We Are The Geordies, The Geordie Boot Boys - A Newcastle United Fifa 12 Dynasty
A New Direction
Local and unproven manager, James Campbell, has been appointed as manger of Newcastle United following the start of their campaign in the English Premier League. With expectations always high on Tyneside the bored and fans alike will be looking for the club to build on last season’s promising performances that saw the club with some tremendous results such as the incredible 4-4 draw with Arsenal, the 6-0 drubbing of Aston Villa and maybe most importantly the 5-1 hammering of local rivals Sunderland. With a host of big names leaving the club last January and over the summer, some may have doubts that Newcastle can perform up to expectations with the loss of stars such as Andy Carroll, Jose Enrique, Joey Barton and former captain, Kevin Nolan.
Summer signings by former manager Alan Pardew have raised questions on Tyneside whether the likes of Demba Ba, Yohan Cabaye, Davide Santon, Gabriel Obertan and Sylvain Marveaux will be able to step up with only Ba and Obertan possessing any kind of premier league experience. But regardless of the questions raised over the strength of the squad, one thing is for sure, when Newcastle take the field at St James Park on the opening Saturday of the season the Toon Army will be out in force cheering for their new look team.
Preseason Campaign 11/12
The preseason started with James Campbell beginning to look for talent abroad. Keen not only to build on his team now but to build on the team down the stretch Campbell recruited Norwegian Erlend Strømstad, Russian Eveni Moskvin and Scot Steven McCormack to work as the clubs scouts. Strømstad has been assigned to France, Moskvin to the United States and McCormack to his native land of Scotland.
Troublemaking striker Nile Ranger has been placed on the transfer list, clearly manager James Campbell wanting to make an example of Ranger to show, despite being an unproven manager, he has a no tolerance ruling. It had been reported that during his time at Newcastle, Nile has repeatedly been lazy in training as well as unpunctual. Despite his tremendous potential it seems as though Newcastle aren’t prepared to tolerate the baggage that comes with the player. In other transfer news, strikers Sammy Ameobi, Ryan Donaldson and Haris Vučkić have all been placed on the loan list in hope for them to gain some first team experience elsewhere. Young goalkeeper Fraser Forster is already on loan at Celtic while promising starlet Kazenga Lualua is on loan at Brighton and Spaniard Xisco is out on loan to Depotivo.
Prior to the first friendly game of the new preseason, Newcastle announced that Millwall have taken brother of Shola Ameobi, Sammy Ameobi on a season long loan and Haris Vučkić also went out on a season long loan. Heading into the game with Watford the squad has a clean bill of health which gives Campbell a wide range of options as he uses the preseason to find his most effective line-up. Also prior to kick off Newcastle rejected bids of £4,900,000 from Fulham for Steven Taylor and £9,000,000 for highly rated Hatem Ben Arfa from Roma.
POOR NEWCASTLE LUCKY TO DRAW
A game which really did play out like a friendly saw two teams play a lot of scrappy football. Watford started the brighter of the two teams but were unable to turn chances and possession into goals as the first half ended goalless. Newcastle looked a little better when they started to play some football in the second half and were rewarded when substitute Shola Ameobi scored in the 72nd minute. The Toon Army’s lead didn’t last long however as Krul could only block Sordell’s first attempt before the winger netted the second attempt. Newcastle almost hit right back when Yohan Cabaye beat the keeper with a curling shot from outside the box but the ball struck against the woodwork.
Starting XI
Tim Krul
Danny Simpson
Fabricio Coloccini (C)
Steven Taylor
Davide Santon
Hatem Ben Arfa
Cheick Tiote
Yohan Cabaye
Jonas Gutierrez
Demba Ba
Leon Best
Substitutes
Steven Harper
Ryan Taylor
Mike Williamson
Dan Gosling
Gabriel Obertan (Hatem Ben Arfa)
Sylvain Marveaux (Jonas Gutierrez)
Shola Ameobi (Leon Best)
Goals
Shola Ameobi
Assists
Demba Ba
Local and unproven manager, James Campbell, has been appointed as manger of Newcastle United following the start of their campaign in the English Premier League. With expectations always high on Tyneside the bored and fans alike will be looking for the club to build on last season’s promising performances that saw the club with some tremendous results such as the incredible 4-4 draw with Arsenal, the 6-0 drubbing of Aston Villa and maybe most importantly the 5-1 hammering of local rivals Sunderland. With a host of big names leaving the club last January and over the summer, some may have doubts that Newcastle can perform up to expectations with the loss of stars such as Andy Carroll, Jose Enrique, Joey Barton and former captain, Kevin Nolan.
