West Brom vs Newcastle United full match video, extended highlights and interviews.
March 26th, 2012 | 8 Comments |
The Grey Gaffer gushes. (more…)
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West Bromwich Albion vs Newcastle United match highlights
March 25th, 2012 | 11 Comments |
Highlights of Newcastle United’s 3-1 away victory at the Hawthorns.
A very good start against a lacklustre West Brom saw Papiss Cisse (2), and Hatem Ben Arfa both scoring in a game which looked like it could have been a rout at one stage. However, West Brom marshalled their forces in at half time and came back looking much stronger after the interval. Though they came back with a goal from half time substitute, Shane Long, it was too little, too late.
A full match report will follow, and I shall be endeavouring to post a link to a video of the full match if / when one becomes available. (more…)
Who is Adam Maher? Probing Toon’s latest target
March 20th, 2012 | 37 Comments |
One thing which is certain is that the club have been scouting him quite closely, and if they were planning a “daring raid / swoop” on the player, the fee could be probably be in the area of around £3 – 5 million for this very promising youngster, who is the youngest player to score for any Dutch club in the Europa League (apparently). The bad news is that the club may face some fairly stiff competition from several other suitors, though this is hardly surprising with excellent young players like Maher.
Despite his young age, the Dutch-Morroccan teenager has been a regular in the AZ Alkmaar first team (who are currently topping the Dutch Eredivisie). He is a product of their youth academy, having been on the club’s books since the tender age of eleven.
Another mischief making making story in the execrable Daily Fail has been reporting that Newcastle have been looking at Maher as a replacement for Cheick Tiote. Though the players are both central midfielders with Maher also playing on the right, they are both different animals with Maher being more of the attacking and playmaking variety, and he certainly isn’t goal shy (see below).
Anyway, here are his stats for AZ Alkmaar so far (from ESPN). (more…)
Cisse clips cagey Canaries! Newcastle Vs Norwich match report.
March 20th, 2012 | 15 Comments |
Last time out we were missing a few key players in defence and midfield. This time we had a better squad to pick from, but still missing a couple in the shape of Cheik Tiote and Ryan Taylor. No matter,the game kicked off and Newcastle got straight on it. Captain Coloccini misplaced an early pass out of defence that went straight to a Norwich attacker, but Yohan Cabaye was quick to mop up, spun around and lofted a sweet ball right into the path of Pipiss Cisse, whom had beaten any offside trap expertly. John Ruddy, the Norwich ‘keeper, rushed out to close him down but he still had plenty of time to trap, then try and lob it into the Leazes net. Unfortunately, he couldn’t quite get enough height on it and Ruddy duly picked it out of the air.
That spurred the team on though and it was all Newcastle for the first 10 minutes. As the clocked ticked towards the 12 minute mark, a great bit of Hatem Ben Arfa tenacity from deep in his own half, where he won the ball back from the opposition and turned it into attack. First feeding Cabaye, who returned to Ben Arfa, the ball then found it’s way to Guthrie who curved a great ball out to Jonas on the left. One touch later he whipped an excellent early ball into the Norwich area that found the marauding Cisse around the penalty spot. His deft, glancing, sidefoot shot then crashed into the top left corner of the Leazes goal. Newcastle United 1, Norwich City 0. (more…)
Newcastle United vs Norwich City match Banter!
March 18th, 2012 | 61 Comments |
Date: Sunday, 18th March 2012
Kick-Off: 4pm (Sky TV)
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffs).
Hello, good afternoon and welcpme to our “match banter” feature for this afternoon’s visit from the “Canaries” of Norwich City.
Here’s hoping for a better result than last time at their place, when we lost 4-2 in what was their highest total of goals in one game for the season so far. Grant Holt put two past us back then, with Wes Hoolahan and Steve Morison scoring the others for the Canaries in reply to our brace from Demba Ba. At least we will have home advantage this time though..
For a far more detailed look forward to the game, check out UTD111’s excellent match preview for all the team news, stats, what the managers have been saying in the run up to the game and all that sort of thing.
As usual, I will also be posting the team sheets for the game below when they become available. (more…)