Sunday 23rd February
Well after a poor win in the last game, we trained hard in training with the new staff not letting them get away with naything and we can See the effects already. Although It seems we may be losing a little bit of money this month but if we can keep selling out then we should come even or make a profit. So our next few games will be cruial in more than one way.
Hard game today, Aston Villa at St.James' and with the early result of Liverpool 1 - 0 Mancheter United we could increase our lead, with only Chelsea a few points behind us. We had to capitalize! We knew they had no pace at the back and we had to try and make sure they didn't get the bal up to the strikers. We had the worst of starts though with Young England startlet Luke Moore connexting to Rigga's cross and burying it past Shay Given who had no chance. 22 minutes gone and we were losing, not good. We did salvage a goal just before half time though with Michael Owen getting to Martins' through ball before the defenders and slotting home, but we weren't amazing in the half. 1-1 at half time, but there were 4 more to come in the second half. First one went to us as Obafemi Martins, who is in cracking form, got onto Emre's chipped through ball and slid it under the keepers legs to give us the lead, which in honesty we just deserved. Again they scored though after 61 minutes, another young England player Gabriel Agbonlahor took on 3 players and hit it hard into the bottom corner. Now there is potential! 2 more goals came in the match but what way did they go? We took the lead to 3-2 again 6 minutes later as Martins hit a blaster straight at the keeper who fumbled hit straight back into Obafemi's path and he doesn't miss those. The last goal... went to us! In the 95th minute(second time this season) Obafemi Martins connected to Milner's cross and secured us yet another victory! It also completed his hat-trick which he celebrated in style, Nice flip Oba!
As you know Man Utd lost but Chelsea didn't play today as they play at home to Reading tomrow in which should be an easy enconuter for the Blues, hopefully Reading can put up a fight though! Unfortunatley Sunderland managed a point, but stay bottom. More importantly Obafemi Martins now has 11 league goals in 7 league games(12 in 8 in all comps).
Newcastle 4 - 2 Aston Villa
Owen 40
Martins 44,68,90+5
Given - 8
Geremi - 6
Enrique - 7
Radoi(c) - 8
Taylor - 7
Torje - 8
Emre - 8
Barton - 6
Butt - 7
Owen - 8
Martins - 9
Harper - Unused Sub
Smith - 6
Milner - 7
Beye - 7
Viduka - Unused Sub
Round The Grounds
Birmingham 1 - 2 Wigan
Liverpool 1 - 0 Man Utd
Man City 1 - 1 Sunderland
Newcastle 4 - 2 Aston Villa
Portsmouth 2 - 1 West Ham