Papiss Cisse has been phenomenally successful in the Newcastle number 9 shirt, ever since he made his debut against Aston Villa on February 5th.
Papiss Cisse scores again – YES!!
Papiss now has 10 goals in 9 games for the Magpies, and Newcastle fans will be hoping he can keep up his amazing goal-scoring exploits in the final 5 games of the season, and propel Newcastle to a European place for next season.
Given where we were last August, when there were some doubts about having to fight relegation, Newcastle have done amazingly well, and yes, that’s an understatement.
Papiss has talked today about what is possible for Newcastle in the last five games of this season:
“Like the manager says, it is possible, but it is only a possibility.” “We have got five matches left and we have to work really, really hard in the week so we are ready for the weekend, and then we will see if we can get there.”
“We have only got five matches left, so we are going to take it match by match.” “But we have really got momentum behind us, so I still think we can do something really extraordinary.”
“The team spirit is good and we just want to keep going, to keep winning. It’s good for the team.” “We have one month to go and it is good to go to the training ground to work for something.”
“Now we have the Champions League as a target, and it’s very, very exciting to play for that.” “We are very, very happy. The results yesterday were great for us.”
“We keep winning and now we are with Tottenham with the same points.” “So with five games to go, why not?”
Newcastle now have five wins in a row, and next up is Stoke a week on Saturday, and another sell-out crowd at St. James’ Park will be willing the team on to victory, just as they did yesterday.
But Bolton were tough yesterday, and for a team fighting relegation they played very well, and in the first half in particular, restricted Newcastle to no chances at all.
It was only in the second half when Alan Pardew brought on Shane Fergusoan for James Perch, in what was a clear attacking move, that the game opened up.
But Bolton could still have been 2-0 up, but they missed two golden opportunities to score in the second half.
One of the misses was down to a great save by top goalkeeper Tim Krul, and then after 73 minutes, Ben Arfa got another of those fantastic goals and his 7th goal of the season.
Papiss Cisse again helped himself to a goal to make it 2-0 with just 7 minutes to go, after being set up so well by Shola Ameobi, and the game was over, and Newcastle were clear in 5th place in the league table and 2 points above Chelsea.
Yohan Cabaye, who will make the French squad for the European Championships this summer, and would love for Ben Arfa to be joining him, had this to say today about the mercurial one:
“That was the real Hatem Ben Arfa and fortunately he is playing with us.” “He is in our squad and he is a different-class player.”
“He works hard every day for that, to be fit for us, and he has the national team as a target as well.”
“There are still five games and if he plays like that in the last five games, I think he has a big chance to get into the squad.”
Newcastle must remain calm and down to earth, just like the Newcastle fans are – kind of.
But anything is now possible, and it would even be possible for Newcastle to win all five of their league games they still have to play.
Why not?
Comments welcome.
217 comments so far
MagpiesFlyHigh
Apr 10, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Comment #201and she’s had two weans
Spuggy
Apr 10, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Comment #202Haha Willoughbooby!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnF2Va4qkFk&feature=relmfu
MagpiesFlyHigh
Apr 10, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Comment #203that’s me lads
Still wishing for the FA to screw spuds by rumours of ‘arry getting the poison chalice getting out during the run in
Aye Spuggy used to drink in the Mitre that became the BG club – Bearsdley used to be in on a Friday lunchtime after training – usually chatting up some bird or other
davis_toons
Apr 10, 2012 at 11:19 PM
Comment #204… i would personally put a cheeky bid in for rodwell, or is he injured at the moment?
Newcastle Utd is a place where we welcome injured souls.
davybtoon
Apr 10, 2012 at 11:58 PM
Comment #205Finally the news I wanted to hear that we’re after diame It’s in the people saying us n everton want him
Sazzer
Apr 11, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Comment #206Someone got that status on Marveux? Are he training with the team at the moment? According to physioreport he should be back in training. Hopefully that means he will be fit for games at end of April or week after that. 10 days to next game so maybe not impossible if he’s natural fitness is good.
shirtonapole tinooo
Apr 11, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Comment #207haven´t posted for ages, but just wanted to say that i was hopeful for the season…..
just not this hopeful 😉
also have kept meaning to mention that niafron was talking about CL at the start of the season (he hasn´t really mentioned it since) and everybody laughed/thought ovelropt. foreigner….
anyway, never got round to mentioning it and tonight MFH quotes it 😉
hwt
shirtonapole tinooo
Apr 11, 2012 at 12:40 AM
Comment #208my last L somehow pasted itself to the middle of oveLropt…. strange ;D
bills-son
Apr 11, 2012 at 7:12 AM
Comment #209@119 and 123 …
Talk about winding the neck in and not going overboard about Ashley ?
