The game on Sunday showed just how great Newcastle United can be, when the fans are right behind the team, and of course it was such an important game as we all remember what happened six years ago at Aston Villa – when shockingly we were relegated.
And it was possible, the same things could have happened again on Sunday.
Ayoze Perez – 21 year-old Newcastle striker
So impressed with the game and atmosphere on Sunday
The tension was simply massive, and there were some great TV shots of the Newcastle fans and yes – even of Mike Ashley – as we missed a lot of chances.
But then Moussa Sissoko finally scored and Jonas Gutierrez cemented a place in Newcastle history with not only a wonderful performance in his last game for the club – but also the second goal where his celebration with the crowd will be forever remembered.
Young Ayoze Perez was on the bench – and that was a big surprise – but also in such a red-hot atmosphere it’s asking a lot of the youngster – who has been simply great for us this season.
Ayoze has been interviewed and said his best moment of the season was being on the bench on Sunday to experience the terrific atmosphere at a packed out St. James’ Park, as the fans roared on Newcastle to a fantastic 2-0 win – and safety in the league.
Our first win and first clean sheet since February 28th – over 12 weeks ago.
Phew!!!!!
This is what the 21 year-old has said:
“I’m very happy with the way things have gone,” “I didn’t expect to adapt to English football so quickly, but I think I did adapt.”
“Literally, I achieved all the goals I had when I came. It was beyond my expectations, so I’m very, very happy.”
“Sunday was my favorite moment of the season.” “The best moment was undoubtedly the last game. It was very emotional, especially when we scored the two goals.”
“It felt great, and I was very emotional on a personal level. Despite the troubles we went through in the season, the fans stayed with us and supported us right through to the end.”
“They supported the team all the way, and we managed to get the energy from them to get through the season.”
Given that Perez was signed for the Development squad it’s been just a terrific season for the youngster and he has improved a lot in this his very first season.
And he also has a great imitation of a Geordie accent – what else could you ask of the 21 year-old?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjcok4puRo
🙂 🙂 🙂
We’re looking forward to seeing just how good this lad can become at Newcastle in the seasons ahead – and we need to keep him at the club
Comments welcome.
147 comments so far
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 10:40 AM
Comment #41BDG surely that should have said Kinnear: the manager who swears a lot and can’t get players names right
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM
Comment #42I’d take Carver over Di Matteo though…. At least you’d be guaranteed at least 45 minutes of good football a season. That’s more than you’d get with RDM.
Really can’t stress how negative Schalke were under him! Played 7 defensive minded players (8 if you include the keeper) in home games and played 9 defensive minded players (10 with gk) in away games.
I didn’t even know people had defensive wingers outside of Pardewland….
Pretty sure he lost the WBA job for being negative despite them being 12th too….
barkel
May 28, 2015 at 10:42 AM
Comment #43On previous:
I don’t see how anybody can be more positive, nothing has changed.
We need to get a manager/head coach sorted in the next week or so and then the overhaul on the playing squad.
I think the 2 boys coming in from Forrest will be back up so we’re going to need at least one new CB, we need cover at RB. If we’re going to play with wide men we probably need both RW & LW and another striker.
I can see us bringing in 5 players over the summer but that’ll be all even if we do let players go
Laurent Robert 32
May 28, 2015 at 10:42 AM
Comment #44You couldn’t, I see costing us games as being sitting back and not getting to play to people’s strengths. He isn’t a second fullback, he’s an attack minded forward who rarely had the correct movement or numbers going forward around him.
Play Williamson as a forward and see how he performs in a role to which he can’t play. He’s poor as it is.
I think people’s decisions on Hatem are pretty much set in stone, and that is fine, but I’m thankful of his shining light of skill in a sea of disorganised coaching and abysmal development. If we had better management ideas and he was around that, he’d have done a lot better, without question, as would most of the players.
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM
Comment #45@Lilongwe – I agree with you on Kinnear. One thing I can’t fault him for was that the players fought for every ball under him. Football wasn’t great. In fact it was pretty poor (not the worst but poor) but even players like Geremi and Owen put 100% in under him and seem motivated. Seem to remember the problem was an awful lot of draws?
