Kevin Keegan was quick to give full credit to David Moyes and Everton after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at Goodison Park.
Kevin Keegan – tribute to Moyes and Everton
Everton made sure of 5th place in the Premier League today and qualification for next season’s UEFA Cup.
Newcastle were second best this afternoon for most of the game, and went behind in the 29th minute when Yakubu headed home Manuel Fernandes’ free-kick.
Yakubu seemed to have scored again after 34 minutes but Lescott was flagged for offside. TV replays showed he was only fractionally offside, if not actually level.
Michael Owen (47) leveled the scores from the penalty spot just after the break, but Newcastle then tailed off and Joleon Lescott (70) and Yakubu (82), with a penalty, finished off Newcastle.
Steve Harper was very busy, to say the least, and he was easily Newcastle’s best player, and will be hard to displace next season, that’s for sure.
After the game Kevin Keegan was magnanimous in his praise for Everton as he said:
“Everton are an inspiration to everyone.”
“They haven’t got a massive squad but they made good investment in the summer with players such as Yakubu, Lescott and Jagielka.”
“They have finished fifth and that’s a terrific achievement.”
“They have a got a good squad and a great togetherness and a lot of very good professionals.”
“But if they can do it then why can’t we?”
Good words from Kevin, which will lighten up some Newcastle fans.
After watching the game today, we’d love to see young N’Zogbia stay at the Toon.
He looked what he is this afternoon – a young exciting player who will be a crowd favorite wherever he goes.
Charles got the penalty for us today when he was just too skillful for Yobo. He also played with good spirit – hopefully because he wants to stay.  
But make no mistake that Everton were much the better side today, and the scoreline could have been a lot worse, if Steve Harper hadn’t produced heroics in the Newcastle goal.
Surely, there cannot be many better English goalkeepers than Harper on his performance both today and overall since January. Well done Steve today.
Comments welcome.
94 responses so far ↓
1 ObaFan2 // May 11, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Rumours that Moyles is gonna take over from Straken (umm however it’s spelt) and he deserves it imo, done really well for Everton and yes we were beaten easily by the better team today.
2 Ashton // May 11, 2008 at 6:29 PM
When does the transfer window open ?
3 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Everton could have easily have given Moyes the boot when they hovered around the relegation zone a couple of seasons ago but are now getting their loyalty repaid.
A disapointing season for the toon, it looks like we may need to take two steps back to go one forward. Would love to see at least half the current squad shown the door. I’m all for a structured pay system too, doesn’t do Arsenal any harm.
4 Taiwantoon // May 11, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Arsenal has a higher wage total than we do, and they’ve lose the service of Flamini due to the salary cap.
Don’t get me wrong, I think the wage should be controlled. I just don’t feel it should start with Owen as he is one of our most important player at the moment. We should start with removing the dead woods IMO, not the one we apprently wanna to keep at the club.
5 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Who got relegated?
6 valle // May 11, 2008 at 6:44 PM
B’mingham
Reading
Derby
7 valle // May 11, 2008 at 6:46 PM
We really need to get one of the great players we have been linked with soon to get things rolling, the mood in our camp needs a boost and a signing would be the way to do that… Btw Diego is rumored to be unhappy in Werder Bremen, maybe we could step in… Here’s hoping
8 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Cheers Valle,
Pleased Birmingham got relegated, can’t stand that Karen Brady and her crappy Sun column,
she’s probably been through half the team as well……
9 valle // May 11, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Hmm, i dunno why but Fulham just dont seem like a team i would want in the EPL over B’mingham and Reading.
10 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Would’ve liked Reading to have stayed up but you had to feel sorry for Roy Hodgson as he looked like he was going to bubble after most of their recent games. Steve Coppell will probably resign imo.
11 emre89 // May 11, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Alan smiths fault that we lost as usual, cant remember the last game we won with him.
Alan smith is terrible,
nzogbia is world class
12 daiv // May 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
SMITH is the worst player to wear nufc shirt in 20 YEARS
13 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
that’s a bit harsh……you never see Bassedas play then or Daniel Cordone?
14 Leo // May 11, 2008 at 7:21 PM
yep alan smith is so useless.
lets see all of the people slating charlie nzogbia come out now he will stay which i was certain of before todays game and hopeful of still, what do you lot think?
15 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 7:24 PM
N’zogbia can be great but I can’t remember him having too many good games against top clubs
(usually Arsenal)
16 Hamas (51times) // May 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Wonder if N’Zogbia will want to stay now? Who in London will buy him?
17 Rob Kirton // May 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM
It was a very strange interview with Keegan on Radio Newcastle. First of all he delayed speaking to the press, then prevented the players speaking to them. This caused some speculation in the studio until he did eventually make an appearance.
