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• 1 do the hatem shake // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:36 PM

  i cant believe i missed the cisse goal man at the game and stoke defense was so solid and then you get jerome flying around like a pussy

• 2 gorgonzola ( former Pecorino former to gorgonzola) // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:40 PM

  we are definitely missing king arfa…

  His creativity would be unlocking defences… I really do hope he gets into the team…so we can start getting the magic up front again with him sissoko and cisse…

  great win we had to work hard….well deserved…

• 3 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:42 PM

  no jesper we were well on top of them in the second half but for a stupid tackle from tiote!
  he made the perfect subs at the perfect time he ain’t got a faackin crystal ball lyk!!
  and how was that a pen he obviously got the ball i faackin hate suarez!

• 4 lesh // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:45 PM

  Scouse gits just scored

• 5 martoon // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:46 PM

  Tiote’s reaction to being substituted was interesting to say the least. I think Pardew must have said something to him – wonder if he’ll start the next match?

• 6 toonicle // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:46 PM

  Tiote should be sold in the summer window. Anita can play just as well at his position and Bigi is coming up to play there too, Tiote is just too much of a liability for nothing more than average play going forward.

• 7 valle // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:47 PM

  Two things I would like to know… Was our game plan always to get lots of high balls into the box and try to outjump STOKE? And also, who at the club practice corners with the players? Im an AP supporter btw, but its not the first time that I have been a bit bemused with our strategy of attack and attacking set pieces this season.

• 8 PUMMELLER // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:47 PM

  Ain’t commented it a while but I’m buzzing here!
  That just about sorts the relegation fears out n lets us push on in Europe too.
  We really have made some fantastic signings! Sissoko was a beast today.. Mwiba looks like he has been here for years!
  My favourite moment was Steven Taylor putting off the keeper and then rubbing it in his face once Cabaye scored!! Brilliant!
  HWTL!!!!

• 9 Big Pappa Cissé // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:48 PM

  What a goal Hazard

• 10 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:48 PM

  what a goal by hazard!!

• 11 do the hatem shake // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:49 PM

  i ana tiote and jonas are the two weak links in the team but its good to know they have anita and ben arfa breathing down their neck

• 12 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:49 PM

  big pappa jinx like

• 13 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:50 PM

  manxpie…you are one of them posters we all enjoy!

  …couldn’t you come on a bit ofter?

• 14 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:52 PM

  what you on about jesper?

• 15 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:54 PM

  Just really enjoy your tone and football wisdom!

  …makes it sound like other people don’t have any (always a nice quality)

• 16 toonicle // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:54 PM

  I think Jesper misses you manx

• 17 santonthenewmaldini // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:54 PM

  @Martoon

  I think Tiote knew he was going to get a rollocking off the whole of the bench and probably went down the tunnel to cool down as I think he came back near the end?

  But yeah he is a liability now it was fine when we in the promotion season and we were backs to the wall but we need to start imposing our play on teams and he does not allow us to do this as his passing is shite he is not off form he is just playing the way he always has but we need to move on from that Anita, Bigi and even Perch offer so much more in every way would not be gutted if he was sold in the summer

  If we got 10 million he is worth selling if that funded a proper attacking midfielder like De Jong we don’t need 2 holding midfielders in most games if you have a midfield full of movement and quality passing they should be able to swap positions like the best teams do and strangle the opposition as well

  Man Utd or Barcelona dont have a hardman midfielder they have a ball playing defensive mid which Cabaye is so we have no need for a Tiote maybe in away games when we are under the cosh but certainly not at home

• 18 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:54 PM

  cisse looked looked lost today yes why no serves today is the answer and most of the other games 2 down to pardrew really poor manager and always will be we were the better team today but lucky to come of with the win i dont no how jonas getting anywhere near the 1st team really yes he give a 100 percent but cant cross cant score nothing apart from pace thats all hes got marv should be ahead of him anita should be ahead of tiote and cabaye should play further forward plus pardrew always waits to long till he makes a sub i dont blame the players for the way we play its pardrew tatics and style of play that r wrong we r a top 4 team but wont be in the top 4 till he is gone we have a class team just pardrew does not no how 2 use them simple like i say marv on 2 minute and bang cisse scores if he got servis like that every games he would score simple really

• 19 JP...from The Rock // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:54 PM

  repost:

  What a talented twat Suarez is. We need a player like that. A new Bellamy type player. Pacey, direct, a nuisance all match causing problems to opposing defenses and creating chances.

