Emphatic victory! really got me buzzing. Think every one played really well today lucas, insua, kuyt, mascherano and not to mention gerrard, alonso, agger, carra.
Lucas showing improvement, was strong in the tackles, good ariel ability and should have had a goal if not for shay given, great early ball to gerrard for the 4th goal. Still needs to work in certain areas, gave away one or two silly free kicks today.
Babel was average against an average newcastle side and I think apart from the goal he scored( and celebrated as if he had scored a screamer) he did little to displace riera and warrant his place in the starting eleven.
Insua was looking quite comfortable today as new caslte struggled for possession but his real test came when duff switched on to the right skinned past him and put in a dangerous low cross. tbh it had me a bit worried though one can argue that duff is a quality winger and can beat even the best of defenders.
Lot of positives to take from todays game and litle negetives like riena looked a bit shakey today and the manner and time in which we let them a goal it happned against bolton at the reebok also though it was ruled for offside. all in all one of the best displays by us today and sent out a strong message to the rest of the teams.
Next up stoke(a) and neverton(h) Keep the momentum going boys!!
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