Newcastle United

Sixer’s Soapbox: apprehensive times as Newcastle highlight a lack of initiative

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Looking beyond the disappointment of yet another failure to take three points off our nearest rivals on home soil, Pete Sixsmith sees a disturbing lack of initiative and quality from the boys in red and white. Judging by the grumblings of the fans leaving the Stadium of Light on Sunday, he is not alone. Here he presents his thoughts in his inimitable style.

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Martin’s Musings on Sunderland 1 v Newcastle 1

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Jake's imagination

Can’t really argue with anything that the manager has to say in his after match verdict, delivered personally to M. Salut. His thoughts echo those of the majority of red and white fans leaving the ground and on the radio phone ins. The lack of penetration and the failure to threaten the opposition goal on more than the odd occasion is something that the coaching staff must address and address quickly. That it took a player in lime green to put the ball in the net will not be lost on them. His word of thanks to the supporters will be appreciated but won’t distract from their concerns. Over to the Boss.

Martin O’Neill delivers his post-match e-mail verdict

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Sixer’s Sevens: SAFC 1 Newcastle United 1. Demba Ba makes our point

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In the end we had Calamity Williamson to thank, his cynical block on Saha giving Larsson the chance to send over the cross from which that deadly O’Shea/Ba combination paid off. Sunderland did not, truthfully, play well enough to win even after Tiote rightly saw red for his reckless, unnecessary and career-threatening studs-up lunge at Steven Fletcher. Second-half possession made the equaliser about right, and we’d have taken James McClean’s late strike going in instead of just wide. But Pete Sixsmith‘s seven-word verdict below is spot-on and Monsieur Salut was left wondering whether he’d have been better off watching his daughter Nathalie score a hat-trick as Old Actonians Ladies hammered Maidstone 6-1 …

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SAFC v Newcastle: Steven Taylor’s guide to cheating – and stamp collecting

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For a quick guide to all Salut! Sunderland has published in the build-up to the Sunderland-Newcastle derby, go to this link: https://safc.blog/2012/10/saluts-week-gripping-newcastle-build-up-plus-breathtaking-evrasissokoriberygiroud-move/
Here, with some new or newish Jake art, is a last look at the game before it kicks off …

One last spot of fun before the real business starts.

Enter the Newcastle United defender whose Mastermind subject would be “falling over in the box”, Steven Taylor, a shoe-in for the role of pantomime villain.

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