  Today it was a great result and our corners were slightly better too. But our final ball again was very frustrating to watch. That is why a player quick and direct like Suarez would do our team wonders. Could our young Adam Campbell be that player? Who knows, he looks the part from little I’ve seen from him.

  Credit to Pards for putting him on today.

  HWTL

• 20 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:57 PM

  Manx

  Good call on the pen, think it was clumsy and he brought Suarez down. Suarez has been much better this year, cut out the diving and has got his reward on more goals.

  On Pardews subs….agree with you. We were playing pretty well, not great but containing stoke just lacking a cutting edge, no need to rush the changes. He did well to react quickly to the situation and once we got one he made the changes to keep the pressure on stoke which worked well.

  I think people seem to forget stoke have the 2nd most clean sheets an a very good defensive record. They never had a sniff really apart from the pen. We weren’t great but they are hard to play against so any 3 points is impressive against them.

• 21 roshan MAGPIE // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:57 PM

  dosent matter what Liverpool does we can’t catch them this season but if we can keep all our current French players and add a few we can catch them easily

• 22 Marty-Toon // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:57 PM

  @jail
  I get what your saying bout empty seats and people on here that are probably from the area.
  Of course not everyone has the cash for the games but I think it was mainly away seating tat was available as they only had 610(poor turnout)
  It was easier for me to go to games when i lived in Ireland and i for one would love to go but i now live in Norway and checked flight for Thursdays game and klm want 600 pounds return as I’d have to go via Amsterdam :-0
  Ryanair used to have a flight but sure they cancelled that when there’s not enough passengers.

• 23 roshan MAGPIE // Mar 10, 2013 at 5:58 PM

  dosent matter what Liverpool does we can’t catch them this season but if we can keep all our current French players and add a few we can catch them easily next season

• 24 Bambams // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM

  Big 3 points this fellas….

  Once again a game of few chances. Taylor starting to win me over, if he could just add 5 or 6 goals each season he would be the missing cb. Imo

• 25 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM

  Of also like Anita to get a sit over tiote, tiote is struggling for form, making even more reckless tackles and he has moved away from what made him good.

  He tries to over complicate things when he isn’t good enough. Should keep it simple, sit and cover the defence closing down when needed but instead he bombs on and his passing and shooting are poor which kills the attack, also dwindles on the ball which slows us down.

  Not saying he is past it or a bad player he just needs together back to the basics of what made him a key man for us.

• 26 Bambams // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM

  2-2

• 27 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:01 PM

  lol toonicle that must be it
  jesper wat annoys me is on matchday after we win is people bashing the team, players and manager!!
  where’s the “football wisdom” in that then jesper?
  and the fact you had a go at pardew for not making subs when we were well on top of them! i don’t see much “wisdom” there either like!

• 28 roshan MAGPIE // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:02 PM

  about cisse just think about this if being poor or out of form if he can score 9 goals in all competition for us just imaging how many more will he score if he is in form besides his goal scoring record after joining is not bad at all

• 29 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:02 PM

  Marty

  Exactly. I live on the area but by the time you buy a ticket, travel and pay parking for looking at between 50 and 80 quid depending on the game.

  Just too much money most weeks especially with streams being good.

• 30 ToonDownSouth // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:03 PM

  Come from behind to win 3 home games in a row now – after not doing so for 2 entire years under Pardew. Crazy.

  Made hard work of it today, the players were all really sloppy in possession, and Sissoko’s looked knackered these last 2 games.

  Credit though, long trip back from Russia 3 days ago and they got the result – and bossed the game really, without too much of a cutting edge.

• 31 toonicle // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:03 PM

  I think the subs were pretty much right on time today, wouldn’t have minded seeing Campbell a few minutes earlier but not bothered at all. Only thing i’d disagree with Pards on is Anita should be ahead of Tiote on the team sheet from here on.

• 32 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:06 PM

  manxpie…so you don’t agree with everyone so what?

