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Demba Ba was again in good form last night and scored another brace – his third brace of the season, in Newcastle’s vital 3-0 defeat of Wigan, and this lad has been an enormous success since he joined us from West Ham in the summer of last year. Demba Ba – after scoring penalty last [...]

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There are a lot of stories out today that link some top clubs with moving for Demba Ba in January, and the main one among them is Arsenal – although two other London clubs – Chelsea and Tottenham – are also reported to be interested in the Newcastle striker. Demba Ba – are his agents [...]

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There is good news on the injury front today for Newcastle and as we reported earlier today the three injuries we picked up last night to Santon, Tiote and Ba are thought to be only slight strains, and now we hear that Ben Arfa will be fit to play at Craven Cottage next Monday night. Ben Arfa [...]

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Alan Pardew was interviewed on nufcTV immediately after the game last night, and he talked about 19 year-old Bigirimana, who came on at the beginning of the second half for Cheick Tiote, who had a slight strain in his leg, and Alan didn’t want to risk him. Take that – Bigirimana shows wonderful technique as [...]

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Newcastle’s best player last night was Sylvain Marveaux, and he was given a surprise start by manager Alan Pardew, but the lad must have been impressing in training, because he was Newcastle’s star man last night in his best game ever for Newcastle   and he leads in our poll for Man of the Match with 37%, just edging [...]

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This was a massive win for Newcastle – make no mistake about it – because wins bring the confidence back to the players and the team, and yes – we may have been a little lucky with the sending off of Figueroa after 13 minutes – but it was a definite penalty and then a [...]

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A relived Alan Pardew talked to Newcastle United video reporter Rob Scanlon after the game on nufcTV, and the Newcastle manager said it was about time Newcastle had a little luck, and once we were 1-0 up and Wigan were reduced to 10 men, there was only going to be one winner. Referee Mike Jones [...]

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Alan Pardew talked after the game last night, in which Demba Ba got a brace and goes to joint top of the Premier league goal scoring charts, and said the club has been frustrated in its attempts to get Ba signed up to a new contract on Tyneside. Demba Ba last night – yet another [...]

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