Newcastle are in decline and we now have suffered five defeats on the trot – eight in our last eleven, and thirteen in our last 18 games in all competitions.
So nobody can accuse Newcastle of doing well since we hammered a nine man Stoke side 5-1 on Boxing Day.
Alan Pardew we were good enough to have won today
But we were a little unlucky today, when Wilfried Bony scored two goals – one in each half in stoppage time, and the winner came in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of the game. 🙁
This is what a beleaguered Alan Pardew said after the game:
“We suffered two injuries at the start of the game which affected us no doubt and knocked us out of our game plan to an extent.”
“We were committed today, we showed some nice moments, we got the goal, but two errors at the end of each half cost us, and they are costly because it’s our fifth defeat.”
“The fans I thought were good today; they stayed with us all the game, but unfortunately we haven’t brought them home any points.”
“We have been beaten by some good teams and we’ve probably not been good enough, but today we were good enough to win this game and we should have come out of it with at least a point and I thought we should have won it.”
“But as a team we have made some errors and it has cost us, Swansea got a break at the end of each half and they have capitalized through that.”
“There was not much to be said really other than we are going to have to work hard this week and try and get us a win before the end of the season for sure, and the sooner the better.”
Amen to that.
We lost both Papiss Cisse and Luuk de Jong in the first half through injury – but these two players have hardly been outstanding for us over the last several games.
Mathieu Debuchy came on for Cisse and then Loic Remy came on for Luuk de Jong, to loud applause from the fans, who were extremely patient today, and know the club are in trouble right now.
We have to play Arsenal and Liverpool away in two of our last three games, and we have Cardiff City at home – so we suppose there’s a chance we could lose tall three games.
And that would be eight league defeats on the trot, but that’s looking on the negative side – and our best bet is a win against Cardiff City – who beat us at home in the FA Cup in January.
And this game ends Alan Pardew’s seven match ban – and we lost six and beat Crystal Place in those games – but since we beat Palace – they have won five games on the trot, and now are only 3 points behind us in the league table.
Every defeat before the end of the season will seemingly make it more difficult for Alan Pardew to keep his job as the Newcastle manager.
What do you think?
Comments welcome.
139 comments so far
JackButler
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:51 PM
Comment #1Pardew tells local radio that “We owe it to the fans to try and win at least one of the last 3 games”
Laurent Robert 32
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:51 PM
Comment #2Alan, you didn’t hear all the chants mocking you at the end then?
Pathetic creature.
Laurent Robert 32
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:53 PM
Comment #3Jack, our standards have been lowered to that. Abysmal.
toonbrother
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:53 PM
Comment #4pardew is beyond shameless
mag
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:53 PM
Comment #5Pardew skin like a rhinoceros.
JackButler
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:54 PM
Comment #6Laurent Robert 32
the sad fact is that I doubt that any fans think we’ll get a single point or goal from our last three games
mag
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:55 PM
Comment #75 straight defeats in the premier league.
Laurent Robert 32
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:56 PM
Comment #8The Cardiff one could go any way. Probably lose against Arsenal and there will be a record Premier League score happening on the final game. It will be beamed round the world and repeated over and over for years to come if they win the league.
Himanshu Dhingra
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:57 PM
Comment #9I thought Injuries made us better.
mag
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:57 PM
Comment #10The clown is a walking disaster.
Rotonda heights
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:58 PM
Comment #11were ben arfa, marveaux, obertan all injured too?
Someone made a good point that by Pardew saying if he had been on the touchline he would have prevented the winning goal, he has trashed carver and hard to see that relationship surviving. So fans, players and now coaches totally alienated by this delusional idiot.
pardew says we should at least try and win one of the 3 games left. Wow what a winning and motivating mentality!!
mag
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:59 PM
Comment #12Taxi for Pardew!
shearerclass09
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:59 PM
Comment #13Complete joke and manx you fpr real whith that post saying it sounds like com on army lol it even say’s black and white army at the bottom give your head a wobble lad
daztoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Comment #14JackButler
The sad fact is i struggle to even be bothered to watch a match via stream never mind attending a game anymore.
