Newcastle fans must be very glad they wont be facing again Manchester United this season. Aggregate score in the league is 11-1 and Newcastle still havn’t won under Kevin Keegan. Even the most ardent Keegan fans must surely be wondering if they havn’t made a mistake in getting rid of Sam Allerdice. Comfortably midtable to relegation candidates in two short months. I almost hope they don’t go down so we can have another two easy wins next season.
United were a little bit indifferent but Ronaldo and Rooney were clinical and Newcastle’s defending were woeful. Fletcher was given a deserved start in the midfield with Carrick and perhaps our weakest midfield combination was more than enough for Newcastle. Ronaldo and Rooney got two apiece and Saha popped up from the injury list to get his first goal for quite a while.
Speaking of injuries, my thoughts go to Eduardo and his horrific injury against Birminham City. Having seen the replays on Match of the Day, you just hope that he’ll play again. Arsene Wenger said the Birmingham player, Martin Taylor “should never play again” but later retracted that statement just as I was wondering if there was something seriously wrong with him. Good of him to change his mind as the challenge was bad and poor, but didn’t look malicious, just badly timed. Arsenal dropped two points after a late penalty decision that had Arsenal captain William Gallas react most oddly. Sitting down on the pitch long after the final whilst is no way for a captain to behave. Wenger had to come back out onto the pitch as if to treat Gallas as a toddler “get inside now, you’re an embarrassment”.
The result was that the lead is back down to three points and Arsenal are clearly wobbling whilst United are back to full force.
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