Currently we’re five points clear of Wigan who are away at West Brom this afternoon. In an ideal world that gap would be extended to eight points with just three games to go (for them anyway) as we win and they lose.
However I get the feeling that things aren’t going to go to plan in much the same way that they’ve not gone to plan all season long. At the moment we can sort of forget about Wigan as our destiny is in our own hands, but for it to stay that way we must win at all costs this afternoon and take the points away from a host of faces who will be desperate to put one over on us.
Sam Allardyce, Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan are all former employees of Newcastle and will want to make a point, especially Allardyce who has made it a habit of getting one over us wherever he has been. His brand of football may attract criticism but it’s effective, especially against us.
We look devoid of confidence, lacking ideas and low on fight which are ingredients needed to help pull us out of this mess. One win is all it will take I reckon, but until that comes nerves will understandably be frayed. A growing injury list has seen Moussa Sissoko added to the list of walking wounded. Put simply, things are bad right now.
If you need a bit more background ahead of the match then why not take a look at our match preview article which is linked at the bottom of this article? It features all the other injury news, a history of the fixture and some facts and stats to get you thinking.
The game itself is not being shown live here in the UK so streams will be needed. Once again if you happen to find one then please leave a link to it in the ‘comments’ section below. Team news will be made available as soon as I can get my hands on it.
Howay the lads!
West Ham: Jussi Jaaskelainen; Joey O’Brien, Winston Reid, James Collins, Guy Demel; Gary O’Neill, Mohamed Diame, Kevin Nolan, Matt Jarvis; Ricardo Vaz Te, Andy Carroll
Subs: Stephen Henderson, Emanuel Pogatetz, Matt Taylor, Mark Noble, Jack Collison, Joe Cole, Carlton Cole
Newcastle: Rob Elliot; Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa; Cheik Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez; Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse, Yoan Gouffran
Subs: Steve Harper, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Dan Gosling, Vurnon Anita, Adam Campbell, Shola Ameobi
I have no doubts that was over and tbh we deserved it
Big Dave(Quote)
Howay lads we need to take our half chances …
Munich Mag(Quote)
West Brom 1-0 Wigan
toonsy(Quote)
Wigan 1.0 down 😀
KIMTOON(Quote)
Have to say how fucking good has Coloccini looked today SO FAR!!
Santii(Quote)
WBA 1 Wigan 0 – come on toon!!!!!
Sharpy17(Quote)
really good start from us, we deserved a goal. And we seem to control the game.
HBA39(Quote)
How did West Ham get a freekick out of that?
toonsy(Quote)
Kim – yeah Benny seems desperate to address the media ***** written about him this week doesn’t he.
Sharpy17(Quote)
😈 goood job hatem !!!
djebs9(Quote)
fuckkk cabaye…
djebs9(Quote)
shame!!!!
djebs9(Quote)
iF THAT Wall was the right distance away then I’m the pope as we say here in Germany. Dowd is just getting ALL of the small things wrong unfortunately..
Munich Mag(Quote)
👿 no fault about tiote !!!
djebs9(Quote)
I said it before but i’ll say it again Benny makes us tick and if we had him playing most of this season we wouldn’t be in the trouble we are in
Big Dave(Quote)
fucking Wigan 1.1
KIMTOON(Quote)
West Brom 1-1 Wigan 🙁
toonsy(Quote)
wigan scored. 🙁
Toon TRW(Quote)
Cisse could at least challenge in the air for the high balls ffs 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
cabaye 😯
Big Dave(Quote)
Pardew got a big job on his hands at half time coz you know Sam will be at his players!!
Change nowt for me like just ask alittle more from these 11 players.
WBA improved alot against us in the 2nd half so got to hope for the same from them again.
Sharpy17(Quote)
cabaye is just awful
get him off
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Decent first half now i am just thinking we are going to come out in the 2nd half and let them do what they want cause Pardew will want the point and we havn’t had a good 90 minutes this season.
Santii(Quote)
What a ball from cabs, I bet pards coaching him for those deliveries as well 😆
Newkie(Quote)
Looks over the line for me. Fowler on BBC nailed it though, we shouldn’t even be talking about it, Cisse should have buried it 😕
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
the team is better equilibrate and most strong defensivly…the midfields cabaye jonas and tiote must play short more passes and safe pass for hba ,gouf or cisse !!! but it s a positive first half….
djebs9(Quote)
Well much improved but we should be ahead ,that ball was in for me.
KIMTOON(Quote)
OK lads and lasses 0-0 and a good first half performance ,i would take a point at full time but their is something in this game for us .
