The Mackems make their annual trip to Newcastle for some culture, education, some fine architecture and a lesson in football. The crowd was waiting for this one and the Geordies put aside the rift with fat boy Ashley and filled the stadium to watch one of the greatest humiliations of our time. The lads started with a little nerves which is a good thing as it shows they care and understand what it means to us. The Mackems started the game quite well, seemed to win the 50/50 challenges and looked the more committed team. Slowly though Newcastle shook off the nerves and began stamping their authority on a game that will go down in Geordie folklore.
After the ugly start and a few harsh yellow cards, Newcastle got on the score sheet with a superbly taken goal by Captain Newcastle. Nolan, with his back to goal and four Mackems on the line, put the ball beyond them and in the place every Geordie was hoping for. The atmosphere was fierce and the fans must have sucked that ball into the back of the net. One nil up in the derby is the first object as the team that goes ahead tends to win the game and with that goal Newcastle really started the show. After another eight minutes we had the ball in the Mackems net again. Again it was Nolan who did the funky chicken dance to the joy of the home crowd. The Mackems were quiet and looking rather sad in the away end but the Mags were loving it. The ref had his part to play in this game and dished out cards left right and centre. When Jonas Gutierrez was tripped by Nedum Onuoah, Ameobi Cooley put the penalty away after offering it to Nolan for his hat-trick. 3-0 at half time; who would have thought. I witnessed some clown at West Ham last week saying Sunderland were better than us although he was a Geordie as well. I told him he was daft but he kept on going on about it; I wonder how that kid is feeling tonight.
The second half brought many different feelings. With three players booked do we make a change? The first half was feisty and I could not see it easing up. No way, if anything it would get more hectic as Sunderland tried to dig in to claw back some much needed pride. It could either be another game that just peters out into nothing or we could come out and take the humiliation one step further and go down in history.
The second half kicked off and it was the same as how the first had ended, with us on top. Looking to get on the score sheet, Andy Carroll broke away and our former joker (Bramble) took down Carroll. The ref did not hesitate and it was bye bye to Titus, who with his head down was a sight not to forget. Nothing came of the resulting free kick but Andy Carroll's next chance hit the bar as he threw his body to the ball - a magnificent attempt - but the rebound fell to Shola who did not disappoint as he took it from 18 yards or so and struck the ball with skill that you normally see from Brazilians. It was a fantastic goal one, that will be replayed again and again by all the Shola Ameobi fans (that's all of us, eh?). Good on you Shola, you did it again.
I witnessed some clown at West Ham last week saying Sunderland were better than us
With the game now at 4-0 Newcastle United had two players on for the hat-trick. And it was the captain who got it with a little help from Ameobi. The ball came over from Barton on the right wing, Ameobi flicked the ball on to Nolan who poked the ball past a hapless Mackem to make it 5-0. Another goal from Ameobi would have really rubbed their noses in it but Houghton took him off soon after. Ameobi then took a standing ovation from the 50,000 Geordies. Nile Ranger came on and looked like he wanted in on the action but instead our clean sheet took a slight dent as the Mackems got one in to spoil our clean sheet although it did nothing to stop the party which was about to start. For Geordies all around the world this was a great victory and one we need to build on. Our first win since Villa at home, a great way to do it and against the right team (if that's what you call 'em). Now sitting 7th in the Premier League, Newcastle won't be worried about loose journalism from one sided fools in the mainstream press.
The game had too many heroes to mention but Joey Barton stands out. He has come to Newcastle under a cloud with many, many critics, including Newcastle fans. I, for one, have never condoned what has gone on in the past but always maintained he was a class footballer and if you look back at the older posts I have mentioned how important he will be this season; a key player, arguably our best player. He has said many times he owes this club and he wants to pay us back for sticking with him. He is certainly doing that now and over the last few weeks his performances have been second to none. What has impressed this season is his temperament. While he is a tough tackling player he takes a lot of bad tackles just to see if his temperament can handle it. It has and when challenged he takes it, does not roll around and try getting players sent off. He may shake his head in displeasure but he gets on with it like a man. Yes, he gets stuck in and yes, he can still go a little too far but when Rooney does it it's always said that no one would want to take that out of his game. It's the same with Barton. Take that away from Joey and you have a different player, certainly not the player he is. I think everyone at Newcastle is now a Joey Barton fan and I am sure everyone wanted him to get on the score sheet today.
Today I am sure I heard a song that really should have been sung last week at West Ham. The song goes like this: "THERE'S ONLY ONE CHRIS HOUGHTON, ONE CHRIS HOUGHTON, WALKING ALONG, SINGING A SONG, WALKING IN A HOUGHTON WONDERLAND". How funny was it also to see our Manager doing Kevin Nolan's funky chicken on the Captain's third goal.
Quality manager and getting better all the time. Will we be able to hang on to him?
