I Love Newcastle

Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri, EdinDzeko and David Silva were all of the players of Manchester City which managed to score goals during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Newcastle United which was played on February 21 at the Etihad Stadium and concluded with a resounding 5-0 defeat for John Carver and his team.

The interim coach of Newcastle United, John Carver apologized to the fans and supporters of the club after having suffered with what was the biggest defeat of Newcastle United in this season.

Following the conclusion of the match, John Carver said: An apology to the fans, first of all. No matter what you plan during the week, when you concede a penalty in the first minute then you are on a hiding to nothing. To concede a penalty in the manner we did is really annoying and frustrating. I have seen better sides than us to come here and get a hiding. My job now is a question of do I sulk and start talking behind players’ backs? I hope not.’’

Manchester City dominated the match as they didn’t concede a single goal and managed as well to score 5 goals as they launched a total of 9 shots on target meanwhile Newcastle United could only muster to deliver 1 shot on target as they struggled on causing any real danger to their opponents.

Carver has also admitted in saying that injuries have seriously affected his squad. Paul Dummett picked up a recent knee injury which will be leaving him out of action for over 2 months meanwhile Steven Taylor is not expected to return into the playing grounds for the remainder of the season.

CheikTiote and Siem de Jong are some of the other players which have been fighting with injuries and the fact that DavideSanton and RemieStreete were both loaned out to different clubs, this does not benefit Newcastle United’s current defensive situation which is one of the departments of the club that has been most affected lately.

Alan Pardew is on the verge of completing an exit from Newcastle United in the most stunning fashion after the club accepted compensation from Crystal Palace for the manager.

Pardew still has six years left on his contract. Even though he has led Newcastle to fifth place in the Premier league only two years ago and the club are doing well right now, he has never been a favourite amongst the fans. At Crystal Palace, though, the former West Ham manager is held in high regard since he represented the club during his playing days.

When Crystal Palace sacked Neil Warnock just a few days after Christmas, Pardew emerged as the surprise candidate to replace. This was a major surprise given that Newcastle appear to be comfortable in the top half of the table whereas Crystal Palace are struggling with the threat of relegation. However, Pardew is believed to have accepted the offer of a four-year contract, but the move does not look set to be completed before the match against Aston Villa on New Year’s Day. This is because of issues surrounding Pardew’s backroom staff. Newcastle’s caretaker manager Keith Millen, though, says that the players have no issues focusing on their upcoming match against Burnley at home.

“As far as I’m concerned, the chairman has told me to prepare for Aston Villa. It’s important myself and the players stay focused on that.I spoke to the chairman and he said Newcastle compensation has been agreed and we’ve been given permission to speak to Alan. That was literally all I was told and nothing’s changed since then.When I’ve done this before it’s dragged on for a few weeks. That starts having an effect on the group – the not knowing,” said Millen, who will be in the dugout for the match against Burnley.

The start of the season of Alan Pardew’s Newcastle United was an abysmal one as the Premier League kicked off on August 17 of the current year and Newcastle United lost their opening match of the season after being defeated when playing against Manchester City.

1 week later after their loss and Newcastle United had to settle with 2 consecutive draws against Aston Villa and later with Crystal Palace.

September initiated with Newcastle United losing 4-0 against Southampton and things continued going in a downhill spiral for Alan Pardew and his squad as they drew with Hull City and in their last Premier League match of the month of September, they suffered another loss but this time when playing with Stoke City.

Polls were being conducted with fans of Newcastle United displaying their disapproval towards the strategic decisions of Alan Pardew and the majority of the supporters of Newcastle United wanted the coach to be sacked due to the disappointing series of results that were shown at the beginning of the season.

Protests, criticism and signs of dissatisfaction was what characterized the supporters of Newcastle United as they wanted Alan Pardew to be sacked but things have slowly been taking a turn in favor of the 53 years old English manager that managed to secure his 4th successive Premier League triumph after defeating West Bromwich Albion on November 9.

Alan Pardew talked about this recent streak of positive results and stated that he will not get carried away and simply try to maintain focused.