He was very guarded in what he said about next years plans and although saying some of the right things, seemed very downbeat in his tone of voice.
I suspect he has almost had a gagging order passed on him by Ashley; which is fine if that is Ashley’s wish. Keeping the players quiet was also interesting.
We have been slagging off the press about stories relating to our proposed clamp down on salaries. I wonder if our proposed cutting back on Owen’s next contract salary has been leaked by him or his agent. When you think about it, it is highly unlikely that any of the NUFC management team would leak such a thing. In which case all such stories may come to a halt if tonight was anything to go by. I suspect the highly secretive Ashley has absolutely clamped down on what can and can’t be said by Keegan and the players. As anybody who lives in the real world understands what constitutes reasonable conduct – methinks the playing staff and manager may have been made aware of what it is.
18 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Interesting Rob, I always enjoy your contributions as you are obviously an intelligent and thoughtful guy, what’s your take on the next couple of months’ at St James?
19 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Hammy: What are you saying? That you don’t remember N’Zogbia playing well against Arsenal?
…
so? He has played against Arsenal, what 2-3-4 times? And he didn’t play well against them? I don’t see your point. I think he is a quality player but obviously he will not shine as much against teams that beat us thorougly..
Anyways, if he doesn’t want to play for us then he can bugger off. If he does, then I’d love for him to stay. Quality player.
PS: What do you guys prefer – for us to keep our 4-3-3 or to switch to 4-4-2? I like 4-4-2 a lot in general, but perhaps 4-3-3 is the only way we can play Oba AND Owen since we need more height up there?
20 daiv // May 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Hammy
KK will leave some time before the three years are over. He expected more money and will not stay here to keep us mid table. He wants to win something and I suspect does not believe he is being backed financially. We were apparently well beaten by the 5th team and he has realized how big the job is. Still if he keeps picking SMITh we’ll get relegated. I have some sympathy with Ashley mind you. KK just wants to spend yet I am sick of very poor players costing a load and receiving massive salaries. I know we have to pay over the odds to attract quality (why? NUFC is God’s land but these numptyplayers do not realize that they would be gods if they could win something…preferably the league then I can die contented) bur are you aware that the top earner at Arsenal is £60K ..Gallas .(Abedyour is on £40) and SMITH is on £65K a WEEK. I can see why MA wants to trim the wage bill because it is obscene for rubbish players. We have the 5th highest wage bill but do we finish fifth? nowhere near it. It cannot go on.
21 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Danish-pastry,
While I rate the Zog, I just pointedly remember him not performing particularly well against top clubs, he knows full well Wenger likes him and he just has not performed to his normal standard when playing le Arse. That’s only my opinion of course, I’m not saying that his agent is a money grabbing shit stirrer who has been messing with his head or anything like that.
22 daiv // May 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Hammy
been supporting Toon for 46 years. Bassedas and Cordone were rubbish but SMith is the worst. It does not help that he is on £65K a week. Daylight robbery.
23 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 7:58 PM
daiv,
If top players ditched their nagging, highly shaggable wives I’m sure we’d have no trouble attracting top players. London is a stinking shit hole, We should have kept BAMBURGH as the nation’s capital.
24 Toon_Ksk // May 11, 2008 at 7:59 PM
KK got to admit our current squad is not good enough. There are alot of work to do to get to 5th spot.
We need to be as strong as teams like Spurs, Blackburn, Portsmouth and Everton before we can actually go for 5th spot. If not next season is going to be the same as this season.
25 Hammy // May 11, 2008 at 8:00 PM
I suppose you are right…do you reckon Fergie enjoyed winning the Premiership the most or getting £5million for Smith??
26 OzZyMagpiE // May 11, 2008 at 8:04 PM
lol true daiv smith is horrible.. would take ketsbaia over him any day…… dun u think bramble & marcelino for thier countless mistakes, deserve a shout for worst player to ever wear the shirt? ah wut da hell… smith is da worse! yep ur right hammy fergie won the title Bcoz he sold smith to us!
27 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Hammy:
Fair enough. I guess I am not to bothered about how he has done in a couple of games against one specific opposition, but rather how he does in general, what his potential is, what his qualities are, and whether he is willing to fight for this club.
Players I would like out of the club:
Smith, Ameobi, Rozenhal, Cacapa, Duff (over the hill)
I think we need to strengthen with a LB, CB, DM and a midfielder. We also look a bit weak at RB but that’s perhaps not as great of a priority.
