MANCHESTER CITY - NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 : 1
Uprkos prvom porazu, koji se dogodio tek u dvanaestom kolu Premier League, Newcastle United je ostavio pozitivan utisak na Etihad Stadium.
Veoma loših poslednjih četiri minuta prvog poluvremena, koštala su Newcastle United makar nerešenog rezultata.
Pre nego što je City načeo mrežu Newcastle-a, igralo se dosta mrno, bez puno prilika. City je stvorio dve, jednu preko Aguero-a, koji je sa distance oprobao udarac i drugu preko Balotelli-a, koji je glavom uputio udarac ka Krul-u a ovaj mu maestralno odbranio udarac.
Međutim, u 41. minutu, lopta posle udarca Yaya Toure-a u ruku pogađa Ryan Taylor-a koji se nalazio u svom petercu i sudija Chris Foy dosuđuje jedanesterac za City. Siguran izvođač sa bele tačke bio je Mario Balotelli, poslavši loptu u Krul-ov levi ugao, dok se golman Newcastle-a nije ni pomerio, za 1:0, minut 41.
Baš kada se činilo da će City na odmor otići sa minimalnom prednošću, Ryan Talyor greši u svom šesnaestercu, što koristi Micah Richard, koji udarcem sa desetak metara matira Krul-a za 2:0 minut 44.
Imao je Newcastle svoje prilike preko Demba Ba-e, ali je njegov vrlo dobar udarac odbranio City-ev čuvar mreže Joe Hart. Ta prilika se dogodila pri rezultatu 0:0 i ko zna šta bi bilo, da je Newcastle tada poveo?
Poluvreme: 2 : 0
U nastavku meča, Hamtem Ben Arfa je imao odličnu priliku, ali je posle udarac desnom nogom lopta odsela na stativi i odbila se u polje.
Coloccini je takođe imao priliku, kada je posle jednog kornera hvatao volej, ali lopta je otišla pored stative. Guthrie je imao jedan odličan prodor po levoj strani, kada je povratnom loptom pokušao da proigra jednog svog saigrača, ali je i ovoga puta Hart odlično reagovao.
Kraj balade dogodio se u 72. minutu, kada je Ben Arfa u svom šesnaetercu nespretno oborio Micah Richards-a, koji je pao, kao da ga je tenk udario od nazad a ne Hatem Ben Arfa.
Ovoga puta siguran sa bele tačke, bio je Sergiu Kun Aguero, koji je poslao loptu u jednu a Krul-a u drugu stranu, za 3:0, minut 72.
U 89. minutu, James Perch sjajno upošljava Ba-u, koji nije uspeo da savlada Joe Hart-a, ali u nastavku akcije, rezervista Dan Gosling sa tri metra ubacuje loptu u praznu mrežu, za konačnih 3:1, minut 89. Prvi gol Gosling-a u crno-belom dresu.
Konačan rezultat: 3 : 1
NUFC: Krul, Simpson, S.Taylor, Coloccini, R.Taylor, Sa.Ameobi (Gosling 79), Cabaye (Perch 85), Guthrie, Gutierrez, Ben Arfa (Lovenkrands 76), Ba.
Subs n/u: Elliot, Santon, Smith, Sh.Ameobi.
MCFC: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Milner, Nasri, De Jong, Y.Toure (Barry 84), Aguero (Johnson 76), Balotelli (Silva 69).
Subs n/u: Pantilimon, Kolarov, K.Toure, Dzeko.
Man of the Match: Micah Richards
Sudija: Chris Foy (jeftini penali dosuđeni za City)
Gledalaca: 47,408 (najveća poseta ikada na Etihad-u, uz 1700 Toon Army)
P.S.
Nije loše bilo. Jeftino smo poklonili pobedu City-u. Lepo je bilo videti da su se De Jong i Ben Arfa rukovali na početku meča. Posle ovog kola, Tottenham nas je pretekao na tabeli i mi smo skliznuli za jedno mesto. Trenutno smo četvrti. Zanimljivo je bilo videti i Steven Taylor-a, kojem je prokrvavio nos, pritom mu okrvavio i dres, pa je morao da obuče dres sa brojem 45 na leđima ali bez imena. Sledeći meč je u subotu, takođe u Manchester-u, ali na Old Trafford-u.
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Manager Newcastle United-a Alan Pardew, potvrdio je da će Sylvain Marveaux odsustvovati sa terena tri do četiri meseca, jer će morati na operaciju prepona. Marveaux se povrdio u meču protiv Everton-a.
Da podsetimo, Marveaux je imao istu ovakvu povredu još dok je igrao za Francusku ekipu Rennes, koja ga je od terena odvojila gotovo godinu dana.
photo: nufc.co.uk
Mladi napadač Newcastle United-a Samuel "Sammy" Ameobi, produžio je vernost sa crno-belim na još tri i po godine.
Sammy Ameobi ima samo 19 godina i posle potpisivanja novog ugovora je izjavio, da je srećan što je potpisao ugovor za klub koji voli.
photo: nufc.co.uk
Sunday Mirror article, Sunday
13.11.2011
Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias stunned Toon Army fans by unleashing an astonishing, foul-mouthed rant in public on Geordie icons Alan Shearer and Kevin Keegan.
