First and foremost let’s make this Sunday, Stevie Harper Day. The most loyal of loyal Newcastle players signs off after 20 years at Newcastle in what will be his last game. I felt as if the gods were smiling when Elliot was sent off at QPR; knowing that meant Stevie would get his last opportunity […]
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Tag Archives: Fabricio Coloccini
How to Help a Side Lost in Translation
May 9, 2013 
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With Newcastle’s current woes being well publicised, their now famous policy of looking to bring in cheap but talented players from Ligue 1 in France is coming under very heavy scrutiny due to its increasing influence – 6 of the 11 that started last weekend’s game against West Ham spoke French as a first language, […]
Read more A New Castle to Build On
May 6, 2013 0 Comments
I had a feeling we’d draw at West Ham and with long-overdue goal-line technology, we might have won. Cissé has been unjustly judged six times this season. He has scored 6 rule-abiding goals which have not been counted to his personal or, more importantly, the club’s tally.. But ‘shuddas and cuddas’ don’t win trophies or stave […]
Read more When a ship is sinking, you plug the leak before you hold an inquiry
May 3, 2013 3 Comments
I’ve read a mountain of articles about Newcastle’s plight; who should be picked/dropped; who should be blamed….
Read more Who Would Be Newcastle’s ‘Player of the Season’?
April 30, 2013 3 Comments
In light of the recent PFA Player of the Year awards, in which Tottenham’s Gareth Bale picked up both major honours, I was thinking to myself who, out of the Newcastle United playing staff, should be considered our ‘Player of the Season’.
Read more Where has it gone wrong for Newcastle?
April 2, 2013 1 Comment
Last season, Newcastle United finished 5th in the Premier League. A remarkable achievement by modern standards and one to be admired. This season, they’ve struggled and have not been able to replicate the form they showed last campaign. Why not?
Read more Newcastle and Barcelona after Tunisian Center back
March 21, 2013 0 Comments
The transfer window opens in more than 3 months time, but the rumors about possible ins and outs have already started circulating and the latest name to be on the move is Toulouse’s Tunisian Center back Aymen Abdennour.
Read more Newcastle Captain Edges Closer to Exit Door
March 14, 2013 0 Comments
After having landed awkwardly and injuring his back in Newcastle’s 4-2 victory over Southampton on Sunday 24th of February, Fabricio Coloccini has been recuperating in his native Argentina.
Read more Is this Formation the Answer to our Tactical Problems?
February 28, 2013 3 Comments
(Author’s note: I drafted this blog before Cissé’s super strike against Southampton, the reappearance of Tiote as how he used to be and what, in my mind, was Debuchy’s best game in a black and white shirt.)
Read more Five Potential Transfer Targets From Holland
February 10, 2013 0 Comments
Newcastle daily The Journal is reporting that Alan Pardew appears to be looking to Holland for emerging talent. A group of team scouts are said to have attended the Dutch U-21 team take on Ireland on Wednesday.
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