Perhaps:
Crouch 11m
Shorey 5.5m
Sol Campbell free
Upson 8m
Veloso 15m /Gattuso 10m/Christian Poulsen 8m
That would leave us with (in preferred order):
4-3-3
GK: Harper, Given, Krul/Foster (send one out on loan)
LB: Shorey, Enrique
RB: Beye, Edgar (CB I know, but get him some experience first)
CB: Upson, Faye, Taylor, Sol
DM: Veloso, Butt
LCM: Zoggy, Milner
RCM: Barton, Geremi
Strikers: Owen, Oba, Crouch, Carroll, Viduka, (Lua-Lua could play up front in a freer role)
If we could afford a deeper-lying striker such as Gudjohnson or Elmandr as well, that would be great as I am unsure about how many games Viduka can play for us next season (Old, injured, high wages….)
28 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 8:27 PM
In extension of my previous comment, that would allow us to play following formation:
……………………..Given/Harper…………………..
Beye………….Faye…………Upson………..Shorey
………………………..Veloso…………………………
………..Barton…………………….N’Zogbia……….
………………………..Owen…………………………..
……………..Oba……………….Crouch…………….
Which I think is quite a quality team…
29 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Thoughts on Kahlenberg Danish_Magpie?
30 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Kahlenberg is a good player, who has done well in France and for the national team since he moved abroad from the Danish league. I used to watch him a lot when he was part of quite a strong Brøndby side a few seasons back (Him, Agger, Elmander etc.) and I’ve always thought him to be a good player. He is skillsful, good vision, creative, really nice passing. He is not a tough player, but not exceedingly weak either. He has played both on the left and through the middle. Comparing him to our current players, he is probably most like Emre in terms of his style of play. He would actually slot in quite nicely on the left of a 3-man midfield.. I think he would make a good premiership footballer and he would develop into a great little player, but never world class… in my opinion of course
31 Yorkie Dave // May 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM
No No No. Please no more people saying Peter Crouch is worth signing for our club. the guy is awkward, weak and if he came here he would get whats been coming a long time. two broken legs. We should be getting rid of “Bambi” this summer so why on hell replace him with another Bambi style player.
Im not optimistic about who we going to sign at all this summer. Out should go:
Ameobi
Carr
Ramage
SMITH!
Viduka
Rozenhal
Emre
The current team are ok but mid table is not good enough for us. Ashleys wage cap wont work especially if we are going for 5th place each year. As he wants we want top 4 each year. Whats C Ronaldo on nowadays??? We need to be pushing clubs like Valencia to sell their stars to us. Make alliances with clubs that are financially in trouble and take their players.
Id quite happily take, Silva, Villa and Sunny off their hands but there goes bout £30 million at the least. Silva could own our left wing. Sunny could learn the trade off Butt and as for Villa he would knock on MV’s door and just tell him he is no longer needed!!! GREAT STRIKER!!!!
32 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Yep. We should buy him, suggested him a few times and thought he could be the creative player we need, and porbably on the cheap aswell. Takes a good free kick too.
33 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Rasmussen looks a good striker for Brondby aswell.
Possible replacement for Viduka?
34 Yorkie Dave // May 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Not a bad team there Danis_Magpie but would be better by taking a shotgun to crouchs’ head and playing with 10 men!!!!!
35 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 8:55 PM
No no. Morten ‘Duncan’ Rasmussen does get a few goals but he will never be able to make it in the premiership. He is too slow, not skillful, and doesn’t shoot well enough. He is good in the Danish league, but I think he would struggle qute a bit in a better league. I would stay well clear of him
At Brøndby right now we would be better off watching their two young right-backs Randrup (recently given full international debut) and esp. 18-year old Daniel Wass. He will be a really good player. As will Tobias Mikkelsen whose skill and dribbling is great (winger). Other than them, in the Danish league I would say a couple of the young African players at FC Midtjylland such as Salami (linked with Chelsea about a year ago) and Baba Collins (young forward) are the best prospects.. That, and FC Copenhagen’s Mathias Zanka Jørgensen. People are comparing him to Agger here, even though he is only 17 he has played quite a bit for FC Copenhagen (who are usually reluctant to field youngsters..)..
36 valle // May 11, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Tom Toon… As much as i would like to see a Dane in our starting 11, i have to say that you are getting ahead of yourself mate. Rasmussen is NOT of the class we need to push for 5th… If im honest, the only Danes i could see do really well for us is Poulsen and Laursen, and still i would prefer Veloso and Metzelder.
37 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 9:01 PM
YorkieDave,
I would not argue with you that Crouch is lanky and looks awkward as hell on a pitch… BUT he does produce the goods. He has more skill than one would assume at first glance, and his goal pr. minute ratio is impressive! He is a very useful player who I am sure most opposing teams hate to play against, and he does give you someone to aim for in the box when crossing… I just think that he is one of the best big-man strikers we could realistically get. Gomis would be exciting but seems expensive. Ashton is another good shout..
38 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Chrisitan Poulsen or Simon?
Im assuming Christian as Simon doesn’t seem very good when i see him play.
