Toon punish wasteful Rovers

Wed, 01 Feb 22:22:11 2012

Newcastle climbed to fifth place in the Barclays Premier League after a 2-0 victory over Blackburn that left Steve Kean's strugglers rueing a host of missed chances.

The visitors went ahead in the 12th minute when Ryan Taylor's speculative 25-yard effort took a wicked deflection off Scott Dann and it went down as an own goal.

But Rovers dominated the rest of the first half, with Danny Simpson clearing off the line and Leon Best heading against his own bar before David Dunn saw his penalty saved by Tim Krul.

The second half was a quieter affair but Anthony Modeste, Scott Dann and Mauro Formica all missed good chances to earn Rovers what would have been a deserved share of the spoils.

Gabriel Obertan rubbed salt into the wound by scoring his first Newcastle goal by ending a quick break with the sort of clinical finish Rovers had been so sorely lacking.

 

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  1. just me i forgot about gateshead sorry but i am­ getting too old i am very sorry mr beefy i do aplogise­ it will not happen again must just have had a senior­ moment please accept this thank you

    From NORM-123, on Fri 3 Feb 15:09

  2. Mr Fox, I'm struggling to figure out what rattled­ you but no offence intended and anyone with Jonny's­ seal of approval gets mine too. Bannister and Barrister­ are equally as thick but one is more handy to have­ alongside you in the courtroom unless there are stairs.

    From Beefy, on Fri 3 Feb 7:19

  3. Mr Fox, Beefy, can I just jump in before things get out­ of hand
    Mr Fox, Beefy is a Mag and responding to­ mackems in general, it's not a personal attack on­ you, he get's the same thing back from­ mackems.
    Beefy, Mr Fox is a true gent, He loves­ football and rarely if ever joins in any of the­ nastiness and calls a spade a spade and is to be­ respected.
    I'm sure you two can get on and exchange­ good craic so it would be a shame if you got off on the­ wrong foot so give it a try lads!!!!

    From JONNY, on Fri 3 Feb 6:51

  4. mr beefy i used to think you were thick now i know­ you,. are gateshead are going into europe with­ classic coachs in september so that makes 3 into europe­ not very bright for an allegedly barrister wonder if­ i ever met you in my line of work i might have miss ­ read you did you say barrister or bannister as one is­ thicker than the other

    From NORM-123, on Fri 3 Feb 6:19

  5. Mr Fox. 5, I must admit, looking at the table and­ seeing two North East teams in the top half is a good­ thing!!

    From JONNY, on Fri 3 Feb 0:58

  6. Jonr looking at the list in all honesty can you see us­ winning at QPR, (NO CHANCE) WOLVES,(NO CHANCE)­ SUNDERLAND (DEFINATLY NO CHANCE)????, BOLTON (MAYBE),­ WBA (MAYBE) NORWICH (NO CHANCE) WIGAN YUP CAN SEE­ THAT!! Where does that leave us????
    Leaves me alot­ better off than i was at the begining of the season but­ for all the true supporters utter dissaster!!
    GET THE­ COFFIN OUT OF THE CELLER AGAIN DUST IT OFF FOR ANOTHER­ PARADE AROUND THE TOWN!!!

    Get your 2 cents on us to go­ down pal.

    From steve f, on Thu 2 Feb 21:33

  7. Beefy?? ha ha knew you couldnt resist a post!! great­ win for your boys and another summer cruise cancelled­ for Mr James long may it continue??.

    From steve f, on Thu 2 Feb 21:27

  8. Jon boy you turning into a closet ba..s..trd these­ days??always new you had a soft spot for the boys in­ blue and white, your just a closit dingle these days­ eh??LOL

    From steve f, on Thu 2 Feb 21:26

  9. Newcastle might just do it but not much chance of­ Gateshead getting into Europe Mr Fox.

    From Beefy, on Thu 2 Feb 20:06

  10. be nice if the 2 north east clubs got into europe very­ good for football in the north east wonderful

    From NORM-123, on Thu 2 Feb 17:10

  11. agree about Lovenkrands, he creates things at­ least

    From David H, on Thu 2 Feb 17:08

  12. The way I see it my Blackburn fans, is that there are 8­ "achievable" wins for you between now and the­ end of the season. That would put you on 42 points and­ pretty much guarantee safety.
    These games are:
    QPR­ Away
    Villa Home
    Wolves Away
    Sunderland Home
    Bolton­ Away
    WBA Home
    Norwich Home
    Wigan Home
    This means you­ need 3 points in Feb, Max points in March (12), 6­ points April and 3 in May.
    I believe that if you get­ beat in any of these matches then its going to be­ tough, but if you get beat twice you are down. That is­ assuming that you dont pull off a shock and beat Man U­ at home or Man City Chelsea or Spurs away. I dont think­ you will get anything from Swansea either.

    Just my 2­ cents

    From jonathanr, on Thu 2 Feb 12:23

  13. well said andrew

    From John, on Thu 2 Feb 10:13

  14. thank god we won that game!!

    the best thing that­ could have happened was Obertan scoring that goal will­ do wonders for his confidence!!

    Playing with Ameobi is­ like a man down really need to get him out of the team­ he just cant even run about now would rather play­ Lovenkrands than him to be honest

    From andrew, on Thu 2 Feb 8:35
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