  …whether I come on here on matchday or wait untill Monday (like I usual do because of what’s just happening) is beside the point. Keep a civil and respectful tone.

  How you see football is just an opinion among others – some will agree with you and some won’t. You don’t think I am right – fine, but keep a tone about it and refrain from using ‘ffs’ to empower yourself.

  If you won’t my respect show some yourself!

• 33 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:07 PM

  cheers transfer i don’t think suarez would have got that at an away game clumsy yes but he still got the ball before the player
  and yeah transfer i think we were always gonna make the changes around the 70ish minute as most teams do very glad to see cambell get a game tho shows he’s very highly thought off just hope he gets a few more till the end of the season

• 34 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:07 PM

  *won’t = want

• 35 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM

  listen pardrew lovers stoke r not a good side we were the better team hense all the corners and we had most of the ball but we did not no what to do with it pardrew plays 2 deep like he did mid week in the cup crap manager simple if we played it right today we could have scored 6 past them plus we were at home i believe we have a great team lots of good players the best team that weve had since the keegan days but u need a good manager to move them up the league yeh we finished 5 top last season the team were on a high pardrew had a bit luck but he has done that with every team he has managed and second season down they went

• 36 Marty-Toon // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:09 PM

  Transfer
  I get ya there man,it’ll cut a hole in your pocket with those prices.
  I mean if I could get a cheap flight I’d do it as I’ve a cousin there who’d put me up in his place and he’s got season tickets.

• 37 toonicle // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:10 PM

  Hater- You know Stoke is right up there at the top of the league in defense right? What world are you living on thinking we could have gotten 6 past them?

• 38 ToonDownSouth // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:10 PM

  pardrew?

  Is that a joke that’s just too advanced for me?

• 39 santonthenewmaldini // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:10 PM

  Good that we seem to have developed that battling spirit now getting last minute winners and coming from behind something which the big teams do

  Wonder what the team will be on Thursday?!?

• 40 beefman13 // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:11 PM

  JP, with respect we have Ben Arfa who has as much talent as anyone in the prem in my opinion, he would have murdered Stoke today, cant wait for the lad to get fully fit and raring to go, yea Campbell got a chance on 85 mins he wopuld not even have been playing if shola had not picked up a knock, he and marv should have been on at 70 mins without doubt.

  It was three points but it was awful to watch for most of it with us doping the same daft corners and crosses as usual, we could have played all day and we were not going to score from open play, great free kick of course by cabaye but hios coprners are so predictable they are meat and drink for opposing centre halfs, Campbell was a secret weapon waiting today to get on, a quick fast thinking player who could have cfreated all sorts of troubles with his one two`s around the box beacuse once he gets clear air its game over, Pardew should not be worried at all about including the lad how ever old he is he is different class fro shola in thought quickness and football ability, Pardew haS TO GET OUIT OF THIS SENIOR OVER YOUNG PLAYER SITUATION AND OLD PALS ACT, IT VERY NEARLY COST US TODAY DAY BEACUSE AT TIMES WE REALLY DID NOT HAVE A CLUE, i love the three poinjts but just beacuse AP made the subs he aint getting any credit of me, they should have been on long long before they were.

• 41 yo-yo // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:11 PM

  mackem troll alert … as if you hadn’t noticed

  Unwashed trolls

  How come M O’N has a reputation for winning stuff and turning teams around but is going down down down with Sunderland ?

• 42 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:13 PM

  FFS jesper why dont ya just F the F off u F’in F face
  that was in jest btw
  but seriously i wasn’t aiming it at you really it was everyone on matchday that slags every player and the manager off you say yourself you try to aviod it so thats prob why i was shocked at you and niafron tbf for saying ultra negative things when we’ve won!

• 43 q8igeordie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM

  Lol at pardew hater … ill come back in a few mins change my u/name to pardew lover just to back my opinion lol

• 44 yo-yo // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:16 PM

  beefman

  So when Pardew was forced to play a pile of junior players (thin squad/injuries remember ?) and we got embarrassed by Brighton etc. etc . who did you want on the pitch then ?