The former casino boss — who virtually never gives media interviews — delivered a withering condemnation on the managerial abilities of the Magpies legends in front of startled onlookers in a Newcastle gastro bar.
Llambias, who along with Toon owner Mike Ashley has enraged Toon fans by re-branding historic St. James’ Park as the Sports Direct Arena, blamed Shearer for Newcasle’s 2009 relegation and claimed there “will never be a right time” for the former England skipper in management.
"I have to admit that £30m for Andy Carroll is a lot of money," Lambias said, before responding when one supporter asked him "Is he worth £30m?": "No - he's worth f*** all."
With Chelsea closing a deal worth £50 million for Fernando Torres on January's deadline day, Liverpool were under pressure to bring in a new striker and Llambias claimed that they could push for the entire Carroll fee up front.
Llambias explained: "It is about control. We had the control. We knew the Torres deal was there. We drew that f****** deal, perhaps the ultimate. So £30m? F*** off! Don't waste my time and I slammed the phone down.
"£35m? Everybody including Pardew [manager Alan Pardew] all agreed. But the £35m they wanted to pay over four years. It was rubbish. Mike (Ashley) said - and he is a brave boy Mike I promise you - get all the £35m up front. We got it all up front and then they never paid us on time and we charged them 12 grand f****** interest."
In a blistering broadside aimed at Keegan, the Magpies MD claimed the former England boss is unable to cope with the stresses and strains of management.
Llambias railed: "Kevin Keegan can’t take pressure. His f****** head is all over the place.”
He also made a shocking claim in a meeting with fans last month that Keegan’s second coming as Newcastle manager in 2008 came about because he was the preferred choice of potential Arab buyers. He revealed:
“Mike was selling to the Arabs and they wanted Kevin Keegan. The Arabs wanted him, the fans wanted him — perfect!”
A candid Llambias admitted he was at fault for recruiting Shearer as manager in April 2009 when Newcastle were battling to avoid the drop. Llambias said:
"Shearer was my choice and I have to hold up my hands — the wrong choice."
Referring to the relegation battle and the managerial team of Shearer and Iain Dowie, he claimed: "Shearer, for this, destroys us. He gave all the responsibility to Dowie. Rubbish!"
A supporter suggests "It wasn’t the right time" for Shearer. Llambias responded brusquely, and said: "It would never be the right time. Shearer? There would never be a right time in football.”
When one of the onlookers suggested Shearer is arrogant, Llambias agreed and said: "You guys have given him that arrogance."
What will perplex Newcastle fans about Llambias’ put-down of the Geordie hero is the fact that days after relegation, Ashley issued a statement in which he said:
"Bringing Alan Shearer back to Newcastle United was the best decision I have made."
Chris Hughton succeeded Shearer as manager and led Toon back into the top flight at the first attempt as champions. Hughton was sacked by Newcastle a year ago, and is now manager of Birmingham. He was also in the Llambias line of fire when one of the group asked why he was dismissed.
Llambias responded: "He would never have taken us where we want to be. That’s my decision by the way. Chris can’t make decisions. If I am asking about a player, Ben Arfa? he says ‘I’m not sure, blah blah’.
"With Chris, he couldn’t cope with where we are mentally. We are aggressive. You need to be aggressive. I don’t want a manager below me who can’t argue.”
But of all the colourful claims made by Llambias perhaps the one that will not be disputed by Toon fans is: "You guys don’t understand how f****** horrible we can be.”
After last week’s act of soccer sacrilege at St. James’ Park, many Geordies believe they understand only too well. Newcastle declined to comment last night.
photo: mirror.co.uk
Derek Llambias preko BBC Radio Newcastle:
"I would hope it would generate between £8 million and £10 million a year. That would give us another player. The club needs to be self-sufficient, and this will help us be self-sufficient.
"Yes, we do need to go that one step further to compete. Yes, we do. We have had an exceptional year, and long may it continue, but the fans want us to buy more players.
"We need to bring in a striker in January, we will need replacements in the summer and we need to give ourselves as much as possible.
"There is no guarantee we will find a sponsor between now and then, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity and this is one.
"We have to keep going at it. We can't just say 'Oh, it hasn't worked out, let's go back to what we were'. We have to give ourselves the maximum opportunity to sell it.
"I totally respect the tradition and history of the club. That is always going to be there, but we need to move with the times and this is progression.
"We need to move on. We are not disrespecting our fans at all. Far from it. We are trying to make it affordable and put players on the pitch.
"We have exhausted all our other revenue streams, retail is not good - that produces next to nothing, quite honestly - so we need to bring in more, quite honestly.
"We have been out there a long time looking. We lose Northern Rock as a sponsor this year, so it gives me a very small window to get a new shirt sponsor and hopefully a stadium sponsor at the same time.
"We understand that side of it (fan resistance to referring to the ground by any other name), but it is the sponsor's responsibility, as well as ours, to move forward. Time will dissolve that.
"The history will always be there, we just become part of the history or they become part of the history. We just need to make sure we give ourselves the opportunity.
"You know Chelsea has come out to basically say they are going to re-name their present stadium. Now, they have a long history as well, but they have an owner who actually has more money than God.
"We can't compare ourselves to Abramovich, we have not got that sort of money, so if we want to compete with the big boys, we have to bring more money in."
photo: undergroundsportsnetwork.net
