It’s been a very even game at the Stadium of Light this afternoon and half the score of 1- 1 probably reflects how the game has gone so far.
But it was Newcastle who conceded the first goal, yet again, when Malbranque cut in from the right and is afforded too much space to shoo The Frenchman completely missed his shot but finds the unmarked Djibril Cisse, who puts the ball home from just eight yards out. We then saw a beautiful back somersault from Cisse after he scored.
But like this Newcastle side under Joe Kinnear, the lads came back into the game and yes, that man Shola Ameobi scored again to get a second goal in as many games to level the scores, and this time it was a header.
There was mass celebration among the Newcastle faithful as the local lad headed home from Geremi’s perfect free-kick at the far post. Certainly Geremi makes lots of goals when he’s in this Newcastle side, and here’s another one today.
This is what Shola wanted today – a goal and he has delivered again for his side – as his transfer price will continue to rise with important goals like these – of course that’s if we still want him to leave.
On 43 minutes Duff cut in and had a real chance but he shot rather weakly, from a narrow angle, straight at goalkeeper Fulop. It was a chance Damien should have done a lot better with, but it seems that Newcastle are ready to win this game.
It was a bit depressing when we were one goal down, but the lads have again come back into the game, and while we’ll have to watch Sunderland, who are usually at their best in the second half of games this season, the game is there to be won by either side. Let’s hope it’s not the red and whites because that would be too much to take right now.
A little bit of luck and we can take all 3 points, and the lads have done well in the first half to end up all square, in the red hot atmosphere that is the Stadium of Light today.
A defeat is something we don’t want to even think about, which is why we won’t even mention it. 
A win and we’ll be dancing in the streets.
Howay the Lads!!!!
TEAMS
Sunderland: Martin Fulop, George McCartney, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cisse, Kieran Richardson, El-Hadji Diouf, Danny Collins, Dwight Yorke, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand
Subs: Phil Bardsley, Teemu Tainio, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid, Nick Colgan
Newcastle United: Shay Given, Habib Beye, Sebastien Bassong, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Danny Guthrie, Nicky Butt, Damien Duff, Geremi, Shola Ameobi, Oba Martins
Subs: Steve Harper, Jonas Gutierrez, Jose Enrique, Charles N’Zogbia, Claudio Cacapa, Joey Barton, Xisco
Referee: Mike Riley
Attendance: tbc
121 responses so far ↓
1 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:47 PM
amoebi is having a decent game .
martins is not finding use of himself yet
butt is doing decent
colo is very inconsistent
and
guthrie is having a stinker so far. had more expectations from that kid
bring on jonas , joey, xisco
2 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:48 PM
haha cisses kids at halftime
3 Jinal // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Most of the team is having a 6.5/10 game with the exception of
Colo 7.5/10
Ameobi 7/10
Bassong 5.5/10
Geremi 5.5/10
4 DanToon // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Ameobi doin very well, Coloccini looks quality (dunno what you on about toonaholic), get Barton on throw him in a the deep end, Jonas on for Geremi.
5 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM
son of a bi****
taylor
6 Jinal // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Taylor 5/10
7 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:54 PM
these mackems are plastic shagg***
8 Jinal // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM
I predict Taylor to score a goal in the 2nd half. He usually does that when he’s having a poor game.
9 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:57 PM
jinal he does it the game after he has had a stinker
10 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:58 PM
ouch , no sex for martins tonight
11 najikhin from malaysia // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:58 PM
ouch!!
12 Toonlad // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Always watch the low ball…
13 Patrick // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Does anyone have a better link to watch the game? Thanks for your help.
14 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
BASTAD AMOEBI
15 Toonlad // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Patrick
sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/6003
is running fine if any use
16 Ganiyu // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Martin is doing the work of shola
17 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:08 PM
thats why i said colo is incosistent. thank you given !
18 Patrick // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Thanks Toonlad!
19 Toonlad // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Mind I’m watching in Oz! It may be rubbish at your end, Patrick. Haha
20 Patrick // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:13 PM
It’s okay for me in HK. Thanks for you help anyway.
