Guthrie - Showed glimpses of real quality today on the ball at Manchester City

A spirited defeat at the Etihad Stadium is the only thing you can call it. Two penalties and an individual mistake from Ryan Taylor presented Manchester City with three opportunities that they gladly took, and despite a late goal from Dan Gosling – Newcastle United recorded just their first defeat of the season. A team without Cheik Tioté, Leon Best, and Sylvain Marveaux, who would have all been [Read more →]

Ireland - Has raw talent but can he regain old form at St. James' Park?

There are emerging reports that Alan Pardew may well be interested in bringing Stephen Ireland back to St.James’ Park on a permanent basis this summer. The Irishman, who had an injury plagued loan spell with Newcastle never really got going and played a mere 2 times for the club: both as substitute appearances. I think we all remember what a player this guy was only a couple of years ago; [Read more →]

Ireland - Can be a quality player under Alan Pardew at Newcastle United

It wasn’t that long ago when the we all watched Stephen Ireland become Manchester City’s Player Of The Season – less than two years ago in fact. The Cork-born midfielder excelled under Mark Hughes whilst Manchester City manager but since then the big spending Italian Roberto Mancini took the reigns and made it clear very quickly that he didn’t see a future for Ireland. After [Read more →]

Pardew - Looking to bring in a couple of new faces if he can get them

That sick feeling of Sunderland’s 93rd minute equaliser still lingers somewhat as I write this article, but it could have been worse; it could have been a 93rd winner for them, and our best striker could have handed in a transfer request the day after the game – Imagine that!
However, we proved yet again yesterday that we are better than Sunderland on the pitch, and were so unlucky not to have done the double over [Read more →]