Newcastle - Arsenal

[chickenman]

Først av alt vil eg grautlera alle Toon fans med dagen! Dette trengte me!

Så over til det eg skulle seie!

Eg vil trekke fram nokon navn som BLØR for drakta, og da meinar eg blør for drakta.

Scott Parker;
Han blør rett og slett for drakta, det såg me bokstavlegtalt idag! Herle!

Alan Shearer;
Han er elska av fansen, og han elskar fansen! Gir som oftast alt!

Steven Taylor;
Spelte ikkje idag, men er ein spelar som blør for drakta!

Nolberto Solano;
Viss han har dagen, blør han for drakta. Elskar fansen, og Newcastle! Godt å ha deg tilbake Solano!

Shay Given;
Kva skulle me gjordt utan han? Han ofrar ALT, gi han eit bedre forsvar. Det fortenner han

Peter Ramage;
FY FAEN!!!! HAN BLØR VIRKLEG FOR DRAKTA. HEILT SJUK IDAG! BANES BESTE?

Eg vil også legge til at Ameobi og Faye gjorde ein super jobb idag, gav alt i taklingane. Boumsong var igjen i form.

Jojo, all ære til de som "blør for drakta", MEN..... etter den kampen vi så mot Arsenal i helga og noe av de vi så av enkeltspillere er det en gåte for meg hvorfor du trekker frem en som ikke spilte....

[Mack]

Shearer binder jo opp hele Arsenals forsvar ved scoringa også. Han er unik!

[Thomas Beckheim]

Ser også at sutre Wenger er å klager på Shearer og måten Newcastle spillte kampen på. Stakker mann, kan ikke være greit å ha "mannsen" hver bidige dag som Wenger har!

[chickenman]

Shearer binder jo opp hele Arsenals forsvar ved scoringa også. Han er unik!

Jepp, selv om han ikke setter ballen i nettet selv må Solana pent finne seg i å dele mye av æren for det målet med gode gamle trofaste Shearer!

[NUFranC]

Ser også at sutre Wenger er å klager på Shearer og måten Newcastle spillte kampen på. Stakker mann, kan ikke være greit å ha "mannsen" hver bidige dag som Wenger har!

Ha ha ha, fy faen så deilig at Wenger sutrer igjen over fysisk spill. Shearer sa noe om Vieira's taklinger, men ettersom han ikke lenger spilller for Barsenal, så gjelder vel ikke dette da?  :lol:

[NUFranC]

Ahhh, deilig kommentar fra kongen!


Alan Shearer has hit back at Arsene Wenger's criticism of Newcastle's tactics during Saturday's Premiership clash at St James' Park.

The Gunners were beaten 1-0 by the Toon courtesy of a late Nolberto Solano goal.

Afterwards Wenger was understandably unhappy with referee Dermot Gallagher's decision to send off Gilberto Silva early in the second half, and even more so with Newcastle's robust approach led by Shearer.

However, the former England captain was unrepentant as he revelled in a precious victory.

"You have to be physical," he said. "If you go out there and let yourself be pushed around and bullied, you won't get anywhere. You have to be physical because football is a physical game.

"I'm not aware of anyone, particularly in the midfield area or up front, who doesn't give a little bit. If you don't, you'll get pushed around and bullied. It's a big position for big boys.

"I wasn't aware that Arsene Wenger had been complaining about how physical I was. I don't mind that. I've never seen (Patrick) Vieira pulling out of challenges.

[Asbjørn]

Noen som sa at Wenger aldri sutrer på dommeren når det ikke går veien for Arsenal? Mannen er stort sett ikke gjort annet denne sesongen.

Ellers så var det fantastisk å være tilbake på SJP. Dårlig stemning i 1. omgang, men tok seg opp i 2. omgang.

[chickenman]

Jojo, all ære til de som "blør for drakta", MEN..... etter den kampen vi så mot Arsenal i helga og noe av de vi så av enkeltspillere er det en gåte for meg hvorfor du trekker frem en som ikke spilte....

Eg tenkte jo ikkje kun på denne kampen, men heile sesongen å da.

