Birmingham Away

A dreadful first half performance from both teams saw Newcastle come in from the break the happier. Peter Lovenkrands finished off a move that saw Gutierrez cross in for Lovenkrands to help himself to his 3rd of the season. It was not long after the break that Leon BEST (IS MINT) got the second and put the game beyond the home side who had given a debut to old Mag, Obafemi Martins. So Newcastle came away with a 5th away victory this season; that's more than table toppers Manchester United. A tribute to the Toon Army who travelled down to St Andrews and made the game like a home match. The atmosphere was brilliant with-non stop singing from the away section.

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Blackburn Away

Another disappointing night against weaker opposition but this time in Blackburn. Time and time again, this fixture always has the underdogs come out the happier of the two and tonight was no exception. Newcastle had the better of the play but you could not say they were clinical. On the other hand we did not concede a goal against a Blackburn side lacking any sort of great footballing talent. If we want to get into Europe, it's nights like this we really should be pulling out the points. So it wasn't to be again against another bogey team and we go home with just a point. At least we showed the Yorkshire club how to support your club.

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4-0 and you Fu**ed it up

Arsene Wenger got a taste of his own medicine on Saturday as his side were looking on song early in the first half encounter at 0-4 up after only 20 minutes. Much has been said about this game and of course Arse-ne did see things this time, well, he saw them his way as always.

The Arsenal fans who made the trip still did not sing when 4 up. The pretty football Arsenal play does not work all the time and it's not the sort of football Geordies want to see. I am of course not speaking for all Geordies here but I know when a hard challenge goes in at St James' Park, the crowd get going. We want commitment and relish the challenge. That of course is what we got on Saturday.

I don't think there was much wrong in the first half, it wasn't like we hadn't had any chances. People have been talking about them throwing it away. Yes, they had the 0-4 lead but we were always going for goal and having some good chances. We could have had one or two in another game and it seemed Arsenal were having one of those days when everything you touch goes in. The second half was, as the first, finished with pressure from Newcastle but it was not until the 67th minute that we had some luck. Tell me Arsenal have not had some of this under Wenger, in the Premier League this season at St James' Park this season for that matter. Does anyone, and in particular Wenger, not remember those incidents in the Carling Cup? Well, a penalty came our way and it was slotted home nicely by Joey Barton.

Barton had been at the centre of some criticism by Arsenal as according to them it should have been him who was sent off in a challenge made half way through the second half. However, Barton went in fully committed and the opposition obviously do not understand that this is a contact sport and not a bunch of fairies running around in leotards passing the ball to each other. So with raised hands clasping the neck of Barton, Diaby was rightly red carded by referee Phil Dowd. The game took an almighty twist as another shot ended up in the back of the net but Dowd ruled a perfectly good goal out. What about that, Arsene, did you not see that? Seconds later Best got his goal, 2-4. Chances kept coming though and Barton got a second chance from the penalty spot and he took it well. 3-4 and Newcastle were back in and St James' Park was going nuts. Seven minutes to go and Newcastle could feel another goal coming and with three minute remaining, Cheick Tiote latched on to a headed clearance and the resultant shot flew straight into the back of the net, 4-4. Tiote ran to the centre of the pitch in disbelief. The rest of the lads jumped him in celebration of his first Toon goal and what a cracker. With only minutes to go Newcastle twice came so close to wrapping up the points but it wasn't to be. Arsene and his boys were very lucky to go back to North London with a point but somehow it felt like a win for the Geordies. Only a win however would have seen this game take top spot in an all time best Prem comebacks although a draw from 0-4 is bloody good. If only that Best goal stood a win it would have been the greatest. Another point toward and 4 points from the gooners this season.

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Fulham Away

Now, how many bogey teams do we have? Wigan, Blackburn, Fulham? I would say these three clubs have done very nicely against us in recent years and frankly it's got to change. This Fulham team has a few good individuals but you should be going to the cottage with 3 points in mind. Well, guess what. No points AGAIN. We come away with bugger all and DD scoring only his second goal for Fulham and didn't he enjoy that one. Rubbing and kissing his badge while going mental really got up the Geordie noses however the Whites held on for the win on a day that saw an off day unusually for Joey Barton and the rest of the lads. The sooner we sort these fixtures out the better and with Blackburn Rovers just around the corner, we have to be quick.

Ashley sold our soul for £35m

“We did not play well enough tonight. The pitch was not the best and di’dn't help either team, but we did not threaten enough and we could have been a lot better.”

“They didn't let us play much, it was a tight, tense affair. But we have Arsenal on Saturday and hopefully we will come away with better points.”

“Shola’s injury has not helped our cause, it’s a blow and we have to make sure we now play a game that suits the strikers we have available.”




“The fans understand there was a blow to us on Monday and we need to rally together and I thank them for their support tonight, they were fantastic.”



These are the words of possibly the worst Newcastle United Manager in history. Yes, worse than Souness and Allardyce. He actually blames the pitch then goes on to patronise us by saying, "we could have been a lot better'". He then goes on to say, "They didn’t let us play much". Are they supposed to? What a joker. Does he think teams are going to say, oh we are playing Alan's boys tonight, he's not a very good manager so we had better LET them play tonight?

Then this?



'But we have Arsenal on Saturday and hopefully we will come away with better points'




Hopefully? What sort of manager is he? Hopefully we will score, hopefully Arsenal will LET us play, hopefully Arsenal won't score, hopefully Arshavin, Fabregas, Van Persie, etc, etc won't be playing. Do us all a favour; tuck your lip in and piss off along with your money grabbing, twat of an owner. And what on earth does 'better points' mean? We got no points at Fulham, no points at all, so what is he dribbling on about? Better points, my arse.



He wraps this up by thanking the fans for the support. Tool. We support Newcastle because we are Geordies and love football so Liptuck can go take a long look in the mirror because it's got bugger all to do with him.

The game was awful last night, beaten by a terrible side below us in a bad Premiership. To make it worse, that arsehole Duff scored only his second goal at Fulham but it was a crucial goal. He ran away ecstatically kissing the Fulham badge like Newcastle fans had paid him a bad service. Another prick we were glad to get rid of but we have a few we still need to oust. Maybe if we all put money on us to go down we will get enough money together to get that fat Ashley out of our club once and for all. For now, we need to make that stand we have been threatening since Keegan's departure. Fuck Ashley and the club. The club is him now because he won't listen to us or make any decision that we agree with. No, every decision is against what we want or believe to be good for the club.

So if it's his club now, we have to stand together and say NO MORE. We have to make this stand. If we keep going to the games, he has won and will continue to profit from us. Our players are clearly pissed off and they will be queuing up to leave in the summer and why not. Who wants to play for a team that sell all their best players? Wigan and Blackpool managed to say no to last minute deals so why couldn't he? The game's result tonight was important. If we had won, it would have just been paper over the cracks but we didn't and it made the cracks bigger and more obvious, especially when Shola got the injury. Will we survive in the top flight with Best and Ranger? Maybe the best thing for this club or should I say, us Newcastle United fans ,would be another relegation. Last time round, we got rid of the shite like Duff. Maybe this time we can get rid of the more stubborn shit. Yes, it may take another year or more in the Championship to get rid of that fat fool.

Imagine it. We have 14 games to go, as do most teams, but I can't see where our next points are coming from, can you? If or when we go down, is Liptuck really going to get us back up first time round like Sir Chris Houghton did? Would he bollox; there would be a real danger of us tumbling into more rubbish with this joker in charge but it's a risk I am willing to take so we can stand up and be proud again to call ourselves Newcastle United again.

Ashley sold our soul. We need to get it back.