Well I think it’s fair to say that the two weeks just gone has seemed like a proverbial lifetime.
The reason – no NUFC action!
That changes of course this afternoon as we return to Premier League action and look to put behind us a horror show at White Hart Lane last time out. It’s not the only sub plot to the game today though as Wolves will be trying exorcise their own demons after going down 5-1 to their local rivals last time out.
I must confess that I don’t actually know what it is like to be thumped 5-1 by your closest rivals. I’d ask a Mackem but I can’t stand the smell of them so couldn’t get close enough, plus I don’t think they’d be able to answer without covering me in some form of mouth froth.
Anyway, I’ll save that malarkey for next week. Right now it’s managerless (sort of!) Wolves to contend with. I say ‘sort of’ because Caretaker Manager Terry Connor has been handed the Molineux managerial reins until the end of the season. Will that lead to the “new manager” effect on his players? We’ll find out this afternoon I guess…
For more background on the match you can peruse my match preview by clicking here or you can take a look at NUFC stats’ number crunching stat attack by clicking here.
That’s enough talking for now anyway as we prepare for battle against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Can Alan Pardew’s men keep the Wolves from the door? Or will Terry Connor’s men huff and puff and blow the house down?
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon; R Taylor, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez; Ba, Cisse
Subs: Elliot, Ferguson, Perch, Guthrie, Obertan, Ben Arfa, Ameobi
Wolves: Wayne Hennessey; Ronald Zubar, Christophe Berra, Richard Stearman, Stephen Ward; Kevin Foley, Karl Henry, David Edwards, Jamie O’Hara, Matt Jarvis; Kevin Doyle
Subs: Dorus De Vries, Jody Craddock, Roger Johnson, Nenad Milijas, Stephen Hunt, Michael Kightly, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
🙁 😕
Dubtoon(Quote)
😯 Demba 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Ba down 😥
kimtoon(Quote)
I’m affraid that the Demba ba’s knee problem which blocks his transfers to Stoke wake up
HBA39(Quote)
not the dreaded knee….
Dubtoon(Quote)
and not shola….
Dubtoon(Quote)
Oh boy… take him off to be safe?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
and tioté 😯
Dubtoon(Quote)
There’s no Cisse next week either is there?
kimtoon(Quote)
oh just winded. Phew. stream skipped and came back to him slapping the ground in pain
Dubtoon(Quote)
****
hitman(Quote)
ffs
kimtoon(Quote)
fecks sake 👿
richietoon(Quote)
ouch—got Tiote in the solar plexus.
Fucking hell.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
FFS
Big Dave(Quote)
****, we seem to sleep in this start of the second half
HBA39(Quote)
There you go, fucking half arsed since the 2nd…
CC(Quote)
Wolves have deserved that. Very lucky. But the lads need to wake the fck up!
JJ(Quote)
deflection 👿 👿 👿
Dubtoon(Quote)
Well, at least Sunderland are three down…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
man oh man could you really see that coming. ***** defending by Raylor. Nothing more than they have deserved.
Munich Mag(Quote)
come on Lads FFS wake up
Big Dave(Quote)
Come on boys, foot back on the gas, please.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
They will pressurise our right side now, cos that’s all they have. Time to wake up now toon.
Munich Mag(Quote)
please god not a Fulham game again . That came off simmo didn’t it.
kimtoon(Quote)
Chelski winning 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
We are losing most of the second balls again…though to be honest wolves have absolutely packed the central midfield, and we cannot work it out..,.
Munich Mag(Quote)
still no outlet on the right
CC(Quote)
man we are so scrappy, having trouble retaining the ball. Same old story.
Munich Mag(Quote)
If I’m being blatantly honest. Wolves have just been the better team here.
Which shows how poor we’ve been.
Only pieces of individual brilliance mean we’re ahead. Jonas having a great game.
JJ(Quote)
Wolves creating chance after chance. Why are we looking so ****?!
JJ(Quote)
Simpson is really ****.
Maybe we are top 6 but we score 2 goals and Wolwes seem 3 times better than us in the game in passes we are completely dominated. We have just 2 guys completely isolated up front. We really need to improve our game, because we are almost dominated by all the teams.
HBA39(Quote)
CC we have no attacking outlet on the right hand side with Raylor in the team. Pardew has obviously identified Jarvis as the main attacking threat…
JJ you are spot on mate, I think Wolves have out-played us for the majority of the game.
