Premier League 8th-12th March Discussion Thread

Well atleast you beat Luis to it

There's ONLY ONE Steve Bruce !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkQiE3Ia7Rw

TM wrote:Well atleast you beat Luis to it

Haven't made one in a while and furthermore haven't even been on this in a week before today.

Reading away will be tough and we have a few players out, Petrov, Richards, Onuoha and Bojinov, so going to have to change things at the back. We need to win, but i cant see us getting all three points.

Villa will beat us..they always fucking beat us. We always seem to have a game midweek against them aswell. In which, they beat us. Usually some ridiculous player like Joey Gudjohnson scores.

borocooper wrote:Villa will beat us..they always fucking beat us. We always seem to have a game midweek against them aswell. In which, they beat us. Usually some ridiculous player like Joey Gudjohnson scores.

watch out for an Isiah Osbourne winner

debaser wrote:

borocooper wrote:Villa will beat us..they always fucking beat us. We always seem to have a game midweek against them aswell. In which, they beat us. Usually some ridiculous player like Joey Gudjohnson scores.

watch out for an Isiah Osbourne winner

I will.

Do you remember the Joey Gudjohnson goal? Was from about 40 bloody yards or something.

not specifically, he only scored a few but they were all 30 yarders. good shot on him, pretty useless otherwise

actually, i think we have a better record away at boro, than at home. so maybe you've got a chance.

is Alves playing yet?

debaser wrote:not specifically, he only scored a few but they were all 30 yarders. good shot on him, pretty useless otherwise

actually, i think we have a better record away at boro, than at home. so maybe you've got a chance.

is Alves playing yet?

He's played a few times..the last couple of games he looked quite sharp..I think he'd have a good partnership with Aliadiere but he's obviously still banned and we are missing him. He definitely needs a goal though, Alves. He seems to be quite dangerous from free kicks aswell, he's had a couple of good efforts, powerful and on target, just too close to the keeper on both occasions.

Spurs v West Ham... two team in recent poor form.

Hope we can get back on track.

A Curbishley side once they pass 40 points is akin to early season Derby, Spurs can afford to play Bent Darrent and still win comfortably.

borocooper wrote:

debaser wrote:not specifically, he only scored a few but they were all 30 yarders. good shot on him, pretty useless otherwise

actually, i think we have a better record away at boro, than at home. so maybe you've got a chance.

is Alves playing yet?

He's played a few times..the last couple of games he looked quite sharp..I think he'd have a good partnership with Aliadiere but he's obviously still banned and we are missing him. He definitely needs a goal though, Alves. He seems to be quite dangerous from free kicks aswell, he's had a couple of good efforts, powerful and on target, just too close to the keeper on both occasions.

will be interested to see him play wednesday. you know if the match is on sky?

debaser wrote:

borocooper wrote:

debaser wrote:not specifically, he only scored a few but they were all 30 yarders. good shot on him, pretty useless otherwise

actually, i think we have a better record away at boro, than at home. so maybe you've got a chance.

is Alves playing yet?

He's played a few times..the last couple of games he looked quite sharp..I think he'd have a good partnership with Aliadiere but he's obviously still banned and we are missing him. He definitely needs a goal though, Alves. He seems to be quite dangerous from free kicks aswell, he's had a couple of good efforts, powerful and on target, just too close to the keeper on both occasions.

will be interested to see him play wednesday. you know if the match is on sky?

Havent heard anything about it being on sky nope..

-----------------Reina-------------------------------

------Arbeloa, carra, skrtel, riise---------------------------

--------------Lucas----Alonso--------------

----Pennant-------Stevie-------------Benayoun---------

------------------------Nando--------------------------------

Jesus, what a chance for Carick!

Luis wrote:Jesus, what a chance for Carick!

Did you mean Jesus what a f@ck up by carrick luis ?

Torres starts!

Subs: Itandje, Hyypia, Crouch, Kuyt, Babel.

I reckon 10 or 11-0 to us

Newcastle United XI: Harper, Beye, Taylor, Enrique, Faye, Milner, Butt, N'Zogbia, Duff, Owen, Smith

Subs: Forster, Geremi, Cacapa, Carroll, Martins

Not one of those players scare me to be honest

Blackburn Rovers XI: Freidel, Ooijer, Samba, Khizanishvili, Warnock, Bentley, Reid, Tugay, Pedersen, Santa, Cruz, McCarthy

Fulham XI: Keller, Stalteri, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Andreason, Dempsey, Bullard, Murphy, Davies, Johnson

1530: Stephen Hunt's challenge leaves Richard Dunne with a nasty wound on his leg. Claret everywhere. The Manchester City captain is stretchered off - leaving Sven-Goran Eriksson's side without a regular centre-back on the pitch.

bit of a dirty c**t him isnt he

another bizarre fluke goal


that's what you get for parking the bus newcastle

2-0

Torres

and inevitably the floodgates open


the gerrard and torres show continues


amazing

Gerrard has been a revelation since rafa switched to this formation

Torres is simply sublime

Harsh on newcastle as they had defended well up until the fluke but if only one team tries to win then there is always the chance something unlucky happening

COTR wrote:Gerrard has been a revelation since rafa switched to this formation

Torres is simply sublime

Harsh on newcastle as they had defended well up until the fluke but if only one team tries to win then there is always the chance something unlucky happening

and if you're looking for unlucky Newcastle own the word.

We weren't really parking the bus before the first goal - we came just as close to scoring as Liverpool with Faye's early header from a corner, then if Duff had been quicker in the Liverpool area we had N'Zogbia free to the left who could have put us into the lead. But we probably weren't expecting anything from the game, and our line-up is a defensive one with Butt and Smith in the midfield and Duff roaming behind Owen.

Unfortunately, I can see another thrashing now - we defended reasonably well until Liverpool's first, but I can see them getting another couple. They probably should have had a penalty earlier on too, when Lucas was clattered in the box, though Gerrard should have been booked for a clear dive later on. Overall, I can't complain much at the defence, and the first goal was just one of those things, something that occurs when you're in such a bad run as we are.

But Liverpool have been the better team. The most senseless thing on our part has been in bringing on Geremi for Milner once already a goal down. We had to change the substitution and bring on Martins instead. The team as we have it will never score a goal via anything other than luck. I think Duff can be useful in the role behind the striker, but he isn't quick, and since Owen is bloody awful, that partnership is not going to work. Owen is so slow, he doesn't work hard, and he's too selfish for a player who has no pace - on breaks, he simply holds the ball looking for a shot, but he has neither the pace or the skill to work a dangerous position for himself. Butt and Smith offer no support from the midfield. The right side is negated now that Geremi is there.