NUFC vs. Portsmouth 10/1 [R] Pre/During/Post

[tigerdave]

Looks like Dyer may be back, but Emre and Nobby are question-marks. No matter, really. Portsmouth are in poor form and there's all kinds of manager-chairman, manager-players, manager-fans problems going on. This is probably one of the safer picks, if you're a betting man.

2-0 to the Toon, and the ascent will continue.

[Zaphkiel]

ahhaha...I remember that tool Max Bretos picked them to be 6th.

[Dirt McGirt]

No Robert because of his loan deal and no Lua Lua because he hurt himself(and he sucks) in a team building exercise. :p

No TV either in US?? :mad:

[ToonRudie]

Last I saw it would be on FSC at 5:00pm EST.

[Dirt McGirt]

Last I saw it would be on FSC at 5:00pm EST.
2pm PST :)

It's about time.

[colinh9]

1-0 to the toon. :D Should be another 3 points, but we can't go in there cocky. We haven't proven much yet.

[BayernWake]

No Robert because of his loan deal and no Lua Lua because he hurt himself(and he sucks) in a team building exercise. :p

No TV either in US?? :mad:

Where is Robert now then?

[Toon³]

Where is Robert now then?

Pompy but he's not allowed to play against us.

[BayernWake]

Pompy but he's not allowed to play against us.

Ah, I see.

[tigerdave]

I never did get the official label of his move to Portsmouth. Is it a loan? Or a transfer with a built-in 'no playing us' clause, or what?

[Toon³]

I never did get the official label of his move to Portsmouth. Is it a loan? Or a transfer with a built-in 'no playing us' clause, or what?

I don't think anyone knows.

[ottoman]

NUFC will win it will be a shutout, dont know how many we will score but I am pretty sure that Dyer will have to leave the game with some sort of injury. By the way the fact that Robert is contractually precluded from playing this weekend reminded me to ask was it ever established whether Pompey bought or borrowed Robert?

[tigerdave]

NUFC will win it will be a shutout, dont know how many we will score but I am pretty sure that Dyer will have to leave the game with some sort of injury. By the way the fact that Robert is contractually precluded from playing this weekend reminded me to ask was it ever established whether Pompey bought or borrowed Robert?

See above. Looks like Hoffa's whereabouts will be discovered before we figure out wtf is going on there.

[ottoman]

See above. Looks like Hoffa's whereabouts will be discovered before we figure out wtf is going on there.

thanks - either my reading comprehension or memory or both leaves a lot to be desired

[Dirt McGirt]

NUFC will win it will be a shutout, dont know how many we will score but I am pretty sure that Dyer will have to leave the game with some sort of injury. By the way the fact that Robert is contractually precluded from playing this weekend reminded me to ask was it ever established whether Pompey bought or borrowed Robert?Robert is on a loan deal, if you remember Souness was still able to fine him when he started runnin' off at the mouth early this season.

I hope this is the first match this season that we can play a complete ninety minutes and control the match from start to finish. The boys need to feel the confidence of putting away an inferior team either at home or on the road.

In the last couple years we would draw these types of games away, but now with the addition of Parker and Owen we have an edge from players that actually know how to put away weaker opponents.

I feel like this season might be the start of a new era for the Toon.

[tino11]

Jesus, not only did Lua lua make a tit of himself in the Pompey team building exercise, he now has Malaria!!

Bet you don't see that too often on the injury list :eek:

[colinh9]

Jesus, not only did Lua lua make a tit of himself in the Pompey team building exercise, he now has Malaria!!

Bet you don't see that too often on the injury list :eek:

Yeah unbelievable. Wish him all the best.

[tigerdave]

Newcastle-online.com offers a pretty in-depth bit on the referee for the encounter against Pompey this weekend. Entertaining read, if nothing else.



On Saturday Newcastle travel to Fratton Park for a meeting with some old friends, namely Griffin, O’Brien, LuaLua and Robert (who can’t play of course). But there is another old friend who we will be catching up with. A man from Orpington who has caused United fans plenty of grief in the recent past. Stephen Bennett.

Bennett’s 1st United game went without controversy, a 2-1 defeat at Birmingham in the League Cup, although clearly he was only saving it up for his 2nd meeting with us.

The day after New Year 2001, Bennett left a massive mark on a game at White Hart Lane. Newcastle took an early lead, but Spurs were level when a very dubious penalty was awarded after Speed was adjudged to have fouled Anderton, who levelled from the spot.

