NUFC winger Wayne Routledge has agreed to sign for QPR following a fee being agreed between the 2 clubs.
At NUFC he didn’t fully live up to his potential, definately put in some good performances but wasn’t Premiership quality.
NUFC Rumours stated Neil Warnwock had been told the player was signed, whether this affects anything is to be seen, but I do hope Alan Pardew replaces him with a winger of the Gillespie mould.
NUFC are to be offered Peter Crouch in the summer, this is in stark contrast to SAFC who are to sell their recent purchase Gyan to balance the books.
Crouch has a fantastic record at international level, as I said in an earlier post this is due to the service he gets from the wingers, something they lack.
If we do get Crouch in the summer I think we will do well, with Barton putting some fantastic balls into the box I know Crouchy will be able to finish them off, or knock them down for Best to hammer away.
NUFC manager Alan Pardew has hailed Nile Rangers progression during his spell in charge, with his professionalism always questioned during Hughtons tenure.
I really like Nile Ranger, I think he has the qualities to make it big for NUFC, especially now Carroll has disappeared to merseyside. His pace really scares opposing players, but his finishing is far from perfect, something Andy Cole was guilty of at his time in Bristol.
I genuily hope Nile can work on his accuracy, composure, and crossing, because once he does then he is a far better prospect than Andy Carroll was.
Jonas Gutierrez has told NUFC fans that he is going nowhere following interest from Lazio in the January transfer window.
The popular Argentine winger has been in good form lately, especially against Birmingham where he got 2 goal assists for the first time in his career, setting up both Lovenkrands & Best for NUFC.
The future looks bright with Jonas in the team, St James Park always rises to their feet when he has the ball in the opposing box for NUFC.
Alan Pardew yesterday confirmed that Jose Enrique is waiting until Newcastle are safe before signing a new deal at the club, I am getting that nervous feeling I get when players do this, hope he doesn’t want to leave.
Enrique has been fantastic at NUFC, not only this season but last season too, he has really justified the price tag we paid for him.
I don’t think its going to be too long before he is playing at left back for Spain, his attacking style has really showed his quality for NUFC.
Fantastic result for Newcastle last night as they beat Birmingham by 2 goals, moving them onto 35 points, just 10 points from safety with 33 left to play for.
Lovenkrands opened the scoring within 2 minutes with a clinical finish, following a cross by Gutierrez who ran the game for Newcastle. It was quite a busy game after that as Birmingham had the greater share of possession but failed to take advantage of that with some very poor attacking play.
Jose Enrique was in fantastic form, showing why so many clubs want to buy him in the summer, his surging runs foward destroyed the blues on the counter attack.
At the start of the 2nd half Newcastle scored again, in the 50th minute Gutierrez delivered a ball to the back post and Best rose above Johnson to head home, his 5th of the season.
A worry for Pardew is both Lovenkrands & Best picked up knocks late in the game, its lucky we don’t play our next game until the 26th which allows them to get back to fitness.
The game didn’t provide much after that, Birmingham ran out of ideas even though they had a few chances that were more luck than anything else, Newcastle hung on for the 3 points which put us on our 5th away win of the season, two more than Man Utd.
Alan Pardew has said managing Newcastle is far more than just a job, and its taken him this long to realise that!
We are the most passionate fans in the country, proved during our time int he Championship when we hit records for attendances, and proved before that by packing St James out every week without fail.
Alex Ferguson once said Geordies are crazy, because on all the paperstands it said “Breaking News – Andy Cole out”, he is right we are crazy when it comes to football, also known as passionate by the way.
Something that bothers me about the Ashley regime is how they shake their head at any chance of good PR, at a cost of £10,000 they could have made some fans start to feel good about NUFC again, but no they decide to issue a statement that has angered many fans.
I am far too young to remember Arentoft, but I have read about him and he seems a really nice bloke, and thats what makes this decision so strange, why can’t NUFC help him out for such a small sum.
I seriously do hope they change their mind and bid on his items, after all, without his contribution for the club we may never have gotten to the stage we are now.
Striker Shefki Kuqi must be feeling like the luckiest footballer in the world, of course after Andy Carroll who is loving his dream move to Liverpool even though he was forced out the club.
A player who was released by Swansea City has now got the opportunity to play in the Premier League, maybe even against his former employers at Blackburn.
Shefki has never been prolific, well saying that he did score quite a few for a team aptly know as FC Jokerit (I kid you not!), but after that he seemed to struggle a bit, especially at Swansea.
I won’t dismiss this signing as he is far better than the former Arsenal & Boro player who I can’t even be bothered to check the correct spelling of his name, at least Shefki can score once in a while.
