Newcastle United v Fulham - Official Build Up/Match Day Thread

Dead... First actual day off in months!

Hunkering in to watch us attempt to con 40,000 people into thinking we're a premier league team, then going to go to sleep!

 

If we didn't have a striker, it'd be 1-0 to us so far. That's how poor Cisse is!

 

Haha, what happened to Gandalf? Did the wizard leave Geordie land?

 

I got bored... and I'm no more a wizard than Cisse is a footballer, so I reverted back.

 

Aha, can we add Sissokho to the list of non-footballers, bloody hell these two are poor finishers.

How's DT? Did everything go well post-op?

 

Yeah she's good. Prettier than ever

 

WHAT.A.TERRIBLE.FOOTBALL.PLAYER.

Yanga, Anita, Colo looking good. Cisse is having the worst game I've ever seen a striker have. Please don't let our best chance fall to him today!

Glad Marv has got a start, I back him to be involved in any goal we score!

 

Me thinks you need a new striker, sorry to tell you but the Eredivisie is plucked, no top scorers left to sell

Good to hear DT is doing well, send her my regards!

 

Everywhere seems plucked considering the difficulty we seem to be having finding someone to sign

Cheers Cove!

 

Why in the hell has my internet waited until match day to slow to an almost complete halt. Could be a blessing in disguise mind.

 

We got to look to replace some of the first team players in January.

Cisse, Shola, Marveaux, Jonas, Obertan, Gosling and Mike Williamson must find new clubs and I'm also unconvinced about a few others.

Is Hatem Ben Arfa a luxury we can afford? He does his running, yes but he is the nemesis of possession and doesn't contribute near enough in assists and goals considering he is a flair player.

I'm also convinced Mathieu debuchy is just not cut out for the English game and ought to be touted across Ligue 1 or the Bundesliga for 5m Euros.

I would expect a few domestic(ish) players to much strengthen the side. Maybe the likes of Thomas Ince, Jordan Rhodes, Victor Moses, James McCarthy, Will Hughes and Aaron Cresswell would give the team a massive injection.

 

This is painful. Shola is just a useless pile of ****. We can't seem to pass properly. Its like the team has just been introduced to each other before the game for Christ sake!

 

wow 4 nil nils at half time, can nobody score in this league? Luckily the Eredivisie will have some goals, guaranteed minimum of 3 goals a game average, each round

 

Very frustrating first half. No real attacking intent, and some baffling decisions made some players when they really should've done better. Lots of passing errors too(from both sides). Overall, a poor game being played between two poor teams.

On the upside, we've looked quite solid defensively. Mbiwa and Colo have been sound.

 

Anita has looked good again but I'm getting tired of benny and his long shots. wonder when we'll see Remy....

 

I think we're doing ok...no sign of hoofball and trying to pass the ball on the deck.

I'd hook Shola and bring on Remy. Play Marveaux in the hole with Anita and Sissoko sitting. We'd then have Remy on the left and Hatem on the right.

I'm predicting a 2-0 win with Cabaye to notch one of them.

 

Ben arfa looks awful- how can't he just lay a few short passes?
We're not scoring because our strikers refuse to come and collect the ball, when cisse moved out of the centre and into wings to collect we looked a little less rigid and predictable
Get ameobi off ffs, he doesn't contribute i swear he just gets in the way, can't we have an attacking mid in his position instead?
Debuchy doesn't look that bad to me, showing a little more attacking bravery than the rest but i really think the fact fulham can't attack either is really papering over his defensive cracks.
Mbiwa and colo looking great as always, in fact it's yanga that is stopping them having fun in our area, sweeping up mistakes with ridiculous reliability and speed
Santon and sissoko looking as if they've decided what they're guna do in their heads before they recieve the ball and don't seem to realise that's gunna get you nowhere

 

Pretty much sums up both teams. If you guys had an in-form/good striker you'd be ahead. But honestly both teams are playing like a group of strangers who've randomly met in the park and decided to have a kick around. No fluidity at all.

 

No subs, Pardew... you can't sit back and relax, do something! This is just as boring as the first half.

 

I can't lie, I am not a fan of Hatem Ben Arfa at all.