Munich Mag(Quote)
I can’t believe how laxidasical we are 👿 Wolves are trying to get back into this 😈
Big Dave(Quote)
Jesus christ we look ****.
Jon R(Quote)
Glad jonas doing o.k ,think the break did him good . I said after last game he looks really ,really tired .
kimtoon(Quote)
Jarvis is ripping Raylor and Simpson a new one… We need Gabby on!
JJ(Quote)
surely only a matter of time before they equalise… Chelsea getting their act together too… 2-0 up now
M(Quote)
its time for Pardew to change something, using subs and not waiting the 85 min
HBA39(Quote)
With a about 30 mins left , what would people do to change the game? Not watching the match so cant really say , but sounds like we need to start keeping hold of the ball more , maybe Guthrie out right? Done some decent stuff out there in the Chmapionship for us
Johno Toon(Quote)
@JJ: Absolutely agree with you here. We are ahead due to individual moments of brilliance but wolves are the better team. Again opposition change tactics at the break and Pardew is still playing what we did in the first half which is not addressing the new threats or opportunities arising from the change in wolves tactics.
Michael12(Quote)
Benny coming on 😀
richietoon(Quote)
So we need to get a foothold and keep possesion. Who do you bring on? Ben Arfa?!!!
Jon R(Quote)
Fancy Cisse off HBA on soon. Wolves need to have something to worry about at the other end of the field. At the minute there defence is cruising…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Pards has to act now try and get a bit more creative befor they equalise
kimtoon(Quote)
…and Guthrie
richietoon(Quote)
it seems almost impossible for us to advance in the pitch with short passes. We end up all the time to Krul who threws the ball.
HBA39(Quote)
Reet come on lads wake up
Big Dave(Quote)
**** OFF
hitman(Quote)
pathetic from pardew we had it won
CC(Quote)
FFS 👿
richietoon(Quote)
what a fuking joke 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Feel sick.
Jon R(Quote)
Absolutely shocking defending on that free kick.
SJP14(Quote)
its difficult to admit but if you look the all game they deserve it they dominate us
HBA39(Quote)
Commentators saying we’ve been poor his half… Truth is we’ve been poor since the ten minute mark.
Fcking pathetic display… Again.
JJ(Quote)
Willo 😕
Big Dave(Quote)
balls
Johno Toon(Quote)
Well that was coming really 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
thoroughly deserved equaliser. Lets hope the subs/change of tactics enable us to stop being ****
M(Quote)
Man we are absolutely embarassing. 2-2 and Wolves are really poor. They have made us look really poor…
Munich Mag(Quote)
As much as it annoys me to admit it and if I am to be brutally honest, wolves deserve to have two goals.
Michael12(Quote)
Is true,why do you make a subsitution when we are defending a free kick. 🙄
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
we took our foot off the gas when we went 2 up and it has cost us we should of went for a 3rd
hitman(Quote)
We have been gash the whole game. We seem to be so toothless in the final third, absolutely no-one has shown any belief.
Munich Mag(Quote)
I like Colo, but you need a captain that SHOUTS to drive the team on – instead of just coasting like we have since Jonas scored
Jesmond Dean(Quote)
this stupid simpson is not able to make a short pass
HBA39(Quote)
No manager , hopeless cause of a club and still they draw level . We need to step it up here ,very very concerned now ,its Fulham all over again.
kimtoon(Quote)
AOD @213 spot on there. You never make sub changes when defending a free kick / corner…
Munich Mag(Quote)
We just look clueless.
Nobody wants to get into the box. We take forever to put a cross in…
Just **** poor against relegation strugglers missing key players at you home ground…
This is why I argue we arnt good enough for top six really.
JJ(Quote)
We need to be sure that we keep the point we have… 😯 😯
Munich Mag(Quote)
This game really should of been a home banker , Cannot have any excuses for this ,tiredness cannot be cited after and what’s with the timeing of the subs 😕
kimtoon(Quote)
What the hell is wrong with us man?!
Why can’t we hold onto a bloody lead or be ruthless enough to kill a game … it’s a joke this!!!
Sharpy17(Quote)
Good dive for the fk Benny
Jesmond Dean(Quote)
Ba is getting frustrated because our **** poor wide men take AGES to get the ball into the box. Exactly what I was saying this week.
Is put Fergie at left back and swap Santon to right back… Take Simpson off…
JJ(Quote)