Teams: NUFC:Given, Harper, Babayaro, Elliott, Carr, Ramage, Bramble, Boumsong, Moore, Faye, Clark, Solano, N'Zogbia, Shearer, Chopra, Ameobi (tbc) Luque. As well as the already-sidelined Taylor, Owen and Parker, Emre reported a groin strain in training on Friday. And Saturday brought more injury problems for Glenn Roeder, with Ameobi and Bowyer departing in the first half - the former for a trip to the dentists, the latter with a pulled hamstring. SMBFC: we neither know, nor care. Ref:Chris Foy - the Scouser's only Toon game this season saw him preside over the Manchester City away defeat that proved to be the final nail in the Souness coffin. TV: Bugger all, for some unknown reason. ------------------- We leave the home of the great and the good to travel to the Great Unwashed for a 'relegation party special' on Easter Monday and I canna bloody wait. We haven't tanked the mackems in a long time and I think this could be the day. They've had their good performance of the season on friday so it's time for normal service. Expect to see this a couple of times
This is quite simply the biggest game of the season for me. Bugger Uefa Cup qualification. If we only win one more game I would be happy if it meant doing the double over the mackems. I have got a ticket for this one, but the free buses the club put up were all full. This means I'm having to make my own way there and back. Well everyone, it was nice knowing you!
1-0 Toon, Shearer with a wonderstrike. Sun-lund will be playing for pride and against their hated rivals. They'd be like a wounded tiger, I wouldn't put them down yet.
listening on the radio...maybe the most unbelievable turn of events i have ever heard - in any sport 1-0 down, no life 1-3 up, incredible radio calls - chopra's 1st touch equals a goal, the annoucers are still explaining the goal, and they annouce a penalty for newcastle! insane same ole sunderland, always sucking
Shearer just got subbed for an injury according to the gamecast...what's the word from the broadcast?
shearer took a knock on the knee...serious enough that he couldnt continue, but didn't sound like anything more than that
Zoggy is going to be a phenom! My saying is, he's our ticket to a $50 million transfer fee from Chelsea........is this the night that Chopra finally steps up to the plate? He played fantastic saturday as well!
Great for Luque. If anyone needed a Goal, it was him. With the scoreline of this one and the Wigan game, it appears NUFC maybe able to start playing some attractive soccer again. I was completely against Roeder as a fulltime manager up until that game. I think him working under a director of football would be marvelous. The backline has looked tons more organized in recent games and we are playing the ball on the ground again.
What a way to send the Mackems down.........I hope their filthy supporters never fully recover from this.
FULL TIME! plus, thanks the Boro for beating West Ham... as it stands 7. NEWCASTLE 51pts, +1 (when's the last time the GD was above 0?) 8. west ham 49, -4 9. bolton 48, 5 (2 games in hand) 10. wigan 48, -4 and don't look now, but 6th place blackburn is just 3 points away that @^%@$ 0-1 defeat to blackburn in january
couple other thoughts... Sunderland now have Arsenal standing between them becoming the 2nd team ever in English football to go a season without a league home win...that's any division mind you Also, after winning ZERO games after trailing 0-1 under Souness, they have now done it twice in 3 days
It's getting tight.........how amazing an effort to land a UEFA Cup spot! If that happens, does Roeder get the full time job?
Fantastic on both thoughts......dirty mackems. Hopefully this is the beginning of a long spiral that will see them hit the conference soon.