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Barclays Premiership - Match 9 |
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Season 2007-2008 |
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NEWCASTLE UNITED |
3 v 1 |
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR |
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Obafemi Martins 45
Cacapa 51
James Milner 73 |
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Robbie Keane 57 |
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Date: |
Monday 22nd October 2007 |
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Venue: |
St James' Park |
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Kick Off: |
8:00pm (BST) |
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Australian
Live TV:
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Foxsports 1 |
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Attendance: |
51,411 |
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Referee: |
Steve Bennett (Orpington,
Kent) |
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Newcastle:
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Given, Beye, Faye, Cacapa,
Jose Enrique, Geremi, Butt, Emre (Barton 71), N'Zogbia (Milner 46),
Martins, Owen (Rozehnal 79).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Ameobi
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Booked:
Beye, Butt |
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Spurs: Cerny,
Chimbonda, Dawson, Kaboul, Lee, Malbranque (Berbatov 58), Jenas, Zokora,
Bale (Tainio 19), Keane, Bent (Lennon 78).
Subs Not Used: Forecast, Gardner
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Booked:
Bale, Chimbonda |
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Post
Match Comments:
Newcastle manager Big Sam said:
"We scored three great goals, we
outplayed Tottenham, we went out there and did what we wanted to do -
and that was get three points. We have not moved in the table but we
have got within one point of the top pack now. We have played nine
games, we have 17 points and it is our best start in 10 years now.
From my point of view and that of the players, with us all just coming
together in July, it is a terrific performance up to now from the team."
Martin Jol said:
"It's always difficult going to places like Newcastle, but on the other
hand I thought we looked fairly comfortable for the first 40 minutes.
Then what happens? They score one minute before half-time and it's the
same old story. If you concede goals like that you can't expect to win
games. We played well, but even when we play well we seem to concede
goals like that first goal - a long ball to a small striker. The second
goal was the same. Before the game we tell them who to pick up for the
near-post header, but they don't do it. It's disastrous. We came back
into the game, but every time we tried to do something, they scored." |
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Match Report: |
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Goals from Obaefemi
Martins, Cacapa and James Milner saw us beat Spurs 3-1 to consolidate
our spot in 8th place in the league.
Jols
comments about us being a small team near Sunderland and Jenas
saying he could tek any abuse the Toon Army hurl at him was like
red rag to a bull.
The question on most peoples minds was: Who the hell is that on
the right?
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For some reason Sam
had decided to play Geremi in the right midfield position, problem was
he too often got dragged into the middle of the park which left our
right back far to exposed, but I guess it the price you pay for wanting
to stick Emre and Butt (who was a f'ing legend last night) on the pitch
as well.
Milner was p*** poor on the left (he defo needs to play on the right).
The only thing he did was score, which might not be so bad.
Caçapa and Faye were a solid unit and did a good job of stopping just
about everything everything. Enrique's passing along the deck was too
short but his stuff over the top caused all sorts of probs for their
defence, with Martins and Owen both getting some good chances off them,
one of which led to Martin's goal.
We struggled a bit when they shifted to a 4-3-3, but when Bent came on
their front line went a bit pot. Sam shouldn't have brought Rozehnal on
coz our midfield then sat far to deep, inviting Spurs to push forward
and it left Martins with too much to do when he got the ball. In the end
if the game had have been another 20 mins Spurs might have nicked an
other but they and all the fans they'd brought up from Hartlepool had to
gan yem with nowt.
Half time also saw the introduction of the hardest fan challenge known
to man. The gist of it was each fan took it in turns to plonk the ball
on the center spot and they then had to hit the cross bar of the
Gallowgate end goal. The three poor sods they dragged out couldn't get
the ball to the 18 yard box never mind the goal. It'll be easier to win
the lottery this weekend.
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By
Rogue Pieman
AUSSIE MAGS |
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