“Maybe in my younger days I’d get carried away when we are on a run like this but I won’t now. We’ll just keep doing what we did from the start of the season. The results are much better and the confidence is higher. We have a different type of organization to our team and all of that is giving us the rewards we are getting at the moment.” Newcastle United’s Alan Pardew said.

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson says that he sympathises with the plight of Newcastle boss Alan Pardew ahead of a meeting between the two teams at St James’s Park during the weekend. Newcastle are still waiting for their first win of the season. Since the season is about to enter into the eighth matchday, this poor run of form has left the club in the relegation zone. Even though they have found scoring goals a little easier in the last few matches, holding on to a lead has been a major problem for the club.
The reintroduction of Cisse back into the team has been a major reason behind the good form in front of goal. Pardew will have used the international break in order to work on the defensive side of things. Nigel Pearson is no stranger to getting sacked as a manager. Hence, he says that the situation faced by Pardew, with the Newcastle supporters be heavily against him, is a difficult one for any boss. It was only a few years ago that Pardew was highly praised for getting the club into the fifth place despite being on a limited budget. Pearson returns to the club where he was the manager for a period of 16 months from 2006.
“I’ve still a lot of very good memories from my time there, although being caretaker was not a good experience because I was replacing someone I had worked with. The initial appointment came out of the blue. I had just left West Brom as Bryan Robson had gone and I did not expect to be in work so quickly. But it was a great experience for me. It’s a big club and there were a lot of good things about it. It’s the nature of football that sometimes the expectation can be used as the opportunity to make changes,” said Pearson.

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has been going through a rough spell in 2014. He has been criticised for blaming just about every other aspect for the poor form of Newcastle in the calendar year. The performances have been going downhill and it culminated in the 4-0 defeat against Southampton. There were widespread calls for Pardew to be sacked after the match, but Newcastle did confirm to owner Mike Ashley that they have no plans to part company with the former West Ham manager. Pardew still has six years left on his contract and it is thought to be one of the primary reasons behind this decision.
In the latest string of controversial statements, Pardew has blamed the Newcastle supporters for creating mass hysteria, which he thinks is affecting the players too. Newcastle were in contention for a Europa league place in the first half of last season. However, the sale of Yohan Cabaye to PSG for around £ 25 million without reinvesting in the players appears to have started the slide. Even after bringing in several names during the summer to completely transform the team, Pardew has been unable to get them going.
Newcastle face Hull City at home during the weekend. Hull are managed by Steve Bruce, who ironically, has been linked with replacing Pardew at Newcastle. “This situation at the moment is almost like mass hysteria. I had a long conversation with Mike Ashley. I never asked for reassurance – I signed a long deal for good or bad. The one thing that we both agreed on was that we really need to focus on this Saturday and try and get a win for the football club. It’s gone to a level which makes it really difficult for players to perform in,” said Pardew ahead of the match against Hull, which could be his last as a Newcastle manager.

Edmar Halowski de Lacerda, a soccer player who was born in Brazil, but, had made taken the citizenship of Ukraine to get the opportunity to play international football, has got into trouble now as the Ukrainian government has asked him to join the military camps.

De Lacerda has spent all his life playing soccer only and he has no idea how he would be able to battle with machine gun in his hands at the border if he does get sent there.

However, according to the player, the officials of the club which he is playing for have given him a bit of a relief by saying that they would try their best to get this problem sorted for him. If you check out this sports betting site, you can see that the odds of Lacerda being called up are very low.

De Lacerda who is 34 years of age at the moment talked to the reporters yesterday about this bizarre situation in which he is finding himself into.

He was quoted as saying, “I’d definitely not thought for something like this to happen to me here, otherwise, I would not have opted for the passport. My club is obviously looking to help me, but, it’s terrible time for my close ones especially for my better half. She is extremely fearful of the situation.”

“I am a sportsperson you know. For me, battlefield is a completely unfamiliar territory. I wonder if I would be able to do anything there at all if I do get sent eventually.”

De Lacerda has been playing for Metalist Charkow for the last 6 years. He joined them in 2007 and has so far played 179 matches for them scoring 20 goals. The veteran player has even represented Ukraine national team in a few matches, 11 to be precise. He has just one international goal under his belt.