Axel(Quote)
Cabaye has been pants
michael12(Quote)
I fear that is the best we are going to get attack wise today. That first half, we needed to nudge a goal ahead there, unfortunately we never managed it, not for lack of trying though.
Allardyce will change the style of play in the second half, and I fear that we will run out of steam.
Come on lads, keep on in there !!!!!
Munich Mag(Quote)
Micheal agree ,he’s not on top form today .
KIMTOON(Quote)
Decent first half. Pardew don’t *uck with their heads at half time.
Geordie Deb(Quote)
cabaye must quikly re found his level !!! 👿 because he s very very poor !!!since feww months ….!
djebs9(Quote)
If Cisse had of struck the chance cleanly the defender would never have made it back to clear off the line.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Munich I think you’re right but hope you’re not
Geordie Deb(Quote)
MM ,If Fat Sam changes things at half time ,it’s up to Pards to counter it ,what I don’t want is to hang on for a poxy point again.
KIMTOON(Quote)
I m confident we will win this one. I have like a feeling benny will score a screamer
HBA39(Quote)
he s forget how shoot a corner , free kick or a simple long pass !!!incredible….isnt it ❓
djebs9(Quote)
Tiote has not tracked back hard enough, a couple of times now, the westham mids have wandered into our box unmarked.. their best chances have come from these runs. Collo has been good, at least he can keep Saylor in line.. Dowd is a feckin muppet..
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
god hear u !!!hba 39 !!!
djebs9(Quote)
Ok so far. But now it’s the dreaded half time.
brisvegas(Quote)
Good game so far. We were robbed of a goal though. That ball crossed the line. Hope we can have a good second half too, so far this season the best we have done is have one good half and one bad half. Interesting to see if we can keep the good going for the other half. Everybody is playing about as well as they can so far. Need to get the ball to HBA more if possible.
Jill(Quote)
The ball did cross the line but as usual, cisse makes hard work of the 1v1 chances you’d expect a striker to score.
Newkie(Quote)
I just hope Dowd will see that we should have had a goal and will try to make up for it.
This game is in our hands we just need to carry on doing what we have been doing
Big Dave(Quote)
@Bris
Exactly 😀 or 😐 🙁 😥
Santii(Quote)
good analyse jill 😉 hba can be the key today and give him ball much as possible ! ❗
djebs9(Quote)
we do look a tad toothless in attack if I’m honest. 👿
stroller time 😳
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
C’mon then lads it’s in you’re hands .
KIMTOON(Quote)
Papiss’s first hat trick, please.
And a Ben Arfa one to boot, please.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
@FSOTC
Have you been taking mushrooms or something or what planet have you been on 😛
Santii(Quote)
**** Cabs close
KIMTOON(Quote)
I’m on Ian Wright’s show on absolute radio later. hope I have something positive to talk about.
cmon lads!!
whumpie(Quote)
Big Dave @ 119 – Good prediction. 🙂
Wellington(Quote)
West Brom 2-1 Wigan
toonsy(Quote)
West Brom Score 😀
KIMTOON(Quote)
come on Benny take that and hit the net
Big Dave(Quote)
Really Benny 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
Fucking **** bags Villa 1.0up 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
Norwich 0-1 Villa.
Can’t be true. Sir Hooters doesn’t lose games 😯
toonsy(Quote)
Villa scored too. 😕
Toon TRW(Quote)
Benny needs to stop trying to take on the world.
For all the criticism Cabaye is the only one that has created a chance.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
good secences…
djebs9(Quote)
Our corners actually haven’t been that bad recently, it’s just our players don’t jump for them!
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
we seem tired. We are not very far from seein a goal, hope it will be for us.
HBA39(Quote)
only one ? 😯
djebs9(Quote)
We need to bring Anita in the right wing and put benny just behind Cisse. He seems to be too tired to track back. Let him concentrate in the goal
HBA39(Quote)
feels like we are tiring again ,we need a moment of magic from one of our lads
KIMTOON(Quote)
West Brom 2-2 Wigan
toonsy(Quote)
Wigan Level ffs
C’mon Lads get a goal will ya
KIMTOON(Quote)
Two **** poor teams I’m afraid 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
Man is Mbwia a beast at times. Whata brilliant run at left back, he beats three men, gives the ball to Tiote who….err….
Munich Mag(Quote)
well done Eliott
KIMTOON(Quote)
hba need more confidence…and little space…for ignition !!he not start since december …wait and see…
djebs9(Quote)
Cabaye must go off for Anita
HBA39(Quote)
Take a look at Cabaye’s efforts off the ball.
THE BLOKE IS A FUKING DISGRACE
Munich Mag(Quote)