none of them are improving under a flawed and outdated coaching team/structure. I can only assume they can see how spineless AP is toeing the party line, summed up in praising JFK. AP is very much part of the problem, and has been allowing the rot to set in all around him for a couple of years now. From a poor coaching set up, to a shocking transfer system (incomings/outgoing/loans etc), to a complete inability to get the best out of a squad and to motivate them. AP has consistently isolated players and ruined their confidence, and he now has to rely on those same players digging us out of the ****. He only has himself to blame….oh and the Europa League, injuries, the weather, the slant of the pitch etc etc et fucking cetera
buddy(Quote)
Too be honest i though DeJong put a decent shift in along with Sammy last night .He put himself about a bit first half as for the rest they were all ***** .Something has too happen in that dressing room before the next game or i am afraid it will be more of the same .Up till now i have backed Pardew but last night was one inept performance too many and that has **** all too do with Cabaye not being their anymore i mean he did miss games while he was here and we won them or at least played decent .
AXEL(Quote)
Pardew has just got to go, That was truly awful last night. He’s a bloody dinosaur playing two big lunks up front like it was the sixties. 442 with Cisse and de jong? Gouffran that right wing wizard? Nobody else is playing with two big guys up front. It’s so yesterday. We have a clutch of footballers who are uncomfortable with the ball. Willo, Cisse, Sissoko, de Jong are bloody hopeless with of all things the ball! Sammy looked half decent.
Man for man Spurs have players who are good with the ball, who run into spaces for a pass and are strong in defence. I lost count in the first half of how many times we were just bundled off the ball or easily tackled. New manager with 12 games to assess what we need for August.
georgio(Quote)
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georgio(Quote)
Pardew has had 3 years now and we’re no better than when he started. In fact we looked a better team then under Hughton. No progress equals a new manager.
georgio(Quote)
Georgio
We don’t really have much room to progress unless we get a new board.
Without investment and a whole new coaching set up we can’t realistically challenge for any higher than 7th place.
Is finishing 9th really that off our highest possible aim that it is worth rocking the boat?
Most fans of other clubs sympathise with the job Pardew has had on his hands.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Bris (I believe) posted the article where we all said our expectations/hopes at the start of the season.
The optimists among us generally said top 8-10th.
The pessimists said that other teams had strengthened while we hadn’t and claimed we would struggle.
Based on that you would say Pardew has exceeded the pessimist expectations, and is on a par for the optimists?
The moment Cabaye left my expectations for the season went to **** anyway.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Has Pardew been chatting up some of the players wife’s. Our team is terrible at the moment and won’t beat Villa if they play like that.
Terry(Quote)
Surely our cb pairing must be under review.. Sorry but Saylor, as good as he is at marking vacant space, must be benched… and Santon as well while we are at it!
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
We are **** at the moment, everything is wrong from the top down . Terrible decision making from everywhere, Owner, coaches, manager and players alike, it’s a fucking mess.
KIMTOON(Quote)
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/02/13/were-ashamed-newcastles-yoan-gouffran-after-tottenham-hammering/127236/
Anyone else sick of seeing these post match we feel terrible soundbites, I can promise them they don’t feel as bad as the fans do. 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
AUSSIE Saylor is one of the players that need too be sold in the summer after all his potential when he was young he is actually going backwards and the whole defence suffer when he plays . I cant believe Pardew can not see that and the trouble is we have a good replacement in MYM not getting games and will want away in the summer .
AXEL(Quote)
On the centre back issue I agree Saylor has to be removed from the team for the next game but so must Williamson his steady patch is over and he is now back to his normal form of being the worst footballer I have seen at St James in my 47 years of going. Championship at best.
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
KIMTOON i bet they are going too feel sorry next home game , lets face it Pards has lost the dressing room but the dressing room has lost the fans . Llambias once said they dont know how nasty we can be (the board). Well i think the players ,manager and “board”are going to find out how nasty the fans can be . Ashley may have watched his last game at SJPfor a long while the atmosphere at the next home game is not going to be nice .
AXEL(Quote)
Axel, Aye it’s gonna be pretty toxic I’d imagine. Been reading a few blogs and the tide against Pards is getting pretty big now, many more fans turning on him an d lot’s of bad feeling towards players too.
KIMTOON(Quote)
TOBY the thing with Williamson is when he has someone good next too him he raises his game , when he has someone **** next too him he is poor .Where as with Taylor it does not matter who s next to him he is ***** .
AXEL(Quote)
Spurs had a day less to prepare for last night too, yet looked far fresher.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Taylor should be at a much higher level by now but seems to be regressing, shame, but lately he talks a better game than he plays 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
I had a dream/nightmare last night.
