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Shay will Given Up his loyalty for glory? I don’t think so

Jan 2nd, 2009 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

After 11 and half years as Newcastle United number one, the press are buzzing up about his retirements from the Black-and-White’s Army. Nothing is certain, but to tell he’s going to leave at this (what the paper say) “the very lowest point” on his career is something not very wise for his record.

Although the news are saying Given’s lawyer Michael Kennedy has took the unusual step of issuing a statement on his clients behalf, Joe…



Happy New Year news from Newcastle United

Jan 1st, 2009 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

Joe Kinnear has been forced to accept a New Year’s ‘Special Gift’, don’t have enough fit players on his Newcastle squad that makes him cancel-out Toon normal training on the first days of 2009.

After Sunday’s 5-1 Barclays Premier League defeat by Liverpool, the club’s injury list has reached double figures and Joe admits that it’s been more or less a case of cancelling training and wrapping all of his players, and see if he can…



Newcastle performance and result against Liverpool was as bad as it gets

Dec 28th, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

I guess whatever we say, we should not devalue Liverpool’s performance, which was as good as ours was abject. The difference between the two teams was an absolute chasm, and horribly demonstrated just how far we have fallen while the ‘dippers have steadily progressed.

To be perfectly honest, so utterly appaling was our defensive performance (and that includes the midfield) it could quite easily have been double figures. That it wasn’t was largely down to Shay…



Maybe they should not have come or leave the Toon in first place

Dec 24th, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

Who are they? For me, one of them has been proved very usefull and has set his heart to build very well relationships with the Toon Army, while the other one is struggling to prove what he can do and set a reasonable ambition of his own.

I have read from the Journal today about our best player on the Spurs game last Sunday, Charles N’Zogbia has expressed (again) his desires to leave Newcastle United for…



Another really vital and hard-earned victory for Newcastle

Dec 22nd, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

A tight game that developed into a midfield slugfest, with neither keeper having a whole lot to do. Without ever reaching the heights as a football spectacle, it was actually an absorbing contest. Of course, the fact we nicked it at the death now makes it seem a lot more memorable than it probably was!

We never established control in midfield, and had to work our gonads off to keep a foothold in the game. Credit…



A much better Newcastle team wins over Spurs team

Dec 21st, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

If the result from our last meeting with them on the Carling Cup was to compare with today’s result, I can tell you that today we are the much-much better team against a (slightly) better Spurs team.

Although we aren’t the better team on fist-half against the team that according to history was the team that would find it hard to win at our own land, but the Lads showed great determination to win the sixth…



Portsmouth 0 - Newcastle United 3, hmmm…well?

Dec 14th, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

I thought Pompey edged the 1st half, while we comfortably won the 2nd. Pompey made an @rse of their chances, while we took ours well and could easily have had a couple more.

Despite making better use of our chances we still conceded possession too easily in that 1st half, when I thought we struggled in midfield.
However, we stuck at it, and getting the 1st goal changed the game in much the same way it did…



Abdoulaye Faye returns bringing on a heartbreak for the Toon Army

Dec 6th, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

How many times we ever witnesses a Toon manager being sent-off in Newcastle United competitive fixtures? Not too often I’m sure and JFK who has been sending off by Mike Riley might be the first in our Premierships years.

But one thing that’s for sure is we are too often to dropped points after doing good. This is some kind of a curse that I don’t really understand until now. We are too easily given out…



A Worthy point underneath the Smogs curtain

Nov 30th, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

This is from a less than impressive web stream but despite the lack of picture quality, even through the thick Smog I could see some real quality from men in black and white today. Hats off to the back four, especially Bassong.

Our defence were superb. Despite Middlesborough’s possession in the last 3rd/ crosses into our box we limited them to very few chances thanks to the back 4. Enrique was the only exception in that…



The American businessmen were not going to be our saviour, then who will???

Nov 12th, 2008 | Source: Magpies Zone | Category: Latest Newcastle blogs

It looks like we will be more longer seeing Mike Ashley running this club without any signs of new potential take over to appears in the short of time. None of any rich sheikh from Dubai or any wealthy American cowboys committed to buy our club.

News from the L.A. Times reporting that Philip Anschutz has no interest in buying Newcastle United or any other English Premier League club.
Phil eventually did and emphatically denied any reports…