NUFC have announced they are offering a deal to season ticket holders that will see ticket prices frozen for 10yrs. The deal only requires 12 month commitment each year, so fans are able to opt out at the end of each season.
It was also announced that those who showed their loyalty while Newcastle were in the Championship will recieve a 10% discount.
A further 1,500 seats are being made available in the upper tier section, this will be turned into a family enclosure.
Following on from Jose Enrique saying he wants to sign a new deal at the club, it was refreshing to hear Joey Barton commit his future to the club today too.
Joey Barton showing passion
We have a really strong squad of players who want to be here, who showed their loyalty when we were relegated and fought some very tough games, its probably one of our strongest squads for a long time.
After 26mins I was crying into my bowl of cereal, I thought Newcastle were in for a complete hiding.
The first half was terrible, Arsenal were too good and played some outstanding football to which the Newcastle players had no answer.
In the 2nd half we started pressing the Gunners and took the game to them, we got our reward when Best was brought down in the box following a through ball by Barton. I love Barton because he has no fear, so when I saw him step up I was confident and he didn’t let me down as he sent the keeper the wrong way.
The penalty brought a funny incident as the keeper refused to play the ball, which led to Nolan pulling a wrestling maneuver on him, and the keeper got a yellow card!
Then came a dodgy decision, Best put the ball in the back of the net but was judged to be offside, replays showed he was onside. Not long after that Newcastle were awarded another penalty, Barton stepped up and put it down the middle, were we going to pull off a dramatic result?
We were smashing the gunners all over the place, they were shell shocked and couldn’t handle the passion, this was the Newcastle we love. Efforts were rewarded when Best smashed the ball hom from close range, the comeback was nearly complete, fans were dreaming but could we do it?
When you listen to the radio you sometimes get a bit confused, so when I heard Tioteeeeeeeeee I thought he had hit the Byker Wall, but oh no he had put the ball past the keeper from 20 yards out, the crowd almost jumped out the stadium.
I was on tenderhooks, could we pull off a win, when odds were stacked massively against us, then Nolan was put through and I had already start running around the room when I heard “oh how close”, the final whistle followed and I was disappointed we didn’t win.
What a fantastic result, when odds were against us we pulled out a classic performance, what a team talk that must have been by Pardew.
I picked up the paper and saw this player being mooted as our answer to striking problems, Mr Aliadiere, the former Arsenal & Middlesborough man.
What is my problem you may be asking, well the boy can’t score for toffee, and in 128 games he has scored 14 goals, his ratio at Boro was 1 goal every 7 games which is a fantastic return for a pub team.
We have £35,000,000 in the bank from the sale of Judas Carroll, why don’t we get in a player on loan with the option to buy at the end of the season, rather than look at the free agents who are free because nobody rates them.
Robbie Keane, Oba Martins, or even David Healy would have been a good option, but no we didn’t have time to buy anyone.
Last night NUFC capped off a terrible few days with a terrible performance against Fulham.
The game was poor to say the least, we lacked any sort of spark once the ball passed the half way line, no attacking quality at all. I would like to think with Shola on the pitch we would have done a bit more, him being able to hold the ball up well, but from first whistle it was heads down.
I didn’t want to mention the little Irish pixie before the game, jinxes and all that tosh, but I had a feeling he would come back to haunt us and he did that, actually he should have scored a hat trick.
Colo and Williamson were on fine form, they were on the end of everything the little scouser Murphy was throwing in the box, without those 2 we would have been hammered.
Nile Ranger doesn’t have what it takes to be a Premiership centre forward, neither does Leon Best, so we are in dire straights people.
Newcastle play Fulham tonight at Craven Cottage, first game since the departure of turncoat Andy Carroll.
Unfortunately we will be without Stephen Ireland, I would have liked to see him start tonight and play with Barton, Nolan, its a dream midfield.
I hope the team aren’t too rattled following the transfer deadline day betrayal, I hope they step up to the plate and take the game to Fulham.
I predict a battle in the midfield, and hopefully we will overcome their battling qualities, I would settle for a point but expecting 3 points for NUFC.
True faith is needed at NUFC following a poor transfer window, regardless of the arrival by Stephen Ireland we are in dire straights up front as Best & Ameobi are not consistent enough to pull off the performances needed to scare the top teams.
Rumours were flying around on sky sports that NUFC we were due to sign Southamptons striker, however a better offer came in and he went off there to join whatever team wanted him more.
