Toon crawl over finish line in low key fashion
Posted by Lee on May 11, 2008 4:48 PM
NEWCASTLE UNITED ended their troubled campaign with a 3-1 defeat at Everton today as the Toffees secured their place in the UEFA Cup.
On a tough afternoon for Kevin Keegan’s side only the brilliance of Steve Harper prevented the scoreline getting out of hand on Merseyside.
United boss Kevin Keegan handed Andy Carroll his full Toon debut as the Geordie striker replaced Achilles victim Mark Viduka in a 4-4-2 formation.
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Crisis? What Crisis?
Posted by Lee on May 9, 2008 4:30 PM
Anybody waiting for a crisis to unfold was left disappointed after the "showdown" talks between Kevin Keegan and Mike Ashley in London.
In a nutshell the Toon hierarchy sat and discussed transfers, pre-season plans, the mistakes made from this season and the way forward for all things black and white.
Nobody was shown the door, and nobody had their bottom smacked leaving KK and Co to concentrate on finishing the season with a bang.
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Jolly Boys outing for Toon hierarchy
Posted by Lee on May 8, 2008 9:50 AM
TOON fans left wondering what's going on after "showdown" meeting announced -
So it's another unwanted twist in the history of Newcastle United.
Kevin Keegan's comments about Newcastle not making it to the top four seem to have coincided with a meeting in London village that our friends from the south have described as a "showdown".
KK has apparently been "summoned" down to London to be told in no uncertain terms not to speak his mind again!
Or at least that's what the London Press would have you believe.
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Three leave Toon but where does Keegan turn next?
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Posted by Lee on May 6, 2008 11:09 AM
The exit doors have already swung open at St James's Park with one game left of the Premier League season to go.
And through them go Peter Ramage, Stephen Carr and James Troisi - all of them with different stories to tell about their time in Toon.
Now with talk that Kevin Keegan will trim his squad down from 27 to 22 and bring in four or five quality additions to replace those seeking pastures a summer of transfer speculation is almost upon us!
Yes paying 3 Euros for a paper just to see that we've been linked with Johnny Foreigner and sightings of top La Liga superstars outside the Clayton Street chippy in Toon are about to begin!
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Did Chelsea defeat show exactly where Newcastle are these days?
Posted by Lee on May 5, 2008 9:33 PM
It was a far cry from Portsmouth and Liverpool at home but also a million miles from the feel-good factor injected via wins over Fulham, Reading and Sunderland.
But Newcastle United's 2-0 home loss to Chelsea was a real mixed bag for the Toon Army.
The pre-match atmosphere and the crowd's first class showing throughout the game proved exciting times may well be lying in wait.
Yet - and a point that was pressed home by Kevin Keegan - in the post-game press conference, Newcastle are still a long, long way behind the top four and with a slight sniff of dejection around Special K afterwards, it seems that the defeat against Chelsea has ended up being somewhat of a reality check.
Are Newcastle miles away from the top four? And is a top five position - the same one that cost Sir Bobby Robson his job - best thing Toon fans can hope for?
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Toon fail to kill off Chelsea title dream
Posted by Lee on May 5, 2008 5:10 PM
NEWCASTLE UNITED failed to kill off Chelsea’s title dream tonight at St James’s Park as Avram Grant’s troops ran out 2-0 winners thanks to goals from Michael Ballack and Florent Malouda.
The defeat against the Champions League finalists ended the Magpies’ home campaign in disappointing fashion and ended Kevin Keegan’s seven game unbeaten run.
United made just one change to the team that drew at West Ham with Abdoulaye Faye shaking off a groin injury to replace David Edgar who had still not recovered from a knock to the head at Upton Park.
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Toon really can give Chelsea the Blues
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Posted by Lee on May 4, 2008 5:03 PM
So now it's pretty straight forward then.
If Newcastle United beat Chelsea at St James's Park - the dream is over for the boys from Stamford Bridge.
Yes the boys from Stamford Bridge who have piled on so much misery on the Toon Army on the majority of trips to Dennis Wise's old club.
Now though the tables could be turned.
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