21 Marty-TOON RISING // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Poor game now.
We need a goal big time
22 alvin_toon // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM
i see jonas in
23 Toonlad // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:19 PM
That’s a change – an orange bag, instead of a white one, went past the camera.
24 gilly // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Thanks Nicky
25 Steve_48 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:21 PM
fgs
26 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:22 PM
WELL DONE NICKY BUTT WANKA
27 Soccergoalx // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Richardson scored for Sunderland…..
28 Terry // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Should have taken him off earlier for Barton, who cares if he was getting abuse?
29 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM
when the hell are we gonna get barton and znoggy ! I CANT TAKE A LOSS WITH THE CU***
30 Mike // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I know Butt kinda had to make that tackle, sucks that it led to a goal…but I just don’t like this guy…I keep trying to figure out why he gets all the praise and is almost a given to be included in our starting 11. The guy is old, slow, and I get he works hard out there but in my opinion I’ve hardly ever seen him create any sort of attack through the middle. Everytime he seems to get the ball in an attacking position he just seems to air in a cross that is nowhere near anyone.
To me Butt’s hard work ethic makes him a valuable player for any team, but he should maybe be a guy you bring off the bench for last 20 to help defend a win.
Again just my opinion.
31 51times // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Geremi lost the ball in the first place, that useless mug.
But the real culprit behind all of this is Mike Ashley…if he had put money into the squad we’d have been in a better position to field a stronger team. I can only hope one day we have a few good Geordie men in balaclavas to pay Ashley a visit in the night.
32 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:28 PM
enrique ? why not xisco ?
33 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:29 PM
SCORE BARTON SCORE
34 Steve_48 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:31 PM
I feel bloody sick here
35 Ashton // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Butt is shit and we are sick of it !
36 Jinal // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:31 PM
We’re done.
37 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:33 PM
u cant do that in a derby amoebi
38 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM
39 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM
WE ARE GOING DOWN
40 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM
no we are not
41 impact // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Our first touch suck!!!
42 51times // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:38 PM
I’m off to Washington to have some…banter…with our good Mackem counterparts. I suggest if you have any balls, you do the same.
43 beyethegreat // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:39 PM
this is painful
44 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM
51times , do it for me too
45 hurt // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM
we are certainly going down.. not surprise..
46 norn iron magpie // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Its over 2-1
47 obamagic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM
at least Jonas and Joey looked good….
48 impact // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:41 PM
I didnt see Beye supporting our attack in this game!!! He was nearly useless.but he isnt match fit!!!
49 Dondatta13 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Joe Kinnear BOTTLED IT …. Joey Barton should have been on far far sooner than he was played. Kinnear let opposition fans dictate to him. Ooooh Joeys been jeered …. best not put him on.
Now the idiots are fighting …. great stuff … NOT
50 euanpolo // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:41 PM
hope safc burn in hell, come on ashley , just sell the club.
51 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:42 PM
toonohlic we are we are rubbish mann we have hit rock bottom for god sake, we are worst then rubbish Ashley has come in and RIPPED our club to bit and for what,…. a healthy profit. GUTTED GUTTED BEYOND BELIEF.
52 lacedaemonian // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:42 PM
We looked a different class with Jonas and Barton on the pitch. I think they should have been on much sooner. Was an awful game though and we played total dog shit.
53 KK FOREVER (Ross) // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Absolutly gutted here, cant take losing to that lot. completly devestated.
Thanks once again have to go to nicky butt for making a ridiculous challenge in a ridiculous area of the field, to be honest i thought bassong had him covered but who knows, doesnt really matter. The moment that free kick was given you knew richardson was bagging it no problem.
Barton should have been on after an hour at best, and Jonas should have been given longer too. the moment Jonas came on he was taking the ball, running at them and playing intelligent passes. Barton too looked comfortable on the ball.
Terrible day, terrible result, and the doom and gloom goes on, being made even worse by this.
54 Jack // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM
They’re not a bad team.
They probably deserved to win. I thought Martins was awful. When you compare how Martins and Shola (while he scored a good goal) played to Jones after he came on and Cisse, you just see the lack of desire.
