Newcastle Banter Archive July 21 2011

21 Jul 2011 19:25:51
21 Jul 2011 03:44:51
Sounded like we created well and played with flair at times. Marveaux and Ben Arfa beating players for skill and Albeid coming on and doing well also.
Only took Tiote 37mins to be booked
75mins though and no shots on target.
Hopefully that will push Pardew into getting a striker in sooner to settle in the club.
Psycho
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Honourable mention to mr smith for not getting booked ha ha ha ;)


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Says alot when our RB has the only shot on target in the 80+ minutes of the game.


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Remember its only pre season, its not like we really have to try
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Got to totally disagree with the above comment.
Surely fring players/players at risk of being sold etc or battling for places next season should be showing what they can do. Ameobi, Lovenkrands, Best, Ba battling for striker. Jonas/Marveaux/Tiote/Ben Arfa/Gosling/ Barton to come back/Albeid etc. Should be going for it in pre-season if they want to start next season surely?
Psycho

Who were u playing?

Let's not forget the same team beat spurs a few days ago

That was Kaiser Chiefs from S.Africa 1-0?
We played Kansas from North America
All Im saying as mentioned above, it took 80+ mins for a strike on target And it was our RB who had the shot Marveaux and Ben Arfa were skinning their players for fun as did Jonas. No end product. As per usual. Know its a friendly but still want to see our strikers banging a goal in.
Psycho

21 Jul 2011 14:37:40
I don't really understand how the club are conducting themselves with transfers, to me it seems obvious. Swansea want routledge, we want taylor, straight swap (or also give £1m). Nathan clyne (can't remember the club) give them perch and £1m. Smith+£1.5m to leeds for gradel or snodgrass. Xisco+£7m to PSG for Erdinic.
Opinions welcome.

Re smith - absolutely, as a Leeds fan and a huge smithy fan I'd bite your hand off Gradel is a sulky but classy player, no good keeping him if he's going to spit the dummy out about wages. Not happy that we're allegedly waiting til after the Newcastle friendly he should go now lol

Snodgrass would cost at least 5m and they would want at least 3m for gradel so your values are way off

For starters if you want to swap a player the other team has to be interested in him. Why the hell would PSG want xisco? get with it before posting tosh

Old tightwad actually wants closer to £8m for Snoddy (crazy I know) according to rumours. Strange. I'm a Lufc fan but both are overrated.

Taylor has just signed a new improved contract with Swansea City, he has already stated that he is happy at Swansea and believes its the best club for him to be at to develop as a player. He was flatterd by Newcastle's intrest but he is not intrested in a move.

I think Snodgrass is a very good left winger, Gradel looks good also

Although i think both look like canny players, are they really any better than what we have got? Jonas a good player and cabaye can play wing aswell as barton then there is routledge who did ok for us in the championship and young sammy and ferguson So personally i think we dont really want them as the players we got are better

Didn't Smith always play up front before he joined us?

I can't understand why we've never really tested his ability as a striker. Nile Ranger...or someone who has scored goals in the past.

Suppose Alan's lack of pace has suggested hes better off sticking to defensive midfield but at Championship level with Leeds he's be ok as a striker ;)

Have a look at xisco on wikipeda he started off as striker and record looks good could be worth a punt as cf

21 Jul 2011 13:45:24
Havent seen last nights game but reports i have read state ben arfa and marveux were flying and looking sharp and creating alot before ben arfa got injured Also abeid was looking good when he come on Hope so

Also heard Krul was kept alot busy in your goal by an average american team

You mean with their two shots on target? yeah he really had to be on the top of his game, could have been a real hiding only for him!

You mean Sunderland got beat 3-1?

Did you see USA in the world cup? Looked a good side and their players improving fast so to say "an average american team" is a bit disrespectfull. But to be honest having now seen the team i see that your comment was totally made up and your obviously a SMB If your gonna comment then make sure you know what your talking about or you will get owned

Wow a friendly newcastle are world beaters getting a draw at a bog standard american team now aren't they? don't read too much into them. What about 3 of your players not allowed into the US.HAHA SGBS

And SAFC are champions league contenders getting well beat off a average german side who are mid table constantly in bundesligue Ooh barca want to watch you lot In anyones book a draw better than a defeat whether its a friendly or competitive cos it build morale Start losing and a trend can grow

2 werent allowed cos of the way they have behaved in the past and thats their fault You have to be clear of any trouble for 5 years to get a visa to work in the usa and not a lot of people are whiter than white but fair enough that is their own fault but cabaye couldnt because of a mix up over an unpaid dental bill and thats just shocking really He left without paying so a report was made to the embassy who deals with the visas Mental really but thats how it works Plus joey was there in june for his hols so bit double standard of the US embassy

Remind us of when we said Newcastle are now World beaters.
Also they're in the middle of the MLS season so there fitness is much better.

And they're used to playing in the heat.
Also they beat Man U 2-1 this time last year.

Hannover finished 4th in the Bundesliga last season.. Just sayin'.

Can't judge the team on preseason results, I wish people would understand this. New players are still settling, no one is fully match fit, lots of rotation. We got beat 6-1 by f***ing Leyton Orient the season we went down, what did we do that season? We walked through the season and got promoted.

21 Jul 2011 11:44:56
ED do you think if Ben Arfa's injury turns out too be worse than what we think do you reckon we will bring someone else in or just sticking with the current squad and if so any idea who?

{Ed042's Note - I would imagine we would have to with the system we are looking to implement, few young back ups there but would be a massive gamble throwing them in at the deep end.. or alternatively we would have to switch back to 442 which leaves us in the same scenario essentially, needing a top striker, squad is decent and has a bit of versatility in it in attacking players but without a signing or two its still a bit reliant on them staying fit, especially if you lose Ben Arfa}

21 Jul 2011 09:54:24
HATEM BEN ARFA was today his way back to Tyneside after picking up an ankle injury in Newcastle United's opening game of the US tour.

The talisman went down just after half an hour after an ankle injury caused by a reckless challenge in the game with Sporting Kansas City.

Toon boss Alan Pardew did not seem too concerned about the problem last night but United have sent Ben Arfa back to England as a precautionary measure and will look at the injury again in 48 hours.

A United statement said: "Hatem Ben Arfa sustained an injury to his left ankle in a tackle during the club's friendly against Sporting Kansas on Wednesday evening and went to a local hospital for a precautionary x-ray.

"Consequently he will be leaving the club's US tour and the injury will be reassessed over the next 48 hours."SOURCE- CHRONICLE

How can a player be a talisman after 4 games?

Cos if the team plays through him and is shaped to maximise the player then he is the talisman of the team and what with him being one of if not the best player we have then that make him the talisman

21 Jul 2011 03:17:13
how come we can never scout or get any talent before anyone else Marco Bueno is close to signing a five year deal with liverpool he has been dubbed the next javier hernandez would of been cut price and low wages

What about tiote? we got himbefore anyone else and he is a real talent

The next Javier Hernandez? f*** me it used to be things like the next Pele... Now we're using players who have had one season in the Premiership and markers.. What next? "The next Haris Vuckic"?

21 Jul 2011 02:28:21
ben arfa just been stretchered off in the friendly after another bad challenge apparantly hope it isnt as serious as his last injury.

21 Jul 2011 00:42:30
Why are everyone expecting big name players coming thru the door? Where has everyone been since fat lad took over, its not how it works with him hasn't anyone realised this yet? If I'm wrong please name me 1we will only sign young UNPROVEN players with potential so stop with the sturridges, berbatovs etc...

Surely sturridge is unproven with potential had less than half a season in prem last year and few sub apps for chelsea