Fair enough, syns bare det ble rart når det kom i en kamp-tråd, og spesielt etter en sånn kamp da såpass mange leverte SÅ bra og da rose en som ikke spilte.. 's all.

[chickenman]

Noen som sa at Wenger aldri sutrer på dommeren når det ikke går veien for Arsenal? Mannen er stort sett ikke gjort annet denne sesongen.

Ellers så var det fantastisk å være tilbake på SJP. Dårlig stemning i 1. omgang, men tok seg opp i 2. omgang.

gni det inn (MISUNNELIG)  :wink:

[Asbjørn]

Karakterene til Newcastle-online

Shay Given - 8
 
 
Well for a change our Irish keeper didn?t have a lot to do, thanks to a misfiring Arsenal and a better defensive display. However, his incredible reflex save from Henry in the 1st half earns him his 8 alone. His distribution was better, but at times still poor. He must be relieved to have a game like this, he doesn?t get many! Please sign that contract Shay, I don?t know what we?d do without you!
 
 Peter Ramage - 9
 
 
The lad gets better by the game. It?s hard to believe that he?s only 22 and playing in an unfamiliar position when he puts in performances like this. Thierry who? Arguably the best player in the Premiership, the Frenchman never got a sniff thanks to a fantastic Ramage rampage. Some of his challenges and interceptions were vital, and brilliantly timed. Old head on young shoulders
 
 Titus Bramble - 6
 
 
Still not the Bramble we came to see during last season, but this was better. He still has me a bag of nerves whenever he?s in possession of the ball, and when he went charging into a couple of tackles I winced, but fortunately he came out of risky challenges in possession. His distribution was nothing like we came to expect last season, playing balls either straight to Arsenal or straight into touch. Titus looks likely to be dropped when Taylor returns in light of his partner?s better performances.
 
 Jean-Alain Boumsong - 9
 
 
This was the type of performance we got from Boumsong at the back end of last season, when he actually looked like the French international central-defender that he is. As has been a theme of the previous Newcastle vs Arsenal fixtures he?s played in, he kept Henry very quiet indeed. He looked composed and in control, won a share of headers, and showed some nifty footwork before Gilberto?s dismissal.
 
 Robbie Elliott - 6
 
 
A fully committed display from the Geordie Elliott, never shirking a challenge when he was required to make one. His distribution however was abysmal and needs to be sorted out if he is to continue filling in for Babayaro, giving the ball away countless times and looking long whenever on the ball, needlesly handing over possession to Arsenal..
 
 Nobby Solano - 7
 
 
Still nothing like the Nobby we had 2 years ago. He didn?t show any willingness to get down the right hand side and attack, despite there often being oceans of space there. He did get stuck in and keep the pressure on Arsenal though. His involvement in the goal was two-fold, firstly the clever ball to Shearer, and then the beautiful finish with the outside of his right boot. A nice Birthday present for him turning 31 on Monday.
 
 Scott Parker - 10
 
 
Yes, ten out of ten. Scott Parker gave one of the finest performances I have ever seen from anyone in our famous black and white shirt. Having been shown up by Faye last week he decided he needed to show exactly who was boss, even topping his opening day showing at Highbury. He fought tooth and nail for every single ball, won vital challenges, blocked anything and everything and played the ball around very well. He can also count himself unlucky not to get on the scoresheet after a long range effort went just over, and fell foul of a deliberate attack by Lehmann which ensured damage to his mouth and concussed him. Amazingly he played on but was finally done for when Toure sat on his head soon after. If he hadn?t been about 3% conscious I reckon he would still have played on to the end. The guy just gets better and the price we paid for him, originally looking a little high, now looks a real bargain. My Man of the Match, and surely the England manager cannot continue to ignore him on this form.
 
 Amdy Faye - 8
 
 
I think we must have replaced Amady Faye with Andy Henry, such has been the improvement in his performances of late. One feared he would struggle to follow on from a man of the match display against Villa, yet he proved it was no fluke with another assured and battling display. His partnership with Parker is working nicely, and they complement each other well. He also won some aerial challenges and his passing was good. Keep up the good work Amady.
 