A really good free kick and our inability to really threaten in open play means we deserved to lose, really.
It sucks but it’ll make the on pitch rivalry for the next game much better and at least there was no refereeing injustices this time.
Butt though with that trip. What was he thinking? Everyone knows Richardson can hit a free kick so why give him that? I’d have chanced it on the guy who got tackled not finishing with the momentum he had from the run.
55 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM
BUTT wants his head stamped on for giving a free kick away there. Just go back to Manure where he is liked.
56 Fans Should Own the Club // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM
–Why was Beye sitting back all game?
–Why not Barton and Jonas earlier?
–Why not Bassong in central defense and Enrique on the left from the start?
Fek.
57 geordie bulldog // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM
what a pile
can anyone pass the fuuckin ball to a black and white
ameobi just coz u score u can still run around a bit
bassong looked dreadful
and taylor how do people rate him a good defender?
58 mikeygd // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM
its easy to make certain players scapegoats but for me butt geremi and bassong were very below par today, all be it 1 set piece that geremi didn’t waste led to a goal. The conditions today needed lots of good crosses and geremi i would barely give a 3/10. Butt has made some costly mistakes today and shud not have started, shud of been barton in the middle as he was superb when he came on so i blame the manager for that 1. Bassong was very nervy at the back i know it was windy but he was very poor and his link up was very poor with duff even though duff did well. Guthrie the first 20mins cudnt make a simple pass.
Might have been a different result if we started with enrique barton and jonas we deserved to lose today and i am truly annoyed right now!
may i just add all be it towards the end shola did well for us again, was a handle full got the freekick and scored from it and shud of had another freekick in a dangerous position if the ref wasnt a wanker.
59 Marty-TOON RISING // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:45 PM
That was pretty poor to be honest,our crossing again was crap from Geremi.He made 1 good cross and we got a goal from it.
I reckon Xisco should have been thrown in at 2-1 as we had nout to lose instead he threw in Jose
60 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM
err to all those who think butt was at mstake , i doubt it . diouf was almost one on one with the goalkeeper and butt had to do it.
kieran got a good shot , what are the chances of that happening everytime he gets one ? i am sure not as good as going one on one with the keeper.
i do agree we have hit rock bottom , but lets face it we are a paper thin squad and without jonas , owen ( barton). we cant think of winning games. we dont have the luxury of united or chelsea i.e. if anderson is injured to bring out carrick or if lampard isi njured bring out ballack. if we had fit jonas and owen it wld have been a different story.
there is absolutely every reason to be gutted, but no reason to lose hope . we will get those biches stoke in 3 days
61 Andy1 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Barton and Gutierrez looked good. We could have won ifn they’d been playing longer. Second half was shit. The wind made football impossible. I don’t understand why we didn’t put some balls in the box at the end but the ref didn’t play enough added time. Their sub took a minute and then he blows before 93. Pretty even game but we were shocking in defending long balls. Bassong is a rubbish left back.
62 micepie // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Let’s not get TOO carried away by this! I don’t know badly we played because I could only check the match details on sites over here in New York but let’s not let recent optimism fly out of the window. Also we can’t pretend that Sunderland have crappy players any more. I still think we have a superior squad which will show with more time, if we can get ourselves out of the current pickle.
Anyway…..f***, but keep the spirits up no matter what!
63 ToonKing // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:47 PM
oh and Ed……..fooook you comments policy….i can’t even have a proper rant anymore….
fooook you Ed, fooook the team,foooook Kinnear and most importantly foooook Ashley.
I ain’t watching this shite’ anymore.
64 JJ // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Well, Nicky Butt cost us again… this freekick to go with the two penalties he’s given away…
Shola has got to learn how to compose him self on the ball, until he does that he will never be good enough.
All in all. We derserved to lose.
