Jack Colback picked up his 10th yellow card of the season in the first half on Saturday for throwing the ball away after a tackle, and he will now miss the next two games because of suspension.
Jack Colback in action on Saturday
It seems that Jack is almost as bad as Cheick Tiote for his innate ability to keep picking up yellow cards.
Our squad is already decimated by injury, loan deals and lack of reinforcements in January, and to lose players through suspension is not good.
And it seems John Carver in not too pleased with the local las and he had this to say about Colback:
“It was stupid, and I’ve told Jack that.” “I could understand it had it been for a tackle, but to throw the ball away?”
“I spoke to him as well. I said ‘we can’t afford to lose you for the two home games – be available and don’t do anything stupid’.”
“And he does something stupid. He’ll have to suffer the consequences.”
It seems from what John says that Jack will now be disciplined by the club – and that will probably mean a fine.
He will be available for the game at Everton on 14th March, and will miss the homes games against Aston Villa on Saturday and Manchester United the following Wednesday.
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51 comments so far
hibbit
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:34 AM
Comment #1repost……… lesh if any offer had been big enough he would be gone
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:37 AM
Comment #2Hmm. I actually think he’s done you a favour jc.
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:40 AM
Comment #3‘ Jack, I warned you, now you have to face the consequences. When you get back in the team, I’m not going to sub you for ten games. Not another word or it’ll be fifteen’
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:41 AM
Comment #4Btw the real weakness is not at the back. it’s in the middle. That’s where all the pressure comes from on defence.
optimistic prime
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:48 AM
Comment #5Best thing that came out of the Citeh match IMO was Colbacks ban, shame it wasn’t longer.
optimistic prime
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:50 AM
Comment #6On last thread
Funny carver wants nothing to do with transfers but out a block on Cisses transfer.
Pull the other one, another attempted PR blind side.
toon kk
Feb 24, 2015 at 9:54 AM
Comment #7The whole team should be disciplined, for total lack of effort, for a start.
bladeuser
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:01 AM
Comment #8The fans who turn up for the villa game should be disciplined, there punishment should be tickets for all the cup games for the next five years and entry to a sheep sheering competition
thejokethatisnufc
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:32 AM
Comment #9Look’s like John Carver is rimming Charnley’s crack.
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:35 AM
Comment #10A see TIGHT ARSE ASHLEY is at again with his employers:
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct paid just £82 into its staff pensions in 2014, making it the third lowest contributor in the FTSE 100.
Research by options trading firm Banc de Binary found the sports retailer paid only £82 a year into staff pensions, compared to an average of £3,000 for FTSE 100 companies.
beermonkey
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:49 AM
Comment #11Charlie
I am surprised he hasn’t stolen the pension fund
Carryingcoals
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:49 AM
Comment #12Anyone seen this stuff about Wonga halving their workforce?! . http://bdai.ly/Mj2G
Obviously never nice to see people lose their jobs but could be good for NUFC if any future deals between the two are no longer viable…
Just a thought…
mindshaft
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:51 AM
Comment #13The trouble with Carver is that he sounds like he’s constantly licking the mgmts b0llocks with his finger up their a55s
Seems like he talks to the press more than the players
stuart no9
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:56 AM
Comment #14thejokethatisnufc—@9—- what exactly do you mean ??
mindshaft
Feb 24, 2015 at 10:57 AM
Comment #15Wonga and others like it are having to review their whole business model after the FCA imposed strict new rules on payday lenders… namely
The FCA published its proposals for a payday loan price cap in July. The price cap structure and levels remain unchanged following the consultation. These are:
Initial cost cap of 0.8% per day – Lowers the cost for most borrowers. For all high-cost short-term credit loans, interest and fees must not exceed 0.8% per day of the amount borrowed.
Fixed default fees capped at £15 – Protects borrowers struggling to repay. If borrowers do not repay their loans on time, default charges must not exceed £15. Interest on unpaid balances and default charges must not exceed the initial rate.
Total cost cap of 100% – Protects borrowers from escalating debts. Borrowers must never have to pay back more in fees and interest than the amount borrowed.
From 2 January 2015, no borrower will ever pay back more than twice what they borrowed, and someone taking out a loan for 30 days and repaying on time will not pay more than £24 in fees and charges per £100 borrowed.
Will Wonga be able to continue sponsoring NUFC – highly unlikely they’ll want to and may terminate the deal early if they were wise enough to put a break clause in the contract
Trouble is that Fat Ash will probably plaster the strip with something even worse!
beermonkey
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:02 AM
Comment #16mindshaft
with all the new tv and the club not reliant on a shirt sponsor I think the next one will be sports direct
lesh
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM
Comment #17Hobbit, of course Cisse would’ve been off. When did Ashley ever give a chit!
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM
Comment #18If Wonga goes it would be a good time for B&M Bargains to sponsor the team.
Ron Knee
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM
Comment #19mindshaft
Is there anything worse?
lesh
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:08 AM
Comment #20Charlie in the Gallowgate
The reason for the very low average pension contribution is that most SD employees are on zero-hours contracts and there’s no requirement for the employer to have them in a pension scheme.
Hence it’ll only be the few full-time SD employees who’ll be in a pension scheme and merit an employer contribution.
It doesn’t alter the fact that Ashley’s a tight git!