Rasmussen is pretty strong and powerful. Thats my thinking behind it. But you obviously see him more than me.
What about that Zimling fella who was linked with Udinese a few months back?
39 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 9:07 PM
valle – You Danish?
Danes who have the quality to play for us…. certainly Poulsen who would be a great capture for DM but he would need some convincing to come here, I think..
Bendtner surely would be able to do a job fo us too
But yeah, Arsene wont let him go..
I like Leon Andreasen of Fulham quite a bit but he hasn’t been great for them. He might just need get used to the prem because I think he is a very complete box-to-box midfielder, good defensively and a decent pass and shot on him. Then there is Kahlenberg who we discussed, and Martin Laursen who just signed a new contract at Villa, and Agger who Liverpool would prob not sell.
And no, the rest would not strengthen our team..
40 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Simon might develop into a good player. He is only 22 and does have some attributes that could make him a strong winger in the future.. But right now he doesn’t play regularly for AZ and wouldn’t be good enough for us..
You are right that Rasmussen is fairly strong and a decent header of the ball, but even then I wonder if you compare him to premiership footballers if he is really that powerful.. I am not quite sure. Your thinking is right, I just don’t think he is quite up to par.
Zimling is a good player and a good prospect. I think he would need a stepping stone before coming to us though.. Maybe a good german team or a crap prem team or something for a bit, because I don’t think he is quite ready.. Not a bad player though.
41 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Depends on the monies
Atiba Hutchinson looks like a good AM, full of running and energy but probably not the playmaker we need.
Ive heard good thing about Nordstrand, hes meant to be very talented?
Also Silberbauer and Wurtz. Wurtz looks a pretty good dm but Silberbauer from what ive seen probably isnt good enough for the PL.
Theres also a young defender called Kjaer who was linked to Madrid, havent seen him plays and Thygesen who is meant to be ok, but like Silberbauer probably not good enough.
Thats my knowledge of Danish football done to death now.
42 Whitey // May 11, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Where was Obafemi Martins today?
was it just a rest or sumit?
43 ende // May 11, 2008 at 9:24 PM
I’ve considered Rasmussen before. I think he’d fit in pretty well.
44 Danish_Magpie // May 11, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Hutchinson and Nordstrand are both good players. Hutchinson as you mention, has a big tank on him, runs non-stop, is fast, pretty skillful and gets a decent amount of goals from midfield. He is not a bad tackler either so I would consider him more of a complete CM than AM.. but yeah, good assessment of him.
Nordstrand is a good talent and I would not be surprised if he played in a big league in 2-3 years. Good eye for goal, pretty good technically, good movement and gets lots of assists too. Only thing I would say is that right now he might be a bit weak for the prem..
45 valle // May 11, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Danish_Magpie
Ja jeg er Dansk
Kahlenberg yes, but i still feel we can do better, and that creative midfeilder will be a vital piece in our team, so imo we need to look to the best one we could get.
Tom_Toon
Christian Poulsen ofc
… Btw did you guys know that Shearer used to be a fan of retired Danish attacker Preben Elkjær?
46 mikeygd // May 11, 2008 at 9:33 PM
i would like to see park ji sung, SWP, Mcgeady, pennant, dunne, santa cruz, lennon, bridge, riise, bullard, crouch, petrov and out with owen, ameobi, carr, smith, geremi, nzogbia, duff, enrique, viduka,
Harper
Beye, Dunne, Faye, Bridge
SWP, Petrov, Bullard, Park
Martins, Santa Cruz
Subs,
Given
Lennon
Crouch
Riise
Mcgeady
Then we will have lots of competition just so get into the 16
Barton,
Pennant,
Milner,
Taylor, etc….
Like it would ever happen but i actually believe we have more chance of stealing blackburn, evertons, villas best players than we do attracting the foreign stars who are being tracked by every team in the top 4. We should be raiding the smaller clubs making them weaker and us stronger!
47 nightfall // May 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM
i mean…what a season?! who’d think our club will have so many changes… the worst moment of the season: the signing of alan smith, the best: sacking sam. 2nd worst: when you, Ed, left. glad you worked it out
I’d like to thank you for all your work…you (trying to, but still..) were making us United in really ****** up times…you still are…and you still will be….i hope!
Keep up the good work!
now i just hope kev (if he’ll stay) stops spreading negative comments about the club and starts to listen to wise & co. they will get us good players (young, talented, unknown – cheep), but kev must stop dreaming about big players from the past…
cheers
48 Tim_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Lads, what are your thoughts on Tranquillo Barnetta? Could we bring to St.James and would he suit the pl?
49 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Defintely! Good player. A complete winger. Can cross, dribble, take on a player, however he isnt a speed demon.