Given – 6 (no chance with the goals)
Beye – 5 (didnt know he was on the field)
Taylor – 5 (didnt look at all solid)
Colocini – 7 (solid game)
Bassong – 7 (strong defending)
Duff – 6 (good energy but no final product)
Guthrie – 7 (kept the ball well)
Butt – 3 (really thought he was terrible today)
Geremi – 5 (poor apart from cross for goal)
Martins – 6 (needed the ball at his feet not his head)
Ameobi – 6 (good goal but wasteful distrubution)
Kinnear – 5 (should have subbed Butt at half time and brought Jonas on sooner).
65 sirjasontooon // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Not good enough to be honest.
Club needs sold along with 80% of the players as they are either past it,sick notes or shit.
66 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Well done Sunderland now they can sit in pleasure while NUFC dwindle to nothing.
67 macn0ble (Finland) // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Goddammit,
Geremi, Butt @ Ameobi, not Prem class players. Why oh why didn’t Kinnear bring Barton and jonas earlier. Gutted!
68 geordie bulldog // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM
and guthrie was he actually on the pitch
what is he a defensive midfielder or an attacking midfielder because i cant see anything in him
where is our playmaker butt geremie and guthrie all poor we have no link player
69 Obafan // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:49 PM
We’re bad and we know we are. Too many players who just are avragif not beneath average.
Given: good game
Beye: not good today, but give him the doubt
Taylor: he is soooooooooooo bad and every f*cking time he laughs wehn he makes a mistake.
Collo: 1 mistake, but a good game for the rest. It is not easy to play next to a primadonna like Taylor.
Bassong: first bad performance of the kid
Duff: good, but made 1 bad descicion.
Butt: with all his experience he manages every f*cking time to make stupid tackles. He cost us the game today. Is he that special to give him an injection instead of replacing him. NO NOT AT ALL!!!
Guthrie: did he play today?? Oh, yes I once saw him in today’s game when he received a yellow after 5 minutes.
Geremi: very bad; too many bad crosses and lost the ball which lead to the 2-1.
Ameobi: good game, but at the end he started to look sluggish again. Missed a fantastic opportunity.
Martins: very hard to judge him as the others just kick the ball towards him in the air. He needs the ball at his feet, but had a golden opportunity but has to blame himself that he completely missed his touch.
70 impact // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM
If Owens get all the chance Shola have today!!! we would have win 4-2
71 mackemmarra // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM
u lot r crap, roflmao, doon army
72 Paul R // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM
I am so gutted .. so sick of buying me the kids all the shirts n merchandise etc. travelling all over to watch the toon and then what have we gt to show for it .. a club in turmoil .. wba at home is a make or break 90 mins we have to win .. oh and after this the fookin stadium will be half full i uess … how more embarrassing can it get … oh yes we cud be bottom!!
73 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:52 PM
I work in Waashington and have to face all them ackums on Monday because pompous sh1tty players we have.
74 ToonKing // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:52 PM
The main culprit today is Kinnear. He got everything wrong.
Then came the usual suspects – Butt, horrible again, Geremi, horrible again, Taylor, horrible again.
On top of that Bassong, Guthrie had off days too.
But seeing that every bloody time we had the ball we just kicked it up field …..had me crying and cursing like there is no tomorrow.
I sincerely hope Mike Ashley gets cancer.
75 micepie // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:53 PM
p.s – TOON 1978 shut up, you nonce! No team currently in the bottom few should be thinking about going down at this stage of the season! Don’t lose belief.
76 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:54 PM
testicle cancer? or breast ?
77 Toon1978 // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:54 PM
p.s mincepie
YOU NONCE GO AND F..K yaself
78 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:55 PM
sunderland are a poor side,you could see the relief in those stupid mackem c##ts at the end.
two incidents changed the game= shola should have buried that chance!
how much longer do we have to put up with nicky butt putting us out of the game.
we also should have made the changes sooner as sunderland were hanging on at the end.
79 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:55 PM
micepie pains to wake up at 730 in the morning to see newcastle lose eh ?
80 Fans Should Own the Club // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:55 PM
We should have signed Cisse in the summer.
81 ToonKing // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM
both
82 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM
tactically joe bottled it i think .
