Newcastle United v Swansea City - Official Build Up / Matchday Thread

You'll have to go and support Sunderland!

 

We might be winning 1-0 but not impressed at all. Far too many balls going back or sideways. Think Swansea will score.

 

DeJong looks in a bad way - another sub? Remy on?

 

I'm curious as to whether the team will paper over a few cracks today, so far Swansea are making us look moderately capable.

 

That's a bit OTT. Anyway I haven't pumped any relatives so its unlikely I'd be permitted access.

 

Falling to pieces. We'll have to play the young'uns

 

Here comes Remy. Cisse and DeJong both injured. Fair swap i say.

 

So he could have just started with Debuchy + Remy and saved 2 subs for later.

 

1-1 Bony just before half time

 

Willo beasted by Bony for equaliser. Terrible time to concede.

 

If Bony didn't score there, would of been a penalty anyway.

Shola had hands all over his marker.

 

Nah, much better idea to start with a game of "guess the formation", throw in a bit of "yep, I picked Shola" before eventually settling on 4-4-2 with a few players back where they should be.

 

Pardew will stick Elliot on as a left back soon.

 

you're assuming he's already stopped playing around with the formation. We're only half way through the match...

 

Well how else will he be able to test whether Dummett can play centre forward?

 

Couple of things:

1/ Can't believe Shola scored. I greeted it with a mixture of disbelief and laughter. Some respect to Shola, there was no celebration. He hung his head in shame of it being his first league goal in 17 months. Fair play to him.

2/ Cisse subbing himself was an act of true bravery. Knowing the formation was pure **** he feigned injury so Debuchy could come on and a more sensible formation could be obtained because before that with that insane bull**** Pards came up with we were never going to score.

3/ Nice to see Tiote attempt to give Swansea a chance any time they fancy it.

4/ I don't know what the f**k is going to happen in the 2nd half.

5/ Swansea are making us look better than we are imo.

 

Just everything about him smacks of desperation, a man who's just lost the plot. It happens to anyone, but he desperately needs to be shown the door for his own good. The fans were not interested in the team, their is an air of expectancy waiting for something bad to happen, the crowd are poised ready to boo anything and everything purely because they no longer believe in the manager. I mean, he starts a game with 4-4-2 and Anita, Cisse, Gosling, Shola on the field or out of position. He played with 3-5-2 for around 40 minutes before giving up and going back to 4-4-2, he's a man so bereft of ideas or direction he runs the risk of losing everything.

Oh, except his employers probably not even aware there's a match and will simply look at the table this evening and say "hmm, 9th, good job." We're two goals from having PALACE just one win from putting us into 11th.

 

Quick, delete that comment. You know how jealous ACS will be if he finds out people have been beasting without him.

 

This! It's a complete lottery.

 

That's the scariest thing of all. Just shows how far we have slipped from chasing the coat tails of European qualification. Now Stoke and Palace both have very good chances of leaping above us soon.