Bouncebackability.
Posted on October 13th, 2010 | 212 Comments |
Some say that Iain Dowie made it up on the spot whilst covering a match on Soccer Saturday whilst other, perhaps more enlightened, folk claim that is was first used in ‘The Statistician’ back in 1998.
Anyway, I digress. However the word was created, whether that be from our furrowed browed former assistant manager or from anyone else, the meaning of the word will need to be applied this weekend.
Another home game, another winnable home game, and another opportunity to put some points on the board presents itself on Saturday afternoon, and this is an opportunity that Newcastle can ill afford to pass over.
It will have been two weeks since that sickenening defeat at the hands of Manchester City. The 2-1 defeat was a real kick in the teeth for us fans given the fact that we deserved much more out of the game than we actually got.
The only way to push those memories to the back of peoples minds is to win on Saturday, but that won’t be easy. Wigan have earned a label as relegation favourites for some reason, but if you take those first two games out of the season then you will see that they haven’t done too bad, particularly away from home.
Newcastle cannot take anything for granted and will have to earn the win. There are no easy games in the Premier League, and Wigan play a brand of football that is a far cry from the cloggers who have grabbed the headlines over the last few weeks.
Perhaps that could play into our hands, much like it did last season. Teams that play football were roundly dispatched form St James’ Park with their tail between their legs last season. Cardiff, Swansea and Blackpool spring to mind.
This is a level up now, and Blackpool have already shown us that things can change dramatically.
3-0 to the Geordie boys!