Its gonna get confusing now, ‘Tim_Toon’
50 valle // May 11, 2008 at 10:24 PM
TuT_Am_Toon
Who awoke me!?, serve my bidding and fetch me Henry
51 valle // May 11, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Was also thinking bout a Tit_Toon but that was properly over the edge.
52 Yorkie Dave // May 11, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Hi again, a little off subject. i cant think of the name of the classical music what the players walk out to, can anyone help?
I dont mean Blaydon Races
53 Rob Kirton // May 11, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Yorkie Dave: The piece of music you’re looking for is Oh Fortuna from Carmina Burina by Carl Orf. Famously used in the old spice ads (if you’re old enough to remember)
Actually I think the Blaydon Races is as much as a classic :0)
54 Hamas (51times) // May 11, 2008 at 10:53 PM
mikeygd – Why would you sell Enrique? He’s done well in his first season.
55 Rob Kirton // May 11, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Hammy: Thanks for the comments. Re my thoughts – I don’t know. I try not speculate too much but prefer to observe whenever things do happen. Over 30 years of following the toon has taught me not to second guess developments…
56 Yorkie Dave // May 11, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Thank you very much. it will kick off my day every day along with Blaydon races just before work
57 ObaFan2 // May 11, 2008 at 11:25 PM
KK just said ” I might be disappointed but I’m still here” on match o’ the day !
and all the panel agree we need to spend money!
58 Tom_Toon // May 11, 2008 at 11:41 PM
He said ‘they (the players)’.
59 merseyside-mag // May 11, 2008 at 11:52 PM
I was sat in the upper gwladys st end today – the most everton part of the ground to be in and honestly it was not hard to avoid getting excited, the hardest part was avoiding showing frustration when some newcastle players looked either inept or uninterested. Now i admit owen is a valuable player but on todays performance- is he what we need? he seemed content to let young andy carroll do the graft by himself and rarely even threatened to move in a forward direction (shades of scotty parker anyone?) and with faye’s incompetent marking and cacapa’s indecision, how can we not guarantee ramage a decent first team opportunity? he’s no john terry but he’s an honest, no frills defender with plenty of potential. oh aye and bin duff off – he just doesn’t seem to give one!!! i’m not a happy manafter today. would rather come a few places lower with a good bunch of lads who give everything they have!
60 michael // May 12, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Smith hasn’t been good at all this season, but he might improve next year. He hasn’t been bad over the last 6-7 years in the PL.
N’Zogbia will go nowhere as Spurs signed Modric and no-one else will pay for him.
Owen won’t be leaving for Man U either according to Alex Ferguson this afternoon on Sky Sports.
I think Gomis might an alright signing as it looks like Vids is out for 6 mths now.
61 Bill F // May 12, 2008 at 12:08 AM
I see that Toon target Dunne had another cracking game for ManC today, perhaps we will soon have this top class defender doing likewise for us soon.
62 Jim // May 12, 2008 at 12:27 AM
What’s the scoop on Oba?
Cheers for the blog. It’s kept an Aberdonian exile almost sane. Let’s see if we have a good Summer of signings although I’m a little more pesimistic about that now.
Owen, N’Zogbia, Milner out??? Others in their 30’s. We need quite a few to hit the top half next season and it’s not looking so ‘money bags’ any more. Probably a sound strategy before the transfer window opens (when is it?) but I feel more realistic than optomistic now.
Keegan’s sound bite on MOTD was quite interesting when he stated that the meeting needed to be had and he was pleased with the way it went.
I would love to see McGeady at NUFC but I don’t think he’ll leave Celtic. Dunne’s red card today may have blown it for Man City’s Euro footie and Sven’s future so we’ll have a chance at him (with a few other interested parties). Which left back we’ll get is an interesting one, though the jungle drums are banging out Riise’s name. I’m most looking forward to an attacking midfieler, which we could really use and have no idea who it’ll be.
Out:
Ramage
Troisi
Carr
Smith
Ameobi
Rosenthal
Diatta
& the one’s I want to stay, but could be on their way:
Owen
N’Zogbia
Milner
Emre
That’s 11 players from a small squad. Either half of the reserves are making the full step up, such as Carrol, Edgar and Lua Lua or we’re wading well in to the market.
One smart arsed comment from Hanson tonight said we needed £400 million to spend. If you think about it, Ashley’s spent about that much on the club already. It might not be pure speculation on the transfer kitty and wages cap!
