Ashley – Introduced a ruthlessness to the transfer market for the first time

When Adam le Fondre smashed home his second goal of the game at a bitter St.James’ Park, a cold, hard realisation reverberated all the way from the Milburn Stand to the desks of Newcastle United’s hierarchy. NUFC were sinking, and well and truly mired in a relegation battle for the second time in four years. Something needed to be done about it, the same mistakes made in 2009 could not be repeated in 2013. Newcastle United needed new players, and by the quantity or else, Pardew and his questionable tactics could find the northeast outfit dumped into the nPower Championship, and miss out on that lucrative pot of gold that is [Read more →]

Pardew – Facing arguably the biggest challenge of his managerial career

When Newcastle United began the 2012/13 Premier League campaign, the world ‘relegation’ would not have existed in the same sentence. As we near the half way mark of January 2013, every single tabloid, broadsheet and blog is talking about the real possibility of Newcastle United finding themselves in the bottom three of the Premier League come May. With Demba Ba – NUFC’s leading goalscorer – departing for Chelsea, and the well documented unhappiness of captain Fabricio Coloccini all coming to the fore at the start of the New Year, Alan Pardew has [Read more →]

Anita – Likely to miss Everton encounter after suffering severe ankle bruising

First and foremost, a very Happy New Year to all of you, let’s hope it proves a fruitful one.
A pretty ridiculous Christmas period has come to an end, and the cold hard truth is that Newcastle United need to start 2013 with a handful of wins to guarantee a respectable Premier League finish. Our trip to Manchester reminded me of something in 2002, when NUFC were in touching distance of Manchester United and an actual threat to Alex Ferguson’s side. The game had everything, and goals aplenty. Needless to say, United scraped a win in the dying seconds courtesy of the poaching Mexican, Hernandez. Even though we lost the game in the dying moments, it was a sterling effort from the lads. On another day, we would have won that game – Sylvain & Sammy’s efforts both hitting the woodwork at [Read more →]

Marveaux – About to hit form that convinced Graham Carr /Pardew to sign him

With the talk of Marseille’s Loïc Rémy joining Newcastle United in a £10m deal, it is also suggested that one of our French squad members will also sides as part of the agreement. It is rumoured that Sylvain Marveaux maybe the man leaving Tyneside, and I don’t think I’m the only one that would be extremely disappointed by his departure. Marveaux arrived on a free transfer from Rennes over a year ago and has slowly but surely established himself at NUFC. Most of his starts however, have come in the Europa League and the general consensus is that he [Read more →]