Newcastle Banter Archive March 15 2013

 

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15 Mar 2013 17:07:06
A sir bobby banner for the final?

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A Sir Bobby banner, are you kidding, you turned your back on him so he was sacked.

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Final! Lolcano

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15 Mar 2013 14:55:00
Massive improvement in tiote. His hair

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15 Mar 2013 14:12:07
We draw Benfica in quarter finals not the best but not the worst

Geordie Moses

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How is this not the worst.

Benfica are head and shoulders above the rest, including Lazio.

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I honestly think spurs qould be the worst draw we could have got, I think we will comfortably do Benfica. Read a few comments on here bigging benfica up, one claim that they are one of the best teams in the world haha, i'm very happy with this draw.

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I'd rather have benfica than lazio, chelsea or spurs.

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Benfica finished below Celtic so not one of the best teams in the world. ye tough draw but bring it on Destoon

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We have beaten Spurs & more recently Chelsea.

We know we can beat both of those teams on our day.

Take a look at the bookies odds, Benfica are the next team as favourites to win the competition.

Benfica may not have qualified for the next round of the Champions League, but put it like this, they mauled every team they played apart from Barca, just being unlucky to score.

The Benfica squad is full of players that are worth 20+mil.

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15 Mar 2013 12:27:54
Great result for the Mags last night, nearly croaked it when Cisse scored. Overall not a bad performance against a strong side in Anzi but there are a couple of players who give me cause for concern.

Tiote for one, last year he was immense - he had stopped diving lunges, looked solid and was passing well. This year - none of the above - he's slipped backward.

Cabaye: Now I know I'm going to get blasted for this but what is his role in the team? He's not great in defence so he doesn't rate as a DM and his passing is inconsistent to say the least. Admittedly he can cause trouble if he's further up the field with through balls on occasion, but he looks average this season. I've also noted he's more interested in winding the opposition up in a couple of games instead of concentrating on the game. He confuses me a lot.

On to the good stuff, why oh why isn't Marveaux in the first 11? - he's great going forward and a constant threat. Mbiwa looks a good buy and Taylor shows again that barring injuries he's the best defender in the country.

Sorry about the long post folks any comments gratefully received.

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Cabaye is our best player.

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Cabaye is very good, however I don't think he is as important as people make out. I agree he seems to always be on the wind up, and always makes very silly, sometimes naughty tackles!

Footballing wise, thank god he won't be able to waste multiple corners a game haha, but direct free kicks in shooting positions is the main loss! i'd rather him play, of course I would, but if its 2 games he needs to miss, we'll cope, jonas came on last night and did a very good performance himself. aniti, bigi, jonas, perch even, we'll be fine

but HBA. either he is fit, or not. why bring him back if he's not 100%, I love him and I feel so sorry for him. the fulham game still confuses me, he played a month after first injury, then it resurfaced keeping him out nearly 3 months. I hope whoever thought he was ready for that game has been sacked. but then the same mistake happens again, maybe once is bad luck, twice is unforgivable. especially with our prized asset!

good luck for wigan lads, a win would be proper belter. TOON TOON

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15 Mar 2013 08:58:35
First off: great result! And Cisse's reaction showed how much it meant to him. Commitment.

Secondly: you'd be hard pressed to find a bigger fan of Tiote last season. I have defended him quite a lot this season but I can't turn the other Cheikh anymore. Finally I have to admit it; he's been woeful. The sloppy passes, the fouling (in crucial areas of the pitch), the hopeful long shots. He's not at the races and it sort of makes me angry. Anita put him to shame last night. Bigi would do a better job at this moment in time.

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15 Mar 2013 08:30:17
Who would you prefer to get in the draw today? Hope we avoid the Englisg clubs

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I wouldn't be suprised if we somehow managed to get a 3 way game with all the English clubs and then the winner gets disqualified.

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Basel would do me.

The one team I do not want to see is Benfica.

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Off to the SOL then

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Sod's law that's who we got!!

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15 Mar 2013 00:16:38
great result lads 2nite, but big match against wigan so need to at least get a draw as villa are playing qpr. but we have fulham and sunderland in after each europa match so tough on the team needs to rotate. cabaye injured hopefully not to bad.

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