Newcastle v Liverpool: Team News / Match Thread

The Reds team in full: Reina, Finnan, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Gerrard, Kewell, Sissoko, Lucas, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Itandje, Riise, Crouch, Babel, Mascherano

Interesting selection, with only one known winger (Hazza) out there, is Gerrard being placed on the right, or are we seeing another Benitez special with Kuyt roaming over toward the wing?

And can Crouch do anything to get a place these days? Best player on the pitch in the widweek and he's still behind the mis-firing Kuyt.

I expect the team will line up like this

Reina

Finnan, Carra, Hyypia, Arbeloa

             Sissoko
        Lucas     Gerrard    Kewell
       Kuyt (free-ish role)
              Torres
       

Big question though? Is Rafa still managing us

Disappointed no return for Agger - but good to see Torres back in the starting 11.  Sissoko and Lucas though? I thought Rafa's recent spat with the owners was all to do with trying to sign Mascherano on a long term deal. 

If that's the case - why is he behind Lucas and Sissoko?

team will look like this:

                    REINA
FINNAN  CARRA  SAMI    ARBELOA

STEVIE   LUCAS  SISSOKO   KEWELL

              KUYT
                         TORRES

Facts

The Reds have scored 52 Premier League goals against Newcastle. They have not netted more against any other club.

The Magpies have scored as many Premier League goals as the Merseysiders (19), but have conceded three times as many (18 to six).

Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 3rd
Lowest could fall: 7th

Averaging two points per game (24 in 12). It's their best start since 30 points were accrued to this stage in 2002-03 when they finished fifth. However a higher finish has been attained in three of the four subsequent seasons, after inferior starts.

Boasting the strongest away form in this league with 14 of their 24 points gained on the road, including victories at Aston Villa, Sunderland, Wigan and Everton.

Lost the lead four times in Premier League matches this season, and dropped six points from leading positions, drawing home to Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal.

Both Momo and Kuyt are making their 50th start for the reds.

Thick geordie bas**rds booing every Stevie G touch.

that's it Stevie G save the best for LPFC   

1-0

what a beauty!!
1-0 Gerrard!!

sissoko, has tripped over the ball and given away posesson a few times already, I really like the guy, but how long does your confidence have to be down before you get "rotated"..?

Great goal.  Stick that in your pipes you boo boys.

sissoko, has tripped over the ball and given away posesson a few times already, I really like the guy, but how long does your confidence have to be down before you get "rotated"..?

Especially when you have Mascherano on the bench....

has anyone on earth still got faith in Sissoko?.....game has now been turned upside down, Newcastle are getting in a few chances, applying alot of pressure

Nope....10 mill to Juventus please.

Someone must tell rafa to attack the wings, 5 defenders aren't easy to split

Torres hits the bar, after he is one on one with given 30 yards out

Should have been 2-0.  Really really should have been.

3 points, por favor.

Fat sam has gone for his half-time fry-up to keep his chlosteral levels up!

Doesn't feel like we are winning, they seem like they will score, which means we need a goal, Crouch, Babel and Mascherano should make their appearances in the second half

Yeah should of been KK.

Handball & a sending off too, he still used his arm to block a certain goalscoring op.

It's a dead silence at St James' Park after Gerrard rammed one down their throats.  Nice one Stevie.

It wasn't the bar, but the post that Torres hit.

Controversy over whether or not Given handballed outside the area when he rushed out to c lose Fernando down when the striker was 1 on 1, but it looks like it hit the very upper arm.

Gerrard's strike was a beauty, no doubt about it. Serves the geordies right for booing  him.

Sissoko looks piss poor. As Anfield Warrior mentioned, he's tripped over the ball, given it away, made wrong passes and only made one saving tackle. Mascherano could do a million times better. If Juve really want him for 10 million, I'd bite their hand off.

KK's right, should be 2-0, though we haven't actually made that many chances. Anything other than a win will be severly dissappointing.

Should have been 2-0.  Really really should have been.

3 points, por favor.