• 45 q8igeordie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:17 PM

  Yoyo … true

• 46 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:17 PM

  Pardew hater

  Scored 6 past one of the best defenses in the league when they have gone defensive away from home?

  I agree pardew is overly cautious a lot of the time and we should be more in the front foot but today what made it hard work was our final ball was poor. Pardew can’t make that better, that’s the players responsibility. I remember a lot of Chelsea fans hating mourinho and his boring football until they won something then they accepted it. Not saying pardew is that good but just a slight comparison.

  Manx

  I think pardew usually makes bad subs or at a bad time but today I agreed with them all.

  And with Suarez…if ekotto did get the ball first (wasnt clear on the replay I saw so not sure yet) he also caught Suarez. So if there was a problem I don’t think it was Suarez, it was the red for giving it, no dive as solid contact to take him down.

• 47 Alan Pas-de-clue // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:19 PM

  if qpr sunderland villa go down i will be so happy

• 48 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:19 PM

  toonicle stoke may have a good defence recored but we were at home today and had lots of corners most of the play better team on the day i believe we r a much better team but am sick of watching this long ball sh1t hoof the ball team we have very good players in our team 5 more singing in the summer and we can finish top 4 but under pardrew no chance and if u believe we can u need help

• 49 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:19 PM

  marty your not catchy in disguise are ya?

• 50 toonarmydownsouth // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:21 PM

  manxpie
  i think pardew got it spot on today subs were great and changed the game!
  but i cant say the lads played well it was well below par but perhaps given our league position nerves played apart
  one things for sure that i think most will agree on, once this season is out the way we desperately need to work on an improved level of consistancy and general improved play we need to create more clear cut chances and drastically improve our final pass
  thats not being negative it’s just wanting us to play the football the teams capable of

• 51 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM

  Yo yo

  I know what jp means though, not that I agree 100%

  The only problem I see is that this year out under performers have been Jonas (quality on the ball, can’t fault effort) and tiote.

  We have Anita who should play above tiote for me, he earned that right playing well in a weak team gettin battered every week.

  On Jonas. Straight out for a for HBA I say but other than that obertan has been poor, marv isn’t great wide and young fergie and sammy haven’t really done enough when they played to get ahead so although I want a Jonas upgrade there isn’t much better than him in the squad wih HBA out so got to wait for summer.

• 52 toonicle // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:23 PM

  What long ball Pardrew? You mean crosses into the box after a good run from our RB? That’s quite a bit different from “hoof ball”.

• 53 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:24 PM

  Tads

  Nail on the head there with that post.

• 54 q8igeordie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:24 PM

  Pardew hater … you cant say that .. you dont have a crystal ball that tells the future .. dont type stupid comments like that .. unless u have seen the future

• 55 martoon // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:25 PM

  Pardrew hater – the thing I don’t understand is Alan Pardew is a premiership manager and you are not.
  Oh yeah Pardew knows what he is doing and you talk cr*p. The midweek performance was a brilliant away leg display, the only thing missing was an away goal which if HBA was match fit we could have got.

• 56 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:25 PM

  yeah transfer he deffo got the ball first (with his shoulder) but bundelled him over after which is natural really it deffo wasn’t a dive
  i.e how many headers out of the box knock attackers over but no penalties?

• 57 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:26 PM

  manxpie…being critical of something has nothing to due with being negative.

  …actually the only way you get better is by being able to look at your performance critically. We won today manxpie, but that doesn’t mean you cannot improve!

  Now I said I thought the subs was right today, but they came after we went 1 down once again. We are not using our subs proactive which means to grab a win, but more reactive to get a result (a comeback).

  This has been going on all season. If you want I can start naming games for you. Now what is constructive criticism (is has absolutely nothing to do with being negative).

  I signed off by saying ‘Good result for us (not a great game by far), but we need the points and the confidence. I am happy! ‘

  I took your comment personal yes! And the ‘ffs’ I honestly don’t care for. If you knew I am not one of the neggars then why the hostility?

