BigWalrus
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Bobby Robson was no saint when it came to agents mind. Wasn't he part of Stretford's dodgy company?
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I too can't see the sense in the subs, but Pardew isn't stupid and must have had his reasons.
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It's all about comparisons with Arsenal. Two sets of players pushing themselves to the limit. One who sat at home with their feet up on boxing day and the other who chased Man Utd on a soggy, heavy pitch. It's patently obvious that we were going to run out of steam before them. The level of their salaries is completely irrelevant.
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£500k transfer fee plus another million in wages.
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Ba has been absolutely brilliant for us, but we would be silly to try to compete with Chelsea on wages. He is already the highest paid player at the club - offering him the £4.5m per year BEFORE bonuses would open the floodgates for our other players to demand similar. We just can't afford that. However, his medical is far from a formality and it isn't completely impossible that any deal could fall through on that basis.
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There is never an occasion when that's acceptable. Kudos for the assist and goal, but like Cisse and Obertan, Marveaux offered no support to the back four whatsoever. Cisse in particular was constantly out of position (anyone would think he was a striker...) and Arsenal figured this out, completely exposing Simpson for the weak full back that he is.
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The tired legs will have had a huge impact. It's not about other teams, it's about Newcastle United and Arsenal - and they've got a clear advantage.
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I reckon there is more to the substitutions than meets the eye (ie injury / perceived tiredness). Tiote and Bigi's dominance in that deeper area meant Arsenal's attacking threat was limited to the wide areas. Once Bigi came off, that all changed.
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Recommend me a good restaurant in Newcastle
BigWalrus replied to Anorthernsoul's topic in General Chat
I remember a meal in there where the takeaway delivery drivers spent the entire night sat near the bar. It was a bit strange with them being there. Service and meal were good though. We cycle through a few. Used to go to the Romna quite regularly, but the last few have really made us bad. The Kismet, Shahenshah and Shikari have all been visited recently. Best takeaway is the Ellachi on Whitley Road (just near the Metro station). Consistently very good, and unbelievably cheap. -
Yep, it is. I did my back in hitting a pothole, flying down a hill at about 40mph. Possibly lucky not to come off, but my back seemed to take all of the impact and it's not been right since.
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Florence is class, as is Siena. Can't beat Edinburgh though. I love the place (probably marginally more than Newcastle).
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While Arsene Wenger struggled with his zip, Danny Simpson was pre-occupied with thoughts of undoing his.
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Pay Ba what he wants (nearly £5m a year) and Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Cisse, Coloccini etc will all come knocking on the door asking for a raise. You've then upped your wage bill by £30m a season and made the club unable to cover its costs. Only a club in the Champions League could afford to pay Ba £90k a week. As much as Ba is playing superbly, we're quite right to stand firm on this one.
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Tiote was superb in the first half. Perch and Coloccini barely needed to touch the ball - Tiote was always there ready to take the ball off him. The problem is that with Marveaux, Obertan and Cisse also in the midfield, he was fighting a one-man mission.
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Obertan and Marveaux canny going forward. But it's telling that we've lost Jonas from our midfield and conceded 11 goals.
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Time for beer I think.
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I love that you use three players who dis-prove your point to try to prove your point.
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Just said the same!
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Agree completely.
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If they score early - game over. If we manage to score before them it could be interesting.
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Manchester United v Newcastle United
BigWalrus replied to Christmas Tree 's topic in Newcastle Forum
Our sole tactic should be to win free kicks then blast the ball at Van Persie's head. -
Unless we are to be bankrolled by a multi billionaire oil baron, we have no chance of ever competing at the very top. Throwing £20m a centre back is pointless as he'll only be bought by Man City who will offer him even more. The clubs at the top are running off the back of cash injections from their owners. The clubs below are trying to run off the back of the income they generate. We are just about running with the cash we generate. We have one of the lowest season ticket prices in the league and some quality players. Last season some of our goals were up there with the best I've ever seen. The margins are tight in the middle section of the league and a couple of wins can make all the difference. Essentially, we need to accept that we're a mid table club. Some seasons we'll finish near the top of that mid-table area, others we'll not. We're in that group with the likes of Everton, Liverpool, Fulham and Stoke. Fans of other clubs often accuse Newcastle fans of having over the top expectations. Finishing 5th last season was achieved on merit, but it also involved a few things going our way (such as the timing of playing certain teams and a core nucleus of our best players all coming good at the same time). My expectation this season was to finish between 6th and 10th. I still reckon we've got a canny shot at that. There are a few fans who sit around me exactly like LBT and Aeris - constantly negative, whinging and moaning, slagging players off, waiting for mistakes to somehow justify their abuse and then leaving 5 minutes early because the match isn't as important to them as catching the first metro. The season in the Championship was pure bliss for that reason - the miserable feckers didn't bother turning up.
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I remember being annoyed that we were signing Craig Bellamy, with his record of 1 in 6.
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Shearer conveniently forgot that Spurs also sold players for nigh on £60m. We both had more or less nil net spend, but Spurs sold Modric for silly money.