Newcastle was in the right spirit in an incredible atmosphere

Posted by: Clarky · May 12, 2009 · Comment

Gawd, what a knee trembler!! Giving them the lead after 3mins didn’t exactly help either. I feel emotionally drained, relieved and delighted in equal measure, but you know what, that game tonight was a credit to the PL. Two teams under incredible pressure, but totally committed; played in the right spirit in an incredible atmosphere.

Despite the high stakes and the unbelievable tension, it was a great little contest, and a pretty good spectacle. Littered with…

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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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The game of two very average sides who are devoid of confidence

Posted by: Clarky · February 2, 2009 · Comment

Once again we are utterly incapable of defending competently, and this always kept the mackems in with a shout, even during a 20 min spell in the 2nd half when we were all over them – but where any long straight ball down the middle was invariably enough to cause us fits – as indeed has been the case all season.

Mike Ashley return to St. James' Park

This despite having the best defender on the field in young Bassong. He put in…

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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