Yes it was excellent to tie Ben Arfa down, he has true faith and will be an added bonus when he returns, like a new signing really.
I’m sick to death of reading comments about how Carroll was pushed out of Newcastle, and how Ashley is destroying this club blah blah blah
Read what Carroll has to say about being forced out the club, it doesn’t make sense at all, he obviously went to force their hand to give him a better contract, no matter how much he is “claiming” to have been pushed out he blatantly wasn’t.
Having listened to Alan Pardew talk about the situation I fully believe him, his story rings true and makes sense, Carrolls doesn’t and no way was he forced out, the greedy mug has left us high and dry.
Take my advice and before you go rioting or protesting, take a look through the evidence and see for yourself how much his story doesn’t ring true, and you’ll realise the money went to his head, just like his fist goes to womens.
Reading today in the papers they claim Andy Carroll sent a string of texts to a known North East businessman claiming Newcastle forced him out of the club, now forgive me for being a bit confused but surely if he didn’t want to go then nobody could force him out?
Say what you like about Mike Ashley, call for the head of Alan Pardew, but lets face it if Andy didn’t want to go then he didn’t have to go, even if they did say “we don’t want you”, yes the manager doesn’t want our top scorer Andy we all believe you.
No denying he is a top class player who could have been the new Shearer, by the new Shearer I mean loyal to NUFC. He has shown that money corrupts, or maybe he wanted to get away from all his problems in the North East by going to Liverpool, we will never know, one things for sure is that trouble is brewing for Ashley at our next home game.
I like Mike Ashley and think he saved NUFC, the way the club had been run for years was disgraceful and we were on the verge of collapse, he came in and saved us. I think we should give Ashley the benefit of the doubt, get behind the lads against Fulham and forget we ever had the troublesome Carroll.
I read with pride the statement made by Andy Carroll this morning, how he wants to stay at NUFC for the rest of his career, maybe career means day in planet dipstick.
If you go and watch pub teams play, or even a kick about between mates, you will find everyone of them would play for free if Newcastle came calling, not that lanky mug who throws on his curly wig, kappa tracksuit, and grabs 4 cans of Stella the minute Kenny Dalgleish rings and says “See you jimmy, 80 grand a week and as many slappers as ya can knock out”, “Alright Kenny, calm down calm down, am on me way, boss laaaaa”.
We have Shola, Best, and Nile Ranger, who can’t score for toffee but he sure plays a mean pinball, and he can kick a ball over a stadium from 5 yards out!
Andy Carroll is on his way to Liverpool in a deal reported to be in the region of £35m (plus addons), following his decision to hand in a transfer request.
Its certainly bad news for Newcastle as he was the reason we have won the games we have, he has been in fantastic form scoring 11 goals in 19 games.
Liverpool have got a fantastic player on their books now, Torres was excellent on his day but Carroll has the passion and with the support of the Kop end he will rise to the occasion, plus he will have £80,000 a week if things don’t work out.
Following the signing of Stephen Ireland, NUFC have got a huge problem with the amount of midfielders we have at the club, all of which are playing good football.
We have Barton, Nolan, Tiote, Jonas, Ben Arfa, Gosling, Guthrie, Smith, and now Ireland, thats 9 midfielders who would get a game for quite a few Premiership teams.
I can’t see Barton, Nolan, or Tiote losing their starting place, so does that mean Barton goes out wide to a position he isn’t too pleased in playing, to me Barton is the middle man who can control a game.
Will Pardew play a 4-4-1-1 system with Nolan behind Carroll, leaving space for another midfielder, but again one of those would have to lose out.
Lets hope the arrival of Stephen Ireland doesn’t cause more problems, I’d hate to lose the battling qualities of our current crop of players who stayed with us through the Championship season, they should be rewarded.
Stephen Ireland has became Alan Pardews second signing, following the permanent deal for Ben Arfa.
I am a big fan of Stephen Ireland and thought he was badly treated at Man City, as he was playing some fantastic football and constantly gave man of the match performances, he ended up playing second fiddle to Gareth Barry.
I was surprised when Aston Villa signed him, I thought a better team would come in and take a punt on a player who alongside Michael Johnson actually dragged Man City up to those dizzy heights.
Stephen Ireland shaved his hair and his performances, lets hope he can do better for NUFC, just need to know who is going to make way.
Will Mike Ashley accept a £25 bid for Andy Carroll this week, thats the question a lot of people will be asking themselves over the coming days.
I really do believe that should Spurs come in with a £30m offer, then we will be looking for a new No9 as Ashley will see that as too good an offer for a player his age. The question after that is who do we replace him with, Robbie Keane, Jermaine Defoe, Crouch, or would we go after someone like Ashley Young.
