Pardew - Welcome To Hell!

Last updated : 20 September 2014 By Footy Mad - Editor

Hatem Ben Arfa will be at the match but is ineligible to play. However his mere presence could be a disaster for the Newcastle boss.

Pardew is adamant that he can handle a hostile atmosphere and it will not affect his preparation for what is the most important match of his time at the club.

Alan Pardew: “I'm not (nervous) at the moment, no, and I’m not in fear of it either. That’s not an ego or an arrogance thing, that’s just the way I am wired.

“I kind of want the game now, I want to play it. I want to get it done and I want to get a win.

“That (the Cardiff game) was the first time I have ever experienced that. As a manager, you have to use your knowledge and resolve to deal with certain situations.

“I had some really testing times last season, as we know. It’s about being a manager who can control certain situations.

“Of course I am bracing myself. You don’t expect me to wave to the crowd and say, ‘Hi everyone, I’m happy, how are you today?’. That’s not happening.

“But it can also make you stronger - it can make the players stronger too. We have talked about he Cardiff game and coming through that. We knew before that game how much pressure there would be.

“I have to be as humble as I can in terms of accepting the criticism.

"It’s come about because of the run of form we’ve had, mainly at the back end of last season.

“This year, I can only really point to the performance at Southampton and say we were way off the mark. We’ve had a lot of criticism, but up until then I thought we were looking okay.

“This will be one of our toughest, although I can think of some tough days I’ve had here.

"The environment for the players on Saturday will probably be as tough as it’s ever been and we have to accept that, knowing that Hull will come and try to make good use of our situation.

“People are focussing on the fact we are not scoring but we have conceded seven goals in two Premier League games. We have to make sure it is right for Saturday. We have got to give ourselves a platform.

“I would not say this is a normal negative game. I think it is a little more than that. I have tried to express to them that is a place where emotions run high.

“You have to deal with that emotion. The emotion in our game can change.

"Sometimes, if you are 2-1 up it’s ‘Let’s go on and get a third goal.’ It’s an emotional crowd which relays itself on to the pitch. The players are going to have to deal with it.

“I don’t really know the answer to what they are going to be like.

"The one thing I think is important is that on Saturday, I will look for players who I think are struggling with the situation, more so to protect them.

“It may well be that at half time, I make an early change.

"It might be that the situation has got too much for that individual player, not because he is necessarily playing poorly.”

Saturday September 20

12:45 QPR v Stoke City
15:00 Aston Villa v Arsenal
15:00 Burnley v Sunderland
15:00 Newcastle United v Hull City
15:00 Swansea City v Southampton
17:30 West Ham United v Liverpool

Sunday September 21

13:30 Leicester City v Man Utd
13:30 Tottenham v West Brom
16:00 Everton v Crystal Palace
16:00 Manchester City v Chelsea

NEWCASTLE UNITED'S LAST GAME ...

 

SOUTHAMPTON 4 NEWCASTLE 0

SOUTHAMPTON

23. Fraser Forster   
2. Nathaniel Clyne   
6. Jose Fonte   
17. Toby Alderweireld   
21. Ryan Bertrand   
8. Steven Davis   
4. Morgan Schneiderlin   
18. Jack Cork   
7. Shane Long  45' 
19. Graziano Pelle   
11. Dusan Tadic  67' 
 
Subs
1. Kelvin Davis   
3. Maya Yoshida   
5. Florin Gardos   
12. Victor Wanyama  45' 
16. James Ward-Prowse  67' 
24. Emmanuel Mayuka   
38. Sam McQueen 

NEWCASTLE

1. Tim Krul   
22. Daryl Janmaat   
6. Mike Williamson   
2. Fabricio Coloccini   
19. Massadio Haidara   
8. Vurnon Anita  45' 
14. Jack Colback   
20. Remy Cabella  69' 
7. Moussa Sissoko  90' 
11. Yoan Gouffran   
29. Emmanuel Riviere   
 
Subs
17. Ayoze Perez  69' 
21. Rob Elliot   
24. Cheick Tiote  45' 
25. Gabriel Obertan   
27. Steven Taylor   
28. Sammy Ameobi  90' 
32. Adam Armstrong 

Fraser Forster  must have spent the 90 minutes laughing his socks off, as the pressure grew on Alan Pardew. The Toon boss kicked the Hexham-born keeper out of the club as soon as he took over the job

The pressure on Newcastle manager Alan Pardew ratcheted up a notch at former club Southampton, where Graziano Pelle inspired Ronald Koeman's new-look side to a dominant victory.

A recent poll showed 85 per cent of supporters did not want the Magpies manager to stay, and those dissenting voices were given further ammo by a tepid performance at St Mary's.