Most defo. We look like the homeside, but we will need that second goal me thinks. Sissoko recovered from a bad start but Ive been a bit disapointed with some of Lucas's touches. But what a strike from Stevie G ha ha ha right back in your face you bunch off booing jordy tossers I Luv it.

Mascherano on for Momo for me second half.  I really really worry about the guy.  Maybe we should have sold him when we had our chance.  He's looking Championship material at the moment - not Premiership.

I'd keep Masch nice and fresh for Porto.

How's Kewell looking?

How's Kewell looking?

Looking like he needs to get himself back on the left side.

I agree with keeping Masch fresh for Porto.  So get Babel on for Sissoko.

kewell is playing alright, nothing great like the team, if we want to score one more Kewell will play a major part

Mascherano on for Momo for me second half.  I really really worry about the guy.  Maybe we should have sold him when we had our chance.  He's looking Championship material at the moment - not Premiership.

To be fair he did recover his game midway through that first half, personnally I think it was a lack of cocnetration that left him in trouble a few times, but after that he seemed to up his game and had some good tackles where he won the ball got it away and this produced an attack. I still think he is better suited to deal with Martins and Smith than Masch. Masch action man style could conceed free kicks outside the area where Momo may just flick it away with his long legs as Martins tends to get the ball stuck under his feet where he drives power from those F***ing great elephant thighs of his.

The Ref looks like he frequents the same Donut shop as Fat Frank....

2-0 kuyt

goal kuyt, corner, flicked on with hyypia's foot and kuyt pushed it in with his groin

Umm...what exactly happened there? .

Sam lucky we have a very important champions league game in mid-week or a few positive subs and his team would get a very good spanking.

I'd keep Masch nice and fresh for Porto.

You sound like Rafa. 

Let's start picking our best teams in the Premiership.  Anyway - we're coasting now at 2-0 up but I personally hate all this 'leaving fresh' for other competition nonsense. 

Get in there Babel. 

3-0

He's really doing well off the bench - his Liverpool career looks underway now - all since that game up front against Cardiff TBH.

thats the type of football we want to see 3-0!

3 nil and plenty of time left for more

We should have won this game about 10-0.  Torres could have scored 5.  He is so lively. 

No post-international hang-over today.  One of our best footballing performances of the season.

Even Momo's looking decent second half!

Kuyt still seems missing...Hope Crouch gets a game with Torres up front against Porto...

Id like to see it, sopcast has gone down... relying on your comments at the mome

One thing; I'm glad Torres' shooting is off on a night when we don't need it.


edit: is that 5 or 6 goal attempts? .

will torres play againest porto with this performance or will Crouch take up the role, as he does well on european nights?

will torres play againest porto with this performance or will Crouch take up the role, as he does well on european nights?

Come off it.  Torres is one of our best players.

He's pulling the defenders all over the place giving lots of freedom to the others.  I've said before that when he plays then other players will get more goals.  Okay so he has missed a few chances but we are winning 3-0.  You don't drop someone for not taking chances when they are so creative. 

I'm hoping for Torres/Crouch...

Kuyt really hasn't played a good game all season...

Babel, worth every single pound, maybe even worth more than we payed, the affect he has had on this game is just amazing, if he does this in just one more game this season, he has a massive career ahead, well done Theirry, I mean Ryan

hey who scored the third goal please. cable down all over here

3-0 get in........so pleased


Rotation seems to be paying off  

babel scored the 3rd goal...

Nice! Thanks

Come off it.  Torres is one of our best players.

He's pulling the defenders all over the place giving lots of freedom to the others.  I've said before that when he plays then other players will get more goals.  Okay so he has missed a few chances but we are winning 3-0.  You don't drop someone for not taking chances when they are so creative. 

No i'm saying that he will be tired (so will Kuyt) but Crouch and Kuyt are great together in games to do with europe, yeh a 75% Torres is probably better than a 95% Crouch, but Torres hasn't had much expiernce in euro

full time whistle, 3-0! all three goals deserved

Great performance. Great result.