63 Paul // May 12, 2008 at 12:34 AM
GK Harper, Given, Foster/Krul (One on loan)
DL Shorey, Enrique
DR Beye, Edgar (I agree with what was said above HE NEEDS EXPERIENCE)
DC Faye, Dunne, Taylor, Tozer
MC Butt, Sebastian Larsson
LCM Lennon, Milner
RCM Barton, Geremi
FWD: Huntelaar, Oba, McFadden, Carroll, Lua-Lua
Larsson will be a knocked down price as Birmingham are now relegated, He has a grewat finish, he is good!! He scored 2 goals in that shocking night last season in Jan when we lost in the FA Cup I was there:’(!! I think under Keegan the lad can really flourish, Keegan always brings the talent out on a player!! Huntelaar will be tough but he will be amazing, McFadden is also Birmingham so will be cheap! If he is worth it I don’t know, for Brimingham recently he has really played well. Shorey will cost a bit from Reading they won’t let him go on the cheap and other clubs will want him too. Dunne wants out of Man City and where better than with King Kev in the mighty Toon!! He’s a star player for Man City this term, he has his mistakes but then with Faye and Taylor I think he will be mint!! I just love Oba so keep him. Owen doesn’t want to be in the toon, I seen a review with Oba the other day and he loves the North East he is a proud Magpie!! Owen loves his pay cheque, GET OWEN OUT!! Lets breed these young players we have, Tozer is a really good player get him into the first team with Edgar. Carrol is really devloping as a player we need to play him more and start with Lua-Lua. Homegrown talent is more important under Ashleys new ruling. Develop what we have… it’s cheaper:) Also Lennon is out of favour at Tottenham and anyways it’s a horrible team who would wanna play there. He is a fast player, he can cross balls, he can run round defences and he’s perfect for brining off the bench because of his huge energy. A great player I think, we need decent players. It’s what I would like to see next year. I don’t watch much foreign football so most my team I chose are already in the EPL so if any other ideas. I’ll be ok if you say my team is crap haha no offence taken.
P.S. I can’t spell very good.
64 Hamas (51times) // May 12, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Bill F – He got sent off before he could do anything, really. Pay attention will you?
65 ObaFan2 // May 12, 2008 at 1:02 AM
sarcasm, the lowest form of wit but one of the funniest lol
66 ObaFan2 // May 12, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Tom_Toon, both wrong… he said…
” It was a good meeting and I told the players that I might disappoint them but I’m still here and I’m gonna be here and I want to take this club back up the table with the players and the staff I’ve got”
after listening to it again he’s joking but you can tell he’s a little more thoughtful on what he says and he was a little less emotional than last Monday
67 Bill F // May 12, 2008 at 1:33 AM
Hamas, I know, it’s called sarcasm.
For once he actually got close enough to foul someone, perhaps he is improving, not!!
Are there still people who think he would be a good acquisition. Please never let him wear B/W stripes unless it’s for Notts County
68 Toon_Ksk // May 12, 2008 at 1:34 AM
KK, Wise, PLEASE LIST AIMAR AS ONE OF YOUR SIGNINGS!!
69 Singa---Toon // May 12, 2008 at 1:54 AM
Newcastle Forever…This is probable one of the worst season for NUFC. But if the right players are bought in and the others not so good ones out. Then there may still be some chance to get to fifth.
70 Toon_Ksk // May 12, 2008 at 3:42 AM
Good news guys!!!! GOOD NEWS!!!
I was reading NUFC.com and we might have taken over Man City on the Fair Play Table. I know nothing is confirmed but at least there is a chance of playing UEFA cup next season!!
71 Hamas (51times) // May 12, 2008 at 3:54 AM
Through the back door again? I’d take it…
72 Toon_Ksk // May 12, 2008 at 4:09 AM
Sorry, I realised NUFC.com and other newspapers might have made a mistake with the UEFA Fair Play qualification. The tables that placed Newcastle fifth is the disciplinary table and it is not the table that will qualify us for UEFA.
The correct table is the Fair Play Table and we are not even near the top half of the table.
http://www.premierleague.com/page/FairPlayTable/0,,12306,00.html
73 Toon_Ksk // May 12, 2008 at 4:13 AM
Sorry, I realised there is a mistake. The table shown on NUFC.com is not the correct table. The table that put us on fifth spot is the disciplinary table.
The UEFA Fair Play qualification is base on the Fair Play table and not the discplinary table. You can check our standings on premierleague.com. We are at 14th at game 36. So, that sums up our season. No UEFA cup, no Modric and nothing to be excited about.
74 Hamas (51times) // May 12, 2008 at 4:56 AM
Nevermind then, I figured there would be something to stop us really. Don’t worry about it, let’s just wait and see who we bring in and enjoy the UEFA Cup, Champions League and FA Cup finals. Plus Euro 08 and the Olympics
75 Raine Lahtinen // May 12, 2008 at 6:16 AM
Looking at the Fair Play table, I can’t help but think of all the useless cards Smith picked up.
76 Tom // May 12, 2008 at 7:51 AM
whats the difference? how are we 5th on one and 14th on the other?
