Team news & match thread.

[blacky]

Sometimes Rafa just baffles me........I thought these were the types of games Rafa bought Crouch for. Tough away games in the middle of winter when playing attractive football would be difficult. Crouch should have started this game with Kuyt on the bench.....as for Zenden don't get me started........******

[desertscouser]

I feel we missed Alonso today, but we do need at least a couple more.

Not sure what's happened to Riise this season.

We definitely missed Alonso but then again he needed his rest after his performance against Everton. Hopefully he'll be ready for the Barca game.

We need a left back, a left sided midfielder, a proper goal scoring striker and may be even a **** hot right sided midfielder.

[Sir Bob]

Lets be honest here, Newcastle are crap. On top of that they've still got loads of players out injured. Their defence is appalling, yet we somehow missed so many chances that we lost a game we should have won at a canter. In a nutshell our forwards aren't good enough. all are useful but none of them are up to the highest standard. Bellamy has pace to burn but is a poor finisher. Kuyt works hard but is a limited player. He has no real pace, is not brilliant in the air & isn't a good finisher. Crouch is good on the ground but isn't strong enough phsyically. Plus he has no pace at all.

Imagine a player like Owen or Fowler at their peak in this side. They'd score a hatful. thats the quality of player we need in the summer. 2 top notch forwards.

[kurtangle01]

Lets be honest here, Newcastle are crap. On top of that they've still got loads of players out injured. Their defence is appalling, yet we somehow missed so many chances that we lost a game we should have won at a canter. In a nutshell our forwards aren't good enough. all are useful but none of them are up to the highest standard. Bellamy has pace to burn but is a poor finisher. Kuyt works hard but is a limited player. He has no real pace, is not brilliant in the air & isn't a good finisher. Crouch is good on the ground but isn't strong enough phsyically. Plus he has no pace at all.

Imagine a player like Owen or Fowler at their peak in this side. They'd score a hatful. thats the quality of player we need in the summer. 2 top notch forwards.

I imagine that sneaky **** is happy tonight.

[Sir Bob]

I imagine that sneaky **** is happy tonight.

He may or may not be happy but owen is a class apart from our current forwards.

[rushscored4]

He may or may not be happy but owen is a class apart from our current forwards.

I think you meant was...

[Sir Bob]

I think you meant was...

Well at this very moment he's not a class apart as he's injured but when he's fit again he will be a class apart from any of our forwards.

[rushscored4]

Well at this very moment he's not a class apart as he's injured but when he's fit again he will be a class apart from any of our forwards.

Owen will never get his pace back and that was the main (some would say only) difference between him and any other striker...

[Sir Bob]

Owen will never get his pace back and that was the main (some would say only) difference between him and any other striker...

Without wanting to open up the whole Owen debate again, even if he doesn't ever quite get back to the player he once was, I still believe he's a better player than any of our current forwards.

[Guest]

Without wanting to open up the whole Owen debate again, even if he doesn't ever quite get back to the player he once was, I still believe he's a better player than any of our current forwards.

Sorry mate but no. Owen is a limited player and relied on his pace when he was younger.

[Sir Bob]

Sorry mate but no. Owen is a limited player and relied on his pace when he was younger.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one mate.

[Guest]

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one mate.

[rushscored4]

Without wanting to open up the whole Owen debate again, even if he doesn't ever quite get back to the player he once was, I still believe he's a better player than any of our current forwards.

Sorry mate but no. Owen is a limited player and relied on his pace when he was younger.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one mate.

And as I'm with Fredo Sir Bob has lost the debate by the same score the Reds suffered today...

[Rowan]

Just got in from the match. couldn't see if it was a pen from where i was sitting but I was less than impressed with the reaction from Newcastle when Dyer ran off celebrating it like he had scored the winner in the cup final. Was it a stone cold pen?

[Sir Bob]

And as I'm with Fredo Sir Bob has lost the debate by the same score the Reds suffered today...

Come on lads wheres the pro owen brigade when you need them.