I wasn’t doing a very good job of checking my schedules and noticed late this morning that there was Premier League action today, with Newcastle United playing West Bromwich Albion. All I can say is that I hope I didn’t disturb my coworkers with all the noise I was making banging my head against the desk.
Again, Newcastle was throwing up the shots today. The end of game total had Toon with 26 and WBA with 15. However, unlike last week they did find the back of the net. Demba Ba, per usual, led the team in that department scoring two goals in the 34th and 81st. Sure the offense scored today, but alas the defense did not. Each time Ba scored, it merely caught up with a goal that WBA had scored earlier. I was hoping that Ba’s second was late enough that they could at least sneak out with an undeserved draw. West Bromwich Albion though would indeed find goal one more time in the 85th and win the game 3-2.
Somehow Newcastle still managed to hold on to 7th place in the standings with this loss. They still now haven’t won a game since November 5th against Everton. How they’ve only slid to 7th, I have no idea. One thing I didn’t fail to notice though is what else happened after that last win. The week after the Everton match, November 9th to be exact, is when the idiotic ownership group guided by the grand idiot Mike Ashley changed the stadium’s name from St. James’ Park to the Sports Direct Arena. Yes, I know, the Magpies have had a lot of injuries but I couldn’t ignore the timing of the grounds name change. It may just be coincidence but this could just be showing that the renaming of historic St. James’ ripped the soul out of the club. The name change showed that money apparently meant more than history, however with how the team has done since then – does money mean more than a winning team?
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