 Shola Ameobi - 7
 
 
Shola toiled away in the unfamiliar left-wing role for the 2nd week in a row, working Kolo Toure extremely hard and turning in a few Shola party pieces on the way. He was less lazy than usual, and helped out defensively aswell, which proved vital to our victory. He is showing that he is an option in this role when others are unavailable.
 
 Michael Owen - 7
 
 
A welcome return from injury for our record signing, despite him failing to get on the scoresheet. The difference he made was clearly noticeable, as his pace and movement meant we were miles better going forward than at Chelsea, Everton and Wigan, and against Villa. His fitness was impressive, and he appeared fine even until the final moments when he was replaced. Had he been a little sharper late on when he controlled a ball over the top he may have made the game somewhat safer than it was.
 
 Alan Shearer - 9
 
 
A true captain?s performance, and one which we really needed in a game like this. Shearer knows the game better than anyone, and he?ll know that the way to beat Arsenal was to wind them up and rattle them, and he did his fair share of that with sly digs at Lehmann and Lauren, and a nasty challenge on Campbell for which he was lucky to escape sanction. He gave Campbell and Senderos a torrid time at the back, really roughing them up, and it was his classic Shearer hold-up play and quality ball to Solano which made our goal. We?ll miss him on days like this when he?s gone.
 
Subs
 
Lee Bowyer (74 mins, for Parker) ? 6 ? Far, far better than he has been of late. He was in the action right from the get go, won plenty of aerial challenges and was fully committed from the moment he stepped on the field.

Michael Chopra (90 mins, for Owen) ? Did nothing to rate.  
The Boss Man  
 Graeme Souness - 8
 
 
Souness has had his critics, myself being one of the main ones, but to be fair to him he got it spot on against Arsenal. The line-up was probably the best available, with Ameobi a good option on the left side for this game in place of the strangely absent Luque. In the 1st half we seemed to take a back seat and let the visitors do all the pressing, but for all of that they only had an Henry effort brilliantly saved to show. We then came out for the 2nd half and got at them in a style similar to Bolton the previous Saturday, with Shearer and Parker being the chief combatants, and boy did it work. After the sending off of Gilberto, Arsenal seemed to lose a bit of discipline, and the supposed ?roughhouse? tactics had worked a treat when Solano buried a peach of a shot 9 minutes from time. Souness has beaten Arsenal before, as manager of Blackburn, and he certainly knew what we had to do to beat them again. Well done.
 
Magpies
 
 Toon Fans - 7
 
In the 1st half the atmosphere was pretty similar to last weekend against Villa, tense and quiet. However, once we got stuck into them in the 2nd half, the crowd were lifted, and the sending off of Gilberto definitely helped, as did a few wrong decisions made by Dermot Gallagher, as well as some pantomime antics from Arsenal and Lehmann inparticular. Scott Parker got a well deserved ovation when he was finally knocked out of the game, and when Solano buried his 1st goal at St James since April 2003, the roof was lifted off the place, and the atmosphere continued until the end, with loud cheers greeting the final whistle, nice to hear for a change.
 
Referee
 
 Dermot Gallagher - 6
 
Dermot Gallagher was the perfect referee for this fixture. I say this because he is one of the most lenient referees on the Select Group, and he was never going to take a really hard line on our ?roughhouse? antics. Had Mike Riley been in charge, I fear there would have been a couple of penalties to Arsenal, yellow cards in double figures and probably 2 or 3 sent off (Riley himself had 9 yellow cards and a penalty on Saturday at Blackburn vs West Ham). Thus I was amazed when Dermot sent Gilberto off. Both challenges were yellow card offences, thus he couldn?t really have any complaints. However, if Gilberto watched the rest of the game he would be aggrieved at some of the things which did go unpunished, such as a couple of challenges by Shearer, particularly the foul on Campbell which amazingly drew no card. However, overall I felt Dermot did miss quite a few offences, particularly by the away side and, while we do like to see games which are a bit more physical I think he let too much go. Nonetheless he was correct to wave away Arsenal?s penalty appeals when Bramble accidentally handled, and I?d happily rather have him referee one of our games than the likes of Riley and Bennett. It will be a shame when he hangs up the whistle in May.
 
The Opposition
 
 Arsenal
 
Lehmann ? 6 ? Brilliant pantomime act. Disgraceful assault on Parker. Handling excellent.