77 Hammy // May 12, 2008 at 7:55 AM
Yeah, congratulations to Snarling Tigger Smith for single handedly scuppering any chance we may have had for sneaking into Europe.
Little tw@t.
78 michael // May 12, 2008 at 8:12 AM
i said that a couple of days ago, but actually someone told me nicky butt got more yellows. i’d rather keep smith than geremi!!
79 Bill F // May 12, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Yes but Butt and Geremi did more to keep us in the EPL, would we (could we) want to be in Europe as a championship team?
It worries me a bit that KK seems to have something of a selective memory with some players remembering how good they once were rather than how they are now. As someone once said nostalgia just aint what it used to be.
80 Ian // May 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Imagine next season, Martins suffers an injury and it knocks him out for 6 months, Nzogbia has gone, Viduka has niggling injuries and we have Owen and Carroll at the front with no other options. That Everton game is how it would look.
If that wasnt a wake up call I do not know what is.
Our priority? Sell Carroll 0% effort and no clear showing of skill, buy another fast striker I keep saying it but Djibril Cisse is a player we have a hope of landing, keep Owen if he will work for sensible wages if not, Berbatov would be a much better replacement, find another striker who isnt expensive but can do a basic job, if not keep Ameobi as a last resort striker, 20k per year isnt expensive and he is 20 times better than Carroll.
Why didnt we try Fabio???? Now we dont know if we have a potential first team striker.
Lua Lua should have a permanent place in the first team.
Then do the rest as we intended, a couple of excellent midfielders and shore up the back.
Smith isnt our worst player, Emre is, we have to put a non scoring striker on the pitch because our high priced international is complete rubbish, that is the truth. Emre should be our rock in the centre.
As soon as we lose our threat at the front the opposition is all over us, they were so confident we wouldnt score they had no real cover in their defense when they were going forward, we need a permanent threat and it cant just be Martins who can counter, we saw it again with Nzogbia a midfielder constantly ahead of the strikers because they are to slow, Carroll should be ashamed, Owen we know has lost pace, get another fast striker in there and midfielders as fast as Nzogbia if possible.
Djibril Cisse is one of the fastest strikers on the planet, at £6m he is cheap.
81 CRAIGG // May 12, 2008 at 9:28 AM
That is really harsh Carroll cannot be judged on his first full start, A lot of good players struggle at first Nobby Solano for one was appauling at first Gary Speed and Alan Shearer commented on a Season review DVD a few years back that some of the players were laughing about him behind his back as he was so bad at first and he didnt turn out bad.
82 Nobby's dad // May 12, 2008 at 9:32 AM
How can you say Emre is rubbish…..you can’t judge cos he NEVER plays. Get him out….lazy money grabbing waste of space. There got that of my chest!
83 Alex // May 12, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Mc fadden would be a good buy, played well in a team that was heading for relagation and Moyes was quoted a few weeks back that he regretted selling him.Westham also want to cut there wage bill so a move for upson might be worth a try .He would strengthen our back 4 ,rate him beter than Dunne.If n zogbia wants to move to London maybe aswap deal could be done.
84 Tom_Toon // May 12, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Smith > Emre?!?!?!?!?!? Oh the day gets funnier.
85 Bill F // May 12, 2008 at 10:14 AM
If Smith isn’t our worst player (actually playing in the first team) then who is? I must admit I am struggling to think of some one as bad as he currently is. I think KK must see him as his personal challenge.
86 dougnufc // May 12, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I would love to have Sebastian Larsson in the Black and White
87 Ian // May 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Carroll has had many chances in our first team, his skill isnt in question as he hasnt put the effort in to show it, he is young and should have been much much quicker, he kept losing his mark in defense as he was to slow and was jogging about at the front as if the match was won, Nzogbia with the ball was always ahead of him on the counter and he wasnt running in to the right places or seemed as if he wanted the ball, leave it someone else and let them try.
I think we should sell him, put Fabio in his place in the reserves and possibly even keep Ameobi as a last resort striker, while still looking to buy at least one more, two if we sell a striker.
That was a taste of what it would be like if we suffered two striker injuries next season, we would be in serious trouble, imagine if that was the start of the season with Martins and Viduka out for a few months.
we should take note.
88 faustino // May 12, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Agree on Carrol…if he was up to scratch he would have broken into the team by now. Another Shola/Chopra. No offense Craig but Nobby had seriously proven himself elsewhere before he had a bad spell with us. Andy just seems a bit lacking every time Ive seen him.
Re; KK and ‘that interview’
He sounds like a kid who was promised a PS3 and given a megadrive but didnt want to upset his mam that she got it wrong.