Take your own medicine guys, the abuseAshley was getting even 3 months ago after the ground re-naming was way, way, overboard. It is only now that we are serious Champs Lge contenders, with our flair players bang on form and Pards managing the squad brilliantly that fans are truly starting to see the big picture.
Make NO mistake, where we are now has nothing to with luck. It has everything to do with Ashley’s planning, strategy, ambition and determination. The buck ALWAYS stops with guy at the top. ALWAYS.
It wasa Ashley who appointed Pardew, Ashley who screwed LPool for £35M for AC, Ashley who set the transfer policy of finding quality at low prices, Ashley who dictated that we should buy the majority of foreign players from one country so that they could communicate and have the same culture (unlike say Citeh where its like the United Nations), Ashley who has cut the wages to turnover ratio from a bamkruptcy heading 80%+ to just over 50%, and Ashley who has lent the club £140M interest free.
Fans who don’t give Ashley any credit, who say its all luck, all down to Carr, that tht’ll never forgive him for the Keegan affair, or sacking Hughton etc., etc., etc., are biting the hand that is feeding us the best chance of success since Keegans team in the 90’s.
BUT … let’s not forget … Keegans team won NOWT.
IMO the owners, management, coaching staff and scouting staff are FAR BETTER than the set up we had under John Hall and Keegan. We have players like Ba, Cisse, HBA, Krul, Colo, STaylor, Santon, Tiote who are a match (if not better in some cases) for Ferdinand, Ginola, Srnicek, Peacock, Batty, Barton and Gillespie …
all good players but still won nowt.
I know this team has won nowt yey. BUT, I have far more confidence in out tactical awareness, organisation, meticulous transfer policy and team spirit than I ever did under Keegan … as exciting as those times were.
I was totally confident before the last 5 matches that we would win. I have NEVER as a Toon fan felt so confident of winning games in my 50 years as a Toon fan. And its a BRILLIANT feeling, absolutely fkn brilliant.
This club is really going places, and I don’t think there are many fans who would disagree with that. There is an excitement that finally … after nearly 50 years of winning nowt … THIS could be the manager, the team and THE OWNER to break that milklstone round our necks.
And all I am saying is this …
Let’s give Ashley some credit eh? Remember, when he first came he wore the shirt, drank in the Strawberry and stood on the terraces with the fans. How nany owners have done that? Nor the Americans at LPool, the Yanks at ManU or the sheiks at Citeh thats for sure. And why did Ashley do that? Because he’s one of us, he’s a FOOTBALL FAN, which the aforementioned owners are not.
Yes he made mistakes early doors, yes he wanted to sell the club … BUT since he decided to keep it after relegation he has been determined to make us successful. AND IT’S WORKING.
Everybody, you, me and even a hard hearted businesman like Ashley likes to be appreciated for doing their best. Apart from the renaming of the ground there isn’t a decision Ashley has made in the last two years that, although controversial and widely criticised at the time, hasn’t turned out to be RIGHT. I am absolutely convinced that if Ashley heard his name chanted in appreciation – yes I KNOW THAT IS ALMOST UNTHINKABLE TO SOME FANS – he would redouble his efforts to bring success and a trophy to our beloved Toon.
He is is still the same guy who wore the shirt, drank in the Strawberry and stood on the terraces. He’s made mistakes, but he’s gone a hell of a long way to saying sorry in his own way. And that way is not to spout off, not to criticise the fans to journalists, not to laud it because we are doing well. No – Ashley’s way is just to let the team do the talking for him. That is the class way to do it.
