Schalke Cup

exactly but it's not just this game it's his history that tells us he would struggle to grow weeds

 

This is what Pardew said after the game. FFS it wasn't the fact that you played 2 youngsters up front who received no service whatsoever. It was the fact that our MF was non existant and our defenders hadn't a clue.

This is what Alan Pardew said immediately after the game we lost 3-1 to a better Malaga side, and we were 3-0 down at the break:

¨To be honest I have to take a lot of the blame when I started two young players up front.¨ ¨Second half we were a lot better and the senior players who we brought on were a lot better.¨

¨And I protected a few today because we have a tough game tomorrow, and we will have a more experienced side out.¨ ¨I take a lot of the blame for today – but we’re getting there.¨

We suppose he’s talking about Adam Armstrong and Ayoze Perez as the two young players up front. and both were replaced at half time.

Newcastle were basically outclassed by a slick-passing Malaga side in the first half, but the lads came back well in the final 45 minutes, but the defense still appears to be a weakness, and at times in the first half we were all at sea.

Newcastle probably need to sign at least one new center-back this summer, to shore up the defensive options – and you cannot argue with the facts – that we conceded 59 goals in the Premier League last season, and a worst ever 68 goals conceded in the season before last.

That should tell us something – like our defense isn’t good enough.

We want to see a much improved performance tomorrow afternoon against our German hosts Schalke 04 – but that game will not be an easy one either ".

What do you think?

 

We will get trounced tomorrow

 

Well?

 

Any of you lot been naughty boys then?

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-united-fans-arrested-after-7552080

 

At the final whistle 100 West Ham fans stormed our end apparently.
Both lasses and lads got hit by the mindless scum.

 

Bastards

 

aye canny summary . just never gets sorted ..always our downfall..just cannot defend

 

Thank you for clearing that up, I was beginning to wonder why they were showing no intention of trying to win this game

 

Moyes Wife


What I saw was the same stupid tactics and player positions that we saw last season.

 

Ahh so you were watching your beloved Toon then Fredor?

 

West Ham playing Malaga and are 2-0 down, getting royally bummed so far.

 

he made a comment on the safc board!!!!

 

What?!

 

Having a little ding dong with Smug I see. Another NUFC related thread on your board, how sweet.

 

Can Ferreyra make an appearance today?

 

No, he's not in the squad (and won't have trained at all with his team mates yet). Normally takes a few days before they let em loose on the pitch

 

Watching Malaga against west ham its clear that Malaga are a good team. Technically very good but position ally perfect.

 

Apparently he's on the subs bench!

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20140803/schalke-v-newcastle-krul-returns_2281670_4050745

Tim Krul makes his first appearance of pre-season as Newcastle United face Schalke in their second and final game of the Schalke 04 Cup (5.45pm kick-off local time).

The Dutch goalkeeper only returned to Tyneside earlier this week, after being given an extended summer break following his participation at the World Cup.
And Krul has been named in a much-changed Magpies' starting line-up, which sees eight alterations from Saturday's 3-1 defeat at the hands of Malaga.

The only survivors from that match are captain Fabricio Coloccini and midfielders Moussa Sissoko and Jack Colback, as manager Alan Pardew shuffles his pack against the German hosts.

United are expected to line up in a 4-4-2 formation, with Krul behind a back four of Vurnon Anita, Mike Williamson, Coloccini and Paul Dummett.

Gabriel Obertan - who netted against Malaga - and teenager Rolando Aarons will take up roles on either flank, with Sissoko and Colback patrolling the middle of the park.

And it is an all-French strike force, as summer signing Emmanuel Riviere teams up with Yoan Gouffran to provide Newcastle's firepower in the final third.

On the substitutes' bench, there is a place for Argentine striker Facundo Ferreyra, signed on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk only this morning, and he is joined by fellow new arrivals Remy Cabella and Ayoze Perez.

 

Newcastle United (4-4-2): Tim Krul; Vurnon Anita, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Paul Dummett; Gabriel Obertan, Moussa Sissoko, Jack Colback, Rolando Aarons; Emmanuel Riviere, Yoan Gouffran

Substitutes: Rob Elliot, Jak Alnwick, Lubo Satka, Massadio Haidara, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Steven Taylor, Remie Streete, Mehdi Abeid, Haris Vuckic, Remy Cabella, Adam Armstrong, Adam Campbell, Ayoze Perez, Facundo Ferreyra