Newcastle United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15

M5

Shocking, truly absent at the back blunt up front. Our poor form continues

M5

Perch is not a central defender! we knew we badly needed one in the summer, didn't spend the money, now we pay for it. Raging at this crap

That_Guy

Players fighting with each other now. Marvellous. :rolleyes:

That_Guy

This is frustrating as hell.

That_Guy

Get in Demba you fúcking beauty.

That_Guy

Handball....

Green Diesel

The hand of allah. Excellent.

That_Guy

Jesus christ, get it forward quicker FFS

That_Guy

Off the bar. My heart. :eek::eek::eek:

M5

We look disinterested. Pretty much every 50:50 is being won by reading. Sometimes uncontested

A lucky lucky draw if we get it

Duff

Seriously riding our luck here.

That_Guy

Deserved nothing really. Dreadful stuff.

BetterCallSaul

Well, my prediction wasn't too far off.

Pathetic performance again.

BetterCallSaul

Also, Gutierrez needs to be dropped.

Offering absolutely nothing atm and Pards gives him the armband.

M5

That was absolutely pathetic. Another huge struggle of a game. We cant seem to get going at all this season. Or big players and poor refereeing decisions are getting us out of jail all season. I have been waiting for this to happen TBH.

Its been an extremely worrying start to the season for us. Bar 20 mins against Everton we have been second best in every game we have played. Similar pattern to today's' game. No commitment up front, not nearly enough closing down, players not contesting 50:50's. Attacking players in acres of space.

We are also beginning to feel the pinch of lack of investment over the summer. Full backs and center backs were called out as requiring cover last season by the club. There has been no strengthening of those crucial areas. That has cost us two goals today. Perch was horrific for both, Tavernier extremely poor for the first.

Yes we have had injuries to deal with but the apparent lack of motivation is hard to hide. Simple closing down completely blunts us.

A tumble down the table is a realistic potability considering our next few fixtures. The thought of that back four facing Rooney and RvP next week scares me.

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

BetterCallSaul

M5 wrote: »

That was absolutely pathetic. Another huge struggle of a game. We cant seem to get going at all this season. Or big players and poor refereeing decisions are getting us out of jail all season. I have been waiting for this to happen TBH.

Its been an extremely worrying start to the season for us. Bar 20 mins against Everton we have been second best in every game we have played. Similar pattern to today's' game. No commitment up front, not nearly enough closing down, players not contesting 50:50's. Attacking players in acres of space.

We are also beginning to feel the pinch of lack of investment over the summer. Full backs and center backs were called out as requiring cover last season by the club. There has been no strengthening of those crucial areas. That has cost us two goals today. Perch was horrific for both, Tavernier extremely poor for the first.

Yes we have had injuries to deal with but the apparent lack of motivation is hard to hide. Simple closing down completely blunts us.

A tumble down the table is a realistic potability considering our next few fixtures. The thought of that back four facing Rooney and RvP next week scares me.

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Completely agree with you, but I'm trying to look on the positive side.

We're sitting joint 7th with Arsenal and things can only get better!

Well, the performances can't get much worse anyway.

Vurnon San Benito

M5 wrote: »

That was absolutely pathetic. Another huge struggle of a game. We cant seem to get going at all this season. Or big players and poor refereeing decisions are getting us out of jail all season. I have been waiting for this to happen TBH.

Its been an extremely worrying start to the season for us. Bar 20 mins against Everton we have been second best in every game we have played. Similar pattern to today's' game. No commitment up front, not nearly enough closing down, players not contesting 50:50's. Attacking players in acres of space.

We are also beginning to feel the pinch of lack of investment over the summer. Full backs and center backs were called out as requiring cover last season by the club. There has been no strengthening of those crucial areas. That has cost us two goals today. Perch was horrific for both, Tavernier extremely poor for the first.

Yes we have had injuries to deal with but the apparent lack of motivation is hard to hide. Simple closing down completely blunts us.

A tumble down the table is a realistic potability considering our next few fixtures. The thought of that back four facing Rooney and RvP next week scares me.

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Bar the aforementioned - thought Tavernier had another very good game, and Perch was pretty reliable.

Coming up against van Persie or Rooney doesn't scare me at all.

We were without Cabaye, Coloccini, Sims today.
Cabaye would have controlled midfield a tad better IMO, but Bigi did a decent job. Tioté didn't feature much in my eyes (could be a good thing).

Perhaps we are beginning to realise that Danny Simpson is actually a very important first teamer up the right hand side.

Still think we need to revert to our old formation..

Ba's goals, Tav's performance, and Fergie's assist big positives from today.

HTL.

Paully D

You lot really do get an absolutely disgusting amount of decisions in your favour :mad: :pac:

Vurnon San Benito

Paully D wrote: »

You lot really do get an absolutely disgusting amount of decisions in your favour :mad: :pac:

I'm glad you labelled them decisions.

