Ramadana-ding-dong! Demba raises the Ba at last.
Posted on September 26th, 2011 | 100 Comments |
After early indifference from some, when he was not quite up to pace due to his religious commitments, he’s slowly started to build his fitness. He started to show some of his movement, touch and hold up ability last week versus Villa and before that in a brief cameo at home against Fulham.
Like all players coming into a new club, and in this case a ‘new’ team, it was always going to require a little patience while he found his feet and got to know his new team mates and surroundings.
Well it seems he has!
What a cracking first goal for your club at home his first strike turned out to be!
His strike partner, Leon Best, taking a pass out wide that he kept hold of and cut inside. As he made his way towards the box he cracked in an early ball, with plenty of pace on it, to Ba making himself available in the middle of the area. Typical striker ball, for me just how Shearer might have in days of yore. Great work and vision by Best. Ba still had plenty to do with his back to goal, defender hanging off him, he had to take the pace off the ball, trapping it, letting the ball do the work, a swift turn and ‘Crack’, a rising shot flies into the top right of the Leazes end goal, leaving Robinson with no chance.
What a great way to open your account!
1-0
His relief was palpable in the way he dropped to his knees and kissed the holy turf. Maybe there was a nod to his other faith in there too?
He didn’t have to wait long for his second either, as less than four minutes later, with Newcastle on the rampage, a good ball was flighted, invitingly into the box that Steven Taylor rose highest to nod back across the six yard box, it deflected off of a Blackburn defender straight into the path of Demba, who’d got just in front of Leon Best to easliy cushion it past the hapless Robinson.
2-0
This was now looking easy!
Crowed by his team mates Demba was in his stride. As we got into the second half Blackburn had replied and were pushing on in the early first few minutes. But that was snuffed out.
Tiote rode a ‘tackle’ and pushed towards the corner of the Gallowgate box. He then curved a beautiful cross in, not unlike his one to Best in the previous game, that found Ba peeling off from the Blackburn defender. A looping header drifted over the flailing Robinson and as Best charged in, with defender in tow, it somehow evaded everyone and nestled into the back of the Gallowgate net.
3-0
A great hat-trick and the first for Newcastle in the Premier League from an overseas player.
Cue wild Geordie celebrations!
It was the killer blow, one you just knew Blackburn wouldn’t come back from. Demba had a smile as wide as the Tyne!
He had all of his team mates sign the ball and had a lot of family at SJP for the game from Paris, they must have been very proud of the lad. After initial punditry put down Demba is up and at ’em!
So now the race for top scorer is on, Ba and Best now both sitting on 3.
Welcome to the Toon Demba!
Howay the Lads!
Demba Ba’s hat-trick
NU3-BR1 by heybs
Poo!
Spot the deliberate mistake?
3-1, not 3-0.
& Crowded, not crowed*…Ooops!
Good work worky, ta mate!
;)