83 Mark // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM
ZOMG ITS THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!1
seriously though, we played really really shit. butt was sorta responsible for the 1st goal..and for the 2nd. ameobi played decently up till he scored. jonas looked good. barton aswell.
we’ll smash west brom next match…..I hope. Dont get too carried away people…oh wait too late
84 mackemmarra // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM
2 – 1 we always win 2 – 1 , where r u lot now lol.
85 Johnny_Toon // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:57 PM
GET RID OF NICKY BUTT
TAYLOR IS A RESERVE PLAYER
WHY THE FACK ARE WE PLAYING AMEOBI AFTER ONE CHANCE GOAL????????????
I REFUSE TO WATCH THIS SIDE ANY MORE UNTIL WE GET SOMEONE WITH HALF A BRAIN SORTING THINGS OUT
WORST EVER….
ASHLEY DESERVES NOTHING BUT A HEART ATTACK
86 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:58 PM
roll on tuesday and three points against the baggies,and wait till later in the season we will get our revenge keep the faith.
87 Legs // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:58 PM
thats gotta be curtains for Butt like.
88 ToonKing // Oct 25, 2008 at 2:58 PM
i just don’t get it how professional managers can’t see how foookin useless some of our players are……….it just doesn’t make sense.
Several managers have now consistently played Taylor and Butt, more recently Geremi and they have all given “another chance” to Shola.
Can these people not see what even amateurs like we see??!!
incredible..
89 p // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Barton seemed quite decent when he came on – shame he didn’t come on when Butt was ‘injured’ in the first half…
Geremi – appalling….. How is he still taking all of the free kicks etc.?
Ameobi had his moments.
Oba didn’t get any kind of reasonable service.
Beye seemed scared to get involved.
Colo seems very unsure at times.
Duff needs a new trick.
Guthrie started okay and vanished.
Taylor was not really involved – passion????
90 buddy // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:00 PM
must say i was disapointed in kinnear today.
we played awful football, totally different style from the one keegan had us playin(which does suit this team). he didn bring jonas on until 15 mins from end, only brought barton on with 5 mins to go and brings on a left back when we are chasing a game. awful awful decision making. butt shud have been off at half time. he is the most useless player w have. cant seem to pass to his own team. martins wasnt at the races and shud have been hauled off much earlier. why isnt zogs startin.
the players did put in a good effort but we are playin bad bad football and we are not starting our best team.
kinnear has quickly worn off on me. not to sure about him now tbh
91 impact // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Given 5/10
Beye 4/10 never going forward and a poor game
Coloccini 7/10 the best of the back ffour
Taylor 5/10 not his best game
Bassong 5/10 decent game
Butt 3/10 awful display, at fault for the free kick, worst captain i ever seen
Guthrie 5/10 ok
Geremi 4/10 good cross for the goal, cant run, cant pass, cant do simple thing
Duff 5/10 Need to attack more
Martins5/10 not match fit, bad game overall
Ameobi 5/10 good goal, waste to much chance ansd slow
Barton – didnt play enought time but was good for the time he play
Jonas- happy to see him back… Our best winger
Enrique – dunno why he play at the end
92 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:01 PM
mackem go away . get a life . enjoy something u havent celebrated for 28 years.
93 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:01 PM
we only got beat by a free kick ffs before that they could have played aal neet an not scored.
disappointed because i think we should have beat them,joe should have made the changes at the 58 min mark,that would have kicked us on,i keep saying but sunderland are s###e!!.
94 9 Shearer // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Guys Enrique is more attacking than Bassong why doesnt Kinnear put Bassong in the middle then Enrique in LB and Taylor sits.
95 DanToon // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:03 PM
This should be the team at HALF TIME…
…………………Given
Baye..Taylor..Collocini..Bassong
Jonas….Guthrie….Barton….Duff
……….Ameobi…….Martins
S
96 TB // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:03 PM
some points I noticed……
Barton is our best CM and should have been on sooner. Butt played great early, but his positioning and decision making was poor in the second half.
Is anyone else sick of Taylor having a blunder, and then laughing it off when no harm is done… Colo and bassong need to be partnered together, with the bull at LB.
Obafemi was poor today. He’s one of my favorite players, but if i’m gonna criticize other players, he can’t be an exception. First touch was simply lacking today.