• 58 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:27 PM

  yous can lol all yous want but name 1 manger the would leave marv on the bench over jonas and ill though i like tiote anita is way better and should be ahead of tiote simple really anita was class best player this season till dropped but pardrew nose best a cant believe none of yous can see it and yes made 6 goals was a bit over the top but i think 3 defo out of all the corners and play we had but no end product but soon as marv came on bang class ball cisse its no brainer really

• 59 Marty-Toon // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:27 PM

  Manxpie
  I am no Catchy my friend,just plain old Marty
  3 points is great to get today as when we went a gal down it sure didn’t look that way and at 1-1 I was happy to get a draw and am now overjoyed with that result.
  Stoke must feel hard done by,they’re a tough team to play against.

• 60 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:27 PM

  *what = that

• 61 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:28 PM

  Toonicle

  Ignore him and he might leave.

  We have improved out football since December and improved even more with these current additions we have.

  If people cant see that it’s because they don’t want to and want pardew gone.

  I’m not a huge pardew lover and think we could do better than him but I’m willing to let him take his time to see if he improves and learns. I’d love champs league but not essential, lots of teams who want it as much as us and 2 Manchester clubs will be there so competing for two spots with Chelsea spurs and arsenal at least so not easy.

  For me pardew will only get better with time as he learns to utilise the technical players more. Maybe a foreign coach to help with attacking and keeping the ball but overall pardew is good enough for me, let him learn and improve.

• 62 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM

  Pardew hater

  Why play marv wide instead of Jonas when marv has been very poor when out wide, only looked good in the middle, not seen him play well wide.

• 63 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:35 PM

  ok lets give the clueless puppet time i mean ok say next season we r in the same postion as we r now do u think we will keep all these top players no they will all leave because all players want to win things we r newcastle united we should be a top 4 team under pardrew no chance and no time hes had time and he keeps on making the same mistakes

• 64 Transfer Sage // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:38 PM

  Pardew hater

  Win things? On what basis…no manager, not even Keegan or Robson won anything with us, not won anything for over 40 years. So we have no given right to win anything.

• 65 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:38 PM

  tansfer saga my point is he should be on the pitch over jonas whether its in the middle or out wide the more games he plays the better he get

• 66 manxpie // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:38 PM

  tads agree but i’m very impressed with the way the SQUAD has worked especially the defence since january and to be honest there’s always gonna be teething problems in the team with the drastic changes we’ve made recently and today it was our final ball but we got there in the end
  cisse supposedly only trained once this week although poor game by his standards he ran allover the pitch all game (last thing i’d wanna do after the shits) and rewarded with a goal
  tads n transfer i’d be interested in what you think of pardews intergration of new players?
  for me he did amazingly last season and with these new players since january he seems to be doing the same?
  how often do you here that new players need to bed in or get used to the climate n pace of the prem it hasn’t really been a problem with most of our signings?

• 67 pardrew hater // Mar 10, 2013 at 6:41 PM

  yes true saga my point is that we should be a top for team its not just about winning things its about being up there every season challangeing with the top 4 teams which we did under keeegan and robson we will not under this plonker

• 68 beefman13 // Mar 10, 2013 at 7:12 PM

  So the brighton cup game is the one were you saw the young kids as rubbish, is that right yo yo.

  Santon got done everytime but once of lua lua williamson was awful perch had a stinker obertan was obertan so i think you know were im coming from shola was crap, anita was ok as was bigi, sammy was a parcel fair enough, young dummet came on and did not do anything wrong, tavernier did not get done once not like santon did although he was out of position a few times. again against bordeaux Pardew slated the younger players and again said nothing about the seniors, bordeaux beaten once in ten years at honme in europe, do they get a bit credit!

  AP has made excuse after excuse his tactics again today were pitiful, got out of jail as i have said, one up front again at SJP we were ok against anji away on thursday, but at home in the premiership one up front is criminal, he did not have the guts to drop jonas and put a class player like campbell in, and gouffrean will probably make way for ben arfa when fit not jonas, marv is our closest thing to benny playing through the middle esprcially at home, he needs a run in the team, AP wont use the squad properly, he got lucky again today, and everyone sitting around me in the gallowagate knew it.

  So on the brighton and bordeaux games the senior players were worse yet Alan pardew singled out the youngsters and said nothing about the seniors who have got away with it all season just about, that game said a lot to me about our manager who shifted the blame from himself and laid it at the door of players who he could get away with it with.