Summer signing Pelle's brace was complemented by goals from Jack Cork and Morgan Schneiderlin as Southampton ran out deserved 4-0 winners at St Mary's, where calls for Pardew's head punctuated a game Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was there to see first-hand.

The sportswear magnate ended speculation that he is ready to sell the club on the eve of the match, although that will only sharpen the focus on the managerial position after a defeat that leaves them in the relegation zone.

The possibility of United winning their first match of the season never looked likely after a bright Southampton start in which Pelle headed home with just six minutes on the clock.

The Italian soon added another from close range - his fourth in three matches in all competitions - with Cork's first league goal for the club and a late curling effort from Schneiderlin increasing the pressure on Pardew.

An angry fan had to be apprehended after running on to the pitch at the end of a game which looked to be going only one way after just 23 seconds.

Attempting to clear a Fabricio Coloccini backpass, Tim Krul's clearance struck Shane Long but, fortunately for the Newcastle goalkeeper, went wide.

It was a warning shot the visitors failed to heed as, after some last-ditch challenges and a penalty appeal from Long, Saints opened the scoring after six minutes.

Meeting a Ryan Bertrand cross from the left, Pelle, the man charged with replacing talisman Rickie Lambert, impressively powered a header into the top-left hand corner.

The Italian was clearly keen to add to his tally and showed impressive inventiveness to hook goalwards from an acute angle, forcing an unorthodox save from Krul.

Pelle's second eventually came in the 19th minute, though, courtesy of his own miscued strike. The 29-year-old attempted to volley a Mike Williamson clearance but it went so wide it landed at the feet of Dusan Tadic, who ignored offside appeals to square the ball for the frontman to tap home.

"We want Pardew out" soon echoed around St Mary's, with both sets of fans chanting "you're getting sacked in the morning".

It took 26 minutes for Newcastle to call their former goalkeeper into action and when they did Fraser Forster showed why Saints forked out £10million for his services, denying a close-range, first-time Moussa Sissoko effort.

The England international also had to be alert to a fizzing Jack Colback drive as United improved towards the end of the first half, although a deflected Yoan Gouffran effort was the only chance of note they could muster.

It led to boos at half-time from the vocal travelling support, who impressively put their troubles behind them to help welcome Southampton fans' favourite Francis Benali as he ended a 21-day, 1,000-mile run for Cancer Research.

The former defender managed just one league goal over more than 300 appearances for Saints so it was somewhat apt that another long-serving player would break his scoring duck.

Cork scored in the recent Capital One Cup tie at Millwall but had failed to net a league goal for Saints over two spells with the club until latching on to a deflected Steven Davis ball, rounding Krul and slotting home.

In case their chanting had not got across, with 20 minutes remaining a section of Newcastle fans displayed a banner with 'Pardew out' scrawled on it.

It was a period in which the visitors came close to scoring on several occasions, with Emmanuel Riviere and Colback somehow failing to turn home before Forster denied a Gouffran header.

Florin Gardos joined fellow debutant Toby Alderweireld for the final few minutes, which saw Schneiderlin add extra gloss with a wonderful curling effort in stoppage time.

Newcastle United Fixtures


 
Sunday August 17
NEWCASTLE 0 MAN CITY 2
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback, Anita (63' Obertan), Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran (74' Aarons), Riviere (83' Perez).
Subs: Haidara, Elliot, S Taylor, Abeid 

Saturday August 23
ASTON VILLA 0 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Anita (70' de Jong), Colback, Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran, Riviere (77' Perez - 90+2' S Taylor).
Subs: Haidara, Elliot, Obertan, Abeid 

Tuesday August 26
LC GILLINGHAM 0 NEWCASTLE 1 (Egan OG)
Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, S Taylor, Haidara, Sissoko, Abeid, Obertan, de Jong (68' Perez), Aarons (60' Cabella), Riviere (86' Gouffran)
Subs: Anita, Ferreyra, Elliot, Dummett

Saturday August 30
NEWCASTLE 3 CRYSTAL PALACE 3 (Janmaat, Aarons, Williamson)
Krul, Janmaat (79' Perez), Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, de Jong (79' Anita), Gouffran (67' Aarons), Riviere
Subs: Elliot, Obertan, S Taylor, Dummett

Saturday September 13
SOUTHAMPTON 4 NEWCASTLE 0 
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (45' Tiote), Colback, Cabella (69' Perez), Sissoko (90'Ameobi), Gouffran, Riviere   
Subs: Elliot, Obertan, S Taylor, Armstrong 

