What squad number has Lua Lua been given.......?

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

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-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

My web server is having problems so can't post this on the web site.

23rd September .... Newcastle United 0 Charlton Athletic 1 With the PA system still not working we had to wait until the players appeared on the pitch to see who was playing. Robson played the team that most fans would have picked opting for Griffin at left back and Cordone on the left of midfield.(Season stats are here) The Line up .... Given Charvet.............. Hughes ............. Goma ........... Griffin Solano ............. Dyer .......... ... Speed .................... Cordone ..... Shearer .................... Cort On the Bench ? No idea at kick off as not only was the PA off but a power cut meant that there was only a few emergancy lights working in the vast part of the ground. Just a temporary thing we thought , but it lasted until around the 65th minute of the game, which co-incidentally was when the power came onto the pitch with the introduction of a triple substitution. The first half had started off very noisily compared with the midweek game against the Orient , the fans were in good voice and most were predicting a good win. We were soon silenced when a diagonal ball played through our defence saw Stewart getting the opener for Charlton on the seven minute mark. It was a bit of a shock to the system, but there were still over 80 minutes to play, an equaliser wouldn't be far away I foolishly thought. Solano went pretty close a couple of minutes later when he curled an effort towards Kiely's top left corner but it was well saved. That was really it for the first half , there was a total lack of ideas, movement from the strikers (?) or anything resembling professional football from United. Charlton came close five minutes from the break when Stuart managed to dribble his way into the box but Aaron Hughes recovered well, and blocked the striker on the edge of the penalty area. Regrettably a number of fans booed the team off at half time. We made our way to the pitch blackened toilets during the interval. Strangely the refreshment areas were illuminated but the relief areas weren't . If they were pay per pee loos the I'm sure they would have sorted the problem out with the power . It was quite a strange expieriance in the pitch black areas, everyone feeling their way around looking for the troughs, many found the sinks easier to find, and the walls were also drenched. Luckily no one mistook the back of my legs for a urinal, but I reckon some poor sod would have his trousers saturated by a careless drunk. The Second half kicked off and the fightback would begin .... Why am I so bloody optimistic? well you've got to be, what's the point in going if your just going to moan, My view weren't shared by the majority who continued to curse their team. Ok so we were crap on the day, but we can hardly "sell the bloody lot of them" or "Stick Shearer on the transfer list". Or "Get wor money back for Cort" . What we can do is hope that Robson makes a change or two. He actually made three changes with Lee, Domi and Lomano Tresor Lua Lua coming on just after the hour mark. The new lineup looked something like this:- Given Griffin............ Hughes ............. Goma ........... Domi Dyer ..........Lee ......... Speed Lua Lua Shearer .................... Cort Their arrival saw the power restored both on and off the field. The last 25 minutes were better, Charlton were immediately penned back deep inside their own half, and survived three strong penalty appeals as Cort and Shearer stepped up the tempo . Lee was soon in the thick of the action as the played the ball in to Shearer to flick towards Cort, and although he seemed to be brought down, play was allowed to continue "The Referee's a Banker" echoed around the ground which basically turned Mr D'urso against us . We thought we had scored on 68 minutes. Shearer went down in the box under Brown's challenge, Cort lashed the ball home, but for some unknown reason neither a penalty nor a goal was awarded .A minute later Dyer had one of his few efforts blocked by Brown. Lua Lua was the star man in the later stages, trying to open up the Addicks defences with some fine runs, but by this time they had shut up shop and despite having 5 extra minutes, Newcastle couldn't score. After the match Robson stated that he is going to be forced back into the transfer after Alain Goma broke his nose early on in the game. He said: Alain Goma played with a broken nose all afternoon. "He's shown his endeavour for the club and his loyalty to the club and he gone for an operation now. It's a seven-to-10-day injury, so we only have four defenders. We really are on the bare bones. "We're going to have to do something. We've got to look at our defensive situation. I have to do what I have to do. It's not something we have been sleeping on for the last 10 days, but I really have to try and do something this week." Robson wasn't a happy chappy after the defeat, adding: "I'm disappointed because we absolutely wasted 45 minutes of football. "I just can't understand it. I thought we'd learned our lesson after Southampton. We've dropped eight points out of nine in our last three games, two of which have been at home. We defended very poorly. We had a bad start with a poor appetite for some foolish, unknown reason which I'm angry about. "But we were much better in the second half and at the end of the day, we deserved at least a draw from the game. We were encamped in their half in the second-half, but it was one of those days when nothing was going to fall for us. Little crucial decisions didn't quite go our way and we didn't get a little bounce of the ball. "I've said enough to hurt them and damage them, but I've got to keep my cool. I've got to pick people up for Tuesday night." Just who Robson does pick on Tuesday night is questionable , Only Goma playing with his broken nose and Aaron Hughes did themselves any justice. in the starting Eleven, Perhaps a few fresh faces will be introduced .

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

My web server is having problems so can't post this on the web site.