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 10:45 AM
Comment #46I know I’m going back many years even before MA but the worst mistake Newcastle did was sack Sir Bobby. I feel we would be in a better place now and we would have had some sort of success under him!!
dave 1961
May 28, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Comment #47jayphoto
Sadly Carver was over heard to say I’ll be back
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Comment #48@Laurent Robert 32 – to be fair HBA had the best coaches in France at Lyon and also a very good set up at Marseille and ran into the same problems. Not a Steve Bruce fan either but hes a reputation of being a good man manager and motivator and HBA took advantage and took the proverbial there.
Talent of a god with the brain of a headless chicken. HBA will never succeed in a top league. He can’t handle the discipline.
Chances are he’ll end up in Qatar or China in a few years and be a superstar. If he ever moves to the MLS his career will be over. That league is purely built on athleticism and professionalism. Something he fails in on both counts
Nattfare
May 28, 2015 at 10:50 AM
Comment #49I know Ben Arfa has been done to death, and probably move on from by now, by I still would have played him any day over jokes for “football players” such as Gouffran, Sammy Ameobi or Obertan. That we let him go in favor of those three is unbelievable.
Lilongwe Geordie
May 28, 2015 at 10:50 AM
Comment #50Jay,
Yeah, a lot of draws with a a few wins and a few defeats. Still, 20 points from 18 games, same again would have seen us safe and then some. Based on the same form we would have finished 13th that season.
He also took a lot of pressure of the players and placed it squarely on his shoulders with some of his outbursts.
Nattfare
May 28, 2015 at 10:51 AM
Comment #51Gueaa you could throw in Cabella there too.
He shouldn’t play as a winger though, he’s too slow.
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 10:54 AM
Comment #52@ToonfromLeeds remember at the time he was sacked Sir Bob had more than half the fans on his back. Problem was the team was noticeably regressing. SBR losing his job as manager was the correct decision. How it was handled was shameful though. And the Souness appointment (and allardyce after it) was shocking. For me Allardyce set the club back the most. His signings were what sent us down, old players and players not good enough on huge money. Viduka, Smith, Cacapa, Geremi, Faye, Rozenhal should never have been anywhere near our side. Ashley was inexperienced and stupidly gave Allardyce complete backing. Chances are that’s why no manager since has been allowed to buy players and the attitudes of Big Sams players (smith aside) is what contributed to us going down eventually
Lilongwe Geordie
May 28, 2015 at 10:56 AM
Comment #53TFL,
I disagree. I think the worst thing was the way it was done, and the poor timing. It was the right time to replace him at the end of the previous season. He should have been gracefully moved upstairs and involved in selecting a successor over the summer. Not booted out the door a few games into a new season, as happened.
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Comment #54@Lilongwe – yeah thought it was a few! Remember the team having a fair bit of workrate and fight under Kinnear. The football wasn’t great but it was better than Allardyce, Pardew and Carver.
I liked Kinnears personality when he was at Wimbledon. Not so much as a nufc manager but I bet he was worth a few laughs to the rest of football….
I didn’t understand him though, the outrageous claims etc he didn’t say such lies at other jobs…wonder if he was asked to deflect criticism from the owner and just went to down with it. Strikes me as a guy that wouldn’t care if we hated him
YouCouldn'tMakeItUp
May 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM
Comment #55LR32
You’re right. Oppinions are set in stone re ben arfa.
I think he bettayed us and let us down by refusing to do any work without the ball. Even Messi does some defensive graft and tracking back.
On the other hand you wont have a word against him because he was skillful. Thats fair enough, but what i find silly is that his failure always seems to be laid fully at pardews feet, when NO OTHER coach, before of after, has managed to handle him.
If i was a manager, i would stop picking a player who cost us more points than he gained.
martoon
May 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM
Comment #56I never cease to be amazed by the arrogance of some of the posters on here who seem to think they are completely correct about Ashley, they know exactly what his plans are and anybody who thinks different is a compete idiot!
The fact is none of us know and can only base opinions on what has happened. Personally I was encouraged by Ashley’s interview (whether it was rehearsed or not). Not for anything he said but for the fact he did it at all – that indicates a change of direction to me hopefully for the better. Yes I know they have ST sales to consider but if people have not renewed yet then they will surely wait a little longer to see who the new HC is and what transfers transpire and not because of Ashley’s interview.