TBH I never fancy getting a result away at Newcastle. But they were completely hopeless sh*te. 

Let's hope Michael Owen enjoyed that.  Was it worth the move to get in to the England side?  Ha.

everyone goes on about newcastle havin gud fans. my f***in arse. was ther any player they didnt boo, i think ther players took more stick than us. An leavin 20 mins b4 they game had even finished.The were An absolute load of sh*te. But fantastic result, lets show them geordies real passion an respect for our own team on wednesday!!

Well pleased with that result, excellent performances all round, hope G & H were watching    Good to hear the away fans chanting Rafa' name as well - calm has been restored once more, for me at least 

Good performace today.  Newcastle were absolutely shocking.

Magnificent inspiration from Stevie today.  Hopefully that shut some critics up.

Can someone answer this question for me, when is our game in hand?

No I'm saying that he will be tired (so will Kuyt) but Crouch and Kuyt are great together in games to do with europe, yeh a 75% Torres is probably better than a 95% Crouch, but Torres hasn't had much expiernce in euro

Torres will be alright he has had a two break, as for his miss chances he had about 5 chances and at least 3 of them could only have been converted into chances by him.  

Can someone answer this question for me, when is our game in hand?

Good point.  It's still not been decided as far as I know.  A mid-weeker probably after Christmas now.

Looking through our fixtures we only have the midweek of 5th December available so probably January at the earliest.  We have 8 games in December!!!

I suppose before all the games kick off today is a more accurate representation of our true position.

Cheers for clearing that up KK.

I still don't understand how we've ended up with a game in hand and Man Utd haven't.

And another point, we've only won 2 at home and drew 4?  Sounds really bizzare.

Great result and totally happy with our performance there. As KoolKidda said, it should have been at least 10-0!!
We made a weak Newcastle look so much worse than they already are. Was concerned about Sissoko in the first half. He just can not keep the ball close to his feet can he and some of his passes were very poor. But thankfully he sorted it out in second half when he dropped off a little bit and just began to win the ball back. Don't reckon he'll have many starts this season.

Apart from that, everyone had a good game in general, which is great to see. Some very nice passing and possesion. We always looked very dangerous going forward as the game progressed - Torres had a good affect in that sense. They didn't know what to do with him. Created a lot of space and should have scored at least four or five! Just one of those days for him. Made up for Kuyt and Babel to get on the scoresheet. And Gerrard's goal was more than brilliant!

Great away performance. Great way to shut the media up about our club! Another great three points.

Big Sam! He's got a big fat head, he's got a big fat head!  

First of all very pleased we won. Brilliant to bag another 3 points away from home.

But Newcastle were shocking... Big Sam to be picking up P45 by Xmas.

Torres' movement was world-class. Torres' finishing was ryman league class.

Gerrard was inspirational...and this would have helped get Wednesday out of his system.

Sissoko was a total liability of 3/4 of the game - not sure what is going on in his head - looks more gangly than ever...not good.

Lucas didn't quite come of age - needs more games but I don't see how Rafa could play him in the holding role and not Sissokko (head scratching time).

Back four solid and Sami H an (old) rock.

Babel looking class.

My rankings:

PR 7 - bored.
SF 7 - good on wings
JC 7 - solid
SH 8 - rock
AA 7 - dependable
HK 7 - decent
LL 6 - dissapointing
MS 3 - loco? (was in for big fat zero for 1st half display...)
SG 9 - brilliant MoM
DK 7 - better
FT 5 - finishing was pathetic / movement brilliant
(but movement doesn't win games - goals do - needs specialised finishing sessions with Rushy...)

RB 8 - fine
PC 6 - not enough time
JAR 6 - off to Villa soon...

Cheers for clearing that up KK.

I still don't understand how we've ended up with a game in hand and Man Utd haven't.

And another point, we've only won 2 at home and drew 4?  Sounds really bizzare.

It was the Wed for the CL Quali, thats why Arsenal have a game in hand too.

Great result, TBH Newcastle didn't turn up really, but you can only beat what's in front of you.

