Tales from the Toon. The ups and downs of an NUFC supporter....

[The Camel]

I'm not being biased but I'm really not sure this was that clear cut, seen it like 20 times and couldn't decide if it was deliberate or not.

I think it's likely this was more deliberate than Balotelli's.

Really ? I thought Balotelli's looked much worse.

Mario had no idea he was stamping on Parkers head.

Cabaye knew full well he was putting his studs in El Abd's face.

That's why I thought it was worse.

There was no dispute for me that Balotellii made an unnatural movement in putting his foot down, why was he stamping on the ground for when he knew people where nearby, I agree he probably had no idea where Parkers head was but what was he playing at anyway ? Deserved a ban.

Whereas Cabaye I genuinely couldn't work out whether there was any intent or not, this quote is from Pardew : “Yesterday we had a call from Brighton’s coaching team suggesting the player wants to support our player" So I guess the Brighton player obv felt there was no intent.

As soon as I saw what happened it was obvious (to me anyway) Cabaye had lost his rag because El Abd had fouled him less than a minute earlier and not been punished.

[mondatoo]

Ba is on a roll that could last a while.

QFMFT

Really looking forward too Sundays game to see them two up front together.

[George2Loose]

Both Demba's score. Cisse with a cracker

[Dubai]

Great to the eye- technically he totally mishit it tho obviously. Surprised commentators didn't pick up on that

[The Camel]

I promise this is the last time I say this.

Newcastle are tez and are in an absolutely false position.

Talent wise they are little better than Wigan. Good goalkeeper and a good striker. That's it.

Obertain, Guthrie, Williamson, Perch, Guiterrez, Ameobi etc etc are Championship quality at best.

They've got about 20 points more than they should have.

Going to sell their points for the maximum next season when variance stops kicking in.

[action man]

agree with keith, apart from the players only being championship level

[mondatoo]

LOL at similar to Wigan, Coloccini, Santon, Cabaye,Tiote, Ben Arfa, Ba, Cisse. Show me the comparison players from Wigan please that are as good as that lot ? The top 6 are way better than us, obv, who else is that much better than we are ?

[mondatoo]

agree with keith, apart from the players only being championship level

Other than Williamson Keith is right, however not one of them gets in the first 11.

[pleno1]

rofl, Guthrie has been as good as any centre mid from any team apart from Manchester City.

[pleno1]

I promise this is the last time I say this.


Talent wise they are little better than Wigan. Good goalkeeper and a good striker. That's it.

• 2 good strikers
• cabaye and tiote = good midfielders
• guthrie as good as any reserve midfielder in any premiership team
• colocini as good as nay defender this year
• again
• all of the above = backbone/spine of team which is so important
• ryan taylor really good set piece taker who wins points for us all the time
• Gutierez/Williamson and everyone else you named far far too good for the championship as proved when we were in there and coasted almost every game.

People are overvalueing the premiership. Its like saying Man United are full fo championship players, all the players you have said you could say the same about Man United. Evra/Rafael terrible terrible defenders, Rio been an absolute joke all season. Carrick super super average, Giggs good but no better than Guthrie. Goalkeeper terrible, Jonny Evans terrible, Phil Jones bullied off Shola etc etc etc.

Its not that Newcastle aren't good its that the premiership isnt good.

We have a really really good manager who gets the best out of his players. We definitely haven't been running above ev, we've conceded 8 penalties and received 2 in our favour, so so many blatant penalties turned down for us, Ferdinand vs Ba at home, Larson vs the scum away.

You can see with the unwashed down the road how much some decent managerial organisation impacts a team. Sunderland do have a team full of championship players and are battering everybody at the moment.

Teams like Aston Villa/Everton etc who I assume you believe to be  >> Newcastle just simply isn't the case. I believe Villa were pretty much at full strength today and were average at absolute best.

If you think we are a mid table team or whatever happy to bet upto 5k that we finish in the top 10 next season (I already took this bet for this season although considerably less stake when everybody tipped us for relegation and I was very confident we would be top half and competing for European positions.

[Dubai]

Not sure how brave it is asking for an even 5k about a 2-5 shot or thereabouts

Can have even 5k top 8 with me. That's probably fair I'd guess

[pleno1]

mid table = 10th ldo, for a team that is = to wigan its actually a generous offer.

[Dubai]

Well i'm assuming Keith would rather lay 2-5 on bf next august than evens now..... Even if it is to prove his point etc

[pleno1]

ha yeah and I fade the 5k bet to make myself look like i have big balls, phew.

Seriously though I think we are 7th best team in premiership and got a chance to really challenge Arsenal/Liverpool next year.

[Dubai]

You can have upto 5k at 4-1 you finish above Arsenal next year