The overrated Frenchman
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Comment #21Colback is rubbish. He’s played more square balls this season than Ray Wilkins did in his entire career. He’s popular with some because he’s a local lad and he cost nowt. Well, he’s worth nowt. Complete waste of space.
Carryingcoals
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:11 AM
Comment #22mindshaft – interesting stuff mate. Yeah thats the thing isnt it – what will Ashley do next?
I’m just sick of it all to be honest with you. The club doesn’t excite me at all. Its tarnished its links with the city and community. We hear nowt. We get nowt and worse we expect nowt!
To echo what thousands have said already, the life has been sucked out of it.
Bring on Villa next weekend eh?
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:13 AM
Comment #23Don’t want to be horrible about colback but everyone knows it’s a bad idea to put ginger biscuits in with your diggies and custard creams. You know what will happen. 😉
mecannylad
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:14 AM
Comment #24I fear – or indeed hope – that there are still more significant off field shenanigans to be played out before season end.
Four more consecutive defeats (not out of the question) sees us at The Stadium of Light. A defeat there ….. well ….. all hell will be let loose.
Carver,Stone, Watson,Woodman walk ….. to be replaced by a very temporary Venables/Shearer double act ….until Garde arrives in July.
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:14 AM
Comment #25I’m not gingerist btw. Just gingerbiscuitist.
Tsunki
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Comment #26it’s funny that the PR is pretty stunted, it’s all about battening down the hatches, damage limitation, scant information that keeps the fires quelled.
As has been mentioned. Golden opportunities to look involved with the community of nufc have been swept aside. Such as being involved with the Alder memorabilia sale, charity, even being more supportive to Jonas…. it’s patently obvious that the very idea of community involvement or fan ‘ ownership’ is absolutely not wanted.
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:32 AM
Comment #27lesh
I understand that most staff are on Zero contracts but does me heed in why millionaires/companies with loads of money treat their staff like S**T.
All they want to do is make as much MONEY for themselves and stuff everyone else
roblee7
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:39 AM
Comment #28Against Villa, I wish Carver had the balls to do this…I mean, why not after the city shambles???
Krul
Janmaat Colo Haidara
Sissoko Abeid
Perez Cabella
Riviere Cisse Ferreyra
4-2-2-3 !!!attack attack attack!!! (and I’d be tempted to throw Ryan Taylor in instead of Haidara, just for the set pieces)
roblee7
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:40 AM
Comment #29Just sick of seeing Cisse on his own up top with a max of about 2 or 3 chances per game. Even if Ferreyra’s crap, he might rise to the occasion 🙂
Klatoon
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:41 AM
Comment #30Its weirdly quiet on Rolando Aarons’ injury. He was supposed to to have started training last week and available for Man City. Could he be frozen out till he signs a new contract? Farfetched but I wouldnt put it beyond this regime.
roblee7
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:47 AM
Comment #31Ok, take chucky or Abeid out, just realised thats 12 players 😉
Jeff from Benwell
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:50 AM
Comment #32Charlie in the Gallowgate
You need to develop a more questioning attitude
Just because MP’s with their own agendas say something is bad , you don’t have to believe it.
Payday loans given to the wrong people can be a nightmare , but , to many young professionals they are a godsend.
Zero contracts equally , suit people like , students , single parents , people who generally do not wish to be tied to a normal working week.
MP’s don’t like to be characterised as expense fiddlers , lumping a sector under a general accusation is not right , they should extend the same curtesy to others
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Feb 24, 2015 at 11:58 AM
Comment #33jeff
I know that they are not all greedy/tax avoiding. But something is wrong with the system
lesh
Feb 24, 2015 at 12:25 PM
Comment #34mindshaft
Wonga’s already pulled out if its sponsorship of Blackpool.
lesh
Feb 24, 2015 at 12:29 PM
Comment #35Charlie in the Gallowgate
And Ashley is a prime example of greed at its worst.
I wonder what a shrink’d make of him and maybe identify what’s happened to him to make him such a hard-headed, heartless person.
jayphoto
Feb 24, 2015 at 12:49 PM
Comment #36If Wonga pull out what happens to the stadium naming rights?
We’re obviously going to have Sports Direct.com plastered across out shirts at some point during Ashleys ownership! Bloody shocked our away kit isn’t blue and red…
lesh
Feb 24, 2015 at 1:44 PM
Comment #37jayphoto
Blue and red strip eh?
Don’t put ideas into Ashley’s head.
As far as post-Wonga, he surely must seek a sponsor that puts real money up. But that largely depends on Ashley’s behaviour. Would a credible sponsor want to be associating with Ashley and the grief that seems to go with him? I doubt it somehow.
toon kk
Feb 24, 2015 at 1:45 PM
Comment #38Apparently pardew tweeted a couple of weeks back that MA texted him, begging him to come back to Newcastle.
killit the bulb
Feb 24, 2015 at 1:48 PM
Comment #39in the wake of Wonga probably going west(talk about Karma) hows about lightning the mood a little on here with a competition to name the next shirt sponsor of our once great club. Impressed with Tsunki at 18, B&M Good shout, Me? Ilike the sound of UNCLES the pawnbroker
roblee7
Feb 24, 2015 at 1:54 PM
Comment #40killit – id love nothing more than the brown ale sponsor back! Durex would be good too for comedy value