FULHAM 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 0 - Sat January 14 2006 FULHAM: Niemi, Rosenior, Knight, Pearce, Niclas Jensen, Radzinski (Malbranque 62), Boa Morte, Legwinski (John 73), Elliott, Helguson, McBride.
Subs Not Used: Warner, Volz, Goma.
NEWCASTLE UTD: Given, Carr (Elliott 45), Boumsong, Ramage, Babayaro, Solano, Bowyer, Clark, N'Zogbia (Chopra 77), Shearer, Luque (O'Brien 80).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Brittain.
Att: 21,974
Chairman Freddy Shepherd claims Newcastle have the best squad of players in the history of the club. Yet I sat through this utter rubbish and witnessed another Newcastle performance that ranks alongst the worst of the late 1970's when we were relegated.
Officially, Fulham midfielder Steed Malbranque celebrated his come-back from injury by heaping further pressure on Graeme Souness. Unofficially Souness is (and should be) a dead man walking, because if this is the best he can come up with after 18 months in the job ... he should be stacking shelves at ASDA. It's the same old rubbish - eleven players thrown on there with no guideance, no pattern, no purpose. It's a simple "get out there and do yer best".