It's very hard to make any assessment of our keeper or defence as they had next to nothing to do all game, I do remember a couple of good bits of defensive play from Carra & Hyypia but I genuinely can't recall either fullback having to do one thing defensively. Going forward I feel both fullbacks could have offered a bit more, but on a day like today it didn't really make any difference.

Our midfield today just bossed absolutely everything, and right in the middle of it who else? Stevie Gerrard. He had a phenominal game today, and it should have helped get the pain of Wednesday night out of his head. Lucas looked promising, but TBH I'm not sure where these reports that he can play holding midfield have come from, he definitely looks a lot more comfortable going forward than defending. Kewell obviously isn't back to his best yet but had a good game for me, it's just a shame that I find myself breathing a sigh of relief after every game that he hasn't got injured. Sissoko was easily the worst of our midfielders, but to be fair he did get better as the game went on. I've always maintained that he shouldn't get a game without Alonso alongside him & I stick by that, so I won't be too critical of him today.

Up front Torres should have had a hatful. It's hard to be critical when he carved the opportunities for himself rather than being supplied them, but he lacks that clinical edge in front of goal. As someone else mentioned though he does drag defenders out of position and can create openings for others, but I would still like to see us sign a poacher style player at some point. Kuyt for me had a good game too, I know he gets slated a lot but he unsettles defences & I feel he would definitely be missed if we were to get rid of him like some have suggested.

Crouch & Riise weren't really on the pitch long enough to judge them, although I do recall one terrible bit of play by Riise just after he came on, he ran about 30 yards in the wrong direction with the ball just to play it back to where he'd been 5 seconds earlier & where there was blatantly not another Liverpool shirt. Babel though was absolutely awesome. Some people I feel were too quick to jump on his back when he had a slow start with us, but recently he seems to have found his feet a bit & we are now starting to see what he's all about.

After the press coverage the club has been having the last few days this is the best possible answer the boys could have given. It is also the first time I've predicted the score correctly this season, and I forgot to enter it in the prediction league!

Good post.  As I stated earlier I am not going to criticise Torres on his finishing when nearly all of his opportunites he carved for himself. When you even consider dropping players who create so many chances then you are on the slippery slope. 

Both him, and increasingly Babel, are looking really good signings now.

Another day and we could have had many more - but yet again the reds continued to go for the kill when previously we would have attempted to sit on a 2-0, even 1-0, away lead.

If we start punishing teams at home then this could be a really impressive season.

Good post.  As I stated earlier I am not going to criticise Torres on his finishing when nearly all of his opportunites he carved for himself. When you even consider dropping players who create so many chances then you are on the slippery slope. 

Both him, and increasingly Babel, are looking really good signings now.

Another day and we could have had many more - but yet again the reds continued to go for the kill when previously we would have attempted to sit on a 2-0, even 1-0, away lead.

If we start punishing teams at home then this could be a really impressive season.

Couldnt agree more to be honest. I would also like to add Im really happy for Stevie G and the way he put one over on those booing jordy cu*ts, I really am getting pissed off going to Newcastle as their "so called fans" seem to boo everything. They seem to have a boo boy culture they boo the ref they boo their manager they boo the opposition they boo their chairman, isnt it about time they grew up and started supporting their team instead of thinking they are really clever and just boooing. In fact im beginning to think that any NEwcastle season ticket holder who goes carol singing this xmas will in fact only be able to spout out the the 12 boos of christmas. I hope they  get F***ing relgated this season on todays behavior against our captain bunch of no hopers that really got under my skin and Im glad Stevie shoved that down their throat.

Lets just make sure that when they come to anfield we "nullify" them! 

In fact im beginning to think that any NEwcastle season ticket holder who goes carol singing this xmas will in fact only be able to spout out the the 12 boos of christmas.

  Brilliant!

Indeed. I'm glad Stevie had a great game and walloped that brilliant free kick in to shove the boos back down their throats. I take pleasure in knowing that's all Newcastle could achieve today. Boos!

Thing is they still booed him when he went off.