Sick of hearing this supposed 'luck' we are getting - there's no such thing as luck.

Everything will even itself over the course of the season, you can be sure of that.

BetterCallSaul

I'd definitely be of the view that we have got the rub of the green more often than not over the last 18 months.

But considering the 10 previous years of rotten luck the begrudgers can do one!

M5

Doocey wrote: »

Bar the aforementioned - thought Tavernier had another very good game, and Perch was pretty reliable.

Coming up against van Persie or Rooney doesn't scare me at all.

We were without Cabaye, Coloccini, Sims today.
Cabaye would have controlled midfield a tad better IMO, but Bigi did a decent job. Tioté didn't feature much in my eyes (could be a good thing).

Perhaps we are beginning to realise that Danny Simpson is actually a very important first teamer up the right hand side.

Still think we need to revert to our old formation..

Ba's goals, Tav's performance, and Fergie's assist big positives from today.

HTL.

Perch was at fault for both goals, nowhere near the play. Tav was caught out for the first too????

They might be out for the man u game along with Taylor

M5

New shirt and perhaps stadium sponsor from next season. NUFC did not take up the option to extend with Virgin money. Word is its not going to be SD

That_Guy

Doocey, I admire your positivity but regarding Tavernier... He was absolute dirt. Was beaten all ends up too many times. Would be worried if we're starting with him on Sunday.

Vurnon San Benito

That_Guy wrote: »

Doocey, I admire your positivity but regarding Tavernier... He was absolute dirt. Was beaten all ends up too many times. Would be worried if we're starting with him on Sunday.

I thought he played quite well - especially away at United the last night.
You have to think that he's playing because Pardew knows he's good enough, and that's most certainly good enough for me.

No doubt we have to strengthen, and we didn't do so appropriately in the summer but there's a lot of people overreacting about our start.
Rhythm will come in time.

You've also got to admire th spirit of the lads - how many goals in the last 10 minutes has Demba Ba got this season? Spurs, Everton, & now Reading.
We just need to score a few earlier on and make it easier for ourselves :pac:

BetterCallSaul

Live on ESPN tonight. They beat Club Brugge by 4 in their first group game.

Hopefully we play a couple of the big guns, we will certainly need them.

TaosHum

BetterCallSaul wrote: »

Hopefully we play a couple of the big guns, we will certainly need them.

With Man U on Sunday, I don't see him risking any big names personally.

BetterCallSaul

TaosHum wrote: »

With Man U on Sunday, I don't see him risking any big names personally.

I think he might mix it up a little with the quality of the opposition.

Maybe Yohan and Papiss to start. We'll have to wait and see.

That_Guy

BetterCallSaul wrote: »

Live on ESPN tonight. They beat Club Brugge by 4 in their first group game.

Hopefully we play a couple of the big guns, we will certainly need them.

Don't think Irish viewrs have access to this.

BetterCallSaul

That_Guy wrote: »

Don't think Irish viewrs have access to this.

If you have a Sky Sports subscription you have it.

Salmon

Unfortunately while I have the station, the match is not available to roi viewers for some reason! Was the same for the maritimo game! Bummer!!

BetterCallSaul

Salmon wrote: »

Unfortunately while I have the station, the match is not available to roi viewers for some reason! Was the same for the maritimo game! Bummer!!

Really? I use Sky Go with a registered ROI Sky account and it worked fine for that game.

That's really strange.

BetterCallSaul

Ah, it seems Setanta block Irish viewers from watching it on ESPN when they are showing it live.

Raoul

So what Setanta is showing this?

M5

Raoul wrote: »

So what Setanta is showing this?

yup, its on Setanta Ireland

M5

Christ, their first cross and there are three bordeaux players unmarked in the 6 yard box. Porous

Beekay

I'm using sky go to watch it on ESPN. One nil to us

That_Guy

Cabaye, Obertan, Shola.

Awwww yeah.

M5

Nice work from obertan for the goal, looks to have the beating of the rb today,

Tiote with his 3rd yellow in 3

That_Guy

Obertan's first touch is sublime.

M5

Ah not again

That_Guy

Tiote.. Noooo.

That_Guy

I'm scared of our defence..

M5

That_Guy wrote: »

I'm scared of our defence..[/Quote

Fingers crossed we have one or both our center halves back for sunday

M5

Oh deary me

That_Guy

Excellent. Definitely needed that goal when Bordeaux were really on top.

M5

Is it just me or does Shola look a little tubby?

That_Guy

M5 wrote: »

Is it just me or does Shola look a little tubby?

Shola eats what/who he wants when he wants.

M5

Allover you would assume, shinned it in!

That_Guy

Fergie sets up Cisse yet again. Quality

BetterCallSaul

Lovely, he needed one to go in like that.