Robson Praises Newcastle For Point With Wolves


By Matthew Jones
November 30 2003

Newcastle United boss Sir Bobby Robson has praised his players following yesterday's 1-1 draw with Wolves - Less than 48 hours after their UEFA Cup tie against Basel.

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Newcastle United boss Sir Bobby Robson has praised his players following yesterday's 1-1 draw with Wolves - Less than 48 hours after their UEFA Cup tie against Basel.

Alan Shearer cancelled out Nathan Blake's opener to earn a point, and Robson said: "Considering we played on Thursday night I can't give my team enough credit.

"Not many managers would have agreed to play this game but we did and it was a commendable effort."

He added, "I'm not saying the top three is totally conclusive but can anybody catch them? I would say realistically no.

"With all due respect to Wolves these are the games we have got to pick three points up from."

Wolves boss Dave said: "At 1-0 up we started to do one or two sloppy things and we got punished for them.

"But everyone did their jobs and I can't take anything away from my players. We gave them a good game and on another day the chances would have gone in."

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