The dream part was good and started with Pardew Leaving and us bringing in Laudrup. Ashley and Chris Moet then announced a 60Million war chest plus all money made from player sales would be go back into the club.
A massive summer clear out was announced. Jonas, Shola, Obertan, Marveaux, Santon (10 Million :shock:) Ben Arfa (15 Million) and Remy left with a few others. We signed De Jong and then the nightmare started….. 🙄
Krul handed in a transfer request and we replaced him with Fabianski. then we followed that with the 20million signing of Tom Cleverly.
At that point I woke up I couldn’t bare any more!
Oblong(Quote)
<<<<<<<<<<<, is fed up with numptys blameing the coachs and manager the buck stops right at 1 fat git in my book,last night was simply unacceptable and only the fat gits lack of investment is to blame
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
“Federfuchser MrMondypops
13 February 2014 12:15pm
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Honestly, I think the behind the scenes madness at St. James’ (stop renaming stadiums) makes it difficult for any one to comment on the efficiency of Pardew as a manager
His awful abilities got an average mid table team (yes you are) in to Europe and this season has kept you mid table this season
Even a tactical genius super Geordie manager that bled black and white would struggle to finish above 7th with that team, because there are at least six teams that are better than NUFC”
I think this comment sums up what most other fans feel about us.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
I can hardly begin to analyze what’s going wrong on the pitch as the club is just rotten to the core. When the owner has basically decided to invest the minimal amount to keep us in the league while selling any assets it’s hard to summon any enthusiasm. It’s as if we hit 37pts and everyone just laid down tools and buggered off for a long weekend.
The owner doesn’t care cos he doesn’t want Europe, the manager doesn’t care because he has a 7 year contract at a bigger club than he’d ever otherwise work at and the players don’t care cos they’re just waiting for the day that they are cashed in on. So why should I care?
And that’s the thing until I feel that there is ambition and the soul of the club is back I can’t get bogged down in Saylor played **** etc. We need to turn around things at the top level first.
SJP14(Quote)
<<<<<<<<<<<< the season is finished for this dude over here and wont be watching any more of this **** this season
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
@TAE
When it comes to performances on the pitch, the buck stops with the manager. That’s Alan Pardew.
Obviously we need players in & Ashley is to blame for hiring somebody like Kinnear to do it because everybody knew Kinnear was incapable of signing players.
Ashley is still to blame for keeping Pardew here.
@solanostrumpet – 332
lol, conveniently forgetting last season where Wigan won a trophy & nearly stayed up whilst we would have been relegated had it not been for the brilliance of Jose Bosingwa vs QPR.
KK(Quote)
The fact is that right from the top the message is coming down that mid table mediocrity is acceptable. Clearly the players pick up on things like this – it’s human nature. Everyone would slack at work if their bosses made it clear that the job they were doing was sufficient and didn’t expect anything more.
Attitudes filter down from he top.
Stuart79(Quote)
Pardew just goes from bad to worse. He’s let the players know how he feels! He’s dragging them in at 9.45 am! And just what is he going to tell them? Read somewhere that the players had left the dressing room early during Pardews half time team talk. Everyone knows the season is over and has been for weeks.
3 years is a long time Pardew. You’ve just edged past it.
georgio(Quote)
I have certainly noticed more animosity towards Pardew over the last few weeks and this won’t be long until we start seeing this spill over into the ground during games were losing. I can understand people’s unhappiness with our performances and as usual the buck stops with the manager. However we have to ask if changing manager would be just changing for changings sake.
However there is the flip side to that; is this as far as the CLUB can go under these restrictions, not just the manager? We are 9th in the league – can we expect much more when we don’t invest in players, we have a regime letting it be known that 10th is acceptable and we sell our best player without as much as a thought to replacing him? Should we be any higher?
There’s an argument that says Pardew has taken the club as far as he can, however I would argue that this is as far as the club can go with this regime and their management style and limitations regardless of who is manager.
Stuart79(Quote)
Pathetic last night,
I thought De Jong tried, Sammy showed glimpses. But even they were poor in the greater scheme of things.
People will start ranting how **** we are without Cabaye.
Yes we are less of a side. He was our best player. But we are still a better squad that most in the league.
We shouldn’t be getting thumped every game.
Can only blame the manager.
We played a striker that has played one game in three months and has never played in the league, next to a striker that was shunted to the wing, then treated like ****, left out, flogged to every team available, and then asked to come back and perform miracles.
We had Sissoko in the middle were he has to adjust again, because he’s now got used to playing on the wing for six months. He was also played too advanced.
Gouff also came back from injury, looked out of touch. But he got injured because he never got rested and he ran his legs off for most of the season.
The one who has deserved to be dropped (Santon) is still starting every game. He plays two lumps at the back. We should have one of Willo or Saylor complimented with Mbiwa or Colo. That’s a defensive partnership.