Laurent Robert 32
May 28, 2015 at 11:05 AM
Comment #57Jay, yes, and he also helped to contribute to some of the winning medals which he has as well as skills which the majority of players will never ever achieve. Flawed, yes, who isn’? But I’d rather him being in there than a heap of other players. Remember, Sammy Ameobi still gets a game… Again, that is just my opinion 🙂
JamesToon
May 28, 2015 at 11:05 AM
Comment #58Jeez such negativity surrounding Laudrup I’m sure you wouldn’t be complaining that much if we started playing some good football every week. Yes he hasn’t lasted long at many of his clubs, but what’s to say he doesn’t want to start fresh and enter a long term job like ours? Plus I don’t think he’s ever worked in a job like Newcastle, big club with huge stadium.
Was just thinking about this as well, people saying we need a DOF, maybe Laudrup would be able to get in touch with his Danish counterpart Frank Arnasen?
croftus5678
May 28, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Comment #59i agree with a fair few on here with reguards to laudrup !
imo he would be great for the first season and we would prob over achieve but it would all fall apart on season 2 imo.
personally i class mcclaren as a safe bet as in we wont go down but we also wont win anything apart from maybe a chance at a cup but we wouldnt be aiming at the prem imo.
i was hoping that after pards we would get a better manager who could push us into the top 6 and although i dont doubt mcclaren is better and is prob the best suited to us we can get but i cant help feeling a little disapointed.
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Comment #60Lil I can agree with that Sir Bobby should have been moved upstairs, ok I can see your point that he should’ve been replaced but SBR’s experience could have been used because he was an excellent manager in his time
Laurent Robert 32
May 28, 2015 at 11:11 AM
Comment #61You couldn’t, I haven’t said that I’ll have nothing said against him. I have said many times that he doesn’t help himself, but I also accept that as part of the player. I.e. If you want this… You must have this. Just like other players.
On Messi, I watch Barca and Real most weekends where possible, and both he and Ronaldo will dawdle about a lot of the time, but can do defensive work as well. They also play in teams which are geared to go forward and provide more enjoyment in their games, which immediately changes the state of mind of a player to a more positive and energetic one. They are having to defend far less.
Have Messi or Ronaldo playing as a fullback a lot of the time in a rabble of a team, and watch their motivation deteriorate.
I’ll be watching Nice and I hope he does well there. If not, so be it.
roblee7
May 28, 2015 at 11:11 AM
Comment #62We should get Steve Harper back, released from Hull, good backup keeper to have around or as a GK coach, let Pardew take Woodman
Slank
May 28, 2015 at 11:12 AM
Comment #63BoyDoneGood @ 37
‘… still optimistic about Garde..’
Didn’t he succumb to pressure in the French league and wanted time off (or something similar) ?
If so, doesn’t sound too good for the poisoned chalice that is the manager / head coach of Newcastle United.
And if others say that McClaren also suffers the same ailments then that doesn’t sound too good for him.
And if Laudrop, as many say, is a dubious flaky character then he doesn’t look the right candidate either.
But, no manager is perfect. All have baggage. I’m sure if you dug deep enough there would be dirt on Mourinho, Wenger, Fergie and all other successful managers.
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 11:13 AM
Comment #64It really won’t matter who the HC if we don’t change our defence. Williamson is lumbering and Coloccini is past his prime.
Slank
May 28, 2015 at 11:15 AM
Comment #65roblee7 @ 62
Would you like Harper back because he is a Geordie even though many on this blog want Geordies Carver and Stone kicked out of the club ?
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 11:18 AM
Comment #66I wouldn’t mind getting Alex Neil from Norwich, he’s done a sterling job with Norwich.
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 11:22 AM
Comment #67If we go back, I’m pretty sure Charnley said in January that any appointment would have a proven record in developing young players and improving players based on coaching. That in itself rules out both Laudrup and more importantly Carver. We’ve had almost nothing develop from the youth team in Carvers time as assistant. Maybe Dummett? Can’t count Sammy despite the appearances as the club don’t see him good enough to warrant a contract.
Similarly with Abeid, Vuckic and Campbell, all expected to do huge things based on their youth careers and did nothing. Juries out on Armstrong. Not counting Perez because he turned up with that ability and actually regressed as the season went on but possibly due to tiredness.
