By Tyne Talk Regulars
January 15 2006

Views from fans at today's match away at Fulham. The bottom line according to these fans is that we were unlucky to lose today.

EULA:

Okay to be fair, we were fucking robbed

To all the stupid cunt that are calling for Souness' head, kindly go support another club.

We dominated the second half with chances, was a 50/50 game in first half but they had more chances.

Boumsong and Ramage played well in the middle.

Our problem was we didn’t have anyone up front, we got to their corner flag and crossed it in and guess? no one was there.

First half was pretty boring.

However we came out in the second half dominating them from 46th minute we were all over them, coming close to scoring. We desperately needed some pace today, desperately. The problem was we were getting so many through balls by Luque and Solano yet we didn’t have anyone there to run at them, bowyer ran at a few but was too slow and shearer well shearer has never been the quickest has he.

The point is we were attacking and due to Bowyer losing the ball they did a quick counter attack. This was the only shocking part of the match for me where number 20 (Can’t remember his name) was running at Boumsong and Elliot but neither would make a challenge and they gave him too much space.

Then we just attacked and the substitutes played very well, especially Alan O'Brian he was exactly what we needed, some pace, he was running at players and being a constant pain in the ass. This brings me to another point Luque, now for me this guy had a decent first half and an okay second half but whoever says he’s not strong enough is talking shite he won 90% of the air balls coming to him, however what surprised me was he wasn’t fast at all, i mean i expected him to be pretty speedy but he didn’t run very fast today . However he played well, he worked for the ball and he made some neat passes, but I wasn’t impressed I was satisfied by his performance.

But for fucks sake man we should of had a clear fucking penalty, right in front of the fucking Toon supporters the cunt Fulham player hand balled it for a corner, right in front of us. Possibly the most frustrating moment I've ever had at a match. It was a clear penalty.

Overall, Souness’ tactics worked at concealing them they had a few chances in the first half, one came close but it wasn’t really that threatening we had possession but we BADLY lack pace and that’s not his fault. Second half we were determined making so many chances but again we lacked someone that could run past the defenders with ease, Owen would have got a hat-trick today is a shame

For the people calling for Souness to be sacked, go jump

 

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CHRIS BAKER:

Actually ended up going to the game today but couldn't get online the past few days

Connected via Orange 3G

Anyway, I think we were good today. The defense was solid first half, no errors or anything, can't say about the 2nd goal as it was at the other end and my view was shit.

Luque was disappointing it has to be said, and I heard boos when hew as subbed

I was thinking at halftime that with Owen we'd win this game easily, we lacked in the final third. Owen would've had a hat trick today, especially considering the 2nd half performance. Even Dyer up front would have bagged a few.

Carr did well today, no surprise that he goes off injured then...

I noticed Carr and Boumsong exchanging angry words a few times about their positioning, Carr was being mouthy in the Mansfield game too, but it seems to work.

Totally clear, blatant hand ball at the end

Chopra and O'Brien did well

That's about it. Souness out chants at the end; stupid fuuckers - what did Souness do wrong today? Got the tactics and team selection spot on, we were very unlucky to lose.

 

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