Two minutes later, the ball was fired at Solano, who was sent off for deliberate handball, and this time Harper saved Anderton’s penalty. With Spurs going 3-1 up, Newcastle hit back just after the break by winning a penalty of their own, this time Neil Sullivan being sent off for Spurs.

Dyer dispatched the penalty before foolishly getting himself sent off for foul and abusive language 10 minutes into the 2nd half. With us now down to 9 men, Spurs confirmed a 4-2 victory late on.

Bennett’s next Newcastle game was a rather happier affair, the 4-3 victory over Manchester United in Sir Bobby’s 100th game in charge, even dismissing Roy Keane in the closing minutes for 1st throwing the ball at, then trying to stick the nut on Big Al.

He was next on Tyneside just after Christmas of that year to preside over Chelsea’s 2-1 win, although he did nothing particularly irritating.

2002/03, and a season of no real problems! Bennett taking charge of our 2-0 win at Birmingham, a 1-0 win at Villa, a 2-1 win against Spurs at St. James's without any problems.

His final Newcastle game of that season was definitely his toughest, the Wear-Tyne derby at the Stadium of Light. His performance was strong though. He awarded us a penalty (correctly) for a foul on Bellamy, disallowed goals for either side, and could easily have dismissed Viana but decided on a very stern public bollocking rather than a 2nd yellow.

After taking charge of 4 wins out of 4, Bennett was starting to become acceptable to United fans. For our one and only Premiership trip to Molineux in November 2003, he did nothing to annoy us, except fail to award us what seemed a clear penalty for a foul by ex-Mackem Jody Craddock, and we were held to a 1-1 draw as a result.

He was with us again a month later, making the incredibly short trip to Charlton, but had nothing to do.

Into 2004/05, and Bennett was given the task of doing our opening day TV clash with Middlesbrough. Bennett denied a penalty appeal for Middlesbrough when a Newcastle defender handled early on, but gave us a penalty of our own when Ameobi was fouled in the final 10 minutes. However, maybe he had been infected by the conjunctivitis which was affecting the Toon squad, for he failed to spot a handball by Hasselbaink, who levelled by punching the ball into the net in the final seconds.

He then came north for the Carling Cup tie with Chelsea, and gave Joe Cole an incredible amount of leeway in the Londoners’ 2-0 win. His next trip north was just after Christmas, for the visit of Arsenal. It was a very feisty match, but Bennett lost control of it. Failed to award Newcastle a penalty when Ashley Cole clearly handled the ball (seems to make a habit of missing handballs). He then gave the Arsenal players plenty of warnings when making very rash challenges, but his card was out rather quicker for Steven Taylor.

His final Newcastle game of the season was an unremarkable 0-1 defeat at White Hart Lane, where he had no chance to annoy us further.

We of course began the 2005/06 season at Highbury against Arsenal, where we saw perhaps Bennett’s most controversial showing to date. The red card for Jenas’ challenge on Gilberto was the major talking point, and whilst correct in law, a red card was incredibly harsh, and Bennett himself downgraded it the very next day, writing to Newcastle to apologise.

He did not apologise for his award of a late penalty, after Charles N’Zogbia challenged Freddie Ljungberg which, on 1st viewing, looked a penalty to me, although it did look rather more debatable upon seeing replays.

His overall performance was nowhere near as bad as was reported. Steve Bennett on his day is a brilliant referee. On Tuesday night he was in Barcelona refereeing their Champions League game against Udinese.

Newcastle, unfortunately, often catch him on a bad day. Let’s hope Saturday is not one of those.

Steve Bennett Statistics

United Games – 15
Cautions – United 18, Opposition 31
Dismissals – United 3, Opposition 2
Penalties – United 3, Opposition 3
Results – United 5 Wins, Opposition 7 Wins, 4 Draws

[roxbury]

:eek: Yeah I do remember ''Stephen Bennett'' ..

Arsenal versus NUFC.


-> http://x1.putfile.com/8/22612341997.gif

<-Ljungbergs silly tackle on Emre was nasty ..

Emre was lucky not to have been seriously injured.

Emre didn't even have the ball, and he just ran past and basically swung a kick at the back of his leg..

refere did not show any card :eek: ..

[metabelian]

3-1 or 2-0 to the Toon.