Fletcher’s goal early in the first half was probably the sign of what coming up next or to decide the way of the game, but Newcastle regained the more possessions and attempts in the first half, but sad to say all of the works are none of them causing any serious damage to the mackems defense.

I noticed some players that were down below par, Yoan Gouffran in particularly has nothing to do in the first half while Ben Arfa seems to a little bit confusing of wheter he will take the ball up or pass it to his team mates.

Our front man looks lonely up there, Remy is look like an average player with not much support from our midfield men and both wings.

In defense, without Coloccini, we are really vurnerable with Dummet in as his replacement was far from our skipper’s experience, as shown in the process of Fletcher’s first goal.

In the second half, there’s a little hope when Debuchy marks his first goal for Newcastle to make it 1-1, but imho, the replacement of Gouffran with Cisse was not Pardew’s good move, he should have added in the mackem’s slayer earlier instead of Cisse.

It proves that Newcastle’s worst ever number 9 for the last two seasons is still not having back what he was at the first time we signed him.

At last and to be honest, I must give credits to the mackems for their efforts today and they deserved the win because we are not in the form for this big event, maybe we are still in euphoria of the Liverpool’s match or the lads are just gave away this game to our “beloved” enemies so we will have another derby coming in next season.

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Yohan Cabaye gives the Magpies off to the perfect start in just three minutes of play and although the mackems and their helpers throwing everything they can in search for an equaliser, we held to our lead relatively comfortably.

It was until the 25th-minute before a disastrous moment happen when their 12th men, the referee Atkinson think that Tiote’s tackle was his chance to give a little joy to already sad mackems and produce a red for his challenge on mackem’s useless striker Fletcher.

And guess what, the 13th men who was act as the co-commentator for today’s match, their very own Matt Le Tissier immediately said that Tiote’s challenge was really deserved a straight red card.

What about Sebastien Larsson, a horrible cheating Scandinavian shite, he has got away with bloody hell of handballs in the box, not to mention he kicked Shola in the chest and didn’t get a single booking from the ref.

If it stays 11 vs 13 we would have absolutely put them down deep in a week full of misery. And even, with 10 vs 13 we were almost won it before O’Shea header hits Ba on the way past Krul, 5 minutes before the end of normal time.

In the post-game interview, Pardew told Sky Sports: ‘It was a magnificent effort. We said to the players before the game how important it was to the fans, we’ve now shown how important it is to us.

‘Playing an hour with 10 men, if we could have just seen it out it would have been one of the greatest victories ever here. But it’s a great point and I’m very proud of my players.’

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The Magpies have a superb record at the home of Sunderland over recent years and have lost just once there in the Premier League. Pardew tasted victory in this fixture last year, with a superb Ryan Taylor free-kick being enough to separate the two sides. When it comes to passionate derby matches that create an electric atmosphere, then there is no other place to look than the North East.

With Newcastle not getting off to a flying start in the Premier League, all three points will be just what Pardew is looking for in this one. Take the spoils, and it could be the start of a superb run for them and if football results go their way, Pardew’s men could end the weekend in the top eight.

“The derby games are electric games. I can’t wait for it. The games over there have so much electricity. I can’t really explain to people.” Said the Newcastle boss.

It does look as though the visitors have the squad with the extra quality to take the points in this one. Of course the man to mention at the moment is Demba Ba, who is the top goalscorer in the league at the moment and looks like sticking the ball in the back of the net whenever he touches the ball.

The players that Ba has behind him are key as well, especially Hatem Ben Arfa, who many will be suggesting is the key man in this fixture. The Frenchman’s pace, skill and eye for goal will scare the Black Cats, no doubt about it.

If Newcastle are at their best and can silence the home crowd with an early goal in this one, then you can expect them to come out on top.

Steven Fletcher is the man to stop for Sunderland as he has scored all of their goals in the league. However, with Steven Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini both possibly returning to action, the Magpies defence will be a lot stronger and this pairing are good enough to stop Fletcher having another successful 90 minutes.

You can feel the excitement start to build for this superb North East derby and it is sure to live up to expectations.

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On our part, our passing was dire, delivery from out wide and from dead balls was poor, and far too often we resorted to knocking long balls up to Ba & Cisse. I thought we should have had a penalty in the 1st half when Ba’s legs were taken from behind – by O’Shea, I believe – and another in the 2nd half for a clear handball.

In the 2nd half we came out with an entirely different focus, intent on outplaying them. Hatem Ben Arfa had replaced Raylor wide right and immediately started running at Richardson – quite clearly their weak link at left back but someone we had not once taken on in the 1st half.

Apart from one breakaway when they could and perhaps should have scored, we totally dominated the 2nd half. We mixed up the long balls and short passing much more effectively and penned them into their penalty area for long periods. This was the case before Sessegnon was sent off, which imho made little real difference to the flow of the game.

We found it difficult to break them down, but with so many bodies in the box this was perhaps unsurprising. Our final ball was often weak, our shooting generally off target, and it looked as though the equaliser would not come.

Around the time we got the penalty I was thinking that if we got one we would go on to win. If Ba had despatched the penalty I still think that would have come to pass. As it was, Shola’s thoroughly deserved equaliser came very late and weren’t to conjure up another one.

Frankly, I was disappointed by the mackems. I was expecting them to play a lot more football and be very dangerous on the break. Their physical approach certainly knocked us out of our stride in the 1st half, but once we started playing football they looked ordinary. Tbh, I thought Wolves last week were a better football team.

I feel we have played poorly in recent weeks. However, I saw signs in that 2nd half that we may have finally begun to rediscover what made us successful earlier in this campaign. We may ultimately have the knuckle-draggers to thank for literally kicking us back into action.

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That may sound funny but it’s more than just a local derby in North East, it’s about all your pride, and scoring against them will make you an instant hero in the eyes of Toon Army for the rest of your life.

What Taylor did last Saturday is even more special, he did it just one day after his 27th birthday on August 19, in his first ever appearance in Wear-Tyne derby since joining Newcastle in 2009. And to added more special on it, Ryan and his partner Kimberley is also expecting their first child near this week.

“It was nice and what a birthday present the goal was.” Ryan said as quoted from Telegraph, “That one was for the little bump in Kimberley’s belly. I’m going to dedicate it to the baby.”

“In addition to his goal, Ryan did ever so well and he deserves all the plaudits.” Alan Pardew said in a part of Wear-Tyne victory celebrations, “He’s (Ryan) a proud Geordie, and he was like a little boy in the dressing room afterwards.”

From the latest news, Newcastle is willing to make another steps to bring in the £6 million-rated defender, PSV Eindhoven left-back Erik Pieters, and Pardew is keen to add the 23 year-old to his squad just before Newcastle’s home game against Fulham next Sunday.

If we finally get the new left back player, that would certainly makes Taylor’s chance in Newcastle’s first team appear numbered. But, no matter how much longer his career is with the mighty magpies, Ryan Taylor has proven to be one of the adopted Geordie, and I personally congratulates him for his great achievement last Saturday.

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