Our season was over as soon as we we got the 40 pts
JackButler
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Comment #15Cardiff are fighting for their lives while Arsenal and Liverpool will simply walk all over us
Ketsbaia9
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Comment #16Knowing Pardew, we’ll probably sell Ben Arfa, Marveaux, Anita and Cisse and replace them with Cleverley, Colback, Joe Allen and Danny Welbeck. Pardew is costing us points. If we would’ve played Marveaux today, we would’ve created chances and would’ve won the game.
ilovetoon8788
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:01 PM
Comment #17win atleast 1 of the 3..
what a great inspiration for the players. we all know the only winnable game is cardiff. so practically pardew is saying we will just turn up against arsenal and liverpool.
i really can see a cricket score for the both the matches.
mag
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:01 PM
Comment #18The club is fast becoming a national joke under the clown.
JackButler
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:02 PM
Comment #19Daz
I’m already terrified for next season as we are under serious threat of a return to the Championship but if that happens again it will be a very long time before we get back to the PL
Blackley and Brownlie
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:02 PM
Comment #20How were we unlucky Ed?
What is the point of saying every week we’ll need to work hard next week in training to put it right? Please alan, keep away from the training ground because I’m sick of that mantra.
You’ve excelled yourself this week by blaming carver. It’s easy to see what the problems are and how you can see goals coming when you’re sitting in the stands. I’ve been criticising you for not seeing it when you’re pitchside you idiot. If you were pitchside you wouldn’t have seen it coming. You nugget! Welcome to our world!
jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:02 PM
Comment #21Kets…I don’t think we can afford them mate 😉
Ketsbaia9
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:04 PM
Comment #22Thank god. Ashley would stop the moves. The only English players that I would consider signing would be Adam Johnson and Micah Richards. I still feel that Richards is the best english right back.
shearerclass09
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM
Comment #23I love this club and I.m gutted watching us been turned into a laughing stock I live in the midlands now and mostly made up of man u, liverpool chelski fans years ago work mates used to have banter with me about the toon, the sad thing is now i can tell it’s just pity even the villa fans dont take the p*ss no more that’s how dyre things have got lol
manxpie
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Comment #24shearclass that was obviously wat i knew after searching for it but if you are gonna say thats wat it sounds like after knowing wat it actually is then come on like!!
shearerclass09
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Comment #25penalty scum !!!!!
dcdick
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:08 PM
Comment #26How many more times………………………………………………………..
Pardew Out !!!
shearerclass09
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:09 PM
Comment #27Manx I know what it is because i have stood in the stands chanting it I wouldn’t have joined if I didn’t no what they was singing lol
manxpie
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:09 PM
Comment #28can i also ask why was it a lucky goal btw?
i mean it was a striker who headed it on and then scored from a return from his own player actually brilliantly so how is that lucky?
daztoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:09 PM
Comment #29JackButler
Even if the fat one opened the purse strings i`m more dreading the players Pardew has identified to bring in.
Players like Obertan and heard he has a liking for Sidwell.
Look at the difference in Routledge being coached to play the game the way it should be played.
toonarmydownsouth
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:10 PM
Comment #30Jesper
I’m sorry but there’s no excusing Mike Ashley, he owns the club and has an obligation to do right by the club and it’s customers, regardless of your moral stance on Pardew to absolve Ashley of blame is lunacy
jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:11 PM
Comment #31tads…I don’t think anyone is excusing NoNuts?
…I don’t think that is what JB is saying and it was definitely not what I was saying.
JackButler
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:12 PM
Comment #32daz
I think you could add Tomkins, Cole and Colback to that list, but he has already told us that we should be very excited by the players HE has identified 🙁
manxpie
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:13 PM
Comment #33shearclass sorry for supporting YOUR club from another country then i do apologise i will stop right now!!
yeah right!! so just because you know wat the chant was it means you can ridicule someone that doesn’t and takes wat he hears which was come on army!!?
shearerclass09
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:15 PM
Comment #34Manx I didn’t realize you wasn’t from this country I take back my comment then, Our club could do with more support nation wide can I ask where your from ?
daztoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:15 PM
Comment #35JackButler
I just can`t put the words Pardew and excited together mate!.
Toon Tang
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:16 PM
Comment #36Chelsea dont deserve to win shite the bunch of fannies
stuart no9
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:16 PM
Comment #37forget pardew , lets talk football…. the chelsea official is lucky that he got restrained from the chelsea bench , if he had got to the ref – he would have hit him . no doubt about that , that would have been his career finished
JackButler
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:17 PM
Comment #38stuart no9
Or he’d get a place on Pardew’s staff 😉
lochinvar
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:18 PM
Comment #39Mag – the walking clown is a disaster…..
daztoon
Apr 19, 2014 at 7:20 PM
Comment #40manxpie
Even with your link i can`t hear COME ON ARMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8yTz7j_gk
Its clear as day Black n White