James Rodriguez wants to continue playing the same way for his new club Real Madrid as he had played for his country Colombia in the World Cup.
A record transfer fee has been paid to the French club Monaco by Madrid to let Rodriguez come to Santiago Bernabeu. There has been no disclosure of the exact amount as yet, but, if there is any truth in the reports that are coming through, it’s over 100 million dollars.
Rodriguez, despite being one of the best in the world, is not going to be a guaranteed starter at Madrid as the Spanish outfit already has a front line filled with stars including Karim Benzema and the great Cristiano Ronaldo. Gareth Bale is also there. So, the Colombian youngster will have to battle for the playing opportunity, that’s for sure.
Talking to the reporters after his arrival in Madrid, Rodriguez said, “Like any other young player, I’ve also come here with a lot of hopes and dreams, but, the first thing that I need to do is to impress the management in the training sessions so that I get the chance to play.”
When asked about his fantastic run in the World Cup and being given the Golden Boot award, Rodriguez said, “It had always been my dream to be named the best player in the World Cup. It felt surreal really to achieve that feat. I would like to credit that to my fans in my motherland Colombia. I draw a lot of motivation and strength from them.”
Rodriguez struck as many as 6 times in the World Cup. He did that twice in the pre quarter final match against Uruguay.
The first of Rodriguez’s two goals against Uruguay was a high class strike and many consider it as one of the best goals to have been scored ever in a World Cup.

Newcastle United have been one of the active clubs in the transfer window so far with a couple of permanent signings to finally pacify the angry supporters. Newcastle went without making a permanent signing for more than 18 months. They had entirely dependent upon the loan market in order to refresh the squad, but after sales of players like Yohan Cabaye for more than £ 20 million, they are stepping back into the market once again. The club recently brought in Remy Cabella and managed Alan Pardew has revealed that he has high hopes for the player.

Remy Cabella is expected to be a straight replacement for Cabaye in the centre of the Newcastle midfield, which could also lose a star name in the form of Ben Arfa. Cabella has been brought to the club before £ 12 million and he is the third record signing. As with several other players signed by Newcastle in the last few years, he is a Frenchman. He was part of the French national team score at the World Cup 2014, although he never got on to make his mark at the competition. Prior to the World Cup, he was a regular for the national team. He will be hoping that the presence of the Premier League will persuade manager Didier Deschamps to start with him more regularly.

“I remember Ginola and Robert and I’m looking forward to making my name and becoming one of those greats. I’m looking to improve all the time and hopefully become one of the best. My first match at Newcastle is something I am already looking forward to. I’d like to pay tribute to my staff and in particular Graham, myself, Lee, Mike Ashley and everyone on the board, who worked really hard for this one,” said Alan Pardew.

Newcastle United finally managed to take a monkey of the back after signing a player on a permanent basis. It has been almost 2 years since the club brought in a permanent player, as they have been largely relying upon loan deals. There has been huge uproar against the club owner Mike Ashley, who has been accused of taking money away from the club. Despite selling Yohan Cabaye for more than £ 20 million last January, the club has not invested any money back into the team. Their first major signing in two years is Jack Colback, who comes from their rivals Sunderland.

Despite this, manager Alan Pardew is optimistic that the signing can turn out to be a good one for the club. Colback has enjoyed a lot of happy moments against Newcastle. It remains to be seen how he will be accepted by the club supporters, although there has been player movement between the two clubs in the history. Newcastle have been able to confirm his capture since he was available on a free transfer. They had to just convince the player to move to St James’s Park. Pardew says that the versatile 24-year-old will be a great addition to Newcastle, who lost six matches on the bounce last season.

“He’s a great passer, versatile and rarely gives the ball away. He’s also a local lad and knows exactly what playing for this club means. And at 24 years old, his best years are ahead of him so I think he’ll be a big asset to us,” said the Newcastle manager. Colback is capable of playing across the midfield, while he is also equally adept at representing the team in the full-back positions. This versatility could be key to a Newcastle team that suffered numerous injuries last season.