In an amazing game tonight,  Zambia won the African Cup of Nations after the game with the Ivory Coast ended 0-0 after extra time, and Zambia won the penalty shoot-out 8-7 with the Ivory Coast missing their last two penalties through Kolo Toure and Gervinho. Didier Drogba missed a penalty for the Ivory Coast after 70 minutes when he blazed over the bar. It will be a trivia question  in the future that the Ivory Coast did not concede a single goal [...]


 

In retrospect, after we got over the pain of watching the game,  Tottenham looked a very good side yesterday against Newcastle. Danny Simpson tries to tackle Emmanuel Adebayor Of course they were helped big time when most of the Newcastle players started the game seemingly in a deep sleep, and we were two goals down in the [...]


 

Newcastle have done very well in the last two transfer windows, but like everything,  that’s because of good and thorough planning. Graham Carr - Newcastle Chief Scout Mike Ashley was at the Benton training grounds on Thursday and one of meetings he held, the top priority meeting according to today’s Sunday Sun, was on transfers. And it seems Mike wants to concentrate on this summer’s and next January’s window [...]


 

Mike Ashley visited Newcastle on Thursday and he was seen at the game yesterday looking happy enough – when Newcastle were 5-0 down. Mike Ashley – in Newcastle last Thursday That’s more than some of us were feeling, after Newcastle’s horror show in the first half, but it’s only one game and Newcastle are still in 6th place in [...]


 

Alan Pardew has talked to the Sunday Sun and he is able to point to some positives in the second half yesterday, for his Newcastle side. Newcastle were simply no match for Tottenham in the first half,  and Harry Redknapp had all his Tottenham players ready for the kick-off yesterday, and they came out of the blocks like the proverbial [...]


 

Nothing was seen of Ben Arfa yesterday, even though Newcastle were hammered 5-0 by Tottenham. Ben Arfa – future at Newcastle looks a little murky right now And Alan Pardew played all his substitutes,  but Ben Arfa was not one of them,  as he gave Shane Ferguson, Dan Gosling and Peter Lovenkrands run-outs in the second half. The last [...]


 

Nothing was seen of Ben Arfa yesterday, even though Newcastle were hammered 5-0 by Tottenham. Ben Arfa – future at Newcastle looks a little murky right now And Alan Pardew played all his substitutes,  but Ben Arfa was not one of them,  as he gave Shane Ferguson, Dan Gosling and Peter Lovenkrands run-outs in the second half. The last [...]


 

For the second time in four league games Newcastle  conceded  five goals yesterday. Adebayor looked unplayable yesterday and Saha wasn’t bad either And four of those were in the first half at White Lane yesterday, and we conceded five in a similar collapse at Craven Cottage  three weeks ago, so where did our strong and tough defense go? [...]


 

We didn’t have the heart to put this up yesterday – bit let us know who you think the best player was for Newcastle yesterday.


 

Alan Pardew was interviewed by nufcTV after the game, and an emotional Newcastle manager said he he would take responsibility for the defeat. Alan Pardew – tales responsibility for defeat Alan  said he thought 4-4-2 was probably too much of an attacking formation, and once Newcastle had let in a couple of goals so quickly,  we were in big trouble. This is what Alan said: “My [...]


 

Tottenham 5 Newcastle 0 – Video Lowlights


 

Newcastle were completely outplayed, outfought and outclassed in the game at White Hart Lane today and were two down after only 6 minutes, and it got no better,  as the Newcastle side were  embarrassed and embarrassing – they were that bad. This is not the first time that Newcastle have collapsed and they did the same thing at Fulham when they allowed five goals in during a [...]


 

As expected Newcastle will start with the team that was on the field after Leon Best and Ryan Taylor went off  injured last week in that first half against Aston Villa. So Papiss Cisse starts up front for Leon Best and will partner Demba Ba ,  and Gabby Obertan starts on the right wing in place [...]


 

This afternoon’s game at White Hart Lane may be the most difficult game Newcastle have through the end of the season. Tim Krul – all pressure is on Tottenham today And Tim Krul, who is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League this season, has said today there is no pressure on Newcastle, and it’s all on Tottenham, [...]


 

Spanish U21 striker Xisco is still on Newcastle’s books. Xisco – 11 appearances for Newcastle since September of 2008 And the Spaniard keeps picking up £50K/week from Newcastle, and still has almost eighteen months  of his five year contact to run. He was signed on the last day of the transfer window in early September of 2008,  and through no fault of his own, his signing led to Kevin Keegan [...]


 

We heard about a week ago that Mike Ashley was willing to put another £15M into the development of the youngsters on Tyneside. Mehdi Abeid – top youngster at Newcastle Of course the first thing is to have a good scouting network that can spot top youngsters that can be developed on Tyneside. And the plain facts are that too many of the youngsters brought in [...]


 

Today’s game at White hart Lane is a massive game for Newcastle United. And it’s not that we will be at full strength today either, since we’ll be missing Yohan Cabaye through suspension, Cheick Tiote because he’s still at the African Cup of Nations, and Ryan Taylor and Leon Best are both injured – with [...]


 

We expect James Perch to keep his position in central midfield alongside Danny Guthrie for today’s tough game at White Hart Lane. James Perch – will play alongside Danny Guthrie in midfield And that’s because Yohan Cabaye serves the third game of his three match suspension,  and Cheick Tiote will be playing for the Ivory Coast in the final of the African [...]


 

When Demba Ba arrived on Tyneside last summer and then started scoring the goals, we found him to be very modest and humble. Papiss Cisse in action against Aston Villa And his Senegal team-mate Papiss Cisse, sensationally signed last month by Newcastle from SC Freiburg for around £9M,  seems exactly the same kind of personality, and he has told Newcastle fans [...]


 

Newcastle will have a clear out this summer with 12 youngsters being let go,  and we’ll also lose some first team squad players too. Alan Pardew – committed to taking Tyneside club forward The first team players who are likely to leave in the summer include Alan Smith, Peter Lovenkrands,  Tamas Kadar, Fraser Forster, Nile Ranger and maybe [...]


 

Alan Shearer has spoken out today and he thinks Newcastle have a decent chance of making the European Championship League qualification this season, by finishing 4th top of the Premier League. Alan Shearer – Newcastle legend Of course Alan was the Newcastle skipper when they last took part in the Champions League, when the great Sir Bobby Robson [...]


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