Posted on Tuesday, 21st February 2012 by Kieran Bolton

Last time out Newcastle were beaten, badly. achknowledges this. So hopefully this means he has a plan? I’ve noticed in the past when Pardew tells the media he will be playing his own game, we win. Stoke, Manchester United, Sunderland. But since the loss of , Newcastle are a less capable defensive unit. And we are trying, almost too hard to make up for that. With Europe still a possibility for the first time since 2006, Newcastle really need to win more than they draw, and draw more than they lose.

The January Transfer Window:
You would be a fool to say it was a failure, as on December 31st, you’d have said “I’ll be happy with nobody in, aslong as no-one leaves”. Alan Pardew kept his big guns, in Tiote, Cabaye, Ba, Krul, Coloccini, and he brought in Ba’s Senegalese team-mate Papiss Cisse. But that was after promising no attackers coming in, and definitely a defender coming in. All is not as it seems at Newcastle.

The Rest Of The Season:
With Sunderland just around the corner, the team need to get back into good spirits and win at home against the now Mick McCarthy-less Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Key Players:
has been the heart of our defence this season and deservedly so, Captain Colo has been of such a high standard that teams have been taking an interest, reportedly Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs. What Mike Ashley and Pardew really need to do is tie him down to a two or three year contract.

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With Demba Ba netting at least one every two games on average, teams are beginning to take a real interest. Harry Redknapp reported Ba has a release clause in his contract, this needs to be resolved, give him a new contract with no buy out clause.

Steven Taylor:
The Forgotten man. He has been well and truly missed. Williamson is better in two departments. Strength and heading. Pardew noted that is something we needed. Someone who could head a ball. But Taylor doesn’t need to head a ball, when he has the best goal line clearance average per game. 2 clearances from the line per game.

Europe:
Are Newcastle strong enough? To be honest I don’t care. I don’t care if we get beat 20-0 every game in Europe. As we will have gotten there. But evidence says yes. Let’s not forget there’s only 8 really good teams in the Champions League. Barcelona, Man Utd, Madrid to name but a few. The rest are all beatable. And if we get to Europe, it will intice players to come to Newcastle, and make us stronger.

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Click on the image below to see the 01/02 and 11/12 Newcastle Starting XIs go head-to-head!

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One Response to “Where do Newcastle go from here?”

  • andrew Says:
    February 21st, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    Europa will be even easier, just watch out for the dutch and portugese, they dominate europa every season, but they should be no match for a newly strengthened NUFC!

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