Personally I don't think he would go anywhere at the moment, he is not that kind of man and anyway what better job in football is there? Not getting carried away as we have Arsenal next week but all we want is another honest performance from the lads which I am confident of getting.
Howay the lads.
After the ugly start and a few harsh yellow cards, Newcastle got on the score sheet with a superbly taken goal by Captain Newcastle. Nolan, with his back to goal and four Mackems on the line, put the ball beyond them and in the place every Geordie was hoping for. The atmosphere was fierce and the fans must have sucked that ball into the back of the net. One nil up in the derby is the first object as the team that goes ahead tends to win the game and with that goal Newcastle really started the show. After another eight minutes we had the ball in the Mackems net again. Again it was Nolan who did the funky chicken dance to the joy of the home crowd. The Mackems were quiet and looking rather sad in the away end but the Mags were loving it. The ref had his part to play in this game and dished out cards left right and centre. When Jonas Gutierrez was tripped by Nedum Onuoah, Ameobi Cooley put the penalty away after offering it to Nolan for his hat-trick. 3-0 at half time; who would have thought. I witnessed some clown at West Ham last week saying Sunderland were better than us although he was a Geordie as well. I told him he was daft but he kept on going on about it; I wonder how that kid is feeling tonight.
The second half brought many different feelings. With three players booked do we make a change? The first half was feisty and I could not see it easing up. No way, if anything it would get more hectic as Sunderland tried to dig in to claw back some much needed pride. It could either be another game that just peters out into nothing or we could come out and take the humiliation one step further and go down in history.
The second half kicked off and it was the same as how the first had ended, with us on top. Looking to get on the score sheet, Andy Carroll broke away and our former joker (Bramble) took down Carroll. The ref did not hesitate and it was bye bye to Titus, who with his head down was a sight not to forget. Nothing came of the resulting free kick but Andy Carroll's next chance hit the bar as he threw his body to the ball - a magnificent attempt - but the rebound fell to Shola who did not disappoint as he took it from 18 yards or so and struck the ball with skill that you normally see from Brazilians. It was a fantastic goal one, that will be replayed again and again by all the Shola Ameobi fans (that's all of us, eh?). Good on you Shola, you did it again.
I witnessed some clown at West Ham last week saying Sunderland were better than us
With the game now at 4-0 Newcastle United had two players on for the hat-trick. And it was the captain who got it with a little help from Ameobi. The ball came over from Barton on the right wing, Ameobi flicked the ball on to Nolan who poked the ball past a hapless Mackem to make it 5-0. Another goal from Ameobi would have really rubbed their noses in it but Houghton took him off soon after. Ameobi then took a standing ovation from the 50,000 Geordies. Nile Ranger came on and looked like he wanted in on the action but instead our clean sheet took a slight dent as the Mackems got one in to spoil our clean sheet although it did nothing to stop the party which was about to start. For Geordies all around the world this was a great victory and one we need to build on. Our first win since Villa at home, a great way to do it and against the right team (if that's what you call 'em). Now sitting 7th in the Premier League, Newcastle won't be worried about loose journalism from one sided fools in the mainstream press.
The game had too many heroes to mention but Joey Barton stands out. He has come to Newcastle under a cloud with many, many critics, including Newcastle fans. I, for one, have never condoned what has gone on in the past but always maintained he was a class footballer and if you look back at the older posts I have mentioned how important he will be this season; a key player, arguably our best player. He has said many times he owes this club and he wants to pay us back for sticking with him. He is certainly doing that now and over the last few weeks his performances have been second to none. What has impressed this season is his temperament. While he is a tough tackling player he takes a lot of bad tackles just to see if his temperament can handle it. It has and when challenged he takes it, does not roll around and try getting players sent off. He may shake his head in displeasure but he gets on with it like a man. Yes, he gets stuck in and yes, he can still go a little too far but when Rooney does it it's always said that no one would want to take that out of his game. It's the same with Barton. Take that away from Joey and you have a different player, certainly not the player he is. I think everyone at Newcastle is now a Joey Barton fan and I am sure everyone wanted him to get on the score sheet today.
Today I am sure I heard a song that really should have been sung last week at West Ham. The song goes like this: "THERE'S ONLY ONE CHRIS HOUGHTON, ONE CHRIS HOUGHTON, WALKING ALONG, SINGING A SONG, WALKING IN A HOUGHTON WONDERLAND". How funny was it also to see our Manager doing Kevin Nolan's funky chicken on the Captain's third goal.
Quality manager and getting better all the time. Will we be able to hang on to him?
Personally I don't think he would go anywhere at the moment, he is not that kind of man and anyway what better job in football is there? Not getting carried away as we have Arsenal next week but all we want is another honest performance from the lads which I am confident of getting.
Howay the lads.
Picture sourced from http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/06/toon-star-s-good-deed-115875-21945643/
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