Willo and Saylor DON’T work. But he persists on sticking with it.
He tried to punt long balls up to de Jong for Cisse to feed on. Was never going to work. Both strikers prefer the ball on the deck.
I just do not understand his tactics.
He cannot motivate the players. That was Cabaye’s job. Now he’s gone, Pardew’s flaws are massively exposed.
Doesn’t have a clue how to get the best out of the players we have.
I said this would happen. It would have even with Cabaye, this is just worse.
You can’t play the same eleven players for the whole season. Work around one tactic and build around one player with no plan B. That’s what he does.
JJ(Quote)
Last night showed a team totally lacking in motivation and confidence. They passed the ball sideways and backwards but rarely forwards. And when the ball was passed forwards it was to either one man or two up front, rarely more Contrast the tactics of Spurs. When they moved forward at least four players went forward and their players actually ran. They got back equally quickly too. When we move forward it is at walking pace often stopping to look around to see who can be passed to. What is happening in training? We have lost any sharpness. Santon and Taylor were in a trance most of the time. Maybe because Taylor is there that Santon has lost confidence. He has certainly gone off of late.
Cisse has again been criticised. He has become an easy target no matter how he plays. A bit over the top in my view. I can understand people being disappointed that he didn’t score but considering he must be a little rusty from hardly playing recently I thought he looked sharper than many of his team-mates. At least he made the goalie make saves. Maybe having watched Shola so much I am clutching at straws.
Aussie loved your comment about Saylor marking space. Very perspicacious.
Groucho(Quote)
JJ, totally agree.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Say what you like about Pardew, although he doesn’t have a plan B or C, he does have a plan D. Disappointing, Dreadful and Disastrous.
Groucho(Quote)
Motivation and confidence, true, Groucho. But what about tactics, formation? 442 is Ok when the other team do it but most teams are set up and play in a totally fluid way. Except us. It’s as if they’re told to hold their specific positions and just stay there. When they don’t have the ball they all just watch, generally marked, there’s no running into space, no moving for one twos.
As I said earlier it’s all so yesterday and it’s coming direct from Pardew. 1980s man.
georgio(Quote)
excellent point JJ, it is now becoming apparent that Cabaye was the one that got them playing, he provided the motivation and instruction. I’m not saying we’re automatically ***** now he’s gone but its obvious he was the glue that held the French lads together.
Evans(Quote)
JJ. Pretty much agree with you. Tbf though we’re also missing Collo, Remy, andTiote
MDS(Quote)
With Cabaye that’s our 4 best players right there
MDS(Quote)
Terrible performance, not helped at all by Pardew. Santon was being torn to shreds defensively in the first half. Yet he took a corner from the right side, then was completely out of position and Pardew watched while they raided freely down the side vacated by Santon. He looked lost and completely out of position on many of their attacks in the first half. Standing shaking his head. Yet Pardew continues to start him. I don’t like singling out 1 of our players but it is mainly the manager’s fault. We lost heart at the end and just stood and watched them. 👿
GeordieTwo(Quote)
That’s what happens sometimes when you aim for mediocrity isn’t it Ashley. You fall far short. As with hiring your cronies to the top club positions. They blather on about being football experts, then slip quietly out of town after doing nothing for two windows. An idiot at the top cannot be defended against. He can’t hide his incompetence. Learn the lesson Ashley. Or a much preferred option would be to sell up oh clueless one.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
It’s just not acceptable for our inept display to be purely because we are missing Cabs ,Remy and Colo. Why wasn’t Mbiwa paired up with Willo why Taylor, why don’t we get forward quicker, why is our creative players languishing on the bench most of the night , why persist with an out of form Santon, so many questions need answering. It’s rubbish to say we can’t score without Remy, if Cisse is struggling and De Jong not up to speed yet ,just put Armstrong on he surely can’t be any worse ffs. No brave decisions are being taken, just the same old same old, totally bloody predictable right down to the timing of the subs. Pardew is an opposition managers wet dream.
KIMTOON(Quote)
We have lost our complete spine recently. Colo, Cabaye and Remy. That’s our captain, leading goalscorer and leading assists guy. What can the manager do when that happens?
Stuart79(Quote)
The manager should resign and the supporters should stay home Stuart mate. It’s the only way I’m afraid. The parasite at the top won’t leave otherwise.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Is our owner starting to look like a gigantic tapeworm to anybody else? I can definitely see him in a Dr. Who episode terrorizing London.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Why not buy a nice little club down south Ashley and slowly run them into the ground and destroy their supporters’ morale? Why us?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Stuart@350, He can play a better back two, not insult one of his forwards in the public arena then expect him to come out and shine for him and possibly save his ****. Drop the underperformers and instil some belief and grit like KK did so well, that’s what he’s paid for.
