Alan Pardew was quite right in not saying which country he preferred to win the two-legged play-off tie this afternoon between Senegal and the Ivory Coast, which has just got underway.
Cheick Tiote – Ivory Coast’s top midfielder
Being the Newcastle manager it was right that he didn’t side with either team, but we have no such qualms, and therefore can come out and say we want the Ivory Coast to win.
And surely they must have a good chance after being 4-2 up from their home leg tie, but as Senegal captain Papiss Cisse rightly said today – anything can happen in football – and that means Senegal could still get through this tie – one way or another.
Why do we want the Ivory Coast to win?
Simply because if Senegal get through then Newcastle will be screwed, and we’ll lose our best two strikers for some time in January and maybe in February – so it’s purely for selfish Newcastle reasons.
It’s not rocket science really, and we have absolutely nothing against Senegal whatsoever, other than Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse – two fantastic strikers – play for them – and we just don’t want to lose them both to the African Cup of Nations, when we don’t have any suitable backups, other than Shola Ameobi.
That’s not true with Tiote, as young Gael Bigirimana or Vurnon Anita can come in and play defensive midfield while Cheick is away.
.So there you have it – some plain talk from a Newcastle fan – we hope the Ivory Coast win.
What do you think?
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51 comments so far
archaeomag
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:24 PM
Comment #41So what happens next?
Just when it looked like ED had got his wish . . the curse of W@nga strikes!
Munster Mag
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Comment #42Evening all. Where’s Beefie – boring the sh1t out of some poor misfortunates in the pub? Whats all this about us not having much money to spend? If I dont see some proper market action in January might I kindly suggest that the Mike Ashley Can Do No Wrong Ever club can admit to having their noses terminally jammed in the fat man’s arsehole? Purple players ? Purple bell end more like, the fat bastard and his rat faced assistant. Now where’s my drink? Drink feck arse girrrrls !!!!
WWYCD
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Comment #43Just tuned into the qualifier to see soilders, cars and hundreds of people on the pitch….can one assume the sh*t hath hit-ith the fan?
Munster Mag
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Comment #44Ah jaysus, did my last post about that tight fisted fat bastard get dropped because of profane language??
mattyNUFC
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Comment #45it’s only taken 30 minutes to get soldiers on the field! great stuff, Africa! good job Senegal FA! African FA! FIFA! bravo.
off to watch the walking dead marathon. f*** this s***
davis_toons
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Comment #46(1)Tim Krul
(x)- (2)Colo-(3)Saylor-(4)Santon
(5)Ben Arfa. (6)Tiote (7)Cabaye (8)Jonas
(9)Cisse. (10)Ba
(x) Unproven yet to be consider 1st team
Vurnon Anita (have always said that he wanted to play in the middle of the park) So..who’s going to filled the RB….Simpson?
*If Simpson is gone, with Jonas playing left back and move Santon to RB. LM/LAM will still be empty.
-Which 1st team players can we fill that space of LM?
Questions 2.
DL: This means that:-
1. In order to buy we have to sell.
So who should be going off, in order to improve the squad.? Some say Jonas..But I think there is something not right about this kind of SYSTEM somewhere…
Thump
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Comment #47@WWYCD: The Senegal fans weren’t happy with losing 6-2 on aggregate so they decided to set fire to their stadium.
ITUNDERASHELL
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Comment #48So it looks like we will be losing all three of them soon when the match has to be replayed.
archaeomag
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Comment #49@davis_toons
Is this the purple squad?
Tonytoon73
Oct 13, 2012 at 9:43 PM
Comment #50Has jimmy saville just come on here like
Munster Mag
Oct 13, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Comment #51Bloody hell, just as well us Irish are such a relaxed mob. After losing 1-6 to Germany last night we could have torched Dublin!