Summer signings by former manager Alan Pardew have raised questions on Tyneside whether the likes of Demba Ba, Yohan Cabaye, Davide Santon, Gabriel Obertan and Sylvain Marveaux will be able to step up with only Ba and Obertan possessing any kind of premier league experience. But regardless of the questions raised over the strength of the squad, one thing is for sure, when Newcastle take the field at St James Park on the opening Saturday of the season the Toon Army will be out in force cheering for their new look team.
Preseason Campaign 11/12
The preseason started with James Campbell beginning to look for talent abroad. Keen not only to build on his team now but to build on the team down the stretch Campbell recruited Norwegian Erlend Strømstad, Russian Eveni Moskvin and Scot Steven McCormack to work as the clubs scouts. Strømstad has been assigned to France, Moskvin to the United States and McCormack to his native land of Scotland.
Troublemaking striker Nile Ranger has been placed on the transfer list, clearly manager James Campbell wanting to make an example of Ranger to show, despite being an unproven manager, he has a no tolerance ruling. It had been reported that during his time at Newcastle, Nile has repeatedly been lazy in training as well as unpunctual. Despite his tremendous potential it seems as though Newcastle aren’t prepared to tolerate the baggage that comes with the player. In other transfer news, strikers Sammy Ameobi, Ryan Donaldson and Haris Vučkić have all been placed on the loan list in hope for them to gain some first team experience elsewhere. Young goalkeeper Fraser Forster is already on loan at Celtic while promising starlet Kazenga Lualua is on loan at Brighton and Spaniard Xisco is out on loan to Depotivo.
Prior to the first friendly game of the new preseason, Newcastle announced that Millwall have taken brother of Shola Ameobi, Sammy Ameobi on a season long loan and Haris Vučkić also went out on a season long loan. Heading into the game with Watford the squad has a clean bill of health which gives Campbell a wide range of options as he uses the preseason to find his most effective line-up. Also prior to kick off Newcastle rejected bids of £4,900,000 from Fulham for Steven Taylor and £9,000,000 for highly rated Hatem Ben Arfa from Roma.
POOR NEWCASTLE LUCKY TO DRAW
A game which really did play out like a friendly saw two teams play a lot of scrappy football. Watford started the brighter of the two teams but were unable to turn chances and possession into goals as the first half ended goalless. Newcastle looked a little better when they started to play some football in the second half and were rewarded when substitute Shola Ameobi scored in the 72nd minute. The Toon Army’s lead didn’t last long however as Krul could only block Sordell’s first attempt before the winger netted the second attempt. Newcastle almost hit right back when Yohan Cabaye beat the keeper with a curling shot from outside the box but the ball struck against the woodwork.
| Jul 19, 2011 - Newcastle United vs Watford | |||
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | SCORE |
| Newcastle United (0-0-0) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Watford (0-0-0) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Stats Comparison | |||||||
| Newcastle United | Watford | ||||||
| 1 | Goals | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Shots | 9 | |||||
| 1 | Shots on Target | 4 | |||||
| 8 | Tackles | 13 | |||||
| 2 | Fouls | 0 | |||||
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 | |||||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | |||||
| 0 | Injuries | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Shot Accuracy | 44 | |||||
| 76 | Passing Percentage | 89 | |||||
Starting XI
Tim Krul
Danny Simpson
Fabricio Coloccini (C)
Steven Taylor
Davide Santon
Hatem Ben Arfa
Cheick Tiote
Yohan Cabaye
Jonas Gutierrez
Demba Ba
Leon Best
Substitutes
Steven Harper
Ryan Taylor
Mike Williamson
Dan Gosling
Gabriel Obertan (Hatem Ben Arfa)
Sylvain Marveaux (Jonas Gutierrez)
Shola Ameobi (Leon Best)
Goals
Shola Ameobi
Assists
Demba Ba
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