If anything in Carvers time coaching players have seriously regressed? Krul, less said the better. Elliott is constantly overweight and injured due to poor conditioning. Willo has got worse season for season. Coloccini and R Taylor despite being early 30’s play like 50 year olds. Season after season our best players are players in their first season. This season its been janmaat and perez!
McLaren is given credit for developing middlesboros youth, also brought derbies players on leaps and bounds aswell as discovering some young gems at Twente! He got engelaar playing well above his ability there.
Similarly Garde did the same at Lyon who are now reaping the benefits although their system was in place long before.
If Charnley is true the brief he set himself in Jan it has to be Garde or McLaren. Garde would understand the French players better and could converse in French AND English which could also help in psychologically understanding players. we have many French speaking players. Garde would also have fan backing from the very start.
Don’t hate McLaren but the fact that he’s twice turned down the job doesn’t help. Also your average football fan that only watches premier league (about 75% of fans that actually go to games) will judge him on England and Middlesboro, hes very different to the manager he was then but it means he’ll start on the back foot….
roblee7
May 28, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Comment #68Slank – I’ve just always liked Steve Harper and have enjoyed listening to him on Football Phone in. Being a geordie I know doesn’t always mean good stuff (Carver, Steven Taylor,etc ) but I hold nothing against Steve Harper and wouldn’t have a problem in the slightest if came back as a coach, top bloke and a loyal servant to NUFC
roblee7
May 28, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Comment #69I do want Carver and Stone kicked out of the club 🙂
YouCouldn'tMakeItUp
May 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Comment #70LR32
Ok fair enough.
It would be good to think he could change enough to succeed at Nice, but i would be willing to bet that he wont, i think he is too set in his ways now. I donr even think Jose could alter him, after all, he shipped out Mata for less extreme versions of the same issues 😀
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Comment #71Just a note but bookies are shortening odds on McLaren going to the mackems by the minute…. How much of a hero would he start out there based on the fact he turned us down twice once in January and once in April??
Pretty sure he coached half their team 12 years ago at Man Utd ha
Slank
May 28, 2015 at 11:26 AM
Comment #72ToonFromLeeds @ 66
Alex Neil (as far as I can tell) has never managed in the Premiership. That doesn’t mean he is no good but the Premiership is often the graveyard for rookie managers.
It’s interesting that many have gone cool on Aitor Karanka. If he had won at Wembley would many on here be clambering for his signature ? Surely one game doesn’t turn a good manager into a bad one unless of course you are Steve McClaren !
jayphoto
May 28, 2015 at 11:32 AM
Comment #73Just a thought but theres a lot of noise that NUFC have secured a loan of Sandro (guessing he’ll play wide of a front 3? so quick) and have forked out 15m of Mitrovic aswell as in late stages with Austin. But no communication from the club…. The sandro one especially is apparently signed and completed….
Really hope the club aren’t saving announcements to soften a very unpopular managerial appointment….
Slank
May 28, 2015 at 11:32 AM
Comment #74Roblee
Understood.
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Comment #75Slank, I wasn’t just going on the Playoff Final, I was talking about the whole turn around of Norwich since he took charge. He would be a risk obviously.
I do agree Karanka is another who would improve Newcastle but again he is inexperienced in the premier league.
Although McClaren is a decent championship manager I think he’d be a step backwards for both Newcastle and Sunderland
Laurent Robert 32
May 28, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Comment #76You couldn’t, Jose said the same with Hazard, but he’s been their player of the year.
Slank
May 28, 2015 at 11:35 AM
Comment #77jayphoto @ 73
Historically the club only announces a new player when everything is signed and sealed.
ToonFromLeeds
May 28, 2015 at 11:36 AM
Comment #78jayphoto I crapped my self when you said Sandro I thought u meant the QPR player not Sandro Ramirez of Barca lol
roblee7
May 28, 2015 at 11:37 AM
Comment #79jayphoto – where you hear that about Sandro? Thats a new one I think? first I’ve heard of it, not that I’m in the know or anything
MidlandsMag
May 28, 2015 at 11:37 AM
Comment #80I think it will be McLaren as DoF and Haisselbank as head coach. Got no idea why I think that mind!