Yohan Cabaye won his fifth cap for France on Wednesday night, and he could be the key player for Newcastle next season.
Yohan Cabaye – key player for Newcastle this coming season
France drew 1-1 with Chile on Wednesday, and Yohan was a 66th minute substitute at the Stade de la Mosson, and replaced Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri, who will leave Arsenal for Manchester City soon.
Cabaye has not replaced Kevin Nolan one for one on Tyneside, because the way the Frenchman plays the game will completely change the way Newcastle will be playing next season, and for the better too, and the lads should be a good skillful side to watch.
And it seems Yohan has had no problems settling in at the club, and he quickly bought into manager Alan Pardew’s vision of how Newcastle will play the game from now on.
The 25 year-old had this to say:
“I love passing the ball, the passing game.” “I love having the ball at my feet, shooting at goal, defending, tackling and sometimes I score goals, too. Newcastle have a proud history of attacking football and I relate to that. I adore that.
“For three years at Lille, we worked hard at playing that kind of football and it brought us the championship.” “I hope it is the same at Newcastle. Looking after the ball is the best way to play the game, because you have the pressure, the advantage.”
“The word ‘Sunderland’ has already been mentioned.” “We play them in the second game of the season and we know it is going to be huge.”
“It is a tough start: Arsenal first, then Sunderland and we hope to start well. It is important we start well at home.”
“When I was Lille we had a fierce rivalry with Lens – the first thing we did when the fixture list came out was to look and see when we were playing each other.”
“If you win those two matches, then you have already had a very good season.” “We want to get have a good head-start by the time we have played Arsenal, because that will give us great confidence when we are playing Sunderland.”
Cabaye could easily have stayed with the new French Champions Lille, and played in the European Champions League this season, but Newcastle were after the player since January, and the lad has accepted the considerable challenge of playing in the world’s top football league.
When he played his last game of last season, and was taken off towards the end, he received a standing ovation from the Lille supporters, and it was obvious he was a popular player.
And it was also obvious he had played his last game for the club, and we were just hoping it was Newcastle he would be joining, and the news broke a couple of days later and Cabaye was indeed Newcastle’s first summer signing.
Yohan is also probably the most important summer signing too, and he’s looked just great in pre-season.
Yohan talked about why he made the change from Lille, the only club he had ever been at before he arrived on Tyneside in June:
“Firstly, I just thought it was the right time to change club.” “Yes, I could have stayed at Lille and played Champions League football, but Newcastle offered me the chance to play in the Premier League, which I believe is the best competition in the world.”
“I want to prove to myself I can succeed away from Lille, in a different culture and in an environment my family and I can adapt to. I want to go to the next level.”
“My first ambition is give my best possible performances on the pitch and the second is it should be possible for Newcastle to look at qualifying for the Europa League.”
“The club has the potential to be at that level. We have to show a fighting spirit, as a collective, if we want to get there.”
It’s disappointing to see Jose Enrique leave the club, and even more disappointing because of the reason he left – that Newcastle are not ambitious enough.
But if the five players Newcastle have signed so far play as well as they can play, it may be a surprise to the Geordie supporters just how well Newcastle perform next season.
We are hoping that’s the case of course, and whatever you think of owner Mike Ashley it would be good to support Alan Pardew and the players.
That happened two years ago when Chris Hughton was the manager, and Ashley was trying to sell the club, and Newcastle are in a much better position now than two years ago.
The lads just have to push on, and we’re hoping they will surprise us all big time – with an upper half finish in the league.
Yohan Cabaye is the player who could drive the new Newcastle to success next season, and that’s one reason he is already such an important player on Tyneside.
Comments welcome.
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61 responses so far ↓
1 JUGGALO TOON ™ // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Off topic but have the squad numbers been announced yet?
2 arcarius // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Good, with Cabeye around hopefully we’ll see more passing kept on the ground, rather than long balls all day long!