Shola is still Shola. I like having a target man, but would really prefer it be a healthy Viduka. JK is definitely a fan of hoofing the ball up field, and Shola is getting games because of it.
I thought Colo, Bassong, Beye, and guthrie were our best players,…. jonas and barton as well if they got more time to play.
We are a solid mid- table team with:
Given
Beye – Coloccini – Bassong – Enrique
Jonas – Barton – Guthrie – Nzogbia
Owen – Martins
its a shame we haven’t ever seen that team…
97 KK FOREVER (Ross) // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Geremi is a waste of space, like..1 in 10 of his set pieces produce a decent effort on goal.
toonoholic- bassong was coming across and for me he’d have been able to make a challenge. i really dont know. all i know is its not the first time butt has made a stupid tackle in a daft area.
my ratings are
Given-7
beye-6
coloccini-7
taylor-6
bassong-6
guthrie-7
butt-6
duff-7
geremi-5
martins-6
shola-7
barton-8
Jonas-8
98 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:05 PM
dont think oba had that bad a game to be honest.
99 Ganiyu // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Joe is a fool.kk is a fool.fat sam is a obess fool.all the past managers who used butt as a first team player are fools.how can you progress with an old player.
100 Obafan // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Too many of our players are just average or below average:
Given: played a good game and had no chance to stop 1 of those goals
Beye: his worst game in black n white (is he fit??)
Collo: 1 mistake apart from that very solid. It also has to be said that I think it is very difficult to play next to a loser like S. Taylor.
Taylor: the worst defender in the EPL and he plays for us week in week out. They should slam his face every time he laughs after making another mistake. He does that every time. Go and clean shoes or something but stop playing football.
Bassong: his first bad performance in very difficult circumstances
Geremi: 1 good cross; the rest was awful. He also lost the ball childishly which lead to the 2-1
Butt: such an experienced player, but has to make the silliest challenges around our penalty area. He is a waste of space and I can’t understand the fact that the staff gives him an injection instead of just replacing him by Barton.
Guthrie: I saw him once today, when he got a yellow card for the rest I didn’t know he was on the pitch for the whole game. He is not worth to start, just a bench warmer IMO, nothing more.
Duff: good player with lots of skills, but he made one bad decision he should have passed the ball to Shola
Martins; needs the ball at his feet. But no what do our ‘CREATIVE’ midfielders do, kick high balls to him. had one very bad touch which cancelled a goal scoring opportunity.
Shola: played a good game, was a threat for their defence, but at the end he started to be the clumsy player again.
101 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:06 PM
kk forever your bang on geremi should never ever pull on the shirt again,we might as well of played with ten men.
102 Spyro // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Jonas and Barton came on way too late. They were the difference between a win and a loss today i feel. Kinnear chose to play on with an injured Butt over a fresh Barton, and everyone could see Geremi was struggling in the second half, yet Kinnear stuck with him until HE (yes Geremi) cost us the second goal with his 45yr old legs getting all tangled. Butt was poor today, but he had to make that challenge otherwise the player would have been one on one with Given so i can’t really hold that against him. Plus he was injured.
Bassong was poor at LB today, probably a bit nervous, same goes for Guthrie. Beye and Coloccini were our best defenders today and even they made a few silly mistakes. Poor.
Martins started well and then fizzled out in the second half, proibably due to getting sick of all the long balls Butt was pumping up towards him.
Ameobi and Duff were probably our best players today…Never thought i would hear myself saying that.
Kinnear got it all wrong today and he needs to admit to that in the post match interview
103 mikeygd // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:07 PM
really some fans on here make me laugh, i know it hurts but they were the better team and the favourites to win this. You are the reason we go on these runs, thank god we got a good chance to get 3pts on Tuesday otherwise the fans cud get us relegated because u will soon get on the teams back and we’ll be playing worst than we did today.
JJ how can u give bassong a 7? was u watching a different game he was one of the worst players on the pitch today
104 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:07 PM
i thought faba collo was good again today.
105 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM
we will not go down no way,and there were some positives today.