ALAN PARDEW … manager of the year by a mile.
MIKE ASHLEY … owner of the year by a million miles.
redondo77
Apr 11, 2012 at 7:43 AM
Comment #210What is so good about Hoilett anyway? I think he is overated.
Christian Pasquato is much better, he is almost like HBA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ls5chHV6A
magpie6699
Apr 11, 2012 at 7:50 AM
Comment #211Sorry L’pool won – I can’t tick them off my mathematical table so we’re still technically only certain of top 8 finish.
redondo77
Apr 11, 2012 at 7:52 AM
Comment #212Pasquato is right footed left winger, he also can play center midfield as playmaker and HBA on the right.
redondo77
Apr 11, 2012 at 7:57 AM
Comment #213——————krul——————
sim—-saylor———colo—-santon
——tiote—————jonas———
HBA————cabaye——–Pasquato
—————-Cisse——————-
or
——————krul——————
sim—-saylor———colo—-santon
——tiote————Cabaye———
HBA———–Pasquato——-Jonas
—————-Cisse——————-
toonincheek
Apr 11, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Comment #214Great quote from Pardew :
“With Hatem, you’ve got to let him have his world.
It’s his world when he has the ball,
my world is when he hasn’t.”
check the toastie
Apr 11, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Comment #215Bills – I agree he isnt the ogre people make him out to be, however he is a businessman and he is running the club as a business (his perogative), it is not his dream to see NUFC win a trophy or compete at the highest level like every fan (Sir John was a fan-and gud businessman clearly), and people connected with that, thats why the keegen era was so special, everybody connected with the club had an emotional tie, it is why it was so magical, but in the end such a disspointment.
It is not him (ashley) who has sacrificed so much wasted emotion over their lifetime, he bought the club with good intentions i believe and probably regretted the fact he did once he realised what a state it was in, but fans like to think that everybody is in it together, there is still a small doubt that Ashley is in it for himself and himself only. Trophies and the welfare of the area and fans are not his drive, a profitable business and successful advertisement for Sports Direct is the main reason hes still in Toon, not the luv of the area, this cud be seen as a ositive in the safe handling of the club, however it doesnt touch the heartstrings like the keegan and Sir John years.
And as i previously stated, the season has been built on a free transfers goals, and if that man had been injured we wud have struggled all year. We have Demba and Pardew to thank for that not Mr Ashley the gamble has came off, fair play to him.
bills-son
Apr 11, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Comment #216check the toastie – it is not Ashley’s dream to see NUFC win a trophy or compete at the highest level like every fan
You are totally wrong there.
Yes he runs NUFC as a business BECAUSE THATS WHAT NIUFC AND EVERY OTHER LGE CLUB IS !!
If you don’t run it as a business you end up where Leeds, Rangers, Portsmouth and others have (and more will be) – bankrupt.
It is anonsense that just because you run your club along highly professional and disciplined business lines that you can’t at the same time have a passion to win trophies. Are you saying only those clubs owners who squander money and run a Prem club like a local pub team are passionate like the fans? To even think that is ridiculous.
I’ve said before – and its not BS – I know an agent closely involved at NUFC and one of our top players well. The agent especially – a very sharp guy – told me 18mths ago that Ashley and Llambias are hell bent on winning a trophy and outperforming their mates at Sp.urs.
Ashley is a hugely competitive guy in a cut throat business – sportswear – and he now wants to be hugely successful at NUFC. The fact that his Sports Direct brand will benefit from that success is part of the strategy – of course it is – and it is actually a large part of the determination in making NUFC even better known worldwide.
Some fans don’t see the big picture – but Ashley does.
The best owner of NUFC in my 50 years as a Toon fan.
Sazzer
Apr 11, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Comment #217redondo77
Pasquato surely knows I to take free kicks, reminded me of younger Kaka. Not sure Juve will let him go if they have him tied up.
Hoilett is good for the money, or no money that we would have to pay for him. However, there are more skillful fish in the sea out there. Messi for one. =)
If were to pay out money like we did for Cisse. I would go for Dries Mertens.
Also add a playmaker in the middle. Pasquato or Marvin Martin or someone.