FA Cup 3rd round Newcastle United 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers

Posted by: Clarky · January 10, 2012 · Comment

Perhaps unsurprisingly after Wednesday’s exertions, we were rather sluggish and leggy 1st half. We lacked any presence in their PA and several good crosses found no one in the PA and attacking the ball.

Hatem Ben Arfa celebrates after scoring against Blackburn Rovers

Their goal was the end result of some sloppy defending by Williamson and Colo, but otherwise they offered little in the way of a threat.

We upped our game in the 2nd half, but despite a lot of…

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Newcastle United vs Wigan Athletic match review

Posted by: Clarky · October 23, 2011 · Comment

In the 1st half Wigan stopped us playing through central midfield with Cabaye and Tiote constantly outnumbered. This is not the first time we’ve experienced this problem and it certainly won’t be the last because teams now realise how key Cabaye & Tiote are to our game.

Hatem Ben Arfa during match between Newcastle United and Wigan Athletic [MagpiesZone/GettyImages/DayLife]

Alan Pardew told Ba to drop deeper to assist, but as v Spurs last week he showed he is incapable of doing that effectively. At…

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Newcastle maintain the unbeaten record and stay in fourth place

Posted by: shearyadi · October 16, 2011 · Comment

After a dramatic evening at St. James’ Park and a four goals contest between United and Spurs, we are delighted in the results that we still unbeaten and keep the fourth place for another week.

Shola Ameobi celebrates with Yohan Cabaye after scoring [Magpies Zone/GettyImages/DayLife]

This is the game that most of the Toon Army have something to fear of about the moral of team and the strength of our defense in particular. Many times I’ve read that our current position in…

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Alan Pardew determined to change Newcastle style

Posted by: shearyadi · September 26, 2011 · 1 Comment

Alan Pardew with his brand new Newcastle United squad is looking to break the 4-4-2 formation and said that Newcastle should change its style. The traditional formation of 4-4-2 stays for years and have been resulting an up and down seasons for us.

Alan Pardew sits with backroom staff Steve Stone and John Carver [Magpies Zone/GettyImages/DayLife]

Within the last ten years, we have so many names come and go as our manager trying to re-creating the old formula of an entertainers side which is, in…

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