3 roshan MAGPIE // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:12 AM
hope we sign a left back today
4 richard // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:13 AM
ssn fabregas and nasri not in squad for tomorow
5 barryvenison // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Nasri and Fabregas are not in Arsenal’s squad fot tommorrow. Jusn on SSN.
6 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM
FABREGAS AND NASRI LEFT OUT OF ARSENAL SQUAD TO PLAY NEWCASTLE S.S.N.
7 ChicagoToon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Ed, do you ever sleep?
8 davybtoon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:16 AM
wilshire n diaby out aswell
9 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:16 AM
and we thinkwe have problems ah well at least CWARR07 WAS RIGHT ABOUT GERVINHO PLAYING AT ST JAMES THIS SEASON HA HA HA
10 richard // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:18 AM
if wiltshire and walcott also out our midfield may just may be a match for arsenals
11 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:20 AM
@ richard our midfield is very strong what you on about
12 ChicagoToon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:21 AM
anyone else having trouble getting to the most recent article since the new banner has been put up? only way i get there is by hitting next post until i get there
13 ilovetoon8788 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:22 AM
yea cabaye. we should play him at left back tomorrow.
14 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM
yeah chicago happened to me a few times
15 ichrisho // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Looks like we will be playing the Arsenal youth team – although say they are fairly handy… Cabaye means we have the steal of the season again…
16 Durham_Toon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Call me crazy but I think we can get a result against Arsenal. Look at the players they’ve got out and I would say we have the stronger midfield. As long as we can cope with the LB situation (I personally think R. Taylor will play LB with Jonas LW to help him out) then I can see us getting a win.
17 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:26 AM
……………………………..tiote……………………………….
………………barton……………….cabaye………………..
obeertan………………………………………….jonas
looks strong enough to me sure wilshire is strugling aswell
18 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:28 AM
tony pulis wouldnt say they aint after barton on ssn just now
19 ChicagoToon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:28 AM
don’t see ober starting. prob come on after 65 min or so
20 davybtoon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:29 AM
barton wont play for nufc again
21 NUFC_Richyg01 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Journal: Newcastle have opened talks with PSV Eindhoven over signing Holland international Erik Pieters
22 Angryman the Angry fan // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:30 AM
How do you get that Ed?
Has he got a new luxury coach like?
Or some sort of people carrier that carries 11?
23 ichrisho // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Great comment left on the Chronicle website:
whats the point in having a tank that doesnt fire!! We need a striker.
24 NUFC_Richyg01 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Graham Carr watched Germany vs. Brazil on Wednesday, who was he watching???
25 ChicagoToon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM
striker isnt nearly as important as a left back. if we get pieters (or equivalent) then look for striker, but ba will suffice for now as long as he stays healthy
26 OttersPocket // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:33 AM
ichrisho
We need another striker but Ba will do a job, think a lot of fans underestimating him.
27 NUFC_Richyg01 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Pardew:
“At the moment, we are working very, very hard on securing a left-back, but I don’t think he will be in before Saturday.
“We are going to have to go with what we have within the squad.”
28 mushy // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:34 AM
@ chicago and BoomBoom
I had similar probs recently. I switched from Internet explorer to Firefox… sorted.
I also think if you clear your cache memory (go to TOOLS and follow menu to clear history and cache), that will also help.
29 ChicagoToon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:34 AM
so i guess raylor will be starting?
30 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:34 AM
i think some of our fans would have been much happier if we had spent 12million on signing ba then they would have said give him no 9 great signing.
31 ChicagoToon // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:35 AM
@mushy thanks
32 Dannyo // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Mornin peeps.
Lets hope we’re closer to that LB today.
We need to get behind the team tomorrow. All the Ashley haters and protector needs to get behind the team tomorrow and help them push through, give em confidence by cheering them on with some massive roars.
I sincerely think that we’re NOT in any type of crisis once the window shuts, we’ll have added to the squad with atleast a Striker and an LB. Otherwise we have a terrific midfield which should be able to serve any of our strikers well.
