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So we lost after 8 unbeaten but I have to admit the people who did not see this coming surprized me.....Bilic said he thought it strange that Newcastle were more up for it and going for the win more than us...but on a number of occasions this season we have started slow and need a kick up the bum at half time to get us going.. yesterday we could of easily gone in 4-0 down and were lucky to keep them to only 2 goals the whole match.....every player was very poor yesterday..... its not a told you so moment but I mentioned this in a thread earlier in the week and take no credit for getting it right I wished I was wrong but for some reason we just don't seem to get going early on.
now for something else it is clear Valencia cannot lead the line its not him it is not his kind of role and yes I am going to mention it but noble could of easily been subbed as yet another performance whilst not the worse we have seen many of this term.....I do not dislike him and I think he is a good prem player but no more than that...I understand this will upset some but I am not slagging him off I just see how ltd he is and again blowing my own trumpet I had mentioned being happy if we had got shelvey in to replace mark..... only one game but already the drive the passing ability and the shooting ability(although many way off yesterday)head and shoulders above noble....still we move on from this defeat and we have citeh and maybe the scousers in the cup(come on the grecians!)to come...we need to start faster in these matches or we could be in for more of what we saw yesterday.

Charlie Austin from 15m to 4.5m Southampton snap him up,have we missed a trick or dodged a bullet,with his injury record....me personally feels a bit gutted...

Q 1 what is the lowest official attendance within 500 at the Boleyn ground since 1970?

Q2 which Newcastle player did Alvin Martin score against at the Boleyn that went on to gain 59 international caps.

Q3. Mark lawrenceson is struggling with his maths exam can you help? It's a sum that only counts for players that have appeared for West Ham with the same surnames. Nobles x allens + ferdinands - robsons = ????

Q4. who scored the winning goal between Newcastle and West Ham 1982 at the Boleyn ground

Q5. Apart from the obvious, Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan, name 3 players since 1970 who have played for both West Ham and Newcastle?.

Ive watched the game twice and can't seem to move on …. A great week. But there were a few things about the Bournemouth game that I am surprised have not been mentioned. Firstly I like to read the opposition view on KNUM. Always get a kick out of opposing team supporters.. Normally its the usual 'how did we lose against a shitty WH.. But the Bournemouth supports were full of respect and realism that is usually missing, so hats off to them and good luck in the Prem. …. No mentions on this site or in their comments about what a good player one of our own Stanislas has become. Glad to see him in a Prem team and doing well. His form now would have made it in our team a year ago but not after our summer signings, but hope he keeps on improving and playing well…. Interesting fact by the commentator during the game, that we have not lost to a team outside of the M25 this season….. Valencia scores the second and all I can hear is "We've got Payet……." felt a bit sorry for him,… It was a well taken volley coming to his foot at great speed, could have very easily gone over if not executed right. Its not often the assist gets more credit than the scorer!.
Payet is fantastic but if we can all put our proverbial 'hard ons' back in our pants and see it was a great team effort. I am in awe as mush as the next supporter and his performance puts other individual performances in the shade. Valencia's free kick was spectacular and every bit as good as Payets. Ogbona, Collins, Noble, Antonio all had a great game… Anyway glad to get these off my chest, working late and been thinking about this post all day!! COYI… Cant wait till Saturday… Thoughts !!!