Newcastle Banter Archive April 04 2013

04 Apr 2013 22:36:46
How can Perch start ahead of a class player like Anita? Perch cannot play football one iota. Anita can do everything Perch does, yet he can pick a pass, he has a degree of imagination about him. Perch does not!

But I have got to admit it was nice to see out attractive style of attacking football again. where Cisse is stranded up field all alone, the Sissoko bombs up to try to support him. meaning two Toon players against 5-6 defenders. plus we can't even find them with a pass!! Hang on that's then norm for us this season leaving two up front completely stranded!

Well, we are lucky to only be two goals behind, could have been much worse. in hindsight maybe 5-2 (at the least), let's see how much worse the second leg will be!

Nice to see the return of Steve 'ive just hand balled and it looks like I've been shot' Taylor! person!

We are are bad bad team right now. and I can't see improvement!

Nice confidence booster for the lads there

Perch was doing a great job.

He was putting him boom boom tackles in on Gaitan & co.

Either you did not watch the game, or you are a Sunderland fan.

But its true! Stanton might have lost us the game, Taylor has lost us the tie!

We started well, then scored a great goal then sat back and got deeper and deeper into our own half. Pardew was supposed to be taking us forward, not backwards. I have said before, we don't seem to have a style of play, some of our players don't seem to know what to do when they have the ball and end up just passing back to Krul. TBH I can't see us winning against Fulham, could be even closer to the bottom 3 after this weekend

I watched the game and I am a newcastle fan!

i observed Perth recklessly sithe down a benfica playing resulting in a yellow card not even 25 minutes in to the game. Headless chicken comes to mind!

And why does a fans honest opinion need to boost the lads confidence! if they think they did well then i'm sure they'll have all the confidence they need. but I don't think they will personally! and i'm sure all their wages this week will keep them happy. so once again why should I boost confidence? Let the players give me someting to be confident about perhaps!

I can not think of one team in prem who passes the ball back to their keeper as much as us? If u can think of one please tell me. More from right side when simo and tals playing before him willo. Just before their second goal we went side ways three times, Taylor had time looked up then went back to krull, before it got to santon the rest we know. Taylor turns them, ok may loose the ball but NO GOAL still 1-1 we do time and time again this time got punished!

It's shows certain players have a lack of responsibility pass it to tim let him hoof it! Not good enough in the modern game.

04 Apr 2013 21:38:39
Poor Poor Poor we should have been 3-0 before they scored Cisse good goal and 2 good misses.
We ate not at the races after playing as well as anyone for the first 24 minutes. Krul immense Cisse abysmal he should score from them chances and he does not and that has been the problem all season

Get back try and get safe in the premiership and get someone involved who knows about football

I can't believe how you can blame Pardew for this?

Benfica have not been beaten at home since November and are unbeaten in the league all season!

We have matched them mostly and 2 silly mistakes have cost us goals!

Get behind the team!

There are some fickle fans!

Fickle wake up man We are just not good enough Not beaten forget it if Cisse had put away his other 3 great chance we would have won
S. ing your pants until the last game of the season and if & when we go down you will still be making excuses

Why is that Sunderland fan 'Jeez' on our page.

Oh that's right, he is secretly a Newcastle supporter.

He is bored of Sunderland. LOLL.

If Benfica had put away their chances it would have been 8-3 to them. How can you blame Cisse? Pardews tactics of get a goal and sit back is to blame as well as Taylor, who is just as bad as Williamson at times, the only difference is Taylor makes it look funny.

Santons mistake was worse than taylors

Newcastle will win second leg 2 nill and I'm a sunderland fan. I am hoping for newcastle to win Europa (smogs got to the final its possible) and then get relegated because of the distraction. In doing so saving sunderland from relegation.

04 Apr 2013 19:49:30
If Pardew can mastermind a draw nevermind a win out of this game, I will never say a bad word about him again.

This is his biggest test as Newcastle manager to date.

Benfica are Titans, but I'm keeping the faith.

I would love to see a result here for ourselves and for the gaffer.

He is hopeless and we will tread water as long as he is manager

Elemntary mistakes get some decent players Fulham Blunderland loss and we are down

04 Apr 2013 15:42:27
I just read an interesting stat.

We are the team with the 2nd highest amount of open play crosses in the Premier League this season.

I am wondering why we are playing so many crosses when we are only playing 1 upfront, never mind the fact that we find it impossible to score from corners.

So why are we playing so many crosses if we cannot score from them?

It is like banging your head against a brick wall and doing it over and over and expecting it not to hurt.

04 Apr 2013 13:57:58
Who'd like to see this team against Benfica tonight?

Krul

Simpson M'Biwa Taylor Anita

Bigirimana Perch

Sissoko Cabaye Santon

Cisse

Wont happen, jonas will play

Got to play marveaux

04 Apr 2013 10:07:55
team for tonight
Krul,
Simpson S. Taylor Yanga-Mbiwa Santon
Cabaye Anita
Obertan Sissoko Marveaux
Cisse

nik

Obertan wth? would rather see Alan Smith back here than the alien head!

Not Obertan please not Obertan anybody but Obertan