Another poor result for Newcastle tonight at Villa Park, as a resurgent Aston Villa beat Sunderland 6-1, and are now level on points with Newcastle and Sunderland, but go ahead of Newcastle on goal difference. So that puts us in 17th place – 4th bottom.
Newcastle target Andy Weimann scoring Villa’s second goal.
The score was only 2-1 at half time, but then Christian Benteke got a second half hat-trick, and to make things even worse for Sunderland, Stephane Sessegnon, arguably their best player, was sent off with a straight red card in the second half.
He will now miss the rest of the season.
And Villa’s goal difference is now -22, which is one better than Newcastle and in the last game, Aston Villa gained 11 goals on Newcastle as far as goal difference goes – we went -6 and Villa went +5 – unbelievable.
But it shows the gods may not be with us in the last three games of the season, especially if our players put in one more performance like against Sunderland and Liverpool – two of the worst home performances in Newcastle’s long history.
It doesn’t look good – and we’ll just have to hope that Wigan don’t come alive – but we may have to live or die on what we can do in the final three games of the season.
If we mess it up, we may even deserve to be relegated. 🙁
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160 comments so far
eaststandgeordie1982
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Comment #81worrying times ahead
Transfer Sage
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Comment #82Bandb
Absolute comedy gold…keep up the good work
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Comment #83Newcastle
Wigan
Sunderland
Norwich
Villa
Take your pick lads, but on current form we’re doomed………Doomed i tell ya
Toon Tang
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:48 PM
Comment #84el tino, haha aye old titus will be probs just rape dicanio if he steps out of line.
i wonder what it must feel like though to be a toon supporter in the scum dressing room after that defeat. i wouldn’t bother going in to be honest. probably say ive gotta nip shop for a loaf or summat
yorkymag
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Comment #85Never dull at the toon
Always something to play for right to the end of the season
Don’t worry another chapter is about to begin
We stay up and Ashley will have realised he needs to change
We go down he will sell the 20th wealthiest club in Europe or is it the world to a wealthy Indian steel magnate and Italian racing car owner with a four year plan.
However bad it gets there is always someone worse
stuart no9
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Comment #86DxK @ 46 – i dont think that was the casse with SBR.
Bobby was sacked in august 2004 for bad results, i am sure he didnt see that coming, W hy would sheperd tell him he was sacked after the season ends? why would bobby have wanted to carry on if he knew he wasnt going to be in the job next year regardless of what he acheived? hard to believe !
Slatymag
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Comment #87@LeToon
We don’t need comments like “Part Jew” mate. If that is meant to be an insult it just makes us look ignorant.
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Comment #88Sources have claimed that Ashley is angry about the humiliation against Liverpool and “doesn’t do embarrassment”.
The United owner is the man who will decide if Pardew has enough credit in the bank from last season’s heroics to be allowed to continue next season.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-boss-alan-pardew-facing-1860202?
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Comment #89http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/genius-punditry-gary-neville-discusses-the-problems-at-newcastle-united/?
corkypants85
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Comment #90love the positive’s eastendmag just what i needed after a horrible weekend!
jimiley
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Comment #91Jack Butler,
Where is our next point coming from?
Wigan will win two of their last four games and we will go down on goal difference even if we pick up a point against QPR and thats very debatable. We crumble when the going gets tough. The whole club is fragile whether we are trying to win something or stave off relegation. Its been so long since we won anything that the crowd is s…t scared off success and that nervousness spreads to the team. In a way, after those last two home games we deserve all we get.
manxpie
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Comment #92eastend brilliant post mate but it’ll prob get lost in the huge black doom n gloom cloud that has besieged this blog including ED btw
also the ads on here are chronic i’ve got an ad block on but still get that 503 error shite coz of the ammount of ads trying to load is this your doing ed?? because its not the right time for you to be messing with it theres 52000 people at least trying to get there pardew bashing posts loading!!
or is this your cunning selling plan to the advertisers?
either way its shite put it back to the way it was!
manxpie
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Comment #93jack butler at 80 aye and imo stoke would be my worst nightmare at this time of the season
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Comment #94jimiley
honestly mate I don’t know where the next point is gonna come from. We could lose all three games just as easily as we lost on the weekend, but the way this club has always worked we could easily win all three games.
it’s got to the point now where i have no clue what will happen or where we will end up, the only thing that i do know is that Pardew has to be sacked and if I had my way he’d be gone already
corkypants85
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Comment #95oh and le toon if you wanna make comments like that go and follow di canio down the road not neede or wanted on here
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Comment #96manxpie
It’s far from over mate, still bricking it though
eaststandgeordie1982
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Comment #97im here all week 😉 we can laugh at the mackems tonight but only for about 30 mins and nack to reality for us and how things now look for us.
calvinho
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Comment #98What’s everyone’s thoughts on what Gary Neville has said tonight?
I can see his point about cliques developing. It certainly is starting to look like it.
I don’t get his point about bargains etc. we signed sissoko cheap cos his contract was running out.
Slatymag
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Comment #99@EastEndMagpie
Good post. Nice to see things in a different light rather than dark grey pessimism. Cheered me up a bit anyway.
EastEndMagpie for manager!!!!!
eaststandgeordie1982
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Comment #100back not nack
Dom of the Arctic
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Comment #101This is my first comment on this site and possibly the most anxious I have felt.