Laughable really.  We often forgot that the majority of hardcore England supporters are made up of fans from sh*t teams who never win anything.  That's why Liverpool fans are never too bothered. 

Most Geordies probably know that the England team represents the only chance of them ever 'supporting' someone who might win something.

(Mind you that fireman did finish 2nd in Big Brother that year - they nearly did it then)

Just don't mention European Capital of Culture to them.

Fantastic result and a decent performance.  Torres should have scored more but he created a lot of opportunites for himself.  If he hadn't have played we would have had half the chances we did.

I used to really have a lot of respect for the Newcastle fans.  What happened today with them? Have all 50,000 of them been replaced by an entirely new set of fans.

You let yourselves down there boys.

Anyway, back to the mighty reds - great to see Stevie G play so well - maybe we should start booing him every week at Anfield!

Hyypia played well too (not that he had much to do). He can clearly still do a job for us - just not two games a week.

I felt bad for Torres, all those shots going wide This season he'll struggle I think and then next season he will be immense. (As long as he doesn't get injured!)

I love seeing Stevie's face after he scores, even when we were like 6-0 up at that Champs League game or something, still soo happy to score, full of passion.. lots of footballers missing that these days! Although he didn't look happy to be coming off, he never is. I think he understands though.. he must be exhausted. Can't beleive the Toon booed him, how pathetic  :

Ah well. Great game, great goals (Kuyt's was funny!), 3 points. BAM! 

In fact im beginning to think that any NEwcastle season ticket holder who goes carol singing this xmas will in fact only be able to spout out the the 12 boos of christmas.

 

Great result and a good performance too.what made the day even better is that Manu lost

It was disappointing to see the crowd's reaction whenever Gerrard got the ball but i dont think you can point the finger at just the Newcastle fans.This happened in almost all the games today (Lampard,Barry,Carson also got similar reactions).I can understand their frustration and disappointment at not qualifying for Euro 2008 but that is not how you behave.

Big Sam is in a spot of bother (not that i care :p) ...

Never watched the game, had to go out, but from the match reports on it and the response on here it sounds like we played a good game again without hitting top-gear (correct me if im wrong!) Now with Xmas looming and were still in touching distance of the top, I really am starting to believe that this could be our season. Newcastle is never an easy place to go and to get a 0-3 win there is brill.

Now lets hope that fat f**ker Big Sam gets sacked!!

COME ON YOU REDS!!!

Did anyone else notice Rafa in his new 'coaching role' ?  -  he was in trackies and trainees today   

Good post.  As I stated earlier I am not going to criticise Torres on his finishing when nearly all of his opportunites he carved for himself. When you even consider dropping players who create so many chances then you are on the slippery slope. 

Both him, and increasingly Babel, are looking really good signings now.

Another day and we could have had many more - but yet again the reds continued to go for the kill when previously we would have attempted to sit on a 2-0, even 1-0, away lead.

If we start punishing teams at home then this could be a really impressive season.

Thing is they still booed him when he went off.

Laughable really.  We often forgot that the majority of hardcore England supporters are made up of fans from sh*t teams who never win anything.  That's why Liverpool fans are never too bothered. 

Most Geordies probably know that the England team represents the only chance of them ever 'supporting' someone who might win something.

(Mind you that fireman did finish 2nd in Big Brother that year - they nearly did it then)

Just don't mention European Capital of Culture to them.

Big Brother tv watcher - I see - now that explains a few things... thanks for that golden cultural nugget.

Did anyone else notice Rafa in his new 'coaching role' ?  -  he was in trackies and trainees today  

Classic... thought it was very dry. Excellent.

Nice our away fans gave him so much verbal support today too.

I think we are praising the strikers too much, we didn't conceed at St James' Park I think our defenders should be praised the most, they are the reason why they didn't get many chances, up againest Viduka and Martins that isn't easy, Hyypia and Carra in the central defense were brilliant, no doubt Agger will get back in the team but if Hyypia plays like this for weeks to come it won't be as easy for Agger, as he would of liked.

