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: Papiss Cisse
Top 5: Prospects of the Relegated Teams
May 15, 2013 
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After a rough and ragged season, Newcastle United have finally secured Premier League football next season. Few fans would have thought that such an achievement would be met with so much relief, and that in itself is a sign that fresh faces are needed. So, what better way to do that than to nick players […]
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 Rumour Mill: Ideye Brown
May 5, 2013 0 Comments
No matter the outcome of this exhausting season, there’s no doubt it will be considered a complete and utter disappointment on the back of the dizzy heights of fifth last year.
Read more One change too many for Newcastle?
May 4, 2013 0 Comments
On Monday night, Gary Neville played devil’s advocate and offered an alternative view on Newcastle’s lack of success this season. Do Newcastle United have a few too many continental players or is it Pardew’s inability/stubbornness to change his tactics that have failed him thus far?
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 A Catastrophic Capitulation – the spectator’s reaction
April 28, 2013 3 Comments
Where was the reaction from the ‘hurt’ players Mr Pardew? Where was the passion, the fire and determination to correct previous mistakes? Where was the common sense?
Read more Pride and Parity Needs To Be Restored
April 21, 2013 0 Comments
Losing isn’t nice. And losing to Sunderland is even worse.
Read more A Psychological Analysis of Newcastle United
April 18, 2013 0 Comments
I committed to write a blog on the journey back South after the Sunderland game. I left it a couple of hours to allow the emotion and disappointment to acquiesce. In fact, I didn’t finish until Tuesday evening. Even after two days of grief, this blog might not be as objective as I wanted it […]
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