Newcastle United 3 West Ham United 0
St. James’ Park… Saturday August 26th… 3pm
Attendance: 52,093
A great performance, both on and off the pitch. Three points, three goals, a clean sheet; and Mike Ashley left in absolutely no doubt (if he ever had any) as to where we stand…
Not that I’m foolish enough to believe that anything that we can do or say will have any impact on the eventual outcome, but at least a point was made…
A Simple Point, Very Well Made…
Considering the importance of the game to both sides, even at this early stage of the season, we ended up winning quite comfortably. We just appeared to want it more, something which is going to have to be the case in every game for the remainder of the season if we’re to stand any chance of staying up…
Mikel Merino is a class act though, far too good for us in our current state…
Daylight… A 2-0 Lead…
Anyway, the transfer window closed on the following Thursday, and (in an outcome that was no real surprise to anyone) no new recruits arrived…
Conclusions, following another summer of empty promises and half-truths from Mike Ashley and his cohorts? With Rafa, it’s going to be a long hard season. Without Rafa, it’s going to be a car crash…
Newcastle United; Elliot, Manquillo, Lascelles, Clark, Mbemba, Merino (YC), Hayden (Diame 82), Ritchie (Murphy 88), Perez, Atsu, Joselu (Mitrovic 72)
Not Used; Woodman, Gamez, Saivet, Aarons
Goals; Joselu (36), Clark (72), Mitrovic (86)
West Ham United; Hart, Zabaleta, Collins, Ogbanna, Creswell, Rice (Lanzini 45), Noble (Kouyate 71), Antonio, Ayew (Sakho 70 (YC)), Fernandes (YC), Hernandez (YC)
Not Used; Adrian, Fonte, Obiang, Masuaku
Goals; None
As usual, more pictures on flickr…
No Silverware 