I think we are praising the strikers too much, we didn't conceed at St James' Park I think our defenders should be praised the most, they are the reason why they didn't get many chances, up againest Viduka and Martins that isn't easy, Hyypia and Carra in the central defense were brilliant, no doubt Agger will get back in the team but if Hyypia plays like this for weeks to come it won't be as easy for Agger, as he would of liked.

Good point - 6 goals against this season to date (equal lowest) is something to be very proud of given that most of the back four, if not all of them, have had periods of injury.

Great result today especially without a full strength squad showing that we can still get the results.  I think everyone had a good game today and it's nice to see Kewell back in the starting 11 he is looking really sharp at the moment.  I would like to point out though that Sissoko looked tired and as if he was not at full fitness the way he was tackling but he improved late on so I'll let it go this time I'm surprised Benitez picked Sissoko with Lucas to start anyway leaving Kewell on the left and Gerrard on the right respectively then it sticking Kewell on the right ??  Gerrard's goal was top sh*t and unstoppable to any keeper he deserved man of the match but it did make me chuckle when Newcastle announced their man of the match as Alan Smith for getting their best shot @ goal!

Did anyone else notice Rafa in his new 'coaching role' ?  -  he was in trackies and trainees today  

I think he's on to something there smiggs

P.S. don't you just love it when the opposition fans start going home early when it's thier ground, we should have applied for more tickets!!

Excellent performance from us i really could have and should have been more,nice to see Stevie play a blinder after the dissapointment with England,dont really understand why the geordies were booing him i would have thought they had more problems to worry about like 1 point out of 12 for them.

This was the best away day of the season so far. The day started well and by 8.30am the lager was flowing! All the Lads were up for a good day on the ale and the Reds responded in fine style. True The Bar Codes were poor but they are no mugs and still had some quality in their side, I think it was the Reds movement that they couldn't live with. Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt, Kewell and then Babel were out standing and if Torres finishing was up to the standard of his movement, well we could of really embarrassed the Fat Fella! I was disappointed with the Bar Codes Booing Gerrard, like they thought that would have any impact on the Lads performance! I feel that if they can't appreciate Players from my team when they play for the National side they don't deserve to associate themselves with any team that can sport such talent. They have short memories, they weren't booing when Liverpool, sorry I mean Ingerland beat Germany 5-1 were they? We dismissed their booing with the always funny chant "we're not English we are Scouse". As the goals flowed the ever fickle Bar Codes laid into Fat Sam. We enjoyed this and the "Fat Sam for England" Chant made me laugh. This was only surpassed as the Bar Codes slipped into total disarray and the Chant turned to "Fat Sam for Santa"! Scousers eh! After the final whistle we made our way to the city center were we enjoyed copious amounts of ale and song and I have to say the locals we good sports and had a laugh with us with out any signs of a bad atmosphere or any trouble. At 6pm the local lap dancers opened and welcomed the early evening business that 15 pissed up hairy arse Scousers bring following a Reds away win! We filled the bus full of ale and left Gordie land at 8pm. Totally knackered and quite the worse for wear I was tucked up in bed for midnight! Nico even scored the goal that beat the Mancs for us, Saturday was certainly a good day to be a Red!

This was the best away day of the season so far. The day started well and by 8.30am the lager was flowing! All the Lads were up for a good day on the ale and the Reds responded in fine style. True The Bar Codes were poor but they are no mugs and still had some quality in their side, I think it was the Reds movement that they couldn't live with. Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt, Kewell and then Babel were out standing and if Torres finishing was up to the standard of his movement, well we could of really embarrassed the Fat Fella! I was disappointed with the Bar Codes Booing Gerrard, like they thought that would have any impact on the Lads performance! I feel that if they can't appreciate Players from my team when they play for the National side they don't deserve to associate themselves with any team that can sport such talent. They have short memories, they weren't booing when Liverpool, sorry I mean Ingerland beat Germany 5-1 were they? We dismissed their booing with the always funny chant "we're not English we are Scouse". As the goals flowed the ever fickle Bar Codes laid into Fat Sam. We enjoyed this and the "Fat Sam for England" Chant made me laugh. This was only surpassed as the Bar Codes slipped into total disarray and the Chant turned to "Fat Sam for Santa"! Scousers eh! After the final whistle we made our way to the city center were we enjoyed copious amounts of ale and song and I have to say the locals we good sports and had a laugh with us with out any signs of a bad atmosphere or any trouble. At 6pm the local lap dancers opened and welcomed the early evening business that 15 pissed up hairy arse Scousers bring following a Reds away win! We filled the bus full of ale and left Gordie land at 8pm. Totally knackered and quite the worse for wear I was tucked up in bed for midnight! Nico even scored the goal that beat the Mancs for us, Saturday was certainly a good day to be a Red!