Saturday September 20
Newcastle United v Hull City

Monday September 29
Stoke City v Newcastle United

Saturday October 4
Swansea City v Newcastle United

Saturday October 18
Newcastle United v Leicester City

Saturday October 25
Tottenham v Newcastle United

Saturday November 1
Newcastle United v Liverpool

Sunday November 9
West Brom v Newcastle United

Saturday November 22
Newcastle United v QPR

Saturday November 29
West Ham United v Newcastle United

Tuesday December 2
Burnley v Newcastle United

Saturday December 6
Newcastle United v Chelsea

Saturday December 13
Arsenal v Newcastle United

Saturday December 20
Newcastle United v Sunderland

Friday December 26
Man Utd v Newcastle United

Sunday December 28
Newcastle United v Everton

Thursday January 1 2015
Newcastle United v Burnley

Saturday January 10 2015
Chelsea v Newcastle United

Saturday January 17 2015
Newcastle United v Southampton

Saturday January 31 2015
Hull City v Newcastle United

Saturday February 7 2015
Newcastle United v Stoke City

Tuesday February 10 2015
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United

Saturday February 21 2015
Manchester City v Newcastle United

Saturday February 28 2015
Newcastle United v Aston Villa

Wednesday March 4 2015
Newcastle United v Man Utd

Saturday March 14 2015
Everton v Newcastle United

Saturday March 21 2015
Newcastle United v Arsenal

Saturday April 4 2015
Sunderland v Newcastle United

Saturday April 11 2015
Liverpool v Newcastle United

Saturday April 18 2015
Newcastle United v Tottenham

Saturday April 25 2015
Newcastle United v Swansea City

Saturday May 2 2015
Leicester City v Newcastle United

Saturday May 9 2015
Newcastle United v West Brom

Saturday May 16 2015
QPR v Newcastle United

Sunday May 24 2015
Newcastle United v West Ham United

LEAGUE CUP - Ties to be played on September 23-24.

Chelsea v Bolton
Arsenal v Southampton
West Brom v Hull
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Leyton Orient v Sheff Utd
Cardiff v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Stoke
Derby v Reading
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
MK Dons v Bradford
Man City v Sheff Wed
Burton v Brighton
Swansea v Everton
Shrewsbury v Norwich
Fulham v Doncaster
Tottenham v Nottm Forest

SKY SPORTS GAMES

SEPTEMBER

Sat 20: West Ham United v Liverpool (5.30pm)

Sun 21: Leicester City v Manchester United (1.30pm)

Sun 21: Manchester City v Chelsea (4pm)

Sat 27: Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm)

Sun 28: West Bromwich Albion v Burnley (4pm)

Mon 29: Stoke City v Newcastle United (8pm)

OCTOBER

Sat 4: Aston Villa v Manchester City (5.30pm)

Sun 5: Chelsea v Arsenal (2.05pm)

Sun 5: West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers (4.15pm)

Sun 19: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool (1.30pm)

Sun 19: Stoke City v Swansea City (4pm)

Mon 20: West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United (8pm)

Sat 25: Swansea City v Leicester City (5.30pm)

Sun 26: Burnley v Everton (1.30pm)

Sun 26: Manchester United v Chelsea (4pm)

Mon 27: Queens Park Rangers v Aston Villa (8pm)

NOVEMBER

Sun 2: Manchester City v Manchester United (1.30pm)

Sun 2: Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm)

Mon 3: Crystal Palace v Sunderland (8pm)

Sat 8: Queens Park Rangers v Manchester City (5.30pm)

Sun 9: West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United (1.30pm)

Sun 9: Swansea City v Arsenal (4pm)

Sat 22: Arsenal v Manchester United (5.30pm)

Sun 23: Crystal Palace v Liverpool (1.30pm)

Sun 23: Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm)

Mon 24: Aston Villa v Southampton (8pm)

Sat 29: Sunderland v Chelsea (5.30pm)

Sun 30: Southampton v Manchester City (1.30pm)

Sun 30: Tottenham Hotspur v Everton (4pm)

BT SPORT GAMES

SEPTEMBER

Sat 20: Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City (12.45pm)

Sat 27: Liverpool v Everton (12.45pm)

OCTOBER

Sun 5: Manchester United v Everton (12pm)

Sat 18: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (12.45pm)

Sat 25: West Ham United v Manchester City (12.45pm)

NOVEMBER

Sat 1: Newcastle United v Liverpool (12.45pm)

Sat 8: Liverpool v Chelsea (12.45pm)

Sat 29: West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal (12.45pm)

 

 

MAGPIES v TIGERS HISTORY

 

2013/2014 Sat 01 Mar Hull City 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
 Sat 21 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Hull City Premier League  
2008/2009 Sat 14 Mar Hull City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
 Wed 14 Jan Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Hull City F.A. Cup  
 Sat 03 Jan Hull City 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
 Sat 13 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Hull City Premier League  
1997/1998 Wed 15 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Hull City League Cup  
1990/1991 Sat 11 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Hull City Second Division  
 Sat 03 Nov Hull City 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
1989/1990 Wed 07 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Hull City Second Division  
 Sat 06 Jan Hull City 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
 Sat 30 Sep Hull City 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
1935/1936 Mon 13 Apr Hull City 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 Fri 10 Apr Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Hull City Second Division  
1934/1935 Wed 26 Dec Hull City 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 Tue 25 Dec Newcastle Utd. 6 - 2 Hull City Second Division   

 

 

HULL'S LAST VISIT TO ST JAMES' PARK ...

