A win and a farewell match for Newcastle and Steven Taylor

Posted by: Clarky · August 16, 2009 · Comment

Canny showing against inferior opposition, and a victory that had us pondering in ‘Rupali’ on when was the last time we had a comfortable home win, and who was the last Toon player to score a hat trick at home. Most thought the latter would have been Alan Shearer but no one could remember against who, and when.

We started rather tentatively, and although never under any real pressure, didn’t turn on the class until after…

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The grim reality after all the hype and euphoria

Posted by: Clarky · April 4, 2009 · 1 Comment

Well, after all the hype and euphoria the grim reality settled back in this afternoon. In many respects this was very similar to the recent games v ManU and Arsenal – once again we competed really well for an hour before conceding a soft goal that knocked the stuffing, and the fight, out of the team.

Having said that we competed for an hour, the stark reality is that yet again we created virtually nothing, with…

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Newcastle got a lesson to be learned

Posted by: Clarky · March 5, 2009 · Comment

The bottom line from last Newcastle performance against ManU was we got nowt from a very creditable performance in a game we most certainly should have taken a point from, and frankly it would not have been robbery if we’d taken all three.

Peter Lovenkrands scores to ruin Van Der Saar clean-sheet record attempt

That we didn’t was once again down to downright appalling defending on both goals, but particularly the second, which was horrific even by our dismal standards.

I thought we were well-organised tonight, tried to…

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Steve Bruce has been linked for the third times as the next Newcastle United manager

Posted by: shearyadi · February 14, 2009 · 1 Comment

When Freddy Shepherd, the former chairman of Newcastle United was looking for a replacement for Sir Bobby Robson as Newcastle manager, Steve Bruce was first reported to have been his main target.

Steve Bruce has been linked for the third times as the next Newcastle United manager

At that time, United was ready to pay Birmingham more than £3 million in compensation for Bruce service at Newcastle, and Bruce himself was said to be keen to take over at St James’ Park, but he later remained at Birmingham because of a…

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A hard working and full of committment performance but lacking in class

Posted by: Clarky · January 10, 2009 · Comment

Canny game with 4 goals, and a lot of effort from both teams. Being honest, a draw was probably the right result, but this was 2 points we just couldn’t afford to drop. As has already been mentioned we never had any measure of control in midfield until Zog came one – to a mixture of cheers and boos.

Geordie boy Andy Carroll saves the day