FA Cup 3rd Round Replay – Preview

Posted by: heednhands · January 16, 2008 · Comment

I’m expecting some fun tonight, OK Stoke will be big and direct – brilliant, there is no way we’ll cope with this very brainy tactic so we’ll have to counter it. We have no players apart from my team. This team can only play one way – attack.

I honestly can not see any other way for us but to go 100% at them. Go at them with every damn thing we’ve got. Width, pace, …

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It Couldn’t Have Been Any Better Than It Was at Britannia

Posted by: shearyadi · January 7, 2008 · Comment

Again, Newcastle United is having a winable game against lower team from different division last night, but failed to manage the win as the lucky Stoke side fought back bravely in second-half.

As always, the Cup romance is producing numbers of shock and sad stories, especially for the Premiership teams. Year after year, the lower division teams give difficult times for any team above them and for us, it’s looking worst because we are being …

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Stoke City v Newcastle United – Postmortem

Posted by: Clarky · January 6, 2008 · Comment

After 10mins tooing and froing, we had a decent 20 minutes spell where we kept the ball and probed for openings. We created only one, which Owen bottled with the keeper closing on him. Stoke seemed to realise they had little to fear, and gradually took control.

From our perspective, the 2nd half was an abomination: we were truly appalling. While I’m not really feeling charitable, it looked to me as though fatigue may have …

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Stoke City 0 (0) v Newcastle United 0 (0) – FA Cup 3rd Round

Posted by: shearyadi · January 6, 2008 · Comment

Big Sam is again making changes on his team and it was quite surprising me to see Rozehnal and Duff playing on the right hand side of Newcastle team.

Eneique making appearance in left-back and Allardyce pushed N’Zogbia to field in Duff position. Faye and Taylor guard the heart of United defence today. Big Sam is look to forcing a win as he came up with 4-3-3 formation using Alan Smith operating just behind the …

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