23rd September .... Newcastle United 0 Charlton Athletic 1 With the PA system still not working we had to wait until the players appeared on the pitch to see who was playing. Robson played the team that most fans would have picked opting for Griffin at left back and Cordone on the left of midfield.(Season stats are here) The Line up .... Given Charvet.............. Hughes ............. Goma ........... Griffin Solano ............. Dyer .......... ... Speed .................... Cordone ..... Shearer .................... Cort On the Bench ? No idea at kick off as not only was the PA off but a power cut meant that there was only a few emergancy lights working in the vast part of the ground. Just a temporary thing we thought , but it lasted until around the 65th minute of the game, which co-incidentally was when the power came onto the pitch with the introduction of a triple substitution. The first half had started off very noisily compared with the midweek game against the Orient , the fans were in good voice and most were predicting a good win. We were soon silenced when a diagonal ball played through our defence saw Stewart getting the opener for Charlton on the seven minute mark. It was a bit of a shock to the system, but there were still over 80 minutes to play, an equaliser wouldn't be far away I foolishly thought. Solano went pretty close a couple of minutes later when he curled an effort towards Kiely's top left corner but it was well saved. That was really it for the first half , there was a total lack of ideas, movement from the strikers (?) or anything resembling professional football from United. Charlton came close five minutes from the break when Stuart managed to dribble his way into the box but Aaron Hughes recovered well, and blocked the striker on the edge of the penalty area. Regrettably a number of fans booed the team off at half time. We made our way to the pitch blackened toilets during the interval. Strangely the refreshment areas were illuminated but the relief areas weren't . If they were pay per pee loos the I'm sure they would have sorted the problem out with the power . It was quite a strange expieriance in the pitch black areas, everyone feeling their way around looking for the troughs, many found the sinks easier to find, and the walls were also drenched. Luckily no one mistook the back of my legs for a urinal, but I reckon some poor sod would have his trousers saturated by a careless drunk. The Second half kicked off and the fightback would begin .... Why am I so bloody optimistic? well you've got to be, what's the point in going if your just going to moan, My view weren't shared by the majority who continued to curse their team. Ok so we were crap on the day, but we can hardly "sell the bloody lot of them" or "Stick Shearer on the transfer list". Or "Get wor money back for Cort" . What we can do is hope that Robson makes a change or two. He actually made three changes with Lee, Domi and Lomano Tresor Lua Lua coming on just after the hour mark. The new lineup looked something like this:- Given Griffin............ Hughes ............. Goma ........... Domi Dyer ..........Lee ......... Speed Lua Lua Shearer .................... Cort Their arrival saw the power restored both on and off the field. The last 25 minutes were better, Charlton were immediately penned back deep inside their own half, and survived three strong penalty appeals as Cort and Shearer stepped up the tempo . Lee was soon in the thick of the action as the played the ball in to Shearer to flick towards Cort, and although he seemed to be brought down, play was allowed to continue "The Referee's a Banker" echoed around the ground which basically turned Mr D'urso against us . We thought we had scored on 68 minutes. Shearer went down in the box under Brown's challenge, Cort lashed the ball home, but for some unknown reason neither a penalty nor a goal was awarded .A minute later Dyer had one of his few efforts blocked by Brown. Lua Lua was the star man in the later stages, trying to open up the Addicks defences with some fine runs, but by this time they had shut up shop and despite having 5 extra minutes, Newcastle couldn't score. After the match Robson stated that he is going to be forced back into the transfer after Alain Goma broke his nose early on in the game. He said: Alain Goma played with a broken nose all afternoon. "He's shown his endeavour for the club and his loyalty to the club and he gone for an operation now. It's a seven-to-10-day injury, so we only have four defenders. We really are on the bare bones. "We're going to have to do something. We've got to look at our defensive situation. I have to do what I have to do. It's not something we have been sleeping on for the last 10 days, but I really have to try and do something this week." Robson wasn't a happy chappy after the defeat, adding: "I'm disappointed because we absolutely wasted 45 minutes of football. "I just can't understand it. I thought we'd learned our lesson after Southampton. We've dropped eight points out of nine in our last three games, two of which have been at home. We defended very poorly. We had a bad start with a poor appetite for some foolish, unknown reason which I'm angry about. "But we were much better in the second half and at the end of the day, we deserved at least a draw from the game. We were encamped in their half in the second-half, but it was one of those days when nothing was going to fall for us. Little crucial decisions didn't quite go our way and we didn't get a little bounce of the ball. "I've said enough to hurt them and damage them, but I've got to keep my cool. I've got to pick people up for Tuesday night." Just who Robson does pick on Tuesday night is questionable , Only Goma playing with his broken nose and Aaron Hughes did themselves any justice. in the starting Eleven, Perhaps a few fresh faces will be introduced .

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

So bad he wrote it twice. Good to see you and the young 'un Rik.

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

Did anyone piss on your legs at H/T Screacher?

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

Yeah - me.

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2000

At least those people in the posh seats couldn't get a half time pint as well....as an aside...

Does anyone have people sitting around them using binoculars? I've got two old boys sitting just in front of me who use them throught the game....at one point in the second half yesterday one of the chaps was staring off towards city centre instead of watching the match, had me wetting myself....I wondered if he'd found some woman getting changed in a window or something....

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2000

Jonno uses binoculars.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2000

Ah yes......but Jonno's getting to the age where he needs to use binoculars when he has a front row pitch side seat!

;0)

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2000