Newcastle Banter Archive January 29 2013

29 Jan 2013 23:06:47
sissoko was class act

29 Jan 2013 22:17:52
What is going on with pardew and his changes once again nearly lost the game due to totally crazy changes. We already had a passenger with Jonas on without bringing on strolla. Losing confidence in his ability to manage this clubs.

If it wasn't for jonas we would have drawn and lost two points I know he's getting a bit behind the game but kept us in for the points tonight.

I knew someone would say if it was wasn't for that goal line clearance. So what about the other 90+ minutes then when he offers nothing. Bearing in mind krul would have saved it anyway.

29 Jan 2013 21:57:37
First things first, Fair play to Villa, considering the amount of recovery time they had, they fought hard. Newcastle was solid in the first half but in second we were in shambles but other than the poor refereeing decision which led to the penalty our defense held up, yes, they were rocked but held up . . .now, we have to build on this victory and help the new players settle . . .iToon.

29 Jan 2013 21:50:44
WE NEED A STRIKER can you here me Pardew tomorrow before its to late, fancy fetching Amiobi on nearly lost us the game.?

But we didn't 3 points vital so let's all get behind the lads on sat

Totally agree mate. He is awful so is Jonas. The way Pardew hug at the end of the game make me question what game he was watching.

30 Jan 2013 10:43:14
He hugged him cause his block saved us mate.

Krul was right behind it. He cost us more when he keeps giving the ball away.

29 Jan 2013 21:44:49
YES GET IN! That win is a massive season changer! Loads of positives for us there. But you can't really accuse them of being on the back foot because if you're 2-0 down, get an early goal, you're going to pile pressure on, Give all the credit to the lads battling till the end to get our first away of the season, a bit clumsy of debuchy but altogether very happy, first away win of the season, got that monkey of our backs! Brilliant! So happy! Through that last 45 mins, I thought it was never going to end! My heart was in my mouth, my stomach was churning once every 30 seconds! We can carry that win, play at home to chelsea with bags of confidence! Sissoko was brilliant, reminds me of yaya toure. Cisse should be back to scoring form, happy days! hopefully we can avoid relegation (which we probably will) and try and clinch mid table. The new signings made a world of a difference, jonas played alright but still think he shouldn't start next game. M'biwa was great, we could be looking at a new era of newcastle! We have strength in depth, something we haven't had in a long time. Williamson finally out of the team! Fantastic! can't describe how happy I am, can't describe how stressful that second half was! Great resilience and pardew came out with a good gameplan that guided us to our first away win! Toon forever, geordie moses

I am very happy with the points and the first half, and severely worried about what I witnessed in the 2nd half.

I do not want to put a dampener on the win but we got the 3 points out of nothing more than luck.

We have got to be better than lucky if we are going to avoid relegation.

Calm down lads this is exactly the worry I have one win against a very poor side, hung on second half big improvement but let's not count our chickens just yet !

29 Jan 2013 21:17:12
Pardew takes off Perch and Gouffran, who have by no means been great, but leaves Gutierrez on?! Is he watching the same bleedin' match?!?!

Jonas must have something on Pardew to keep selecting him. He is awful wouldn't get a game for Whitley Bay.

29 Jan 2013 19:29:30
Teams for tonight:
Villa: 3-5-2/5-3-2
guzan
clark vlaar baker
lowton westwood bannan nzogbia bennett
benteke bent
Newcastle: 4-2-3-1
Krul
Debuchy Saylor Coloccini Santon
Perch Cabaye
Gouffran Sissoko Gutierrez
Cisse
Why the hell is guti starting? I'd rather have sammy than jonas, he's not a winger, he can't take on full backs. Can see why he's put perch on, fair play as I think it would be too much for mbiwa to make his debut away. But at least we've got 3 flair players now, gouffran, sissoko and cabaye which is nice to see! Villa have got a VERY dangerous attack, jonas simply can not give the ball away like he usually does and santon can't get caught too far forward. But where's obertan, elliot, willo, mbiwa, anita, bigi, sa. ameobi, sh. ameobi. No gamechangers there!

Where's Marveaux?

He's injured

29 Jan 2013 17:48:36
I suggest people watch Gutierrez before saying that we need him to 'provide experience', to provide valuable experience you need to actually be a good player, which he is not. Perhaps he was alright a year or two ago, but that time has passed and it's time he get put on the bench at the very least.

Anybody who thinks Gutierrez has any shred of a good footballer left in him should watch this Villa game. He is shamefully bad, for the love of Christ get him out of the starting 11.

29 Jan 2013 09:26:54
Okay so his legs might have gone a bit and his desire might outweigh his abilities now but people seem to be forgetting what a great servant Gutierrez has been to this club. No-one works harder than him. I would like to see how HBA or, god forbid, Obertan would have dealt with all the tracking back he was tasked with last season. Professional, committed and hungry, let's give him some props!

No denying that but he is no longer gud enough for our team.he doesn't go forward and take people on like wingers should and he had to track back becos of santon getting to caught up the field i'd play hiadara lb and santon left wing least he gets forward and takes people on.time to say thanks to guti for everything and get rid

It's horses for courses. I wouldn't want Ben Arfa to work up and down like Jonas use to. It would kill what he is the pitch for. Jonas has been a good servant but that doesn't mean he warrants a start. He isn't good enough anymore to be a regular.

Agree that he has been a good servant for the club. But the position we are in at the minute we cannot afford to play people just for sentiment. For us as a club to move forward Jonas is not the answer and needs to be replaced in the starting eleven. Keep him for the bench as a decent squad player

I know no footballer wants to be on the nech and will always beleive they are good enough to start. and as with all the above you can't deny the guys work rate, but again as above I can't think of a better guy for the bench to bring on if needed either going forward or to help track back. I think if Jonas had 20 minutes and knew he was going to be getting 20 minutes you would soon find he had plenty of legs left. he could go 100% for that 20 miuntes rather than spending 70 minutes having already burnt himself out tracking back. will he want to stay and be a squad player. I don't know. but if he is happy in newcastle and not looking to be finishing his career elsewhere then I think he is a great option from the bench. Niktoon

If wasn't for jonas covering back santon would be shown up everyweek can't wait to see what santon is like without his cover

This is absolute garbage, the only person who gives less to the team than Jonas is Williamson. He cannot perform the most basic of tasks, can't pass a ball 5 yards, can't go past a player, can't put in a tackle. The only thing he can do is win a free kick... In our own half! He spends more time on his arse than anyone else on top of everything. He is LAZY, if you think he gives his all for the team then I suggest you watch him over 90 minutes. The only good thing to be said about him is that he seems like a pretty nice guy. If we had Marveaux playing instead of him we wouldn't be in the awful position we are now. I wish San Lorenzo would ask for him instead of Colo. He is useless.

That was alarmingly definitive. You forgot 'in my opinion' there.

Fair enough, apologies. I don't like using first person words on this site. It's very frustrating (to me) to watch him start when we have much better players like Marveaux sitting on the bench, madness.

Scratch that, Marveaux isn't even on the bench? Anyone know why?