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
Here we go Pardew special 11 men behind the ball at all times
Santii(Quote)
@MM yeah that was **** by Tiote
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Reading 2-0 up. 😯
At this rate, we will have the worst away record in league.. 😳
Toon TRW(Quote)
😯 fuk that was close
Big Dave(Quote)
**** me Eliott to the rescue and we are rocking now 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
What a BRILLIANT triple save from Elliot !!
Munich Mag(Quote)
not Strolla for Benny 😯
Big Dave(Quote)
what a bad decision. Our only chance of goal going off
HBA39(Quote)
*** you clueless halfwit Pardew.
Santii(Quote)
****, going to take cover from all the fireworks about to take place here 😯
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
chame….
djebs9(Quote)
Cue the bitching. 🙄
Wellington(Quote)
game over then 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿
fucking joke
Ama fucking donkey time
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Benny off for Shola 🙄 Well you better score then Shola
KIMTOON(Quote)
We cannot carry Cabaye, Jonas, Cisse and Gouffron and expect to win ffs
Munich Mag(Quote)
OHH SHITTTTT so Close
HBA39(Quote)
Goofy 🙄
Big Dave(Quote)
****, so unlucky
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
HBA must be knackered 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
ffs Goofy ffs our fecking twating luck is unbelievible
KIMTOON(Quote)
Glad to see Pardews tactics are innovative!
His first sub everytime is Strolla!!!
Pathetic
Stuart79(Quote)
Good effort by Gouffran, though I assume that there was no chance of him scoring with Ben Arfa off the pitch. 😉
Wellington(Quote)
I reckon Mbwia would make a brilliant right back. The bloke is so leggy and good on the ball.
Munich Mag(Quote)
please play it short
KIMTOON(Quote)
come on lads it’s about time we broke our corner duck
Big Dave(Quote)
wigan 2-2 👿
ffs
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
MM @ 173 I think he is doing pretty well today
Big Dave(Quote)
With the hope that if I say Cabaye is **** he might do something spectactular. Cabaye is ****
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Wellington @172 😆 😆 😆
toonsy(Quote)
Penalty for Norwich
toonsy(Quote)
pen for hoots boys
KIMTOON(Quote)
well done again Elliot
Big Dave(Quote)
Looks like Shola in the middle and Cisse out right ?
Man is Shola so slow.
Elliot putting in absolutely brilliant second half.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Carroll trying just a bit too hard to score for a Newcastle lad
Geordie Deb(Quote)
Norwich 1-1 Villa
toonsy(Quote)
hoots boys level 😀
KIMTOON(Quote)
Elliot keeping us in the game here who said he was guff during he first half 😀
Saying that wait and see Shola scoring a winner here 😀
Santii(Quote)
Norwich 1 Villa 1
Toon TRW(Quote)
ffs ,Shola you’re as bad as Cisse 😆
KIMTOON(Quote)
😯
Big Dave(Quote)
where is cabay ?
djebs9(Quote)
Dave I JEST MATE 😉
KIMTOON(Quote)
hba out too soon!!! 😡
djebs9(Quote)
Shola is absolutely pish. You need to hit the target there.
Could someone tell me what the flock is wrong with Anita ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
gos for GOFFY ,POOR LOVE HAS CRAMP 🙄 Like Isaid our fitness is pish
KIMTOON(Quote)
come on we need someone to make a name for themselfs
Big Dave(Quote)
Gosling? Really?
Stuart79(Quote)
We are trying our very best, we are just pish.
Pity really.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Ahhh this is more like the starting XI we were expecting
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
playing for 0-0 = dangerous
M(Quote)
nooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!pression on defence !!! danger!!!!!!!!pray for not!!!
djebs9(Quote)
We look utterly toothless now ,no Benny ,no Goofy fecking joke, why no chance for Campbell 😕
KIMTOON(Quote)
We’re going to get stitched up here like against Swansea.
Stuart79(Quote)
****, Shola is down.
Toon TRW(Quote)
Strolla off
Big Dave(Quote)
great
Newkie(Quote)
Pards wants the draw ,putting all his eggs in the beating QPR basket then 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
Negative football to the extreme
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Does anyone else ever get the feeling that sometimes Shola doesn’t really want to go on the pitch ? He has gone WAY downhill this season, even by his own measely standards..
Munich Mag(Quote)
West Brom 2-3 Wigan 🙁
toonsy(Quote)
10 mn… 🙁
djebs9(Quote)
More ****, as Wigan scored AGAIN! 👿
Toon TRW(Quote)
Fucking little **** Mcmanaman scores for Wigan 👿 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
well for me the players have tried to up their game, but after the last 2 games it would be hard not to
Big Dave(Quote)
hba and goof keep the ball in midfield and keep pression on west ham !!! and why not can scores !!! 👿 look now …we are behind in great great danger…. ❗ pards please….
djebs9(Quote)
Fucking brilliant
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Sorry like, but I cannot for the life of me understand bringing on Gosling in front of Anita …
Munich Mag(Quote)
Wigan 2-3 now 👿 👿 👿 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
never gonna score in a million yrs
hopeless
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Feel physically sick now ,this needs to end now can’t take anymore ,everyone else can score goals but us. 🙁
KIMTOON(Quote)
shitt managing ….pray one points ….or cisse score…miracle!!!
djebs9(Quote)
Cisse man wtf
KIMTOON(Quote)
As things stand, its no longer in our hands…
Stuart79(Quote)
Cisse you knacker. Why foul him there ffs. So unprofessional 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
I wonder if we will have Cisse time today
Big Dave(Quote)