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

I suspect the improvement was more to do with finally getting some mobility in central m/f rather…

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Another really vital and hard-earned victory for Newcastle

Posted by: Clarky · December 22, 2008 · Comment

A tight game that developed into a midfield slugfest, with neither keeper having a whole lot to do. Without ever reaching the heights as a football spectacle, it was actually an absorbing contest. Of course, the fact we nicked it at the death now makes it seem a lot more memorable than it probably was!

Another really vital and hard-earned victory for Newcastle

We never established control in midfield, and had to work our gonads off to keep a foothold in the game. Credit…

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Newcastle vs Reading Match Review

Posted by: Clarky · April 6, 2008 · 2 Comments

This was a game we would undoubtedly have lost 2 months ago – and yet we won 3-0. That is a measure of how far we’ve come under KK.

Reading started brightly, and we really struggled to get on top, principally because we couldn’t a grip on midfield. This was where, for me, the team showed real bottle, fighting their individual battles, and and battling for each other – refusing to allow Reading to get a…

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Spurs (1) vs Newcastle United (4) Post Match Review

Posted by: shearyadi · March 30, 2008 · 1 Comment

Magpies Zone welcoming Citizen Vain, my new Toon friend from the internet and his first article for my blog. I meet this lad from one of social networking site and I was very glad to have meet a fellow Toon Army from blogging.

This is the beauty of making a Blog about something that you really love and not just following someone else success in blogging about making money. My new mate from Vainzine is writting the…

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Newcastle United vs Fulham Match Review

Posted by: Clarky · March 22, 2008 · Comment

Despite the enormous comfort of an early goal, which in the context of the game was massive, a tense and nervous 90 mins made for agonising watching, but ultimately proved satisfying. The players were nervous, the crowd anxious, and the lack of the 2nd goal made things ever more nail-biting.