I really like Andy Carroll, mainly because he shows no fear and will develop into a far better player in the next few seasons, especially if he gets an experienced centre forward playing alongside him.
NUFC can attract good players still, and Chris Hughton had a good knack of buying hardworking cheap players, but does Alan Pardew hold that same amout of skill for NUFC?
I can’t wait till Tuesday morning to see if Andy is still a Newcastle player, if not then we are well and truly up the swany without a paddle nor a decent centre forward.
Aaron Lennon to me is one of the best wingers in the country, he is a little speedy player who you can’t keep up with and he has a terrific right foot.
Thats my opinion as a football fan, so how come Danny Simpson didn’t see that, why did he let him get on the right foot?
Its basic defending to push the player away from goal, all the NUFC backfour needed to do was to keep their heads and ensure nobody got a shot on target. Simpson should have kept tight against Lennon, forcing him into the cornerflag where he wouldn’t be able to get a cross in or at best get a throw in.
Its another 2 points lost, thats 4 points in a week that we really do need in the fight for survival.
It was really good to see Faustino Asprilla back in the North East, if only we had him playing for us now.
What I liked about Tino was the way he could bamboozle not only the opposition, but also his own team mates.
I remember that game where he did Kieth Curle with the elbow, his skill at going between two men and then dragging the ball behind him was genius, his Cruyff turn against Middlesborough, his chip over Hans Segers, goal against Liverpool, and don’t get me started on his destruction of Barcelona!!!!!!
He is the type of player we are lacking today, back in the Keegan era it was all about his type of style, you put him on as the wild card and teams couldn’t handle him. It disappointed me that he wasn’t given enough time in the Premier League, I think with another season or two under his belt, we would have seen something magnificent from the little Columbian.
Fantastic to see him back, wish he would stay a bit longer.
We are the Geordies!
The Geordie Boot Boys!
For we are mental!
For we are mad!
For we’re the loyalist football supporters!
The world has ever had!
Oh, I could hide ‘neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings.
The six o’clock alarm would never ring.
But it rings and I rise,
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes.
My shavin’ razor’s cold and it stings.
Cheer up Steve Bruce
Oh what can it mean
to a sad Mackem b*****d and a
s*** football team…
You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed.
Now you know how happy I can be.
Oh, and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need.
Cheer up Steve Bruce
Oh what can it mean
to a sad Mackem b*****d and a
s*** football team…
Cheer up Steve Bruce
Oh what can it mean
to a sad Mackem b*****d and a
s*** football team…
Cheer up Steve Bruce
Oh what can it mean
to a sad Mackem b*****d and a
s*** football team…
We are the Geordies
The cock of the north
We all hate Man Utd
And ‘Boro of course
We all drink whiskey
And Newcastle broon
The Newcastle boys are in town
la la la la la la
With the big game approaching and the fitness of Andy Carroll still a question mark, do Newcastle really have what it takes to pull off a similar result at the Stadium of Light.
The game at St James was near perfect, everything seemed to go right for NUFC and every player put out a performance, and luckily the mackems didn’t. This time they will be fired up, they’re at home, they’re angry, they’re wanting blood, but do they have the team to do that.
Darren Bent is a good player, on his day, but he seems to suffer from nerves when expected to turn in a performance, the same with Gyan, he looks good but when he is off form he couldn’t hit a barn door.
NUFC have a certain Joey Barton, who at the moment looks like the best midfielder England has, he has been putting in some of the best performances I have seen since the days of Rob Lee. Does Bruce believe Ratamole can handle him!
NUFC have shown in the past that when the players are all fit and focused, not many teams are able to play against us, especially when Andy Carroll is given space, something I believe Sunderland will do after going for revenge.
I am looking forward to the game, can’t wait to see how they come out the traps and if they are under too much pressure, one thing is for sure if NUFC get a result it will be the end of Mr Bruce.
Todays newspapers suggest Alan Pardew is making a move for Larsson, with him being his No1 target.
I like Larsson, I think he has been at Birmingham too long and should have left for a bigger club seasons ago, but where does he fit in at NUFC, and should we get Bentley, who will make way in the current setup.
I am a massive fan of Barton, Tiote, and Nolan, don’t really care much for Jonas or Routledge, so would Larsson & Bentley replace them?
I was under the impression we needed a centre forward to compliment Carroll, someone big and powerful so we can bully the defences, allow our midfield to run riot.
If Larsson does make the move, its positive for NUFC, but give me Bentley any day.