106 KK FOREVER (Ross) // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM
mackemmarra-if you always win 2-1, why was that the first time you’ve beaten us at your dump of a stadium in 28 years?
Last time we met we beat you 2-0 aswell, so…you dont always win 2-1.
107 Spyro // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:10 PM
its amazing how setanta have still managed to rate taylor as one of our best defenders today, lol.
108 buddy // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:11 PM
ross. butt a SIX???? the man didn pass a ball to a player in black and white all day. and he was at fault(largely for the 2nd) for both goals
109 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:13 PM
ross by then diouf was already inside the penalty box. whats ur pick a foul outside or a foul inside ?
looking at bassong today , butt did a good job by tackling him out of the box. and but was pivotal in our dead midfield today. i cant believe the slack he receives for making fouls. i am sure he did give 2 useless penalties but today he doesnt deserve the criticism . guthrie was shit , geremi played liked he had his balls swollen and duff was in his wonderland.
lets face it we dont have lampard and gerrard, make do with butt for next 2 years or stop supporting your club!
110 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:14 PM
mackemmarra enjoy it while it lasts,because it wont last.
thats the mentality of a mackem their only thrill in life is beating us.
when you,ve been in the champions league and maintained your prem status for more than a couple of years come back and gloat then.
111 KK FOREVER (Ross) // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:16 PM
buddy-6 was the lowest i went, i know i gave alot of players 6 but that was purely because i felt 7 or 8 was far too complimentary.
5 i think sounds a bit too shabby, but thats what Geremi was today, hence his 5. but dont worry, i know butt was terrible. everyone was well, well below par.
Spyro-couldnt agree more. look in the last ten minutes at jonas picking the ball up, running forward and playing passes along the floor across the edge of the box, trying to feed short through balls into the front men, we were lucky if we’d seen 5 or 6 passes played along the floor all day before him and barton arrived. whenever we had nowt in the way of ideas butt would just pump it high up the field in the direction of martins, and you cant really have a go at him for not winning everything in the air.
We need to stick bassong in the middle with colo on tuesday, jonas on the right, barton guthrie in the middle, duff on the left (thought he was good today, thre were times he got himself into decent positions and screamed for the ball but just wasnt given it).
112 AltaBatalJoneN // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:17 PM
OK I hope we can be the bigger supporters and stop hauling our own players and stop insulting the Sunderland supporters. It’s theire first victory at home in 28 years, and it was a rocket freekick that won them the game. we had a chance at 1-1 but we couldn’t produce anything. they worked really, really hard and deserved the win. well done to them. now on the other hand, I really hope we finnish above them in the table, cause that would be a disaster if we didn’t!
113 pak-toon // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:19 PM
ameobi needs to put on some weight. i think the wind got the best of him today
114 KK FOREVER (Ross) // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:20 PM
toonoholic-i pray to god i dont have to put up with butt when barton is sitting around after what has happened with him. he has a point to prove and will do so. he looked double the player butt was today and he was only on the field for 9 or 10 minutes.
On another note, that monkey mackem that tried to go at barton when he was warming up shouldnt be allowed to step foot in a stadium again.
Only one of their idiotic lot could fail to see the irony. “im gonna jump over this barrier and try to go for barton, he’s scum, assaulting people in public n all”. F***ing idiot!
115 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:20 PM
alta i,ll agree with you i think we only lost by a free kick.
i think if our tactics were better we could have won.
116 Obafan // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:20 PM
The pitch looked like a bin. Plastic bags, papers and all sorts of other garbage was flying around.
117 toonoholic // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:22 PM
stadium of lights has always been a bin. their cleaners were on a strike. they were playing football with us
118 pak-toon // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:24 PM
i agree oba fan. wtf was up with that? you see the hurricane of paper bags?
119 skin d // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:28 PM
hey dont take the mick,i think we should start a collection for the poor unfortunate mackems who lost them homes during the high winds.
120 Mack-man // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Boo-hoo
121 Mack-man // Oct 25, 2008 at 3:42 PM
The rubbish may have been a reflection on NUFC’s performance
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