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 Carling Cup adventure ended at Ewood Park

Posted by: Jacko · October 27, 2011 · Comment

First half was absolute rubbish by us. They played some decent stuff but were chasing and harrying us like madmen. The first goal came down our right hand side – no one stopped the cross and the finish was decent.

Demba Ba battles for the ball with Blackburn Rovers Morten Gamst Pedersen [Magpies Zone/AP Photos/DayLife]

Ba then hit the post when he made a decent chance for himself. He spent all the first half playing up front on his own. I assume Ben Arfa was supposed to…

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Newcastle keep the top four spot after a convincing win against Blackburn

Posted by: Clarky · September 25, 2011 · 1 Comment

You got a real sense at St. James’ Park that something good may finally be happening for NUFC. This finally is Alan Pardew’s team, and it is improving all the time. It was a good win against a desperately poor Blackburn side, with some good individual performances.

Demba Ba firing to scores Newcastle opening goal against Blackburn [MagpiesZone/GettyImages/Daylife]

We played some really terrific football in spells, but interspersed that with some real sloppy play, some unecessary over-elaboration in dangerous areas, and some woeful…

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Joe Kinnear on his first Newcastle United game

Posted by: Clarky · September 27, 2008 · Comment

I caught Bobby Moncur talking on Century Radio on the drive home. He said he’d been talking to Joe Kinnear, who had asked to see him and Supermac to pick their brains on all things Toon, including the current squad.

Although not officially in charge, he said he had felt the need to go into the dressing room at half time and say a few home truths to the team. He said…

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