Firstly, regarding Rafa -Spanish Waiter with French cuisine – sounds mouth watering to me!
However, back to more realistic and depressing issues.
When Pardew said that he would make sure the defeat to the unwashed would ‘hurt the players’, how exactly does he feel that went?
Ashley appears to me to be ruthless, if any running one of his other companies was allowing it to get to this state he would fuming – I have faith that that is how he feels regarding the Toon. However, he may have also learnt not to react to fan’s emotion to hastily (i.e Shearer and Keegan’s appointment).
Listening to Di Canio’s post match interview it showed passion and fire. Why weren’t the players training on Sunday, in early on Monday etc. After all, Saturday was basically a day off.
Eddie
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Comment #102My managerial dream team would be Beardsley & Ginola.
Toon Tang
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Comment #103manxpie – “theres 52000 people at least trying to get there pardew bashing posts loading!!” – cracked me reet up
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Comment #104calvinho
If there are cliques in the dressing room then thats just another failing of Pardew’s and his coaches
jimiley
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Comment #105Jack,
Agreed about Pardew but now is not the time. We have previous for sacking a manger with a few games left and installing a hero and it backfired. The fat man will not make the same mistake. And who would replace Pardew at this time? An untested Beardo? Not going to happen. I know that the owner is a clown but he has given the guy an 8 year contract and Lambias has talked about stability in difficult times. I know its bollocks but they have to follow the script a little bit. Pardew is a dead man walking but the bullet will be fired in the summer regardless of what happens in the next 3 games
NUFC FOR SALE
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Comment #106I agree with Neville.
Cabaye was given the captains armband and for me after his last display it should be taken from him.
I honestly think Cabaye wants away and the only reason we spent 5 million on a right back rather than give Simpson his contract was in the hope to keep Cabaye happy here.
I would rather give Simpson the contract he wants and let Cabaye leave if thats what he wants.
We need a British selection of players and Simpson meets that criteria.
manxpie
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Comment #107bit awkward eaststand but i was talkin about eastendmagpie haha
but worrying times indeed
boater
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Comment #108All the ‘we need British players with fight’ is a bit predictable. Yes we need battlers in this current predicament, but it’s focus, technique and intelligence that generates success at the top end of this league – where we imagined ourselves in the summer. British ‘battlers’ Jordan Henderson, Stuart Downing, Scott Parker, Joey Barton, and even Nolan etc have all been involved in relegation battles – and all were either flakes or failed to save their team. Either way…
Needing British types for their ‘steely mentality’ is a lazy cliche, and applies to the lower leagues, if it all.
NUFC FOR SALE
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Comment #109Ed will you f#ck off with all these adverts on this website now….you’ve completely sold out mate.
eaststandgeordie1982
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Comment #110manx haha ive already got my coat think it was because ive been called that before in a convo and im “tired” lol
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Comment #111jimiley
i simply can’t see anything changing in the last three games. He’s had all season to address the glaring issues and has failed at every turn, everything is always someone else’s fault in his eye’s.
I can’t see him being able to pick the players up after that defeat as I honestly think he’s lost the dressing room and he may be doing more harm than good by staying
jimiley
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Comment #112Simpson is British but he is crap. We need good players regardless of their nationality. We were all raving about the Frenchies in January. They are not bad players suddenly. The manager is a disaster. The owner is worse but the manager always carries the can.
El Tino
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Comment #113calvinho. the only thing neville said that i agreed with was that albert,ginola n asprilla set the prem alight.
I sympathise with the new players as i know what it feels like to go to a new team, be played out of position and consequently lose form
manxpie
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Comment #114cheers toontang but that humour has come out of frustration of trying to just refresh the page it seems ed does this every so often and it turns to shite then he puts it back to the way it was!
is there a message in there for nufc somewhere? mmmmm
cough cough 442 cough cough
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Comment #115Neville speaks a lot of sense most times, but saying it’s all down to johnny foreigner is a comment from a man who has seen snip-its of our season and is not aware of the complete lack of tactics or direction from the manager
Oleg G
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Comment #116What’s up with this “part jew” crap?
perchy4england
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Comment #117boater
Definitely agree mate, saying we need british players to stay up is a lazy excuse, look when we went down in 09 we had plenty of english speaking players.
Everyone was singing the praises of us when we went on a decent run just after our jan signings.
In my opinion a mixture of horrendous injuries/questionable tactics from Pardew/not replacing Ba has all lead up to where we are now. I still believe we’ll stay up by a point or two.
jordijohnty
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Comment #118who the hell would come to this bloody club?
yorkymag
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Comment #119Gary Neville makes some good points
Does he fancy being manager no
Like all the tv smarty pants he would rather hide behind the camera
But seriously he is missing one massive point which if he is so smart I am surprised he has not spotted
It’s bloody obvious all our problems stem from not replacing Ba we had a plan but no plan B we can’t score goals plain and simple
We dropped a b….k and it is possibly going to cost us ,the few million extra for Remy would have kept us in the league and by the way he is French Gary
But I guess that’s to obvious for an intellect like gary neville to spot
JackButler
Apr 29, 2013 at 11:12 PM
Comment #120And let’s be honest here, the English players we do have are average at best