It’s not all doom and gloom, and we’ll do better those flimsy journalists think, we usually do.
HOWAY THE LADS!!
33 P Albert // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:36 AM
12
Yeah, I have the same problem as you. I only get the old banner and having troubles seeing the new articles..
I think Ba will do a good job for us this season, and maybe Best will find back to his form? And the midfield is much stronger this year, and I believe they can create a lot of goals..
The most crucial is to get a LB!!
34 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:38 AM
wilshire out aswell!
35 NUFC_Richyg01 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:38 AM
@32
Great positivity Dannyo!
HWTL!!
36 Nathaaan // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Dont think he has a choice, he needs to be a fantastic player this season or else we will have problems.
37 naughtyaudio // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Perch No.3
38 BOOM BOOM THE 1ST // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:39 AM
with no diaby fabregas nasri or wilshire we surely have a great chance of beatin the gunners
39 sahota // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:41 AM
@ONLINE GUY
I am not sure why you think Anil Ambani will buy Newcastle. Even if he is interested I will not like him to buy our club. He is already in dispute with his elder brother over many things. Reliance has got bad press recently in India about there dealings in shares etc. I will not like Anil Ambani to even touch NUFC , will be worst than Mike Ashley.
40 kingkev9 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Currently made a £5m profit in the window, what a great transfer window again for Ashley!
It’s criminal that we are going into first game without a left back or our number nine even though we’ve had 7 months to find him. What a mess.
People saying top 8 are kidding themselves. If we start poorly I think we’ll be bottom 6 all season
41 quitesimple // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Sort of hoping Arsenal will implode tomorrow, think its an excellent chance of beating Arsenal and getting an opening day WIN!!!!
HWTL
By the way it will be 2-1 Newcastle, Ba and Marveaux the scorers
42 jimmymagpie // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Richyog1 @24 – the bloke selling the programmes, he’s on a free. Ben Arfa out for a further 6 weeks – more lies from Pardew a couple of weeks ago. Barton to sign for Stoke, a far better run club by the Coates family, and far more ambitious than NUFC, What a shambles!
43 barryvenison // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Vermaelen and Walcott are fit.
44 BigKirky // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Def have a good chance of winning the game. For me, I think the key to it working is how big demba ba plays. As we know, the midfield is solid and will probably take care of itself, it’s just whether demba can finish off the chances. Judging by his goalscoring record in the past, hopefully he can.
45 Markaccus // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Short of a miracle today, Newcastle will be starting the game tomorrow with no established left back. Best we can hope for is if fergie is fit to play, hes about the only one i’d really trust, although i know Jonas has played there for argentina, im not sure it would work well in the prem.
46 Crawfordladd17 // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM
OttersPocket
Only reason i want another striker is to partner Ba i think hes brilliant
47 sirtoongospel // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Really looking forward to the game. I can see us getting a result but hopefully Ashley will still know we need 3 or 4 players in. Striker, maybe 2 of them if Lover goes to Rangers, LB, RB and cover for CB. Get those (don’t care if they are free, loans or whatever) and we can have a great season. The key to our season is Tiote and Cabaye playing together as much as possible.
48 Graeme // Aug 12, 2011 at 9:55 AM
To be honest, the cost of the player is irrelevant (Except when Free Transfers cost £10 million each) its the quality of the player that matters.
Selling a player doesn’t really matter either as long as you replace him with another, preferably more talented than the one you sold – the team automatically improves – simple really!!
What I don’t understand is why, having sold your main striker in January, he still hasn’t been replaced by middle of August – it makes no logical sense.
Likewise, we have known since January that our LB wanted out and even made statements to the fact that we would bring in another LB before Jose left as it wasn’t dependant on getting the fee before replacing the player!!
Well, Jose is gone, surprise, surprise the replacement has NOT been bought and the league kicks off tomorrow. To me it just shows how completely inept our management are at NUFC.
