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Due to recent traffic increases we have decided to mover to more dedicated servers and a domain of our own. Thanks to all who continue their support for Newcastle and indeed this site. We’l continue to support the Black and White till the end of the season when hopefully we’l be a Premier League team again

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Owen back for important game at Hull

Owen - Need his goals and fast

Good news today that Michael Owen is back for the vital clash against Hull. It’s a major boost as we’ve been lacking in goals. The Hull game is absolutely vital and a win is very necessary or we’re into deeper trouble. A draw would be next to useless for us to be totally honest. Nicky Butt has come out and said it himself that a win is crucial and to be honest we’ve had plenty of time for preparation which is good.

We need the win and with Owen back we could get it I’m confident and optimistic per usual and think that  Hull and Arsenal are there for the taking. Heroes need to stand up and get stuck in, going down is not an option, for the player or for us, Newcastle fans, inevitably the best set of fans in the world. Come on lads! Get all 3 points!

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Huddlestone is still in Newcastle’s sights

Huddlestone - After him in January and expected to pursue him again in Summer

Well it seems the rumours are at it again, what a surprise. Today we’ve been told from various media sources that Newcastle were after Tom Huddlestone in January and we are expected to pursue him again in the Summer which will be quite pleasing to any Newcastle fans like myself Reports suggest we made a bid for him after the City game in which Barton got injured however the approach was rejected from old Harry and we decided to go and snap Kevin Nolan up instead and in my opinion we didn’t lower our standard of quality when choosing Nolan

I for one would be happy with Huddlestone but the fact of the matter is that he would cost at least £5m to prise away although I don’t think if would take much for him to come to Newcastle providing we stay in the Premier League come Summer plus as know probably know by now I am very confident that we will be a Premier League team in May

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Bassong only interested in Newcastle’s safety

Bassong - Attracting apparent interest from Arsenal

Sebastien Bassong has spoken today about rumours linking him with Arsenal and despite the crappy tabloids claiming he’s all ready to join Arsenal in the summer is nonsense, let’s just get that straight first. He did however confirm his agent approached him about some interest from Arsenal however Arsené Wenger hasn’t said a word about it. We all know Bassong by now, the best Newcastle defender all season and it doesn’t surprise anyone that he could be attracting interest from bigger clubs. Sebastien said today though, that the only thing on his mind now is keeping Newcastle up and let’s hope he does because you would certainly expect him to leave should we go down

Bassong said today :

“Newcastle want to make me sign a contract extension, indeed. I’m waiting to see what they’re going to offer me.”

“My agent quickly told me about Arsenal’s interest. But it’s not the moment to speak about it. I must be focused on my football and on the end of the season, we will see what happens then.”

“At the moment I’m 100 percent focused on Newcastle and I don’t see any reason why this would change.”

“But I would lie if I said that Arsenal are not a club I’m interested in. But many things can happen before we can speak about a transfer.”

Mixed messages there but one clear one, Bassong is keen to stay and keep us up and hopefully sign a new contract at the end of the season

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Guthrie, Duff, Viduka, Xisco and Owen could well make the Hull game

Guthrie - Missing in midfield for some time now

Good news today as it is emerging that Xisco, Duff, Viduka, Owen and Guthrie could all return for the vital clash against Hull, a fortnight tomorrow. It is still unknown whether Beye will make the trip as he is recovering from one of Lee Cattermole’s many terrible challenges this season. Barton, Beye, Digard,and more recently Scott Parker? Perhaps just a little too common in his poor tackling?

But back to our recovering injuries, I must say I am a big fan of of Danny Guthrie and to have him back is brilliant, mind you he has chipped in with a couple of goals this season too, one at Pompey and the other at Wigan. Costing a mere £1.5m, Guthrie has been up until his injury a very important member of the Magpies midfield , often times alongside Barton or Butt. But more importantly, our safety in the Premier League is the major talking issue, with Bassong already saying some players are getting worried of the teams position in the league.

All I can say is, that we’ll stay up, and hopefully have that confirmed fairly soon too Hull is such an important game at the minute and should results go our way we could well be in a more comfortable position for the time being at least. Just to note, Blackburn are picking points up on the road which isn’t nice to see but hopefully we’ll pull clear and our true quality will shine through. Remember, Joe will be back soon and the dressing room will change, that’s for sure.

Keep the faith

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If Newcastle show steel at Hull then we can take all three points

Lovenkrands - Scored last night to tear Van der Sar's recore to tatters

I think we can all say when Peter Lovenkrands tapped the ball into the net at St.James’ Park after 9 minutes last night we all were ecstatic, it came as a shock to us but to Alex Ferguson and Edwin Van der Sar. The Dutch man only needed to keep a clean sheet for another 89 minutes before the Newcastle game and it looked pretty straight forward, from a Newcastle fan’s perspective too. Not only had United (Manchester this is) been unstoppable this year, they too had kept a great clean sheet record and tipped for every cup going this year mind.

However, I think we all knew when Lovenkrands and the Mighty Magpie fans had finished their celebration it was back to business and a Red Devils equaliser was imminent. Indeed Rooney fired a fine shot into the back of the net 10 minutes later with the aid of Steven Taylor’s back. Saying this Newcastle kept their heads up and began to attack again, mind you should Enrique’s ball to Lovenkrands have been a little better the man from Denmark could’ve had his second of the night however it wasn’t to be.

