We cannot get too down in the dumps after Newcastle's second five goal thrashing in the last four league games. Alan Pardew we stress this was taken before the game started Saturday The good news is we won the other two games in those last four, against Blackburn and Aston Villa, so even when we are thrashed we have managed to come back with [.

Newcastle looked hopeless in that first half on Saturday at White Hart Lane. Mike Williamson challenging Adebayor on Saturday And it showed in the score-line, when Newcastle were trailing 4-0 after just 34 minutes, and we wondered how many goals Newcastle would concede before they woke up, came to their senses, and started to defend like we know they can.

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In retrospect, after we got over the pain of watching the game, Tottenham looked a very good side yesterday against Newcastle. Danny Simpson tries to tackle Emmanuel Adebayor Of course they were helped big time when most of the Newcastle players started the game seemingly in a deep sleep, and we were two goals down in the [.

Newcastle have done very well in the last two transfer windows, but like everything, that's because of good and thorough planning. Graham Carr - Newcastle Chief Scout Mike Ashley was at the Benton training grounds on Thursday and one of meetings he held, the top priority meeting according to today's Sunday Sun, was on transfers.

Mike Ashley visited Newcastle on Thursday and he was seen at the game yesterday looking happy enough when Newcastle were 5-0 down. Mike Ashley in Newcastle last Thursday That's more than some of us were feeling, after Newcastle's horror show in the first half, but it's only one game and Newcastle are still in 6th place in [.

Alan Pardew has talked to the Sunday Sun and he is able to point to some positives in the second half yesterday, for his Newcastle side. Newcastle were simply no match for Tottenham in the first half, and Harry Redknapp had all his Tottenham players ready for the kick-off yesterday, and they came out of the blocks like the proverbial [.

Alan Pardew has talked to the Sunday Sun and he is able to point to some positives in the second half yesterday, for his Newcastle side. Newcastle were simply no match for Tottenham in the first half, and Harry Redknapp had all his Tottenham players ready for the kick-off yesterday, and they came out of the blocks like the proverbial [.

Nothing was seen of Ben Arfa yesterday, even though Newcastle were hammered 5-0 by Tottenham. Ben Arfa future at Newcastle looks a little murky right now And Alan Pardew played all his substitutes, but Ben Arfa was not one of them, as he gave Shane Ferguson, Dan Gosling and Peter Lovenkrands run-outs in the second half.

We didn't have the heart to put this up yesterday bit let us know who you think the best player was for Newcastle yesterday.

For the second time in four league games Newcastle conceded five goals yesterday. Adebayor looked unplayable yesterday and Saha wasn't bad either And four of those were in the first half at White Lane yesterday, and we conceded five in a similar collapse at Craven Cottage three weeks ago, so where did our strong and tough defense go?

Alan Pardew was interviewed by nufcTV after the game and an emotional Pardew said he he would have to take responsibility for the defeat. Alan said he thought 4-42 was too much of an attacking formation, and once Newcastle had let in a couple of goals so quickly we were in big trouble. This is what Alan said.

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Newcastle were completely outplayed, outfought and outclassed in the game at White Hart Lane today, and were two down after only 6 minutes, and it got no better, as the Newcastle side were embarrassed and embarrassing they were that bad. This is not the first time Newcastle have collapsed and they did the same thing at Fulham when they conceded five goals during a terrible [.

As expected Newcastle will start with the team that was on the field after Leon Best and Ryan Taylor went off injured last week in that first half against Aston Villa. So Papiss Cisse starts up front for Leon Best and will partner Demba Ba , and Gabby Obertan starts on the right wing in place [.