I think “Completely devoid of ambition” just about sums them up!!
49 bri // Aug 12, 2011 at 10:05 AM
@ 24
he might of just been watching germany v brazil if i was a scout id just go see the best games aswell haha
cabaye seems like a sterdy player cant wait to see him in action against arsenals under 18′s the mora
and its a shame to see jose go but fair play to him if he belives its that much of a step up then let him go there and see it fail.
50 BonVoyageBenny // Aug 12, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I reckon this midfield will be one of the strongest around. You have Tiote with his commanding presence, tackling and hard work, Cabaye with his distribution, Gosling with his determination, as well as passing ability, and on the wings, Marveaux for his flair, Gutierrez for his hard work and dedication and Obertan for “Oddest head of the year” award.
51 Lee Dodd // Aug 12, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Seems to Me that We must have got the same fee from The Red Scum that we will be paying for Pieters ??? or Ashley would have kept Jose The Rat !!!! Pieters will be on less money aswell so that is probably the deal !!!! I hope by 7.30 pm saturday evening we have won 2-0 with a goal from Ba and Mr Joey Barton from a free Kick …
52 kingkev9 // Aug 12, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Lee- i don’t understand how anyone can slag off Jose for leaving. Dont get it.
53 Lee Dodd // Aug 12, 2011 at 10:45 AM
He wanted out to Liverpool ages ago . We knew and he knew he was off. First game of the Season and we have no left back Right bloody cock up.
54 Obafan // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Cabaye is going to be the key to our team. I saw him for France the last 25 minutes of the game. He is a very clever player; always trying to pass the ball in one touch, which he did a few times extremely well. His positional play is also very good, asking for the ball in open spaced areas and he was constantly on the move (searching the space).
If we sign Pieters than we will have a very good replacement for the one who didn’t want to be here anymore. I’m really looking forward to this season; if we sign a LB and ST (perhaps a CB too to play next to Collo) than I will be more than happy. We offloaded important players, but they are replaced by better ones.
55 ichrisho // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Does anyone know where I can get the actual squad numbers?
56 ichrisho // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Lawro predicts 2-1 Arsenal – A-hole!!
57 ichrisho // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM
@52 – He went to Liverpool – there is room to slag him off. He is a money grabbing Cheeky b**tard..
58 cupiddstunt // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM
kingkev9 @# 40
So we are 5mil to the good in this transfer window as yet, I think that means we may have reduced our club debt by 5 mil which is not a bad thing.
Or are you one of those fans that do not care about the financial standing of our club and are quite happy to keep running in and increasing the level of debt?
I for one am not too unhappy with the fact that profit is made in transfers, as well as wages going down as long as the skill of the players does not go down with it, and only this coming season will tell us that.
My one real worry is the lack of obvious leaders, Nolan and Barton were our obvious leaders both on the field and in the dressing room, I am not too sure we have replaced the leadership. The skill yes but the leadership I am not sure about.
59 kingkev9 // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM
And who’s fault is that Lee!? no joses.
Ichrisho- he is ambitious, he wants to achieve things, he WILL NOT do that here. He has a far better chance at Liverpool and anyone with any sense can see that!
If NUFC was run properly then your best players wouldnt be leaving
60 kingkev9 // Aug 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Cupidstunt- which successful teams make profits in transfer windows? I care about the team on the pitch. Do you hear fans of other clubs saying I’d rather sell our best players?
Surely a successful team brings in money into a club therefore reducing debt. Let’s see the figures next year and whether the debt is actually reduced. I doubt it.
Yes we cannot compete with the top 6 in terms of money but why not Stoke, Villa, Wolves even!?
Our squad is painfully thin at the back, has a total lack of quality up front, has a manager he talks more shite than JFK and an owner who has no interest in the best interests of NUFC just himself and sports direct.
61 max // Aug 12, 2011 at 7:24 PM
hope he can make an assist or score tomorrow
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