89 Ian // May 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
It is easy to say Emre is poor, when he has played he hasnt delivered, the rest of the time he is out injured, as soon as a player commands high wages due to be being a top drawer international a club has to get their money’s worth out of them, both in goals in that position and minutes played, if he was up and coming and on lower wages it wouldnt be so important, but he is a large share of our midfield budget we cant afford to carry players like that in a small squad, i think it is a shame but what can we do? Otherwise we will be going all season again with the likes of a multi position player like Smith trying to fill in for him and getting slated for it.
Not that impressed with Duff either to be honest, I watch and sometimes wonder if he knows where he is going, never looks like scoring either.
90 FaroeMagpie // May 12, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Stephen Taylor was at fault for every goals that Everton scored. Look at the clips friends. His positional sense wasn’t good enough yesterday
91 moomfan // May 12, 2008 at 2:46 PM
i just hope andy “the dunce” dunn from ‘news of the world’ has his head burried in a toilet somewhere. why? he wrote that piece of shiite story convincing the readers that manure is getting MO on the cheap. then fergie bust out with “no” we’re not interested. these are the kind of girly writters that causes strife between husbands and wifes, with their school girl rumours of what he said, she said interpretations. point is… as king kev said, when we sign them… you will know. over the summer do not believe these numb scull want to be part of the scene writters like andy dunn. fact, this is what happened in the modric signing , they the media sabotage newcastle with their publication. they are against us and only publish negative articles on newcastle united. some of them have the face value of good stories but ultimately, the press is sucking up the arse of manure and the gooners.
92 Ian // May 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Faroe magpie, look again at the clips, Carroll wasnt on his man when marking (header) that was one goal, Owen was disputing with the linesman and didnt mark his man and he scored, only one down to Taylor if you can blame him for it, however I still say as soon as we lose our ability to counter the opposition no matter who they are, but worse when it is a good team like Everton, throwing everyone forward and then we have no chance.
When Martins is on the pitch they keep at least two players back as they darent give him a head start.
Martins might not be the most clinical finisher on the pitch but he worries the hell out of the opposition, they double mark him and keep players back, which takes pressure off the rest of the team. We need another striker on the other side like him.
93 Paul // May 12, 2008 at 5:58 PM
I hope i’m no upsetting the guy here… but Ian give your head a big shake and read the comments you have left. I’m not making excuses for Dunn or Emre at all but players get better the more games they play. Look at Michael Owen when he first came back….
He barely scored anything, he is still missing open easy goals now!! Emre has had silly injuries and the same for Duff but the pair in the past have played amazingly for the Toon! Emre’s free kicks have been great and got us ut of trouble plenty of times in previous seasons. Duff down the left is a great force when he’s fit and on form which he has lacked since joining NUFC. I do think it’s time for Emre to move on but he has by no where near been a horrible player for the Toon. Duff I hope to see next year, hope he gets a good pre-season under KK and I hope he’s spot on for August. Everyone knows KK pushes his players in pre-season!! Andy Carroll just needs a little bit more time, you can’t push things. The reserves he has been outstanding!! Remember while first team have been losing the reserves have been outstanding and a main part of that is AC. Lua-Lua is still 18 we can’t push his straight into first team football, outstanding player but theres a time and place and it’s not his time yet. Carrolls gotta come first!! Shola is pure poop, the player is a write off… pure disgust if he stays this Summer!!
P.S. Sebastian Larsson, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Matthew Upson, Nicky Shorey, Arron Lennon and JAmes McFadden for the Toon!!
94 Ian // May 12, 2008 at 6:19 PM
I disagree Paul, Carroll isnt putting the effort in, you may be right about his skill, I know his reserve form and hoped for a glimmer, but it isnt there in the first team, he has been away on loan and was poor, he has been in the first team and hasnt looked premiership class, if he is good in the reserves and nowhere else maybe it is down to other players giving him those chances on a plate, I would be looking back through the records to see who set him up for the goals and consider him or them for the first, the way Lua Lua looks on the pitch I supect he will have a lot to do with it.
I think others are right about him and his attitude, I didnt expect goals, I expected a lot of mistakes, maybe a little controversy even, but I definately expected effort and enthusiasm, finally in the premiership first team, come on what a break.
All I am saying about Ameobi is dont sell him before we have the others in, so I would sell Carroll first, we sold Chopra for nothing then failed to get a replacement when he would have been useful, we dont want to do the same again.
Ant if you are looking for a frenchman to sign buy Djibril Cisse, he has scored an average of 11 goals per season since 2002 and many of them in the highest class football, ie Europe, International games, cups and so on every year he is involved in something which has been won, Anelka was cheap, wanted back in to premiership football and wondered if he still had it etc, Djibril Cisse is the same stamp just a hell of a lot quicker, get him while he is a bargain not after he arrives here and proves himself and everyone wants him.
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