KIMTOON(Quote)
When you have a fool and a coward at the top there is no way forward. Ashley hired Kinnear and watched him do nothing for 2 windows and sell Cabaye to boot. He hid in the castle and chose to do nothing. He can’t even understand that he is his own worst enemy. The supporters hate him for a reason. Or 2 actually: because he is a fool and a coward.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
GEORDIETWO
February 13, 2014 at 16:16
I am making my own little protest against Villa. I will be staying away.
Stuart79(Quote)
http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/exclusive-newcastle-united-confirm-direct-debit-season-tickets-can-still-cancelled/
KIMTOON(Quote)
Anyone who wants to take their mind off the football for a while, I’m holding dancing tuition at Dance City on St James Boulevard every Thursday from now until the September.
I have over 30 yrs experience in disco dancing and 10 yrs in robotics.
I also reach ballroom, modern and tap as well as salsa and Latin dancing.
Please come along @ 7pm each Thursday. Free to blog members.
All you need is Lycra & leggings and you will see the improvements in posture, rhythm and style.
Thanks
Troy
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Hi Troy. Can I wear my one piece Spandex mate? I do some fusion dancing that I call balltap. It can be very moving to watch. Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Pardew is definitely worthy of a fair bit of recent blame. I think motivation lacking is wholly Ashley’s fault.
Mbiwa not playing and neither of HBA/Marv starting is down to him.
We don’t know what goes on in training though. Benny is looking ever-fatter, and Marv is said not to apply himself in training so maybe that is why ❓
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Stu,
He can ensure that we don’t completely and utterly rely on a player who we’ve agreed to sell halfway through the season. He can ensure our defence doesn’t fall to pieces when our captain goes on his annual mid-season jaunt back to Argentina (he could also play his best back four which may also help). He could also ensure that we aren’t totally reliant on goals from players who won’t be here next season or who cant hit a barn door (YC,Remy,Shola).
There are a raft of things a sensible manager could do. Instead, APs job seems to be to pretend that everything is rosey whilst the club rots from the inside out and to blame everything else in the world bar his own inadequacies. He is a spineless liar
buddy(Quote)
I’ve decided to take my protest to a whole new level. I’m going to sit in a tree, naked until the owner sells up. Don’t stand directly below please.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Buddy no ones saying pards doesn’t make a lot of head scratching decisions but any club would be affected without its 4 best players
MDS(Quote)
Buddy
To be fair – you take out strikers that can’t hit barn doors or who won’t be here next year and who are we left with 😯
Though we should be putting all our eggs in the Cisse (and Mbiwa as Colo’s replacement in defence) basket – we have nothing to lose.
With HBA/Marv there’s a question of whether they are twats in training.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
I would just like to take a moment to thank the owner for his due diligence before selecting the best DoF available (possibly in the entire world) last summer. Well done Mike. So carefully thought out. A man with a silver tongue he was, and we’ll all miss him. 🙁
GeordieTwo(Quote)
If a **** West Ham and fat Sam can find form without their star man then so should we.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Kim I think we’ll be fine when we we get Tiote, Remy, etc back. Remember we looked just fine against Norwich without cabaye
MDS(Quote)
Back to more serious issues mates. Should there be a statue of Ashley with his pants down and Kinnear and Pardew kissing both cheeks outside St. James Park?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Did I mention our gratitude to Ashley for finding us a manager who is willing to work for one of the poorest wages in the division for 8 years? This is truly another great accomplishment Mike. Your football vision is unquestioned. With your pants down and having your cheeks kissed you are truly where you seek to be. Magnificent.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
GEORDIETWO
February 13, 2014 at 19:09
Probably be more apt to have Ashley sticking a giant ***** up Pardew’s **** with Kinnear wanking in the background.
Stuart79(Quote)
Would the city be happy with that Stuart mate? I mean we have a family oriented ground now. Possibly a curtain around it with an adults only entry fee?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Oh if he could charge for entry he would! Even to see that horror show!
But lets be honest, everyone is asking where the spirit and soul of the club is… Well I can tell you – Jabba the fucking **** has sold it! 😥
Stuart79(Quote)
Can I be the first one on here to say I don’t really like Ashley very much? No, really I just don’t like him. It started as a vague irritation but now I would have to say it’s more severe than that.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
A lot of you on here can’t seem to make up your minds about Ashley and Pards. You love them, you hate them. You think we have wonderful players, you think we have terrible players. You love Sports Direct hoardings, you hate Sports Direct hoardings. Hmmmm. Now where was I going with this? 😯
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Well Remy rape case has been dropped he’s in the clear
icedog(Quote)