Matt Ritchie has scored four goals in four days for Newcastle to take his total for the season to 10 goals and that’s now half of what top goalscorer Dwight Gayle has in the league this season.
And we easily won the game this afternoon by 4-0 against bottom the league side Rotherham United.
Derby beat Reading 2-1 but Fulham could only draw 1-1 at QPR, with Huddersfield winning 2-0 at home to Ipswich in some of the other games.
Matt Ritchie after scoring his second goal today
3rd placed Leeds United are at Barnsley in the late game this afternoon.
Here’s how the top of the table looks with Newcastle back on top above Brighton.
[table “54” not found /]Here’s the updated goalscorers list at the club with Matt now on 10 goals.
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12 comments so far
lesh
Jan 21, 2017 at 5:49 PM
Comment #1Interesting facts for Ashley and Carr:
Three goals today from two players signed as over 25 year olds!
Now if Ashley’s preferred model had been the way, would we have been where we are today?
Tsunki
Jan 21, 2017 at 5:50 PM
Comment #2Can’t grumble about yedlin and Ritchie but at least two passes made goals that we wouldn’t have got without shelvey. Just saying.
booboo
Jan 21, 2017 at 5:54 PM
Comment #3darlow he is developing more and more it all started with palace at home last season penalty save from cabaye great goal keeper in the making keep it up son !!! he deserves some praise HWTL
toon kk
Jan 21, 2017 at 5:58 PM
Comment #4lesh
Good point. Ashley should take note it’s his regime that got us relegated in the first place.
AncientC
Jan 21, 2017 at 5:58 PM
Comment #5Anybody find it interesting that Hail complains every week about Newcastle fans not cheering the team on enough, if the side isn’t ahead within 30 minutes, Yet:
“Hail Wor Ashley // Aug 13, 2016 at 5:15 PM
Stop with all this it’ll come good nonsense ffs! Haven’t you learnt anything?
That’s precisely what got us into a state last season.
Urgency needed! When we stopped with the softly softly approach back end of last season, because it was now or never and reality couldn’t be ignored, we went on a little run towards the end. They rose to the challenge.
We need to challenge them and call them out. Patience has been tried to death at this club and it never works!
Get on their backs early, it’ll either make or break them. Can’t handle, ask for a move so we can get somebody that can. Though that’s another argument, because aside from Ritchie, Diame and possibly Hanley, I wouldn’t have bought any of the others. Recruitment has been poor.
It’s up to us to do it because the dressing room is sorely lacking in those no nonsense types. Lascelles would be a good vice-captain under a more experienced head. He acts the part, but the pressure is clearly getting to him now he has been formally given the leadership role.
Soothsayers – OUT!!”
That folks, is what you call a hypocrite.
JackBall
Jan 21, 2017 at 5:59 PM
Comment #6It really is always Shelvey. He allows the spacing so that the wide players can excel. Leaving him out of the voting, I think Ritchie deserves it, and not just because of his two goals. Yeldin was very good too (2 assists), but Richie seemed to be everywhere. Even played well on the left side with a few nice crosses. Can this be a prelude to Townsend on the right?
Ron Knee
Jan 21, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Comment #7“Newcasle Back On Top With Second Ritchie Brace In Four Days”
Not Newcatsle? Suspicious.
JackBall
Jan 21, 2017 at 6:01 PM
Comment #8Also, I have to stop watching and rooting for those nearest to us to loose. Leeds already up and look the better.
booboo
Jan 21, 2017 at 6:08 PM
Comment #9lesh
you dont win with yougsters ehh
when it comes to ashley it is all about value think he see the players as checks one bigger than the other….
but i dont got nothin against finding talents and we all know graham finding gems now and then . and i do think that benitez will get more out of players than previous managers. so it might work and benitez himself said he likes to develop young players we just got to balance the scales as it work best
welshgeordie9
Jan 21, 2017 at 6:09 PM
Comment #10Excellent performance from the players today.
martoon
Jan 21, 2017 at 6:10 PM
Comment #11Just back in from the match. I thought it was going to be one of those games where we struggle against lower league teams until the end of the first half. We dominated after the second goal but I have to say Rotherham we very poor and low on confidence. Most teams would have scored afters Darlows’s error but he did well to atone for his error.
My MotM would be Murphy – he lead the line well, won loads of headers and flick-ons and of course scored the first goal.
Owldman
Jan 22, 2017 at 10:45 AM
Comment #12Cant argue with Yeldin MOM but what about Perez worked his socks of Shelvey very poor first half probably why we were poor , but I think to vote Shelvey second is an injustice to Ritchie & Perez.