Barclays Premiership - Match 9
 

Season 2006-2007

MIDDLESBROUGH

1 v 0

NEWCASTLE UNITED

  Yakubu 85      
     
  Date: Sunday 22nd October 2006
  Venue: Riverside
  Kick Off: 3:00pm (BST)
  Australian Live TV: None
  Attendance: 30,060
  Referee: Martin Atkinson
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Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Davies, Woodgate, Pogatetz, Taylor (Huth 46), Cattermole, Boateng, Euell (Maccarone 76), Downing, Yakubu, Viduka (Rochemback 46)

Subs Not Used:
Turnbull, Arca
 
  Booked: Rochemback, Maccarone
   

Newcastle: Harper, Carr, Moore, Taylor, Ramage, Parker, Butt, Duff, Milner (N'Zogbia 89), Martins, Sibierski (Ameobi 30)

Subs Not Used:
Srnicek, Rossi, Bramble
 
  Booked: None
     
  Post Match Comments:  
  Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder said
It is a case that too often this year so far we have shot ourselves in the foot and lost games we shouldn't have. We need to pick ourselves up off the floor again and stride on forward.

"Undoubtedly we should have won because of the superiority we had in the first half. But when you do not take your chances you always feel it may come back to haunt you. I thought we were in control in the first half and the second half was more even. I know Steven Taylor made a fantastic goal-line clearance but we had chances at the other end.

 

     
  Match Report:  
  A Yakubu header from a Downing corner 5 minutes from time spoiled our afternoon on Smogland. We were guilty of missing a host of chances which could have seen us take all three points back to Tyneside.

Glenn Roeder summed thinks us perfectly aferwards saying "Too often we have shot ourselves in the foot and now we have to pick ourselves up off the canvas, and quickly."


Sloppy finishing cost us the game. Our lack of goal scoring is now a real concern. It's worrying that if we concede a goal we are going to struggle to get any points.

For once the defence can't be blamed for this defeat and they showed some improvement, whether that was because Bramble was warming up the bench I'm not sure.

Our excellent record down here has been blighted sadly, so
lets hope Roeder can get these players playing for him again or we could be in serious trouble this season.

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