Shortly into the second half Berbatov made it 2-1 from some unfortunate defending . After that we pressed again introducing Carroll and Kazenga Lua Lua. Some Newcastle fans were outraged that Vidic wasn’t shown a red card after apparently obstructing the little Nigerian on his way to goal. Regarding this title, if we can show this steely determination we showed against The World Club, Carling, and Premier League champions we can stay up, I know it. We can beat Hull and certainly put it up to Arsenal and Chelsea. The nerves are being racked each game but safety will calm them, until August at least

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Newcastle set to pay £10m for two Messiahs

Keegan- Set for compensation but does he really need it?

News from LLambias has revealed that Newcastle are set to muster up £10m of Ashley money to pay off Keegan and to pay Real Mallorca for Jonas Gutierrez. Some confusion surrounds Jonas’s story as it seamed we had done so sleek business by snatching him however no it seems the Toon may be regretting something and are willing a rumoured fee of £4m for the Argentine, still goods business if you ask me!

Keegan on the other had left because he couldn’t settle for his position and he was fully entitled to do so. He had turned us around on the pitch with a memorable 1-1 at United on the first day of the season however following the close of the transfer window he decided to part company to the utter anger of most Toon fans including myself. Llambias, speaking again today said :

“We are hoping to reach two important settlements in the next week or so which potentially could cost the club a lot of money,”“One of those is the settlement with Kevin Keegan and the other is the fee for Jonas Gutiérrez. We are talking about millions of pounds here and, if we have to pay out a vast sum of money, that will hit our revenue elsewhere.”

“Mike has had to put £10M of his own money into the club this week to facilitate the running of the club – that includes £4.5M for Kevin Nolan as fees for Shay Given and Charles N’Zogbia will not be received until the summer. And he will continue to put his own money in.”

“He is willing to put £10-15M of his own money in every year, but the rest of the money, for transfers and so on, has to be generated by the club’s own business activity.”

“We don’t have any commercial income at the moment because that was spent to pay for Michael Owen. It was all spent in advance, that’s the money from Northern Rock and Adidas.”

“That is crazy for any football club because we need that income.”

It’s not nice to have to pay that money but the majority which could well go on Keegan is stupid and a waste of a huge amount in today’s climate. We could have another 5 Sebastien Bassong’s with that cash!

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Ashley cuts prices for the Toon

Ashley - Cutting ticket prices to bring buzz back

Good news today for Toon fans as Mike Ashley has decided to cut Newcastle’s ticket prices by up to 9%. A change in price has been inevitable and receives a warm welcome to the loyal Toon fans. The fans of NUFC has been brilliant and I speak as an Irish man who sees St.James’ beaming with Black and White, it’s a great great sight and the players respect it so much. Although some can turn on the ownership or team, it is only because of the welfare of the club, lets be honest, we all want to see Newcastle United Football Club thrive.

Season tickets on a standard have been cut from £543 to £494 which is still a lot of money to say the least. On average the games will approximately £26 a game with Juniors attending for around £20 per match. Not a bad price if we see the Toon winning at SJP Even better thing about Juniors is, they are pushing back the age restriction to 18 so more Teen Tooners will get in for less, a great move if you ask me

Derek Llambias spoke again today

“At a time when money is tight for supporters, football clubs have to recognise the sacrifices people make to continue following their team and offer any assistance they can in making games affordable to watch.

“We have decided to reduce the majority of prices back to 2007/08 levels to help fans because we appreciate the big commitment they make in buying their season tickets every year.

“We are also further increasing the Family Enclosure and raising the age of the junior price concession to 18 because young supporters represent our future.”

“It has been a tough season, nobody will pretend otherwise, but together we must all look to better times ahead.”

No doubt Llambias and Ashley are making some long awaited progress and finally speaking to the media. Keep it up and hopefully the team will keep going up too

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Newcastle battle for point to go 5 ahead of drop-zone

Nolan - Deservedly sent off for a awful challenge

On a day where the theme was of rivalry although not normally, tackles flew in, from Newcastle players to say the least. The above picture shows Nolan’s tackle on Anichebe which rightly got him sent off after 44 minutes at St.James’. A terrible challenge from a player who is very important to Newcastle’s survival this year. Unfortunately now, that will mean Nolan will miss three important games upcoming.

The visitors were by far the sharper team during the early encounters and had two glorious opportunities to take a lead which would have been well deserved. Harper managed to block Jack Rodwell’s 29th-minute effort at the far post with his legs as Everton threatened. Ryan Taylor curled a free-kick just over five minutes later as we started to dominate, but it was then that Nolan’s adrenalin  got the better of him and with Marouane Fellaini replacing Anichebe, we came under attack again.

However after Martins made an introduction and Jonas alike Newcastle could’ve well taken the lead if Jonas had only his shooting boots on. (No emphasis on the article below ) After that we didn’t attack though a settled for a point which now takes us 5 points clear of the danger zone. Our next game holds the same importance yet again and 3 points at Bolton would be great

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Gutierrez promises a real celebration when he brakes his duck.

Jonas - We can't wait for the celebration!

Jonas Gutierrez has promised that when he does finally score his first goal for Newcastle that a real celebration will be on it’s way to the Geordies. Hopefully when he does score it will be in St.James’ Park in front of all the brilliant fans that he has so much respect for and alike.

We can’t wait for Jonas to start scoring because his runs and dashes are very exciting indeed, only a one goal is needed until that mask will be worn with use. In case you haven’t saw what he looks like with it on, although obviously enough you can’t see his face!

Warning! Contains a Spoiler!

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