Toure ? 6 ? Didn?t look massively comfortable playing at right-back against Ameobi.

Senderos ? 7 ? Did OK.

Campbell ? 7 ? Was up to the challenge of the physical battle against Shearer.

Lauren ? 7 ? Not tested enough due to Solano?s insistence on drifting inside.

Ljungberg ? 6 ? Had an unusually quiet evening.

Fabregas ? 5 ? Disappointing.

Gilberto ? 4 ? Had a poor game, and was sent off.

Hleb ? 8 ? Arsenal?s best bet, considering how unfit he was, looks to have been a good signing.

Van Persie ? 5 ? Taxi required for the Dutchman after his air-shot compounded a miserable evening.

Henry ? 6 ? One brilliant effort somehow stopped, another lazy air-shot at the far post, and classy touches but got frustrated when things stopped going his way. Well marshalled by Boumsong.

[Torjus]

Noen som sa at Wenger aldri sutrer på dommeren når det ikke går veien for Arsenal? Mannen er stort sett ikke gjort annet denne sesongen.

Jeg var en av de ihvertfall... :oops:  :oops:

[DanMan]

Herlig å se at flere og flere støtter Ramage!   Han blir rett og slett en gullklump av en spiller, og jeg mener fortsatt at vi overhodet ikke trenger en midtstopper til, med Taylor, Boum og Ramage, samt en Bramble som igjen ser bedre og bedre ut. I tillegg backup-Moore, og flere unggutter på vei.

Vil også gi min tribute til Parker, en herlig spiller! Var ikke det minste flau av å være den eneste på puben som ga mannen en stående ovasjon når han omsider fikk nok (annet enn flau på de andres vegne, såklart).

I tillegg ekstremt gledelig å se Faye spille sin beste fotball i svart-hvitt. Dersom det fortsetter er det veldig vktig å beholde han, som backup. Man kan si mye om Faye, men noe tullball med han utenfor banen, det er det ikke!  

[Ã…smund]

Syns vi trenger et par man til der bak. Kanskje to backer hadde våre det rette.
Har aldri helt hatt sansen for hverken Carr eller Baba. MEn venstre siden er den viktigste, og der må vi ha en ny!

[chickenman]

Herlig å se at flere og flere støtter Ramage!   Han blir rett og slett en gullklump av en spiller, og jeg mener fortsatt at vi overhodet ikke trenger en midtstopper til, med Taylor, Boum og Ramage, samt en Bramble som igjen ser bedre og bedre ut. I tillegg backup-Moore, og flere unggutter på vei.

Vil også gi min tribute til Parker, en herlig spiller! Var ikke det minste flau av å være den eneste på puben som ga mannen en stående ovasjon når han omsider fikk nok (annet enn flau på de andres vegne, såklart).

I tillegg ekstremt gledelig å se Faye spille sin beste fotball i svart-hvitt. Dersom det fortsetter er det veldig vktig å beholde han, som backup. Man kan si mye om Faye, men noe tullball med han utenfor banen, det er det ikke!  

Ramage har jeg egentlig vert begeistret for siden han kom inn på laget, siden Sunderland kampen? Syns stort sett han klarer seg bra og det går rette veien med ham. At han er så allsidig er også bra. Fortsetter han på denne måten kan ingen i forsvaret føle seg trygge på "fast plass". Men More? Trodde han var brukbar men hva feiler det mannen? Hører ikke noe om han, kommer han noen gang til å spille for oss? Trodde kanskje han var bedre enn både Bramble og Taylor (da begge kan vere litt varierende i formen) ettersom han har spilt Bundesliga. Den tyske ligaen er vel "hard nok". Vil tro at forsvarere fra Bundesliga egner seg bedre i PL enn for eksempel de som har spilt Spansk Primera eller Serie-A....

[Nordin]

Jeg synes Ramage var på grensen til katastrofal de første kampene i Newcastle-trøya, og jeg kunne overhodet ikke forstå skryten han fikk. I de siste kampene har han dog vist hva han er god for. Hvis han fortsetter slik han gjorde mot Arsenal så er det ikke lenge til han har fast plass når alle er skadefri.