 

 

2013/14 NEWCASTLE 2 HULL CITY 3

 

1. Tim Krul   
26. Mathieu Debuchy  86' 
13. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa   
2. Fabricio Coloccini   
3. Davide Santon   
4. Yohan Cabaye  62' 
8. Vurnon Anita   
7. Moussa Sissoko   
10. Hatem Ben Arfa   
9. Papiss Cisse  73' 
14. Loic Remy   
 
Subs
6. Mike Williamson   
11. Yoan Gouffran  62' 
21. Rob Elliot   
22. Sylvain Marveaux  73' 
24. Cheick Tiote  86' 
28. Sammy Ameobi   
36. Paul Dummett  

 

 


Sone Aluko stunned Newcastle with a stunning winner as Hull fought back to claim a famous victory at St James' Park.

 

The Nigerian steered an inch-perfect 76th-minute volley past keeper Tim Krul to make it 3-2 after the Tigers had twice come from behind on Tyneside.

 

But Magpies boss Alan Pardew will have been furious with the way his side capitulated on a day when striker Loic Remy demonstrated his potency.

 

The Frenchman, the club's only senior summer addition, struck twice before the break to give his side the lead, much to the delight of watching owner Mike Ashley and director of football Joe Kinnear.

 

However, to the horror of the bulk of a crowd of 51,523, Newcastle endured a dreadful day at the back and were made to pay for their failings.

 

It took Remy just 11 minutes to get his name on the scoresheet, heading home from close range after strike-partner Papiss Cisse had dragged a shot across the face of goal.

 

 

But after a promising start by the Magpies, they allowed Hull to work their way back into the game and they were level within 15 minutes when Robbie Brady was gifted time and space inside the penalty area to beat Krul.

 

The home side were laboured in the efforts to restore their advantage, but they did so a minute before half-time when Remy pounced on a loose ball to beat goalkeeper Allan McGregor for a second time.

 

But Newcastle failed to learn their lesson and were punished once again with the second half just three minutes old when former Sunderland winger Ahmed Elmohamady ran unchecked on to Brady's free-kick to level.

 

The home side flattered to deceive for long periods, dominating possession, but creating too little to make the pressure count as the Tigers defended deep to pave the way for Aluko's late strike.

 

Kinnear, who sat alongside Ashley, had defended his summer transfer dealings in his programme notes, citing "grossly over-inflated" fees and agents' demands for the lack of permanent signings.

 

 

He also expressed his delight with the one man he did manage to get through the door, and Remy repaid his faith in style in his first home start.

 

Newcastle came out of the blocks with genuine purpose and pinned the Tigers back deep inside their own half, and it took them just 11 minutes to get their noses in front.

 

Moussa Sissoko's cross from the right fell perfectly for Papiss Cisse beyond the far post and although he mishit his volley, the ball sat up nicely for Remy to plant a header past McGregor.

 

However, as Hull retreated behind the ball, they managed to stem the flow, largely frustrated man-of-the-moment Hatem Ben Arfa down the right and central frontman Cisse.

 

They might have been level when the home side failed to deal with a 17th-minute Tom Huddlestone corner, but defender Curtis Davies completely missed his kick, and Jake Livermore was denied by first Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and then Fabricio Coloccini in quick succession.

 

Danny Graham, without a goal since January, passed up a glorious opportunity to end his drought when he headed straight at Krul from point-blank range with 26 minutes gone, but Hull were back on terms within seconds when the lively Aluko fed the ball into the path of Brady, who fired left-footed through Krul's legs.

 

For 10 minutes, Pardew's men found themselves on the back foot with the visitors sensing an opportunity.

 

However, they gradually re-established a momentum and regained the lead a minute before the break when Chester could only block Yohan Cabaye's shot to Remy, who gleefully stroked the rebound past McGregor.

 

But shambolic defending cost the home side dear within three minutes of the restart when Elmohamady was allowed to meet Brady's free-kick unopposed and saw his glancing header go in off the post.

 

 

Stung by the reverse, the Magpies launched an all-out assault on McGregor's goal, although to little effect.

 

Ben Arfa almost unlocked the door with a 64th-minute free-kick, but Cisse was unable to make contact in front of goal.

 

Another goalless afternoon for Cisse - he has now not scored in 11 games - ended with 17 minutes remaining when he was replaced by Sylvain Marveaux.