Glad you had such a good day Mr Horse    'Fat Sam for Santa' - classic 

This was the best away day of the season so far. The day started well and by 8.30am the lager was flowing! All the Lads were up for a good day on the ale and the Reds responded in fine style. True The Bar Codes were poor but they are no mugs and still had some quality in their side, I think it was the Reds movement that they couldn't live with. Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt, Kewell and then Babel were out standing and if Torres finishing was up to the standard of his movement, well we could of really embarrassed the Fat Fella! I was disappointed with the Bar Codes Booing Gerrard, like they thought that would have any impact on the Lads performance! I feel that if they can't appreciate Players from my team when they play for the National side they don't deserve to associate themselves with any team that can sport such talent. They have short memories, they weren't booing when Liverpool, sorry I mean Ingerland beat Germany 5-1 were they? We dismissed their booing with the always funny chant "we're not English we are Scouse". As the goals flowed the ever fickle Bar Codes laid into Fat Sam. We enjoyed this and the "Fat Sam for England" Chant made me laugh. This was only surpassed as the Bar Codes slipped into total disarray and the Chant turned to "Fat Sam for Santa"! Scousers eh! After the final whistle we made our way to the city center were we enjoyed copious amounts of ale and song and I have to say the locals we good sports and had a laugh with us with out any signs of a bad atmosphere or any trouble. At 6pm the local lap dancers opened and welcomed the early evening business that 15 pissed up hairy arse Scousers bring following a Reds away win! We filled the bus full of ale and left Gordie land at 8pm. Totally knackered and quite the worse for wear I was tucked up in bed for midnight! Nico even scored the goal that beat the Mancs for us, Saturday was certainly a good day to be a Red!

Haha Quality!  I was delighted with the performance, and Big Fat Sam's side were lucky not to go down to an eight nil scoreline.  I didn't even feel slightly sorry for Allardyce when the Newcastle fans turned on him.  Maybe he hasn't been in the job long enough to deserve that kind of a back lash but due to some of the comments he has made in the past i'll agree with the majority of the Newcastle fans!
Allardyce has made comments such as, 'Benitez doesn't like me because my Bolton side beat them using a physical approach.. I'd rather have a manager moaning and groaning about the way i beat them rather than how well we played and what an attractive game we made it losing 3-0 or 3-1 which is what they want me to do... they won't get that from me!'
And on Saturday Liverpool didn't, because Newcastle were neither atttactive or physical, but simply outplayed.  Allardyce did a good job at Bolton, there is no doubt about that, but Newcastle is a place where his overall credentials as a Manager will be put to the ultimate test, and in my opinion, he doesn't have what it takes, and i said that before the game on Saturday. I have no respect for a man who is so big headed (in every way), and narrow minded that he can make a ridiculous comment like the one made about Benitez being sacked for not winning the Premiership!

Great win, fantastic goals from Stevie and Ryan...should have been 8, 9 or even 10 nil but still happy with 3. Don't worry Fernando the way you created opportunities, I'm sure another hatrick is very close....if not the Porto game them definitely the Bolton game.


Just loved it when (and they showed it heaps of times) Fat Sam substituted N'Zogbia for Milner and the two guys stood up behind him and yelled "you don't know what you're doing"...had me in stitches. Great supporters those fukcin Geordies.